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Lincoln, United Kingdom
I'm a mum to a 14 yr old. i started cardmaking a good few years ago after watching QVC. I fell for the "It's much cheaper to make your own" line and have never had a penny to my name since. I've recently tried to steer away from my usual cut and stick technique and try to be a bit more adventurous.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Not too sure?!?


I'd really appreciate your comments on this one as I'm not sure whether I like it or not. I used a Stampbord ATC as my base which I coloured with alcohol inks, I used stream, red pepper and either raisin or cranberry, I can remember which! I then used another of my new Tim Holtz collage stamps which I stamped in blue Stazon ink, I then clear embossed the entire ATC a few times. I'm definately in two minds about this one.

Sunday Stampers Challenge-Week 11


This weeks theme for the Sunday Stampers challenge is A Ticket to Ride, so basically any form of transport. So I merrily got out my new Tim Holtz collage stamps and set to work. I used a Stampbord ATC which i coloured with alcohol inks, I used pitch black, slate and mushroom with a touch of pearl mixative but as you see the finished result went a bit green! I stamped my image with a black Stazon pad and then inked the entire ATC up with Versamark ink and added a few layers of clear embossing powder, I then edged with a silver Krylon pen. It's totally different to what I usually do but I don't think it's turned out too badly.

It's Here in black And White


Here are a couple of examples of the fat book pages I've made for the black and white list on Craftswap. The first page was made by stamping a flourish stamp from Dimensions Fourth
onto white hammered card, I then clear embossed the image. I added the wording with my Dymo then popped on a few clear adhesive stones. The second page has a Hampton Arts face stamped onto the hammered card then the word art stamped and clear embossed, I finished the page off with some Prima flowers in the corner. Both pages were stamped with black Versafine ink pads. They're simple which i think works well for this list.

She's a Lady


This is one of the pages I made for the ladies fat book list on Craftswap, I stamped my Hero Arts lady in Versafine vintage sepia onto some cream hammered card and matted it onto some cream/bronze checked paper then popped it all onto a cream hammered card page. I added some Prima flowers that I attached with brads as I love Prima, they're just so useful. All my pages were made in the same way for this list but I used a few different Hero Arts ladies on them.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Hey Mona!


Well I've impressed myself with this one, I think it's definately one of my better attempts at an inky project. This is for this weeks Sunday Stamper challenge, the theme is green. I inked a plain white card with Adirondack ink pads in lettuce and meadow and smudged the colours in with a baby wipe. I the used a green Versafine inkpad to stamp Mona and the creativity saying. I then cut a piece of acetate to fit the front of the card and coloured it with alcohol inks in meadow, lettuce, oregano and a touch of silver. I used the green Versafine pad to add my final Tim Holtz stamp onto the acetate and clear embossed the image. I attached the acetate with two green brads. I really like the effect.

Party on


Last weeks theme for The Sunday Stampers challenge was party hats, I used my new Sugar Nellie stamp which I coloured in with Sakura pens, I stamped a party hat and coloured that in too then matted it all onto a flower embossed card, it's simple but I quite like it.