Arty Girlz Challenge # 22

The Arty Girlz Challenge this week is to create something in 'green' - my card has K&Co paper (the flowery glittery bit) down one side and green ribbon dividing that and plain green card with 2 flowers and a half pearl attached.

The embellishment is using stampbord and was inked with Tim Holtz inks then stamped with black Stazon... Small pieces of the stamp i.e., leaves and windows were then etched out using a scalpel like tool.

I hope you like the result...

Challenge Sunday!

I have been working on Challenges for different sites today...

I am part (1/5th actually) of the newly created team 'Buttons & Bows' over on Aunty's Forum and have been busy making a painted challenge card and altered matchbox.

Here is our new signature logo for 'Buttons & Bows' made by the talented Jo from Siggy Shop.

The challenge for February is for our art pieces to have paint on it. This is my first attempt at using a Tilda stamp and I have stamped her onto watercoloured paper and painted her. I matted and layered different papers and inked the edges added false stitching and stamped a small Stampin' Up verse.

The flowers were pure white until I got my mitts on them and played aroundwith the watercolour paints on them to make them look antiqued well actually they look more dirty and distressed!

Next is my favourite bit, this is for a special challenge for the Button & Bows Team and the other teams over at Auntys Forum and it is to alter a matchbox - I really enjoyed doing this...

I have altered a small matchbox by covering it in K& Co. Life's Journey paper and sanding all the edges and covering in chalk to give it an aged look. I added some ribbon and a metal tag with string, some half pearls to the bottom to look like feet and a diamante brad to look like a handle...

The inside of the matchbox is covered in Life's Journey stripey paper and I added a K & Co. 3D sticker with 2 small white flowers.

I will put another section in with my Arty Girlz Challenge card :)

Arty Girlz Challenge # 21

Well here goes ladies - my contribution to the Arty Girlz Challenge this week...

Hope you like it x

I made this card using a DL sized card, I covered the card in some patterned paper and matted and layered a stamped daisy image to green paper with a contrasting green stamp pad.

The stamp has two images (the way you see it at the top and then in reverse).

Then using a piece of stampbord I inked it with Tim Holtz inks and when dry stamped the reverse image with black stazon. Using a scalpel like tool I scratched out some shadowing on the image.

I then glazed it with crackle glaze and mounted over a piece of cross grain ribbon.

I'm quite pleased with the result and will use it again for other projects.

Here is a close up of the stampbord accent...

Blog Header!

Look at my blog header isn't it just fantastic...

It's all thanks to Jo from Siggi Shop - she is so talented - I think she can read minds *giggle*

Thanks Jo, I love it xxx

Stampin Up

Well I've been a naughty girl and ordered some SU stamps last night - I shouldn't of but I qualified for a freebie stamp set and £15 worth of free goods to go with them so how could I resist...

Now I need to get rid of some stash to make way for new - think that the Cricut may have to go this time - I've only used it three times - I think after all these years I've finally discovered that my passion lies with stamping and not gadgets...

I've been having a read of the Arty Girlz blog this afternoon and I think I'm still in time for the challenge this week so I'm off to do some stamping now...

I'll be back later with the results :)

Valentines Day

This is my first ever blog and with a little help from my friend Julie at Auntys Form I think I may have managed it...

Not sure about the name so that may change...

I have just discovered the wonderful Tilda stamps - I'll hopefully have some pics of cards on very soon...