Studio L3 - Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge - Week 2

Hello Bloggers/Friends!!

Here we are at week two of the lovely Linda Ledbetter's challenge.  This week the technique we're using is Faux Patina and all the instructions can be found on page 58 of Tims latest book.  Linda's friend Angie has very kindly donated a messenger bag signed by the man himself, how generous is that??

I've made a tag following all the instructions and have added a few of my own design bits, ideally I would have called this piece Time Flies, but couldn't find my stamp, hence enjoy the journey!!!  I embossed my card stock after applying the inks then added the gear & clock, finally stamped the birds & attached to a tag which I distressed with my inks.........there you have it! Hopefully I've made the challenge just in time :D  (sorry about the poor picture quality, hopefully if you click on pic it may appear brighter)
Hope you approve of my tag?  Thanks for looking and as always......

Happy Crafting

Ann xxx

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Hello All
Today I thought I'd share some fabulous news with you, if you love Clarity Stamps - and who doesn't, Right?  DAMSELFLY CRAFTS have 50% off selected Clarity Stamps for a limited period only.
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I've made a couple of samples just to share with you just how how lovely these stamps are and of course to point out that you don't have to be a whizz with a brayer like the lovely Barbara Gray is!!  Even I can produce a decent card or two, tee hee!  The card above is made using the Paris Collage Stamp & Elegant lady (not the proper name for her I'm sure? but she looks elegant to me!),  the background was created using alcohol inks & I paper pieced the ladys' hat & dress.........rather fetching, don't you think???
Another card will be on view tomorrow - be sure to hop over to DAMSELFLY to take advantage of this terrific offer!

Thanks for dropping in - Take care & as always - have fun & Happy Crafting!!!

Ann x

CC101 Day Three - My Tags

Hello Everyone!

Today we had a fabulous lesson involving archival inks, alcohol inks & using embossing folders!  I really enjoyed the class, but as always it's over way too quick.  Once again I'll share my attempts at the techniques we were shown by Tim, I have to say I'm not entirely pleased with my attempts today but I made a promise to blog my 1st attempt at everything as I believe that's the only way I'll improve..........less babbling & here's today's tags.

Tag 1 - Using alcohol inks onto glossy card stock, colours as follows: wild plum, sailboat blue, red pepper, butterscotch & sunshine yellow. Gold mixative & blending solution.  Stamps used were from Paperartsy, Creative Expression & of course Tim Holtz with some ideology cogs & clock spinner.

Tag 2 - Once again' glossy card stock, and Archival Inks - colours, Aqua, Carnation & Tangerine.  Distress Inks - Brushed Corduroy.  Stamps used are from Artistic Stamper (Dots) & again Timmy stamps.

Tag 3 -  I used a size 8 manilla tag from Ranger, cuttlebug folder and the following colours of Distress Inks :-
Crushed olive, shabby shutters, tumbled glass, festive berrie.  The heart stamp was a freebie from Craft Stamper Magazine.

I'm not really very pleased with the red area of the tag as I didn't blend it properly.......but, we live & learn!!

Hope you enjoyed my tags & please feel free to leave a comment, as I love to know what you think, it's great to get constructive feedback from your peers.  Thanks for dropping in, Take care and as always.......
Happy Crafting!

Ann xx

The Sunday Stampers Challenge week 144

This week the lovely Hels has set the challenge of nature. My mum bought me the tsv from qvc when Tim Holtz was here on his travels, it's a teensy weensy stamp set of all his favourite images, some shrink plastic, glossy cardstock & alcohol inks..........so that's what I've used to create my card.
I made the background by swooshing my alcohol inks onto my craft mat, then dragged my glossy card through it until I gotmy desired effect, then stamped the larger bird image & branch from Tim's Visual Artistry stamp set with archival ink, then I stamped on some foliage from the Spring's Sprung stamps & the flock of birds are from theteensy set of stamps! Mounted onto card & added ribbon........Hope you like my wee card & thanks for dropping by!!






Happy Crafting :D

Ann xxx

Altered Clipboard

I guess I'm in altering mood at the moment, I altered this clipboard, using some lovely K&Co papers I found in amongst my stash whilst re-organising - it's like getting new goodies all over again! LOL!! Hope you like the clipboard , all comments appreciated & thanks for looking!!!
(Please click on image for clearer view)

Altered Photo Frame & Brayered Insert

This started life as a wooden grooved frame which I came across just recently whilst cleaning out a cupboard & rather than throw it out, I thought I have a go at altering it. As it was a bit grubby I removed the glass & left it to soak in soapy water & cleaned down the frame then covered with aluminum foil & pushed into the grooves, next I applied alcohol inks to add a bit of colour & my frame was complete. Now for an insert - I decided to have a play with my brayer as I've had a lot of fun with it recently!! I followed the instructions on my dvd - "The Art of Transparent Stamping" by Barbara Santerelli, using my Clarity Stamps. I had to bin my first couple of attempts as they were a bit of a mess.......LOL!! I got there in the end & was quite pleased with the finished article.
What do you think? Thanks for looking - all comments appreciated.
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Altered CD's

Yet another altered cd!! This was also made for my dads cousins' son. I covered one side of the cd with wrapping paper & added some embellishments. One the reverse side I used my alcohol inks, meadow, pesto & bottle. When they were dry I added a Celtic embellishment to the centre with 3d foam, punched a hole with my crop-o-dile & added a large brad & some green organza ribbon.
Thanks for looking - all comments appreciated.

Altered CD's

I've seen quite a lot of lovely altered cds & recently the Lots To Do challenge Blog had this as their theme whilst I was on holiday, So here are my 2 attempts!! On one side I used alcohol inks & covered the other side with papers by Karen Knight - A Hint of Pink. Hope you like them!!

Distress Fat Page Swap

I've joined a swap on the lot's to do forum, which is a list of 10/11 people & we all have to make 2 fat pages - 4"x4", for each person on the list - we will in return receive 2 pages from each member, which can then made made into a lovely little book, as the title suggests all the pages are made in a 'distressed theme' - above are some of the pages I've made!!! Hope you like them.

My Time To Craft - Pink

Pink is the theme for this weeks challenge, this time I decided on a card, I covered a plain cream card with a lovely vibrant pink paper which I got in a Do-Crafts goodie bag just a few weeks ago, then I made a 4x4 page & created a background using Adirnonack cranberry ink, then added Ranger Siver & Gold alcohol ink mixatives, when that was dry I stamped an image from my favourite set of stamps from The Artisitic Stamper - The Gibson Girls plate, with black soot distress ink, I edged it with a krylon pen , attached to my card with 3d foam & added two flowers with a brad.

Altered Board Book

Can you see a theme developing here??? Alteration's the name of the game!!! LOL!!!
This time it's a little board book, which started out life as a Barbie book, which I rescued from the charity shop I help out in. I used my pokey tool to separate the original story pages from the board. Some didn't come off clearly & left ripped edges, which I thought added to the character of the book. I then inked up the pages with some Distress ink pads, Adirondack pads & Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists, then I stamped the pages using a variety of my favourite stamps.
Hope you like what I've achieved - all comments welcome, Thanks for looking x

Charity Auction Donation

My friends on The Lots To Do Forum are holding a charity auction & all items are made & donated by forum members. My contribution to the auction is an altered Disney Box which I picked up in my local charity shop for £1-50!! I hope it raises more in the auction!! I altered the box using Alcohol Inks by Ranger.

Altered Tins

Now I've really caught the 'altering bug', it seems I just can't stop, this time I decided to enter 2 tins I'd received at Christmas into an Altered/Distress swap hosted by Sam on the Lots To Do Forum. Out came my fabulous Ranger Alcohol Inks.......then I got inky, I hope the recipients like their tins. One is a CD/DVD holder & the other one is just for general use.

Altered Dominoes

I recently had a try at altering some dominoes & although these are in key ring form, they could also be used as handbag charms - what do you think?? Unlike other people I decided not to stamp on the dominoes as I really liked the colours and I finished them off by edging them with memory foil.