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

Compendium of Curiosities # 2 - Challenge

I've decided to play along with the lovely Linda Ledbetters' challenge using Tim Holtz new book - A Compendium of Curiosities II , for details how to participate click on the link on my sidebar OR  Linda's name above.   This is week one & the challenge is to follow the technique described by Tim in his new book.......which you can find on page 66/ Making Custom Foam Stamps.  I created a tag following the instructions & added a few more bits too.  This weeks sponsor is Simon Says Stamp and if you enter you have a chance to win a shopping voucher from their online store, which of course stock humungous amounts of Ranger goodies!!
Hope you like my tag, unfortunately I cannot divulge how I made it as it would be unfair to Tim, so check out page 66 of a Compendium of Curiosities to make your own tag, card or whatever takes your fancy!
Thanks for looking & as always......
Happy Crafting!!!

Ann xx

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

Shopping Reminders for Paper Dolls

I belong to a group of ladies who love to craft and swap items, ideas & everything else in between regarding crafting!! Each month there are various challenges & swaps, and the first one of this year was set by Chrissie & it was to produce a Shopping Reminder with a snow theme. Here are my two entries. The long skinny one has a magnetic strip on the back witch means you can attach it to your fridge or similar surface in your kitchen. Bothe were simply made using my cuttlebug folders, some ribbon & stamping up! punches, dew drop ink pads to colour. I hope you like them. All comments appreciated too!!

Friendship Card

This is a card I made for a forum friend, who's had been a bit upset of recent & I just wanted to let her know I was thinking of her. The Friendship stamp is from Tim Holtz /Stampers Anonymous is is one of my favourites as it's so versatile........which translated, means I use it a lot!!! lol!!

Hope you like my card - thanks for visiting & please leave a comment for me.

More Birthday Cards

This is a card I made for one of my dear forum friends.
I used adirondack stream ink to make the background, then put a piece of white card through the cuttlebug , which I coloured with a lovely pink chalk. Next I used my favourite Penny Black Happy Birthday stamp, again using the stream coloured ink & edged with the pink chalk. I added a Prima bloom, and to finish it off edged the card with a navy blue ink. An insert completed my card!!
Thanks for looking & all comments are appreciated

Birthday Card

I have quite a few Birthdays this month & as usual, I'm running late!!! This is a card made with my favourite papers at the moment, by Kate Knight - Hint of Pink, I covered half of the card with the grey paper, I added a pink ribbon as a border, then one of Heidi Swapps' seriously big blooms attached with a brad. I then covered the brad with an embossed scalloped circle - used my cuttlebug to emboss & my Stampin Up! scallop punch. I edged the card with colourbox chalk inks & put a pink insert inside, with the sentiment Happy Birthday stamped using a Penny Black stamp.
Adhesive stones on the centre of the flowers finished it off. Hope you like it?? All comments appreciated!