Thursday, 31 May 2007

Wednesday Stamper Theme - 'Door'


The theme for Wednesday Stamper this week is a 'Door'. As I didn't have any door stamps I decided to make a fun card with a 'fairy door'. I cut the oval topped door shape and made it to look like wood. A red brad for a handle and a butterfly charm for a door knocker were added. I stamped a weeping tree onto an ecoline background and highlighted the leaves with a white gel pen. Flowers and grasses were added along the bottom and up the sides of the door. I then decided to add some branches of leaves and mounted them with 3D foam pads. My little fairy girl has been stamped and coloured with pencils and I cut a dress to fit out of patterned paper. I embellished the top right hand corner with eyelets and laced up with red organza ribbon.

Stamps used:- Tanda Stamp grasses stamp from Background Set 2, Weeping tree by Inca Stamps, little butterfly fairy by PaperArtsy, leaves by Stampin Up 'Definitely Decorative Ferns' set and starflower Tapestry stamps.

Now I am off to have my hair trimmed and then on to pick up my grand daughter!!

Warm Wishes
Wendy -x-

Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Di Hickman sketch May 29th

My sketch card for the Di Hickman template challenge for 29th May. I have used peach and white card stock, Cuttlebug Divine Swirls embossing folder, Tanda Stamp floral image from Flourish Set 1. These images are coloured with pencils.

I am having a fun day today with my grand daughter who is coming to see me. She is keen to have a crafting session so I have been busy cutting shapes out for her, finding paper and card scraps and searching out her nice new set of pencils that I bought for her back along. Once she starts it usually ends up a bit of marathon session so that will be my day. I am going to take her out for some new shoes at some point and had best put a glue stick on the shopping list as I am sure she will get through most of mine! She is staying the night and returning home in the morning and I am really looking forward to it.

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

DCM Little Extra = Black plus one other colour


The Daring Card Makers mid week little extra is use Black plus one other colour on a card. I adore working with colours like this so I made two cards for this little extra! I just love black and white so I was very predictable and made a black and white card and I also like black with a deep golden yellow.

The black and golden yellow card above uses that fabulous set of Flourish Stamps from Tanda Stamps that I have had such fun with. Very simple stamping with gems to embellish the centres of the flowers, laid onto a background piece embossed with the Cuttlebug stylized flowers embossing folder. Very quick and easy!


For my black and white card I have a ladies head and shoe image from a Stampin Up set called 'Haute Couture'. The mesh stamp is an Aspects of Design stamp. Other materials used are black and white card, white organza ribbon and the cuttlebug Divine Swirls embossing folder.

Another very enjoyable Dare!!

warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Tuesday, 29 May 2007

Isa's Challenge 'B'

I was pointed in the direction of this ladies inspiring blog - she has just begun setting weekly challenges. Isa is following the alphabet through with her challenges and this week was either B for Blue or a technique challenge of using your distress ink pads as watercolours. So here is my effort. Check out her blog here Scrap and Stamp. The blog is in French and English, with the English version of each post coming directly under the French version.

For the background piece I have tapped the ink pads onto acetate, spritzed with water and smooshed the white card stock in the ink. I have then stamped the fluffy little dandelion bits with the same faded jeans distress ink. I made a small bleach pad with kitchen roll and stamped the same image a few times with bleach. The central image has been stamped onto a piece of the already smooshed card with the Faded Jeans and clear embossed, I have then painted the inside of the flower image with bleach to remove the colour. Once dry I have added colour back in using the distress ink pads as watercolours. Details of how to do this are available on Isa's blog.

Stamps used:- Stampin Up 'Delicate Dandelions', Ranger Distress inks in Faded Jeans, Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint and Antique Linen. Embellished with yellow ribbon.

Wendy -x-

Monday, 28 May 2007

Minnie's hugs

I bought a new cartridge for my cricut - the Mickey and Friends one. I have numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and plenty of friends with the same, so I thought it would come in useful. It is one that I first thought I wouldn't need but it is fabulous. I had a quick play with it yesterday and this is the first card to come from it for one of my nieces.

Minnie has been layered onto some patterned paper and a piece of embossing using the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder which has also been embellished with lace. The greeting 'hugs to you' is from the beyond Birthdays cartridge and I have added a couple of gems under the greeting.

This little machine is such a wonderfully clever bit of kit!! I am enjoying playing with it and I need some more cartridges!

Wendy -x-

Sunday, 27 May 2007

Wednesday Stamper - Alice's Games

The Wednesday Stamper theme is Games. I have plenty of sports stamps but not so many card/dice orientated images. I did however have a couple of unmounted Alice stamps so I have thrown something together for this theme using those stamps.

For the background I have used a couple of blue dye ink pads direct to paper and softly misted with water to soften the colour. Images coloured with Ecoline ink. Swirl stamp is a Crafty Secrets stamp. Images have been highlighted with a white gel pen.

Warm Wishes
Wendy -x-

Saturday, 26 May 2007

DCM - Office Themed Card

When I first saw the dare from the Daring Card Makers I was uncertain if I could come up with anything much good! To make a card with an item on it that you would find in an office. I don't have many scrapbooky type embellishments. But then I remembered an unmounted rubber stamp I got in a grab bag from the US of a typewriter and I was off!

I kept the card quite simple with the black and white DCWV alphabet paper, a file shape that I cut from a scrap of red card and the simply stamped typewriter stamp with red nails and sleeves. The greeting on the paper sheet is a cricut greeting from Beyond Birthdays. I added a white Bloom To Go with an arrow eyelet in the centre to pretty it up a bit and then remembered I had some of those little mini bull dog clips.

Happy Crafting!
Wendy -x-

Friday, 25 May 2007

Colour Challenge #5 - Lovely As A Tree

I played with a new Technique today - one that I saw on Trish Bee's Art Blog. Basically melting oil pastels with an iron. It looks very much like encaustic work, anyway if you want to have a look at her blog lots of fabulous and inspiring stuff on there.

Brayergirls colour challenge #5 on UK Stampers was Jade, Amber and Turquoise. This is my effort with the nearest colours I had. The tree image is from a Stampin Up set called 'Lovely As A Tree' and this has been coloured with prisma pencils and gamsol. Embellished with a little script cuttlebug embossing and a ribbon.

Enjoy your Bank Holiday Weekend.
Wendy -x-

Thursday, 24 May 2007

Two new sets from Tanda Stamps

Tanda Stamps have just released two new small sets - available at the moment in clear polymer with the rubber version following any day now. I received the stamps from them yesterday and had a quick play to produce a couple of cards to illustrate them. The first card is made using Background Set 2 - with 5 different backgrounds - I have used two on the above card along with a Wizard image from Dragons and Fantasy Set 3. The spiders web image, which I love, will compliment their Halloween set admirably! The background has been made using watercolour sprays in a resist manner and the wizard has been coloured with Ecoline inks.

The postage set has about a dozen small postage related images. I have made the above Thankyou card using a number of them. They would be extremely useful for ATc's too!
The background is a piece of white card I have coloured with a watercolour spray and the images have been stamped randomly with black Versafine and highlighted with a white gel pen. The letter topper has been made using three of the stamps and tied with a co-ordinating ribbon.

Thanks for looking.
Wendy -x-

Wednesday, 23 May 2007

DCM Sketch For a Diving Enthusiast

My card for the Daring Card Makers mid week dare - this week it was a card sketch. I needed a card for a Diving Enthusiast so I combined the two using stamps from Tanda Stamp Diving Set 1.

A very simply stamped card with the central lady diver mounted with foam pads. Embellished with Black and White checked ribbon, a sparkly stickles glue on the bubbles and Diamond Glaze on the goggles.

Thanks for stopping by.

Wendy -x-

Monday, 21 May 2007

Think Pink - Bubble Queen


This card has been made for the 'Think Pink' challenge set by Jo on the Just Bex forum.

My Bubble Queen used:- Pink base card, white card, Pink patterned paper, pink card, Versafine black ink. The stamp image used was by Stampin Up, coloured with Prima pencils, lightly stickled and is mounted with foam pads over two oval shapes cut with the Cricut. The pink oval has been embossed with the Cuttlebug spots and dots embossing folder. Embellished with various sized circles embossed in the same way.

This is another card for the Just Bex Forum - this time for a template challenge. Cuttlebug divine swirls embossed pale orange background, Stampun Up set 'I Like Your Style' coloured with Ecoline inks and highlighted with a white gel pen, gold card, white organza ribbon and four orange buttons.

Enjoyable challenges so thanks to the mods!

Cheers!
Wendy -x-

Sunday, 20 May 2007

Wednesday Stamper - Fleur de lis


The Wednesday Stamper theme this week is 'Fleur de lis' and boy did I have trouble with this card. It nearly drove me flippin mad. I had to keep walking away and going back with a fresh mind. I know what I was trying to achieve and I ended up getting somewhere near so I quit while I was ahead!

I have used stamps from the Tanda Stamp Medieval Knights Set 1. The background piece is a mixture of burgundy, gold and copper acrylic paints that I have stamped the fleur de lis on, then sanded and distressed with black ink. The knights in the central image have been coloured with rub ons and decoupaged to make them pop out of their background. The embellishment strips have been embossed and then I have added rub-ons to give a chain mail/hammered metal look.

I did enjoy the challenge - I just had a harder time than normal!!

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Saturday, 19 May 2007

May Queen


This is a card I made for the Sheenie Shuffle challenge on the Joanna Sheen Forum. The big reveal was yesterday so I can post it up now. I really enjoyed making this one. There are some fabulous cards to see and a few people have made beautiful 'Maypole' cards.

I have to thank Gillian for sending me this gorgeous image to work with. Your interest and encouragement are really appreciated Gill so thank you. The one thing I have discovered since starting this blog is that there are some really wonderful people always ready with support and encouragement and I am really grateful for all your comments.

The colour for the card is mainly Ecoline inks. The floral stamps are from two different Stampin Up sets - 'The Art of Life' and 'Flowers of Gratitude'. Some of the flowers have been decoupaged and I have a corner embellishment that ties together with ribbon. There is a glitch in the photo that I have noticed - on the right hand side there seems to be a bulge, I think the card must have moved slightly as it was scanned as my edges are straight!! Scanner is playing up a the moment and I am going to have to get my Son to have a look at things.

I have almost finished my DCM dare for this week so I will upload that later.

Enjoy your weekend.
Wendy -x-

DCM - Start From Scratch


I have finished the DCM card - scan isn't brilliant. This weeks Daring Card Makers dare was to make a card from scratch - no pre-bought blooms, brads, eyelets etc. I have also restricted myself with stamps as I use them all the time! My card has some patterned paper, a cuttlebug spots and dots embossed strip, a heart cut with the cricut and some stitching. My main teddy embellishment has been made with circles cut with the Cricut. I have seen this done by a couple of cricut bloggers recently and this lady Patsy Jackson very inspiringly uses her Cricut in her card making and has listed instructions on how to make the teddy. Her blog is well worth a visit.
The only stamp I have used is a little heart stamp by Stampin up.

Some faulous cards to see if you click on the DCM link.

Wendy -x-









Friday, 18 May 2007

Colour Challenge #4 - Amethyst, Garnet and Amber

I chose to crack on with the Colour Challenge 4 on UK Stampers yesterday which is Amethyst, Garnet and Amber. When I was thinking about these colours together I kept getting images of Indain elephants in my head. I routed out my Tanda Stamp India Set and the three Ecoline inks that were the closest match to these colours. All the images have been stamped on card coloured with the Ecoline inks. Background piece has first had the pattern stamped in Versamark and then the Ink was added, the embossing powder melted off with a piece of copier paper and an iron and finally the same pattern stamp has been stamped randomly using a Black Versafine ink pad.

I am trawling the net for card and paper at the moment! What a task that is and I get sidetracked so easily with all the other gorgeous craft items available. I need to build my supply up though as I have neglected that of late in favour of other things!

Cheers!
Wendy -x-

Thursday, 17 May 2007

A card for my Niece

A little card I made yesterday for one of my Nieces. The teddy stamp is from the Tanda Stamp Teddy Bears Set and is coloured with pencils. Other materials used - background is made using the Bloom Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, patterned paper are just some oddments I had, white green and crean coloured card, a piece of yellow ribbon and a flower tag cut with the Cricut.

I made another card yesterday celebrating the month of May but I can't show this until all the cards have been revealed in a couple of days time!

I am not sure which card to tackle next - I need to think about a colour challenge, a card for a 75th Birthday, the Wednesday Stamper Fleur de lis challenge and then of course a new dare from the DCM tomorrow! I also have some Hollywood images to have a look at!

Have a lovely day!

Wendy -x-

Wednesday, 16 May 2007

DCM Little Extra - Anniversary

The Mid week Extra from the Daring Card Makers this week is 'Anniversary'.

The Cricut was out so a quickie was in order! I cut the heart from a piece of script embossed white card and tied a strip of gingham fabric to it. I cut the word love in white and glittered it. I also cut some small flowers in a paler purple card, outlined with white gel pen and embellished with gems. The only stamp used is the white embossed Autumn Leaves Swirl stamp in the corner. Patterned paper is Dovecraft from the Amethyst pad I think.

Feeling a bit grotty again this morning. Just started another massive dose of anti bi's yesterday, the Doc says I now have Chronic Sinusitis. Most of them really make me feel rough even though they are making things better. My problem is that being allergic to a number of them, they are limited with what they can prescribe. I have a weakness with the Sinuses and have previously had an op to try to improve things and they are talking about maybe sending me back to the specialist if things don't improve in the next ten days. Fingers crossed because that really was flippin' painful. Never mind as my Mum always says 'There is always someone worse off than yourself'.

Thanks for stopping by.

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Tuesday, 15 May 2007

Autumn Fairy

Woohoo - I was drawn out the hat for the NSD challenge over on the Just Bex Forum yesterday. I have a nice surprise winging its way in the post. I was so chuffed to win - normally don't win anything!! So thanks Bex and Jen for some fab challenges!!

I had a play yesterday with a couple of techniques I have already covered on the blog using a wax paper resist and a bleach technique. In February I covered the tye dye wax resist and in March I made some frosty backgrounds with wax paper. This time I used a Kaleidoscope Autumn Leaves pad and brayered the prepared glossy waxed card stock for nice brightly coloured stripes. The Fairy image (an unknown unmounted stamp) has been stamped and clear embossed onto some card coloured with Ecoline inks. I have then painted the inside of the image with bleach to take the colour out and added colour back in using watercolour paints and inks.

The base card is stamped with a Crafty Secret flourish stamp. I have also used a piece of cream card embossed with the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder. The whole thing was then embellished with organza ribbon, a stamped cricut oval tag and a copper photo anchor with brad.

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Monday, 14 May 2007

A Teddy For You

I had the sewing machine out for something else, was just popping it away again when I thought I would have a go at incorporating a bit of sewing into my card making! I visit a lot of blogs that use sewing with their card making and always find them so inspiring. Think I need a little practice butI made this for a little girl who loves teddies and thoroughly enjoyed doing it!

Materials:- Teddy is from Tanda Stamp Teddy Bears set, versafine black ink, patterned papers, white card, Lilac Bazzill base card, ribbon, strip emb0ssed with Cuttlebug Divine Swirls embossing folder, Blooms To Go, ribbon slide cut with Cricut and my old trusty sewing machine!

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Sunday, 13 May 2007

DCM - 'Food For Thouhgt'

This dare from Kathy and the Daring Card Makers helped me out this week - I needed a Birthday card for someone with no hobbies or special interests so a Birthday cake is spot on! Materials used:- Stampin up Swirl and diamond stamps, unknown unmounted Birthday cake, Crafty Secret dotty border stamp, Purple Sky Greeting stamp, Versafine black ink, coloured pencils, Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder, light turquoise, dark turquoise, black, white card stock scraps and orange Bazzill base card.

Job Done!! Thanks for that one Kathy!


I also finished off another card made with the new Tanda Stamps Flourish Set 1. I don't do 'less is more' very well and I looked at this one for ages and decided to leave it as it is! Very difficult for me lol!!

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Saturday, 12 May 2007

Tanda Stamps Flourish Set 1 - A must have!!

The new Flourish Set 1 stamp set is now available from Tanda Stamps and what a fabulous set this is! Once you start to play they are so inspirational! I received my set second post yesterday - thanks guys!! I sat down yesterday evening and have made a few sample cards.


This is a simple card using a deep pink dye ink and these flowers have been coloured with Garnet and Egyptian Gold Twinkling H20's.


Another simple card - these stamps really do lend themselves to quick and easy cards! I love this gorgeous flower image which I have raised for 3D effect. The corner flourish is decorated with little gems.

Finally another using Twinkling H20's to colour the flower images. I have more in the pipeline which I will add later in the day. I am itching to use them with my Ecoline inks - but I need more time for those.

I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else makes with these stamps!

Warm Wishes
Wendy -x-

Friday, 11 May 2007

Just For You


I seem to have a thing about working with Flowers at the moment, whether it's a stamped image. cricut generated blooms or paper blooms!

I have made this card for my third NSD challenge card on the Just Bex Forum. The stamped image is one of my favourite flower images from the Tanda Stamps Flower Set 1. I use this image quite a lot - it is very versatile as a focal point or as a background stamp. It has been very simply stamped here in Versafine Sepia and coloured with pencils. The background has been achieved with the Textile Cuttlebug embossing folder, some paper from DCWV and some white lace. Embellished with organza ribbon and a cricut tag. The centre of the flowers have some iridescent glitter on them but this is not showing up on the scanner.

Wednesday Stamper - 'Turquoise'


An early post from me this morning - we have some work going on in our street at the moment and the Gas Board are digging holes everywhere. This morning it was right outside my bedroom window and it was before 7.00 am so I reckon somebody was on overtime! That's the second time this week, on Wednesday they woke me up at 7.15 am to come inside the house to turn our Gas off! Anyway once awake I thought I may as well get out of bed and use my time to my advantage!

This week's Wednesday Stamper theme is 'Turquoise'. I have managed mine a little earlier than usual this week!

For my card I have used two Stampin Up sets - 'Art of Life' and 'Cottage Rose'. Other supplies used:- Stampin spots in Tempting Turquoise, Taken with Teal and Gable Green, Versafine Onyx Black, flourish stamp is from Crafty Secrets Cherubs set, black, white and bright turquoise card stock.
The 'Cottage Rose' set is a two step stamping set so a stamp positioner is useful.

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Thursday, 10 May 2007

Di Hickaman Card Template 9th May


I have been experimenting with my Cricut a little of late and here is another card made predominantly using the fab little fellow! This is my sketch card for the Di Hickman Card Template released yesterday.

Supplies:- Pink, Blue and White card stock, Stampin Up 'Swirls' stamp, white embossing powder, gems, flowers stalks and greeting cut by Cricut George and Basic shapes, Cuttlebug embossed flowers strip, patterned paper from DCWV.

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Wednesday, 9 May 2007

Three Little Things


The Mid week extra from the Daring Card Makers is entitled 'Three Little Things'. Make a card with the following three things included:- A piece of chipboard (or faux chipboard), something metal and a stamped image. My card uses the Cricut to cut out the letters - the large 'B' is my faux chipboard piece embellished with a ribbon bow, I have a small metal flower charm attached with a silver brad and a single stamped bloom image. It doesn't show terribly well on the scan but I have embossed the whole of the base card by using a cuttlebug folder and a rolling pin!

A Colour Wheel Spin


This is my second card the NSD challenge on the Just Bex Forum - the scrappers had to spin a colour wheel for one of their pages so I did the same for one of the cards. My spin came up with grey, a deep yellow and dark blue. This will be a Birthday card for my Sister-in-law - so two jobs in one again!

Paper is DCWV, stamp is Elegance Rouge from Stamps Happen embossed in white, grey Bazzill card stock, Navy and d yellow card stock, Cuttlebug textile embossing folder, Accucut flower die cut, gold brad, embellished with navy and deep yellow ribbon.

I had a wonderful day yesterday. Thanks to everyone who has been sending me Happy Birthday wishes - it is very kind of you to spare me a thought, and it is much appreciated. I caught a glimpse in the mirror while cleaning my teeth this morning and I'm sure I can see more wrinkles today!!

The day began with a visit to the Doc who signed me off for another week. I had an array of fine pressies! The stamps mentioned previously! Choccies, perfume, a Pink DVD, a lovely framed family pic from my Sister and a couple of people gave me some money and told me to buy something 'crafty' that I was wanting. No need to nudge me in that direction twice so I promptly bought two more Cricut cartridges from the US - Tags, Bags Boxes and more along with the Christmas Cheer! I can't wait for them to arrive!

A friend from work came over with a lovely bunch of flowers and a card signed by some of my work pals. This was nice - time to have a cuppa and a natter! My youngest Son decided that as I wasn't up to going out for a meal he would cook - so he busied himself cooking a lovely mixed grill for everyone which was delicious!

All in all a very pleasant day!

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Tuesday, 8 May 2007

Acetate Overlay Card & Colour Challenge #3

I have made this card for Kristy's colour challenge number 3 on UK Stampers and possibly as one of my other NSD challenge cards - undecided at the mo! Unfortunately the scanner has lost some of the colour on this one and the camera didn't like it at all. The colour challenge was Onyx, Ivory, Lapis Lazuli and Carnelian. The background is looking like a washed out grey when in fact the flowers are definaitely an Ivory colour. Oh well - I think you get the idea! Something else that doesn't show up well is the Acetate Overlay - that is what the gold peel-offs are stuck to!!

Stamps are Tanda Stamp Far East Set 3, paper is Dovecraft Design, Gold peel-offs Black card, Acetate, Gold eyelets, Ecoline inks to colour card and image.

To attach the Acetate overlay to the card I have made a Black, shaped border, embellished with eyelets - allowing me to attach double sided taper quite liberally without any evidence!!

I'm off to open all my mail - lots of Birthday cards - well a few anyways!! Need to check for extra wrinkles too!!

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Monday, 7 May 2007

Di Hickman ATC Template Challenges



















Di Hickman has popped some ATC Template challenges up on her blog today. I left these until the last minute and wished I hadn't!! I did a series called Blooms to the five templates on the list. Good fun but I did find them a little trickier than card templates!!






















I promise to do better next time!!

Wendy -x-

A Card with a Coat!

There are three pictures to show this card off to its best - scroll down for the other two!! A card with an overcoat - the template and instructions for which can be found on this ladies blog Card Inspired by Maria who has some fab cards for the Stampin Up fans amongst us. This is my first attempt and I like the style of the card so I will definitely use this again. Above is the picture of it closed and tied. Below is a picture of it undone.


Not much stamping on this one - a couple of stamped flourish images using the Crafty Secrets Cherubs set, a piece of card embossed with the stylized flower Cuttlebug embossing folder, some fab double sided paper 'B0-Bunny's Back to Back', Bazzill card stock, Blooms To Go and some white organza ribbon. Below is the final picture of it in a standing position - yes it will stand!!

I needed a really nice Birthday card and I am making three cards to be entered into a Scrapbooking/card making comp for National Scrap Booking Day on the Just Bex Forum, so this is one of them!

Tomorrow I will be a little closer to the big '50' than I was today!! Only a couple of years to go and I will no longer be able to say I am in my forties - gosh that makes me feel old!!

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Sunday, 6 May 2007

Wednesday Stamper - 'Egypt'


This week's challenge from the Wednesday Stamper is 'Egypt. I haven't got a great deal of stamps - I do have a set from Tanda Stamps which are fab and I also have the Judikins Artifact
cube. The image across the bottom is Tanda Stamps along with the King Tut image. The rest of the paper has been stamped using two sides of the Judikins Artifact cube. I have used paints and rub ons to colour the paper. I have also embossed over the top in gold. The centre piece is an amazing glaze tile and I have sprinkled some gold, copper and turquoise embossing powders into the last layer before pressing it onto part of the King Tut stamp to get an impression.

Anyone who hasn't heard of Wednesday Stamper - click on the link above and then the individual comment links to see some fabulously artistic work.

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Saturday, 5 May 2007

Brayergirl's Colour Challenge #2

The second colour challenge from Brayergirl over on Stamp Galaxy, another of my many crafty haunts is Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli and Peridot. I have used Ecoline inks for this card with a Tanda Stamps feather stamp on the larger background, a Pedlars Pack peacock feather stamp on the inside square and a peacock lady image from Rubbadubbadoo. Embellished with lace and gems. These colours are wonderful to work with and I thoroughly enjoyed getting all inked up!!

Looking forward to the next one Kristy!

Cheers!
Wendy -x-

Friday, 4 May 2007

Daring Card Makers - Wings of Love!


This weeks dare from the Daring Card Makers is 'Wings'. Lots of ideas came into my head for this one. I was recently bought an early Birthday present - a set of Crafty Secret Clear Art Stamps - Cherubs set. They were bought from the Joanna Sheen site, and are pictured below.

They came in the week so I was allowed to nab them early!! Just in time for this weeks 'Wings' dare!

I made a background piece using Ecoline inks in three pinks and reds and over stamped with a floral image from a Judikins cube stamp. I stamped the word 'Love' from the new set on the background in a darker pink dye ink. The corners and dotty border are from the new set and are stamped in black versafine. I have then cut around the border to give a shaped edge. The hearts are cut on the Cricut and I have painted them with the same three Ecoline inks in a more intense shade and over stamped with flourish stamps from the new set. Wings have been stamped onto yellow card and attached to the large heart. The large cherub from the set has been stamped and coloured with Ecoline inks and the whole image is clear embossed. Red ribbons have been tied in knots at the edges.

A good excuse to get my hands on my present early!!

Wendy -x-

Thursday, 3 May 2007

Di Hickman Template Challenge May #1

I missed the Di Hickman card challenge last week due to illness but am getting back on track with things this week.

I have used a Stampin Up Set - 'Definitely Decorative Daisy' to make this card, which is a two step stamping set so I had to find my stamp positioner for this. The flower is stamped onto an Ecoline background using colours 666 and 657. Ranger distress inks in Peeled Paint, Fired Brick and Mustard Seed have been used to stamp the flower and the bee, outlined with Black Versafine. A little bit of gold stickles has been used to highlight the Bee wings.

Check out the link to the Di Hickman Blog above to view some great cards for this sketch from all the sketch girls and check the comments to see more examples.!

Warm wishes
Wendy -x-

Wednesday, 2 May 2007

Paisley ATC's

Today I have finished off my Paisley ATC's for the monthly swap on the Tanda Stamp Forum. I used up some scraps from the Making Memories Boho Chic pad and a couple of scraps of Turquoise and pink pearlescent card. The stamp is the large Paisley from the Tanda Stamp Paisley set. Such a lovely, good sized Paisley image. I have added a little extra colour the the paisley with Marvy wet looks and a embeelished with a couple of co-ordinating gems.

Wendy -x-