TIO #75 - Birds

TIO # 75 - Birds

The theme this week over on Dragon's Dream TIO challenge is "birds, as you will" and I am delighted to be on the "Dream Team" for Frankie along with some very talented crafters. So make sure you check out their blogs.

I have started with a cream blank tag over which I have placed a crafters workshop mask through which I have stippled mustard seed DI. I have them put the tag through my trusty cuttlebug with a creative expressions embossing folder. I have then lightly brushed over the raised design with tumbled glass DI then applied a pale blue mica powder while the ink was still wet. I don't know if you can catch the shimmer, but it looks lovely irl.

I then cut a piece of acetate the same size as my tag and stamped a selection of penny black and lavinia stamps over it. Finally, using my new paper artsy stamps and dies, I stamped and cut out the cage and bird onto grunge paper and coloured them with the same DIs.  The sentiment is also from paper artsy. Lastly, I have added a blue feather and ribbon, ricrac and fibres from my stash.

Thanks for stopping bye. As always, I appreciate your comments. Please do check out the inspiration from my fellow Dream Team friends and then post your entry over on the Dragon's Dream TIO challenge blog.

Wanda. xxx

TIO #74 A Tag by any other Shape

TIO #74 - A Tag by any other Shape

A little late this week I know, but I have been away for the weekend crafting with Paddy. And what a fantastic weekend it was. Two action packed days, learning new techniques. I have now fallen in love with needle felting. It is a bit like peanuts, you just can't stop once you have started. My creation isn't quite finished. I wanted to do a bit more work on it at home. I finished my felting for a pocket today. Next is to embellish the wall hanging. Hopefully, it will be on here in a few days. We did fabric painting, including a lovely resist technique, metal work, bead making using polymer clay (really like that too), a little bit of embroidery, applique if you so desired, or fabic decoupage, and of course, felting. I'm really pleased with how my creation is taking shape.

Anyway, back to this weeks tag. A little rushed as I felt I must get it done today, rather than leaving it until tomorrow morning. You never know what might get in the way.

I have used a nestie shape for my tag. I left it in the die while I inked it up with wild honey DI. I then stamped over with text using the same DI. I then stamped the buttefly by Elusive Images, and the quote, using black archival ink. I then stamped the butterfly again onto another piece of card, and coloured this one with copic markers. I added a little crystal glitter to the "eyes" in the wings. It was difficult to stop the glitter from sticking to the coloured areas, so don't look too closely!

Bye for now. Thanks for stopping by. Comments always welcome.

Wanda.

TIO challenge no 74 - Tag it on the side with paint & paper

Dragon's Dream TIO challenge #74 TIO on the Side with Paint and Paper A chance to get messy and inky with this challenge - lovely. I didn't know where this one was going when I started. I just decided to do the crackle technique with my Eco acrylic paints as a start. Then I decided to use the big flower I made ages ago with gold tissue paper, and rose made by swirling ribbon around (the ribbon waas wrapped around a box of chocolates). Added a swirl courtesy of a Sir Tim die, a sentiment from a stamp plate from Graphicus (now Chocolate Baroque), a glass centred brad from my stash, and lastly, the ribbons to finish, a recent purchase from the NEC. Great fun to make. Please feel free to leave a comment. Bye for now. Wanda

A Little Night Music

Challenge 146 - A Night at the Movies

This is the challenge this week over at Rainbow Lady's challenge blog. This stamp from a set my The Stamp Man immediately came to mind, as did the film title. So I set to with stamps, inkpads and brayer, and a background stamps, to put my idea onto card, so to speak. The sentiment is from the same sheet of stamps from The Stamp Man, I can't remember where the harlequin background stamp is from. It is one I have had for ages. The inks are adirondak dye ink pads. The border was made using a MS punch and the ribbon is from my stash. The backing paper is from Graphicus (now Chocolate Baroque). Sorry the picture is a bit squiffy!

Bye for now. Comments always welcome.

Wanda

Knowledge

Here is card for a man I created this morning, no particular challenge in mind for this one. The main image is from Fashion Boutique CD by Joanna Sheen, as is the newsprint backing paper. The brown behind that is a scrap from my stash. My main image is mounted on a nestie. The sentiment stamp is on a block I bought from Stamp Addicts (useful stamp this). The twine is also from my stash (it was much paler but I darkened it with vintage photo DI. The card candy is also from my stash. Thanks for dropping by. I am trying to be a better blogger so I hope you will feel the need to drop by more often now. Bye for now. Wanda. xxx

Tie a Yellow Ribbon

Rainbows Lady's Challenge #145 - Tie a Yellow Ribbon

What am I like? No posts for ages then two in one day. The card above is my entry to Rainbow Lady's challenge this week, where the theme is "Tie a Yellow Ribbon". I forgot to check, but I think the main image is from a stamp sheet by Creative Expressions. The main panel has been cut with a nestie, as has the panel immediately behind the main image. the larger panel has been embossed with a big dots folder, the I have lightly gone over it, and the the edges of the two other panels with DI, the palest blue. My main image has been coloured with copic markers. The yellow ribbon is from my stash.

Thanks for dropping by. Your comments are, as always, greatly appreciated.

Bye for now.

Wanda. xxx

Haute Couture

TIO #73 - Haute Couture

The challenge over on Dragon's Dream challenge blog this week is Haute Couture. I was determined to get back to challenges after a long absence. But life just got in the way!

Anyway, here is my entry. Sorry, it's been so long, I forgot to crop it! The stamps are from a sewing plate by Creative Expressions. The flowers I made using Marianne dies, leaves created using a punch, pearls and beaded twine from my stash.

Bye for now. Comments always welcome.

Wanda. xxx