I’ve been playing with my new Rubbernecker watercolour stamps. Here is the result:
I’d like to enter this CAS card into the following challenges:
Stamps used
Some people find it hard to create masculine cards, but for me the opposite is actually true… I had lots of fun creating this masculine ATC featuring a big fan of Jack Skellington!
It’s my entry for:
I used structure paste and distress inks to create the brick wall background and stamped (& altered) and coloured the images. The sentiment is computer generated.
Stamps used
I’ve been creating a number of snowman ATCs for a swap in our Yahoo-group and this is the card I made as a treat for my swap partner:
It’s my entry for the current Dilly Beans ‘Snowmen’ challenge.
Stamps used
Once in a while, I participate in swaps in which we are asked to incorporate an image provided. The following ATC was created for such a swap:
In reality, the background’s rather sparkly, for it was created using Glimmer and Perfect Pearls Mists. Unfortunately, this doesn’t really show on scan. I used a piece of lace as a stencil while I was misting, thus creating a kind of flowery pattern. I find the image really matches the lovely sentiment stamp by Fiskars.
This is my entry for the following challenges:
Here’s an ATC I created for a swap with a member of the Stamping Fantasy Yahoo Group. For the background I used lyra watercolour crayons and gesso. All stamps are Tim Holtz.
I’d like to enter this ATC to the following challenges:
The Play Date Cafe suggest a lovely colour combo this week: black, white & a splash of burgundy. Actually, my ATC has quite a big splash of burgundy, I hope that’s ok.
I’m sure I’ll be making more ATCs using this stylish colour combo!
The faces are Crafty Individuals. For the background I used the “Antique wallpaper” technique featured in the Technique Junkie’s June/July 2010 newsletter. I wanted to add a sentiment, but whatever I tried, the ATC got completely out of balance, so I just decided not to add any.
This week’s theme over at the Three Muses is “eyes”. Here’s my ATC. Sorry for the bad scan.
The main stamps used are “Cracked up” and “another pretty face” by Third Coast Rubber Stamps.
The Technique Tuesday Bijou Borders are heat embossed in gold.
On the sponged background I stamped Prima Marketing damasks with Versamark and added Sunflower Perfect Pearls, but the scan doesn’t show this very well. The text was composed using an address stamp.
Over at Inkurable Stampers, Sarah challenged us to make an Asian gothic arch. As I do not have any Asian stamps (and I’ve never used collage images just yet), I really wondered how I would manage to get this challenge done. Then I remembered owning a rather cool dragon stamp and a Chinese newspaper. I hope nobody can actually read Chinese, for I have no idea what the text is about. I’m sure it might be a rather absurd combination. So, here’s my arch.
I feel there’s missing something! I’d have loved to add some Asian background lettering, but I don’t own any such stamps. If I ever lay hands upon some Asian background stamp, I might add some more stamping to finish it off.
I also would like to enter this arch to the “One Powerful Hour” challenge “I love this color but I never use it“. I love the colour red, but I find it very difficult to use it in my stamping projects. In Asian creations it does look great combined with black and white!
My next ATC qualifies for two of this week’s themes, i.e.:
It’s entitled “Unlace yourself”.
Unlace Yourself
Stamps
Flourishes (Crafty Individuals)
Corset (Hampton Art)
Inks
Versafine Onyx Black & Versamark
Distress Ink Dusty Concord
Adirondack Raisin & Current
Embossing powder gold
Other
Foam blocks
Embroidery thread (metallic)
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