Some distressed ATC's.

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Here is my attempt at distressed for the UK Stampers ATC swap. I have used grunge paper for the ATC colour the pieces with lots of different inks including metallic ones, is that ok for the distressed look? I used my big bite to make holes and attach grommets and eyelets. Some corners were clipped and rock candy crackle paint was splodged around, not dry when I took the photos but hopefully it will crack well. The stamps I used were mainly Tim Holtz ones.

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Airbrushed Copic Cards

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Here are a couple of cards I made using my Copic Ciao pens and an airgrip. I am really pleased with the backgrounds which I created using the airbrush system. I was especially chuffed because I didn't think the air grip worked with the Ciao pens but it does! All that was needed was a bit of funky foam under the pen and air brushing is possible. The images are stamped and embossed before I coloured them using my Copic pens. Then I cut them out and mounted them on the background using sticky pads. The airbrushing is great fun and more backgrounds will be on their way!!!

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Mobius scarf

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I have used some gorgeous Hand Maiden Lady Godiva yarn for this delicious scarf. I have used Cat Bhordi's magic cast on so the scarf is a true mobius with no grafting or joins. I love the way the mobius knits from the middle out and am planning another one already. I would like to create the next one with a lacy sticth pattern and knit stitches showing on one side, purl on the other. I love the way this scarf works and the yarn is so snuggly and soft.......I must find more of it!!!


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October ATC's

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Some swirls and flourishes to make a natural hedgerow with Stonehenge in the distance. I have coloured an ATC and have then stuck another ATC onto the front to give an added dimension.

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Delightful Dishcloths

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Some bright knitted dishcloths for my kitchen. Why knit dishcloths? Well I've been able to use up lots of cotton that has been around for a while and I like them!

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Cards, cards cards......

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More cards!
I've used a gorgeous Rodin stamp to stamp Stazon onto metal foil which I have then embossed and back filled with texture paste. On the gold card I have smudged blackberry Viva ferro paint around, it matches the Iris Stayzon ink well.
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For this card I have used baby blue ink and perfect pearls for the background. I have cut around two stamped images which I have coloured with ink and have layered them onto the card using those little stickly pads. When I started the card I imagined the airplane would look as though it was flying into a sunset, instead it looks like its flying past a huge bomb explosion! So I'm not quite sure when this card will be used, it looks a bit to 'war'ish for all the occasions I can think of!
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A little magic..........

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Here are a couple of magic wallets that I have made. My dear friend's son is sixteen and is leaving home to join the army next Sunday at noon. I hope he will find the wallet useful to keep a few photos safe.
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I embossed grunge paper using my cuttlebug and painted it with Viva precious metal paints. The inside is stamped with his initials and is painted red and orange with the same paints. I have used some Stampers Anonymous stamps and Viva decor paint to decorate the covers. I have used black velvet ribbon to link the pages together.
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This magic wallet has been made using pretty ribbon and embossed metal which I have coloured using Stazon inks.

Sponsored run

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I completed my sponsored run on Sunday and was pleased to finish in a good time and raise lots of money for Cancer Research UK. Thank you to those of you who sponsored me.

Foliage...

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The theme for the inchies swap on UK Stampers this month is foliage. I have taken the opportunity to use one of my favourite little stamps to decorate the inchies. I coloured the card with versa colour ink cubes and have stamped the image with stazon. I used a glitter pen to decorate the stamped images (but of course it doesn't show up well in the photo!) and another pen to add some silver lines.

Swirly whirls!

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Some twinchies with swirly backgrounds for the swap on UK Stampers. I have coloured the card with Versacolour ink padsusing several colours on each twinchie. Then I have used an Inkadinkadoo stamp to make a swirled background. Finally I have used some lovely leaf stamps to stamp images using my black archival ink pad.
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Birthday Card.

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A Birthday Card for a wonderful someone. Made with torn paper, perfect pearls, a few stickers and lots of glue!

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Chocolate Birthday Cake!!

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Another Birthday cake?!? Yes, another one. I asked what was desired and the request was for a chocolate cake. Well if you ask for chocolate then you get chocolate...and lots of it. I also made some vanilla butterfly cakes for those that don't like chocolate cake much. A very thoughtful little person suggested that idea, the thought of people not liking chocolate cake always surprises me! However if there was ever a cake that was too chocolaty then this might be it, that's a whole box of Thorntons on the top!!!!

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Watercolour ATC's

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I enjoyed making the ATC's for last month's UK Stamper's swap that here I am again! This month the theme is watercolour, to be interpreted in any way we like. I have painted two peices of ATC sized card with my Twinkling H20's. Then I have stamped some images onto them, a pretty girl onto the blue card and some Technique Tuesday flowers on the purple coloured card. I punched a hole in the purple card so my pretty girl can peek through it before sticking the two pieces together. I have decorated the flowers with some stickles and have used a shiny new ATC stamp on the back. I loved the ATC's I received from last month's swap, they were absolutely gorgeous. If these are enjoyed half as much I will be very pleased.

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Inchie display

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I have taken an old photograph display things and have coloured it pinky, purple and silver using alcohol inks. I have cut and punched lovely handmade paper and then I have stuck the inchies from the swaps onto the paper.

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Lots of ATC's

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I have made my first ATC! The theme which tempted me was in a swap on UK Stampers and required three ATC's each with an orange and yellow moo on the front. Here is what I made using Paper Artsy Stamps, ink and perfect pearls.
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My children also had a go and made their first ATC's. I love their efforts, what do you think?
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Bling!!

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Upcycled packaging!?! An ingenious idea for a swap on UK Stampers. Take a piece of packaging and change it into something else.
I have cut a slice froma ginger beer can and after folding over the edges have embossed it using my cuttlebug. I have painted it using alcohol inks and have then decorated it with rhinestones. It is very light, dainty and rather pretty.

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Grungepaper Flowers...

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I have caught the grungepaper flower bug! I cut out loads of petal shapes and coloured them using a whole variety of coloured inks, some metallic some not. Then stamped flourishes onto them to decorate them. Some have some stickles dotted around to add a little sparkle. I used some fabulous, very pretty fabric brads for the flower centres and have curled some of the petals using my heat gun. I am sending one off for a UK Stampers swap, I hope the recipient likes it.

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Flowers in a pot

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I have been making lots of paper flowers. I have made them into cards using pipe cleaners for stems, brads for the flower centres and card for the pots. Lots of little butterflies, wriggly worms and squiggles adorn the pots.

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Gorgeous, Pretty Ribbon Boxes!!

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I fell in love with a ribbon box that I saw at the Craft Barn, so credit for my inspiration goes to the clever cookie who made it and left it there to tempt me. The box base is made by Kaisercraft. I prepared the pieces be painting them with a couple of coats of white emulsion and then sanding them to ensure they were as smooth as possible. Then I used adirondack acrylic dabbers in Wild Plum and Purple Twilight to paint lovely strong colours onto all of the sides. The plain acrylic colours didn't look quite right so I have used Alchemy paint all over both boxes; the colour was whirlwind which is an interference colour that reminds me of dragonfly wings. I have used Iris Stazon ink to stamp some flourishes on one and floral flourishes and swirls on the other. The stamps are made by Technique Tuesday. The boxes are decorated inside and out. A butterfly and dragonfly stamp have also been used over each box. The flowers on the floral box now have stickled centres in a variety of colours. I have varnished the boxes with a spray on varnish. I am pleased with the finished boxes but not so with the photos. I need to be able to capture the iridescent finish properly, preferably with a letterbox lens....then I might get a photo I like.

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Wonderful PMC...

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Polymer clay has been discussed on the UK Stampers forum since Sid showed off his wonderful, inspiring mosaic, this has led to a mention of precious metal clay. I love the stuff, just wish I could afford more to play with, a little more often. Here are two necklaces that I made and the set of earrings I made to wear with them.
As you can see one of the pendants and the earrings have a disc made from rolled pmc onto which liquid clay has been applied using a syringe. A hole for the findings was made in each disc before firing. The other pendant was made by making a cork clay shape which I then covered in liquid clay that squeezed from a syringe. After firing all of them have been brushed and polished to give a bright but soft silver finish.
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Birthday cards and Birthday Cakes.

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This month is full of birthdays for people who are truly special to me. Here are the cards I have made for two of those people. A little Edwin playing the guitar and the laughing lady have been stamped onto shrink plastic before being coloured and heated. I have used glimmer mists and cosmic shimmer sprays to decorate the embossed card. I embossed the cards using my cuttle bug and cut out apertures to hang the dangly bits. There are little shrinky plastic butterflies all around the feminine card. Both cards have been edged using stickles.
The laughing lady is a stamp called Laugh made by Paperbag studios and Edwin is a magnolia rubber stamp.
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Lovely birthday cakes! mmmm! I think these will go down well with everyone. A vanilla sponge covered and filled with buttercream icing. I have used sugar ladybirds, leaves and flowers to decorate it. The fruit cake is huge, delicious and should have enough fruit and brandy to ward off any evilness for the next year or so!!
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Ophelia

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I have finished a knitted waist coat / sleeveless jacket, it is made from lovely soft Malabrigo yarn. I made my Mum an Emerald Ophelia for Christmas which she seems very pleased with (and it fits!). I'm really pleased with the way they both turned out, I love mine and am looking forward to wearing it.

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August Inchies!

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The inchie theme this month on UK Stampers is Ladies. I have stamped my Gibson lady onto some multicoloured vellum before attaching it to a peice of embossed blue metal foil with an eyelet. The metal was embossed using my cuttlebug. To complete the tiny squares I added some blackberry ferro paint around the edges, partly to add a different texture but also to see what it is like as I have not used it before.

Twinchies, pets

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I have completed my twinchies for the August swap on UK Stampers, this months theme is pets. I have used some batting and have sprayed it with glimmer mists and cosmic shimmer sprays before sprinkling on different coloured mica powders. Some of the powders were perfect pearls which I found sprinkled better than the cosmic shimmer powders, they didn't clump together so much.
I placed a little cat on the top. The cat image was stamped onto black shrink plastic and then heated and coloured to add a little gloss. I glued the cat on with glossy accents.

UK Stampers Altered Jigsaw pieces swap.

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Sid from UK Stampers has generously provided some jigsaw pieces for an altered art jigsaw swap. I had lots of ideas of things I could do to them and with them but couldn't settle on one. In the end it was while I was playing with my melt pot that I had my eureka moment. I have placed a mirror on to the top of the two joined jigsaw pieces. Then I poured gold UTEE around the mirror making sure all of the edges were covered. Once the UTEE had cooled and dried I added some silver crystals, coloured crystals and shaped nail heads using my Kandi Kane. Then I used some gold stickles here and there for a tad more glitter. I wanted to have some stamping in this project so stamped directly onto the mirror and the back of the jigsaw bits using purple Stazon. I have added some magnetic strips to the back as I think it would add a little glamour to a kitchen! I do hope that who ever ends up with it likes gold and glitz!


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UTEE Crazy!

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I have been enjoying playing and experimenting with my melt pot recently.
I have made lots of different moulds and you can see a few of the gold UTEE shells that I made. There is a tiny Eiffel tower as well.

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Presents for Teachers.

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The end of the school year is nearly upon us so I have been preparing presents for the extremely hard working teachers that I know. I enjoyed making stampbord brooches a couple of months ago and was really pleased with the results so decided to make some more of them to use for these presents.


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