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.