Not Cute Birds......Lovely birds instead!

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ATC's made using metal foil that has been stamped upon using various Staz-on inks. I have doodled on the metal to make patterns.

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.

Distressed ATC

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.

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.

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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