Button It :O))

...The theme of the new Gingersnap Creations challenge is Buttons...now, I don't know about you but I have hundreds of the little beggars and never remember to use them...so this was a great excuse for a rummage in my button tin :O))




I used some Crafty Individuals papers to stamp my Stitchels Dotty Dot flower onto, using all three of the sizes to make three big flowers. I used Jazz Blue and Turquoise Glimmer Mists to colour the background for stamping a Penny Black sentiment onto and then added a bit more colour to the actual card base. I used some scrummy cardstock from Paper Temptress (who are sponsoring the Gingersnaps this month) and matted the background onto this.




To make the flowers and their centre buttons blend, I spritzed Glimmer Mists over and also onto three more buttons, just so they matched a bit more. I finished by using a McGill punch to make some little ferny fronds for behind the flowers.

Thanks for looking...and for a fab challenge! Have a good day...

Hels x

Coffee Anyone???

...I just cannot leave those colour alone...coffee and cream...brilliantly lush paints by Kaisercraft with a little bit of Traditional Tan Claudine Hellmuth paint thrown on for good measure.



This is a Maya Road chipboard piece which was covered with Terra and then stamped into with texture stamps and then heat gunned to within an inch of its existence...hence the warty toad look I have achieved LOL The paints were splodged over the top using Cut & Dry and then gold Precious Metal paint applied over the bumpy bits.




The butterfly is made from Grungeboard and the leaves and flowers are Grungepaper, all coloured with Distress Inks and then curled to add depth. I added Rock Candy Stickles to the butterfly...and these images are Studio 490 stamps (yes...for a change LOL) The word is made up of Maya Road "Noah" chip letters..Idea-ology added and finally, a beautiful little egg timer charm which was kindly donated by Andrea...the whole piece needed that something extra and this was her idea...xx

Thanks for looking...have a great day!

Hels x

It's All Salvage....

....Actually, most of it is! I saw that Tim (!) Holtz has recently been using his Salvage Stickers to make a piece of art...link HERE...but...*intake of breath* he used Grungeboard to pop them onto...now, seemingly, this is a fab idea, definition, height, depth etc ...but...I am waaaay too stingy with my stash to use Grungeboard in such a manner, so I used mountboard, free from the framing shop, to stick my Salvage...er, stickers to :O))




I used a bigger piece of mountboard as a base...you know what is coming next don't you? I made a hangy piece! Just for a change!! And, by sticking the Salvage stickers to mountboard and then making then different heights using 3D foam, I could get some depth and definition this way. Some of the stickers are just plain, some have Crackle Accents on and some have Glossy Accents on. I did the same as Tim did with his stickers, sanding and inking around the edges but I used Brushed Corduroy to colour the edges and then just went around with the sander again after to reveal paler bits.




The base was inked with Distress Inks and then had a variety of Tim Holtz collection stamps popped on...with more Distress Ink. I added a few Idea-ology bits and then a little bottle filled with beads. The hangy bit is more Idea-ology in the form of the chain...and...even better...all of the products I used on this piece are readily available from The Artistic Stamper :O))

Thanks for looking...have a good day

Hels x

Sunday Stamper - Week 78 - House Of Fun

Morning Stampers,

Another week has whizzed past and it is time to announce the winner of the Candy from last week and start a new theme...firstly tho, thank you to all of you who joined in...lots of Christmas sparkle :O))

The winner of the Bobby Snowman Candy is

Helen - please can you email you addy to me and I will pop him into the post for you :O))




The new theme this week is House of Fun...which means that you can use houses, fun or both if you want to. As ever, all you need to do is make something that includes stamping and the theme and then leave me a link in the comments box so I can come and see your creation...the challenge closes at 23:00 next Saturday, 14th November.




I have made an altered frame which looks like a house...using Rock Candy Cracklepaint as a base and then using Glimmer Mists to colour the whole frame. I used fabby Studio 490 stamps, along with Grungeboard, Grungepaper and some shapes from the Nesties and from The Slice. I added some Idea-ology bits and finished it with a glass vial filled with more Idea-ology stash.




Thanks for looking..have a wonderful week and I am looking forward to seeing your fab creations.

Hels x

Ink Outside The Box...

...and on a tag! Another of the things I made this week...using more of those brilliant stamps by Wendy Vecchi and some Distress inky techniques.




I read through Wendy's book the other night and saw a FAB technique she has written about...basically, swiping colours of Distress Inks over a craft mat, spritzing with water and then dabbing the stamp into the inkyness...and then stamping onto your art...WOW, the result is a brilliant smudgy kind of bleeding look to the image...you have to try it! It is AMAZING!!! **click on the pic to enlarge, you will be able to see what I am waffling on about LOL*


The stamps are all available from The Stamp Attic...I have managed to get hold of the full set now...and...there are new designs coming in the New Year!!! Yah!!!


Thanks for looking...have a great Saturday!

Hels x

Stars In Her Eyes...

...Hey bloggers I am home :O)) Thanks ever so much for all the great comments you have left me this week...t'was lovely to read them all! I had ever such a lovely time with Andrea...we got inky and messy for a whole day on Tuesday and I made a few things...my favest was this canvas tho...totally inspired by the crafting Goddess Wendy Vecchi and using all my fave products;




The canvas is 4" square...and the last of my collection of them... I need to do some serious Googling to find more of them 'cos I love this size to work on. The canvas was painted with Traditional Tan (what else eh?) and then I used Fired Brick Distress Ink to add some colour. The background is stamped using Studio 490 stamps and separated with some ribbon and lace. I used Grungepaper to make a rose, colouring Old Paper on both sides and then stamping the Gingham stamp with Fired Brick for colour... do you notice the little chippy flower behind? This is a brill shape and I can't remember where I got it from, so if you recognise it, please tell me :O))




I used plain cardstock to stamp the head onto...I tried Grungepaper but it just didn't work...too dull believe it or not...and the specs are copied from one of Wendy's ideas, using Tim's Film Strip for the frames... I added little orange stars over her eyes for something a little bit different. The wings behind her are also chipboard but this time I know they are Maya Road mini's LOL I did add some Rock Candy Crackle to the corner of the canvas but it really doesn't show up in my naff photo's!

Thanks for looking...and thanks again for your comments!

Hels x

Blue Today...Blue Tomorrow

...Aw, I just love those ickle mini canvases..this one is an ATC size and I coated it with Terra...yes, I am mad on Terra still LOL I stamped into the Terra and then once it was dry, I painted it with Kaisercolour paints...and then emphasised the bumps with gold Precious Metal paint.



The little birdy fella was stamped onto painted cardstock...getting out of my comfort zone on the Artsy Crafts weekend really worked...I love painting cardstock now :O)) I then added a sentiment onto the same card and popped this onto the canvas using silicone glue. I added a few little beads to jazz it up and to then even the tone I stamped a Paper Artsy clock in black StaZon.




Thanks for looking...I am home today from my stay at Andrea's so will be more chatty again tomorrow...now, is that a good thing or a bad thing I wonder? Don't answer that LOL

Hels x

On The Wings of Time...

...Another piece from the Artsy Crafts weekend...this was one of my faves, I got to play with metal, Grungepaper and ... a melt pot!! However...when I got home the UTEE had cracked across the middle :O(( My own fault for not being more careful packing up my bags. Here it is anyway:




I decided to have a go and make one for myself and then got a bit carried away and ended up making it into a Clucker!



The UTEE from the melt pot was poured into a cookie cutter which was placed over a piece of decorated metal and then Grungepaper wings and metal head and legs were added. I love him...think he is a cool dude :O)) I plan to use him on the front of a Journal which I am in the middle of altering at the moment.




Thanks for looking...have a good one

Hels x

Believe & Bloom

...I believe that we can all bloom throughout our lives...blimey, that was a bit phylosophi-wotsit for me wasn't it? LOL




I got very inky and messy and played about with some of my fave stash; Studio 490 stamps, Maya Road chip, Grungepaper and Distress Inks and made another hangy piece...how many hangy pieces I need I don't know...but...I love making them :O))




I used Milled Lavendar and Dusty Concord Distress Inks and then edged with Black Soot. The stamping is with StaZon and I added some Rock Candy Distress Stickles to add a bit of bling.

Thanks for looking...have a grand day

Hels x