Eeek, Tagged AGAIN!!!!

Evening all

I have been tagged again!! This time, Dan has decided to tag me.....whilst I am on about Dan, for those of you who have never visited his blog....go and get a coffee and have a nice long mooch amongst his desirables :O)) He is a truly talented crafter and the stuff he makes....well, I will leave the rest for you to decide........

So, now I have the arduous task of thinking up 7 different facts about me!! Mmmm, I am scratching my head.......

1) I am a Gemini and apparently I am typical .... like a butterfly, I can flit from one thing to anoth ........ :O))

2) I write with my right hand but do most things with my left and I always say that if I ever broke my right arm I would be ok cos I can use my left to write with too! Allegedly, I started life as a lefthander but my Grandmother said it was the sign of the devil so I was chastised for using my left hand!!! Daft old dear!!!

3) I sneaked out to an AC/DC concert when I was 14 and managed to catch a plectrum that Angus Young chucked into the crowd.....my parents still don't know I did that!! I swapped the plectrum for an Iron Maiden tshirt....yes, I looove rock music!!

4) I failed my maths O Level five times....but passed with a B grade in the end!!

5) My first Saturday job was working on a fruit and veg stall in the local market.....and on my first day the boss made me stand on the corner of the stall and shout out "ripe strawberries, ripe"..... obviously it was an initiation :O)) Didn't stop me feeling like a plonker though LOL

6) I have never ever won a raffle....and I do buy loads of tickets!!

7) I had a list of things to do before I am 40. I have ticked off a fair few of them, going to the Opera to see Madam Butterfly, swimming with Dolphins, flying in a helicopter (which was terrifying), meeting the man of my dreams, passing my driving test and driving a High Speed Train......I have a few more on the list....the main one is flying in a Hot Air Balloon....I so need to do that!!

There, 7 more boring and silly facts about me!! Now all I need to do is tag five peeps.....now, who could I pick on today!!

Claire
Angie
Ann
Bee
Jacky

*sorry girls*

Hels xx

Sunday Stampers - Week 14 - It's Only Words....

Good Morning Stampers!

Another week has whizzed past and it has been a busy one for me....so nowt new there then!

This week the theme for the challenge is "Words"

I hope you are all singing the Bee Gee's song....or even making one up of your own :O))

I have made a card and a tag for this weeks challenge.


CARD




Using some of those most beautiful and strokable Fleuriste papers from Cosmo Cricket, I finally plucked up courage to cut them you know, I made a card featuring just one word. I used some of the die cut flowers from the pack and added little brads to them. The stamping is very simple for this card as I didn't want to detract from the gorgeousness of the papers....but then I felt a tad nawty for not doing some "proper" stamping...so I made a tag too :O))





TAG



I used a plain cream tag, blended Shabby Shutters and Dusty Concord Distress Inks over it, using Cut & Dry foam as usual. I splotched water onto the surface for a distressed look and then stamped the word dream in VersaFine Imperial Purple. I added a little crown that I stamped using Gold Metallic Dabber and embossed this with clear powder to set it.
Next, I took one of the word stamps from the Tim Holtz Collection and instead of having the sentiment as it is on the stamp, I inked each line individually and spread the words out a bit.
Finally, I used a new Penny Black stamp I managed to buy half price the other week....bargain cos I have been after this one for ages too! I inked the petals with Dusty Concord and the middle with Black Soot and then spritzed the stamp with water and stamped directly onto the tag, so I had a watercolour effect...I repeated this a few more times over the edges of the tag and finished by dragging the Gold Dabber around the edges.

Remember to make a post here when you have made your creation and please add a link to the place you are showing it.

Have fun and get inky and messy today...apparently, the weather is going to be dreadful, so that is a perfect excuse for staying in and crafting...I am working, boo hoo, sympathy please....but I will be thinking of you all! !

Hugs Hels x

I Can Sing A Rainbow

Hello again,

I have joined in a new challenge from Rainbow Lady. She has come up with a fab idea that we make something just using shades one colour and those colours must be in the Rainbow.....so this week I have started at the very beginning and have made something red.

I decided to make a tag as I will follow this challenge thru to the end of the rainbow and (who knows I may find that pot of gold) at the end of it I will have a little tag book to keep :O))




I started by using Fired Brick Distress Ink and covering the whole tag with this. I then smudged Aged Mahogany over the edges and then flicked water onto it. Drying with a heat gun made the water flicks evaporate quicker than drying naturally, so I kept some of the red colour showing. I then used a Dabber in Red Pepper to drag a few accents of red paint over the surface of the tag.

I then began stamping, using Lost Coast Designs and Paper Artsy stamps.

I used Distress Embossing powder in Fired Brick to accent the cats hat and then the scruffy edging of the tag.

Thanks for a fabby idea Cynthia, I love this challenge!

Hels x

What a Pear!!

Morning,

I have made a card for the My Time To Craft Challenge this week. The theme is "Tutti Fruitti" and I have used the one and only fruity thing I have in my stash!!

I stamped the image, which is from Stampers Anon, using Pine Needles Distress Ink and stamped it twice. I cut out one of the pears and waterbrushed the shaded part of the image and then popped onto 3D foam. I layered this over the original image and then edged the mat with Pine Needles.




Next, I used my Alphabet set and made the "sentiment" and then matted onto green Bazzill and gold card.

Thanks to the gals on the My Time To Craft Challenge blog, I had fun with this one! I am not sure when I could use this card though LOL :O))

Hels x

Vintage Tags

Hello,

I have made two tags today for the April Tag Swap I am hosting. The theme is Vintage this month and I have had fun getting all inky and messy again :O))

TAG 1



I started by stamping the Vintage Car in black VersaFine directly onto the tag. I made a mask for the car, placed this over the image and then using Cut & Dry foam, I blended Scattered Straw, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Inks over the top of the mask and over the tag. I then inked up the Paris Map stamp with Walnut Stain and stamped over the top of the mask, leaving a gap at the bottom of the tag. I used a checkered border stamp for the top and the bottom of the tag and then stamped Memories, again using Walnut Stain. Finally, I added Glossy Accents to the paler parts of the car, used a paper distresser for the edges and then my fave Gold Krylon pen to add a touch of shimmer around the edges.

The stamps are from Tim Holtz Collection - Road Trip unmounted sheet and the border is by Lost Coast Designs.


TAG 2



For this tag, I inked up the little chap stamp with black VersaFine ink and stamped directly onto the tag. As before, I made a mask for the image and then coloured the whole tag using Cut & Dry foam and Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks. Next, I inked up the same checker border stamp as before using Walnut Stain, then I stamped it all over the tag. I used the Memories stamp, inking with Aged Mahogany and then using Distress Embossing Powder in Walnut Stain. I added a touch of blue to the little chaps necktie and hat and then used a paper distresser to rough up the edges and whizzed the gold Krylon pen around the edges. The stamps I used for this tag are again by Tim Holtz and are on the The Boys unmounted sheet and the Lost Coast Designs checkered border stamp.

I have to dash off now cos I have a lovely deep bath ready and waiting to get all this ink off my fingers !!

Thanks for looking!

Hels x

Arty Girlz Challenge - Backgrounds

Hello,

Over on the ArtyGirlz Challenge Blog the theme this week is Backgrounds. Another brilliant excuse to get my fingers all inky and messy!!

I have made two pieces for this challenge because basically, I made a tag and then decided I needed to use Alcohol Inks as well, so I made a Gothic Arch too!

TAG

I used a plain cream tag and using Cut & Dry foam I coloured it with Spiced Marmalade and Dusty Concord Distress Inks. I then sprayed water into my hand and flicked it over the tag. I dabbed up the excess with a paper towel and then dried it off with my heatgun.



Then, using Spiced Marmalade, I stamped the Worn Wallpaper stamp by Tim Holtz. This gave me a faded image that I honestly wasn't that chuffed with. It wasn't as dark as I would have liked, so I then decided to stamp one of the little ATC collage stamps that Tim has just brought out. I made a muck up of this too!! I used Dusty Concord for the majority of the image and Walnut Stain for the skull....only to find, once stamped that it looked totally naff and wasn't very prominent. So, I quickly covered the image with clear embossing powder as this sometimes makes the image stand out more....still no joy with this either :O(( I was all set to stick the whole thing in the bin but then decided to try one last thing....so out came my brand new Ranger White Pen....oh, it is sooo heavenly!! I literally drew around the skull with the pen and then to make the white co-ordinate more, I went over the flourish part of the image.

All in all, I am relatively pleased with the tag, I would have liked it to look a but more defined but I will know for next time to stick to stamping in black LOL



GOTHIC ARCH



For this arch, I used three colours of Ranger Alcohol Ink; Stonewashed, Butterscotch and Wild Plum, my fave colours together. I drew a line of each colour on the applicator tool and then streaked it across the glossy card first one way, then the other, so I was left with a "plaid" look. I then cut out the Gothic Arch shape and got down to stamping. Using Bricks & Mortar by PaperArtsy, I stamped the house straight onto the arch using VersaFine black ink. I then inked the stamp again and stamped onto an off cut of the card. I cut out the roof and layered it onto the arch with 3D foam. I used Sepia VersaFine for the scrolls and then stamped the word using an alphabet pack I have and added this to the roof...along with a heart I had also stamped. I then added a "door" to the house and doodled inside the door using the Ranger White Pen again.



To finish off, I edged the whole arch with Black VersaFine and then added little dots to the scrolls with the white pen.

Can you see a new favourite here? That White Pen.....ooooh, you neeeed to get one, it is FAB!! Oh, I almost forgot to mention!! This week, the ArtyGirlz Challenge is being sponsered by The Artistic Stamper and there is a fabby prize up for grabs. And...if you pop over to the Artistic Stamper online shop you may just find one of those white pens :O))

Anyways, thanks for looking!

Hels x

Choo Choo.....Again!!

Evening!

Following on from yesterday and the piccie of me at work, I have got two more photo's to share. These were taken by Grim (my OH) as I was leaving St Pancras yesterday afternoon. Just look at all that smoke LOL

I love driving these old ladies, they are over 30 years old now and still turn heads and people stop and wave.....which is a fab feeling :O))

I am having probs uploading pics at the mo, so here is one of them for the time being!!



I will try to get the other one on later....think Blogger is having a teabreak LOL

Hels x

Finally got here to upload the other one!!

Choo Choo

Hi Peeps

I am very excited!!

Steve, a friend of my husbands was out with his camera this afternoon and managed to get a picture of me at work.....the reason I am so excited is cos for the first time in years I have been snapped!!

Here is the piccie



I just wanted to share!!

hugs Hels x

Distressed After A Workout!!

Afternoon!

I saw that my mate Linda had taken part in a new Blog challenge and being as I have to copy everything she does, I have had a go too!

The Challenge is called Saturday WorkOut and can be found here. This weeks challenge is to make something "Distressed". Well, what a perfect excuse to get all inky and messy :O))

I decided to make a tag as I have not made one for a while. I started by using Distress Re-Inkers in Old Paper, Tattered Rose and Dusty Concord. I dabbed dots of ink onto a non stick craft sheet, spritzed first with water and then with Gold Glimmer Mist.

I then patted the blank tag into the inky mixture and dried with a heatgun. I re-patted the tag into the rest of the inks and dried again.

Next, I used Peeled Paint Distress Ink to stamp the tree image and then Versafine in black to stamp the lion, the sentiment and the flourish. All the stamps are by Stampers Anon and in the Tim Holtz collection.



Then, cos I love my lion so much, I added a little Grungeboard crown which I had painted with Adirondack Gold Dabber paint.

I used the Tim Holtz edge distresser to get the shabby look on the tag and ran a black pen around the edges to add a little definition.

Thank you to Linda for showing me this challenge and thank you to the ladies on the Workout...this is the nearest I will get to "working out" LOL

Thanks for looking!

Hels x

Sunday Stampers - Week 13 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your FACE

Good morning stampers,

Another week has whizzed by and here we are at Sunday again and time for a fresh new challenge.

This week, Tina has very kindly set the challenge theme as it is her birthday today....so a very Happy Birthday to Tina and, without further ado, the theme is...... Faces

For this challenge I decided to keep the card simple in order to show off the lovely face stamp I have used.

I started by matting a piece of lovely rose embossed black card with some black and white paper from my stash, origin unknown as I had already used the bit at the bottom with the makers name on it!! Next, I took a piece of Stampbord and using black VersaFine ink, I stamped the Gibson Girl image which is a stamp from The Stamp Connection.



I added three little black Prima flowers and popped white brads into the centres and stuck them to the bottom of the card.

Now, all you need to do now is make something, be it an ATC, Fat Page, Tag, Card, Altered Art.....using a stamp that has a face on it. You can use any kind of face....animals and humans are allowed :O))

Please remember to post on here that you have made your challenge and add your link to the place you are showing your creation!

Thanks

Hels x

Collage Canvas - Take II & Flutterby

Evening peeps,

I have been crafty again and altered another canvas. It started life as a plain but already primed canvas and I decided to use the same kind of theme I used for the last one.

I cut 12 mountboard squares 1 1/2 " and then cut a 3" square piece too. I got some Crafty Individuals papers and images at Ally Pally and couldn't wait to use them. I started by painting Worn Lipstick and Old Paper Cracklepaint onto parts of the canvas and set this aside to dry. I then painted three of the mountboard squares with the same colours and set those aside too.



Next, I chose some of the papers, oh blimey, they are soooo lush it was hard to choose so I used most of them :O)) I stuck them to the mountboard squares using Glossy Accents as this is a really strong adhesive for paper. I used one of the little Angel images from the 2 1/2" square selection and popped this onto some co-ordinating paper. Then I stuck this to the 3" piece of mountboard and then added some little triangles as "corners" for it.




I decided to use some Crafty Individuals stamps for decorating the little squares and used Black VersaFine ink to stamp them. For some of the butterfly images I stamped them twice and cut out the butterflies and then curled the wings and used silicone glue to "decoupage" them over the original image so they look like they are fluttering.







Using another of the Angel images, I drew around a bottle cap and cut out the part I wanted to use. I popped this into the bottlecap and then filled it with Glossy Accents. I sprinkled a few little gold micro beads into the GA to add a little bit of glitz.









Next, I altered a "Willie"...go on, have a laugh cos I always do when I say that name!! Basically, they are little plastic rubbery critters - this one is a butterfly and I painted it with Duo Glue and added gold and copper flakes to it...I love the way these little bugs can be altered so easily. They come from The Artistic Stamper as does the glue.

I added some little pearls that I took off an old clip on earring, sticking them to the squares with Glossy Accents again. I also added a few micro beads to some of the squares, again using GA!







The T is from the Grungeboard "Mini's" pack and I coloured it with my faithful Krylon pen....and then I edged all the squares with the Krylon too...I find that doing this just finishes each piece nicely. I also used a 7Gypsies wax seal to go onto the same piece as the T....the seal says 100% Certified...now, is that a good description of me I wonder? :O))

Now all the pieces were decorated and ready to be set onto the canvas. I used Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and Cut & Dry foam and coloured the whole canvas with it. I also used gold Krylon to accent the edges, I smudged this onto my finger and then just rubbed over the parts I wanted to colourise.

Finally, using Glossy Accents, I stuck all the pieces of mountboard to the canvas and then I left it overnight to set. When I came to check it this morning the Willie had fallen off!! Don't laugh!! So, I used silicone glue to set it more securely.

I am really pleased with the results...and I love those papers soooo much!

Thanks for looking and I would really appreciate your comments.

Hels x

Eeeek, I have been tagged!!!

Hi Peeps

I have been tagged by my pal Shazza. Apparently, I have to tell you 7 random facts about myself....I am going to be here all night trying to make things sound interesting :O))

Here goes:

1) I can curl my toes up under my feet and bounce about on them.
2) In the Summer I have freckles on every finger on both hands, all in the same place.
3) I can waggle my ears.
4) When I sing, I sound like Les Dawson playing the piano!
5) I have a mole on my tummy and one in the same place on my back...like it goes right thru me!
6) I once drank a yard of ale and didn't spill a drop.
7) I love owls.

I am so boring!! No tattoo's, no exciting facts and no clever tricks up my sleeve.

I have to "tag" five peeps now...sorry!!

They are:

LindaE
Angie
Nicky The Minx
Rachel
Shaz



Hels x

Gothic Arch - Bricks & Mortar Style

Hello again,

How lucky was I to be able to buy a sheet of the brand new Paper Artsy stamps yesterday :O)) They are called "Bricks & Mortar" from the Squiggly Ink Range and the sheet I bought is No1.

I actually really love all the range and I think I will be saving up to buy them all very soon!

For this project, I cut a Gothic Arch shape from card and using a babywipe, I blended Adirondack Ink Stonewashed and Wild Plum over the surface. A quick blast with the heatgun to dry the inks up and then I stamped the little house and the swirly image onto the arch. I then inked up some more cardstock and stamped the roof of the house using Wild Plum and cut this out. I stuck the top of the roof directly onto the arch and popped 3D foam onto the bottom of the roof to make it looked like it was sloping.



Next, I stamped the sentiment onto the coloured cardstock, I cut this out and then cut it into three, tearing the right hand edges of these pieces and edging with black ink. I used 3D foam to attach these to the arch too. I used another piece of the coloured cardstock and stamped the ruler and attached this to the top of the arch. Finally, I stamped and cut out the heart image and 3Dd this onto the window in the house and edged the whole arch in black ink.



I am really pleased with this arch, love the stamps and the colours I have used. I need to find a stamp of a garden gnome cos I think this will be fab to sit in the window in the house!

Thanks for looking

Hels x

My Paper World Sketch #8

Hello!

I have finally had chance to catch up on some crafting and made a card using the My Paper World sketch #8 which looks like this:


I used an A5 sized card as I wanted to have a lot of the lovley new paper that I just bought showing! The paper is from KaiserCraft and the colours are so gorgeous....the photo I have taken reall doesn't do it justice though.










The main image is a Stickeroo by Penny Black from the Young Things range. The flowers are by Prima and the brads are from my stash.

Thanks to Nicola for the fab sketch!

Hels x

Sunday Stampers - Week 12 - We Are Family......

Hi Peeps

I am posting this weeks challenge a little early as I am at the Alexandra Palace show all day tomorrow .... I was there today and I have had the best day! I helped Jennie from The Stamp Connection with a Workshop this morning and then this afternoon I did my very first "demo". I was a little nervous and I am glad to say that it went well and I think the peeps that watched were happy with what I made :O)) I am doing the same again in the morning - except I will be taking the Workshop :O)) I am really looking forward to meeting up with some pals from the Forums and having a good old natter too!

Anyway, without further ado, the new theme for the Sunday Stamper is...... "Family"

I hope are you all singing "We are Family" now :O))

The aim for this week is to use stamps that include words associated with family, be it brother, sister etc or use stamps that feature images of what could be brothers, sisters etc....if they could be thought of as part of a family then go for it!

Also, this week, the theme could be used for Scrapbooking - using words stamped on your layouts for example.

Now, I have had to cobble together a card for this week because I am completely stoopid and forgot that I needed to make my card this evening - and left all my essentials - heatgun, inkpads, acrylic blocks etc at Ally Pally ready for tomorrow!



I have used another of those beautiful PaperBag Studios stamps, matted onto satin card and then Bazzill and I have used the one and only thing I bought today.....which is Grungeboard Mini's....yes folks, I only bought one thing!! These Mini's are soooo cute! They have some gorgeous Alpha's and the most heavenly tiny elements, check out the mini crowns....I love them!

Please remember to add a post on here with a link to the place you are showcasing your work of art.

Looking forward to seeing some fabby creations again this week!

Hels x

Hubble Bubble

Hello!

Sometimes inspiration can come from the strangest of places and today was no exception! I was at work, walking up the platform and the sun was shining in through the lovely glass roof of the station. I looked at the side of the train and I could see the sun was highlighting a pattern on one of the coach doors of the train. And this pattern looked like the door had been wrapped in bubble wrap when the paint was wet and then the bubble wrap had left a lovely dotty effect on it.

So, guess what? I decided to have a go at making my own "bubble wrap" pattern.

I inked up a little tag using Adirondack Wild Plum and applying it with a damp babywipe - this is a fab way of applying the inks as it gives a more scratchy covering than Cut & Dry. I then quickly dried the ink with my heatgun and then using a small piece of bubble wrap, I rubbed a Pearl Dabber over the the bubbly side. I then turned this over and pressed it onto the inky tag. I repeated this until I had the coverage I wanted and then wiped off the paint and used Purple Twilight Dabber and did the same again. I ended up with a really lovely dotty pattern - just like the train door :O))

Piccie taken so you can see the bubbles



I then used my most favouritest Paper Bag Studio stamp, inking with Black VersaFine and stamped this onto the tag. Now, the ladies over on My Time to Craft Challenge have set the theme this week as "In Stitches". I am completely useless with a needle and thread so I cheated and used Stitch Stamps, stamping rows of them all around the edges of the tag and down either side of the main image. I then got a little ambitious, found a needle and some silver lame thread and sewed three buttons onto the tag. The buttons are from the Tim Holtz range of embellies and are lovely silver metal ones...note I used buttons that only had two holes though....I don't want DH to get the wrong idea and think I can start sewing buttons on his shirts now do I? LOL

I punched a hole in the top of the tag with my Crop-A-Dile and then set a white eyelet into the hole and added some pink and silver fibres to finish the tag.

Finished Tag




I am soooo chuffed with the whole outcome of my playing and will deffo be using the bubble wrap to make more patterned backgrounds...and the best thing is that bubble wrap comes in loads of different sized bubbles so I can make bigger ones or smaller ones if I want to! Result!

Thanks for looking.....please give me your comments about this new, if a little messy, technique I have used :O))

Hels x

Ickle Pinky Board Book

Hi Peeps

Remember the "delightful" fairy stamp I won in the Pass the Parcel? Well, at the same time, as well as winning chocolate, I also won a tiny board book. It was so cute but I just had to rip off all the little pictures on the pages and make it grungey :O)) However, I did decide to go for pinks and purples and make it a little more girly too.



I started off by tearing all the coloured pages off the book so I was left with just plain buff coloured chipboard.

I then used Pink Sherbert Acrylic Dabber to cover the whole book. Because I am an impatient crafter, I used a heatgun to speed up the drying of the pages....and then I used some sequin waste and Twilight Purple Dabber and made the little circle designs randomly throughout the book.



This all looked a little bit "dark" so I used Snowcap Dabber and the sequin waste, again randomly thru the book.



I started the stamping by using lots of lovely sentiments from Penny Black, one by Dawn Houser and one by Stamper Anon (I think. I stamped all the sentiments in Black Versafine and then clear embossed them to set them - again for speed otherwise it takes aaages to dry the ink on the paints!




Now the fun part! On the opposite pages to the sentiments, I stamped various flower, dragonfly, heart and paisley images. The stamps used are by Crafty Individuals, PaperArtsy, Tim Holtz Collection and Penny Black.



All of the fancy images were stamped in Imperial Purple Versafine and again clear embossed for speed!

For the front cover of the book, I used some Grungeboard, wings, heart and crown, which I had cut out from some striped uncut Grungeboard I have. I coloured them using Acrylic Dabbers again and then used sandpaper to distress them a bit.




To finish the little book, I edged the pages with gold Krylon and then stamped my little Birthday greeting on the back. I am not saying who this is for though...I have a few birthday's coming up this month...so I am going to be keeping Mum :O))

Thanks for looking!

Hels x

Dream Upon A Time

Evening Peeps

Well, the old Mojo went AWOL this morning and I was gutted cos I really wanted to craft today. Anyways, a little 40 winks on the sofa this afternoon must have recharged it so I made haste to the Craft Room and had a little play with a gorgeous set of papers that I have from Die Cuts With a View. It is the Once Upon a Time stack and I have some embellie diecuts to go with the papers too.









I started off by using the fabby chipboard tags from The Artistic Stamper. I cut the papers to fit the tags and stuck them with DS tape. I then punched them thru the Bind It All machine and sanded all the edges to achieve a worn out effect. The chipboard tags are so thick that they just ask to be sanded and the papers, being white cored, are lovely distressed too! I used all three sizes of the tag, the larger ones are the covers and a middle page, the medium ones are the other pages and to add a little something extra, the mini tags are added in thru the book.




I then set about stamping, using stamps by Catslife Press and Penny Black. I stamped everything in Black VersaFine and then added lots of the diecuts with brads and some little photo turns that have words on them.





Once I had assembled the book, I then spent what felt like six years, tying ribbons and fibres to the wire.....not my thing, tying things as my fingers are not as nimble as they could be!! :O))






The final thing I did was to add a little bookplate to the front cover. I stamped the word DREAM using little alphabet stamps that came from a $1 in USA so no manufacturer for those but I think that they look nice :O))

A member of my Sisterhood of Blogging Stampers, Tracy, is a demonstrator for Trimcraft and she has some PIF candy on her Blog...so I thought that I would link this creation to her Blog as my entry - I have used DCWV and BIA which are amongst the goodies she demo's.




Thanks for looking

Hels x

The Sunday Stampers - Week 11 - A Ticket To Ride

Hello friends,

Are you all singing A Ticket To Ride now then? I am determined to make you all sing LOL :O))

This week I have chosen the theme....you have probably guessed from the title that the theme is "Travel/Journey/Transport"

Basically, you can use any kind of stamp that features a mode of transport in or on which you could make a journey! This could be a train, car, hot air balloon, flying, sailing, biking or even rollerskating!!

I have made not one but two cards for this challenge! Needless to say, I have had a day off so I have been able to play :O))

"Chuffing" Journey

I love this stamp! I got it last year at the NEC and think it is by Stamps Away...I didn't keep the packet it was in though...whoops! I stamped the image using black Versafine and then I masked the image. I used Goss Boss clear ink to make "steam" and clear embossed this. Using the "resist" technique, I used Adirondack Stonewashed and a piece of Cut & Dry foam to make a sky and used Frayed Burlap Distress ink to make the ground. I lifted off the mask and then painted in the engine using Fired Brick Distress ink and a waterbrush. I added black Distress Ink to the wheels and lines and used an Ultra fine metallic marker to add the golden bits....Matted onto black cardstock and then a small piece of Basic Grey Sublime paper and then attached to the main card. The Journey description is from Catslife Press and I inked the cardstock to match the main piece, matted as before and attached to the main card.


Clapped Out Old Banger

No! I am not describing myself!! This card was made using a new technique I have recently been shown....and I am so "chuffed" that I have been able to do it! Am still so new to stamping and love learning new techniques :O))

I started off by stamping the Vintage Car using Black Versafine ink. I then masked the car and used Cut & Dry foam to apply Tea Dye Distress Ink all over the cardstock. I then inked up the Paris Map using Walnut Stain and stamped this over the top, making sure the mask was still in place. I then got a little dangerous and used my lighter to burn the edges of the cardstock and then once they were as I wanted them, I used more Cut & Dry to smudge Walnut Stain around the edges. The reason for me using the lighter and not just tearing the card is that I can never get the torn bits to go in and out as I would like and cast my memory back to my school days when I had to make an old map for a History project....my dear old Gran helped me and used her lighter to make burn marks on it! Next, I matted this onto brown Bazzill. I then set to making the sentiment mat. First of all, I stamped the sentiment in Black Versafine ink. I used Tea Dye again to colour the cardstock, stamped the Map stamp again and then matted this onto the same colour Bazzill. After attaching the mats to the main cardstock with DS Tape, I decided the card was a bit boring, so I added the fancy ribbon to the top but as I wanted it to be masculine, I just tied a knot instead of a bow. I added a little snap to secure the ribbon and then edged the whole card with Gold Krylon. Finally, I touched up the windows with Glossy Accents and then left it alone cos I knew I was going to over do it and spoil it :O)) Oh, nearly forgot, the stamps are all from the Tim Holtz Collection.

Hope that you all have lots of fun with this challenge. Remember to leave a message on this post with a link to the place you are showing your work of art..then everyone can visit you and see your creations.

Thanks for joining in :O))

Hels x

And Here She Is.....Cue Fanfare......."Fairy Nuff" :O))

Afternoon!

Last weekend me and a few friends went to Lesley's for her birthday party. Linda had kindly made us a Pass The Parcel, talk about being a kid again, it was such fun!!! I won a big bar of choccy, which I shared with Lesley, a mini book to alter and then I got a forfeit!!

The stamp that I "won" is so ....er...how can I describe it? Without being rude, it is a little bit ..er "not my stylee" :O)) So, the idea is that whoever won one of these stamps had to make something using it and then Blog the effort.

I know that Andrea has been a really good girl and Blogged hers, which I think is fab actually.....and this is my effort. Yes, it really is delightful!!! NOT!!!


I decided to call her Fairy "Nuff" cos I could not think of a single thing else to put on the ATC....I really wish I had smilies on this Blog cos I could really do with a LOL one at the moment :O))

I am waiting not so patiently for Dan, Tina and Lesley to make their efforts with their stamps.....after all, it was a forfeit LOL

Thanks for looking ...and please, don't feel you have to be kind cos this has got to be one of the worstest Blogging entries I have ever done!!

Hels xx

My Time To Craft Challenge - Furry Friends

Hi peeps

Finally managed to get some quality time in my Craft Room this morning so have been able to catch up and get the My Time To Craft challenge made this week. The theme is Furry Friends and I have a lovely House Mouse stamp that I have hardly ever used.

I started off by using a massive piece of Stampbord - this always makes me nervous in case I make a mess of it and then I have lost a big and costly piece of work LOL


I stamped the image using Black StaZon and then using a Waterbrush, I painted in the image using various Distress inks. To finish off, I used a scratching tool and highlighted parts of the mice and edged the whole piece with Black StaZon ink.

Thanks for looking

Hels x

Another Tag :O))

Evening peeps, just a quickie post this evening as I have been on a long job today and I need my bed!!

Another of the chipboard tags that I altered! Again, using stamps and Chipboard from The Artistic Stamper.

Front


For this tag, I used Adirondack Inkpads in Lettuce and Butterscotch. I used a brayer to get the background inked and then used sequin waste and Cranberry ink to get the dotty effect. I stamped the large leaf using Pine Needles Distress Ink and then used Pine Needles and Cranberry Adirondack for the flower stamp, spritzing with water before I stamped the image so I got a watercolour effect. I added the little words and fibres and then used sandpaper on the edges to distress the chipboard.




Back


I used some Basic Grey paper from the Sublime range and covered the whole of the back of the tag. I then used sequin waste again and used Cranberry Adirondack ink for the dots and then used Pine Needles for the leafy images. The word is another stamp from the Artistic Stamper, adding fibres for a bit of decoration and then smudging Cranberry ink around the edges for definition.

Thanks for looking!

Hels x