Shadowing Inkadinkado...

...I made another Shadow Box....I really love making these, they are pretty simple and yet it means that I get to use loads of stamps on one piece of art! All of the stamps used in the main image are from Inkadinkado's clear range...IMO really fabby stamps, great images and great value too...some of the ones I have in my collection are a couple of years old and still seem to be going strong.




The colours I chose are Dusty Concord and Broken China Distress Inks and the stamping was done with StaZon. The frame was painted with....*fanfare* Traditional Tan paint...well, if you love something it is only right to use it ... constantly ROFL...so once the Trad Tan had dried, I used a babywipe and smudged Blue and Purple Claudine Hellmuth paints over the frame and then covered the whole lot with Rock Candy Cracklepaint...which doesn't really show up too well on the pics but it does give a lovely agey feel to it. I thought it all looked a teensy bit pale though...so I got my oldest StaZon which isn't very juicy and swiped it around the edges of the frame just to ...er....frame it LOL




The rose was made using Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Canvas, painted with the same paints and mounted onto some metal and then attached with silicone glue to make it stand up. The idea-ology frame is my very last one *sob* but I just love the look they add to a frame...and the word is an Adage Ticket....there is a story behind this...I loved Linda's idea of filling it up with Crackle Glaze...so I decided to try it...but when I went back to it the following morning all the crackles had crackled off and fallen out of the frame. So, I put them back in and filled it up with Glossy Accents....BIG MISTAKE!!! The GA didn't set clear...and went all yuk and cacky, so I popped the ticket out and started again..leaving out the accenting! All of the products used on this project can be bought from The Stamp Attic.

Thanks for looking...have a great Saturday!

Hels x

It Takes Allsorts....

...Actually, I have taken Allsorts...their challenge this week is to make something with the theme of Hallowe'en...and guess what? Shock horror! This is very remiss of me and I shouldn't really admit it but...I have not got a single piece of Hallowe'eny paper to my name...so I made a background using the meagre stamp supplies I have (LOL) and then converted a Tilda which usually holds a buzzy bee and gave her an incy wincy instead... **Did you see there, I didn't say Spider cos I know some peeps are afraid of them and I thought if I said Spider you would all be running for hills** ROFL




This card was made up of Inkadinkado stamps and a Tim Holtz crackly background, some Bazzill, some ProMarkers and a bit of ribbon... and the cutest ickle pumpkin charm in the world everrrrrr




Thanks for looking...if you are still here and not scared off by me not mentioning the S word :O)

Hels x

GingerSnap Creations - Reason To Stamp - Hummingbird Day

Hey Peeps,

A card for a change LOL

Over on GingerSnap Creations they have a great excuse to stamp and make art...called Reason to Stamp. They have a list for each day of the month, along with what day it is...like today is Hummingbird Day....so my excuse to stamp got me able to use my fab Inkadinkado clear stamps.




I coloured the images with ProMarkers and then added lots of Stickles to make it all shimmery, which kind of ties in with the monthly theme of "Bling". The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp..one of my faves!

Thanks for looking!

Hels x

Birdies & Flowers - An Altered Canvas

Hey Peeps

Back to my "normal" kinda crafting today and a little mini canvas that I altered for my friend's birthday.




I used a 4" x 3" canvas, coating the surface with Gesso to prime and then used Chalk Inks - Blue Lagoon and Chestnut - to colour the canvas. I inked up some 1" Stampbord tiles using the same colours and then stamped some of the fabby inchie stamps from Inkadinkado then just scratched the Stampbord to highlight some of the stamped areas.




I used some more Inkadinkado clear stamps to decorate the canvas surface, stamping using Timber Brown StaZon.




The little bit of beady fringe was added once the piece was assembled and I used Glossy Accents to stick this to the back of the canvas...tis the bestest glue for me!!




Thanks for looking and hope you have a great day....we have 30 odd degrees forecast...far too hot for me so I will probably be found in the shade, near a fan and with a large icey cold drink to keep cool me!

Hels x

Bookmark It!

Hi Peeps,

Here is a bookmark that I made for a swap I was involved in a couple of months ago.

The base is mountboard and I coloured both sides with Dusty Concord and Faded Jeans Distress Inks. I added scratches to the surface using a little bit of white paint and the edge of an offcut of mountboard.

Side 1

The stamping on this side was made using black Versafine ink and some clear Inkadinkado stamps, they are so lush and lovely to use! The sentiment is from Stamp Attack.




I used a white pen to colour in some of the details on the stamped image to lift it slightly as it did appear to be a bit dark.








Side 2

For side 2, I used a Penny Black sentiment stamp and then randomly stamped the dandelion head from an Art Journey u/m stamp sheet. I added some glitter Diamond Stickles to bling it up a bit.




The finishing touch was a little tassle to tie onto the bookmark....I used white embroidery yarn and and just wound this around my fingers, tied it tight together and added a length of yarn as a tie.

Thanks for looking!

Hels x

Inchie Birdies

Hello Peeps,

Bit later posting today than normal....because my piece for today took a lot longer than I anticipated - I seem to be on a bit of a go slow at the moment!



Yes, another canvas....but this time I have used some fabby new stamps by Inkadinkado which are "inchies" and feature Butterflies and Birds.



I used some new ink pads too - they are the brand new chalk inks by My Minds Eye and they are gorgeous, really creamy and lush colours too.



I used Stampbord inchy sized pieces for the little stamps and then added a larger piece and used another Inkadinkado birdy stamp for the main feature.



Once the birds were stamped I took a scratchy tool and highlighted bits of the designs to make them stand out more. I also used a metal file and distressed the edges of the Stampbord pieces.



I used UTEE to cover the Stampbord, making three coats on each piece and then once they had cooled down, I swiped a Timber Brown StaZon pad around the edges, just to define them.



Finally, using the same StaZon, I stamped little swirls and birdy images onto the canvas and added little words and more swirls to the sides of the canvas.



That is it really :O))

Thanks for looking!

Hels x

Birdy Canvas

Evening Peeps,

Just a quickie tonight to show you a canvas I made for a friends birthday way back in November....only just had chance to Blog it what with Christmas etc!




I used chalk inks for the base, stamped onto tissue paper and layered this over the surface using watered down PVA to seal it and then used lots of pieces of stampbord which I inked, stamped and scratched and then UTEE'd in clear. The stamps are by Inkadinkado, aren't they cute??? :O))

'Tis late so not a lot of waffle tonight but I was determined to get a little Blog in today!

Thanks for looking

Hels xx

The Last Santa's.....

Morning all,

Here are the piccies of the final few card designs I have done for this year. I cannot believe that we only have a few more sleeps til Santa!!! Where does the time go eh?

I stuck to the same kind of theme right through my designs this year - mainly because it has been easier to do multiple versions of the same design and I really wanted to be able to send out handmade cards...I didn't want my pain to take over and stop me being able to do this!

For this card, the stamps are by PaperArtsy and the holly image is from the Tim Holtz Collection. Once I had stamped the Santa, I coloured him using watercolours and then layered up some mirri card and Bazzill for the mats. The holly was stamped using Olive Green StaZon and the berries are made using Ruby Slippers Stickles.





This one is made using this lovely Inkadinkado image, coloured with watercolours and then the border made as before. I added dots of Ruby Slippers to the holly wreath on Santa's head.





And finally! I borrowed this stamp from Andrea (thanks hun!) stamped him in black and then watercoloured him...the border is as before....yes, boring but effective!




Thanks for looking peeps. There will be a Sunday Stamper tomorrow with a little bit of Blog Candy to win too, so please pop back in if you have time :O))

Hugs Hels x

Tilda The Basket Case! :O))

Evening Peeps,

Another Christmas Card....yes, I really am cracking on with them now LOL

I used a gorgeous little Tilda stamp that my lovely friend Andrea bought me for Christmas...I know it isn't Christmas yet, but she let me open my pressie early...bless her..and thank you Andrea, I loooove this stamp :O))




I stamped Tilda with black StaZon and then coloured her in with Derwent Aquatone Watercolour pencils. I chose the pink and lime green colour theme to match with some gorgeous papers I have..and, yes, yet again, I cut off the bottom strip before remembering to write down who it was made by! I have a vague recollection that it is SandyLion...but don't quote me!!



Once Tilda was coloured in, I used my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities to make a little oval mat for her to stand on. I used some pinky paper and some lime green Bazzill for this. I then cut some fancy paper and made some mats for the rest of the card...added a little greeting which is by Inkadinkado and used the 'Bug again to cut a couple of snowflakes using glittery cardstock.

To finish the card I used lime green Stickles to add a little sparkle.

Thanks for looking - and also, thanks for the lovely comments earlier in the week which gave me the confidence to use a completely unusual colour theme for a Christmas Card :O))

Hels x

PS.....I keep meaning to say.....can any of you see the snow on my Blog? If you look carefully, you will see that there are little snowflakes falling over the photo's....but cos my background is cream, they don't show up too well....ah well, it is a little festive I guess LOL

A Blue Christmas

Evening peeps,

Another Christmas card that I have made, this time a blue one:

I used a small piece of heavenly embossed paper, cannot remember who made it though, sorry - I removed the little strip from the bottom of the paper and didn't make a note of the manufacturer!!




I matted this onto silver mirri and blue Bazzill cardstock. I then stamped the snowflake swirl (Inkadinkado) using silver embossing powder to get a nice finish to the image. Next, I poked holes in the stamped image and threaded some fine silver wire thru the holes and added seed beads to the wire. I did this twice and then added a little silver snowflake button to one of the snowflake images of the stamp. I added little blue gems to the dots on the design and then matted this onto silver mirri and blue Bazzill. I got the idea for the wire threading when I went on a great craft weekend with The Card Studio - we used this stamp on a card we made in the workshop and used the wire threading technique then - I just elaborated a bit and used a few beads to make it look pretty :O))





The sentiment is by Penny Black, isn't it a lovely saying? This was then added to the card - matted as the others were. Finally, I used another piece of thin silver wire and poked a hole through the top of the card, attached a snowflake charm which I bought from Scrapz and then added more seed beads to the wire and secured it with a silver brad.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to read yesterday's post...Blog Candy up for grabs :O))

Hugs Hels xx