TYI-Tag in a Pocket

The challenge theme this week at Tag Your It is to have a tag in a pocket.

I used Elusive Images Halloween stamps, distress inks and cosmic shimmer paints to colour this. The bird on the pocket is embossed

I had a bit of bother loading the photos, hence the picture of the tag itself isnt here.

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KIS- Gold Dust

The theme for the challenge at Keep It Simple this week is Gold Dust.

My interpretation was to emboss my main image, by Paper Artsy, with gold powder. Another card made for Christmas, its creeping up fast. I used papers to layer it up and a gold ribbon.

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Altered Beer Mats

I love altering beermats to make wall hangings . This one I made for a swap challenge when I went to Cazro's Geordie Meet recently

I used 2 mats, didn't photograph them as I am sure you all know what they look like. I covered them with a plain paper, random stamped and coloured. Added a Crafty Individuals picture to one and stamped out a Love poem by Inca stamps for the other. I edged the mats with lace, added flowers and linked them together with ribbon

The hanging I will be adding to two challenges

The Stampman Challenge6-Altered

Lots to do- Alter It

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Cinnabar

This card I will be putting into two challenges, as I think it fits the the theme for both.

Tuesday Taggers - It Takes all sort and Anything Goes

Lets Ink It Up -Challenge 3- Stamping with a Favourite stamp, with the twist being to add a charm.

There is a link to both challeges in my side bar.

The card is made with an assortment of co-ordinating papers, lace etc. The charm is attatched to the tag. Now my choice of a stamp was difficult, as I have had a few favourites over the years. But I chose Cinnibar by Stampington, and used distress ink around the edges.

Off to pack my craft bag now ready for the Craft Retreat organised by Janet and Michelle, no doubt the contents will be changed a number of times between now and Friday.

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Dreaming for Tag You're It

This week over at Tag You're It, the theme is free choice, But, we have been given a colour palate to use. Please pop over to see the super examples.

I used a pre printed base card, that seems to fit the colours, the tag I stamped using a lovely Sugar Nellie stamp called Dreamy. I used cosmic shimmers to colour her in. Now have a chuckle, there I was up close to my computer screen, trying to match my pots of colour , hope I got close.

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Amazing Day

I am thrilled to bits today getting a Ginger Gem award, then a One Lovely Blog award from Netty.
The idea of the 'One Lovely Blog Award' is to pass it on to 15 other bloggers. So I would like to nominate these super blogs that I love to visit. Nans Niche, My Craft Heaven, Annes Corner, Night Time Stamping, Not a Moment to Spare, Terrys, This Little Place, Zoiys Place, Sherrys Simple Blog, Cazros Crafty Corner, Realize Creations, Vivs Visuals, My Craft Heaven. Also Midnight Crafter and Clarky Js Place who got me started in blogland.
So grab the award and pass it on.

C. of C.- week 15

Week 15 over at Linda's Studio L3 , has us dipping into page 58 of TH Compendium of Curiosites, -- Alcohol inks on agate grunge.

Oh! the excitement of getting messy again for this challenge. The colours I used were Red Pepper and a little Oregano, the stamp is by B-Line. I am not sure yet whether this is going to end up as a card or a wall hanging , so it is just resting on the black and patterned papers.

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K.I.S.-'Bling It'

This Sunday at 'Keep It Simple' the theme of the challenge is to add some Bling.

Once again I have gone for black and white with Christmas in mind. The background I stamped with a snowflake pattern and added the stamped Noel as my main image. Some silver mirri card, a few stones and glitter on the letters are my take on Bling.

The biggest problem was had, when trying to take a photograph, mirri is a right pain, as it either comes out brown or shows reflections, this was the best of many tries. Has anyone any ideas that might solve my dilemma.

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T.T.- Diamonds are Forever

The theme of the challenge this week over at 'Tuesday Taggers' is Diamonds are Forever.

My take on the theme was to include a bit of bling on the border of my cut out shapes. In the centre is a simple rose stamp, embossed in black, on a piece of distressed paper.

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C. of C.-week14

Over at Linda's Studio L3 we are up to week 14, of her super T.H. challenge. This week it can be found on page 58 of THE book, 'Masks Basics'.

There is a link in my side bar to the Compendium of Curiosites challenge.

For my efforts at this technique, I used a TH gears mask, sprayed it with Cosmic Shimmer-midnightblue and Starburststain,-hydrangea blue. The stamped image is from one of Elusive images new Halloween sheets, then coloured with Cosmic shimmer paint. I hope the words I printed out suit the scene.

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