Tuesday Taggers-Make a Scene

This week over on Tuesday Taggers the challenge is to Make a scene.

I used Original Art clear stamps, a street from the English Garden series, coloured with coptic markers. The forground on the tag is lighter than it looks here.

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Studio L3- challenge 4 -Shabby Chic

Shabby Chic was the challenge I found on page 49 of TH book this week. . So what in my stash did I have to try this out.

I had a piece of grunge paper, which I covered with black acrylic paint. Still no distress embossing ink, but the versamark seems to work okay. I used a favourite floral stamp. My top paint covering is an Adirondack Buttercup dabber. I have used the resulting piece as a layer on a vintage card.

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The Craftbarn- shaped card theme

Over at the Craftbarn there is currently a competition to make a shaped card. There are some beautiful examples

http://thecraftbarnblog.blogspot.com/

I have made a Fan shaped card , a bit of a challenge for me. Each piece was decorated before I added the main images. The stamps I used were old favoutites, including a couple of Stampington and Co. The distress inks were dried marigold and victorian velvet. A stud with Life on it is keeping the tassle in place.

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Stampman ATC swap- Wings and Things

The first swap for ATCs over at the Stampman is, Wings and Things. I have used butterflies as my embellishment to these two Atcs. The images are stamped and coloued with disress inks.

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Art Creations Friday--Challenge81

I must thank Art Creations Friday, once again a super picture to incorperate into this weeks challenge. My version shows, the lovely lady looking out of a framed window which I made using computer generated images.

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Tag You're It - Uncle Sam

This weeks challenge over on Tag You're It is Uncle Sam.

So my first thought was help! I haven't anything that fits this theme. After browsing the net for clues, I typed Free American Clip Art into my Google bar and Phew. I came across these little treasures. The red background is stamped with tickets.

This is the result, thankyou for stopping by to take a look.

Ready Steady Stamp - challenge24

The challenge over at Ready Steady Stamp has changed and given us more choices of ingredients, but we must still include 5. This week it is to alter a note book. I made this cover for a 3x5inch post it book.

My ingredients are

A rectangle book,masculine theme,dry embossed background, embossed main image. a postage stamp,metal embellishment and I used distress inks for the green shades. The ribbon is brown, the postcard cream.

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Studio L3-Challenge3 Alcohol/Monoprint

I have been looking at this amazing challenge for a couple of weeks now at Studio L3 and finally taken the plunge and had a try.

This week it is Alcohol/monoprints. I only have few inks the the choice wasn't difficult. I used butterscotch, oregano with gold mixative for the background, needless to say I was a lovely shade of both these colours, the stamps are from Tim Holtz, Natures Discovery plate.

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Hello JoanneR

At long last my very good friend JoanneR, has joined us in blogland. Many of you will have seen her fantastic gallery on the Docrafts site. If you would like to say hello, this is her addy
http://joanner-joanscrafts.blogspot.com/

Tuesday Taggers -Wedding

This weeks challenge at Tuesday Taggers is a Wedding theme.

The background has a Love poem stamped on it and a piece of certificate paper, and edged with distress ink. The church is a stamped image from a crafting friend. Some lace and flowers for decoration. Now my confession,--a peel off bride and groom, [but coloured with promarkers] don't know how long they have been lurking in my craft stash. Add to that a touch of flower soft on the boquet, completes my tag.

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