Vintage Collage Stamp set

Good morning and welcome to the blog today.

I've been having a wee play with the gorgeous stamp set from the Creative Stamping magazine issue #67.

I had a piece of card stock from a collection I bought at the Works and this was a leftover piece I wanted to use.

I've stamped three of the stamps from the set onto the card using Versafine Smokey Grey ink and I'm really pleased with the results.

I've used a 5 x 7" card base as this one is intended for my charity box and I find this size the most convenient.

The main image is also from the stamp sheet and I've stamped the tiny butterflies again, cut them out and decoupaged them for some texture and interest.

I've kept the 'grunge' element very subdued as I'm not sure full on grunge would sell plus I'm not entirely into mixed media and grunge anyway. LOL.

 

The next pic is a close up of the panel that I've 3D'd to the card front.

The sentiment is by Paula Pascual and I've finished off the card with some black gems from my stash.

Thank you for dropping by today.

Have a good one! 

Here is the stamp sheet I used today 

Hello Seahorse card

Hello I'm back with another wee seahorse card today.

I found this little fella under a pile of offcuts so I just had to make him up into a card.

I've used a variety of crafty things so I'll start at the beginning.

The main panel was a piece of water colour card stock inked with distress oxide ink in aqua tones.

I spritzed it with Nuvo Mica Mists in Nebula Blue and Fresh Pear. I also used a Tattered Angels spray in Marshmallow that I've had in my stash forever.

Once dry I stamped the seahorse, foliage and starfish from Creative Stamping #43 in Beluga White from Squid ink and then embossed the panel using an old Cuttlebug folder.

I punched the border strip and corners using an EK Success punch set 

I matted and layered the panel onto a piece of Craft Perfect Silver Silk card stock and repeated that for the border.

I cut the Tonic Sentiment strip Hello from a spare piece of the inked card stock.

I finished off the card with a small piece of frayed cheesecloth and 3D'd the seahorse on top.

The seahorse is the Todo hot foil stamp that I've letter pressed using Nuvo hybrid inks in Lime Burst and Laguna Bay.

This pic shows the shimmer a little better but it's so difficult to catch it on camera. 

Thank you for calling in today.

Have a lovely Sunday. x 

Seahorse Trio

Hello and welcome to the weekend on the blog.

I've had a busy day so far out shopping with my daughter and grandson for his birthday gift.

We had a lovely lunch as well so home now and right and tired but it was a good day. Jude is turning 15 and I can hardly believe it. It seems no time since he was toddling around and getting into all sorts of mischief. The time is flying! 

I had some fun yesterday playing with my new seahorse hot foil stamp and die set that I purchased from a lady on FB. I've had my eye on the seahorse for a while and couldn't resist nabbing him when I had the chance.

I've letterpressed the first two cards and hot foiled the third. Hope you enjoy them. 😃

I kept to the same colour palette throughout and introduced a little pink and green accent with the inks I used.

My first card uses the stitched edge rectangle dies from Tonic for the main mats.

I've also used Sue Wilson edge dies, a random leaf die I found in my stash, paper from The Works Hombre 12 x 12 pad and Bright 6 x 12" pad.

I've used foliage, sentiment and star fish stamps from a set free with Creative Stamping magazine #43

The leaves were cut from Craft Perfect glitter card in Sugar Crystal and coloured with alcohol markers also by Tonic.

I've inked the background using Distress oxide inks.

The seahorse hot foil stamp was inked with Nuvo hybrid inks

The card was finished with some Nuvo Diamond Harlequin confetti.

The second card uses a background mopped up from the first one. I've overstamped it with a stamp by Christine from CraftiPotential called Messy Watercolour.

As well as letterpressing the seahorses with Nuvo Hybrid inks I've also letterpressed a Todo Chevron background hot foil plate in various colours of the same inks and cut a wavy edge before adding it to the inky background.

I've used Polar Ice, Laguna Bay, Spring Heather, Lime Burst and Panama Rose hybrid inks.

I've used Craft Perfect Silver Silk as my mat for the background and for the seahorses.

The sentiment is an old one from Craftwork cards

The card is finished with Nuvo Dream drops in Indigo Eclipse, Fairy Wings and Dragon scales.

I've used the seahorse and hot foiled it with green foil from Di Everett on FB.

The patterned panel is from the Brights pad from the Works

I've die cut the circle accent from Tonic's Mermaid collection 'Mermaid to be Friends' die set.

The sentiment is from Marianne designs and I've used the stitched rectangle layering die set as the mat.

The stamped border is from the free stamp set with Creative Stamping Issue #43

I finished off the card rounding one corner and added some Aqua Aurora sequins also by Tonic from the Let It Snow collection.

Thank you for calling in today.

I hope you have a super weekend.

Edna x 

Beautiful day by the sea

Good afternoon and welcome to the blog today.

My latest issue of Creative Stamping arrived today and I couldn't resist having a wee play with the stamps that are included.

They are a fabulous collection of all things seaside by Sheena Douglas and I just loved the size of them and the usefulness of the imagery.

I had a play with the lighthouse and porthole stamps, one of the sentiments and the tiny little crab on the bottom edge of the card. 

I've used a Tonic Studios Stepper card die and embossing folder for the card base. 

Tonic alcohol markers for colouring the image.

Distress oxide inks for the ink blending on the circle with some peeled paint distress ink for stamping and adding a slightly darker tone.

The porthole was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Desert Ochre embossing powder. 

I've used Tonic's layering circle dies for the mats and layers.

I splashed some large water drops onto the inked circle to give the impression of clouds in the sky.

The little crab was inked with Memento inks in Ladybug and Cantaloupe and cut out as an embellishment.

The foliage stamp is also from the set with the magazine.

I had a lot of fun messing about today - hope you enjoy the outcome. 😄

Have a great afternoon and thank you for calling in today.