Time.......to Build It Up at FSC

Happy Sunday friends and I am so excited to let you know that this fortnight I am the Guest Designer over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge............!!!

This fortnight the challenge is "Build it Up" and boy did I go for it!!!.............I love it when I have time to play :-) Its's also important that you only use 3 stamps on your project and you can see that I used 2 of Tim Holtz SA Time Traveller stamps and a sentiments stamp from another SA set. 

There are numerous layers that I have built up.......i.e layered dies, cogs and the time traveller himself. 

As I am in London, returning home today,  I  have scheduled this post and will add on the 'How To' details tomorrow for those of you who like to read them. Be warned there are lots and lots of Photographs...so grab a chair and a coffeee/tea

Take Care and Catch up soon xx

With Love at Christmas x

Hi Everyone..........................and a warm welcome to you all :-)

This fortnight at Craft Room Challenge the lovely Mervi is the challenge hostess and the theme is "Vintage Christmas......presents or cards" 

Our sponsor is Rogue Redhead Designs, who make wonderful Vintage and Eclectic Stamps.

Below is my DT project, which definitely has a Vintage Shabby Chic Theme. 

The background card is A4 and the stamped images are from Oxford Impressions 'Christmas Wish' Stamp Plate, which I won in a Giveaway from the very talented  Lynne Moncrieff of Adorn. You can find Lynne's blog HERE and it is certainly worth visiting x. 

The  OI plate is full of wonderful Vintage Christmas Images, which stamp beautifully.  

The drift wood was found during a beautiful summer walk on the South West Coast of Scotland and is attached with twine. 

After blending the card with Vintage photo Distress Ink  I  used the masking technique, blended  and water coloured  the main focal images with Distress Inks and Distress Markers. I also added some Ranger Stickles in Rock Candy to create a crisp frosted effect around the feet of Santa and the children.  The Spritz and Flick technique looks like snow is falling.

 Above is a closer view of the top left corner, with a torn tag stamped with the sentiment.

Below is the lower left corner with the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia die. Here I used felt, which was stamped with Archival ink and  then aged with Vintage Photo DI. More Rock Candy Stickles were adhered to catch the light.

The  double bow was made using some hand dyed cheesecloth and once again Rock Candy Stickles provided that lovely sparkle, which just sets this piece off..... sparkling in the lamplight. 

 I do hope you can join in with us over at Craft Room Challenge this fortnight. You can also view and be inspired by the fabulous makes of my very talented DT Roomies by clicking HERE

I would also like to enter this hanging in the following challenges:

Over at Simon Says Monday Challenge the Challenge Theme is Countdown to The Holidays. My Christmas Hanging with the number 25 included is certainly doing that :-)

At Fashionable Stamping Challenge  the Theme is 'Shabby Chic Christmas'.

Thank You for visiting and taking the time to comment..........I really do appreciate your  visits/comments and always try to get back to you.

Crafty Hugs  as always xxx

Stencil Journal

Hi Everyone........................Hope you are enjoying the weekend :-)

Its not so nice here with rather mixed weather and of course its getting pretty dark around 4pm. 

Below is a Journal I have made for a colleague's son, who will be 21 on Tuesday. 

It's almost 8 by 8 so a reasonable size. 

You will see that I have used various Distress Inks, TH Sizzix dies, TH Rub On's and many of Tim's new  stencil's, which I adore. 

I took the photographs in a different room so the colour is varied, particularly the main finished image, which is deeply rich like most of the photographs below.

When he was little his mum always said she would buy him a car for his 21st Birthday, so I created a flap as she wanted the CAR picture to be included. I used  the Tissue tape to create the hinge for the flap. It's so cool and was a tip from Tim at his Birmingham  Workshop.

Flip it up

I tried to create a plaid using Tim's striped stencil and i think it looks the part

 Close friends..............

 The cool thing about the clock is that it can be moved to commemorate his date of birth or even time of birth........whatever his mum decides. 

THank You for taking the time to visit and I hope to catch up with you all soon. 

Have fun xx

Coming of Age

Hi Everyone.............................I just want to say thank you to you all for continuing to follow  me in my little crafty corner and for leaving such kind comments. They are really appreciated. 

Below is a canvas that I made for a friends daughter's 21st Birthday and for my first DT piece at Craft Room Challenge. I just gave you a sneaky peek the other day, promising I would pop back with the 'How To' and here it is.  

The Completed Canvas

I did take a photo of the embossed centre piece but it was rather fuzzy so I have not posted it. The card was brown and I ran it through my Bigshot using Tim Holtz Embossing die. I inked with walnut stain DI to age it and then distressed the edges with my  TH Distressing tool. I took some treasured Gold Gilding wax and highlighted some of the emboss words like Blanchard and Paris  

The canvas is  9" by 12" and was already prepared so I adhered some torn book pages, adhering them with Glue n Seal.  Once dry I took Tim's new Bubble Stencil and a CW Butterfly stencil, covering them  with texture paste.

The numbers are from Tim Holtz  Sizzix Wordplay die and I adhered two together to give a more raised effect that you can view later :-)

A closer look  at the numbers which I adhered with Glue n seal

Once dry I took Distress paint in Broken China, misting with water as I just wanted a wash, enabling the torn papers etc to be visible. 

Once dry I took Vintage Photo and  edged the canvas to give definition, particularly to the stencilled areas. I also applied Treasure Gold Gilding wax in Sapphire, Renaissance and White Fire, creating more definition. 

Distress inks were used to stencil Tim Holtz Dot fade on the background and also CW Art is  stencil 

Alcohol Ink was applied to the metal Ideaology plate and  an old key from my stash. 

I also used Glossy Accents in the centre of the plate over the stamped image.

I love the facial images and sentiments in the TH Stampers Anonymous Classic Favourites set

 ( SCF005) I swiped with Distress Ink and then used Distress Markers on the lips and eyes

The little Butterfly was in my stash and added further dimension along with dome Adage tickets :-)

The recipient was absolutely thrilled, which makes it all so worthwhile.

This week at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge it is 'Anything Goes' where I would like to enter this project.  

Thanks for dropping in

CRafty Hugs xx

Quick Card

Hi Everyone...heading off to Aberdeen today with DH...but back tomorrow,

Just sharing a very quick card with you. I am sure it happens to those of us who make cards!! You suddenly find out that its someone's birthday and you need it...NOW aagh !

Grabbed some TH Papers ( Lost and Found) and some distress ink and some pc generated words in 'Bingo Lingo' ( language) oh and one of my flowers.
for the massive Bingo fan who is 89 years old and voila .....................

The handsome young man in the photo reminds me of TH.....what do you think ?

Tattered florals die and some dried tea placed inside then some glossy accents....should have went  round the edges of my flowers........but hey ho !!!!

Have a wonderful weekend and see you on Tuesday with my  first Craft Room Challenge project..........or before ....when I catch  up on my comments xxx

Thank You so much for dropping in and taking the time to comment. I really do appreciate that as I know how difficult it can be when time is not  running in your favour or life gets in the way. xx 

Mirror Mirror on the Wall !!

Hi Everyone............................its Sunday again and I hope that whatever you are up to you are having some fun. I was very fortunate to have met up with Astrid McLean and my mum ( Rita) yesterday for a lovely day of chat and crafting. We have all joined Creative Chemistry 102  ( CC102) and spent some time with 'The Professor' in between tea and more chatting.........it really was a lovely fun day. 

Today I am fortunate to be spending  some more time crafting as I have a few projects to complete before next weekend. I also wanted to take part in Tim's October tag, which you can see below :-)   You can view Tim's  tag and recipe by clicking HERE if you would like to take part in the 12 Tags of 2013. 

I did have to improvise  on Tim's recipe and will share that with you as we move on through the photographs.

As mentioned the background was completed using Distress Paints you can view in the photograph below. Tim explains the technique on his blog and also CC102. The skeleton is from TH 'Poisonous' stamp set by SA, no CMS 171

I used first, second and third generation stamping. 

You can also see stenciling top left and lower right using Tim's new Shatter stencil. I took some Vintage Photo and lightly "danced it around" as Tim would say. 

Another view of the shatter stencil below.

 Distress Paints I used in the marbling technique :-)   

I was lucky enough to have Tim's new Sizzix Ornate Frame die but I did not have any of his new glitter. 

Fear not !!!!  Last year Tim demonstrated how you can alter the colour of glitter by using  Alcohol Ink...see HERE.    (I used Eggplant AI)

I love Tim's Skull stamp, which I cut out and distressed with Vintage photo. I went over the teeth with Picket Fence Distress Marker, outlining them in black. The little mustache was a gift from my crafty friend Anita Houston.  The spiders were in my stash from last year and fitted this  project perfectly.

When I placed  the frame over the skull it looked to me like a mirror, with Mr Skull ensuring that his moustache was trimmed to perfection !!!! Such a Handsome Chap !!!! Mind you he also looks like he is going to sneeze ! Maybe that feather is tickling his nose !!

As I did not have the  Sizzix owl and moon dies that  Tim used  I improvised with the TH Movers and Shapers mini inkwell and feather die. The little bottle was cut out in black card and then some glossy accents was adhered. The feather was inked with Vintage Photo and Black soot around the edge.  

After dying the crinkle ribbon I decided to stamp the skull on to some clear shrink plastic to create an embellishment for my tag.  I used Jet Black Archival Ink to stamp on the plastic and was careful not to smudge it before drying/shrinking it with my heat tool.  ( Remember to punch a hole before you shrink it.)

I then added an idea-ology jump ring and safety pin to complete the look. 

Hope you like my fun tag...I certainly enjoyed the creativity and it was nice to use various techniques that I had not used in a while. 

As this is my  very own take on Tim's tag I would like to enter  the following challenges :

Stampotique Designer Challenge whose challenge is Halloween and Our Creative Corner, whose theme is Halloween, Lets Tag It On

Off to do some  visiting as well as tidying up on the blog before I sit back down to other crafty makes that I have on the go. Catch up soon x 

Best Wishes and Crafty Hugs 

Accordion Flip Album

Hi everyone and a huge welcome to new followers. Its lovely to have you join me here in Blogland. 

Below is an Accordion Flip Album  in a vintage style.

The Sizzix dies that I used were designed by Karen Burniston and I love the way that it folds in to a little book/album and when you open it you can view all the details inside. You require to purchase 2 dies to make this album. The accordion album and the frame and label die.

Each section of the album is die cut separately and then adhered together, enabling you to  have as many pages as you require. I distressed the album pages before adhering them together. I did not attach the centre pieces until I had adhered the labels and stamped tissue paper. Embellishments could also be added.

Papers used were from Tim Holtz Paper Stashes and the stamps/sentiment used were from TH Stamper's Anonymous range. 

The papers were blended with Vintage Photo and Salty Ocean,  (the die cut album was blended with Spiced Marmalade)

 

I would like to enter this album in the following challenges : 

Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes

Anything Challenge- Anything Goes

Craft Room Challenge-Vintage Stamping

4 CRafty Chicks-Lets Hear it For the Boys

THanks again for dropping in x Enjoy the rest of the weekend and I will catch up with you soon. Although I dont play golf I do enjoy watching it and this is the first year that my DH and I have not attended on one of the British Open days. Although he has made a fantastic recovery it would just be too much to spend a whole day walking around following your favourite golfers/queing at the stands, especially in these higher than average temperatures..................so we are enjoying it at home.

Take Care and Crafty Hugs