Just Magnolia First Challenge

Just Magnolia is a new challenge sit which launched last Friday. The DT are such a talented bunch and I just adore their projects. The challenge was a sketch and what a fab sketch it was. I had to rotate it to fit the image but I think it works. The gorgeous papers are from Basic Grey Bittersweet collection. I coloured Tilda with my Derwent Inktense pencils and matted her on some of the DP as well, leaving a tiny border. I attached Tilda to the card using foam pads. The sentiment is a HOTP stamp and the flowers and gems are from my stash. There is a fabulous prize up for grabs to celebrate the launch of Just Magnolia, go check it out, the link is in my sidebar.
I have made some tags for a swap I am involved in. Here is one of them. I inked up the tag with Tattered Rose Distress Ink and then stamps a swirly Tim Holtz background in Worn Lipstick. The Gorjuss image was stamped and watercoloured, cut out and adhered to the tag. The butterfly charm was from the lovely Jill at Hobby House and the flower, brad and ribbon are from my stash. I also added Glossy Accents to the little clip in her hair but I doubt you will be able to see that.
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Friday Sketchers and Autumn tags

Day off today so made some tags for a swap I am in. The theme is Autumn. The stamps are from a plate by Queens Dresser Drawers. I inked up the front of the tags using Distress Inks in Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade, making sure I had masked the leaf image. I then watercoloured the leaf using a mix of Fired Brick and Mustard Seed. The reverse of the tags was coloured with Peeled Paint Distress Ink.

Also managed to get this week's challenge from Friday Sketchers done. The papers are from Ambrosia by Basic Grey and the stamp is Whiff of Joy Charlotte and Charlie Winter Collection. I coloured the image using Derwent Inktense pencils and matted the image on some black SU cardstock. The buttons were from my stash.

It's tag time

I am in a monthly tag swap and the theme this month was sayings/sentiments. I have used Distress inks for colouring and the stamps are the freebie in this month's Craft Stamper and a new sentiment one purchased from a well known auction site. Firstly I stamped the sentiment on each tag. I then stamped the flower and watercoloured them using Fired Brick. I then masked the flowers and used Cut'n'Dry foam to blend Mustard Seed over the tag. For the splodges I stamped the fired brick onto my craft mat and spritzed it with water, then dipped the tag in parts of it. Finally some red fibres were added to each tag. Thanks for looking
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Elzybells/In My Pocket

In My Pocket challenge returned this week and this week the hidden element had to be "Stars". I have used my Elzybells stamps again, some DP from DCWV Glitterstack and an orange inkpad. The little star gems are from my stash as are the wooden stars under the flap.The sentiment was stamped using Studio G alphabet stamps. I am sending this pocket to a friend, I hope she likes it.
I got some fab stamps from Elzybells the other day. A friend's daughter broke her arm during the week so I decided to make her a little card. I embossed some card with a Cuttlebug folder and chalked over it with glimmer chalks. I stamped the image and coloured it with the glimmer chalks as well before matting them both on the card. I stamped the message using Studio G alphabet stamps- they are slightly off but I wanted it to be like that....or at least that's my story and I am sticking to it :0)

My Time To Craft challenge/Shabby Tags

I had to make some tags for a swap i am in and the rule was they had to be shabby and as distressed as possible. The other instruction was to get as messy and inky as possible making them. I cut the white cardstock to the required size and then crumpled them up. I straightened them out again and applied Distress Ink in Fired Brick to both sides, blended lightly with a sponge to spread the colour over the entire tag. I then took another Distress ink pad in Walnut Stain and stroked this lightly over both sides as before. I spritzed water all over the tags to let the colours bleed slightly and left them to dry. While still slightly damp I tore pieces out and made other tears in the edges to add to the aged look. Once the tags were dry I stamped a Tim Holtz Image in Black Soot randomly on both sides. Then for the front I coloured some mountboard with Distress Inks in Old Paper, Fired Brick and Vintage Photo, blended with a wet baby wipe. I then stamped the bird image, also Tim Holtz in Black Soot. While all the inks were still wet I covered the mountboard with clear embossing powder. I heated it randomly so that the embossing is patchy. I then edged the mountboard with Vintage Photo ink and stuck it to the front of the tag. Finally I took some white string and dabbed it all over with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I ran a baby wipe over it, doubled it up and threaded it through the tag. Hope these are shabby enough :0) I am entering the tag in the MTTC challenge which was "birds" last week. I know I am late but I am hoping to catch up soon.
And yes, I got very inky and messy making these LOL!

Vintage tags

I am involved in a tag swap this month and the theme is vintage. I had a great time yesterday making these and got very inky and messy in the process. I have used various Distress Inks to colour the tags and have blended them with a wet baby wipe. The images have all been stamped using the Distress Inks, either directly onto the tag or onto pieces of mountboard. The pieces of mountboard were first coloured with the ink pads and then glued to the tags. I attached some co-ordinating fibres to each tags and them spritzed them with a mixture of Perfect Pearls and water to give them a glorious shimmer.If you click on the images you may see the sparkle. I am quite pleased with the final results. The stamps were See D's apart from the large pocket watch which is from The Artistic Stamper.

The Batik Technique

The tag technique from my friend Hels this month is batik. I stamped a Paper Artsy image in clear embossing ink and covered it with clear embossing powder which I heated. Then I covered the tag with Distress inks in Scattered Straw and Broken China. Then using my house iron cos I don't have a craft one, I covered the tag with a paper towel and laid the hot iron over it. This melts the embossing powder and lifts it off the image. You are then left with a negative image on the tag. The boys in the image look a bit spooky with their white eyes I thought- next time I try this technique I will use a different stamps :0)
I stamped the text in Broken China. On the back of the tag I have stamped another image from the same plate and some text in Broken China again and finished the tag with some co-ordinating ribbon. Hope Hels approves of my efforts.(click on the images to get a closer look)

Flower tag swap

I have already shown one of these tags this week for the My Time to Craft challenge. I made another two last night. I have coloured the tags using Distress ink pads in Shabby Shutters for the green one and Broken China for the blue. I then stamped two Anna Griffin stamps in black Staz-on and coloured the images in with watercolour pencils.
On the reverse of the tags I have stamped another Anna Griffin floral design in Pine Needles Distress ink for the green tag and Nick Bantock's Deep Turquoise for the blue one. I have added a Little floral brad to each and some co-ordinating ribbon/fibres. Thanks for popping in for a look :0)