CCC9 - Cracklepaint

It's my second week doing the Compendium of Curiosties challenge over at Studio L3, I've decided to work backwards and forwards as I'd love to keep a sample of all the techniques so I'm off to see what weeks 1-8 were.

Hope you like the tags I made for this one



For the male themed one I used Faded Jeans, Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Tea Dye with Rock Candy crackle paint



For the girly one I covered the tag with a Pearl Adirondack paint dabber, then used Alchol Inks in Wild Plum, Stream, Butterscotch and Gold and covered in the crackle paint then did the same with the heart in Wild Plum. The crackle paint on the top layer of the heart has for some reason come off in places but adds to the distressed look.

A couple of challenges

I saw this lovely idea in Craft Stamper and thought it was so unusual just colouring part of the image and had to have a go.



DP: My Mind's Eye - Jen Wilson "Le Paperie"
Image: Sarah Kay "Best Friends Forever"
Medium: Copics

I'm entering it into the Crafty Cardmakers "Birthday" challenge and Bunnyzoes "Vintage" was also going to be for Crafty Catz Buttons and Bows but I'm too late for that one.

Thanks for looking.

Vintage collage

I made this in two stages the ideas both coming from Craft Stamper which I absolutely love now. The frame is a photo mount which I have covered in Viva Decor texture paste then stamped an image into. Next it's been covered with various colours of Adirondack acrylic paint dabbers and some Perfect Pearls to give it some glimmer. Added the Tim Holtz grunge flower and heart. It then sat on my desk for a week or so as I didn't know what to do with it until I saw a Vintage Collage in this months issue.



I've used various stamps, techniques and Distress inks making up little squares adding some of the fab TH embellishments to finnish it off. It's going up on the wall by my desk, hope you like it as much as I do.

Challenge Between Friends

Time for a Docraft challenge between friends, the theme this wee set by Papercraftpat is "Butterflys". I knew straight away what I was going to do as I've had this Marieanne die for sometime and not used it on a card.



The papers were a freebie My Mind's Eye set with a magazine last month.

The Sugar Bowl challenge - All about you!

WOW what a fab challenge this week over at The Sugar Bowl "Do It Yourself" you get to chose your own prize, 6 Sugar Nellie Stamps and a set of ordinary or Aqua promarkers how fab is that. Also you can chose your own sketch from the Gallery with any theme.

I've done something different and decorated a notebook as we will be making these at my craft club next week so it's my sample. I followed the sketch from Challenge 16.



Papers are a mixture, K&Co, My Mind's Eye and Coredinations Whitewash
Sugar Nellie image "Penpal" coloured with Copics
Ribbons, flowers and pearls from stash
Magnolia Sentiment

Thanks for looking

CCC8 - Inked Grunge

Hooray! I finally got my Compendium of Curriosities, wish I'd bought it sooner, it's fab, only trouble is I now need all Tim's products! What's more I found the fab blog that hosts the CC challenge. Studio L3 follows the techniques in the book each week and this week it's Inked Grunge.

So here is my first official CCC entry



Tim Holtz products used

Inks:
Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss,
Tumbled Glass, Broken China,
Vintage Photo, Antique Linen,
Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade

Grungeboard frame and leaves
Grungepaper tattered flower
Bird from birdcage die
Collage embossing folder
Aged Mahogany embossing powder
Rock Candy stickles

other bits and bobs from stash until I add to my TH collection.

I'm not convinced but it's my first attempt at the challenge so hope you like it.

Thanks for looking.

Gingersnaps Challenge 63 - Sunshine and Markers

Here's another one for a Gingersnaps challenge, to use Sunshine, could be a sunshine image sentiment or your version of sunshine. Well I hadn't got any "sunny" images but found this sentiment on a Hot off the Press cd of Quotes.

It says "The golden sund saltues the morn, having gilt the ocean with his beams" by William Shakespeare



I made and aperture card with my circle nesties and printed the sentiment off onto Acetate and coloured it with copics, then blended with gold Alcohol ink and remover. I would never have thought have using my pens like this until I saw the tutorial on the "Marker" challenge

The papers and flowers are from the Papermania Capsule Collection aptly name "Sunshine"

It's not one of my favourite cards, but hope it fits the bill.