COMPENDIUM OF CURIOSITIES VOL 2 - TECHNIQUE #3 PAGE 46, MARBLED STAINS

If you want to join in this week, HERE is the link. There is a generous prize of $25 gift certificate from eclectic Paperie up for grabs too. Tim's new book, Compendium of Curiosities Vol 2 has all this week's details on page 46.
I decided to make a tag which I also decided to keep simple so that I could use it on a card in the future. Here is my effort:

The details of how I achieved the challenge are on page 46 so I will not say more about that here - wouldn't really be fair eh! however, this is what I used:
CC2
a Ranger tag
Acetate from some ranger packaging
Vagabond
On the edge die - Scrollwork
Movers and Shakers - Mini butterflies
Movers and Shakers base tray
Ideaology - leaves and flowers
Stickles
Multi Matt Medium
Ideaology - mini safety pin
Distress Stains - various colours including Picket Fence
craft Sheet
Tonic Scissors
Distress inks - tumbled glass, brushed corduroy
Stamps - Urban Tapestry, Spring Sprung
Archival ink - chrome yellow, blue violet, viridian, aquamarine, french ultramarine
mini mister

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #12 - ANYTHING GOES/ONE LAYER

How could I resist this utterly gorgeous image. Isn't she just beautiful. My first attempt at this card was a failure so I painstakingly coloured her with both Archival vermillion and magenta hue and copics, then cut her out. The background for this ATC was made by distressing it all over with evergreen bough and iced spruce DIs before spritzing a harlequin stamp with water which I used to take the inks away leaving the subtle effect you see. I then used a tape roll and 3D foam to attach the image to the card and added a few tiny feathers for her wings, a tiny flower and some curled wire for her hair slides.
Pop over to our challenge blog here, where you will not only find details of this fortnight's challenge, sponsor details and gorgeous samples from our lovely DT, but also details about a call for a Design Team for our sister challenge blog - Fat Pages.

SDC 53 - ATCs

This weeks challenge over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog is - ATCs.
I thought I would have a go at this one, so here is my card:

2 sticks have been framed - again!
I sprayed some Adirondak inks onto some pre-wetted cardstock and then sprayed water through a stencil over the top of the ink. A bit of dabbing and drying made the base. I then simply used a Copic multi liner pen to draw the frame and coloured every other section with butterscotch acrylic dabber. I stamped 2 sticks with Archival black and again onto some card. They were coloured with Copic caios and the bodies 3D foamed onto the stamped images. I then used studio g stamps for the words which I cut out after colouring them with mustard seed DI. They were stuck down with glossy accents.
I love 2 sticks, they are amongst my favourite Stampotique stamps - which are all of them!!!!

WICKED WEDNESDAY ATC - #29 - YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

We could certainly do with some sunshine in the UK today. Storms have caused havoc in the south and are now venturing north to me. At least the lovely cards that the Wicked Wednesday ATC DT have made bring a smile and warmth to your soul.
I decided to heat up my melt pot and make a face for my sun. Here it is:

I used alcohol inks for the base card giving the effect of a lovely blue sky. The rays are stamped in saffron Archival ink. I coloured the ruff with mustard seed distress stain and stuck everything down with multi matt medium including the defintion which I cut from an old dictionary.
Right then, next task........

WOYWW WEEK 151

Time to fly around the world again stopping off at fellow crafters in order to have a good old nosey at what's on their work spaces. All this excitement courtesy of our Julia who does exactly the same thing every Wednesday. My desk this morning looks like this:

No, that's not a bit of orange peel, it's some ribbon coloured with mustard seed distress stain and my specs of course. Not very interesting. Actually, all the interesting bits are on the left, pushed out of photo shot so you can't see them because I'm working on a challenge. So far I'm struggling with it too. Anyway, due to the lack of interest here, I thought I would show you the inside of a cupboard instead:

You may just make out some Sizzix dies, a  chunky book, a couple of paper trimmers, an MS circle cutter, an air spray can, some tiny tinsel, a bit of stationery, some plates ----- what? plates? Yes, some of my stash is in a kitchen cupboard. To be truthful, more than one cupboard. I'll show you more next time. On that revelation I'd better go. See you next Wednesday xx