Behind the Mask

Today I've been playing with some masking tape and chalk inks to make a couple of Unity cards.

I used the Christy Tomlinson Urban Chevron stamp for the card on the left and the sentiment on the right card is from the Bold Insight store kit.

I've then added stickers and a die-cut to embellish.

Now I'm off to try some more masking and inking.

Smile

Here's a layout I completed a few weeks ago and didn't get around to blogging. 

We took Matt and Jess for a walk as Jamie was away with a friend and Jess was less than pleased to smile for the camera!

Materials used: My Mind's Eye papers, American Crafts Thickers, Spectrum Noir pen, Prima mini alphabet stickers, My Mind's Eye rub-ons, My Mind's Eye stamps, brown Versafine ink.

Go With Your Heart tag

Today I've gone back to my tried and tested "shabby chic" style to make a tag for the Make The Day Special blog.

I've used the Unity/Authentique Itty Bitty stamp Go With Your Heart which I stamped with Versamark and then embossed with WOW embossing powder on Prima paper. 

Materials used: Prima Madeleine papers, Unity stamp as above), Versamark ink, WOW! embossing powder, Joy Crafts die, organza ribbon, Prima pearls, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, lace, lace butterfly, velvet ribbon, organza.

Smeared Ink tag

Today I have a tag to share with you using stamps from 2 Smeared Ink sheets - "As Death" and "Holy City".

I coloured my tag (made using a thick watercolour paper) using Derwent Artbars which I blended and then used a grey inkpad to stamp the graveyard scene on the tag. I used distress embossing powder around the edges.

I then stamped the church steeple using black ink on to watercolour paper and used the Artbars again but this time as watercolour paints to colour the stamping before cutting out and sticking with foam pads on to the tag.

The saying was also stamped on watercolour paper and given a light watercolour wash over.

Pencil on Kraft

It's my day for posting on the Make The Day Special blog but this time I thought I'd try something different from my usual and go for a Clean and Simple (CAS) card.

I stamped the flowers from Unity's Quiet Essence kit on to kraft cardstock using brown Memento ink and then coloured the image using Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment from Unity's "A Mother's Love" kit was then stamped, again using the Memento ink.

A couple of Unity tags

I have a stack of tags already coloured with either Dylusions inks or distress inks and turned to those today to make a couple of Unity stamps tags.

The tag above was coloured with Dylusions inks and then the sentiment from Bold Insight was stamped using grey Memento ink. The dragonfly from the same set was stamped on to card coloured with distress inks before being cut out and adhered to the tag.

This second tag is slightly smaller but made the same way. The sentiment is from Moments in Bloom and the flowers are from Bold Insight. I added a tiny rhinestone to the centres.

Artistic Outpost - Huck Finn tag

I've been playing recently with tags and Dylusions inks and decided to use my Artistic Outpost stamps on today's tag.

I have a stack of tags ready dyed and another set ready that are distress-inked and chose some in a blue/green colour combo.

Materials used: Dylusions inks, Ranger Distress inks, brown Memento ink, Artistic Outpost Huck Finn stamps, twine, muslin, button and metal plate bought in a job lot from a friend.

Vintage Games tag

Here's a tag I made a few weeks ago using the UMount Vintage Games stamp set by Sam Poole.

I used Dylusions inks to make this:

Materials used: scrap cardstock, Dylusions inks, UMount Vintage Games stamp set, black Memento ink, ribbon, staples, vintage glass button, beads.

Unity Love Life canvas

Well, after missing posting last week due to a case of nothing going right with my make I'm back this week with a canvas for my Make the Day Special blog post this week.

This started off as a 6" x 4" canvas board from The Works (great value at 99p for a pack of 5). 

I coloured the background with Derwent Artbars which I then blended using a baby wipe.

The Love Life stamp from Unity's Love Life set and the butterfly stamp from Unity's Life Becoming set were stamped on to patterned paper then cut out. 

I used K and Co printed die-cuts, metal embellishments , Prima lace, a beaded string from a Christmas decoration and more to embellish.

Materials used: canvas, Derwent Artbars, Unity stamps (as above), Pink Paislee London Market paper, brown Memento ink, K&Co die-cuts, Prima lace and flowers, lace embellishment, metal charms, Vintaj Patina paint, vintage glass button, beaded string from Christmas decoration.

100 (tomorrow)

Tomorrow my OH's Gran celebrates her 100th birthday so I made a card which I'm sharing here today. As it was quite bulky I also had to make a box to put it in before sending:

Materials used: Papermill cardstock, My Mind's Eye papers, Nestabilities dies, Coredinations cardstock, vintage glass glitter, beaded embellishment, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, Hobby House gemstones, satin ribbon, Prima alphabet stickers.