Free theme swap

Ang is hosting a swap on All things crafty, & it is a free choice. 3 postcards, 3 houses, 3 fat page & 3 atc's. Here is a selection of mine.

In Stitches

This is my attempt at this weeks challenge over on Lots to do challenge blog.

I made a fat page.

The background is the shaving foam technique.


I then added stamped images of flowers & leaves & coloured in with H2O's.

I hope you like it!

Black & white

Alison has chosen this weeks challenge over on the lots to do challenge blog & her theme is black & white.
I made a fat page, which I used the opaque white staz on with various stamps.

Vintage challenge

Over on the Lots to do challenge blog, the theme this week is "vintage". I made a fat page with the background of shaving foam, then used stamps over that. I found some vintage looking images from CI & mat & layered onto gold mirri card then 3d them. Finally, I used my gold pen round the edges.

resist stamping

Over on the technique zone, Sam has done resist stamping & here are my first attempts, just waiting on a rainbow ink pad to arrive before I give it another go!

Red & white

The scan is awfull on this, so it's not showing how it really looks:(
This is my entry for this weels challenge, red & white.
I used red ink for the heart stamp & then highlighted with a white pen.

4x4 & 1x1 swap

Sam over on Lots to do is hosting a fat page swap, but we have to include an inchies on them.So I used acrylic dabbers for my background, then stamped the flowers in black, then painted them in with some new paints I have, & then added the inchie.

Name Swap

This is my present for the name swap happening on lots to do forum.
I have made Angie a fat book note book. I was going to BIA at first, then decided against it, so she can add new pages if she would like to.
I hope Angie will like it & use it.

Christmas in july!

These are for a swap hosted on Lots to do, for the christmas in july swap!!
All are covered using various backing papers I had & all are vintage, then on the skinny I have stamped a CI christmas stamp. All have a gold outline using rangers gold pen.

Week 14 Challenge work

These are my pieces for this weeks challenge & the theme was chosen by Andrea which is "children"
The fat page was inked up with distress inks, then 2 of Tim's stamps were used & the ranger gold pen around the edges.
The arch had acrylic dabbers used as the base, then again, another of Tim's stamps with distress inks. As I made these in advance, I forgotten what I have used! I think I then used clear embossing powder over the stamped image. And once again, the rangers gold pen around the edge.

Words Challenge

This is my work for the words challenge this week.
I have to be really honest here, I had an idea in my head, but you know what it's like,I got carried with inking, stamping etc etc, that it turned out nothing like my idea in my head!
But I hope Hilda likes it!

Black & White Fat Pages

These are some of my pages for the black & white fat page swap hosted on lots to do forum.
They have all been backed using various black & white paper & I have used various images stamped onto white paper.

Teddy Bear

These are my items for this weeks challenge, which is teddy bears.

Both are fat pages, one is inked up with alcohol inks & a decoupaged image. The other I used distress inks & a stamped background, then highlighted with a gold pen & again, decoupaged teddy.

Green fat pages

These are my pages for Junes fat page draw on Lots to do Forum.

They have all been stamped using various images with archival black ink & then heat embossed with either clear or holographic powder.

They look much better in the flesh as this scan doesn't show the embossing very well!

CI Stamped Fat pages

These are a selection of fat pages I have made for a swap on Lots To Do Forum. All are made using various methods.

I've been tagged by Monalisa (Sue), so thanks sue!
I have to tell you 7 facts about me, that may or may not know!
So here goes

1- I have 37 cousins
2- My middle names are Lucy & Carrick
3- I have 2 half brothers
4- I have 7 nephews & 2 neices (and another neice/nephew on the way!)
5- I can't trace my family tree on my Mum's side as my Grandfather never knew his parents
6- I don't like to see children with snotty noses!
7- I have a love affair with crafting in any shape or form!

Hope you are still awake!

Now I have to tag 5 people, so I tag

Ang
Andrea
Claireabelle
Carfty C
Dawne

Rubber stamping fat pages swap

These pages are for a swap on Lots to do, all based around using rubber stamps.
This page was very simple. I spritzer the page with my made up Glimmer mist of Fired brick reinker ink & sparkle perfect pearls, then used Tim's stamps, finished off with Rangers gold pen around the edges.

This one took a bit more time! I firstly used domino shape stampbord, inked up with different distress inks, stamped the image in the middle with archival black ink, then brushed over with perfect pearls & finally round the edges with rangers gold pen.

I used a CI corner stamp in walnut stain & a Cats life press "friends" stamp with versamark & perfect pearls.

The effects of the perfect pearls look much better in the flesh.

Atc, tag & fat page

These are for my swap that I am hosting on lots to do forum. The theme is saying/proverb & I naturally had to have Carpe Diem, all who know me will know why!!

I sturggled to find a image that would suit this saying, as there really is no image for it, so I kept it very simple.

I choose my favorite distress inks, & inked all 3 up, then used 2 hampton art stone stamps, Love & Dream with vintage photo ink.

I intend to send the receipent's of these, the full poem of Carpe Diem, so they will have that to look back on.

Fat page book covers

Front cover

Inside front cover

Back cover outside

Back cover inside

Distressed fat pages

These are my fat pages for a swap on Lots to do forum

I really enjoyed doing this swap, & using all my new stash!