Tag week again over at TioT's.

This weeks challenge over at Try it on Tuesdays   is to make a Tag using  a 'Resist Technique.
Pop over and see how my team mates made  their  tags.
My background  had two techniques. The small white leaves were heat embossed. Then, the blue leaves stamped out using a dauber resist technique, both methods can be found in Tim Holtz Book, The Compendium of Curiosities.
The colouring is various layers of Distress inks, with a final rub over the suface with a lightly spritzed [water] piece of kitchen roll to remove the excess colour from the leaves.
Trimmings as usual are from my stash as is the image.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

Bloom and Grow, for Crafty Cardmakers Challenge

My first card as a DT member for Crafty Cardmakers is for Challenge 59 hosted by Fiona  and is to use -'No Floral Embellishments.
You can use floral backing paper and flowers in the image but no actual floral embellishments.

We have two sponsers this time.
One Stop Card Crafts who are offering a £10 store voucher as a prize.
Also, Digi Doodle Shop who are offering a $10 certificate for their store.

On this card I have used an old favourite stamp by Art Journey. I just love this little lad who seems to be growing out of the flower -pot, the daisy on the  stamped border is by Joanna Sheene.
Paper layers from my stash.
All the shading was done with wild honey distress inks, and I used watercolours  on the main image.
It was hard not to add a floral embellishment and have finished the card trim with  a cord passed though a couple of eyelets.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

She's a Star

'Dream the impossible and reach for the stars'. 
Well everyone has a  wish or a dream , that one day we hope may come true, with heath and happiness along the way.
So has this little charmer, dressed up in her posh frock. You have to chuckle she is a' star'.
The stamps I used are Stampotique, the star being a freebie with a magazine.  The  main image   was on my wish list and arrived with my Christmas goodies.
I am unsure who to attribute the word stamp to, I've had it for ages.
Not being a tidy soul the papers etc were lurking on my  my desk .
All the shading was done with watercolours ans Victorian Velvet Distress ink.
Challenges
Stampotique Designers Challenge- Wish for the New Year
Happy Daze  blog- Try something new for the New Year

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.

Stampman 3rd Annual Awards

The Stampman 's Third Annual Award is instead of a new challenge this time is for us to go back over what we were making in 2011 and choose something that we were happy to have made.
 This is harder than you think,  I have eventually decided  on  a Steampunk hanging here is the link to the original post.

 Thankyou for stopping by to tale a look.

Amelia

Our first challenge of 2012 over at Try it on Tuesdays is to make a Card.
 It must be All Your Own Work with   'No Bought Designer Papers or Embellishments'.
Pop over and get all the details and see what my fellow teamies have made.
Our regular sponsers are once again 'One Stop Cards and Crafts.

Amelia  is a paper image that came from a friend.
The ribbon is recycled from a gift parcel.
For the rosette, I hand pleated a strip of vellum.
Adding an air dried, moulded flower, that I made  back last March at a Craft retreat. { I found  a few more , obviously  carefully put away to look at, think you all know what I mean saying that].
The background paper was made with Pink Paislee stamps.
 Clear embossed then brushed with ' green patina'  one of my new Perfect Pearls colours. .
 Words were stamped with bundled sage  Distress ink.

Challenges
The Artistic Stamper Creative team blog's   January Challenge  is Vintage.
Simon Says Stamp and Show   Something Old,  Something New

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January and sharing some exciting news.

This is the first  monthly swap I am sharing with a craft friend who doesn't blog. We have decided to make a  calender  'fat page book'.
This is my version  with the  January tab on the back. We are going to make the front and back pages ourselves.

Besides old well loved stamps, I used  a set of Kanban and Urban by Papermania that she sent me for Christmas.
I used distress inks for colouring, the bird cage is a Memory Box die.

Challenges entered
Make my Monday  new theme for this month is Nature and this week  its a focus on Birds
Just for Fun its Anything  goes

Now I am shouting out my news. [I have tried many times to get this posted at the top of this post] 

Just before the holidays   I was asked  by  the talented folk over at Crafty Cardmakers  to join their Design Team. You can guess  my answer was  'yes please '.  I am realy looking forward to the challenges.

Thankyou for stopping by , you know I realy appreciate your comments .

New Stash

Our first challenge of  the New Year over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges is  the  'Anything goes, using your  new stash'.  Please pop over and see what my fellow team mates have been making with their new goodies. We'd love to see what Santa brought for you.
  In my goodies for  Christmas were several new stamps and a variety of of embellishments.  The OH   listened , looked at the items on my wish list and had things pointed out to him on the internet . I can honestly say I am looking forward to using my stash over the coming weeks.

This is one of my new  stamps, she is by Kanban, coloured with watercolours and highlighted with loads of glitter.. The hat pins and corners are also  new.  All the papers I had in my box,  along with the ribbons lace etc.

Thankyou for stopping by to take a look, and a Happy New Year to you all.