Flying Clocks!

'Steampunk/Inventors/inventions'  is the new challenge at Try it on Tuesdays.
How you interpret the theme is up to you but please pop over to read all the details and rules.
The D. T. have made some fantastic projects to inspire you.



I chose to make a Tag this time, all the stamps are from Chocolate Baroque.
The background was random stamped with cogs and wheels.
I stamped the 'flying clock' onto tissue, before sticking down,  after my first one seemed to blend into the background.
The little wooden additions came from Crafty-emblies.
All the colouring and shading are distress inks, tea dye and vintage photo.


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Wild One

Sharing with you another Gothic Cutie I made for The Cheerful Stamp Pad . There is another week to go for this challenge.
I used a Sugar Nellie stamp, water coloured and  fussy cut, then layered onto various papers from a Debbie Moore craft  CD.
She is a wild one who like to have her toys well under control.
That's why the skull is chained to her wrist.

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Sentimental

'Sentimental'  is the new challenge theme over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.  We would like you to use a sentiment  or portray something that makes you feel sentimental.  My D.T. sisters as always have some great examples to share with you.
Please pop over for all the details  and read about the super prize offered by our sponsor.

The sentiment  I used on this card is a Sam Poole Art Phrases stamp, layered up on  die cut Spellbinders shapes.  The stamp on the background layer is an acrylic stamp and I am not sure of the maker.
The shading this time is Pans Pastels , this is not something I use often as yet, but it blends so well, I am sure I will use it more in future.

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Sent from Heaven

'Baby Face ', is this weeks new theme over at Sugar Creek Hollow.
There are some fantastic examples made by my DT friends and our Guest Designer for this week
Starr Timmons.  Please pop over to take a look and get all the details.
Remember our style is vintage/shabby chic.
Once again I have chosen to use Graphics 45 papers.
All the ones I used are from the Litttle Darlings stack, adding a few trimmings from my stash..
I used  Tea dye distress ink for all the shading.

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Watch

The next letter in the Alpha/Dictionary challenge over  at the  Craft Barn is  'W' with the added twist to add circles to the page.
This is one of the rare times I had to start from scratch, so after sticking down my dictionary pages, giving everywhere a coat of gesso, I was ready to go.
I chose the word 'Watch' which does have a few meanings depending how you add and use  it when you are speaking or writing a sentence. .
Nothing like complicating  things, so my interpretations for the word are are -

watch---to look at
watch---a small clock for the wrist or pocket.

I used a dotty mask for the background circles using Pans pastels to shade,  next stamping on  some watches.


The watching eyes and  image are  Dylusions stamps , these were water coloured.
I used a homemade stencil for the larger circles  to put in the die cut letters.
To highlight the dictionary definition I used the eraser end of a pencil  dipped on to an old ink pad.

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Lets party

This is my first post for The Cheerful Stamp Pad. This is a secret I have been keeping to myself for a few weeks when out of the blue I was asked to join the D.T. You can guess my answer.
The challenge theme is Gothic Cuties and is sponsored by  Dilly Beans
I have made this small Wall Hanging using a Stampotique image. This 'goth cutie' is dressed to impress and ready to party, she is coloured with water colours.
 The arch was die cut before embossing in a brick folder grey card, rubbed over with black soot distress ink.
The background stamps are Stampers anonymous, again I used distress ink to shade.

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Elizabeth Bennet

This weeks new Challenge over at Sugar Creek Hollow  is   'Rubber Stamping'.
We ask you use an actual stamp and not a digi image and remember we like to see a vintage/shabby chic style. . Please pop over for all the details and see what we have all been making.

I used this rubber stamp from Indigo Blu called Elizabeth Bennet, coloured with water colours.
She does look  to me,  like she has just stepped out of a romantic novel .
All the shading on the layers is distress ink, bundled sage.

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