Every life has a story.

I decided to put to good use some of the stuff I have learnt at the workshops I attended recently at L B Crafts.  These were run by Linda Elbourne, who has recently become a Ranger Educator.  If you ever fancy a crafty shopping spree I can defintely recommend L B Crafts, and there are a variety of classes being run fairly regularly.

So the challenge I am entering this pierce of work for is Crafty Ann's Challenge #19 - and you need to illustrate a song by Sir Cliff Richard.  In my teeny-bob years (help! - when was that?) he was my idol, along with people like Billy Fury, Adam Faith, etc, etc.  I remember I wanted to go and see Cliff at Southampton, and my sister - who is year 3 years younger than me, so she would have been about 10, wanted to come as well.  It was a Sunday, and the only way we were allowed to go was if Dad came on the train with us to Southampton.  He went to church, while we were at the show!!

So, the song I have decided to illustrate is 'With the Eyes of a Child' which was released in 1969. As soon as I decided on that song I knew which stamp I would use - but what to do.  The stamp is from a Paper Bag Studios stamp plate.  I have taken a small canvas and covered it in a mixture of Kaiser Craft paint - two shades of green, and then spritzed through a Glimmer Mist mask with a Key Lime Pie glimmer mist.    The stamping on the canvas is with Wendy Vecchi stamps, and I have also made a grunge paper rose, leaves and butterflies.  The rose and butterflies were coloured with distress inks and then misted with Antique Brass Glimmer Mist.  I took a Maya Road frame and covered it with Shabby Shutters distress ink, and then sprayed it with the Key Lime Pie mist, and when that was dry, Antique Brass.  I have added some jewels to be butterflies, and some Tim Holtz corners to the canvas.

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Monochromatic - One Stop Crafts Challenge - DT Card

Another week gone - it has just flown.

The theme at the One Stop  Crafts Challenge  is Monochromatic this week. . 

My card was inspired by something that I had seen made by Lin Brown of LB Crafts, and all the lovely B Line stamps I have - of which there are many, all bought from LB Crafts over the years, and I am ashamed to say that do not get used as much as they should be.

The  card is shades of grey.  The papers are printed from  the Artylicious Decadent Brocade CD, available from Graphicus - one page I printed as is, and the other I printed in Greyscale to get a lighter colour.

There is a minimal amount of colouring on the lady for her jacket and body parts.  The flower underneath her I have layered, and the lady is on foam pads to make her pop out a bit.  The swirl is been embellished with pearls,

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts #24 - Swirls and Pearls
Paper Sundaes #25 - White and one other colour - mine is shades of grey
Pile it on #26 - My favourite things - I started using B Line stamps when I started crafting and whatever else I use I will always come back to them - these are my favourites for many many things ....

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Vintage, Distress, Whatever ...

As I am sitting doing this post the sun is shining outside, and the bells are pealing across the fields at the church which is 10 minutes down the road from us.  Such a lovely day.

This style is slightly different from my norm, but something I enjoy doing, and in fact when I started stamping most of my cards were in this sort of style.

All the stamps I have used are B Line from L B Crafts.  The main image is called Stand By Me, and the other is Floral corner.  I have inked the background with Distress Inks, , and coloured the images with them as well.    The background paper is from a box of K & Co papers, with the mount a textured Bazzill on which I have used a Martha Stewart punch along the edge.  The leaves are punched with L-Em punches, flowers are Prima with a Basic Grey enamelled brad.  Ribbon from stash - I think it came from Craft Fairy as I always stock up with them at shows.

I am entering this card for the following challenges

• One Powerful Hour - 20's style
• Crafty Cardmakers - Distressed
• Theme Thursday - Vintage
• Crafty Ann's Challenge - No. 14, Anything Goes
• Stamp with Fun - No. 57, Friends

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Stamp Simply 123 - Very Vintage

Another challenge, and something different for me - I don't do vintage very often.   At No Time to Stamp? the challenge this week is very vintage.  This is my take on it.

I 'simply' sponged Distress Ink colours over some cream card, and then stamped the central picture on to the stamp card, masked it, used one of the colours to stamp the floral motif around it.  The frame was gold embossed on to card and rubbed with the same colours from the background.  A ribbon, and a metal birthday card from stash wrapped round the whole thing, and mounted on to a co-ordinating card. 

The stamps are all B Line from LB Crafts.

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A Spoon Full of Sugar - travel

The latest challenge on A Spoon Full of Sugar is Travel, and this is the card I have made to represent this.

It is mostly stamped with chalk inks and distress inks used on the background. The stamps are a mixture of Tim Holtz, and B Line - which rank among my favourites.

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Think Monday - Think ATC

This weekend sees the 40th anniversary of The Woodstock Festival, and for those of us old enough to remember, it was billed as three days of peace and music - which was said to change the face of music. So the theme at TMTA is flowers, and this is my take on it.

I have resist stamped a grungy butterfly on a piece of glossy card, brayed over this with ink, and then stamped Flowers in Her Hair on top, and embelished with flowers and brads.

Recipe:

Stamps - B Line Designs, Tim Holtz

Ink - Kaleidoscope, Stazon

Embelishments from stash

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