A grungy cupcake

Hello dear reader,

The other day a dear crafty friend of mine challenged me to make a card with a cupcake. I would get bonus credit if I made it grungy....
I stamped the cupcake on white card stock with embossing ink. I embossed it with Stampendous Frantage Shabby white embossing powder. I also sprinkled some on the rest of the paper. I heated it underneath to make sure the powder stayed put. I love the look of the frantage range.
After it cooled down I inked the card with old paper distress ink. Then I inked part of it with Brushed corduroy distress ink and finally with vintage photo, walnut stain and gathered twigs to get the "ombre" look. I added hints of colour with some adirondack acrylic paint. I stamped the sentiment on some other card stock amd cut it out and inked it with old paper distress ink and stuck it to the card with 3D foam. I distressed the edges and inked them with gathered twigs distress ink. Then stuck the whole thing on a beige card blank and this is the result....

Until next time, take care.

Frédérique xxx

Tag made with the droplets stamp from DesignsbyRyn

Hello there, how nice of you to drop by.

Today I want to share a little tag I made using my new DesignsbyRyn droplets stamp.
I inked the tag using the wrinkle free distress technique by Tim Holtz, one of my favourite techniques.
I then stamped the droplets in a darker blue ink. I coloured them in with tumbled glass distress ink and a waterbrush. After it all dried I added the highlights with a white gel pen and stamped and cut our the sentiment. I stuck it on the tag using 3D stickers and added the ribbon.

I didn't want to add any embellishments as I think the droplets are too beautiful to cover up any more.

Until next time, take care.

Frédérique xxx

A twist on the Tim Holtz tag from July

Hello there,

Thank you for stepping by.
A while ago I joined the monthly tag challenge that Tim does for the 12 tags of 2014. It was the July tag and it involved making sand, a seahorse and sea scape. The one with the acetate backing is the one I made for that challenge. The other one, with the smaller seahorse and red coral, is a tag I made today using my new DesignsbyRyn stamps. I am totally and madly in love with all the bubbles and water droplet stamps.

The tag is coloured with distress stains and the sand is made with distress embossingpowder, distress glitter and glue. I stamped the coral in red and the seahorse in dark blue. I coloured it with distress ink and then with a wink of stella clear pen to give it some sparkle. I stamped the bubbles in tumbled glass distress ink and heat embossed it with holographic embossing powder. Then I coloured the bubbles with tumbled glass distress ink and a waterbrush. Then I highlighted the bubbles with a white gel pen. Add a piece of hemp string and voilà...

The Tim tag is made with the same sand and background. I drew a seahorse as I don't have the die cut and didn't have the stamp yet lol. The rest are all die cuts too. The backgeound is a piece of acetate that I embossed with my cuttlebug. A word band was added and a piece of string and it was done.

It is so easy once you know how it is done ;-)

Until next time, take care...

Frédérique
Xxx

Alcohol ink backgrounds

Hello dear visitor,

I had a play with alcohol inks again. I love making backgrounds with them. Either in blots, streaks or tartans. In this post I share a card made with streaks and one with a tartan background.
The streak one is very easy to do. I put some alcohol ink on my blending tool and drag it from one side to another to create the streaky effect. After it is dry I stamped the corals on the card using black Archival ink. I let it dry and then stamped the fish silhouettes. Those stamps are all by Designs by Ryn. I love her stamps. They make it so easy to create something nice. Mount it on a card and it is done.

The tartan card is made the same as the streaky one, only I always make sure I put contrasting colours next to eachother. I drag the tool from one side to the other and then rotate the card 90° and drag it again over the paper, this will create the tartan pattern. After it dried I stamped the lady silhouette and let that dry. I mounted it on a card blank after I chomped the corners. Same as the streaky card.

It is really simple to do, yet it looks quite nice I think.

Until next time, take care.

Frédérique xxx

Yellow challenge

Hello there,

Last week a friend of mine and I challenged eachother to create a  project using only the colour yellow. Gold was also allowed. The sentiment could be stamped in another colour. This is what I came up with. I rediscovered alcohol inks last week and just had to have a go with this one. The background is made by using various shades of yellow and gold alcohol inks and dabbing them on glossy card stock. The flower I made with corrugated card board circles I cut in various sizes and glued together to create a bit of a dome. With a punch I punched tiny flowers out of yellow card stock. With my paper blossom tools I shaped the petals and glued them to the dome and made hearts with liguid pearls. It was not quite the look I hoped, but I am awaiting my proper hydrangea punch to arrive. I made a bow out of gold ribbon and glued it to the card. Then stamped the sentiment and glued the flower in place. And chomped the corners with a ceopadile corner chomper. I mounted it all to a card black that is yellowish faux leather. I hope you like it AnnaMarie ;-)

Until next time,

Take care and keep your craft on!

Frédérique

Christmas cards for charity

Hello dear bloggers,

It has been quite a while, I know I have been neglecting my blog ever since I joined Facebook. The advantage of FB is that you get instant reactions to your work. But I pledged myself to post a bit more here, for the people who do not have facebook. The other day I was asked to make a few christmas cards to be sold on a fayre in Totnes UK for a charity. Ofcourse I said yes, as I want to help and it will be a great test too, to see if my work will actually sell. People have been telling me I should sell my tags and cards, but I have always been reluctant ever since I tried selling once at a car booty.....and sold NOTHING. So if my cards will sell on this charity event, I might be inclined to set up an etsy shop or something similar. Anyway, I want to share the cards I have made sofar for the fayre....

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2014 July

Hello dear bloggers,

It has been ages since I posted something. Life has been busy and inspiration has been lacking. But today I managed to create again. I made my version of the Tim Holtz' 12 tags of 2014.

You can read and see on his blog how it is done....

Now I am off to tidy up my craftroom so I can create again....

Take care and until next time

Frédérique

Another tag made with stamps from DesignsbyRyn...

Hello bloggers,

I made another tag with the amazing rain drop stamp by DesignsbyRyn. I love how real they look. The tag itself is cut from ledger paper. I used stencils, distress markers and the spritzer by Tim Holtz to create the background. The umbrella man I cut from a piece of acetate with the steel rol die also by Tim Holtz. I inked it with black and silver alcohol ink. I stuck it on the tag and wrote the sentiment. I then stamped the rain drops on the tag and coloured them in with watered down evergreen bough distress ink and a waterbrush. I adore those droplet stamps. Cannot wait to order more. The edge of the tag I inked with walnut stain distress ink. As the finishing touch I added highights to the droplets with a white gel pen.

Until next time....take care.

Frédérique
Xxx

Designsbyryn take two

Dear fellow crafters,

Again I was inspired by a stamp I received a short while ago by DesignsbyRyn. I just love these droplet stamps. The tags just create themselves.

As the one I did in the previous post, I inked the tag using the wrinkle free distress technique by Tim Holtz and stamped the droplets and coloured them in with tumbled glass distress ink. Then  watered it down with a water brush. I highlighted the droplets with a white gel pen and stamped the sentiment. These stamps are so intricate and detailed that nothing else is needed. In this case....less is absolutely more....

Well until next time...take care

Frédérique
Xxx

New stamps by DesignsbyRyn

Dear bloggers,

The other day I received my stamps from DesignsbyRyn. I just love the water droplets stamps. As soon as the mailman stuck it in our letterbox I just had to have a play.
I inked up a tag with distress stains using the wrinkle free distress technique. One of my favourites.
I stamped the droplets on the tag with stãzon ink and let it dry. I then coloured in the droplets highlights with a white marker and the rest with tumbled glass distress ink and a water brush.
I wanted to make sure the focal point were the droplets so I just stamped a sentiment and left it at that. A ribbon to finish it off and no further embellishments. I look forward to try the other stamps out and use various techniques.

I will post them as soon as I finish them.

Until next time,

Take care

Frédérique

Union Jack

I recently got a stamp set that contained this phone box. I love english hone boxes.... so I made this london themed tag using masks for the layering.

Until next time,
Frédérique

A few projects I did the last couple of weeks....

Dear bloggers,
I know I know, again I have been neglecting my blog. Once I get my tablet it will be easier to keep it updated, as I now do it from my phone. I hope I will not have to wait too much longer. I suspect I will receive the tablet somewhere in March. But until then I will try and update more frequently.

Until next time,
Take care
Frédérique

My altered christmas list book.

Dear bloggers,

I decided that I needed a book to keep track of who I send a christmas card and who sent one back. I used to write it down on pieces of paper but now as my list is growing, I was in need of a book. This is what I did to it....
The brown is the bare back. The front looked the same befor altering. It looks quite festive, even if I do say so myself lol.

Until next time,
Take care xxx

Frederique

A last minute christmas tag..

Dear bloggers,

You think you sent everybody a christmas card.....and then you need one more..

This tag I made for a last minute send off.

It is simple, yet I like it.

Ttfn and take care...

Frederique

All christmas cards for 2013

These are the cards I made for this season. Some of them I made for than once.... if you like to know how I made them, just ask and I will let you know.
Ttfn and take care

Keep your craft on.
Frederique