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