Sounds like a Drag

infamous words sung by Rizzo in Grease.  Ideal for the title of this tag! The stamp is called Drag Queen and is from Lost Coast Designs

The tag is size 8 and began life with a coat of orange acrylic. I used cerise paint through a stencil/mask and sprayed through a normal alphabet stencil (that you can get from a stationers or a poundshop) The words in the corner are my minds eye

a little bit of ribbon and some beaded trim finish it off

TFL

Mandy x

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Father's Day Tag

This week I've gone all masculine for Father's Day next Sunday.

I started with a size 8 tag, added a bit of torn text from a book. Then used Distress Stains to make a background. I added some acrylic paint through a mask for the next layer.
Then I did some stamping with Timber Brown Stazon with the 7gypsies venice set of stamps

 I stamped the steampunk balloon onto some white card with black archival, cut it out and coloured with watercolour pencils. Once dry I glued into position with some glue and seal 
Finally I edged the tag with some chalk ink and added a ribbon :-)

TFL
Have a great week
Mandy
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Can-Can-Can

Morning all! What a glorious day here in Blighty

Today, I've got an altered note book for you. Not a 'to do' book but a 'CAN CAN DO' notebook ;-)

The background was made with a variety of spray inks and masks 

I've used the showgirls from Lost Coast and a flourish from lost coast also

 I've done a lot of shading with a watercolour pencil and edged with chalk inks  and added lots of stickles!

Have a wonderful week!
Mandy x
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ATC's

Good Bank Holiday morning! Hope you are enjoying the sunshine (if you are in England) If you are elsewhere in the world hope your weather is as nice as ours!

This week I've used the Victoriana set from Lost Coast to make a couple of ATC's for a change

I also used:

7 Gypsies Venice set

Distress Stains

Black Archival

Sprays

Chalk Inks

Liquid Pearls

Thanks for Looking.... have a great week!

Mandy x

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Soar to your Dreams by Carol Fox

Hello, I have a 6 x 4 postcard to share with you this week. I have used a variety of stamps from different companies. I have a full supply list at the end of this post if you scroll to the bottom you will find it with link to the items in the shop.

This is a quick run through of how I did it.

• Cut a piece of card to 6 x 4 inches and ink with walnut stain distress in.
• Used Brown Archival ink to stamp the background from the French flight plate to cover your card.
• Stamp the sprint quote from the Charles and Amelia plate as shown (cleaned the ink from the work fly at the end before stamping it). Fill in the word FLY using the large word from the same plate and positioning it as shown at the end of the quote.
• Mask off the quote and word and using black archival ink randomly stamp the cogs from the industrial background plate onto the stamped background.
• Cover the FLY word in glossy accents.
• Stamp the house and Icarus image onto white card, colour and attach to the postcard.
• Edge with a black dabber and draw lines with a pen and drawing ink.

I used

Artistic Outpost stamp sets: Charles and Amelia, Industrial Backgrounds, French Flight

Stampotique House Stamp

Lost Coast Stamp: Icarus

Distress ink

Archival ink pads

If you enjoy making postcards there is a weekly challenge site called Sunday Postcard Art, I am going to link my postcard to it.

Carol x

Life is ART

I've made a rounded tag this week using one of the Lost Coast flower dolls stamped with Archival ink onto some card, coloured and cut out.

The background of the tag is made using acrylics scrapped onto card using an old credit/store card. Using cactus green staz on i stamped the background with the daisy foam stamp. I added a bit of script stamping, doodling and I used washi tape as a ribbon.

thanks for looking
Mandy x
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Puppy Love

For this little 4 x 4 I used a lot of stickles ;-) the dogs set from Lost Coast, the flaming heart from Lost Coast (but I cut the centre heart out) 

The background is made from spritzers and I stamped with cactus green stazon using the circles from the Whimsical Melange set from Artistic Outpost

There a 'love is all around' theme for this months Happy Daze Challenge. You have got the chance to win £15 to spend instore! Check deets here

TFL
Mandy
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Time of our lives

I've altered a beer mat (a new one :-D that found it's way into my bag when I took the girls for lunch one day)
On it I've used a PBS stamp from the JOY sheet of stamps  I coloured the stamped image with watercolour pencils. I added some party hats from Lost Coast Stamps.
The background of the hanging is made from an old book page that I inked up using colour wash sprays and a mask
Stamped a couple of flourishes and added some words.
Lastly I edged with chalk inks and added some or rather lots of .... glitter!

All my stamped are stamped with Black Archival
Thanks for looking
Mandy x
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Life's a Circus

This week I've made a little arch (thanks to Deb for sending me some of these diecuts)

I've used Mustard Seed distress stain for the background. I stamped one of the Circus dogs and the podium from Lost Coast onto card and cut out and coloured with watercolours. The yellow background is stamped with blue chalk ink and the Whimsical Melange set from Artistic Outpost. the flowers are from another Artistic Outpost set Serenity. I stamped these onto card, cut out and coloured in. Finally edged with some chalk ink.

TFL

Mandy x

Here's the story....

This month our challenge is 'recycled' ~ not my most fave theme I must admit... until I got ill and bought a box of tissues! lol I knew as soon as I saw the pull off top of these that it would be ideal for altering. 

 it's an altered ATC pocket. Just the right size for an atc after sealing up with some staples

 ATC and pocket :-)

 and finally.... the ATC (which is also made using a cereal box as the base

I've used 

Spritzers

Archival ink

white pen

paperbag studios stamp

lost cost party hat stamps

catslife press word stamp

If you'd like to join in with our challenge... check out the deets here 

TFL

Mandy x

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Make your Mark....

in your book :-)  Last week, I got myself a few new paperback novels to read so what better way to keep your place than a nice new bookmark! I've used a nice citrus colour palette on this one and added some beaded trim for a glam feel :-)

What I used:
Birdhead woman
Circus Dogs Set
Zetti Map
Archival Jet Black
Stazon ~ saddle brown and pumpkin
Watercolour pencils
Black Fineliner
Cosmic Shimmer Sprays

Happy Monday
see you next time
Mandy x

Meet Milo and Raphael

Here's a card I made using the Lost Coast stamp ~ Milo and Raphael

The image is stamped in Black archival,and then again with Archival Sepia ... I then cut the image of the boy and the dog out and glued it into position on the black stamped image. Coloured with watercolours, mounted onto an old book page which I tore around and inked with chalk ink. then mounted onto some scrapbook paper.

TFL
Mandy x
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Fairy of Peace Card

Hi all

For this card I've used the lost coast 'winged girl'  I've made two versions of the card ~ one with the word Peace on... but I'm not sure if I like it better without the word... what do you think?

 I stamped the girl image with Black Archival ink, the edges are wiped round with some chalk inks. 

Must say I'm pleased with the overall card.

Mandy x

Angel

This week I've used the Praying Angel from Lost Coast to make this hanging piece. I stamped the image once in Black Archival and then once more with versamark and embossed with gold. The image I embossed I attached to some board and cut out, then attached to some black card which I also cut out.

I cut out the inked angel and coloured with watercolour pencils and once dry adhered it to the hanging piece with 3d foam. Added some ribbon, beaded trim and lastly some stickles. 

 close up 

TFL
Mandy x

You may need sunglasses!

Our challenge for November is 'Brighten up the month' and with the clocks going back and a lack of proper daylight I was glad to get out the bright paints and feel summery.

I began by stamping the Mona Lisa stamp using Staz-on on to tissue paper, painting it with a skin tone paint on the reverse so she didn't look anaemic and using lots of PVA stuck her to the mini art canvas. I then went to town with the turquoise paint, flowers and sticky gems. Shrink plastic is becoming a firm favourite of mine so I stamped and shrunk Moon Girl and text from a Suzi Blu stamp.

Just a bit of fun! Hope you can join in the challenge,

Wishing you a happy day, Sam xxx

Trick or Trick?

Just lately I have fallen in love with ATC's all over again and just can't stop making them. Here's another featuring Spider Girl again, this time I've given her a pointy witches hat, simply cut out of black card and the stars stamped with white staz on. It's a distress ink background with some orange paint squished through a template, a shrink plastic star and the ground is another distress inked bit of paper which I embossed. It's very nice to stroke with lots of textures!. I couldn't resist giving her some green and yellow stripey socks.

Thanks for looking, wishing you a happy day, Sam xxx

Here's what I used:

Stampotique: Spider Girl and Jo's Star

Lost Coast Designs: Angel in Disguise (for the hat stars)

Distress Inks: Dusty Concorde and Brushed Corduroy

Crafters Workshop Template: Cherry Blossom

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint: Altered Orange

Body Clock

'Steampunk. Steampunk. Steampunk.', that's what has been going round in my head. 

Steampunk things do not come naturally to me so thank goodness inspiration struck yesterday. When I think of Steampunk I think of cogs and then I think of clocks, so I thought of my body clock and how young my brain is even if the rest of me is starting to stop working, going grey or falling off!

I ended up making this ATC, hope you like it!

I started off with some white card and swooshed some purple and blue colour on with some Derwent Inktense pencils, added the die cut vintage lace at the bottom for some texture and to give my little lady something to stand on. Then applied a thin layer of gesso all over. I then stamped the Daisy and coloured, gesso'd again and stamped the checkerboard and gesso'd again. I stamped Lavendar Sprig, Butterfly, and Flying Girls, coloured and cut. For the body I melted some clear embossing powder and stuck some watch parts in. I then glued everything in place and wrote the sentiment.

Steampunk is the theme for the our challenge this month, here are the details, I hope you can join in with a chance to win £15!

Wishing you a happy day, Sam xxx

24 Hour Party People

This week I've been playing with some serious party people. Here they are... it's the American Gothic couple from Lost Coast stamps. I stamped and cut the pair out and put them in this house for their very own house party.

The stamped house they are partying in is from the Whimsical Melange plate (Artistic Outpost).

TFL

Mandy x

Feeling Chunky

I remember when the chunkiest thing that could be found was a Yorkie bar, now it's the chunky ATC!

For this creation I began by adding texture to the top, bottom and sides using modelling paste through a stencil and letting it dry throughly before painting all surfaces with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint. I was a bit of wimp and made the designs on card and then glued them on instead of going direct to the ATC.

For this side I used the tissue paper technique and stamped the frame from the Artistic Outpost set, Home cut off the cockeral etc and glued this down, I then stamped and coloured Lily and Zoe and glued them down also.  

 This side was done in the same way with the Angel In Disguise stamp. 

To get the distressed look on the edges I just applied a little burnt umber oil paint with my finger. At this point I liked it but it just seemed a little flat so I added some beads for feet and some random beads on wire for some dimension.

Here's what I used:

Chunky wood ATC

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint, Painterly Pink

Lost Coast Designs, Angel in Disguise

Paperbag Studios, Lily and Zoe

Artistic Outpost, Home

I do hope you like it, wishing you a very happy day, Sam xxx

Beeswax and Bugs

This may be the shortest blog post ever but here is a little box I decorated using just a couple of stamps, Prismacolour pencils and some beeswax.

First I stamped the images on to white card and traced with ordinary tracing paper and transferred the images to the box. I then coloured using Prismacolour pencils and then covered with beeswax and distressed it by scratching into the beeswax, applying paint and then rubbing off and buffing up with a soft cloth.

  I used the Pretty Girl Stamp by Suzi Blu

Loopy Borders by Lost Coast Designs

and a Wooden Box

It smells divine too!

Apologies for the short post, I've damaged my back and at the moment I'm unable to sit or stand for any length of time, I do hope you like my little box.

Wishing you a happy day, Sam xxx