52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
The prompt for Week 40 is "Clean and Simple (CAS)"
For my tag, I decided to use a stamp set that I've not used in a while. It's the Stamper's Anonymous "Crazy Bird" set. The chicken wire is a stamp by Creative Expressions. I stamped the bird, sentiment and wire in Versafine ink. I then shaded the image with my water colour pencils and finally inked the right hand side edge.
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If you would like to know more about the challenge or see a list of the previous prompts, click on the tab at the top of the page.
There is an active Facebook Group for this challenge. It would be great if you popped over and joined in, chatting to others taking part and uploading your images to the weekly albums. Sam
Generally, when my crafting goes wrong I can salvage a piece by covering areas or just re-working it. Sadly this was not the case with this.
Having created a Brusho background in the shades I wanted, I waited for it to fully dry, I taped a stencil into place and applied the texture paste through the stencil. I let it sit for a few minutes before I lifted the stencil. Unfortunately, the paste spread and blurred in the middle of this master piece, also now that the paste is dry, the white has picked up some of the base colour.
I guess, it doesn't matter how much crafting you do, you are always on a learning curve. I now know I need to perfect this technique and consign this piece to the bin :( Maybe now is a good time for a coffee!
I find making cards for males quite difficult, especially if they don't have a hobby, but this card developed nicely.
I used a blend of three colours of Distress Inks through a masked off circle. The birds, tree and giraffes are all from a Darkroom Door stamp set called "African Trees". The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink stamp set called "Stylish Sentiments", all stamped in Versafine "Black Onyx".
I mounted it on a Kraft card blank.
I wanted to make a sunny style tag and came up with this one.
I used Brusho for the background and stamped two Crafty Individuals stamps in Versafine "Black Onyx". I finished the tag off by inking the edges and adding some sequins and sticky gems.
When you can't sleep craft! That's my motto for this morning, making this monochrome tag using all Lavinia Stamps.
I used the following Lavinia Stamps: Mimsy, Moon, Fairy Buds, Fairy Foragers and a pound star stamp. All were stamped in Versafine Black Onyx or Smokey Grey.
Now that the cooler weather has arrived, I find myself turning to comfort food. Yesterday I made a beef stew, today I made a fabulous tasty cauliflower cheese. It all goes in one tray so there's not too much washing up either!
I am pretty loose with my ingredients, as I tend to put in what is in the fridge or pantry. Here's a rough guide of what you will need.
- A large cauli broken down into small florets (I have also used broccoli if I've not had much cauli to hand).
- Two leeks washed, stripped, cut into lengths and then into segements (semi circles).
- Ricotta Cheese (approx 200g)
- Creme Fraiche (approx 200g)
- Worcester Saunce - a dash
- Mature Cheddar, grated (approx 200g)
- Parmesan, grated (approx 50g) to be sprinkled on top
- Bacon(chopped) or lardons (approx 100g) fried
- 2 roasted red peppers (the ones in the jar) diced
- Mustard powder (about half a teaspoon)
- Ground pepper for seasoning
Preheat the oven around 180. Place the cauli florets in the dish and place in the oven for around 10-12 minutes (it gives the cauli a bit of a nutty flavour).
When the cauli is out of the oven, sprinkle with chopped red peppers and leeks.
In a bowl add the Creme Fraiche, Ricotta, Worcester Sauce, Mustard Powder, grated mature cheese and ground black pepper and mix together. If you find the mixture a bit stiff to stir, then use a little milk to loosen the texture.
Spoon the mixture over the cauli, pepper and leeks. Finally sprinkle the Parmesan Cheese on top.
Pop in the middle of the oven for about thirty minutes, when it should be golden brown.
I like to leave my cauli cheese to rest for ten minutes before serving so that it soaks up any juices in the bottom of the baking dish.
Enjoy. Sam x
Today I played with stamps and inks with no agenda while listening to some favourite old tunes. Some how I ended up with this grunge looking tag.
I started off with a piece of off-white coloured card cut to the shape of a tag. I used some old Rubbadubbadoo magnetic stamps for the main image, stamped in Versafine "Vintage Sepia".
I used a Distress Ink through aTim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous stencil "THMM101" for the background dots. I then inked the edges and dragged an old black ink pad across the surface of the tag to give it a more aged/grunge look.
