Spellbinders Trapezed Dance Quilt Hello Card

I seem to have been making tags recently and fancied playing with a new die which I've had for a week or so, but not had the chance to try out.

For the background of this card, I have used Spellbinders "Trapezed Dance Quilt" die and for the sentiment I have used a Stampin' Up "Hello You" Thinlits.

Week 41 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

The prompt for Week 41 is "Paint it".
This can be interpreted in any way.  You can paint all or just some of your tag/art card.

For my card, I stamped the image of the seed heads using a Bee Crafty "Poppy Heads" stamp and the Bee Crafty "Winged Things" stamp,  I then used a selection of Tim Holts distress inks to paint the vibrant sky.(I apply the inks to a glass mat and dilute and blend to get the colours i'm after).

Fairy Fern Tag

For this tag, I blended pink, mauve a green Panpastels to create the background.  I used Lavinia and other stamps in a Versafine ink, dotting the fairy dust stars with a white signo pen.

Week 40 - 52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge 2017

So here we are in October already!  The prompt for Week 40 is "One Stamp".

I started this tag with a blended background of Panpastels in purples, blues and green.  The stamp I decided to use is a Clarity Stamp "Dandelion" which I stamped in a purple StazOn ink.  I added small white dots to the background using a Signo pen and inked the edges of the tag.

Bee Card using Stampin' Up Dragonfly Dreams Set

I used a Memorybox (99434) Honeycomb Background die for the background.  I then die cut the bees using the Stampin' Up "Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits".  The sentiment is from the Stampin' Up "Dragonfly Dreams" stamp set.

Stampin' Up Dragonfly Dreams Card

This morning I have played with Tim Holtz Distress Inks, splattering them onto the surface of the card to make the background.  Once dried, I shadow stamped a script using a stamp by Oak House Studio.  The dragonfly and the text are both from the Stampin' Up set called "Dragonfly Dreams".

Clarity Stamps Workshop with Jo Rice

Yesterday, I was fortunate to attend a stamping workshop actually on the island.  Jo Rice, demonstrator for Clarity Stamps showed us some lovely inking techniques using stencils.  Take a look at Jo's blog, there is lots of inspiration!

Here are my makes from the workshop.  

Although I was familiar with most of the techniques, it was lovely to create with fellow crafters and I'm now not scared to use Gesso!