travel

Greetings,

Here is a card I made recently. The map paper is Tim Holtz, the stamp is from De Stampenwikle it was painted on to material that was painted with mushroom ranger paint. I frayed the edges to give more texture.

Tootles
EE

Friends Romans and Octopods!

Dearest Minions,

These beauties, who inspire many questions such as, how can you not eavesdrop? and others are from the Octopod Factory they are known in certain circles as Agatha and Uma. I am entering these ladies into the Octopod challenge- Friends, Sunday stampers - words and the ever wonderful Less is More not a square card    and the all sorts challenge happy Birthday to someone special .Friends stamp is from whimsy stamps.

I would like to add that the hair styles of the ladies was inspired by the IM Girl.

Tootles
Louise

Circles

Dearest Minions,

Greetings this is my entry to Sundays stampers which this week is circles, this is for a postcard swap from Inspiration Avenue. The postcard is made from Tim Holtz stamps and one, the figure from Dianne Walkley.

EE

Steampunk

Dearest minions,

This is my steampunk entry to:Fashionable stamping challenges, & crafting when we can,

The stamp used is from scrollwork stamps and the background is made using shaving foam and reinkers. The design is clean and simple which is unusual for steampunkary. Maybe I will do something OTT for the inside.

tootles peeps.
EE

Manly Men and Rock n Roll Dads

Dearest Minions,

Here is my entry to TIOT this week which is Father's day/ men. These 3 are waiting to be filled with witches homes brew (blackberry vodka) didn't have time to done the gauntlets this weekend but they will be filled.....

please enter the challenge, cause it's you know like, it's cool..

stamps used inkadinko rock star and waltzing mouse Wanda's pantry stamp set. Inks are distress and staz on timber brown.

tootles
EE
PS have got to tell you this I overheard it on Saturday "Sinead, it ain't no good saying you're pregnant, cause I know you had a period last week!" imagine this to be screeched into a mobile phone by a drunk harpy and you are on the right track.

made in the UK

Dearest Minions,

Here is a card for an 18th, wanted something cute, funky and relevent. stamps used stampotique, indigo Blu, inkinado and my little letter pegs.

Tootles
EE

Down on the beach

Dearest Minions,

This is my entry to this week's Tuesday Taggers challenge Down on the beach sponsored by one stop craft store. My entry is wistful thinking, the image is Black Pearl from Delicious doodles. I started with the tag but she looked far too exotic and warm to be in the North Sea. So I made a grey North Sea sister for her, who could well be found near a Suffolk beach.

The images are coloured with flexi markers and copics markers. However I still found the colours too bright for grey pearl so I sponged weathered wood distress ink over the image, which worked well and married into the background of the card which is made with a Tim Holtz mask, distress inks and a my mind's eye script stamp. The eyes have been highlighted by glaze to make them stand out and look liquidy.

look forward to your entry.

also entering this into:
pan pastals -anything goes
Smudger challenge -tag you're it - warm pearl

tootles

Grey Pearl

EE

warm pearl

cat - not interested in women fish, just fish fish

ReD

This is my entry to the delightful ink on my fingers Sunday stampers challenge which is red. I think that this is a touch military. The red bird and black back ground are embossed with a cogs embossing folder.

tootles
EE

chav frame

Dearest Minions,

Is the frame on the left hand side not one of the most horrendous vomit inducing travesties of home decor? this is a before and after shot of a photo frame I transformed this weekend. This took a lot of coats of gesso, senca colour wash, hard rock candy crackle glaze and vintage photo frame distress inks.

The frame was purchased from the pound shop, yet again I fought my way through chavs and really hoped that my bag didn't split and the frames ( I bought two) didn't grown legs and scurry across the floor.

The stamps used are Tim Holtz Papillion and Indigo Blu Grand Tour 2.

EE