vintage die cuts for country view crafts challenge

Well this month over at Country view crafts challenge the  theme is die cuts and you have stacks of inspiration to look at and many more yummy makes to come. So here is my second make for die cuts and this time....another hanging board...but much more soft and gentle feel to this make.. I hope.

So here is my make :

 I am going to try and keep the words to a minimum and just highlight a few things...never sure if i go into too much detail about my makes...so short and sweet today...well short ish!!

I used lots of different die cuts...the tattered floral die in tow ways and also used a fab tutorial from our new team member Jennie, found here , she makes the most amazing flowers and these are my first effort at her roses...(hope i have done okay!?)

The other flower is a hearfelt creation die cut. I also used the fab pediment dies ( embarrassed to say this is their first...but not last outing!!)

I used all my favourite things, texture paste through stencils, tissue tape, stamps, distress ink and rusty wire..oh and some idea-ology.!

I also used the sewing room die and movers and shapers heart die .

 

Well shorter in words at least...hope you like my hanging board and make sure you stop by country view crafts challenge and play along..you have a whole month and could be the lucky winner of a voucher for the lovely Susan's Countryviewcrafts store!! - there is something for everyone, free postage  and wonderful service too!

have a fun and inky day!

trace x 

be a designer of dreams, studio 490 style..

hi there, i want to a huge thanks to everyone who has taken the time to stop by here,

the fact that you have taken time to be part of my journey

means a lot, so thanks

also welcome to followers new and not so new!

 so today here is an arts part piece for 2 of my favourite challenges

..simon says stamp and show and the stampman...

so here she is:

 

 

simons says wants studio 490 inspired pieces and the stampman are looking for birds, bees and butterflies..

I love arts parts and know that there are lots of people

 who can make beautiful creations using them

..and are far more skilled than me.

.but i loved playing!

 

 

i covered my large circle frame with Tim papers,

 inked, spritzed and flicked..and inked again!

the flowers and leaves were inked, overstamped with Wendy script..

and some rock candy distress stickles lightly applied with my finger..

the leaves, were inked..

and covered in rock candy distress loose glitter..

can you tell I LOVE this!!!

i am not a glitter girl but this stuff is fab!

 

 

i made some butterflies from grungepaper..love this too.

and some out of clearly for art...LOVE this too

it is a fab clear, heat able and mold able medium..

 

 

finally some idea-ology for good measure and some

hearts and keys from stash..

oh and some crochet ribbon.

 

 

 

 



I am entering this for the following:

studio 490, inspired by the fab Wendy Vecchi @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

birds bees and butterflies @ http://thestampmanuk.blogspot.co.uk/

 

 



have a fun and inky day!

and thanks for stopping by!

 

2nd post today, read all about it ...refurbished ...board book style!

well here , i am with a piece that was ready to blog

 and then life took over..

so here i am almost missing the challenge...

... Simon says read all about it...

so i decided to alter a now unwanted board book from my children...

 

so here she is:

 

 

i started by covering the board book in DIY foil tape,

front and back and edges..

.then adding tags cut to fit the pages inside..

 

 

 

under the front cover i added some cogs and washers..

then covered the covers...

in alcohol inks..

Finally i added chit chat stickers..

wings textured and inked..

and an idea-olgy cog.

 

the inside pages have been prepared and are ready for the off..

and i have started adding to the first two pages..

 

 

i love that this book started life as a treasured board book, once loved  and now left..

awaiting a new lease of life..

 

i had loads of fun and can see me doing this again..soon..

 

 

I am entering this for the following competitions:

 

read all about it @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

make sure you see my previous post for the great tag swap i did with the lovely Mel !
 



have a fun and inky day 

flutterby butterfly...

well here is another little piece for you

while we are away..

i made this canvas a while ago and

have not got round to blogging it..

so here it is:

i had lots of fun playing with stencils, paints inks,

tissue wrap,

and more..

still not sure what i feel about the success of this piece,

but playing was fun..

 

i was happy with my butterflies..

which were made by adhering Tim's tissue wrap

to clearly for art

which allowed them to be stamped, cut, coloured,

heated and then shaped......

oh and i loved the quote :

 

thanks for stopping by, will catch up with you all real soon!

have a fun and inky day!

anything goes challenge dt piece..summer days

well it is challenge time again at anything goes challenge

and the theme this time is Summer days

so here is my piece, a personal and summer inspired screen:

i do not have many summer stamps, but summer to me is about family time,

the children are at home

and hopefully there is time for a family holiday with

mummy and daddy..

so this screen came from there and the inspiration came from Tim's tags ....2012

and i have colour tinted some photos of our lovely children on

a wonderful day on a beach in Cornwall  a couple of years ago..

i have added lots of ideaology, seashells, glossy accents,

sand texture gel,

and torn tissue wrap

to a screen which i had crackled and then inked.

this to me sums up summer...wonder what you will chose..

make sure you hop across here to see the other fab dt makes

and maybe pop in an entry yourself.

lots of crafty supplies can be found at craftden

I am entering this for the following competitions:
holidays @ http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/august-challenge-holidays.html
anything goes @ http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/
summer @ http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/
summer fun @ http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/
summer fun @ http://panpasteluk.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fun and inky day!

a recipe challenge..

Well this is a challenge....

when the fab Michelle contacted me about the idea of doing a challenge thee.. idea, I jumped at the chance..

and it has been so much fun...she checked with the wonderful Ellen and Hels whose fab challenges can be seen on their blogs.

Michelles fab blog can be found here and her post for this challenge is here ....

For more challenge background see the fab Hels last challenge here and the lovely Ellens fab last challenge here.

So onto our challenge...we talked and set up a few items..which grew... So here they are :

Tim Holtz stamps

Blank dimensional book

Gilding flakes

Paint dabbers

Gesso

Stencils, die cuts

Distress and archival inks

Idea ology

it was so exciting!!! And then I kept thinking..ooh wonder what Michelles doing?!

so without further ado ... Here is mine..

and inside

I admit some of the products are things that have been in my stash for ages

and not seen the light of day..like the gilding flakes..

.if you had seen the mess I made, oh boy!

 yes I did have the window open and these are flighty to say the least...

I will leave the rest to your imagination.

.......let's just say everything sparkles!

I covered the the outside of the book with DI and then cogs,

well actually i put cogs everywhere...

cannot help myself!

the cogs were cut from grungepaper and grungeboard,

coloured with distress ink and then splodged with paint dabbers

in pitch black, copper and gold

 inside I added a stamped piece with cogs info, rolled and distressed, wings,

 bottles wrapped with stamped paper,

 ideaolgy....

and a compass made from a tim stamp.

.with glossy accents and gilding flakes added

and then the inside cover..with ideaology and more...

cogs!

the inside was painted with gesso mixed with

 paint dabbers and dabbed at ..

sorry about the long post for such a small piece , there was lots to show...

I have loved doing the challenge with Michelle and hope we can do another real soon!

I am entering this for the following competitions:

alter something @ http://sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

steampunk @ http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/

monochrome @ http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/

vintage @ http://itsallaboutthevintagechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fun and inky day!

simons says ...one for the girls..

well one for the girls ..was so not me..

i am having a grunge kind of feel to my makes so this really put the pressure on...

so this is as girly as i could get today...

 i started with a selection of wendy vecchi arts parts, some distress inks and off i went...

i coloured all the arts parts with blue distress, spritzed with perfect pearls,

dried then added picket fence from my craft may mixed with DI,

dried then added dusty concord DI.

Once all the spools had been put together ,

I added flowers made from Tims tattered floral die,bottles ,

a wendy vecchi arts part pocket watch..coloured in same way

and some butteflies..stamped onto grungepaper

and then cleary for art layer added.

i tried to add detail to the back so that

the piece looked good from behind too..

I am entering this for the following competitions:

one for the girls @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

anything goes @ http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.co.uk/

monochrome @ http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/

anything goes @ http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

one for the girls @ http://letsinkitup.blogspot.co.uk/





have a fun and inky day!

enjoy the olympics..not enough hours in my day!!

Dream a little dream...

Some dreamy play with new stamps and arts parts...makes me happy!
So here is me, indulging myself and playing with no idea where i will end up...so here is where it ended:

I have hung my nose over this set of stamps for some time and sold some old stash to

 pay for it! I started by inking some arts parts with DI, drying between each layer of colour.

 Then when dry I added the number strip  in DI,

dried and then added the same strip in DI and embossed on back and across frame front.

 The main man image is layered with DI coloured parts, manila face, and ranger foil crown

 and to give more depth to wings I used clearly for art...

The dream was stamped in archival ink, coloured with DI and a layer of

fab rock candy added! I love this stuff...

To complete some idea-ology...and voila..my dreamy piece was done...no where near where I thought it may end..but a fun one the less!!!

Let me know what you think...we all need to dream sometimes?!right?!

I am entering this for the following challenges:
anything goes @ http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
layers @ http://cupcakecraftroom.blogspot.co.uk/
wings @ http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/
for the men @ http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fab fun and inky week!

A pocketful of petals.

well over at Sunday stampers Hels really set us a challenge this week, being pockets!!yikes it I thought..so here is my pocket..full of petals...
I made my pocket using a small envelope covered in manilla card , so I could ink it and filling it full of flowers!

I distressed a frame..not sure where from sorry! The inside is kraft paper , coloured with picket fence and then DI.I wanted to keep to a vintage, neutral palette. I added flowers cut from sticky back canvas and clearly for art.. Using ....Wendy vecchi set.The spots are made using mini dot background from the artistic stamper. I added idea-ology cogs for centres...cannot help myself..think I am developing a cog obsession!!!!!

The stems are arts parts, as is the scalloped shelf, the roses a made from Tim papers using tattered floral overs and shapers die and a word band..(.love these) for good measure.

This was a challenge , I have to say and yet I Like my pocket full of petals!!!!and would never have made this if it had not have been for Hels!!!thanks.

I am entering this for the following challenges:
pockets @ http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/
texture/vintage @ http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/
create your own flowers @ http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fun and inky day!

H

tick tock goes the clock!

well it is challenge time over and the stampman and the theme is time/ travel..so i decided to do...a
3-d piece using arts parts and I know this will come as a shock..but i used brown and none other than vintage photo. so here it is :

talking about time, don't know where the time goes..1 minute it is Friday night and the next it is Sunday night.. i am sure the week does not go that fast!!!
I decided to make a 3-d piece and started by using these fab arts parts spools, which i coloured in vintage photo and stamped with clocks from a new sheet of paperartsy stamps..to give clock detail. To go round the spindle part i used the stamp and rolled the arts part across it.I then used a pocket watch stamp and matching part from the artistic stamper to make the pocket watch in the centre of top piece, added some glossy accents to the face and some idea-ology spinners.

The sentiment is from there too, i added this onto some clearly for art and attached behind the clock/pocket watch.
Finally i added lots of mini clock charms, chain and ide-ology goodies!!

let me know what you think..it didn't quite turn out as it did in my head!?!
thanks for stopping by i appreciate your visits and all your lovely comments!!!

I am entering this for the following competitions:
time/ travel @ http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
colour challenge @ http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/







anything goes @ http://panpasteluk.blogspot.co.uk/
anything goes @ http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fab, fun and inky day!x