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Sunday 26 April 2009

'K' is for King Tag


Here is my belated offering. Really enjoyed using Gesso. Instructions on my blog.

Sunday Challenge 37

Some great work for the letter K...
Lets see what you can do with this weeks letter..

J is for JEWELS
Don't forget to include the letter J on your tag!
Post your finished tags here on the blog!

Happy stamping!

Sunday challenge. K is for King...

Here is my contribution for the week.

Sunday Challenge 36

Just got this done in time. I know it's not K for King but this is KingKey! (kinky)

Saturday 25 April 2009

Sunday Challenge 36


Later than usual but here's mine!

Friday 24 April 2009

R for Rust


Sorry I am late with this, I didn't get chance to upload last week. The background is alcohol inks, with the corner, flower and 'rust' stamped with foam stamps using distress ink. The wire holding the key (found in the back of the kitchen drawer - the resting place for all sorts of bits of junk) was coloured using alcohol inks.

Sunday Challenge 36


Thursday 23 April 2009


Here is my tag for challenge 36. The photo is of my brother who shares his birthday with the queen, which happened to be this week, the idea being that a person is 'King for a day' on their birthday. The background is a Tim Holtz technique, made with distress inks rubbed onto a craft sheet and misted with water, then the tag laid on top to pick up the ink
Here is my 'King' of the faeries Finnbheara. Sorry photo is a bit squint.

Wednesday 22 April 2009

K Tag

Here is my K Tag! Mini playing cards from a Christmas cracker and background is painted, stamped and embossed suit images!

Monday 20 April 2009

'K' Tag


A quick tag as I've got a busy week.

Sunday 19 April 2009

Sunday Challenge 36

Thanks to everyone who took the time to play last week!

This week it's
K for King
Interpret this as you like and make me a tag, be sure and include the letter K somewhere on it.
Post your finished tags here on the blog!
Happy stamping!

Chicken Licken

Oops a bit late but this is my Rust effort!

Sunday Challenge No 35

Here is my tag for this weeks challenge. Instructions on my blog tomorrow as usual.

Sunday Challenge No 35


I made my tag with the lovely alcohol inks - started with butterscotch, lettuce and pesto, then went over with RUST and gold mixative (not very good with the mixatives, it came out rather blobby!) The embossing powder used on the key and the bottom left corner is called 'Rust Tapestry'.

Saturday 18 April 2009

Sunday challenge No.35

At last I have finished it - the back ground is a photo of a piece of rusty metal found by the road side.

Thursday 16 April 2009

Sunday challenge no 35


Another one who has been rummaging in the garage. I dont know why it looks so blurry, think its the scanner because of the lumps and bumps.

Wednesday 15 April 2009

Sunday Challenge 35


Here's my rusty offering

'R' tag


This week I wanted to do bright colours but 'Rust' just said faded & vintage to me. I used rust AI on the base tag which is marbled with gold & copper. The frame also has rust AI with verdigris EP. The image is clearly visible from certain angles & has crackle glaze over it. I added red roses & ribbon for a bit of colour.

Tuesday 14 April 2009


I'm on the ball this week as I'm away at the weekend. Embellishments courtesy of DH's garage.

Sunday 12 April 2009

Sunday Challenge 35

R is for RUSTY.....
Make me a tag with rust on it!.. rusty coloured or real rust, maybe a bit of rusty metal it's up to you!
Be sure and include the letter R on your tag.
Post your finished tag here on the blog.
Happy stamping.

Dansmum's 'A' tag

Late is better than never! Love this new challenge...

Saturday 11 April 2009

Chicken Licken's 'A' tag

This is my attempt! A-Z of fashion from Armani to Zandra Rhodes! I collaged the background and gessoed and inked and stamped and embossed and stuff! Great fun! Thank you Gail!

Tinkertaylor- A isfor Adore


Here's my tag A for Adore. I made the buttons using shrink plastic .

New Challenge - A for Alcohol Inks


Here's my effort for "A". Patty

Sunday challenge No.34

My 'a' is for astral. The capital 'a' is dry embossed then I brushed on colour through the stencil to make it stand out more.

A is for Art


Here is my first tag for the challenge. I am a beginner to rubber stamping so am hoping to use these tags to practice new techniques. For this tag I sponged the background with distress ink and heat embossed the leaves, unfortunately the top leaves didn't turn out so well so I need lots of practice.

Alphabet Tag

Thursday 9 April 2009

Sunday Challenge

Here is my contribution for the week.

Tag was created with various stamps, scraps of paper, chipboard letters and an apple cut on the Craft Robo.

Tuesday 7 April 2009

Stampbord Brooch Swap

Here is a slideshow of the beautiful brooches made for the Stampbord Brooch Swap. The standard of work was absolutely superb with a dozen entries. All deserve praise and hope everyone likes their randomly chosen swaps.

Monday 6 April 2009

Sunday challenge no 34


Well, here is mine.

A is for Arctic

Sunday Challenge 34


Here's my tag!
A is for Alphabet.

3 x 3 Inchie Swap No 6 (Vintage)

Here is a slideshow of the entries for this Months Inchie swap which had a theme of 'Vintage'. Thanks to all who joined in.

Sunday 5 April 2009

New Sunday Challenge 34

NEW CHALLENGE

Get youself a large book ring!
We're going from A_Z with tags..Each week there will be a different letter of the alphabet, that letter will determine that week's theme.
You must incorporate that letter on your tag.
Tag size is 8cmX16cm
Let's start at the begining ( the order may change )

A is for Alphabet.

Make a tag using Alphabets as a theme, you must use the letter A somewhere on your tag
Post your finished tags here on the blog.
Happy stamping!

Sunday Challenge no 33

Here's mine for this week. Colours were inspired by the German flag.







Sunday Challenge 33


Here's my postcard fro0m Germany... a difficult one this!

Nearly had me stumped until I found my son watching a programme about the Munich beer fest and an idea popped into my head!