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Colour Challenge #5 - Turquoise, Amber & Jade

Nice, light and summery! Perfect for this time of year! The jade I am referring to is the gem stone colour, not the 80's colour This means it can be that lovely milky colour green or the deep green, whichever you prefer!

Post your picture here and make sure that you add your name and pick the Colour Challenge #5 label from the Labels list so that we can see all of the entries in one place! Then place a link in the thread over at UK Stampers.

Remember you have a week to post something (it can be literally anything, not just cards) and then I will change the colour combo next Sunday.

Have FUN!

A Couple of Aud Design Cards

Despite suffering from flu this weekend, I seem to be on a bit of a creative mission! I have managed to complete 4 projects and start a couple more! Here are two Aud Design Cards I have completed for her Inspiration Blog. You can buy the stamps used in these cards at http://www.stampgalaxy.co.uk/catalog/

Colour Challenge #4

I managed to combine this weeks Wednesday Stamper theme of Fleur De Lys with this weeks colour challenge! The 'Orange' on the background, isn't orange at all in real life, it's definitely 'amber'- don't you just love scanners? The weird thing is that all the other colours are actually fine and are pretty accurate! Stamps are mainly by Non-Sequitur

Colour Challenge #3

This is my (very) late entry for my own Colour Challenge. Sadly it's a condolence card for a friend who recently lost her father. The stamps are by http://www.tandastamps.com/acatalog/index.html and Hero Arts

Colour Challenge #4 - Amethyst, Garnet & Amber

Sorry, a day late this week. It was because I have been away since Friday morning visiting friends down South and I only got back at Midnight last night.

Thanks to everyone who took part last week, some lovely work (I really must catch up and do mine some time!)

So for this week it is Amethyst, Garnet & Amber. A tricky combo I think, but nice rich, deep colours!

Have fun, and don't forget to upload and label your pictures here for all of us to see!

Brayergirl's Colour Challenge #3 - Ivory, Onyx, Carnelian & Lapis Lazuli

The challenge has already been posted on UK STampers, but for those of you are not already Members the details of the challenge are:


"I was leafing through an old copy of Somerset Studio from 2003 and I came across their 'With one palette' article. Funnily enough, the colours were all 'gemstones' if you don't count the Ivory!

For the purposes of this weeks challenge though, I am keeping the Ivory in as it is (sadly) used for jewellery."



Members, don't forget to upload to the Cyberblog, and Non-members post a link or email your submission to our email address in the side bar....better still JOIN US!



Brayergirl

60th Birthday Card

This is a birthday card I made for a family friend. It's their Birthday next weekend and I will be heading South for the Birthday party. This means I have a short week next week as I have Friday off to travel down as the Party is on Saturday. So a three day working week next week- I could get used to that!

Stamps: All Aud Design
Inks: Versamagic in Mediterranean Olive, Versamark.
Other Items: Gold EP, Coloured pencils, Quickutz letters in Marisa and Vixen fonts. Patterned papers by Daisy D's.

Tutankhamun Card - Colour Challenge #2

By strange co-incidence my Colour Challenge here at UK Stampers this week is Lapis Lazuli, Turquoise & Peridot this week. These gem stones (especially the Turquoise and Lapis) were used by the Egyptians in their jewellery so I was able to combine my colour challenge with the theme over at Wednesday Stamper this week which is Egypt!

Stamps: Tanda Stamps (Egyptian stamps) Judikins ( hieroglyphics & marble stamp)

Gnome Sweet Home

Sometimes you get those little free stamps as part of an order that you just don't know what you are going to do with. This little Gnome stamp was just such a stamp. It was included in an order from 100 Proof Press. Luckily Aud's stamps provided the perfect solution - a Gnome House!

Aud's new stamps finally arrived on Monday so I cut them all out last night and tonight I decided to have a little play. I had been planning this card ever since I saw what the new stamps would look like! I think it makes a cute New Home card!

Colour Challenge #2 - Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli & Peridot

I think I will start a theme for the next few Colour Challenges.


I thought it might be nice if we took our inspiration from Gemstones for the next few weeks, so it's blues and greens this week to start us off.


If you are not sure what these Gemstones look like, maybe it's a good opportunity to try out Google or Wikipedia and learn a little more about the earth's harvest.


UK STamper Members' post your picture here and make sure that you add your name in the label section along with the Colour Challenge #2 label from the Labels list so that we can see all of the entries in one place!

If you are not currently a Member, then just post a link in the comments to where you have your work uploaded, and will will add for you. Alternatively, you can email us (link the side bar with your link details, and we will add).


Remember you have a week to post something (it can be literally anything, not just cards) and then I will change the colour combo next Sunday.


Have FUN!


Kristy (Brayergirl)

Paisley Bird ATC's

I seem to be going through a bit of a Psychedelic Hippy phase at the moment. Not sure what's brought it on, maybe it was some dodgy cheese. :o) I made these two ATC's for a 2:2 swap over at the Tanda Stamps Craft Forum, so naturally the background is made using a couple of the Tanda Stamps Paisley stamps from their Paisley set. For the Background, I used the watercolour Faux Batik technique.

Hippy Flower Card

This is another Aud Design stamp card, The patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Phoebe collection.

Colour Challenge #1 - Red, White and Green

OK, here goes: the first Colour Challenge on the UK Stampers board! To start off, we are going to use Red, White & Green, however, one little rule - no Christmas cards. This is not a colour combination that we tend to use very much so that is why I thought it was a nice challenge to start with! Think Italian flag, Portuguese flag, Cherries, houses, blood (if you want to go Gothic) scenery, Football team colours, Folk Art, Clowns, etc. I am sure that you can think of far more than just these ideas. You can use other colours in your composition, but the predominant colours must be Red, White & Green.

Post your picture here and make sure that you add your name and pick the Colour Challenge #1 label from the Labels list below so that we can see all of the entries in one place!

Good Luck & have FUN!

Take One Stamp

Just a couple of Aud Design cards that I made for Aud's new blog that Kym mentioned in the previous post. I've had great fun trying to think of new ways to use Aud's leaf stamps!

I can't wait until her new stamps are here, I already have plans for that lovely little house stamp! :o)

A new use for 'Cut n' Dry'

I discovered a new use for Ranger 'Cut n' Dry'. To create the reverse image of the Grecian lady, I stamped on the back of a large piece of Cut n' Dry, and then quickly stamped the Cut n' Dry onto some watercolour card stock and gold embossed the image. It worked surprisingly well, although I'm not too sure how it would work with normal ink instead of Versamark. Try it, you may be pleasantly surprised!

White

This is my entry for this week's Wednesday Stamper. The theme is 'white' and I must admit that this was a real challenge for me being the colour crazed person that I am! The alphabet is a Green Pepper Press one. It's the first time I used it and I LOVE it!

I finally got round to posting a piccie of my Altered Mint Tin! Unfortunately I have not managed to decorate the inside yet, but the outside is done! I included the tissue paper technique on the top and it seems to have worked quite well. The stamps were from Paper Artsy, the paints were from Ranger and I used a combo of Staz-On, Marvy dye pens and Watercolour pencils to colour the images in.

Yes, it really is that bright in real life! You need your sunglasses! :o)

Hangover Challenge

OK, so I've cheated, I did do this for Wednesday Stamper, but had fun doing it so it was relaxing. I did get to use a stamp I have not used before - the lady in the hat. I've had her for ages but have never got round to using it!