King for a Day!

This weeks theme on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "Kings and Queens". I've always loved this Tim Holtz stamp (I think it's an image of Lord Lucan), and thought that his paper crown definitely made him a king! :)

To achieve the ghosting effect of the colours on the men, I stamped him on a range of different patterned papers which were first "knocked back" with a couple of layers of Picket Fence Distress Stain.  


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Another Suitcase in Another Hall

The theme over on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge blog this week is "a song title" - I've always loved Another Suitcase in Another Hall by Barbra Dickson, and I used it as my inspiration for this piece.

I've had this cardboard suitcase for a couple of years or more, always meaning to tackle it but never getting around to it.  I had a lot of fun with it, using paints, distress inks and stamped panels to decorate it.  I painted it with Traditional Tan acrylic paint, applied with a baby wipe so that there weren't any brush marks, just a smooth surface and then aged with with Vintage Photo distress ink.

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What will I be when I grow up?

#4 - CEO of a multinational corporation

This is part 4 of an occasional series called "What will I be when I grow up?".  I think it pretty much speaks for itself! :)  The theme over on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge blog this week is "anything but a card", and since this isn't a card I think it qualifies :)

I designed the Grouch Marx disguise on the computer and cut it out on the Cricut, then got busy with Tim Holtz stamps and Claudine Hellmuth paints! :)

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A Ticket for the Love Train

This weeks theme on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "Red Letter Day". Valentine's Day will be on us soon, so I chose that as my special day for this project.

I've been feeling in a very "painty" mood lately (not that I can paint mind you, lol).  I started this card by applying a layer of red paint to my white card with a craft scraper, then adding a white layer after that.  I love the texture it's given the card.  The brown paint around the edges was applied with my finger, to give a smudgy rough look.  I used the versamark resist techniqe to give a delicate texture to the 3 hearts and applied them to the card, mounting the centre heart on 3d tape.

The script was stamped with Gathered Twigs distress ink, which I dried with a heat gun (D,I. dries VERY slowly on a painted background!).  The ticket was coloured with Antique Linen DI and mounted on 3d tape.  Finally the whole thing was matted onto a panel from Tim Holtz's Seasonal card stack.


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Roll Up! Roll Up! Come See the Main Attraction!

This weeks theme on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "Something Old, Something New". The old thing in my piece is the leftover configurations element I used, and the new was two of Tim Holtz's recent limited edition Distress Ink colours.

I started by covering the frame I was using with a couple of layers of gesso, applied with a baby wipe so that they'd be nice and thin with no brush strokes.  I dried the frame with a heat gun between layers.

Next, I stamped the "rays" with Festive Berries distress ink and then used a yellow Promarker to colour the gaps between them.  I used a blending tool to cover the frame with a generous layer of Gathered Twigs distress ink, and stamped lots of scratches and splodges, also with Gathered Twigs ink.

I cut the circus awning on the Cricut and coloured it with Promarkers, then coloured the configurations box with an Umber Promarker, to tie in with the background panel (from the Tattered Time stack) and the brown I'd used to age the frame.  I lined the inside of the box with black card and stamped, coloured and cut out the clown and fixed him in place.

I really had a lot of fun completely distressing the frame, lol  My hands were good and inky by the end of it, thank goodness for craft scrubbies! :)

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