Red, Red Wine

No! Drinking it is not what this post is about (I will save that for another day, lol)

The song to inspire this weeks tag at Dragons Dream Tag It On is an oldie but a goodie – Red, Red Wine by UB40.

The challenge was to use mostly red and, as usual, at least one real stamp.

I coloured my tag with Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Barn Door, Fired Brick and a touch of Aged Mahogany.  My stamps are again from Craft Secrets.  I took to them with metallic gel pens and added a die cut phrase from my Silhouette Library, using silver pearlised cardstock.

I topped it off with the gorgeous corkscrew charm that I have had for a wee while.

It’s a bit “flat” for my liking but I couldn’t figure out how to add more texture/3-d/touchy-feely to it so I am hoping the gel pen does enough to give it some life.

Cheers!

Another Challenge Site

I have talked myself into joining the current fortnightly challenge at The Stamp Man.  It was hard twisting my own arm so far up my back!  Haven’t been able to do that since I was about 3! LOL

Frankie set the theme as travel here too and I had a tag that I had been playing with, technique wise, but it was never “finished” as such.

The tag was inked with distress inks then the stamps of the hand were done in Archival. I then literally slapped on some petroleum jelly where I wanted a resist (ie over the stamping and a few other random places) and then covered the tag with white acrylic paint.  When the paint was dry, I took a paper towel and wiped off the areas that had the PJ on them and there you have a “peeling” paint kind of look.

I then added a bit of glitter paint here and there and added the balloons.  The Stamps are from Crafty Secrets and the phrase is a cutting file from the very talented Kerri Bradford.

Photo Shoot

I have so few opportunities to get decent photos of myself to scrap.  Like most scrappers, I am always behind the camera.

Shell kindly took some fantastic photos for me back in July while I was in Rotorua. (Yay, I will be back there in less than two weeks for the Scrapbook Dreams Retreat!)

Whew! Made just in time!

How did it happen that I missed the latest post at Dragons Dream Tag It On? Blowed if I know but I have managed to make my tag for the theme of Roses and Light Metal. This theme was inspired by the lyrics of “Bed of Roses” by Bon Jovi.

My stamp is from Stampington & Company and I have coloured the tag with Wild Honey, Aged Mahogany and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. I moulded a Paper-Mache rose and embellished it with multi coloured foil leaf for my metal element. I printed tiny photos of roses and popped them behind Tim Holtz film strip.

Scrapbook Dreams – July Challenges

It has come to my attention (naughty me) that I have not blogged my layouts for July for the Scrapbook Dreams challenges! What’s with that!

In my defence, it has been so cold in my “office” that I have been spending as little time in here (away from the heat pump) as possible.

So. here they are:

The theme was “Attitude of Gratitude”

And the sketch challenge mid- month was this one:

And my take on it was:

DragonsTeam Tag It On - Travel

Although Frankie was wee bit naughty, giving me the heads ups on this weeks theme, I resisted making my tag until the theme was published.  Pop on over to the blog Here, and check it out.

As usual, the rule is to use at least one real stamp and I used seven!  Jolly pleased with myself, I am. LOL

  

My tag was coloured using Aged Mahogany and Peeled Paint Distress inks on a foam blending tool.  The stamping on the tag was done with Black and Sepia Archival Inks, stamps from Tim Holtz and Crafty Secrets.

Pilot Edwin was stamped onto water colour paper with Archival and coloured with various Distress inks and a water brush.  I popped him up on foam for extra dimension.

Diamond Dust

I have discovered Diamond Dust and I just love it!  Sprinkled into a clear dimensional product, it give a real lift to cards, projects and layouts.   I used Chrystal Effects this time and I do find that because I printed my own PP on an inkjet, that it changes the colour of the ink underneath.  I do have other dimensional products that don’t do this so I must remember that for another time.

With the amazing snowfall we had just last week, I couldn’t help but use it on a winter time layout.

 

The PP is one of the Digital Collection ones from Websters Pages.  I love having a colour A3 printer although I would love it more if mine was able to print out a 12 x 12 borderless.  Never mind, I am learning to love the “frame” around the edge, lol