Crafty Individuals July Entry

A little while ago the lovely Crafty Individuals (Jean and Malcolm) chose THIS as one of five winning entries...and I got to choose my stamp, and they were kind enough to include 2 of THESE little beauties for me to play with...so I thought they were perfect for this month's theme of "pink, cream, and brown"
I started by measuring the inside of the pendants and I cut out a few stamped images to fit, as you can see I couldn't stop at just one...    I was trying to work out a way that I could change the pendants to suit my mood (and trust me, you don't want to know just how many moods I have!!)  when it clicked, I could swap the images around by using some type of magnet, so I had a look through my stash and found some magnet-backed business card blanks, trimmed them to size (one for the inside of the pendant and one for each image, making sure that they "attracted"each other, polarity-wise)     My official entry is, of course, this one, in pink, cream, and brown:

I stamped Old Fashioned Girl onto some pink cs, and clear-embossed the image, adding brown ink to the edges, and a few pearls...

But I also made these ones:  The first image is CI-068 (which may be retired, as I can't find it in the site), stamped onto Distress inks b'ground and with a coat of DM and a sprinkling of tiny rhinestones.

THIS image was stamped onto a prepared domino, overstamped with THIS girl, and given a coat of DM and a tiny flower-shaped rhinestone.

 There's the DANCING couple again, coloured with some Twinks H2Os, and given a coat of DM...and next to that pendant is another image (CI-120 Out of the Shadows) which I've had for a long time, but can't find it in the Crafty Individuals shop, I just stamped the man, cut around him and stuck him to some printed text coloured with Distress ink (Vintage photo).

I had so much fun making these, maybe I'll make a few more ; )

Thanks for visiting me, and don't forget, there's still plenty of time to enter this great challenge, for all the details go HERE.

Just Follow the Instructions...

These were the instructions given to me by my daughter...

...along with a list of colours and a reminder that she wanted me to use a stamped domino : )     At least she knew exactly what she wanted!!

I didn't have the right coloured flowers, but she liked the substitutions I did have, so I then went ahead and completed the card (for her friend's birthday)

My base card is a rich chocolate brown, I then added a light pink card front (distressing the edges) and my final layer was a lovely slightly darker shade of pink which I stamped with THIS Darkroom Door b'ground stamp and some Versacolor brown ink, distressing the edges further so that the lighter pink could be seen.     I then got to work on the rest of the card adding the brown LACE, the light blue LACE, the brown MESH, the pink POM-POM ribbon, the HAPPY BIRTHDAY ribbon, the LARGE paper flower, and the smaller pink paper flower, as well as a Kaiser pearl.       The domino has a coat of red StaZon ink, the Eiffel Tower image is from THIS Darkroom Door set (stamped with Archival ink) and the whole domino front has a coat of clear embossing powder.       The butterflies were made using a punch (the paper was a watercolour and salt background made by DD for a school project, and the colours were perfect for this)       The envelope was stamped with a sentiment from THIS Darkroom Door set, the Monalisa postoid is a Cherrypie image, and the postmark is an old Studio Astarte image.        Daughter was very happy...mission accomplished : )
I hope you are having a great time wherever you happen to be, and if you are in Melbourne, enjoy the rain...

What Happened?

Remember this domino?

Well, I stamped a couple of images onto it, and then covered it with Dimentional Magic...and by the time it was dry, it changed colour from a deep pink to a warm red!     I love the look of it, but as I already had my card prepared (all in pinks, creams, and browns), I had to do another domino, but I still wanted the shiny surface.  

So, I once again covered a domino with the StaZon (blazing red), I stamped an image from THIS Darkroom Door set (with StaZon timber brown), stamped the sentiment from THIS Darkroom Door set (with StaZon jet black) onto a piece of acetate, and stuck it down using a dab of white PVA glue.   I then added the tiny pearls, and stuck the domino to my prepared card.    The pp is the cover of a Collections paper pack (minus the door image, which I used on another card, but which was easy enough to replace with a small piece of pp from the collection), which you can find HERE, I also used the splatter image (from THIS Darkroom Door set) around the outer edges of the pp with StaZon ink (blazing red),  the black and white label is from a Collections Ephemera sheet, and you can find the white vine here, the metal flower here, the organza flower is just new so I don't think Nicole's had a chance to upload it to the site yet, the brown crochet lace here, the white flower lace here, and the muslin (also from Collections) here.    

My apologies for the very dark photos, but it has been a bit of a grey day here in Melbourne today...but I just read THIS post over at Crafty Individuals Challenge blog, which needless to say has conciderably brightened my day...   Now I better go do something about dinner : )

Playing With Dominoes.

A few days ago I used a stamped domino for my entry into this month's Crafty Individuals challenge HERE, and Shirley wanted to know how I prepared the domino...   It's a very simple process, just get your domino & wipe it over with some window cleaning fluid (I use Windex, which is also what I use for cleaning my stamps, funnily enough I don't do windows with it, LOL)    I'm sure you could also use something like methylated spirits, but Windex work really well, as all you're trying to do is to get rid of any oily finger marks etc.
These are the dominoes I have (picked them up at a garage sale for $1) and they have a tiny screw which I removed fairly easily with a pair of pliers prior to cleaning, to make it eazy for the domino to sit flat on my card...

 So, after removing the tiny screw, I just wiped the domino with some Windex, let it dry, and covered with StaZon ink (you could also use Sharpies to colour your domino, alcohol inks, or even acrylic paints)

I gave the ink a few minutes to dry fully, and then stamped my image by inking my stamp with black StaZon ink, just make sure you stamp the image and LIFT it straight off to avoid smudging.      I then allowed the image to dry and gave the domino a coat of Dimentional Magic (keep a pin handy to get rid of any bubbles) then just allow the DM to dry and add the domino to your chosen project, I stuck mine down with PVA glue, as it dries clear.      I'll be back with a finished project using this pink domino as soon as I get a chance, but in the meantime have a look at Kimberly Crick's website, which is filled with some great information, and has some gorgeous galleries full of beautiful projects (unfortunately she doesn't sell to overseas visitors, but I live in hope...)    In the meantime I will "Keep Calm, and Carry on"

BTW, are you a fan of STAMPBORD tiles?    Did you know they are having a great competition?    Have a look HERE for all the details, and just in case you've forgotten, they also have a great archive of fun projects HERE

Crafty Individuals Challenge Entry

There's never enough hours in the day, is there!?      Here is my entry for this month's challenge over at the Crafty Individuals Challenge Blog         Check out the details for this month HERE

For my entry, I started by gluing some raw silk fabric for my b'ground, I then added a trimmed turquoise piece of cs roughing up the edges & using an Alterations die for the lower edge.   I then stamped THIS stamp onto white cs as well as onto a prepared domino (I used StaZon Teal Blue) and THIS stamp (the smaller image) onto some kraft card.     I stuck everything into place & then added some white lace ribbon and some musical notes printed twill (both from Craft Queen, of course LOL)   As a last detail, I added the tiny pearls to the butterfly, and a coat of DM to the domino.      There's still a few days to enter this great challenge, if you hurry : )