Happy Birthday, Simon Says Challenge Blog

I had a bit of time this morning, seeing as I woke up "early" (end of daylight saving!!) so I checked out a few of the challenge blogs I like to participate in (though I haven't had much time to lately) and the first one I came across was the "Simon Says Challenge Blog"...They are celebrating their 4th year, so their current challenge ties in quite nicely, it is "Happy Birthday"
And here is my card, using a Penny Black stamp (main image), a Darkroom Door stamp set (sentiment), Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils, a black fineliner(for the hand-drawn frame), Archival ink (jet black) and some Prima pp.

If you get a chance to play along have a look HERE, there are some great prizes up for grabs...
Until next time, thanks for visiting and have a great Sunday  : )

A Little Metal

This weeks theme over at Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge blog is "metal", and here is my entry:

 I started by inking a manila tag with teal Marvy ink, I added the metal tape to the corners (which I had embossed) a couple of TH cogs, a piece of embossed cs which I painted with bronze acrylic paint, the sentiment was stamped onto a piece of acetate and I stuck it in place with my tiny attacher : )      I then added the TH "on the edge" & the Graphics 45 beautiful tag with the bits of ribbon and some fibres.

Sorry about the dreadful photos, but it's Saturday night and I wont do any blogging tomorrow, so it's these or nothing LOL.

And if you're wondering about the Graphics 45 tag, I got the great "Steampunk Debutante Tags" from Karen, HERE, and she sells the MDF tags that fit them perfectly!!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, wherever you happen to be at the moment : )    And thank you for visiting my humble abode : )

Gone Gothic...

Yes, I know!   Another Gothic arch...but I just enjoy playing with that shape so much, so when I read that Simon Says Stamp and Show's theme for this week was "torn/distressed" I just had to!      I've used some Tim Holtz paper, the sentiment from THIS TH stamp set, the word"explorer" and the image of the man are both from THIS Darkroom Door set (stamped onto acetate with black StaZon ink, I also dry-brushed some gold acrylic paint onto the underside of the word)    The word was then stuck to a painted puzzle piece,  I've also added a couple of pewter brads and some butterfly punches (with some wild honey Distress Stickles on their wings)      All edges have been torn and/or distressed (with my trusty and very used MM distresser), for the hole over the sentiment I just made a small cut with my craft knife and began tearing the section out, then inked all the edges with Distress ink.
And here are the photos to prove it : )

Tag...You're It!

It's been a while, but I had a bit of time up my sleeve today (I know!!!   I really should be catching up on housework, or on some sleep, but I just had to play LOL) so I decided to join in with the great "Tag" challenge for this week over at Simon Says Stamp and Show" challenge blog...Did you know that they offer a $50 gift voucher to the winning entry?    What better incentive than more toys to play with : )  And there's always plenty of gorgeous samples made by the DT to get the inspiration flowing...
I was finishing off some ATCs so I had my white embossing powder out and decided to use that as my starting point.      I began by stamping my images with Versamark ink, and embossing them with white embossing powder.    I then rubbed various Marvy and Distress inks onto the tag, adding the sentiment (which was embossed onto vellum) and using my sewing machine to add a border.     I completed the tag by adding some red ribbon, some sparkly threads and a red and white button...and here are some photos:

I've used the following stamps:
Tim Holtz "Urban Chic" set
Darkroom Door "Wildflowers Vol.1" set

I hope you are enjoying the weekend wherever you happen to be at the moment...

A Card For Simon Says...

Quick post, as I'm again running behind for this great challenge from Simon Says Stamp and Show but here it is, just in time (I hope!)
I've used some striped pp from my scraps box, the stamp is a Tim Holtz stamp coloured with Souffle pens and wc pencils, I also used an Alterations die for the flower (cut out of red vinyl) and one of Sandie's Petite Daisies (isn't it gorgeous?)    I added the Stickles as a finishing touch : )

A Tag for Simon Says...

I decided to join in with this great challenge over at Simon Says Stamp... It's the first time I'm taking part in this, and I almost forgot the due date!!!    But I think I've just made it : )

I've recycled some cardboard, painted with acrylic paint, stamped the TH stamp using royal purple StaZon ink, and the tag was distressed around the edges.        The girl  was stamped twice onto some coloured cs, once with royal purple StaZon ink and then again with rusty brown StaZon ink, I then cut her out and layered her over the top of some spotty ribbon and a bit of cs using some foam tape for added dimention.     The tiny flowers stamp was inked with timber brown StaZon ink, the red flower was cut with a TH Alterations die, and I added the gorgeous wooden button.      As a finishing touch, I added some Ice Stickles (in blueberry ice) .         I really enjoyed playing along with this challenge, and if you get the chance, have a look at all the great entries posted  : )