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June 3rd, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Vintage Stamping Challenges

Another month has just flown by which means we have a new challenge for you at

Vintage Stamping Challenges

For this new challenge we would love to see something about

Childhood

I chose this beautiful stamp for my DT piece and made a bookmark. The bookmark just slips over the edge of the card and whoever you give it to will slip it off and adore seeing it over the pages of their latest read. Unless they have a kindle that is!!!

I received this adorable little girl as one of Flonzcrafts Club Stamp Of The Week.
Such a lovely surprise as at the time I was making a lot of commissioned cards for Confirmation and Communion so it came in really handy.

I stamped quite a few images onto a piece of card and I had this one left over. Didn’t want to colour her very pale and pastel again so she has been done in darker shades.

Wahoo used my Pro Markers which have been getting very dusty and neglected recently.

Flonz Crafts is very generously giving the winner of this challenge $20 to spend at his online shop.
So what are you waiting for, hop on over to see my DT sisters gorgeous work and whilst there enter your beautiful piece so we can come visit and leave some love.

Shirl

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Tag Time At FSC

June 2nd, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Fashionable Stamping Challenges, Stamping, Tags

Sorry all been MIA for ages but I have had the family over for the last 10 days and it was cleaning time before they came and now they have gone back it’s the same round of cleaning but in reverse … clean sheets on dirty sheets off, rooms all clean, rooms all dirty … think you get the drift

Anyway it’s Tag Time at Fashionable Stamping Challenges this fortnight and my tag is a joint effort with my favourite grandson Alex (only have one grandson).

Alex is a typical 13 year old boy, when the sun is shining he can find loads to do as soon as the rain comes he’s bored!!! Lucky enough we only had a half day of rain for the entire holiday and that’s when Alex started this tag. I asked him to place different pieces onto a tag … buttons, paper-clips, studs, safety pin and a bottle top … all boy things. I showed him how to rip off pieces of the silver electricians tape and cover over the elements. Gave him a ball tool then asked him to burnish over each piece. He chose a stencil which he used with the moulding paste to add more texture. Next came the gesso … he loved this part … painted over everything on the tag. He picked three different colours of Glimmer Mists and sprayed.

Can you believe after he had done all of that the sun came out so off we all trotted to the beach.
We didn’t get another bad day the entire holiday. Went to Kilmore Quays, Hook Head Lighthouse (oldest working lighthouse in the world), beach three more times and the last day was spent in Kilkenny where we met up with Pat.

Hey presto Alex lost interest and never finished the tag so I added the finishing touches. Not sure he is going to approve of how I finished it though.

Victorian1Victorian

Used Flonzcrafts stamps and remember you could be in with a chance to win $20 to spend at his store if you are picked as the winner of the FSC challenge.

Shirl

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Stamper Of All Trades

May 15th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Tags, Vintage

After all these years of crafting I still can’t define the style of crafting which I love the best. Stamping is the biggest part of anything I make but just being a stamper is not enough for me.

I love all the other techniques which go with the crafting industry so I have decided that if anyone asks me to describe what I love doing the most I will say I am a …

Stamper Of All Trades
… no, not Jack …

She looks so adorable with those dreamy eyes and heart shaped lips so I surrounded her with a few crafting techniques which are amongst my fave to do. Stamped her onto a gorgeous piece of the G45 paper from the French Country collection here.

If you are not into the inking and getting all grungy and messy let the paper you stamp onto give you the same results but without the mess!!!

Purple Delight

Don’t even ask where I got her from all I can remember is that I bought her from a craft stall which was at Thorpe Park a few years ago … before they changed it to Farnborough. The ticket stamps are from Prima Songbird here.

Shirl

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Sewing Mends The Soul

May 11th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Stamping, Tags

Well today’s Saturday and here is the card the girls made in my class, it’s a Tri-fold, Z-fold, Concertina … whatever card.

Used a Martha Stewart large punch for the beautiful border.
The stamps are all Indigo Blu ‘Sewing Mends The Soul’ and TH DI Frayed Burlap, Peacock Feathers also Black soot.

Shirl

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Messy Fingers

May 8th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Stamping, Tags, Vintage

Lots of messiness with this tag but enjoyed every stage of the mess.
Lace, string, mesh, trinkets, paper flowers, die cuts, paper doily, ribbon, moulding paste, Dylusion Inks, Gilding Wax and stencils have all been used but the mucky fingers and work involoved was well worth it.

Shirl

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Lace & Pearls

May 6th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Vintage Stamping Challenges

Another month has just flown by which means we have a new challenge for you at Vintage Stamping Challenges.

For this new challenge we would love to see all that lovely Lace & Pearls … think I over did the pearls on my DT piece.

Cut out a chipboard tag, painted with gesso before adding dimensional paste through a stencil. When dry I rubbed three different colours of gilding wax over the raised areas and the edges. Stamped the gorgeous Flonz image which you can fine here with Vintage Photo distress ink and lightly watercoloured out. The background is watercolour paper gently blended with Squeezed Lemonade then spritzed with water. Some pretty lace and pearls always adds a touch of elegance to any project.

Flonz Crafts is very generously giving the winner of this challenge $20 to spend at his online shop.
So what are you waiting for, hop on over to see my DT sisters gorgeous work and whilst there enter your beautiful piece so we can come visit and leave some love.

Shirl

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Dress Form

May 5th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Class Makes, Misc, Projects, Stamping, Vintage

I’m always wanting to try new things and when I saw this YouTube video tutorial by Miranda I just had to make one.
Well I did and I made it for the new challenge this fortnight at Fashionable Stamping Challenges which is Anything Goes. Nice an easy this fortnight with $20 up for grabs for the winner from our generous sponsor Flonz Crafts.

Front and back views of my Dress Form which looks totally better in the flesh.

Close up pics of the base which I put into a glass tealight holder then glued into place with a hot glue gun. I first dabbed the glass with alcohol inks and then added a piece of lace. It worked just fine with the glass holder being such a solid base.

Shirl

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Mmmmm Honeycomb

May 4th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Indigo Blu, Stamping, Vintage

I still love pretty pretty with my cards and this one is no exception but you can’t go far wrong with this beautiful Elizabeth Bennett Indigo Blu stamp, she is stunningly pretty. Other stamps used are Crafty Individuals and Stampin Up Established Elegance.

This is what my class made today, we used the Sizzix Dress Form die with a honeycomb middle.

Dress Form

Shirl

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Domino Elegance In A Box

April 29th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Album, Boxes, Misc

Here is the box I made for the domino book in the post below.
The design on the front of the box is another from Nicecrane Designs.

Margie left me a lovely comment asking about the dominoes used … just ordinary standard very cheap plastic dominoes, approximate size 4¾ cm x 2½ cm. They also had a little gold pin in the centre but this pried off very easily.

To make the box cut a piece of cardstock at 11.7 cm x 10.2 cm for the lid and 11.5 cm x 10 cm for the base. Score the lid and base the same way. Score one side at 3 cm then turn and score each of the remaining sides the same. For the lid use a small circle punch on the longest side of the box to cut a half circle.

I work in both inches and metres whichever suits the actual purpose and I found for the above measurements it was easier to cut in inches for the accordion middle of the two dominoes..

I started with a piece of cardstock measuring 8 ¾” x 1 7/8 ” then score at every 7/8″.

Margie I too have eyes and fingers on the elderly side which is an excellent way of describing them … (made me chuckle out loud when reading) … and I am sure that is why I have never attempted to make these before but trust me it is sooooo easy. I am a great believer in using a good pair of tweezers and this helped enormously to adhere the tiny images.

I found this tutorial link which may be of help to you

Shirl

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Elegance Achieved With Two Dominoes

April 28th, 2013 by Shirl - Posted in Album, Misc, Nicecrane Designs

I have a real gem of a lady called Maria who can only come to my classes once a fortnight …(she lives in Dublin) … and because yesterday was her day to be at the class I decided we would make an altered domino book instead of the usual card.

I have to admit that these little books have never appealed to me before … always looked to fiddly. How wrong could I have been, and guess who changed my mind about them … yep Brenda … you can see her books here. She showed Clare, Pat, Amber and myself a couple she had made when we were at home and I totally fell in love with them.

One and only time I couldn’t wait to get back to Ireland … (I do love Ireland to bits just miss my family more) … and my craft room to have a go. So below is my first ever Domino Book. Minus all the drilled holes to add the trinkets as it’s only a two hour class … eh going on three or four usually … and time is an issue.

First pics are the front and back of the book tied together with two bows.

The first pic below is of the concertina fold out with images of gorgeous little girls on every other fold and the other folds have designer paper with two little pockets added and teensy little tags inserted.

Other pics are what you see when turned around. Lots of elegant ladies on every other fold plus the other folds have letters which make a name when fully extended.

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Stamped images are from … can’t remember but the digi images are from Nicecrane Designs here and here which have been downsized to fit the teensy teensy mini book.

Will show the box which it fits into tomorrow, it is so diddly but gorgeous.

Shirl

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