A little bit of Metal ........

Hello there,

As promised yesterday, I'm back with my latest make for Less is More
It's Recipe week this week, and the girls have chosen ......

METAL 

We have to add something made from metal to our designs ....... it can be anything from charms to diecuts, brads to eyelets .... the choice is ours.

Here's mine .......

I've added a cute little metal bird charm ......

and ..... I've also used some gilding flakes, adding a nice metallic finish to the birdcage  ...... not sure if this counts though.

I masked off a section down the side of a piece of white cardstock then added some colour using Distress inks.  The masks were then removed and the Kaisercraft Bird Cage was stamped using Black Versafine ink.
I stamped the bird cage again, moving it slightly to the right of the first image and this time I used IndigoBlu Flitter Glu and then added Sheffield Steel Mega Flakes .....

You can still see some of the black stamped image coming through, adding more detail to the cage.

The sentiment is from Magnolia ........

and the branch at the top is an old Hero Arts stamp.

As always I've finished off the inside too ....

Well, that's another job done for this week ...... still no Tim Tag though - sigh!  Hopefully that's tomorrow's task .... no wait ..... that IS tomorrow's task!  No matter what, it's got to be finished .... last day of the month and all that.  It's also my day to post on the Creative Studios DT blog ...... good job I got my project done today then isn't it! 

Thanks for popping by .... see you all again tomorrow.

Cheerio until then .......

Linda

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Cutting it fine ..... again!

Happy Tuesday everyone,

Well, it's the last day of the month again, so that means it must be time for my Timmie Tag.  Talk about cutting it fine ...... I'm getting later and later with this each month.

12 Tags of 2013

As usual, I didn't have everything on the supplies list but, I got there in the end.
I don't think I've mastered Tim's technique for this month that well.  Could be something to do with me not having the right paints - that's my excuse anyway.  This month the master has been showing us how to create the look of patina on different surfaces.  Check out all the details here 

This is how mine turned out .......

Similar I suppose.  I didn't have a lot of time to mess about with it really.   Are you ready for this ...... I didn't have ANY of the colours of Distress Paints - shock! horror!  I had the metallics, no problem there but, I had to find some similar colours in my box of acrylic paints.  In the end I went for Paperartsy's Fresco Finish in shades of Blues and Greens.  Not sure that they work in the same way as Distress though but I quite like the result.  And using the distress inks over the top is so clever, I love the mottled effect.

I pretty much kept to Tim's design (again, not a lot of time to play around), but I decided to add a bit of fantasy film into the mix.
I stamped the dragonfly onto the Clearly for Art - if you've not used this before try it. It's so cool! The clear version feels like thick acetate but when you heat it, it goes all soft and pliable so you can shape it before it cools.  Once it cools down, it holds it's shape.  Perfect for adding a bit of dimension to you projects. And, if you're not happy with the shape first time, just heat it up again, it all goes flat. and you can shape it again.
Once I'd stamped the image, I used some Glossy Accents, and stuck the fantasy film onto the back.  Once this was dry, I cut out the wings and the body of the dragon fly and attached them to the tag.
I wasn't sure if the film would stick once I heated the wings again but, it worked ........

You can just see a hint of colour as the light hits, they look quite delicate.

The rest of the embellies I've used are more or less the same as on Tim's tag, but with a little LindyLou touch.

I decided to make my tag a little more feminine, I inked and stamped a paper flower and added it to one of the mini gears.  We should be seeing a few more flowers bloom now, it is supposed to be spring after all!

Well that's April done and dusted.  I've already made my 'To Do' list for May.  It looks like I'll be spending quite a bit of time in the old craft room in the next couple of weeks.  I've loads of stuff to do before we go away.  New stash to play with too.  Look what my lovely postie brought me yesterday ......

It's all out of the packaging and sat waiting to be used.  Hopefully, before the end of the week, I can get melting. Watch this space.

Thanks for popping by today.  Sorry I haven't been visiting everyone recently, I don't know where the days are going.  I will try and catch up with you all this week.  Enjoy the rest of your day.

Cheerio for now

Linda

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Done in the nick of time

Hello again,

Well I made it, with time to spare too.  Here's this weeks Less is More Challenge entry.  I'll have to keep this quick, as I still have to get it all uploaded and the clock is ticking.

It's  Week 91 and we have a Sketch to follow ......

As usual Chrissie has come up with some fabulous inspiration cards, and there's loads of stunning entries for this week.  Here's my version ........

Finally, another Christmas Card - whoo hoo!!  Could this be the start of my festive phase, I certainly hope so.  This makes a grand total to date of 5, or is it 6? not sure on that one.  It's not many anyway.

I've been trying to use up bits and pieces from the old Bit Box this week.  It's overflowing with stuff at the moment, you know what it's like, don't want to throw anything away in case we need it!   I'm not doing too bad, this is the second project today that I've managed to complete without cutting into new sheets of cardstock.
I had a good old rummage around and manage to find a big(ish) piece of card coloured using my favourite cling-film technique.  I got the background panel out of it and all three squares.
The snowflakes are stamped with the brand new SU stamp set - Snowflake Soiree from the latest Seasonal Catalogue,  the sentiment is an old Butterfly Kisses stamp (I think).
I added a bit of glitter to the large snowflakes, and white pearls in the centres.  They don't look that sparkley in the photos,  but trust me, in the light they shimmer and sparkle nicely.

The little metal charm was a late add-on.  While I was taking the picture I noticed a tiny spot of  ink on the card - that'll teach me for rushing at the last minute!  I really didn't have the time to start again, so, on went the snowflake to cover it up.  I hope it's not too much, we are supposed to leave plenty of white space, and embellies to a minimum.  I think it looks ok, doesn't  it?

On that note, I'll say Cheerio.  I've got the house to myself tonight.  Chris is off to work soon, and Stephen is going out on someone's Leaving Do from work (that's going to get messy no doubt!)  He won't be home until the early hours of the morning.  
So, it's a nice pasta dish for tea, a glass of red, possibly two, and a good old catch up with the soaps I think.

Thanks for popping by.  Enjoy your evening.

Linda

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