grungy Monday......

Hiya peeps short post for today, thanks you for your best wishes, I'm feelin' a whole heap better now and it looks like my shop should be ok for the time being so at least thats good news.I'm late again though......for Grungy Monday, story of my life. This weeks challenge is to follow the deets for alcohol inks from Tim Holtz, click here to be transported to the video. The stamp that I've used is from La Banche and the flowers were made from the Tattered floral die, the papers were spritzed well more like drenched in glimmer mist.

Challenges

Grungy Monday.....alcohol inks

The Stampman.....alcohol inks withe an optional sketch to follow.

Just for Fun.....anything goes.

Simon Says stamp and show ......a word.

Hooked on Crafts......show us your flowers.

Sir Stampalot......anything goes

hugs n' smiles

Compendium of Curiosities.....

Afternoon peeps just woke from having my afternoon nap with my Grandson......its an age thing lol. I started this tag the other night and wasn't sure what I was doing for it, so its one of those it kinda just developed tag....The technique this week at Compendium of Curiosities is Altered Metal using Alcohol inks, I saw Tim demoing using these inks on the new metal foil, for the intense colours he just scribbled the ink straight onto the metal foil. for the technique this week you'll have to consult the 'inky book of techniques' or I'll be in trouble with Linda, why not pop over and see some of the awesome work from other entries. Some other challenges this week are Simon Says Show and Stamp.....stripes, the background was made using a Kabuka mould from TSS.....just love the little buttons.The Shabby Tearoom challenge is Buttons and bow. Gingersnap Creations have a colour challenge using jewel colours with added gold......the gold is the dewdrops and the gold beads threaded through the top.The stamp for the corset is from B Line and the challenge at Moving Along the Times.....fashion

Play time....

I've had a play around with gilding flakes over the past couple of days as I love the colours that they produce when burnished, the back of the acetate ticket has gilding flakes on and the frame has smidges of pink foil on .....I love the effect as it adds bling to the frame, talking of which I made with tissue tape and then alchohol inked over the top with eggplant, rust and gold, the script didn't show up as well as I thought it might, probably a little heavy handed with the ink or the colours were too dark. All of the stamps and images are from Crafty Individuals that I have used......so love the images that Jean and Malcolm sell....yummy.

Challenges

Gingersnap Creations.....pick a challenge, I picked 'use labels creatively'.

Theme Thursday.....pattern.

Alphabet....I is for Infants or babies.

Artistic stamper .....monthly challenge is 'things with wings'.

Lots to do.......New beginings/new stash (mine is the gilding flakes,new technique is using them on the back of acetate.

Drunken Stampers......use something new (gilding flakes and stamp).

Sunday Stamper.....charms/men, went with the charm theme.

Paper Sundaes......Something new.(gilding flakes and stamp)

Thanks for taking a peek

your comments are greatfully recieved and inspire me to continue crafting

Thank you for your support

hugs from Daniele.

Distressing.....

Monday again.....gosh the weeks fly, guess its because we make every moment count if I'm not working, I'm usually having a crafting moment or catching up with a smidge of telly, so its off to work again soon, well in half an hour just time to post this card which is one I did in a class with Linda a couple of weeks ago, thought I'd be cheeky and enter it in Simon Says Stamp and Show as this week the challenge is distress inks, and being as that is all we used to create the card I thought it was apt...... I must admit doing a whole background is quite tiring on the arms especially building up the colours, but I'd not done cards using just inks to create backgrounds so I learnt alot. The stamps that we used are by B Line......gorgeous range of vintage stamps from L.B Crafts.

Have a good day

hugs

Compendium of Curiosities....

I seem to be getting later and later at entering these challenges, this weeks Compendium of Curiosities challenge is called Alcohol Ink Splatter, on page 52 so if you want to join in over to Lindas blog where all the details are as I'm sworn to secrecy about the technique. I'm getting into these inks now....I think, I'm certainly lovin' the effect when used on metal, so todays tag is using the softer shades....I've gone all pastel.....lol. The challenge at Tag Tuesday was to create a background with the minimum of embellishments , so I guess this fits the bill as well. Sunday Stamper this week has the theme of butterflies so pop over to Hels if you want to play, and apparently lots of butterflies together are called a Kaleidoscope of butterflies, so I guess the background for the tag fits in quite nicely. The butterfly stamp is from B Line, and the sentiment is a Paper Artsy Hot Picks stamp.

thanks for taking a peek

hugs