DragonsDream TIO #88 - Look to the Skies

The lovely Elizabeth is leading this week's challenge over at DragonsDream TIO and is Looking to the Skies.

As I bought some lovely Stampscape sun and moon stamps at Ally Pally in April, I decided to give a few of them an outing on this tag.  The background is alcohol inks on glossy card to give the look of deep space and the sun and moon images are stamped onto an acetate overlay.  The phases of the moon have been given the silver foil treatment on the reverse.

I do hope you will come and join us this week, we would love to see you.  Please don't forget to include at least one real stamp in your creation.

DragonsDream TIO #45 - 3D Metallic Mode

I have had great fun making this week's offering and got extremely inky into the bargain!

This tag is mainly made of embellishments made of alu tape and alcohol inks mounted onto a base which has been stamped, inked, cuttlebugged and dusted with Perfect Pearls.

I think there is alot of mileage in using alu tape (DIY kind) as it is quite strong, flexible, takes alcohol inks really well and can be punched. If you are very careful, you can unpeel the backing and stick it down onto another surface. Burnish it with your finger and it will take on the shape of the surface beneath. The stamps used are butterfly (MS) birds and branches (Stampin' Up) and flowers (Woodware).

Thank you for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment as I appreciate them all.

DragonsDream TIO#42 - Acetate and Alcohol

Where to start on this one ... ah yes - alcohol.

My stamp is called Finger Food by Stamps Happen. I bought this stamp on first sight as it made me laugh out loud. I love the fact that the lady is like one of Beryl Cook's larger ladies and that she is trying to be delicate and ladylike whilst scoffing all the cocktail olives and yet failing miserably.

The background is made with alcohol inks and the stamp has been embossed in white on acetate and fixed over the top. To finish off I have added an acetate heart and a few confetti foil glasses as a border. The sentiment is one that my lady should take to heart but usually ignores! The purple tinsel ribbon continues the party theme.

Thanks for visiting and please feel free to leave a comment - they are always appreciated.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #103 - Ocean Shades of Blue & Green & an Initial

I just knew straight away what I wanted to do - FISH! I am going through a very watery phase at the moment I think!

I made the background with alcohol inks, Lettuce, Aqua, Bottle and Stonewash then stamped the fish (Stampin' USA) in black archival, stamping off the page for some of them to create depth.

I drew the seaweed with Pinflair Gel and stuck seed beads and a few sequins on to give more dimension and shimmer. It is the first time I have done this and it seems to work well. The initial came from Rob Adams' Medieval CD which I clear embossed and mounted onto some green satin mirri board like the main image. To finish off I stamped some more fish in Versamark on the base card.

I hope you like it - I am well pleased with this! Feel free to leave a comment, they are very much appreciated.