CD Sunday Challenge - Stamping

Oh joy! I can enter one of my challenges at last! Internet is still very unreliable, but at least it is working this afternoon!

My starting point was the beautiful botanical print paper from Joanna Sheen's RHS CD1. I have stamped on vellum using a hedgerow bouquet stamp from I Brake For Stamps in Victorian Violet Brilliance ink. The sentiment, maker unknown, is from my recent trip to Ally Pally. I have mounted it with gold brads onto gold mirri and then onto the violet card. I am afraid that the photo does not do it justice.

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DragonsDream TIO#76 - Something with a Pocket

I was watching a programme on television about the school regime in Victorian times and that got my mind wandering.

My stamps are by A Stamp in the Hand and Crafty Individuals. My pocket is the teachers gown (also with pockets) and the insert in the pocket is the Scholars Monthly Report. Glad I wasn't around then! I have used DI Scattered Straw, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany.

Our internet problems are still very much with us and I have had to schedule this post whilst it is working, to make sure it gets published. Please bear with me while these problems persist. I will be visiting all your work just as soon as I can.

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Internet Connection Problem

Just to let you know that we have been experiencing serious internet connection problems here at Redmoss Ramblings. The BT service is very intermittent and totally unreliable at the present so I do apologise if I have been very quiet lately! A specialist engineer is scheduled to pay us a visit on the 27th April so hopefully we can rock and roll again. I miss you all and apologise for not commenting on your blogs.

Crafty Ann's Challenge #39 - Fancy Folds

A lovely morning to you Crafters! Our challenge starting this week over at Crafty Ann's is to make something using Fancy Folds.

I am letting Ann's beautiful Mottled Stone papers speak for themselves - I have printed lilac on one side and sky blue to the other side of a piece of 160 gsm paper, cut a cross and formed an aperture by folding back the triangles and securing with a brad. I sized the digi Duck and Umbrella stamp to fit, coloured with Copics and glaze and taped it to the yellow mat behind. The flowers are made with scraps of paper left over.

I do hope you will join us this fortnight and look forward to seeing what you can create!

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #148 - In the Springtime

Jen forced me out of my comfort zone to make a cute card. The little love birds digi by Sliekje certainly fits the cute bill and some!

The backing papers are by the very talented Kirsty Wiseman. The punched border is a Pansy Border Punch by Martha Stewart and is top of my next shopping spree wish list. The image is coloured with Promarkers.

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DragonsDream TIO #74 - A Tag by any other shape

This week I have been dreaming in ancient Greece. My background was made using wax paper, glossy card and an embossing folder. This makes an embossed resist that can be coloured with inks, this one is DI Fired Brick. The stamps belong to Jen's daughter, make not known, but the sheet is called Bleeding Hearts. The stamps are inked with DI Aged Mahogany. My centrepiece is my first foray into air dry clay, terracotta colour and a sweet mould. I am very pleased with the result. Thanks for stopping by and do feel free to leave a comment - I love keeping in touch.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #147 - Lilac Wine

I chose this stamp, by StampsHappen as it has a great sentiment. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and glittered with coloured Stickles for a bit of sparkle. It is simply mounted onto an embossed panel and then onto a piece of textured lilac card.

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