Two Tags - TIO and Stampman

 This first tag is my DT piece for my TIO challenge. I LOVE stamp layering, as my followers will know, so I stamped the klimpt ladies from the Judikins cube, first... they are four corners around the Leda face in the middle... subtle but there...

 I just continued to stamp and emboss with clear ep., all the faces I could find... I thought it was great fun to add the Tim Holtz steampunk men to the ladies here!!! tee hee... I added oriental faces and even a pharaoh...

 You might even  spy Nefertiti!!! It was great fun to do and I love the colour scheme, which is quite different from many I have done recently.

 This tag is my DT piece for the Stampman challenge of butterflies and dragonflies...  I smooched the card through three different layers of distress inks and dried it... then stamped the large dragonfly as a background...

 Then I stamped the tile in the corner. Using one of the single insects, I flew it to the top of the tag.. It is a very graceful image, I think... I have always loved these plates by Kay Carley... all were painted in the distress inks...

I cut four butterflies from the TH movers and shapers mini set, and smooched them through the same set of inks... a bit of distressing through some punchinella, some lace to top and bottom, and Bob was my male relative, so to speak!!!

So, this week, I have gone really simple - well you all knew that already!!! tee hee... but craftily - not sure that's a word - I have done some quite elaborate stuff recently, so I needed to see if I could just make a tag!! Well, I think they both work, so thanks for looking... please leave me a comment, as I really appreciate your coming and telling me what you think...
Love and Light
Frankie
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WOYWW #106 - Well Just Don't be Judgemental!!!

 Well this is what is on my desk just now, stamps for making cards for Stamp Addicts on Sunday... and that fab new gun that I am just getting used to... they are quite a thing to master eh??? Anyone got any tips on how to stop it delivering the tape when you want to stop??? !!!

 Here is a more open view of my desk - still the same old, same old stuff about!!! Tiny attacher... what a great tool that is too, don't you agree??  What tool do you find really useful???

This is a close up of one of the main image stamps... it's a ickle birdie and some lovely flowers. Deeply etched, it printed very well, and I was pleased with the card I made...

I like it but it's not my usual style so it was a great challenge. It is quite a large card and it was fun to use the lace in this way... I made two other cards but they will be for another day...

If you are interested in the Mini Album PiF I made, I have posted a whole set of photos of it here, so you can have a look... I loved all the layering stamping...

The other bits around the desk were concerned with a challenge piece I have made for TIO - Numbers Game, Simon Says Stamp and Show some torn/distressed edges, and Ink on My Fingers - Steampunk
It is a larger piece again, with a tag attached, and it is quite good fun... below is one view nut you can see more of it here....

So there you have it, another little selection from my deskie this week... if you have enjoyed this post, please have a look at the others I have linked for you, and don't forget to leave me a comment each time, cos I love hearing what you think... and if you are wondering why I have shown you my tatty desk, pop over to the magnificent Stamping Ground from whence all good looky opportunity things come...tee hee...

Thanks for looking and visiting again
Love and light
Frankie
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PS... Just found I have won Top Three at Simon Says Stamp and Show last week!!! Woo Hoo, I am SO chuffed!!

Three Challenges Again...

Well, the subject matter is from TIO - Numbers Game... the technique is from Simon Says Stamp and Show some torn/distressed edges, and the style is Steampunk from Ink on my Fingers, the challenge of Hels Sheridan... I had great fun making it...

 I started with a frame and added some torn and distressed lost and found paper from TH stash... choosing numbers, of course...

 This little birdcage is so sweet... it is hanging from some TH idea-ology...

 Here is the whole thing.. I have never used the numbers tape before, so I attached it to the frame with the Tiny attacher. It was fun to try and find as many different types of numbers as possible.

 This was also a newbie for me... I have used the background stamp from the Steampunk sheet, but not stamped the men before... they came out fabulously.. they really are dapper. I cut them out and attached them with staples again...you can also see a great ickle pocket watch... love it!!!

 It is really quite dimensional. Here is a gear with a game piece and some pointers... yes folks, it ALL came out for this one!!!

This is a close up of the tag slipped in behind the torn and distressed numbers paper. The gear and the chain just add a finishing touch, don't you think??? Anyway, I am off to post it now and hope it is appreciated... Have done well a couple of times in the SSSS challenge, and I hope this one rings a bell - opps, didn't put one on, ah well!!!! tee hee...

Thanks for looking and leaving your fabulous comments... very soon, I will launch the idea I have for my followers and friends, so watch out for when I am back from Venice!!!!!
Love and Light
Frankie
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That Faux Paper Bag Mini - PiF Gift Swap

Well, as promised here is the faux paper bag mini I made for the Stamping Ground WOYWW PiF... It went to Sue, who saiys she really likes it, so that's all that matters... I liked it and had great fun making it... ALL THAT STAMPING folks, I was in my element!!!

This is inside the front cover, gears, wheels, keys etc all to unlock the book ready to use... The backs of all the front pocket tags have an inspirational saying on them... the inside bag tags are bigger (we will see those later) and are for pictures or journeling etc

This picture shows a front tag inside it's pocket. As you can see, the bags were made from a TH paper stash called lost and found...

This pic shows the cut away piece for the paper bag pockets, with a circle pull out piece, so the inside large tag can be put in and out. There are two large tags in each bag, one in each gusset ( of the bag... not your knickers, don't be silly!!!)

Woo I LURVE this set of stamps... papillon by TH, who else!!! They always look fantastic whatever colour they are stamped on to...

Tee hee... don't look now, but here comes umbrella man - stamped!!! Some of you might remember me making foam stamps from my dies??? Yesh you do!!! Anyway, here is one, and the beauty is you can decide what way round to print him!!

This tag was made from a set of stamps by Elusive Images, as was, now Chocolate Baroque...  down the left hand side (pass the duchy, remember that song??? Oh well, showing my age again perhaps??) I have printed the iron railings from my foam stamp... they are coming in useful... if you enlarge the pic you will see what I mean...

This tag is a bit steampunk, with some great images on it, and a UTEE charm I made from a mould of a brass piece... there's a close up lower down the page...

Again, there are many layers of stamps here, some UMount,  and the largest clock is my foam one from the die... told you they keep cropping up!!

This sewing one uses UMount stamps, and I just LOVE the little pair of scissors dangling as a charm... 

 This is the inside back cover, quite oriental in feel... the saying on the back is fun... it says
"keep a green tree in your heart and a singing bird will come"... and there he is... right on cue!!!

 So this is how the double pages look together, when the front tags are in their  pockets... I added some TH tissue tape down the middle of each double spread for even more interest... love that stuff!!

 Well here is that steampunk charm I made from UTEE, poured into a mould I made from a brass piece... I made it with pearl UTEE, then brushed it over with perfect pearls powders, yumminess...

 Here are the gusseted bags in all their glory, and so simple to do really... I am going to make one for myself when I get round to it...

 Almost there now!!! These are a couple of the larger, paper bag large tags that live in each gusset of the book.

 These two shots show the lace on the front of the mini... I think it is very pretty!!

And finally, the back cover, with another piece of TH paper, more tissue tape over the joins, and the Claudine Hellmuth sticky back canvas, coloured with colorwash stains, sprayed over and through TH masks... quite striking, even though I says it myself as shouldn't!!!

So there you have it, lots of views of the faux paper bag mini, made from a design from Laura from Follow the Paper Trail.  She is so inventive and has such splendid ideas..have a look here to see some remarkable projects, such as a suitcase!!! AMAZINGLY TALENTED lady...

Off now to try to sleep... my back is improving well, so Venice should be a goer!!! HURRAH!!!

Thanks so much for visiting and for your wonderfully encouraging comments.

Love and Light

Frankie

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WOYWW #105 Some Gifts and Other Stuff!!

So, after all that build up, came the big day... anyway it was all sorted and so many LOVELY people jumped in to save my disappointment... thanks everyone who offered to send a PiF so I would not be left out...

Well, my good friend Jo from Jozarty sent me one of her dangly doofars... love them, and the charms are so unusual.... thanks Jo... and for the shoulder when I was a bit down...

Then this little beauty was from Ciara, who thought she would be sending to some other person, and had to send to me... cos the original person pulled out of the day. She also sent a little card saying I could grunge it up if I wanted to!!! tee hee, as if I would... I think it's great the way it is, thanks Ciara...

So there we have it. What a great day it was and I ALMOST got round everyone... just a few I missed, so sorry to those people, and wasn't it a marathon!!?? but well worth it to see such great desks, worktops, tables and floors!!!

Now, as promised, one of the projects from the ArtsyCrafts weekend... It was made with wood and plaster, wonderful, resinous plaster, which painted up a treat.... oh those Fresco paints are a must have, they blend so well... I had a very plain border and a lovely cameo for my centre, so it looked like this finished...

 The whole thing looks really ancient and as if it has been damaged. I was on a table of basically green paints, but grunge will out, and I made it look very not green!!! tee hee...

 This little button was just about perfect from the mould. I had the merest little shaving of extra plaster to remove when I took it out.

 We used kabuka boards wrapped with tape to pour into for our borders. Mine was very precise and formal, in this Greek key style, so to age and distress it, I nibbled it with my TH scissors. The paint was applied deliberately to give this shadow effect...

My central lady was a beautiful cameo which I embedded in the centre then made ray marks with my ruler. These were then enhanced with paint and "goop" which is wonderful gold, bronze and copper Viva inca gold product!!! Fab stuff, and easy peasy to apply with finger or brush. What a lustre it added...

 Now for the PiF I made for last week... just a peek, as I will post the whole thing later on... please call back to see it...

 The cover is bound with some Claudine Hellmuth canvas, died with TH masks and colour sprays...

 It is a faux paper bag album, with tags outside and inside the pockets...the paper I used was from TH lost and found stash...

Here is a shot of one of the tags. They all have an inspirational saying... You can see the large tags inside the "bag".. Sue received it and says she likes it...

and finally a glimpse of my TIO, Simon and GM tag entry... winged things...

 Distress inks and stuff, just so enjoyed it...please look here to see more...

So there it is, yet another Wednesday, a week come and gone in a flash and we will soon be at the high point of the year. Nights draw in after that!! Freddie and I are going to Venice to tie the knot in our Handfasting ribbons very soon... I am just hoping and sending positive vibes to the Dao, to get my back better so I can walk!!! Believe it or not, it's a year and a day since my knee was done... heyho, one day I will not have any pain and I will probably promptly die of shock!!!! tee hee.

Anyhow, thanks a lot for visiting this week. You probably wonder why I have not actually included a pic of my workdesk??? Truth is, I just can't darnwell find it under a mountain of STUFF!!!! Oh well, one day I will also be tidy , with probably the same fate as above!!! tee hee... visit the wonderful Julia, if you are from another planet and don't know about WOYWW...

Thanks for looking and please do leave a comment, as I blossom hearing what you have to say...
Love and Light
Frankie
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