Archi-Scraps Challenge 8

I recently found a new Scrapbooking site

called Archi-Scraps.

Their current challenge is to use a photo of David Cerny's

Metalmorphosis

as inspiration

If you go to Archi-Scraps there is a link to the video of this amazing piece of public art.

The added criteria is to use a headshot for your photo and bling!

 

 

This photo is of my youngest daughter and her best friend at their school prom.

I used various sprays and inks on the background of a ripped pizza box.

Here is a close up of some of the bling.

For the semi-heart I inked and then clear embossed, over this I brushed some perfect pearls powder and then reheated it- it gives a lovely shimmery effect.

Thanks for visiting

Have a good Sunday!

Jolanda x

 

halloween panel using Tim Holtz products

Hope you're having a good Sunday!

This is a panel I have made to enter a couple of challenges

I don't really send Halloween cards so I just thought I would make this and see what I can do with it later - I'm sure it will come in useful for some scrapbooking project in the future!

The back part is embossed using a Tim embossing folder which I then put mahogany distress ink on the raised parts and clear heat embossed - it really enriches the colours.

The front panel I stamped with Walnut stain DI and then coloured with tea dye and peeled paint DIs.

The cat is black embossed and cut out from the same embossing folder as the back panel.

I am entering this into Studio L3's Grungy Monday challenge - Tim Holtz Halloween and Simon says Stamp - Halloween or Goth challenge

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Another pretty easel card

Hi everyone, hope you're having a nice Sunday. I've had a lot of fun making this card! I'm really pleased with the result - maybe I should send it to myself! lol!

I stamped the girl and coloured her in with Distress Inks and then cut her out using an outside of the die technique - which is the challenge on the Little Miss Muffet blog.
I also decided to follow the sketch on the digi doodle shop challenge blog - I had to turn the image around to make it fit though



Frosted Designs are having a colouring challenge this week.

Delightful Sketches want to see some stitching.

Crafts and me and Fashionable Stamping both have anything goes challenges.
and so do addicted to stamps



Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Strawberry Shortcake and Molly Blooms Stamped card

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good weekend, the weather here is a bit disappointing and grey :( Hopefully it will be much better tomorrow (fingers crossed!!) lol

I have a pretty card to show you today

The stamped images are coloured with Distress Inks of various shades of brown.

The inside of the card is also decorated with some lovely vintage papers I bought in Holland when I was last there. I stitched round the edges of the papers to give a little bit of extra texture.

To finish off I added some gold liquid pearls to the cake icing!

It's the first time I have attempted a monochromatic card - I really like the effect.

I am entering this card into the Saturday Challenge - monochrome and the Stampman Challenge blog, which wants to see some stitching and also Simon Says Stamp - anything goes.

Have a great evening

Jolanda x

stamped butterfly card

Hello everyone,

I have managed to combine several challenges for this card. First I started with the sketch and to make the background with stamps (Our Vintage Affair). I used one of my favourite techniques by Tim Holtz for the Grungy Monday challenge 11.

The stampman challenge this week is to make something with butterflies and dragonflies, and Polkadoodles have a challenge - all of a flutter.
Finally a really easy one!! delightful sketches is anything goes.
All the stamps I used are by Tim Holtz.

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Romantic Heart Easel Card

good morning everyone,

The couple on the card is a stamp from Oxford Impressions (fantastic stamps)

In the background I stamped amour and postal mark also from the same stamp set.

I used old paper and worn lipstick distress inks for the stamping and also the flowers, which I glittered on the edges for a bit of bling!

I used my perfect pearls for the flourishes - green and antique gold.

I am entering this into a couple of challenges

Dutch Dare Card Challenges - distressing

Delightful challenges - use flowers

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

your place in the sun - lesson 3

The third lesson is to research the history of your home or area where you live, so I took some old postcards and used copies of them for this layout. My house is just around the corner in the top postcard. I love these cards because the people look so elegant and well dressed - it's certainly very different today!

The background card was stamped with tea dye distress ink. The stamp is made by the English Stamp Company - it makes a nice wallpaper look! I brushed a little bit of watered down white paint over it to soften it.

Do you like my 'roses'? I'm quite pleased with them. I've seen tutorials for flowers where you twist fabric or ribbons and roll them in a spiral, so I thought I would try old dictionary paper and it worked quite well.

Why don't you pop over to your place in the sun and have a look - it's not too late to join in and it's really interesting scrapping about your home.


Thanks for looking and have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing

Jolanda x

Distressed and masked tag

Hope you're havin a good day!
This tag is being entered into two challenges Studio L3's CCC #33 - Inking and Stamping Masks and for Simon Says Stamp and Show - a tag.

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

love you more...

Happy Thursday everyone, hope you're having a good day!

I cut out a red heart and embossed it with a TH folder and then swiped ink over the top and clear embossed it.

The hanger for the tag is a humble coke can ring pull that I embossed with verdigris embossing powder.

The flower was cut out using the cricut - George cartridge. On the petals I used the rusted Enamel technique from Tim Holtz's wonderful Compendium of Curiosities book. In the centre is a star shaped eyelet.

The love you more tag is a free stamp from Craftstamper magazine, which I also clear embossed.
I am entering this into the following challenges:

Studio L3 - CCC #31

Simon Says - anything but a card challenge

Simon Says Stamp and Show - embossing

Fantabulous Cricut - share the love

Crafty Creations - three little words

Thanks for visiting my blog

Jolanda x

distress ink gothic arch

Hi everyone, hope you are not too cold! It is snowing on and off at the moment here. Insided crafting is the best place to be :)
I had this sudden urge to make a gothic arch (haven't made one before, but love the shape)
The doors on the front are made using the double distress method from Tim Holtz Compendium of Curiosities. I am entering this into the Studio L3 Double distress Challenge no #23. The colours I used are Barn Door and Walnut Stain.

the background on the inside is barn door and perfect pearls gold sprayed onto baking parchment and the card smooshed around on it. It has a nice shimmery effect. I stamped and embossed the dragon in copper and painted peeled paint distress ink on the body.
I masked the dragon and stamped the windows behind, masked them and stamped another window at the top. I used watercolour pencils to colour them. Oh, the wings of the dragon are embossed with holographic powder.

The hinges I cut with my NEW cricut machine. It doesn't just cut cutesy animals but a lot more!!
These I embossed with a cuttlebug halloween folder, just as the doors. an old beady earring completes the door.

I am also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp and Show your distress inks

and also Fab and funky challenge - go with the flow.

and Paper Cutz challenge anything goes

Thanks for looking and all your lovely comments :)

Jolanda x

Hi, Earlier this week I received some lovely christmas stamps by Rubber Stampede I bought on Ebay. This is first thing I made with them.
I stamped the Father Christmas with Walnut stain distress ink and the holly is stamped and painted with peeled paint DI. I put some perfect pearl powder over the sentiment and it shimmers beautifully.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show - whatever makes you happy (using new stash of course! and getting messy doing it)

The Stamp Man - anything by Tim challenge - I used Distress Inks

Challenge up your life - St Nicholas Challenge 32

Frosted designs - distressing

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Studio L3 CC Challenge 21

This tag was made following the perfect distress technique from the Compendium of Curiosities book by Tim Holtz. Turn to page 38 for the instructions.

For the background I used tumbled glass and peeled paint distress inks.

The houses are from one of my favourite stamp set - Craft houses by AVEC. The lamp post is one I carved from an eraser.

This technique has made the tag look a bit watery so I accentuated it with weathered wood brushed on to look like water at the bottom.

I enjoyed using this technique - it seemed a bit scary and out of control at first, but turned out ok. I decided to leave this tag embellishmentless - nothing I added looked right! But I think this tag looks very nice as it is.

This tag is being entered into the Studio L3 CCC #21 perfect distress technique

Thanks for looking at my blog and to all the lovely comments you leave :)

Jolanda x

Vintage Style Christmas Card

Hi everyone,

This is my second Christmas card. I am entering this into Annonyme Scrappere Challenge #9. The challenge is to make a Christmas card without any red on it.

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Recycled art!!

This door hanger is made from recycled materials that I had lying around. The base is corrugated cardboard - I just stripped off some of the top layer and inked it.

The frame and die cut swirls are cereal box card.

The photo - a leftover from pyramage - the image is a free one from the Internet somewhere.

The flowers and butterflies from handmade paper remnants and pieces of scrap paper.

Some years ago I made a wedding dress for a friend and the pearl trim is leftover from that (I knew it would come in useful one day!).

I must say I am very pleased with this effort! I love shabby chic but feel I have never quite made it.

I am entering this into the Our Vintage Affair Challenge blog - their October challenge is to make a door hanger. Visit their site if you haven't already, its stunning.
Also Totally Gorjuss are having an unsquare challenge and Polka Doodles are having a make your own embellishments challenge
Craftalicious have an anything goes challenge.

I have also just found a great blog - Three Muses who are having a vintage challenge.

I would also like to say a big thank you to my followers - I now have 8, it feels really good :D.

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

another spooky tag 666

Hi everyone,

Simon Says Stamp and Show have a challenge to use numbers. As I have seen so much scary halloween crafty stuff made recently, I decided something scary would be good.

There are numbers all over the tag and embossed in the bottom righthand corner are the numbers 666.

The stamps of the ladies and the children (hiding in the background) are Tim Holtz stamps.

I used distress inks in weathered wood and Walnut stain.

Thanks for looking

I am also entering this into the secretcrafter saturday challenge - distressing

Jolanda x

Compendium of Curiosities week 16 challenge

Hi everyone, here is a tag that I made using the wrinkle-free distress

technique that is in Tim Holtz's Compendium book on page 33.The tag is made of £1 shop lining paper! It is a wonderful material for inking on and very cheap too!

First, I wrinkle-free distressed the paper and stamped and embossed in copper on top. the stamp is by stampsmith.

I cut out some swirls from cereal packet card (another useful card that takes ink really well and is already a nice background colour). The swirls are spellbinders dies. I embossed these with a mixture of black and copper embossing powder. If you mix your powders you get many more effects and colours.

I stamped and embossed the lion and crown with red and gold respectively.

Another money saving tip! I don't have a craft mat for the distress technique so I made my own using cardboard, masking tape and silicone coated baking paper. I am sure its not as good the the proper craft mat but it does work.


I am entering this into the following challenges:

Studio L3 - CCC week 16 wrinkle-free distress

Simon says stamp and show - distress

Stamping Vacation - animal applause, an animal you wouldn't want running through your house!
Thanks for looking

Jolanda x