CREATIVE LILAC LINA

Triple Embossing

2010-07-08T10:43:00.003+01:00

The theme for this was triple embossing, which is where you use a clear ink pad and cover your card. Then cover with UTEE (ultra thick embossing powder) tap off the excess from behind and put the excess back into the container, you don't want to be wasting it! Then heat the card with utee on until it is all liquid like to look at then follow the first step by covering with utee then heat again. When you add the utee and heat it the third time have the stamp you want to use to hand. You can add ink to your stamp first if you want it is personal choice.

Once i had embossed and stamped i then added an image and finished embellishing and bring all the colours together.

You can also have an image etc on your card and then triple emboss over the image which will give a 3d look. You can also crack the utee to create a different look. So many things to do....

This is another example of triple embossing

Using stationary within art

2010-07-08T09:52:00.005+01:00

The Theme for all of these was to create the atc but incorporate stationary of choice into it

For this i chose children playing together. I made sure the image was placed to the right hand side of the card so tha i was able to create crosses with staples doen the left hand side. I then added a staple to the right side corners of the image.

For the next one i was thinking out of the box and decided to create a holder for a ticket to go in. The stationary part i used was a bull dog clip at the top of the ticket so that it could be easily removed and placed back into the holder. I used stamed designs and words as well as an image and words already done. When it was seen by other members there were many people who wanted it but i was naughty and i gave it my best friend who co owned the group with me. I knew it had gone to a good home and i had actually made this one with my friend in mind.

Birthday

2010-07-08T09:45:00.002+01:00

This is a birthday card i made for one of my closest friends. I wanted something simple but something i knew she would love and in colours i knew she would like. The worst part of making the card were the bows and they were a buggerto make. The stamped stitched effect was easy to do. I just chose 2 different sizes as was needed.

New Baby

2010-07-08T09:35:00.002+01:00

This was for a friend who had just had her baby boy. I decided for a change i would add the picyure of the first pic with mum all dressed etc. I layered the lettering at the top of the card and then i stamped hands and feet on opposite sides of the card in black in. Just a bit different from the other cards she received.

using Chalks!

2010-07-08T09:14:00.003+01:00

This first one is called the enchanted tree. I first stamped out the tree and surroundings with black ink. Then i used chalks with an applicater so i could add as much or as little as i wanted of each colour and blended them to the blue to the sky but with red hues coming in as you would usually see first thing of a morning or as the sun goes down at night.

This one i stamped a swirly background and then added the chalks in the same way as above and blended the colours to match what i was going to embellish it with.

The embellishment is called friendly plastic which comes in different colours some of which are block colours as the pink that i used. However some are multi toned like the other i used.

What you do is cut the friendly plastic however you want and the heat with a heat gun and leave to cool for a few seconds so it doesn't stick to your fingers like hot glue. I then used a tooth pick while the friendly plastic was still hot and pulled through the colours, which not only helped to bring them together helped to create a pattern. I then finished embellising and it was done

Easter Bonnets

2010-07-08T09:00:00.005+01:00

My neighbour asked me if a would make 2 easter bonnets for her tuesday club! I didn't feel i could sat no, but it would have help greatly if i had had more than a couple of hors to make both of them in.

My neighbour was well chuffed as both hats won. One of the got 1st place the other 2nd place although i don't remember which way round it was. I swore i'd never make another bloody easter bonnet after that! Only thing about that is that i help one of my friends daughters to do Hers. She has also won with some of hers so she was also chuffed.

So i have now vowed to only make bonnets with the kids!!!!!

Paper Bag Book

2010-07-07T04:03:00.011+01:00

The aim of these were that you were in groups of 7 and each member was assigned seven people to make an atc and a page to go in a paperbag book.

The only details you were given were the names of those you were making for and some details of what some members wanted their book based around. Some people wanted totally random pages and didn't give any guidance but others like myself did. I for example gave the details of: dreams, lilacs, silver and any mediums that the individuals wanted to use to create this. I had someone who wanted the theme of hers to be based around the sea side, another with rainbows of colours and mermaids and another who wanted vintage. So you get the picture. So these are the pages and corresponding atc's. It took many months for this project to be completed, but it was fun and worth the wait.

Alcohol inks

2010-07-07T02:40:00.003+01:00

Alcohol inks had to be used on all of these. I took the alcohol inks and used them in three different ways and a selection of colours. I am lucky to have a few sets (sets have 3 in each) so therefore can play around with colours more. Others are not so lucky because they cost over £10 per set!

On the 1st one i played with the inks on acetate until i was happy with the colour. Then i took a style stone and alcohol inked that with bolder colors before placing a image in the stone. From there i continued to embellish

On the 2nd i alcohol inked over piece of metal the had a raised image on it. Again i worked with the colours until i was happy. You can get a solution to remove the alcohol ink off of non pourous surfaces, and to thin down the colours etc. However a cheap and cheerful alternative is to put some vodka in a small spray bottle and it does the same job. So after applying and reapplying i decided on a look i was happy with so then went ahead and embellished it.

The 3rd one was quite different as i was applying the inks to a card slide. You get a much diferrent effect especially as it is on a pourous surface. I still played around a bit but by layering the colours or testing them out on scrap card first. I then embellished as i had done with the previous two.

Foiled Again!

2010-07-07T02:30:00.004+01:00

The aim of this swap was to use foil on all ur art pieces. With all of my foil i put them through my wizard (an embossing tool and more). I used three different plates (texture plates to go through my wizard) so that i could create 3 different backgrounds to work on.

Thanks

2010-07-07T02:16:00.005+01:00

Sometimes words don't seem enough. A card can be treasured and the Thanks always remembered.

Fat Book Pages

2010-07-06T20:18:00.005+01:00

These fat book pages are created and then are put back to back. Often others do pages for you and you do pages for them and complete a full fat book created by you and others. You can of course make one with just your own artwork.

Under The Sea

2010-07-06T19:09:00.005+01:00

The theme was under the sea and these are my interpritations of under the sea. Using lots of different techniques and materials to create these. There are some great colours and the colours that you would more likely find with tropical fish.

2010-06-23T07:16:00.001+01:00

A friend was really ill and she really like fairies so i made a fairy card to lift her spirits a bit.

Liverpool birthday card

2010-06-23T07:12:00.002+01:00

I was asked to make a liverpool card for my brother-in-law so thats what i did!

Girl! (closed & Open)

2010-06-23T06:50:00.005+01:00

This is a folded atc with a difference. Instead of the whole atc being folded like a card fold there are smaller folds that are a bit like shutters.

So, there is script staamping on the backing on top of a multi coloured brayered. There is then an image that works with the colours and a gem. Then the folded element is added to create the folded atc.

Theme - Use 3 different rubber stamps

2010-06-21T01:31:00.003+01:00

The technique for this swap was to use 3 different rubber stamps. Some people have lots if rubber stamps that sit and never get used, because they think the design is nice or the see the image stamped somewhere and fall in love with it, but when it comes to them stamping they don't have the confidence. So, this swap was designed to get people more familiar with stamping and prove to themselves they can do and can get those gorgous stamps out of hiding. I wrote a "How to do it" news letter which gave a guide of what to do and the common problems people have and how they can be avoided

Necklace and Bracelet Set

2010-06-21T01:19:00.004+01:00

A Necklace and Bracelet set i made for a friends birthday. She had commented that she didn't have much jewllery so i thought it would be nice to give her jewllery and i thought she would appreciate it that bit more if i made something that i knew she would like.

2010-06-21T01:13:00.002+01:00

This was one of the very few christmas cards i made. I really didn't feel well enough to be making cards so only a select few people got one that i had made.

Mums Birthday Card

2010-06-21T00:55:00.003+01:00

Unable to get a card from a shop and not feeling my best as still trying to recover from pneumonia i did what i could manage to make my Mum her birthday card. I wouldn't have been happy buying a card but i didn't want to make a card i felt was just not acceptable for public viewing. However i was quite happy with this card and less is definately more for some cards and this is one of them

Random ATC's

2010-06-17T10:48:00.000+01:00

inchies

2010-06-17T10:33:00.002+01:00

inchies for anyone?

2010-06-17T10:24:00.004+01:00

Newest canvas

2010-06-17T10:14:00.002+01:00

Gothic Arches Received

2008-09-14T04:42:00.003+01:00

These are the two return gothic arches i received and they are both lusherly. The first one as you can see is very colourful with flowers and butterflies, which reminds me of summer, or at least what summer should be

The second one as you can see is very different in the way it has been created and the colors used are far more muted but work really well for the style and composition of the art work. This one reminds me of two people uniting somewhere very peaceful

I was well chuffed with both of these and know that a lot of time of effort has gone into creating them

Anyone for a game!!!!

2008-09-14T03:55:00.005+01:00

These are altered large playing cards for a swap on UKATC. The idea was to alter them in anyway you wanted to so you could use either side have some of the base showing or cover it entirely. I covered all of mine as you will see below

This had white geeso applied to begin with. Once it had dried i began to add scraps of different types and colours of papers covering the whole card. I then used a versa mark all over and randomly sprinkled some B-Muse embossing powders on, heated them and hey presto that was my background about finished.

Next i took a stamped image that somene had very kindly sent me a little while back ad i colourised using marvy Le Plumes, added some string brading and some sequin flowers. A few more embellishments were added and this one was done!

To begin making this one i painted a couple of layers of geeso and left to dry between each coat. I then painted it copper and stamped a background stamp using a versa ink pad applied clear embossing powder and heated. Then i pained the whole card turquoise and put it to one side dry. While it was drying i cut my focal image and mounted it onto copper card and got together the other elements i was wanting to use on this card. Ocnce it was dry i place a piece of scrap paper over the card and then took a hot iron and ironed over the top. The paint that was on the embossing powder then came off onto the the piece of scrap paper (emboss resist technique) and was ready for me to put it all together as you can see

This card also started with a couple of layers of white geeso. Then once dry i used B-Muse embossing powders to create the background. I wanted to use this image that someone had very kindly stamped and sent to me and so i wanted to create a completely different background for the image. I brayered ink over the stamped image and then embellished with accent beads and a friendly plastic butterfly. Around the edge of the card i used wire like thread to create a stitched effect

Again the card was primed with geeso. I then used the emboss resist technique as described above. The colours i used for the background came from the colours that were in the image i had chosen to use. I Then embellished with a big 3D flower, gems, a circle word charm and added some dangly using wire and teeny tiny brass flower charms

They were all great fun to do and was nice to have the challenge of a larger surface than that of an atc. As i have been describing them it makes it all seem as if it was all soeasy and that they all just came together but let me assure you that was not the case but i was pleased with the finished results and hope the recipients will be too.

Long Time no action!

2008-09-06T02:25:00.002+01:00

Well it has come to my attention that i have been neglecting my blog and there hasn't been any new activity since august 10th and it is now the 6th Sept!

Over the next few days i am gonna update you all with what i have been up to and what i have been creating and showing any new bit's and bobs off. I have no idea rally what order they all happened in so i will just methodically work through my list and that way hopefully i won't forget anything!

I must check out my fellow bloggers blogspots to see what they have been busy with and to get a look at any new creations they have been making.

I have had lots of crafters block and that has resulted in periods of no creating and then i get a night like last night and i couldn't sleep or settle, sat at my craft desk and hey presto produced something i hve been trying to do since the 15th August! Phew got those bits done and off in the post so i know they will arrive on time.

Right off to compile my list and then will be back later to update my progress with my creations.

Bye for now!

Wax Crayons

2008-08-10T16:42:00.002+01:00

Wohoo lots more colours of crayons to try for resist projects and in my melt pot. Looking forward to playing with these and my thanks go to my freaky deaky friend for giving them to me. Looks like i have a few bits to play with and use in the up and coming swaps.

My Lusherly stash has grown

2008-08-10T16:36:00.004+01:00

My lusherly paper stash has grown :) My freaky deaky friend and i ordered these papers from frantic stamper in the clearance sale. At one point we weren't sure if there would be any left by the time it got our order, but thankfully we got them. They are lusherly and i'm looking forward to being able to use them as i am sure my freaky deaky friend is.

Men Men Men

2008-08-10T10:05:00.002+01:00

I was looking forward to doing these because it isn't often that i do atc's specifically with Men. I found the images i was going to use first and then worked from there. I also had a card i had received from my freakydeaky friend which also inspired me. Once finished i was really pleased with what i had created and was happy to send them in to the group to be swapped and i am looking forward to receiving my return swaps.

UKATC August partner swap

2008-08-10T09:47:00.002+01:00

These were for the August monthly partner swaps on ukatc. I was really tempted to keep the middle one but i was strong and sent it to my partner. Hope she likes it as much as i do.

Favourite Colour swap

2008-08-09T23:57:00.002+01:00

These were done for a "my favourite colour" swap on ukatc. I have a few fav colours at the moment but decided to go for lilac and blue as i have done some of my fav colours for other groups and have used some of my other fav colours.

second gothic Arch

2008-08-09T23:46:00.002+01:00

This is the 2nd arch finished. Again i have added words round the edge using wax from my melt pot. I then had an image that i took the flat looking wings off and added some new pink textured and slightly squidgy wings. I also added a couple of vellim flowers in the background. Added lace at the bottom but with the lace coming down below the bottom of the arch. I alcoholed a butterflu which i put on the top of the arch. Added a lilac shimmer butterfly as well as adding some butterfly gems to finish it off. This is the words used

If you ever watched a butterfly
You would think the same
To call him rather flutterby
Is more a fitting name.

Gothic Arch 1

2008-08-09T23:34:00.002+01:00

kies so this is one of my arches finished. I added lace at the bottom and then stamped the butterfly ladr and added her to the arch. I then alcohol inked two butterflies and added these along with a sequin flower. I added wording around the edge of the arch and added swirls going off the gothic arch using some mega chunky monkey wire. Then hay presto it was done. Here is what is said around the arch

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit
the
changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty

RAK for Kathleen

2008-08-09T23:30:00.002+01:00

This is a little thank-you for Kathleen who is guest hosting the gothic arch swap. So i have made an atc gothic arch

Gothic Arches

2008-08-09T23:21:00.003+01:00

This is the second gothic arch at the first stagemand will soon be transformed into a butterfly heaven. Come back to this one as well.

This is the first stage of my first gothic arch with a butterfly theme. There will lots more on it soon so will come babck to it then

Purdy Puss

2008-08-03T16:17:00.003+01:00

This is my little companion Purdy Puss. She makes herself very comfortable in my beanbag! I think she has decided to claim it as hers!!!!

Jam Swaps

2008-08-01T23:00:00.003+01:00

I recently took part in a jam swap with UKATC and these are the three atc's i received. I love them all and was well chuffed when they dropped on my doormat. I would definatley participate in another jam as they are so much fun and ending up with three atc's that 3 different people have worked on it great.

The people who contributed to these are Anne, kirsteen and Paula. My thanks to all three.

Bernie Berlin swaps

2008-08-01T22:53:00.002+01:00

These are the swaps i created for UKATC using 3 different Bernie Berlin techniques. The first is the emboss resist technique, the second is glass like resin and the third one is the resin fresco technique. All of the techniques were ones i had not tried before and now i want to do more!

New Home Card

2008-07-31T22:47:00.003+01:00

I finally got round to making my freaky deaky friends new home card. I decided that i wouldn't put new home on the front so that she can keep it up as long as she wanted to and i could write a personal message about her new home inside.

I created hte card by using the emboss resist technique using a light green and a teal colour as my base colours. Allowed them to dry and then using versa mark stamped my friend stamp and clear embossed it. hen using gold acrylic paint i went over the base colours and stamped image. Once this was dry i place a piece of scrap paper over the top and ironed over it to remove some of the base colour around the stamped image.

I was pleased with how the colours worked on this so will defo use that combo again

Then i placed the resist embossed image onto gold foil and created texture on the foil edging and then mounted this onto the card over a crafty individual background paper and added some butterflies and some flower gems.

Hey presto card made!

My Uber talented Niece

2008-07-31T22:41:00.004+01:00

My Uber talented niece desperately wanted to make my freaky deaky friend an atc for her new home. She has never before created an atc so this was her first! She created it totally on her own and even used my melt pot to use wax to add the stamped image that she had brayered with a multi coloured ink pad. She then stamped corners (she know my freaky deaky friend is into corners!) and used my dymo to create the extra wording she wanted from that on the stamp as she wanted to say "Go Girl in your new home"

I was very impressed with what she had created and the different techniques she used to create this atc which will be treasured by my freaky deaky friend.

Girls girls girls!!!!!

2008-07-28T18:49:00.004+01:00

Well the theme of girly swaps came up in the group i co-own with my freaky deaky fwendie and i was like oh heck what do i use for this! I was trying to find girly things in my crafty stash and i couldn't believe that i am really lacking for girly stuff! Stamps and altered art stuff etc i have and i am fine with but girly stuff was so difficult. Finally i did manage to create my 3. ?They are more basic than some i have done but they are at least done! Here they are:

One of my girly swaps which i stamped the background and then stamped the bag out and cut it out and added a charma dn gems and used my dymo to add words.

The second of the three has a stamped background and then pink vellum over the top. Then i layed some friendly plastic out and heated it and stamped into it. I then added embellishments and another charm.

My third one i inked and stamped my background and then cut a piece of acetate with swirls on and attached it to the base. Then stamped and colourised shoes and added a strip of measuring tape to use the words if the shoe fits.. Added a pink heart gem and a couple of charms to finish it off.

scrap Heap Challenge

2008-07-27T13:31:00.008+01:00

This one has a mix of scrap pieces of paper and embossing powders over silicone, the red tapebacking heated, scrap canvas a crafty individual image and words stamped onto scrap bits of thick card

This one has again got scraps of paper, tissue paper, canvas, can ring pull embossed with pearl utee and a stamped image onto tissue paper and wax over the image. Also 2 different types of brads to embellish

Finally this one has a background created from paper that i have worked on top of when making other projects and have stampe or smoohed ink. A CI image has then been used with a metal flower embellishment that has been alcohol inked, words cut to fit and 3 star embellishments and marvy metallic round the edge

Waterfall ATC's

2008-07-27T13:18:00.007+01:00

This waterfall has a CI background paper and black/purple card and purple angel hair and then i printed some images and put it all together. Think this is my favourite.

This one has a green base and a white handmade paper with an embossed pattern on it. The flower images were sent to me from a friend

This one has a darker blue base and a pale blue layered on top that has been stamped onto with a music background stamp using versa mark ink pad and perfect pearls brused over.

Saturday 26th July

2008-07-27T04:01:00.002+01:00

Well it has definitly been one of those days today!!! So much to get done but so hung up and stuck on one thing taking time away from the other things. I spent about 3hrs if not more trying to get 3 atc's together and it was like pulling teeth! LOL

Then sat back at my craft desk after having a break and knowing the swaps i was mega brain dead with were done i whizzed through some of my others. Managed to get 5 atc's done in just over 2 hrs. So that leaves me with 2 left todo tomorrow and i might even get the chance to make a start on next months swaps :)

Hope you are all enjoying the lovely warm weather while we have it. I have been stuck inside missing it but it's nice to have the windows open to let some air through my flat.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring? x

Coaster Swap

2008-07-23T01:53:00.005+01:00

Here are my 4 coasters completed for a swap with advanced atc's. I used acrylic paints for the backgrounds and then used wax melted in melt pot and applied it with a paint brush. You have to work quite quickly for this as the wax dries really quickly. Then either stamped into it or used perfect pearls over and other embellishments and this what i created.

Summer match box

2008-07-20T23:32:00.002+01:00

summer match box and contents. Watch this space for the Autumn match box

spring match box

2008-07-20T23:23:00.005+01:00

match box and the atc's included in it.

Pressie for bestest freaky deaky frendie

2008-07-20T23:10:00.005+01:00

My bestest freaky deaky friendy has moved into her penthouse suite and i wanted to give her something very special. I decided on a canvas so she could have some art on her wall because i didn't think it was something she would have time to do herself.

I also used my melt pot for the very first time on this project. Saved it for something special and what better occasion.

Canvas Backgrounds

2008-07-15T06:13:00.002+01:00

Had a play with bmuse embossing powder and acrylic paints on canvas. Now i want to do more :)

Bottle top swap

2008-07-15T04:29:00.005+01:00

Just recently finished doing a bottle top swap. The bottle tops could be left as they were or flattened. I got my trusted frind out gandelf and squished all of mine to create the look i was looking for

Jam Backgrounds

2008-07-15T04:25:00.003+01:00

For UKATC we are doin a jam and these are the backgrounds i created and sent onto the next person

Art received from my Fwendie Wendies

2008-07-15T03:35:00.008+01:00

Gorgeous pieces of art i have received and treasure. Very talented ladies.

an ickle pressie for my freaky deaky fwendie

2008-07-15T02:39:00.002+01:00

Made this especially for my freaky deaky fwendie. It was the 1st time i had used the stamp. She is jelous because she would really like the stamp but doesn't have it, but she does have a very special birthday in a few weeks time so.......

match box swap on atc_addicts_R_us

2008-07-15T02:35:00.002+01:00

Mumsywumsy birthdy

2008-07-15T02:29:00.003+01:00

Although i had already brought my mum her birthday pressie i really wanted to make something. I decided to go with a french theme because that is where she would like to retire too. Although Paris is featured it's the south of france they will retire too but i have no ides to which part so just went french! She absolutely loves it x

some atc's made using backgrounds

2008-07-14T23:15:00.004+01:00

some creations using the backgrounds i created

playing with backgrounds

2008-07-14T22:31:00.004+01:00

I decided i needed to do something other than creating a piece of art work from start to finish and decided to give some different backgrounds a go. The 1st one is faux washi paper that i created using white tissue paper and food colours, the 2nd is pva glue with stippled perfect pearls and the 3rd is pva and stippled perfect pearls heated with a heat gun.

The backgrounds have been used on various atc's and have been great for experimenting with for different looks to my art work.

Mona Smile

2008-07-14T19:48:00.003+01:00

This is from a goody bag swap on goody bag girls. It was great to have so many lush colours to work with. I really enjoyed creating this and was pleased with what i created. My fwendie was pleased with it too and that was obviously great.

A little something for someone special!

2008-07-14T18:06:00.003+01:00

Well a fwendie of mine moved to Scotland 6 months ago and i haven't seen her since :(

I am hoping to get to see her real soon but i don't drive and can't travel on my own and she hasn't been back to visit yet. I wanted to make something special so that she would know how much i miss her and think of her. The phone is great but being with her would be better. Making this canvas made me feel closer to her.

She loved it and has put it on her mantle piece so that it is on display. At least everytime she see's it she will know i am thinking of her and that i miss her.

Something Special!

2008-07-14T17:59:00.002+01:00

I had a special project i wanted to do for someone. I t was a very personal piece of work that represented a lot to the the recipient. It took me a while to find an image i felt worked but once i had that image i was able to get stuck in.

I was impotant to me to get this piece done and i gave it to the recipient today and she was thrilled to bits and kept just saying WOW! Just the response i was hoping for.

She asked me to explain the elements and i had written a personal message on the back. Said to read the back 1st as that would explain some elements and then i was able to tell her how i created certain elements.

I am really pleased with this piece

HATS HATS HATS!!!

2008-07-13T23:52:00.002+01:00

Well i finally got these swaps for mixedmediaatc's done after weeks of saying i was gonna get them done. My freaky deaky fwendie must have heard me say i was gonna get them done for weeks and it just didn't happen!

I sat down a couple of days ago desperate to get some crafting done and as if by magic my hat atc's suddenly became a reality :)

I was sooooo pleased to have them done and off in the post and obviously i needed to let my freaky deakie fwendie know. I think she was just pleased to not hear me say i still needed to do them and to see me stop getting cross with myself for not having them done.

Now i just have to wait and see if the recipients are as happy as i am :)

Treasure Box

2008-07-13T22:04:00.005+01:00

After much deliberation i finally had an idea for my treasure box. This was a swap on advancedatcs. I decided to really go to town and add plenty of eye candy and treasures both on the inside and the outside. The result were very pleasing and i have had some great feedback so i must have done something right!

Welcome to My world!!!

2008-07-13T13:41:00.000+01:00

I have been wanting/meaning to start a blog for like forever so here i am!!!

I have been seeing changes in the style of my work and i hope to show this over time through my blog and keep you all informed with what is happening, what i am making and new ventures.

Please do take ideas from my blogland, but please also respect that work showed on here is mine unless otherwise stated and respect that by not copying my work.

Enjoy!