ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #516 - MAKE YOUR MARK

Time for another Make Your Mark challenge at ATSM where you can use pencils, marker pens, inks, paints to make your mark on your project.

I have had this stamp a while and never used it - its an old Aallandcreate one by Bipasha BK and I thought it deserved an inking.  I used Prismacolours for the colouring. I kept it simple with just the stamps and some Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide ink around the edges of the paper. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Retro Rubber - soft colours 

Art Nudge - the colours of the cup cakes 

Neglected Stuff - this old stamp 

Avenue 16 - flowers 

We love 2 Create - AG 

Polkadoodles - AG 

Triple B - blooms 

INSPIRATION STATION #85

We are back with another inspirational photo for you from Inspiration Station.  How will you be inspired by this?  I was inspired by the colours of the red and blue and also the idea that these people have finished their studies and are off out into the world.  I know this happens in May in the US but doesn't really happen in the UK until July which is when our schools and universities finish for the summer. 

I chose to create a tag using one of Tim Holtz die cuts to create the tag which gives a nice big tag to work on.  I started off by painting red and blue stripes with a paint brush with some Tim Holtz paint direct to the tag. I also added some strips of washi tape in red and white.  I then added some extra stamping from Bipasha BK for Aallandcreate - I liked the words which I thought really fit the theme.  

I then had a look through my Tim Holtz paper dolls and found these three ladies who looked as though they were just about to embark on something exciting and I found the perfect sentiment from Tim's quote book.  I added some ephemera pieces too which fit the theme. I added some cheesecloth behind the image to add some extra texture and I hand drew a stitch line around the edge of the tape as I really can't sew! 

I'm adding this into the following:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Feminine 

Crafty Gals Corner - AG 

The paper players - feminine 

Tag Along 

LOVE TO CRAFT - #92

Here we are ready for another challenge at Love to Craft.  I'm sharing another tag from my tag book which I am currently working on with the theme of butterflies.  It has all the elements which I love to play with as a big Mixed Media fan.  You will see other examples of my book on my blog as I share some of them for other challenge groups I'm part of.

This one has used the Paper Artsy paint again in Snowflake and Seaglass.   I then added extra stamping by Alison Bomber and Creative Expressions. I have a lovely old set by CE which has signatures on it and I've used one of them here as part of the ephemera.  I cut out the lovely butterfly which is part of a free set by Shawn Petite and added it to some ephemera.  I stamped some linen and added it to the bottom of the tag.  The little tag sentiment is by Bipasha BK for Aallandcreate.

THE MALE ROOM CHALLENGE - #207 CAS

Welcome back to our February challenge at The Male Room and we would like to see your CAS cards.  As regulars to my blog will know I find CAS very difficult - I like to throw everything at my paper lol!  

I created my background with the gel press and two Tim Holtz Distress Oxide colours - Frayed Burlap and Iced Spruce.  I stamped this wonderful image of the binoculars from AallandCreate by Bipasha Bk and embossed them in black.  The sentiment from Tim Holtz Ideaology was just perfect for the image.