VINTAGE BUNTING By Kat

Hi all, Kat here,
I'm here today with a monochrome card with a vintage feel.

I started with a 5x5 inch card

& blended Vintage Photo Distress Inks round the edge

I then stamped the cog border off the borders A6#2 stamp plate,

once onto scrap paper then onto the card to give it a lighter colour.

I then Matt & layered brown & cream card,

& blended Vintage Photo Distress Inks round the edge

& stamped the Stipple background stamp onto it.

I then stamped the focal images onto scrap card

which are Tim Holtz with Coffee archival ink cut them out

& stuck them in place with foam pads,

I used 2 of the flag designs off the Bunting plate again stamped with 

Coffee archival ink & blended with Vintage Photo Distress Inks

I attached the little flags to a covered wire & bent it into shape

with the ade of a pencil end, then stuck it to the card as shown.

Hope you like it!

thanks for reading my post,

Kat x.

HOME & THRICE TAG by Kat

Hi all, Kat here,
The sun is shining & it feels like ages since I have made a tag,
& I also wanted to try out my new Spring Distress Inks
& the swirl stamp from the cover of craft stamper magazine.

So here it is,

To start I used Tim's Wrinkle free distress technique to colour the tag

with all three of the Spring Distress Inks, 

then stamped the swirl with the Shaded Lilac colour.

I then blended the edge with Gathered Twig Distress Ink.

Next I stamped in Jet Black archival ink

the houses off the Our House stamp set,

the large butterfly off the Bunting stamp set

& the sentiment off the Home Sweet Home stamp set

I cut them out then coloured them with a wet paint brush

& the same Spring Distress Inks.

After I stuck it all in place

I added the ribbon & trim from Tim Holtz Trim idea-ology range.

hope you like it!

it put a happy smile on my face anyway,

thanks for stopping by, to read this post.

Take care,

Kat x.

Flying the Flags! by Nicky Cresswell

Hay peeps, Minxy in da house. 

So I hope everyone had a nice long weekend and enjoyed the lovely weather we've been having, Don't worry, it will soon be friday and everyone will have an extra day off for the royal wedding!

People from far and wide will be lining the streets of london to wish the new couple well, and the trees and lamp posts will be lined with lots of flags & bunting! 

And speaking of bunting I made some of my own.

{did you see what I did there, I wasn't just randomly waffling} 

All the flags are made out of canvas and coloured with distress inks, The tops were diecut using Tims on the edge scallops die, I made a template for the scalloped circle and then hand cut them also from canvas.

I coated the chipboard letters with mica paints

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Flag no.1

 I used punk plaid background, calligraphic text and the lady from the seaside no.1 plate.

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Flag No.2 

 I used calligraphic mat 1, baroque background and the little boy from the childhood dreams plate. 

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Flag No.3

 I used sequin waste open, calligraphic mat 12 and the lady from the dressmaking no.1 plate.

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Flag No.4

 I used calligraphic mat 15, harlequin and the singing guys from the mens plate.

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Flag No.5

 I used cogs background, calligraphic mat 4 and the little girl with bike from the our little ones elements plate.

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And here they are all together!

Stay Inky