Artistic Outpost - Paris Exposition tag

I had fun with Dylusions ink sprays on watercolour paper last week and have used one of the pieces to make a tag with Artistic Outposts Paris Exposition stamps. 

I added a little bit of shading using Derwent Inktense pencils and the Faber Castell white brush pen and then added some lace, sequins and pleated ribbon.

I'm entering this in the monthly referral program on the Artistic Outpost blog.

Bookmarks

It's my day to post over at the Make The Day Special blog today so I've been busy making a couple of bookmarks:

I seem to be overrun with cards and tags so decided to make a bookmark for today's post as I'm always needing more of them, with books lying all around the house!!

I started with a base of watercolour paper which I sprayed with Dylusions inks and then stamped the image from Unity's Love Life stamp set using black Memento ink. I then doodled around the edges using Posca paint pens and added a ribbon:

I also made another bookmark using another Unity stamp which unfortunately is no longer in stock in the shop but can still be bought from Unity here:

A couple of Unity tags

I have a stack of tags already coloured with either Dylusions inks or distress inks and turned to those today to make a couple of Unity stamps tags.

The tag above was coloured with Dylusions inks and then the sentiment from Bold Insight was stamped using grey Memento ink. The dragonfly from the same set was stamped on to card coloured with distress inks before being cut out and adhered to the tag.

This second tag is slightly smaller but made the same way. The sentiment is from Moments in Bloom and the flowers are from Bold Insight. I added a tiny rhinestone to the centres.

Artistic Outpost - Huck Finn tag

I've been playing recently with tags and Dylusions inks and decided to use my Artistic Outpost stamps on today's tag.

I have a stack of tags ready dyed and another set ready that are distress-inked and chose some in a blue/green colour combo.

Materials used: Dylusions inks, Ranger Distress inks, brown Memento ink, Artistic Outpost Huck Finn stamps, twine, muslin, button and metal plate bought in a job lot from a friend.

Vintage Games tag

Here's a tag I made a few weeks ago using the UMount Vintage Games stamp set by Sam Poole.

I used Dylusions inks to make this:

Materials used: scrap cardstock, Dylusions inks, UMount Vintage Games stamp set, black Memento ink, ribbon, staples, vintage glass button, beads.

A royal Unity tag

Here's the tag I made for the Make the Day Special blog today:

I cut the tag from scrap cardstock and then sprayed it with Dylusions ink sprays before stamping the "She is the Queen" stamp from Just Be You on to it using Memento ink.

I then sprayed some different Dylusions sprays on to another piece of card and then stamped the winged crown stamp, from the same stamp set, on to this and then cut it out.

I used the border from the "I make stuff" stamp from Better Somewhere Today to randomly stamp around the edges of the tag and used a fine paintbrush and the Dylusions to paint the leaves.

I then assembled the tag and added a few beads to the bottom:

Materials used: scrap cardstock, Dylusions ink sprays, Unity stamps (as above), sequin waste, velvet ribbon, Dovecraft brad, black and brown Memento inks, various beads. 

Beauty tag, whoops and woo-hoo!!!

Here's my post from the Make The Day Special blog this weekend:

I've made a quick tag this week using the Unity/ Webster's Pages Itty Bitty stamp "Beauty".

I coloured the tag using Dylusions inks and then used black Versafine ink to stamp the roses before using a white pen to highlight details.

I stamped the sentiment using white Versacolor ink which was then embossed with white embossing powder before adding some embellishments.

Materials used: scrap cardstock, Dylusions inks, Unity stamp (as above), black Versafine ink, white Versacolor ink, white embossing powder, white Signo pen, beaded embellishment, paper rose.

Now for the "whoops" :

We went out on Saturday for a 4.5 mile walk near Burrator reservoir and guess who forgot to take the SD card for her camera?! We've decided to go back to walk it again another time.

Anyway when we got home we knew the Oliver Cromwell steam train would be passing (we live about 100yds from the track) so went to try and get a photo. I managed to get one but as we got home I fell on our front steps and managed to smash my fabulous camera lens down on our stone steps and completely *?!*^?!ed it up!!

In the evening we went to the Tamar Bridge to see the Olympic torch but with my old digital camera and the amount of people there I didn't manage to get a photo at all although I did see it!!

Now for the "woo-hoo"!!

My gorgeous OH went out yesterday and bought me a replacement camera - my model is no longer made so I've got the upgraded version of an Olympus SZ14 and it's absolutely fabulous - 24x optical zoom!!! Thank you sweetie xxxxx

Art journalling with Unity

Today I've been playing in a new journal using Unity stamps.

I made the background using Dylusions inks and then randomly stamped using Versamagic chalk inks and the grid stamp from Unity's "Moments in Bloom" store kit available in the shop here and the Unity/Christy Tomlinson stamp "tattered chicken wire" available in the shop here.

After leaving this to dry I then used a floral stamp from the Unity "Quiet Essence" store kit (again in the shop here) and stamped this around the edges using black Versafine ink before colouring in using Prismacolor pencils.

I stamped the sentiment from the Quote Bundle Pack again using Versafine ink and coloured the flowers using pencils again.

The art doll was a digital that I purchased from Etsy seller Sabrina.

Materials used: Dylusions inks, Versamagic inks, Versafine ink, Unity stamps (as above), Prismacolor pencils, white Signo pen, digital art doll (as above).

You're a Natural

Playing catch-up so here's my post for the Make the Day Special blog last week:

I've been playing with my Dylusions inks again and have a tag to share with you today using stamps from Unity's store kit "Naturally You" available in the shop here.

I stamped both the tree and tortoise on to dyed card before cutting them out and fixing to the tag which had been randomly stamped with the leafy stamp. The sentiment was stamped striaght on to the tag.

Materials used: scrap cardstock, Dylusions inks, black Archival ink, Ranger pumice stone distress ink, Unity stamps (as above), metal clip, Vintaj patina ink, ribbon, black pen, staples.

Clown tag

I've had a lovely time playing with my Dylusions inks and Oxford Impressions "Vintage Circus" stamps to make a tag.

Materials used: scrap cardstock, Dylusions inks, Oxford Impressions "Vintage Circus" stamps, black Archival ink, white Signo pen. Making Memories label holder and brads, Vintaj patina ink, Letraset dry transfer lettering, pompom trim, ribbon, staples.

Tattered Chicken Wire tags

Today I have a couple of tags to share using the fab Tattered Chicken Wire stamp by Christy Tomlinson for Unity Stamps and available in the shop here.

I coloured the tags using Dylusions inks before using the stamp to create the backgrounds.

For the first tag I stamped on to the inked background with water to create the texture and then stamped the quote - an {ippity} stamp:

Materials used: Dylusions inks, black Versafine ink, Unity/Christy Tomlinson stamp (as above), {ippity} quote stamp, metal brad and charm, Vintaj patina inks, ribbons.

For the second tag I again used the stamp to create the background but this time stamped it using black Versafine ink. The sentiment is from the Unity store kit "Life Becoming" available in the shop here:

Materials used: Dylusions inks, black Versafine ink, Unity/Christy Tomlinson stamp, Unity sentiment stamp (as above), image from Lisa's Altered Art, metal flower (from repurposed necklace), Vintaj patina inks, lace.