Sewing and Stamping

Hello lovely bloggers,

One of the things on my 'to do' list for this year was to do a bit more sewing and to try my hand at mixed media.

I've made a start and made a card using a lovely collage stamp by Stampendous ....

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I started by gluing some tissue paper to some kraft card which I then inked with Forest Moss then stamped the image with Versafine Olympia Green.


I then stamped the image again onto some card I had inked with various greens, cut out the bird and glued it to the main image. I embossed the bird's crown in gold.


I stitched some fabric (which has gold thread running through it) onto my kraft card base, then stitched the stamped image on top.

showing the shimmer!

I then finished it off with some green fiber from Basic Grey.


I'd like to enter it into two challenges ...

Gingersnap Creations GC136 - Glorious Greens
Fashionable Stamping Challenge #15 - Monochromatic Plus One Other Colour (Green & Gold)

Thanks for taking the time to visit.
TTFN

Suze xx

Vintage Good Luck

I've made a good luck card for my sister-in-law who is starting up a new business making and selling pearl jewellery.  Of course I had to incorporate pearls into the design, so I thought a vintage style card would be perfect.

The card also fits with this week's Fashionable Stamping Challenges which is "Ribbon or Lace".

Stamp - Crafty Individuals CI-148
Versafine Vintage Sepia and Tattered Rose DI
My Mind's Eye DP
Pearls and Lace

Thanks for paying me a visit and an extra special thank you to all the lovely ladies who follow me.

PS. I'm having another play about with my blog background - please bear with me - can't make up my mind what I like!

Suze xx

A Crown Tag

There's a new challenge blog in town - Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

The design team have made some fabulous pieces and I really wanted to enter into their first challenge, but rummaging through my stamps there was nothing that really inspired me. However, I did notice that I have quite a few stamp sets which have crowns in them, so I thought I would do a tag, simply using all the different crowns.

I searched the internet for a suitable quote and came across one by John Wodroephe (a 17th century writer).

Background - Stampin Up - Very Vintage Roller - Broken China DI
Crown Stamps - Versafine Imperial Purple & Dusty Concord DI
Edged with Brilliance Galaxy Gold Ink
Top crown is a Cuttlebug Die, inked in gold with some Stickles & Liquid Beadz

Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Suze xx