The theme for this week's Sunday Stampers challenge is Oriental - one of my faves. After a bit of head scratching I decided to 'alter' a jigsaw set. I painted the jigsaw pieces using Adirondack Dabber in Hazelnut.
I used a Whispers brush pen in dark blue to tint the edges of the pieces and to ink my stamps. I then stamped both sides of each piece using whole or part images from Woodware's "Oriental Ladies' collection".
All I had to do now was to thread some beads, bells and charms onto gold thread and add these together with a cream silk tassel to the book ring and my project was complete.
However I had stored away in the back of my brain (usually never to be seen again) the idea of making some Moos and Skinnies and decided to make a set of four Moos using the same set of stamps and here is the result.
I started cutting my 4 pieces out from an old beer mat. I covered one side of each using a sheet from an Art & Crafts Direct Oriental Bloc's, making sure that when they were set out the design matched. I cut out the pieces and then covered the other sides using a different sheet from the same block. I had to make sure that the backing papers matched when the pieces were turned over and this time I didn't cut the pieces out yet as I realised they would be easier to stamp a matching design in one sheet. I then stamped out my 'scene' using the Woodware Oriental Ladies stamps again using black StazOn.
I turned the whole thing over and stamped a different scene on the other side. I then cut my tiles out and inked the edges using a VersaMagic Chalk Ink in Jumbo Java. All that was left to do was add two small pieces of red ribbon and two coin charms. Another project completed and a happy crafter here. I will definately be making more Moo sets, they are fun.
This week's Sunday Stampers challenge is Two Little Boys, so I took the chance to use my new Sugar Nellie stamps - Chef Hamish and Big Brother. I needed a couple of cards for little boys so here they are.
The card still looked a tad 'bare' so I tied on 4 pieces of coral shell using brown cotton and added a couple of highlights using crushed shells in creams and coral shades. Now was the time to step away or I would add too much and ruin the effect I was aiming for. I am quite pleased with this card and now just have to get my hands clean as it was quite messy to make.
For this week's challenge (thank you to Andrea for setting it) I inked a piece of 4" x 6" card with Distress Inks in Aged Mahogany and Brushed Corduroy, spritzed with some water and generally made a messy background. I stamped my Hampton Arts 'Travel Abroad' stamp out twice using Versa Magic chalk inks in Gingerbread and Jumbo Java. I tore the edges of the Gingerbread image and inked them using the same colour, tinting the paper slightly with a light brown wash. From the Jumbo Java colour image I cut out the lady and water coloured her in golds and browns. I then double embossed her and added a feather to her hat and some Flower Soft for the flower on her hat. A strip of gold ribbon was fixed to the background using brads and the stamped image was added over this. My challenge was complete.
