New Stamps!

The new 'Little Feet' plate of stamps by Paperbag Studios that I had on order arrived yesterday! Even though I had other things I should have done last night when I got home from work, I couldn't resist having a play! So I made this skinny using three of the stamps plus the butterfly by ISC.

Crowns and Castles

A couple of skinnies I've just made using some of Paper Artsy's new Crowns and Castles range of stamps.

D for Distress

My entry for this week's challenge on the Alphabet Challenge Blog - D. I've tried to distress this skinny in as many ways as I could and, except for one stamp, all the other stamps and materials are by Tim Holtz of course!

TYI: Easy as 1, 2, 3

A recipe challenge from Tag You're It! this week - to use 1 piece of ribbon, 2 buttons, and 3 brads or eyelets. Here on my tag I have also used a flourish stamp by Inkadinkado on the background, the Chinese text is by Hero Arts, and the main geisha image is a stamp by Crafty Individuals. The flowers were made using Cuttlebug dies. While I had these stamps and dies out, I decided to carry on and make a skinny with them, but in a different colour scheme.

Wednesday Stamper Challenge...

...this week is to make a skinny, so I've made two! I do love making skinnies. For the one on the left I have used Distress Inks for the backgound and then sprinkled a few drops of water over, the flower border stamp is by Tim Holtz, the bird and quote stamps by Katzelkraft. For the other skinny I used gesso and Distress Inks on the background and the main image and quote are stamps by Art Journey.

More skinnies

Here are a few more skinnies I have just made. The first one on the left has background paper by Crafts House, everything else is by Tim Holtz. For the middle one I used Glimmer Mists on all the cardstock, and the background was then run through a Cuttlebug folder; the main image stamp is by Paper Artsy, and the butterfly is by ISC. The skinny on the right was made using stamps by ISC, and the inspiration for this one was from one of the wonderful tutorials on Michelle Zindorf's blog.

Six Skinnies!

I decided to make a couple of skinnies at the weekend, for a swap I am involved in on Craft Swap Forum... but when I started I couldn't stop! There is no theme for this swap, so it is a great opportunity to try out new ideas and have a play. I've used a variety of stamps here, some new ones and some old favourites, most of the backgrounds have been created using Distress or dye inks, and I have used Cast Away ink on one of the backgrounds. You may notice that I've used some more of Tim Holtz's masks on some of them. There is one in particular that I am really pleased with... I wonder if you can guess which one it is?

Brads and eyelets

A skinny made for two challenges: My Time to Craft theme this week is brads and eyelets, and the Wednesday Stamper challenge is eyelets. The background was made with chalk inks and a quick spritz of Glimmer Mist. The stamps are by Art Journey and Paper Artsy.