Brushos and Farewells

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Try it on Tuesday and we are looking for Things with Wings. It is also my last outing on the design team; a new job means I have a little less time currently for craft (boo hoo!). 

I recently attended a workshop with Eileen Godwin and got to play with brushos for the first time. These aren't the class cards but ones I did in a bit of playtime we had on the day.

Have a great day!

Nikki

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Life is Good

Hi everyone - today I am over on the Country View Crafts project blog sharing a step by step on this little creation. Lots of distress sprays and cracked pistachio on offer! Be good to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nikki xxx

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge 24

I haven't managed to do any of the Compendium of Curiosities challenges of late so pleased to get something made for the latest one - Remnant Rub Resist. (P51 of Tim's book.). Lots of distressed layers, crackle paste, embossing and, of course, remnant rubs.

Details of the challenge can be found on Linda Ledbetter's blog and the latest challenge is sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique.

A few more photos:

Thanks for visiting. 

Nikki 

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March Tim Tag part 2

Morning everyone. Here is my March Tim tag version 2 - you can see version 1 here if you missed it. This one started as a mop of up tag of distress sprays so no paint marbling for the background as Tim did. I also embossed the butterfly twice as I tried to use a more subtle colour which didn't work so I went over with black ink and embossed again. This has created a slightly different effect but definitely lost the crispness of the image!

Thanks for taking time to stop by. 

Nikki 

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Tim Tag - March 2015

I do hope you are having a lovely weekend. Just a quick post today to share my version of Tim Holtz tag for March. You can find his version here. Best laid plans and all that.... this is not how it started out! I started with some fairly neutral distress paint marbling but halfway through I decided to spritz the whole tag with broken china distress spray - so not much marbling on offer!

I am halfway through I slightely more colourful version which I will hopefully post in the week.

Thanks for looking today.

Nikki

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Dreamy

Here is my second DT offering for the Country View Crafts challenge this month where the theme is Anything Goes.

I had some leftovers from a scrapbook page I did a few weeks ago - here. I had used Paper Artsy chalk paints to create my background and some embellishments. The colours used were London Night and Blush (just brayered onto cardstock). I cut a couple of hearts and had some left over for the trimmed edge and matt layer. 

As there were still white areas I went over with cracked pistachio DI (large heart) and Milled Lavender (small heart). I added black soot around the edges.

I took the numbers stamp from Tim Holtz Perspective stamp set, stamped in black archival and then added cracked pistachio to the card. The word is taken from one of the sayings on the same stamp set.

Nikki

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Crazy Birthday Bird

Hi everyone, back 2 days in a row - it works out like that sometimes. A big thank you and hello to a few new followers - I really appreciate you choosing to follow me and for all the lovely comments.

Have I mentioned I love these stamps - yes I may have once or twice! The theme at Try it on Tuesday today is 'Hats' - well I thought I would add a birthday hat to one of the crazy birds.

Pretty simple card really; stamped the bird, masked him off, stencilled around, water coloured the bird and added the hat and sentiment for a bit of dimension.

Colours used - cracked pistachio, scattered straw and peeled paint distress inks. Stamps - Tim Holtz Bird Crazy and Simple Sayings and Stencil - Tim Holtz Bubbles.

Have a great day and, as always, thanks for stopping by. 

I would like to enter the latest challenge at That's Crafty - Wings n Things

Nikki

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