Vintaj Inks etc.

Just arrived and online now............the new Patina Inks for metal from Ranger. I had a little play with these over at CHA and was very impressed. So easy to use too, just a tiny amount on your embossed metal (did I mention metal embossers? - okay them next), it dries as you watch it, yes I know, but its fun watching paint dry on embossed brass blanks, honest it is. Once dry you just give it burnish with the Vintaj Precision Block, and watch the WOW!!!

A choice of five colour combinations, yes, no having to decide what goes with what, its all been sorted. A sealer is available too if you want to give your piece longevity and a little shine (not in stock yet though).

Huge choice of blanks for your embosser (still not seen that? stay with me, its coming). Good quality genuine brass for all sorts of altered work, jewelery and scrapping. You can use alcohol inks on these too.
And last but not least............Embossers!!!

Amazing little folders from Sizzix especially for embossing your brass blanks. Simply pop your blank in, run through your Cuttlebug, Vagabond, Bigshot etc and out it comes with an amazing pattern firmly embossed into it, ready for the Patina Paints.
You can even pick your area to emboss from for smaller pieces. Priced at just £7.99 these are something you will be sure to want to collect.
Here is a piece by Jess Italia Lincoln.............

amazing...............for more ideas and inspiration you can check out the gallery at www.vintaj.com
In the meantime, have fun.

A little more VINTAGE

I decided on another vintage creation this morning using the VINTAGE set by TJ Designs from The Stamp Attic.

Glassine seemed the perfect backdrop for these images, scrunched to give that aged feel, with a little machine stitching to the edges to give a little more interest.

A little film strip ribbon gives a little more interest to my card adding YESTERDAY to the top stamped onto white card and coloured with vintage photo ink. An accoutrement adds a little more dimension.

I cut my heart from thick card and painted with PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints London Night and Honey Dew, adding the Glaze for that crackle, so simple and crackles perfectly, sponging the edges with a little vintage photo Distress Ink to add to the aged feel. Moments To Remember has been stamped onto white card and coloured with vintage photo ink. I stamped the two rulers onto white card, scrunched a little and coloured with vintage photo ink.  My mini spools from Maya Road have been hand sewn into place.


Thanks for stopping by, Tracy x x

Remember

A little vintage creation using the VINTAGE set by TJ Designs for The Stamp Attic.

I cut the Vintage Cabinet Card from black Bazzill card stock and embossed with Diamonds in the Rough Cuttlebug embossing folder and the edges coloured with gold Paint Dabber. My second layer is cut using the Mini Cabined Card die from white card, adding the vintage photo Distress Ink directly to my folder and then embossing my card stock, again the edges have been coloured with gold Paint Dabber.

I've cut a piece of white card into a heart shape and stamped my image with coffee Archival Ink, sponging with vintage photo Distress Ink to age, adding Idea-ology Foliage to the top of the heart. Two smaller hearts were also cut from white card and ART and the crown image stamped in black Archival Ink, again sponging with vintage photo ink to age, adding black soot to the edges. Avant-Garde has been added to a Tattered Banner, colouring with old paper Distress Ink, adding vintage photo to the edges and applied to the top of my card for further interest. My flower has been cut from Glassine using the Tattered Florals die.

For added interest I have added a piece of Film Strip Ribbon stamping Remember to the top with StazOn black.


Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the weekend. Tracy x x

Birthday Celebrations...........

as we turn 14 on March 9th 2012. I cannot believe that its been that long............what alot has changed since 1998. I started out doing craft fayres and party plan, then big shows like Ally Pally and Port Sunlight, then moved to a shop from home, then online until 2005 when I opened the shop. It was only 6 months then until I needed more space and extended into the shop next door (they had gone by then LOL), and again in July 2010 when I extended the other side of me and took over the small shop opposite for our workshop. The stock has just increased and expanded and we are now stuffed to the hilt again!!
I have an online Birthday Offer of free shipping and a small free gift for every order submitted online on the 9th.
As yet though, no cake LOL
I want to therefore take this opportunity to thank all of my customers over the last 14 years, thank you for your support, loyalty and friendship and I look forward to filling your crafting desires for a few more to come.

So, new stuff arrived from Pink Paislee today - SheArt by Christy Tomlinson included. We have her stamps on order and arriving very soon too.

Some of Tim's Idea-ology arrived too..................

and Sizzix dies................
So as you can see, I am going to have to find a bit more room and fast!

Time for a bit of Purple

Hi everyone


It's Ruby and I'm here to show off the lovely new Uniko Studio.


I've been playing around with a few different ideas with these lovely new time related stamps and this is one of them.  I thought it would be fun to use a bit of purple, not a colour I use that often.


The set I used for this card is ‘Time’ I started by cutting out three tags by hand in monochromatic purples in Bazzill cardstock, using a Corner Chomper to round the edges.  Using Versamark and Detail White embossing powder I stamped the long cog stamp on two of the tags and then stamped the little cog stamps twice to form a pattern on the central tag.  I stamped a clock face in purple and added a Prima flower.

Adding a hole punch to the top I then tied each tag with twine and pop dotted the finished tags onto the card base.  I completed the card by stamping the words 'hello' and 'friend' in black Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink, cutting around the words and attaching them directly to the two side tags as shown.


If you haven’t got these sets then do think about getting it, there are lots of really useful and fun sentiments as well as the clocks, plus some really pretty flowers that I will share with you another time.


Until next time…

When the weather outside is frightful.................

Today was the second of two days of workshops at The Stamp Attic, with Hels Sheridan. I was working on Saturday so did not get much of a look in but today.................well...............I played!!! Along with 6 other lovely ladies, Caz, Florence, Barbara, Gayle, Suzanne and Tracy...........

We had enough cake to compete with Mr Kipling, including this amazing Pumpkin and Walnut, made by Galye and believe me, it was yummy, thanks Gayle.

and here she is..............

So, here is my effort.............

Not the most amazing photo as its from my phone but you get the gist..............this was an 8x8 canvas board, painted with Fresco Paints from PaperArtsy, then Crackle Glaze, again PaperArtsy, and then more paint. The crackle you get with just a thin coat is amazing, anyone can do this and succeed. We thinned a layer of paint down by mixing with Distress Stains, this added a touch of deeper detail to the crackle. By combining three closely matched shades of the paint you can achieve graded tones with ease. I used Vintage Lace, Mushroom and London Night............with Vintage Photo Distress Stain. 

After using Archival Ink to stamp some details on the board, I used some of the new Dylusions images, we used Cut and Dry to colour die cuts. Using the paint as the 'sticky' base on some pieces we triple embossed them in clear and added sprinkles of either gold or silver embossing powders to give them some sparkle. The panels you can see are made from Claudine's sticky back canvas on mount board, it gives just enough rise when stuck down to give a 3D effect. 

A famous 'Hels' flower. These were made from plain card......painted, Distress Stained and then stamped in paint and archival ink. 

Some more Dylusions stamps and a triple embossed bird.............
I really enjoyed the whole day, I spend so little time 'playing' these days so thank you to Hels and Caz for forcing my hand. 
More of the workshop photos to follow.............I am just running out of puff tonight..............

Vintage Tags

I don't make tags often enough so decided to have a little fun with the VINTAGE set from The Stamp Attic.

I decided to create two co-ordinated tags both cut using the Tag and Bookplate die from cream card stock.

Both tags have been covered in Nostalgic Tissue Tape and sponged with brushed corduroy Distress Ink. Random stitching has been added to the outside edge for a little more interest. I have taken my frames (telephone Wendy in the shop) painted with Gesso and coloured with a litte brushed corduroy ink and stamped my image with black Archival Ink.

On my second frame I have used the ruler from the VINTAGE set and stamped around the edge of my frame and added the image to the inside again with black Archival Ink. To give some further dimension I have cut two rosettes from card using the Mini Paper Rosettes die, colouring the edges with vintage photo Distress Ink to add to the aged feel. On the larger rosette I have added YESTERDAY from the VINTAGE set to the top, stamped onto cream card and sponged with brushed corduroy ink.  On the smaller rosette I have added some Idea-ology Foliage.

My second tag has all the same techniques applied but using the circular and oval frames which I feel work perfectly with the vintage images.


Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend. Tracy x x