Rachel Greig

Wednesday Stamper - Stripes

It has been a while since I've done any of the Wednesday Stamper challenges, but I've completed this weeks Striped challenge. Here's my card:

Supplies:
Darkroom Door 'Rialto' paper (striped background)
Darkroom Door Ladies Photobooth
Darkroom Door 'Liitle Dreams' stamp set (dream word, scrolls)

I'm not sure where I got the metal frame from, I found it in my stash. It fitted the Photobooth image perfectly.

Check out Wednesday Stamper to see what other stampers have created for the Stripes challenge.

Also, this week Sarah Schwerin has been our guest artist on the Darkroom Door blog. She has created so many amazing projects - go here to check them all out! Plus there's a GIVEAWAY of some Darkroom Door goodies, so go leave a comment over on the Darkroom Door blog to be in the draw!!!

Ornate Star #11

Wow, this challenge finishes tomorrow! And I'm just getting used to posting a card each day :) So here's todays card... my idea for this one was to create some sort of border with the Ornate Star. I threw away the stamp positioner for this one, and just stamped away. I used Archival Sepia ink and stamped onto an Adirondack  Color Wash background that I had made from the left over Color Wash that was on my craft sheet from Card #9. Then I added some Copper Stickles for a bit of bling (which looks much better in real life than in this image!), stamped a Stampers Anonymous quote, mounted it, placed it angled on the card just to keep things interesting and there you have it!

So... tomorrow being the last day of the challenge.... means I'll be announcing the winner of the bag of stamps I have here! Stay tuned...

Happy Thursday!

Ornate Star #10

I thought it was time for a feminine touch! This time I have created a lace border using the Ornate Star. I stamped onto vellum and embossed it with Weathered White EP. I stamped two rows of the star, and trimmed both rows, then placed one underneath the other to give a variation in star size. Then I added some paper by Daisy D's, stamped the Birthday Wishes with Archival Cobalt ink, and added a metal charm by Nunn Designs.  I've always thought this stamp would make a nice lace pattern, so I'm pleased I've finally  tried it.

Over the past few weeks I have been receiving some wonderful gifts and parcels in the mail. It's always so nice to hear from a friend rather than receive a bill!! My friend Sylvie Baschung in France has been busy working on a book this year - and it was released a few weeks ago. I was so honoured when she used some of my stamp designs in her artwork. And then she surprised me by sending me a copy of the book!! Thank you so much Sylvie!  I was thrilled when I opened the first page to see that she had written a note and signed in the book. I so love having books signed by their authors!

Here's a link to find out more about this book! It is written in French, and although I cannot read French, there are quite a lot of images to help along the way (and I use an online translator if I really can't understand completely). It is full of ideas for cards, tags, ornaments, gift wrap, boxes (love the matchbox Advent Calendar!), table settings, candles, wreaths.... honestly she has the whole of Christmas covered!  Congratulations Sylvie on such a wonderful body of work :)

Happy Wednesday!

Ornate Star #9

Another simple one! In case you were thinking that I'd run out of ideas... no, just ran out of time today!! I am quite snowed under (not literally like Wendy!) with work, and I actually forgot about todays card! But alas, I have my list of ideas next to me, and this one seemed the quickest. So here we are in all it's simplistic glory...

For this one I embossed the Ornate Star with Ranger Weathered White embossing powder, then I sprayed the background with Butterscotch, Lettuce and Raisin Color Wash. Blotted it dry, and made the card! Simple!

Happy Tuesday!

Ornate Star #8

Zoë just told me the studio smells like a swimming pool! And that is because I've been stamping with bleach. Here's todays card - same style background as #6 ad #7, but this time I have stamped it with bleach onto some Rosey Bazzill cardstock. I love the different colours you can get depending on what cardstock it is. Sometimes it gives a yellow like this, or a white, and I've even had a burgundy from stamping onto a Navy coloured card. The thing to remember is to clean your stamp straight away so the bleach doesn't affect the rubber.

Stamps used: Ornate Star and Yuletide. Also used Archival Sepia ink... and the bleach.

Happy Monday!

Distress Ink Cards

Here's a couple of cards I made during the Brisbane Paper Crafts show using Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

First one uses Dusty Concord & Peeled Paint Distress Inks, Pentas stamp, Birthday Wishes stamp, and the Tonic Paper Distresser on the edges (and after I used that I re-inked the edges with Peeled Paint ink to cover any white edges). Create the background by swiping a bit of Distress Ink onto a non-stick Craft Sheet, spritz with water, then lay your cardstock down over the inks. Continue until you have your desired effect! There's plenty of layers in these samples, because when I demo, I usually do a bunch of ideas on the one thing, then use up all the ink so I can move onto the next set of colours! Lots of crazy backgrounds!

This one uses the same style of background, but using Fired Brick and Peeled Paint Distress Ink, T Ford Coupe stamp, Mesh stamp, and Time is the Coin stamp.

And this one using the same stamps as above, but sponged the inks on the background instead. Inks used: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Black Soot.

Thanks for looking!!