I've been playing with Cuttlebug embossing folders these are a few things I have come up with.

I have used card, acetate, thin metal, canvas and grungeboard.

In the next post there are bigger pics!

Sunday Challenge No 8

Here is my entry for this weeks challenge on UK Stampers.

I used canvas fro a roll for the base which I embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder Swirls, it is quite hard to see on the photo but in real life it is a lovely effect. Then I applied acrylic paint in white, light blue and a light green with an old credit card to the top two thirds and on the bottom third distress ink in mustard seed and distressing embossing powder over the top in mustard seed and antique linen.

The net I made with garden string knotting it into net. The mermaid is from a mould made with hearty paper clay and coloured with pigment powders and water and marvy le plumes. Small bottle has a stamped message inside, the shells are stamped onto shrink plastic, the wood is a craft lolly stick (given to me by one of my grand sons) which was toned down with a dabber (snow cap).

The words were all stamped onto different things (card, wood, grungeboard, shrink plastic and glass) and coloured.

The hanger was made from more garden string with I knotted.

Here is my entry for The Sunday Challenge over on UK Stampers this week. The theme is 'Pirates'

I don't have any pirate stamps so I chose to use photos of my gorgeous Grandsons and 'alter' them a bit.

After cutting around them I added hats and eyepatches to the photos.

The tag was covered with acrylic paints (in white, light blue and light green) scraped on with an old credit card.

When dry I stamped a swirly stamp over it.

The skull and cross bones are from Tim Holtz grungeboard painted with snowcap dabber with a hint of black to outline features.

The words are made up from Pixie stamps and edged in black Archival ink. Everything was adhered with glue.

Here are my 3x3 buildings ATC's for this month on UK Stampers I don't own any buildings stamps so I made my own by masking colouring and stamping with background stamps.

Here are my inchies for this months Inchie Swap on UK Stampers. The theme is numbers.

I used the poem '1 for sorrow, 2 for joy, 3 for a girl, 4 for a boy, 5 for silver, 6 for gold, 7 for a secret never to be told, 8 for a wish, 9 for a kiss and 10 for a bird not to miss.' We only had to do 9 (but I couldn't miss out number ten now could I).

Here is my entry for this weeks Sunday challenge, to 'make three leaf tags in autumn colours'.

The Autumn Man.

I cut the leaves out free hand, coloured them with Dabbers and over stamped with swirlly stamps (Anna Griffin).

The background was coloured in the same way and the mans face is from Judikins and stamped in black Archival.