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Sunday 30 January 2011

Thinking inking

It's the end of the month once again and time to get the next circle journal into the post tomorrow for the group on BF forum. This time I had the pleasure of contributing ny DLO to Hels' 'thinking inking' CJ - an opportunity to get inky fingers (yes, they are very inky!).

I used a couple of text stamps from the Tattered Angels rockin' renaissance that I received as part of a prize - you can see them here. I also used some printed flowers Hero Arts stamps - stamping on to acetate and then using alcohol inks on the back - a mixture of stream, red pepper and wild plum, although very little of the red pepper seems to have survived!

I distressed the edges of the pages with stormy sky and dusty concord DIs. I ran the acetates through my xyron to stick on to the pages. I stamped some white flowers with a Hero Arts flower print stamp and used the DI to colour them - and a bit of stickles in the centres.

The flash photo makes the stormy sky colour look lighter than it actually is irl.


The sign in tag, using some of the same stamps and DIs:

I'm linking this for:

Dragons dream tags TIO 66: make a statement - the text on the tag
Crafty Ho's: no designer paper
Wednesday stamp: inky backgrounds
Stamptacular 96: whateva
Paperminutes 150: flowers
Pixie cottage 54: flowers
Tuesday throwdown 33: distressing
Crafty purple frog: a distressing challenge
Crafty Emma 21: bold and bright
Crazy 4 challenges 72: vintage or shabby chic
Paper romance: anything but a card
If the shoe fits Fashionista Friday 64: anything but a card
Penny's 45: anything goes
Woodware 11: anything goes
Let's ink it up 8: anything goes

22 comments:

  1. Wonderful!
    Thanks for playing in The Pixie Cottage this week :)

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  2. oh these are just great,love the designs,bless you for playing at the pixie cottage this week,hugs cheryl xxx

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  3. Oh my, great colours! :) Looks awesome! I wish that I could play with colors as skillfully as you do!

    Thank you for joining at SSC this week :)

    Hugs,
    Karita

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  4. Your inky fingers have created some beautiful pieces! Love your tag and your flowers are terrific. Cheers!

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  5. WOW I love the vibrant colors of your pages, really wonderful combination and flowers. The Tag is beautiful too.
    Huga Anja

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  6. Crikey, I don't know how you do it all - lots of projects since I visited yesterday! Love this CJ entry, the colours look really vibrant and lovely!

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  7. They are gorgeous Hazel, love the colours.Thanks for taking part in this weeks CES Challenge!
    Clairexx

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  8. This is so lovely! I love the purple color :-I)
    Thanks for joining Stamptacular this week.
    Hugs, Marianne

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  9. What a scrummy card and tag!! totally love it!! the colours are wonderful!! Thanks for playing along at CES xx

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  10. Great tag...thanks for dreaming with me this week
    Frankie
    xx

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  11. Gorgeous pages Hazel & what a great tag.. your fingers must be a beautiful lilac colour. :) Glad you had fun.. received yours today in the post & it's looking stunning. :)

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  12. thanks for joining the crafty hos!
    cute project

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  13. Amazing colors! Thank you for playing along with us at Paper Romance this week!

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  14. Love the gorgeous colours!!!

    hugs and smiles,
    Linda

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  15. Lovely.
    Thanks for joining us at Penny's Paper Crafty this time, hope to see you again next time.
    Sharon x

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  16. lovely pieces, purple really strikes here!

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  17. Great great projects!

    Thanks for joining Paper Romance this week!

    Hugs,
    Sandra P

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  18. Oooh gorgeous! Beautiful creation & all that yummy purpleness too1 Thanks for joining us at SSC this week.

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  19. Beautiful! i love the colors! thanks for playing along with us at the Shoe!

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  20. Thank you so much for participating in our "Whateva!" challenge this week at Stamptacular! Your submission is absolutely wonderful and so inspirational!

    Also, in case you're interested, we're in the middle of a DT Call and would love for you to apply! You can find detailed information on what is required and how to apply on our Challenge Blog...http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com!

    Thanks again for joining us this week at Stamptacular! I hope you'll join us again soon for some more challenge fun!

    Hugs,
    Priscilla

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  21. wow thats pretty pretty! thanks for joining us at Crafty Ho's!

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