Angels

These angels are from Oxford Impressions, currently unavailable. I love the musical angels, they always bring to mind the phrase " Glory to God in the highest". Wishing you all a very blessed and Merry Christmas.

More Madonna Images

Continuing with the various art representations of the Madonna and child images, these cards are done with stamps from Oxford Impressions which are currently unavailable. I used alcohol inks on gold mirror cardstock which had been embossed with a cuttlebug folder for the Madonna and children image. The Silent Night word stamp from Wordsworth on the first card is embossed with gold detail embossing powder. All other background stamps are Oxford Impressions.

Also, please check out Suzanne's blog, or the Oxford Impressions site. She is having a Christmas card contest with many stamps to be won.

Edited for picture.

Blessed

These images are from the Blessed Are plate of stamps from the Stampsmith. I am fascinated by the different art interpretations of the Madonna and child image and in the case of the first picture, of Joseph. These stamps make wonderful cards for friends of faith. All are stamped with Memories black on glossy cardstock, and coloured with water based markers used as paint. The metallic background for the blue madonna was done using a gold paper, run through a cuttlebug folder and coloured with alcohol inks. I like to keep these fairly simple, with few embellishments to make the main image pop. It also makes them easier to mail.

Supplies used - Stampsmith stamps, cuttlebug folder, wizard, distress inks, alcohol inks, various cardstocks and fancy papers

Splatter cards

Tim Holtz has posted some technique videos on his website, which are great fun. In one, he uses canned air to move the new Ranger alcohol inks on glossy card to make really interesting backgrounds. These are a couple of my experiments in this technique. I used the original colours, as I don't yet have any of the newer ones and used my Copic airbrush and compressor to move the ink.

Supplies used: glossy card stock, Ranger alcohol inks, stamps by Penny Black and Stampers Anonymous, Copic air brush system

In the next one, I used the Copic colourless blender and spritzed the background to get the mottled effect.

Supplies used: Glossy card stock, alcohol inks, Copic colourless blender, stamps by Stampers Anonymous , Judikens and Stampin Up

This one uses more earth tones and a Tim Holtz spinner as an embellishment.

Supplies used: as above, stamp by Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz spinner

This one turned out darker than I would have liked but was still workable.



Supplies as above, stamps Stampington and Autumn Leaves, spellbinders die, brads

I had great fun playing with this. Check out Tim's blog for this and other great techniques.

Altered switch plate

We recently repainted our kitchen and wanted new switch plates for the room. I couldn't find one in this configuration that matched the other new ones we purchased, so decided to dress up a plain beige plastic one. I remembered seeing a mini tutorial or Inkling for this on the yahoo group rangerinklink posted by Yevette. The very plain plastic cover is coloured with Ranger alcohol inks, then has the mesh image stamped multiple times with Versamark ink, then embossed with black detail embossing powders. I inked the edges with the Versamark and embossed them with the black to finish the look. I coloured the screws with a black sharpie to match.

( I should probably have scraped the old paint off the existing socket before I put my plate up, but didn't realize the necessity until I saw it in the picture. lol)

Supplies used - Ranger alcohol inks and mixative , felt tool, Versamark ink, black detail embossing , heat gun, Stampington stamp

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