A Pair of pears

At last they are finished. Even though i say it myself, i have to admit they turned out better than i thought they would. I love the rich colours of them. Thing that i found difficult was the wording. What the heck do you put on Pear ATCs? Oh well, who care's?

They are now done and im finished for the day. Another day tomorrow and its payday for me. I can get all the wonderful goodies from Scrapz that ive had put aside. Must have14 new stamps, bottles of ink and some Tim Holtz goodies to play with. Got a busy weekend ahead of me. Hopefully the goodies will be here for me to play with. If not then i will play with all the stuff i was given by a friend.

Tina AKA Miss inky Fingers :)

Sweet pears has now been swapped.

Learning with new colours

Today i decided id have a play with colours. Got to get out of the vintage look or shabby chic as i call them. So i went for burnt orange and pumpkin oranges, lilacs and lavenders, and purples.

The little fairy sitting on the art ticket was given to me by a friend. Isnt she just the cutiest ever? Might be a bit too purple for some, but i love the colours. I painted her wings with Twinkling H2os, as was her dress and shoes.

The Mona Lisa was just stamped onto semi gloss card kindly given to me by Karen of Scrapz. Great stuff that takes most mediums. I mounted Mona onto a background i made using Ranger Adirondack Tim Holtz Alcohol inks in Butterscotch, Terracotta, and rust. I added some gold mixative to it and a few drops of blending fluid. Then i embossed some artist brown dye ink that was stamped with a script stamp by Penny Black.

The fly me to the moon was a nice easy one. I was playing with inks and making background with a sheet of plain card under my work. I move the card about so got a mish mash of colours from all the inks used. I looked at the card and as a rule of thunb i normally throw it away, but decided to pick a section of the mess and cut it out. It looked so pretty i mounted it to a atc card. Then i stamped on it. Thats how it all come together for me. You would never know this was scrap that would have been cucked away.

Anyway, im working on 2 pear fruit ATCs right now. Looking really lovely as ive used the metallics mixative inks by Rangers. Wont say no more. Let me finish them and then you can judge for yourself.

Have a lovely day folks, and remember....get those fingers nice and inky :)

Hugs

Tina

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All three ATCs have now been swapped.

Told myself i need to learn how to do ATCs that involve the basic's like a stamp and inks. This has been one of the hardest challenges for me to do. In fact, ive failed. i just cant get my mind around that kind of ATC. I look at the finished item and it looks naked....know what i mean? I did 4 ATCs and i just did'nt like the effect so had to add the addition of an embellishment or 2 or 3 :)

In the end i felt pleased with the results. Its more me to add a few things to them. I enjoy them better. I also love the little faries and children i add to ATCs.They cheer me up with their cute little smiles.

Thank you to Karen for the support she has given me these last few days. Without her id have been a mess. You keep me going hun, even in my darkest hour.

Hugs

Tina

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What a morning its been with the gales. From 5am onwards the winds have blown very hard. We have had rain and snow. I kept the horses in till noon when the winds dropped, but they have come back again. Oh well, the horses are happier out there facing the elements. Stops them being bored. If the gets worse then they will have to come back in.
So here are today's ATCs that i made yesterday and finished off today. The stamps used for the crazy looking ladies is Lost Coast Designs. I bought them from Karen at scrapz. I love this range of stamps. There is so much you can do with them.
The Crow ATC is a favourite of mine. I love birds so when i saw this plate of stamps for sale i knew i just had to have them. They are by a company called Evoke and the plates name is black birds. You get loads on the plate so very good value for money.
If you like any of the ATCs then leave me a message or email me and lets see if we can trade? Im in a good mood as my DD passed her driving test today in this vile weather. if she can hold her nerve and drive well in weather like this then i have no worries.
Tina
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Most of these ATCs are gone, but if you see something you like then please contact me. Thanks to Karen giving them a home, well not all of them, she isnt greedy like me,lol! A joke Karen and i share. But she has left a couple up for grabs.

Thanks for looking.

Tina

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The Ravens and Mona Lisa are calling....

I'm so in love with Raven, Crow, and bird images. Ive got a few rubber stamps with them on, so decided i needed to use them. Thing is they were not the sort of images that i have in my comfort zone. But once i started playing with them, the more i was addicted to them. I will have to be careful as they could take over. I also cant stop using my Mona Lisa rubber stamp either. I won her from Scrapz. She is one amazing stamp will a million possibilities. Im so in love with her. Anyway, have a look at my new creations. Im off to play some more.

More ATCs at long last.

What a busy week I've had. Apart from crafting Ive been putting in more work on my young colt foal Duke. Sadly his mother Village Cargo died 6 weeks ago to an unknown illness. It knocked me for six losing her as she was a very special girl to me. Ive always wanted a Village prefix Dales pony, so getting her in foal was a dream for me. Poor girl had not not always been so well cared for or even loved like she should have been, but i promised her last owner that would all change and she would spend the rest of her days with me.

Cargo as i called her , was precious to me, and not a day passes that i don't think of her, miss her , or even love her. I do wish she was well and still here with me, but i don't wish her the pain she had to suffer.

Anyway, its because of her i started making the ATCs. My first ATC was in remembrance of her, and what she meant to me.

Last may she gave birth to a beautiful colt and we named him Duke. Such a stunning boy he was as well with his fawn coloured coat and the famous Dales Pony Star on his forehead. He was her pride and joy, and she was mine.

Anyway, back to the ATCs. I had the most amazing mothers day where i could do as i pleased. I got a set of 12 glimmer mists. Such beautiful colours with a glimmer of shimmer. Id not go over boad and say they get a strong effect as you dont, but if you like subtle then these babies are for you. I got the Moulin Rouge set, and the Ocean breeze set. Just perfect for me as i love colours in the sets. I didnt want the golds they do as im bored with too much of that. I wanted colour.

So i got down to ATCs that day and made a total of 12 of them. The fun i had doing what i wanted that day was measured to a memory of being a kid in a toy shop and being allowed to play till i dropped.

Then the next day i made some more. I have to do loads just in case my friends dont like my work. They always seem to have ATCs i want but i never know if what i make is going to be good enough.

Today i have made another 4 as i got some new stamps and wanted to try them out.

The other day i was the gallery winner at http://www.scrapz.co.uk/ . I couldnt not believe my luck when i got the email to say my atc of Dull Women won for the month. I got the best pressie ever from them as well, plus my ATC features on their front page for a month.

Karen the owner has been busy making the most amazing ATCs. She sent me photos of all 12 and i at once wanted them all. Yes, i know Greedy Bitch, but thats me. When i see quality like she produces then i know i have to have the best. You all know i love her ATCs. They inspire me, and they give me ideas to have a go myself.

So today i made more just in case i get the chance to swap her set of 12 with 13 of mine as i owe her a trade from last time.

Here are the first lot of ATCs, and i will load up the other 4 later.

Have a fun day, and feed the mind and soul with art.

Tina

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