Sunday 11 August 2013

Happy Holidays !

I've spent a couple of afternoons playing with my Gelli plate and now have a whole bunch of prints just waiting for stamping, stenciling or perhaps embossing. Whilst it's good fun playing with this relatively new craft medium, it's been great to get back to a bit of 'old school' stamping with this summer themed tag. I've used a set of Graphic 45 stamps for the beach girl, borders and postage marks. The sun rays are from my most well used set of stamps, Tim Holtz's Bitty Grunge set. Here's a close up... 
I've used Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade Distress ink which I then heat embossed. The beach belle has been stamped in black Archival and also heat embossed.This enabled me to easily 'paint' her and the sun rays, with Distress Markers and a water brush. I stamped her first and then used a mask before stamping the sun rays. The borders have been stamped in black Archival ink and also heat embossed. I love the  crisp geometric pattern of these.
 I made the little stamp with a Woodware punch. the postage marks are from the Graphic 45 Tropical stamp set. I'm going to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, where the theme is 'Air Mail' and also The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Challenge where the theme is Postcards, Holidays and Travel. I've also discovered  The Drunken Stampers Blog through Linda over at Studio L3, They also have a Beach / Holiday themed challenge so with a name like that I can't resist joining in! Hope you've all had a lovely crafty weekend, let's hope the sun keeps shining x

19 comments:

  1. Wow what a cool tag. Love the effect you've got from the Gelli plate and the image is just perfect for our theme. Thanks for joining us at Drunken Stampers.x

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  2. Hi Wendy Hope you're not too disappointed but I didn't use the Gelli plate for this one, just good old stamp and distress x

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  3. What a gorgeous tag! The stamping is awesome. Thanks for joking the challenge this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.

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  4. Love the layered stamping on this Toni. Great choice of colours and a real tropical holiday feel for this elegant bather. Glad you are having fun this holiday. Hugs, Jenny x

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  5. Hi Toni, I just love the way you did the sun rays, they are so beautiful! Your stamping is superb, love the geometric pattern too. A really gorgeous summery, sunny tag - love it! Hugs, Anne x

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  6. I love this glorious, summer tag! I think you may have used that sun ray stamp on an ATC you sent me: how wonderfully adaptable it is! I love the completely different way you've used it here! The effect is stunning. Julie Ann xx

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  7. Wonderful tag - I love what you did on the top! Well darn - I love the whole thing - top to bottom!
    Sandy

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  8. Beautiful tag! Love the rays of sunshine...the double color and embossing is striking!

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  9. Oh, what a fabulous tag, Toni - the glossy embossing looks amazing, and I love the colour palette. Your beach beauty is absolutely gorgeous!! Great to have you play along at The Artistic Stamper!
    Alison x

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  10. Fantastic tag! Love the vintage image! Thanks for playing along with the Drunken Stampers this week!

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  11. Gorgeous tag! I love the bitty grunge stamps also! Thanks for joining us at Drunken Stampers!

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  12. Hi Toni! Oh my goodness..your tag is gorgeous! That background is just amazing. I love how you've used the rays behind that gorgeous vintage woman with the parasol. She's fabulous! Great job of masking her to create those gorgeous rays in the background. I also love the stamp you made...very cool design. And the smaller postal stamps that you've used at the top...very cool way to fill up that space! I also wanted to thank you for the very sweet comment you left on my blog. <3 Candy

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  13. Fabulous tag! I love how you did the image and sun rays! So happy you joined our challenge at Drunken Stampers!

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  14. So glad you found the Drunken Stampers! I adore the tag-- the sunrays, the images, the borders--you have inspired me to think twice about distress inks- my most under-utilized supply! Thanks for sharing your creations with the Drunken Stampers this week- hope you come back every week!

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  15. Holy Crow Toni! This tag is GORGEOUS!! Love all the embossing and detail you put into it! Thanks for playing along with the Drunken Stampers in the Place: Beach challenge!

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  16. what a fantastic Deco looking card. very beautifully done too with the colours and embossing. thanks for joining in with the Artistic Stampers challenge.
    Z x

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  17. Stunning tag! Love the sun rays and the umbrella lady! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

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  18. Love the retro tag. Well done. Thanks for joining us at drunken stampers

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  19. Love the tag. Beautiful and bright.

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