Buzzing Ideas.........

Ideas to think about for a Card of the Month - theme - Black, Brown & Cream.........
mmmmmmmmm watch this space, but till then, am working tonight, and tomorrow, so it'll have to wait untill Monday.
Happy Crafting one & all.

ATC's "I Hear A Symphony"

Here is my ideas of "I Hear A Symphony" using paper napkins. the background on both is napkins. 1st ATC - I stamped with music, added a little info about the London Philharmonic Orchestra and 3 Saxophones cut from fabric, added a few music notes in gold peel offs.
2nd ATC stamped music on a strip of white napkin, placed diagonally then a little info about Beethoven, printed a pic of Beethoven, layered it on white card, cut it out to look like a postage stamp placed a music motif in the corner, used the same gold peel off notes and clef to finish the design.

Tags - using Bleach Techniques

So enjoyed creating these tags. Tag 1 - made with card & fabric, the card was stamped using bleach instead of ink or paint with a large foam shell stamp, the fabric with footsteps in the sand was glued down with a gold ribbon to cover the join. The square embellishments and fish were stamped onto brown card, added bleach, which turned the card to a dusky pink colour. I love the beach, and I could not resist buying the fabric!

Tag 2 - The lady tag is stamped onto lilac card, then used the bleach to lighten bits here & there, my border stamp didn't quite meet up, so i used the Sharpie pen I use for zentangles and drew in the bits that were missing, then used the bleach again to lighten the outside edges, and then used acrylic gold paint to give a bit of bling. These have been recieved by Ruth W

Asian Book - made from Index Cards

Front cover - background, sponged with brown, black and gold. Stamped and embossed 3 Asian symbols, the gold corners and the vertical ASIAN letters, added a gold ribbon, then attached the 3 symbols on top.
Back cover - Printed a "tea" design on to white card, added my details to the centre panel, carefully cut out and glued to the back.
I punched holes in each page 1/2 inch from top and bottom, bought some gold elastic, tied securely to make a band, poked the elastic through the holes back to front and placed the ends of a wooden skewer through the loops, made a neat and simple binding. Sent this my first altered book to Tracey M from Liverpool here in the UK.

pages 1 & 2

page 1 - Inspired by the design on a paper napkin and my nieces holiday in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), she visited the Elephant Orphanage. I used golds and reds. Included 2 tags one of a banknote and the other a little info about the orphanage, with the Sri Lanka flag on the other side.

page 2 - background is gold and red fabric, made embossed tiles with gold card, the Chinese flag on red card, layered on embossed gold card with 2 small pockets for little tags, these tags made with black card with good luck symbols.

pages 3 & 4

pages 3 & 4 - background is opaque black paint - oriental design is by June Varey, painted using gold & copper metallic paints plus white.

pages 5 & 6

page 5 - background is textured wallpaper, randomly sponge painted with shades of pink. The cherry tree branch was painted brown with silver & gold highlights the flowers are stamped on the same wall paper, cut out and shaded in varying shades of pink, I added a little bling gold to the centres, and white 3D paint to the topmost flowers.

page6 - background is sponge painted using pinks and white, the fans are stamped onto card, coloured in with gold, white and pink. Added a pink ribbon, then stamped Chinese characters on base and ribbon, finished the design with 3 white fabric butterflies.