Inkurable twinchie

My entry for the November challenge at Inkurable Stampers (twinchie theme this month). It was very fun working in miniature. I used grungepaper for the window frame because it is thin enough to cut through easily with a craft knife, but more flexible and durable than normal cardstock and paper, and takes vintage photo distress ink beautifully too.

Here it is incorporated into a project- a Christmas decoration box.
Paper BasicGrey, stamps Paperartsy.

when worlds collide

So today I found out that two of my favourite online stamping communities are joining forces- Scrapz.biz will be sponsoring Inkurable Stampers, so it is like a collision of stamping goodness for me :)

This is a card I made for a previous challenge at Inkurable- the soot stamping challenge. Sarah did a great tutorial on soot stamping and it was a popular challenge. This is definitely right up there as one of the Inkurable projects that I am most fond of.

For this card I used glossy cardstock inked with distress inks before doing the soot stamping. After applying fixative I added the image of the trapeze artist (cut from gift wrap) and some grungeboard wings I had embossed with a cuttlebug folder, inked and painted. I stamped and cut out some grungeboard blossoms, added some shine with moonshadow powder, rhinestones and there you have it. Stamps Fancy Pants Design (In the garden), Hero Arts old French writing.

Make sure you get on over to Inkurable Stampers to check out this month's challenge DOWN BY THE SEA, and Scrapz.biz to check out the wonderful new stock- including lots of Sassafras lovelies from Amplify and Monstrosity.

Cue the music...

MUSIC is the theme for August over at Inkurable stampers . Here is my entry for this month's challenge which uses just one stamp (unusual for me) Crafty Individuals CI 086.

I stamped the image several times on cream paper using the following:
antique linen distress ink
sepia versafine
versamark with gold embossing powder
versamark with gold pigment powder (like Perfect Pearls)

The various image elements were then cut out and layered over each other with adhesive foam.
The frame was cut from kraft cardstock using an EK Success trumpet flower corner punch and the edges inked with vintage photo distress ink.

Make sure you check out the challenge at Inkurable and stamp up an entry yourself- there are great PRIZES up for grabs every month and it is great to support an Aussie stamping site (although international entries are more than welcome).

Happy stamping!