edwardian cyclist

 A slightly less grungy card for the cyclist - grey brusho powder background to start with, then hickory smoke distress ink sponged through a cog stencil to finish.
The large cyclist from eccentric edwardian was stamped in bl;ack versafine, and the small cyclist from curiosities was stamped in ghrey versafine.
A die cut corner was added in black card, and the whole card edged with black versafine ink before adding to a white card blank.
The sentiment is from steampunk travel.

eccentric edwardian

Today I am sharing a couple of samples using the
eccentric edwardian stamps.
The first is a rather grungy card.
Background used a cog stencil and a very elderly walnut stain ink spray that I was given ages ago and had never used, I added another lighter layer of spray after removing the stencil. The car was stamped in black versafine ink, then the man alsoin black versafine but clear embossed to make him stand out a bit more.
A few diecut cogs from dark brown card were added in the corners, then a mat of the same brown card before adding to a square white card blank






I  also recycled an empty instant coffee tin, these are so useful as a pen/brush holder.
This time the strip of white card cut to fit round the can with a lsight overlap was coloured with grey brusho powder, then randomly stmaped with the large crackle stamp using a grey ink pad. I used a die cut as a stencil and brushed more grey ink over it.
The man was stamped using black versafine ink and clear embossing powder before using the cyclist stamp and the small cyclist from the curiosities set to fill in the gaps.
I stuck the card to the can using redline tape stuck onto the can first along the edges with one vertical strip, then a final vertical strip onto the slightly overlapping edge of the card.

script box and candle

 This gift set uses the eccentric edwardian plate of stamps that was featured on the Chocolate Baroque show on Hochanda last month.
At first I couldn't think of anything different to do with these stamps, but then a friend produced a new die she had bought for us to play with at craft club......

My first idea didn't work, as I had cut too small a box out, but then I realised that the initial from the larger script stamp would just fit on the side pieces.............and it would work in black and white too.

 The initial was stamped on the side pieces using black versafine ink, and as much as I could fit of the whole stamp on the lid. I did sponge round the lid with black soot distress ink as well.
Once the box was finished, it obviously needed something to go in it, so I decorated a candle. The script was stamped in versafine again onto white tissue paper and heat set onto the candle.

Then it needed a card and gift tag, and I added a keyring as well just because I had a keyring blank lying around......