Do new things everyday.

Hello everyone,

For my post for AALL & Create today, I have made a tag.

Here's how:

First I cut a tag out of watercolour paper and added modelling paste through this fabulous stencil ! 

After the modelling paste was dry I sprayed the tag with Lindy's Stamping sprays. I had forgotten how much I love these sprays. I used so called 'Flat Fabios' which is a spray without any sparkle. I also love the names they give the colours: Tilt-a-wheel teal and Merry-go-round green. 

When the ink was dry I added some scrapings of white acrylic paint. 

Next: stamping ! yay ! I randomly stamped the background with Distress Oxide inks in the same-ish colours and added some black stamping for contrast. I also added a doodle line along the edges. 

Next I stamped the flowers I was going to use. The one with the Hexagonal background is slightly bigger than the other one. 

I coloured them with my Copic Markers and cut them out. I also chose the sentiment 'Do new things everyday' and stamped that too. 

And here is the whole thing together. I really like how this came out but that is probably because greens and blues are one of my favourite colour combinations. 

I have used the following stamps:

#211 - Count on you

#200 - Hope

#205 - Postal Rose

#206 Hexagonal Stem

Stencil:

#49 - Rota Vitae

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Different...

Hello everyone,

For my DT post for Katzelkraft today I made another Art Journal. I love art journaling; I discovered it after I was finished making birthday cards for the year 2012 and was looking for other ways to use my supplies ! The rest is history as they say...

I started with Mixed Media paper on which I put some model paste through a stencil. I then brushed the page with clear gesso. Next I used Lindys Stampgang sprays. I sprayed the page with 'Pop Rock Purple' and then dripped some of the same over the top as well as a white spray called ' Frozen Jack Frost'. The grey at the top and the bottom was done with 'Magicals', also from Lindys; these are basically Mica Powders. I use a wet brush to pick them up from the pot and brush it onto the edge of the paper and then spray it with water so it runs down. The shimmer is awesome ! 

Next I stamped the background with a script stamp from the set with the rabbit and then stamped the rabbit, coloured him with watercolour pencils and a water brush and cut him out with an oval die. I also cut some pattern paper with a bigger die to layer under the rabbit. I adhered both the ovals to the page and then lastly doodled around the page and stamped the sentiment. 

I used the following stamp sets:

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

..two days slow...

Hello everyone,

I have an art journal for VivaLasVegaStamps! to share with you today.  First here is the finished article, then sit back, get a drink and enjoy the tutorial... I have to apologise as I used my favourite colour combination yet again !  I love the green and the turquoise together....

Here's how I made it:

First I got out a piece of Mixed Media Paper and put a layer of gesso on it. 

Next I gave it some colour using Lindys Stampgang sprays. I used two flat Fabios, 'Merry go round Green' and 'Sea Breeze blue' and one Starburst spray 'Tibetan Poppy Teal'. 

Keep on spraying, painting and dripping until you are happy with the result. 

Next I used some model paste and a stencil to add some texture. 

Then the fun starts with stamping the background. I used a variety of inks: Black Archival, Distress Inks and Memento. There is a full list of stamps I used and their links to VLVS! website is at the bottom of this post. 

Next I stamped the main images I was going to use with Memento Ink as I was going to colour them with Copic Markers. 

Here's how they look all stamped, coloured, cut out and clear embossed. 

I then adhered them to my prepared page. Alice was adhered on some washi tape to ground here. I used a few bit of the same tape around the page for more interest. 

The last thing I did was type the sentiment, which is a quote from Alice in Wonderland, on my old trusty typewriter. I cut it out, adhered it to the page and doodled around the srtips with a black pen. 

That finished my Art Journal page. 

I used the following stamps:

5210 - Collage writing

19571 - Writing triangles 

19567 - Writing circles background

18846 - Medium Doily

12681 - Alice reaching

19004 - Flying Watch

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Corrie x 

All roads lead to the ocean

Hello everyone !

Today I have a postcard to share. I used two of my new Stampotique stamps (the mermaid and the birch tree) for this.

I started with model paste through a stencil and after it dried a thin layer of gesso. Next I used Lindy's Stampgang Flat Fabios (sprays without sparkle).

I am totally hooked on this colour combo of greens and blues and I used "Merry go round green" and "Tilt a wheel teal" for this card. I randomly stamped the background with grey Archival Ink and the 'Vintage bill' stamp. 

Next I stamped 'Smushasha' on white card stock and coloured her with a combination of Copic Markers and colour pencils. The seaweed was created by stamping 'Birch tree' several times on vellum and colouring the back of the vellum with a green Copic Marker. I cut all the trees out, cutting some of them apart. Lastly I stamped the sentiment, 'Ocean text' also on vellum and then adhered everything on the card. 

I used the following stamps (all Stampotique):

Smushasha

Ocean Text

Birch Tree

Vintage bill 

Thank you so much for stopping by !