Sending sunny thoughts..

 Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create project, I have made an artjournal page with all Bipasha products. 

Here's how I made this: 

First of all I stamped the mug and the sunflowers on watercolour paper. 

While my stamping was drying I added texture paste through this stencil onto my background which is Mixed media paper. 

When the texture paste was dry I sprayed the page with a Dylusions Ink spray. I haven't used these for ages and I wanted this colours. It is Calipso Teal. 

After it dried I used a brayer and white paint to tone it all down and grunge it up a little.

Next I watercolored the flowers and the mug and cut them out. 

This is what I had in mind. 

Before I added the stamping I added some Inktense pencil around the texture paste circles. It makes them stand out a little more. I used a bit of green and a bit of blue. I then added stamping with yellow, brown and black ink and went around the edges of the page with the brown ink pad. 

I also splattered onto the page with a white, black and yellow paint pen. I love how grungy it looks now. 

Next I added washi tape and placed the mug with flowers on the top to ground it. I also added some washi tape in the left hand top corner for balance. 

Lastly I added the sentiment. 

I have used the following AALL & Create products (all by Bipasha Bk):

Washi tape #24 - Power Words

Stencil #147 - Coffee Stains

Stamps:

#647 - Basic Tags

#552 - Scripted Cross

#457 - Background Voices

#643 - Hot Drinks

#642 - Caffeinated

For more information about where to get all the AALL & Create products please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/stockists

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Something green

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to my blog! It is Tuesday so that means another project for AALL & Create. I have made a journal page with one of Janet's latest stamp sets. I think these frogs are adorable, they all look like the lost the plot a little! That's why I like them; I loose the plot regularly too! lol 

Here's how I made it:

Lesson learned last time when my paper buckled very badly I thought I'd use watercolour paper because I was going to use lots of water again. It still buckled a little but not as much. I started off with putting on some washi tape. 

Next: I used texture paste and this stencil. 

I used a combination of pigment powders and Lines Gang sprays to five the whole thing some (green) colour. There are lots of different shades of green. 

Next I rolled over white paint with a brayer. Not only to tone is down but also to make the texture stand out more. 

Next: I stamped the background with these three sets. I used green and black ink. 

I then stamped the focal image and the sentiment I was going to use. I used white Neenah card stock for the frog so I could colour him with Copic Markers. The sentiment was stamped on the same watercolour paper as the I used for the background so there won't be any colour difference. 

Here he is in all his green splendour! 

Here is the whole page. I added the frog to the page and also the sentiment and used a normal graphite pencil to adde some lines here and there. 

I used the following AALL & Create materials:

Stencil #114 - Art by Janet Klein

Washi tape #20 - Verde que te quiero verde by Janet Klein

Stamps:

#338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

#521 - Be Hoppy by Janet Klein

#541 - Indulge in daisies by Tracy Evans

#543 - Reckoner Digits by Tracy Evans

For more information about all the AALL & Create products including a list of worldwide stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

I love you

 Hello everyone, 

For this week's AALL & Create GDT post I have made a card. It's a 'love' card but you could send it to your best friend or your sister too!

Here's how I made this:

First was texture paste through this Janet Klein Stencil. When it was dry I added a layer of clear gesso over the top. 

Next: Pigment powders. I used two shades of pink and a grey. When it dried I used a brayer and some white acrylic to tone it down. It also goes pinker! 

I then added some stamping, some with black and red ink, some I heat embossed with white powder. 

Next: The main image

I then added some washi tape for the little girl to stand on. 

Here is she all coloured up in her best dress ! 

The finished card. I glued the panel onto a white blank card.

I have used the following materials:

A5 Stamping block

Stencil #114 - Art by Janet Klein

Stamp #338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

#481 - Lil Love by Janet Klein

Washi tape #18 - Poets by Janet Klein

For more information about all the fabulous AALL & Create products, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Thoughts and theories - a decorated notebook

Hello everyone, 

For today's AALL & Create GDT post I have decorated a notebook. 

and here's how:

I use lined notebooks to write my processes for crafting down so I can remember what I did. lol 

For this decorated notebook I cut two pieces of mixed media paper to size to go on the front and the back of my notebook. I chose to add a layer of paper to the cover of the notebook so it would get a little sturdier. You could also just use gesso on the cover and decorate directly. 

Anyway, I added texture paste through this stencil over the middle of the two pieces of paper. 

Next I used acrylic paint which I diluted with water to add colour. First yellow, which I made run through the 'valleys' of the texture paste by spraying it with water. I dried that then added the blue in the same way, dried again and finally adding the orange in the same way. 

After everything was dry I used a brayer with white paint and rolled over the texture paste and also one the bottom and the tops to get some variation in the colour. 

Next I added stamping, using similar colours ink and also grey and black, when this was dry I brayered over some more white paint to tone it down slightly. 

Next I stamped the leaves from this stamp set. I stamped 6 but only used four in the end. I stamped on book paper because I planned to use a piece of this to cover the spine of the book.

Here are the finished covers. I added a word chip from Tim Holtz, again I pulled it apart because I think they are too thick. Luckily it is no problem to pull off some of the layers. I also added some black lines along the edges. 

This is it finished. I like how it turned out and I shall enjoy using this for my notes. 

The back is just as pretty too ! 

I have used the following materials:

Stencil:

#93 - Enchanted Garden by Olga Heldwein

Stamps:

#350 - Splattered Numbers by Tracy Evans

#349 - Bold Alpha Mini by Bipasha Bk

#338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

#368 - Seeds Of Hope by Tracy Evans

For more information about the AALL & Create products please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Find beauty in the simple things - card

Hello everyone,

For this week's AALL & Create project I have made a card. It has turned out a little grungy but I like grungy ! lol I hope you do too.

Here's how:

First I used this stencil with modelling paste on water colour paper. After it dried I put on a layer of clear gesso. No reason other than just trying out how this would work. 

Next I used a mixture of Lindy's Stamp gang spray and PaperArtsy Infusions to add colour. I kept adding more, drying between every layer, until I was happy. Also found that the gesso works great as it gives the chance to work the colours for longer. 

Next I stamped the background.

Because the background was so busy already I thought I'd keep the main image white-ish by stamping it onto book pages. To give it a little more interest I stamped the solid petals again with a mix of pink and red inks to get the same colour approx as the background. I then cut everything out. 

Before adding the main image and the sentiment I splattered some white on the panel with a paint pen and used a brayer and white paint to give it some more interest and texture. I then glued the flower in place and placed the sentiment. Lastly I went around the flower with black watercolour to make it stand out more. 

This is the finished card. I used a blank card and glued the panel on it. 

I have used the following AALL & Create products:

Stamps:

#366 - Roundly by Autour de Mwa

#372 - Textural Elements by Olga Heldwein

#370 - The great outdoors by Tracy Evans

Stencil:

#39 - Lotza Dotz by Autour de Mwa

For more information about all the AALL & Create products and a list of worldwide stockists, please visit: 

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Let your hair down

Hello everyone,

welcome to my blog where today I have a mixed media project to share that I made for AALL & Create.

And here is how I made it:

First of all I removed the twine and hook at the top because I wanted it to stay clean. I then painted the heart with gesso and once dry I added modelling paste through this fab stencil by Olga Heldwein. 

Next I painted the heart with blue acrylic paint and when it had dried I used a piece of sandpaper to reveal the modelling paste again. I used Grunge Paste from PaperArtsy which is fabulous for sanding. 

Next I added stamping with these stamps but the pink text was not quite what I expected so I changed it again. You'll see that in the next photo. I also went around with brown ink and added white splatters. 

I used Distress Oxide ink for the pink stamping so was able to remove most of it with a baby wipe. I put some washi tape over the remnants and I liked that much better. 

Next  stamped the images I was going to use as a focal point and the sentiment. I decided the dog needed a crown. lol Just for the fun of it. 

Here you can see how I coloured them. I used my trusty Copic Markers for this. I then cut them out and went around the cut edges with a black marker so you don't see any white edges. 

I placed some more washi tape on the heart for them to stand on and them glued them in place.  Lastly I added the sentiment, some doodling and replaced the twine and hook. 

I have used the following AALL & Create materials:

Stamps: 

#380 - Rapunzel by Janet Klein

#373 - Rescue Puppies by Janet Klein

#366 - Roundly by Autour de Mwa

#338 - Background Noise by Janet Klein

Stencil:

#77 - Sunflower Power by Olga Heldwein

For more information about all the AALL & Create products and a complete list of international stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you so much for stopping by today !