De Craftorij Zomer Challenge - CZC2016 Day 41 - 45

Hello everyone,

Another 5 cards done in the Challenge, here goes:

Day 41 - insects 

I thought instead of using just insects, I'd use this lovely Stampotique "Spidergirl" who has a teeny weeny spider... It is a gelli printed base, what else.... lol and some stamping and colouring with Copics. Her dress is paper pieced. 

Day 42 - Use alumiumfoil

Again a gelli print... a piece of aluminium foil coloured with green alcohol ink and adhered to the edge of the card. I splattered some white paint and stamped the star (VersaMark and white embossing powder)  on pattern paper, cut it out, adhered it to book text and cut it out again. I have a little white border like this. The sentiment was stamped with Versamark and white embossed. 

Day 43 - the Movies

Another gelli print, yes I know, boring... but they have been a godsend as I've had very little time recently with lots of other stuff going on... Marilyn is a stencil which I stencilled with black paint and a blending tool. The sentiment is by her and was stamped on book text, cut out and adhered. Lastly I drew som lines around the edges of the card and stuck some washi tape in the right top corner. 

Day 44 - one word

I chose Hello, because I like the stamp and the letters. I stamped it on yet another gelli print and added some white. I then stamped the background lightly and used inks in similar colours to the background. The animals & lanterns (by cats on apple trees) were stamped directly onto the card with a stamping positioner and again on white paper with different coloured inks. I then added some shading with pencils and glued them on. 

Day 45 - Favourite place

I had this fab stamp by Trish Latimer lying around for a few days and wanted to use it... I did get rid of the text in her dress and replaced it with the white flowers. I used a bigger flower from the same set in the background with blue and green ink. She was coloured with Copic Markers, cut out and adhered to the card. The sentiment says it all I think... 

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A card for a challenge

Hello everyone,

For a challenge at Stampingback (dutch stamp company) I made this card. It is very CAS for me...

The theme was to make something with a wish for somebody on it. So anything like happy birthday, get well etc. As I got this stamp with the row of houses only this week I thought I'd use it. I stamped it at the bottom of a card panel and coloured one house and only shaded the rest. I used Copic Markers for this. The sentiment is from another company but I thought it fitted the house stamp very well. I matted the panel on a piece of black card stock and then adhered the whole thing to a white card. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Believe

Hello everyone,

and welcome to another blogpost. I was on a roll today... lol. Happens sometimes, doesn't it ? I had a fabulous day in my craft room and created another card for a challenge. This on is for Stampingback, they have some lovely stamps and their theme for this month is "Autumn". I couldn't really think of an autumnal card so I decided to use my favourite Stampingback Stamp and use Autumnal colours for the background.

I started with stamping the leaves with Versamark and then heat embossed them with a cream embossing powder. This leaf stamp is not by Stampingback, but the rest of the stamps used, are. 

Next I coloured the background with Distress Inks and a blending tool. I used Dried Marigold, Rusty Hinge and Peeled paint. Next I put a stencil over the top and sprayed water through it, it lights up the wetted areas. You can just see the dots. I then accentuated the edges with the same colours and stamped the splatters on it. 

I stamped the ballerina with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with Copic Markers, cut her out and then die cut the oval out of cream card stock as I thought she didn't stand out enough on the background. I also stamped the splatters on this piece of card stock. The sentiment is a word from a phrase form one of the stamps that comes with the ballerina; I stamped it on the same cream card stock, cut it out and glued it on the card. Lastly I doodled around the card, the sentiment and the oval. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Atlantis

Hello everyone,

Every month I try to take part in an ATC swap which is organised by Wini over on the Craftorij FB page. The theme in September was buildings and this is what I made :

These ATC were all made by stamping (stamps by De Stempelwinkel, Stampingback and Art Journey) and masking and the colouring was all done with Copic Markers. I hope the recipients liked them ! 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

When we believe in ourselves..

Hello everyone,

I had a play with my art journal today. I used one of my new Dina Wakley stamps and some old favourites..

The background was started with white gesso. I then painted it with 2 colours of Silks Acrylic paints. They have a lovely shimmer, it almost looks metallic. Next I stamped the background randomly; I used Prima stamps designed by Finnabair and a green, a grey and a blue Archival ink. 

I also added some model paste through a stencil to add more interest. It took on some of the colour of the background which I like. I also rubbed my black Archival Inkpad along the edges of the pages. Unfortunately most of this got cropped off the photo as my book is so wonky that I can't take a decent photo anymore... 

Next I stamped the lady (by Dina Wakley) with black Archival Ink. I found the two hearts lying on my desk. They too are by Dina Wakley and I stamped them on vellum and heat embossed them with black embossing powder. I decided to use them on this page. I added some washi tape, some white spatters and finally the sentiment which is from Stampingback. This was stamped on white card stock, cut apart,  glued on the page and doodled around.

Here are some detailed photos.

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

50 Shades of red

Hello everyone,

Today I decided to take part in the Stampingback Challenge which this month is 50 shades of red.
I thought this was a true challenge as I hardly ever used red in my crafting so I struggled a bit.
I am also entering this card into the Craft Stamper Challenge of 'take a stamp'.

I couldn't resist using this fabulous Ballerina again.. Today I coloured her with coloured pencils. The background was stamped with red ink first and then I went over it with Copic Markers. It then was too red for the ballerina to stand out so I used some gesso to tone it down.  The flowers were white embossed, coloured and cut apart and I only used part of them. 

The dancer was placed on some washi tape. The last thing I did was draw some lines around the panel before adhering it to a card. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Perfect moment

Hello everyone,

It has been ages that I played in the Tag Along challenge. So today I thought I'd give it a go. It was a nice opportunity to try out my new Stampingback stamps... Yay !
The theme this time is "Crackle" and here is what I made:

I used DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic paint in Cobalt Turquoise Hue to paint the tag. I then covered it with white Crackle paste, also from Deco Art. Next I rubbed the whole thing with Patina Green Antiquing Cream (Deco Art). After this dried I took some of it off again. This gives a nice effect.. I rubbed a little more of the paint along the edges to get a darker edge.

I stamped the background with a scriptstamp (brand unknown) and the compass rose from Set 154 ABC+ from Stampingback. 

I also used a small background stamp with black ink in three places and didn't like it so I covered the stamped images up with some book pages which I then rubbed with the same antiquing cream to make them blend in more. I actually like this so mistakes are not always disastrous...

Next I stamped the ballerina, coloured her and cut her out. I also stamped the sentiment en cut it in strips. Everything was then glued to the tag. A ribbon finished it off.

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Girl Power

Hello everyone,

Over at the Stampingback Challenge blog HERE, there is a new challenge..
I made a card :

I mostly concentrated on the colours of the inspiration photo (see the Stampingback link above) as I don't have any trains, planes or automobiles from Stampingback. I guess I have to buy some more !! 

Anyway I stamped the girl, coloured her and masked her off with masking fluid. I then coloured the background with Distress Inks and a blending tool. Next I stamped the background, the sentiment and added the doodle around the edge. I still thought it wasn't finished so I added some model paste through a home made stencil. I adhered the panel to a card and that was it ! 

I used stamps from the following sheets:

023 - 146b and 124a

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Wish it... Dream it.. DO IT !

Hello everyone,

Today I made a card for the May Challenge over at Stampingback where the theme is 'numbers'.

This is it:

I used a piece of gelli printed paper on which I stencilled the numbers. I used a Tim Holtz layering stencil and some white paint for this. I used a white gel pen to go around the numbers once they were dry.  Next I stamped the three girls from Sheet 146B on patterned paper and on the card. I cut the ones on the patterned paper out and adhered them onto the ones on the card. This way you get every little detail. Lastly I stamped the little sentiment in three goes on a left over strip of the same gelli print and adhered the strips on the girls.

Thanks for stopping by today ! 

Postcard from Paris

Hello fellow Crafters,

For the March Challenge over at the Stampingback blog it is all about text. As I don't have many text stamps I had to improvise. I used sheet 124A which is all about France..

I stamped the background stamp about hotels twice, once left and once right. I then masked it off and used Distress Inks in Barndoor and Faded Jeans to colour the card into the French flag. I then draw a black line around these areas. Next I stamped 'La France' from the same set in the middel part; using grey ink. The Eiffel tower was next and it was silver embossed.  Lastly I stamped two postmarks and the word Bonjour on separate white card stock, coloured them, cut them out and adhered them with dimensional tape. 

That was it ! 

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