The birds and the bees, take II

 Hello everyone,

For the second instalment in the 'birds and bees' challenge over at Country View Challenges I have made a journal spread. 

The theme made me think of love so here are two chickens pining after each other... lol

 I have a video too, click HERE or on the picture below to go and watch!

Thank you for stopping by! 

Little Miss Muffet

Hello everyone,

There is still plenty of time to play along in our "It's a bug's life" challenge over at Country View Challenges. I have made an art journal spread with acrylic paints, stamps by Visible Image and Stampotique and a type Font that I have bought from Vera Lane Studio. I will link what I used below the video..

Here's the link to the VIDEO or you can click on the link below: 

And here are the links to the products used:

Amsterdam Acrylic Paints

Stampotique - Spider girl

Visible Image - Random art of Kindness

Vera Lane Studio - BabyPowderBold Font

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Mrs. Claus is coming to town

Hello everyone,

and Happy December ! Can you believe it is December ! I can still remember sitting in the sun in the Summer having dinner and sipping a nice glass of red wine. Now it is almost Christmas... Talking of Christmas; it was very much the inspiration for this postcard for Roc's team.

I have turned "bird lady" into Mrs. Claus ! and it suits her ! lol

I took one of my gelli printed backgrounds and cut a postcard out of it. I added the white embossing with the 'Scalloped Lace Border' stamp and drew the stitch lines with a white paint pen. 

Next I stamped 'Bird Lady' but I selectively masked bits off as I wanted a present in her pocket and not a bird. Also I wanted to give her a Santa hat. So that's what I did. I drew the hat and the present, coloured all the elements and put them together on the card. The sentiment, some painty snowflakes and some pieces of washi tape finished it off... 

I used the following stamps: 

Bird Lady

Scalloped Lace Border 

You will find all Roc's fabulous stamps HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Take chances..

Hello everyone,

It is the 1st of November and that means it is my turn to show you a project with the lovely rubber stamps by Roc Nicholas. They are sold via Stampotique.com.

I started out with stamping the images and then colouring them with Copic Markers. I then cut them out and put the dog in the cup. Next I tried to find a background and spent ages as all my painted backgrounds were way too busy. So I settled for a piece of design paper. I did add some paint along the edges and also some doodling. I arranged the images on the paper and added a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker. 

I have used the following stamps:

Stacked cups

Polka dot dog

Bunny 

You can find all Roc's lovely stamps HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Dreams

Hello everyone, 

Hallo allemaal, 

Today I have an inspiration piece for the October challenge over at Hobbycompleet de Duif. The theme is 'Make a triptych' so that is what I did. 

Vandaag heb ik een inspiratie project voor de uitdaging van oktober bij Hobbycompleet De Duif. Het thema deze maand is 'Maak een drieluik' en dat heb ik dus gedaan ! 

I started off with Mixed Media paper out of which I cut 6 labels. Three of these I painted with Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics by PaperArtsy and a brayer. When this was dry I used a Tim Holtz stencil and some Distress Oxide but this layer has almost disappeared... Next stamping; I used Archival inks and paints for this. Bowtie was stamped on book paper and cut out, adhered to the middle tag. I added some shading for him to stand on. The sentiment is made of Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers and I glued them to the rest of the book paper before adhering them to the tags. I hinged the tags with washitape which was sandwiched between the front and back tags. (That's where the other 3 tags went). That was it ! 

Dit drieluik is als volgt gemaakt : Ik heb eerst 6 labels gestanst uit Mixed Media Paper en 3 ervan  met PaperArtsy verf en een roller gekleurd. (Onder vind je een lijst van alle kleuren die ik heb gebruikt).
Toen dit allemaal droog was heb ik de achtergrond gestencild met een Tim Holtz stencil and Distress Oxide inkt. Daarna heb ik de achtergrond bestempeld; hiervoor heb ik gedeeltelijk Archival inkt gebruik en gedeeltelijk de verf. Wel, als je dit wilt doen, je stempels meteen na gebruik schoonmaken anders krijg je de verft er niet meer af.
Vervolgens heb ik "Bowtie" van Stampotique gestempeld op een pagina uit een boek, uitgeknipt en opgeplakt. De woorden zijn Small Talk Stickers van Tim Holtz en ik heb die op de rest van het boek papier geplakt alvorens ze op de labels te plakken.
Ik heb de labels aan elkaar verbonden door van dubbel washitape een soort scharniertjes te maken. Ik heb deze aan de achterkant van de labels geplakt en daarna hieroverheen de overige labels geplakt. En dat was het !

Materials:
Materiaal :

Strathmore Mixed Media Papier

Crealies CNLE LT 06 Label stansen

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics:
Teresa Green
Granny Smith
Tinned Peas
Snowflake
Blue Oyster
Inky Pool
Tango 

Stempels:
Stampotique Originals - Bowtie 6059
Stampotique Originals - Head Clouds 6207
PaperArtsy ELB34

Tim Holtz Layering stencil Ornate THS076

Thank you for stopping by today !

Leuk dat je er weer was !

Happy Halloween

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my monthly post for Roc Nicholas. I have made an Art Journal page this time.

First of all I drew some pumpkins, 4 in total. You might know that Skellie is holding a heart but I wanted her to hold a pumpkin. Well, it is almost Halloween after all ! 

I also stamped Blessed Skellie and then I coloured everything with Copic Markers. I cut all the images out and then got one of my gelli printed backgrounds out. I love this one. There is so much to see.. Anyway I stamped Heart Vine on the edge and white embossed it. I then coloured in the hearts with a purple Big Brush Marker. I used a green marker to add some grounding for the images. I then arranged everything on the page and adhered it. 

That was it ! 

I used two of Roc's fab stamps :

Blessed Skellie 

Heart Vine

You will find all of Roc's stamps HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Hello my darling

Hello everyone,

I can't believe it is September already.. not much Summer left. Hopefully we'll get some nice days still.
Anyway, I have a postcard to show you today. I made this for Roc's team.

I have used a gelli print and the following stamps:

Heart Vine

Crocodile

Leaf Dot Border

Caged Bird

You'll find all Roc's fabulous stamps HERE.

I coloured all the images with my Copic Markers. 

Thank you for stopping by a today. 

Embrace beautiful chaos..

Hello everyone,

I have made a set of three ATC's using France Papillon's Birdy stamp. It was a quick project and I used almost the same method as the art journal page I made for UmWow Studio (also on my blog today) . I really loved the result and this was the perfect little project to repeat the process.. Instead of a chipboard I used modelpaste...

I think they turned out really nice. They were made with Mixed Media paper; I added model paste and after that was dry, some watered down acrylic paint by PaperArtsy. I used a Stabilo All pencil to add the black. I then stamped the background with France's Vintage Bill Stamp and added the birds which I stamped on tissue paper. That's how I could turn the middle one around. Lastly I added a Small Talk sticker by Tim Holtz which I cut into three parts.

Thank you so much for stopping by today !!!

Published again !

Hello everyone,

When Stampington contacted me because they wanted to feature me as guest artist in the Stampers' Sampler, I was over the moon ! And then I found out one of my cards would be on the front cover ! Yay.... and there's more... make sure to read on !

And when I finally got my hands on the actual magazine I was even more happy ! 

Look :

This was the start of the guest artist article. They have used cards I send in using mostly Katzelkraft stamps...

An occasional Tim Holtz dog... 

This series is the Wizard of Oz designed by Janet Klein and sold through Stampotique Originals. As you might know I have joined Janet's DT for VERA LANE STUDIO. So many nice digital images... Make sure to visit the Etsy shop HERE.

Here is the 'interview' ! 

A single card I entered for the pitcher challenge....

The sam here, this one ended up on the front cover ! 

And the last pitcher. 

And.... then there was another three pages with my other love : Vintage... 

Thank you so much Stampington, Stampers' Sampler and Gracy Wilkins ! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Swapsies

Hello everyone,

When you read this I will be going on my holibobs... Hubby is taking me to Wales to walk them hills... makes me tired just thinking about it, lol ! Luckily there will also be lots of great food and wine... and we are staying in a fabulous holiday home. So not all bad ! haha.

I have been busy making stuff to get ahead and today I am showing you two pieces I have made for swaps. I try and swap some stuff every month and this particular group (UK Stampers Forum) is fantastic. There are great people and a friendly atmosphere. It is just a fun group. If you are interested in joining in here is the LINK to the page. Anyway, here are my two pieces for the swap for July:

This one is for the postcard swap and was made with acrylic paints, stamps by Tim Holtz (Sea Life) and Copic Markers to colour the fish. I finished it off with a Small Talk sticker also by Tim Holtz. 

This one if for the decorated tag swap and was real simple to make.  I die cut the tag and then I just stamped Jillian's head several times on it, making sure to turn it every time.  I then stamped her again on a separate piece of paper. I coloured this one with watercolour markers (ZIG) and then matted her on black paper. The sentiment was stamped and matted on black as well. I then put the whole thing together. All stamps I used are by Stampotique Originals. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

All you need is love

Hello everyone,

It is my turn to share some inspiration with Roc's stamps. I have made a postcard.

The background is a mop up page from the gelli plate. These are often the most interesting prints I think. I added stamping (heart vine) and coloured in the hearts and stems. 

Next I stamped the border and the birds separately; the birds on white Neenah card stock and the Border on some pattern paper. 

I flipped the bird once using a piece of blank rubber. You stamp on the rubber then stamp the rubber on your paper and that will get you a mirror image. Often the lines are a little fainter but that is easily fixed with a black marker. 

 I coloured in the birds using my Copic Markers and just added some white to the border. I also added some white details to the birds. I made them some legs to stand on and adhered everything to the card. A Tim Holtz Chit Chat sticker finished it off. 

I used the following stamps :

Flying bird

Scalloped lace border

Heart Vine

You will find all Roc's stamps HERE in the Stampotique Online Shop. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Dog house

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my last blogpost for Stampotique ! I am leaving the team after 3,5 years because it is time to move on. I had a wonderful time here and would like to thank Carol and Jim and of course Kim and Claudine and all my teammates... I hope all the newbies will have lots of fun too !

 For this post I have made an Art Journal page using Stampotique Stamps of course but also the some of the die cuts we got for the Eileen Hull collaboration.

I have used a gelli print for the background and added some stamping and stencilling to it. The theme for the current challenge is "Stencil it" so I put some in. I also added stencilling on the house. 

You could play along with us too and win one of two $30 vouchers at the end of the month. Just make sure to read the rules first ! 

I have used the following stamps for this:

Fax to Wolfgang

Dog Cube

Shoogy dog

Toto

Alphabitties

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Art journal

Hello everyone,

This week starts a new challenge over at the Stampotique Designers' blog and the theme is "Stencil it". Also we have a collaboration with Eileen Hull this month. We got sent a few goodies by Eileen and one of them was her  'Heartfelt journal'. This is a die set to cut out the bits you need to make your own journal. We received the already cut out bits and I made this with it:

The book was put together first and then I added crackle paste through a flower stencil. I then painted it... Once that was all dry I inked the edges with Archival Ink and stencilled some more with white paint and a dot stencil. I added stamping and the little monster. He was stamped and coloured with Copics, cut out and glued on. 

I filled the book with paper and will use it for my journaling...

A close up of the crackle... 

I have used the following stamps:

Whisker Monster

Interactive Cube

Fax to Wolfgang

Texture Cube 1

Alphabitties

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Happy birthday

Hello everyone,

and welcome to the second week of our challenge at the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog. The theme is 'Flowers'. We hope you will play along with us ! You might win one of two $30 vouchers at the end of the month ! Just make sure to read the rules first.

I have made a card:

I have rediscovered this technique of heat embossing on your card and then colouring with inks... So I did it again ! 

I used Distress and Distress Oxide inks for the background. When I was happy with it I matted it on black card stock. I then stamped the big flower on a piece of card stock, coloured it with Copic Markers and matted that too. I added the sentiment and put the whole thing together. 

Simple but effective I think. 

I used the following stamps for this card :

Carol's Flower Large

Carol's Flower Small

Happy birthday 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Be your beautiful self

Hello everyone,

and welcome to a new challenge at the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog. For the next 2 weeks our theme will be 'Flowers'. We hope you will play along with us ! You might win one of two $30 vouchers at the end of the month ! Just make sure to read the rules first.

I have made an art journal page ...

I started this page by heat embossing the big flower with white embossing powder all over the page. I then used Distress Oxide Inks to create the background. I used yellow and pink. 

Alice was stamped without her bottle of poison and coloured and cut out. I replaced the bottle with a bunch of flowers.. Much nicer isn't it ! lol 

I adhered her onto the page after putting down some washi tape for her to stand on and added a small talk sticker by Tim Holtz. 

I used the following stamps:

Kassa's Bloom

Alice

Daisy daisy

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Art lives here

Hello everyone,

It is time for my 1st of the month project for Roc. I have made a postcard:

This card was made with a mop up from the gelliplate. You know, when there is lots of paint left on your plate and it is dried up; you brayer white paint over it and then make another print. It loosens all the paint and makes a great print. 

Anyway, I started with stamping 'Art Junkie' all over and white embossed it. Then I stamped the signpost and the dog; both on white card stock and on the card. I coloured the images on the white card with Copic Markers, cut them out and adhered them to the card, after adhering some book text and washi tape to ground the dog and also for some more interest. 

I ended by doodling here and there on the images and adding two black lines around the card. 

I used three of Roc's stamps:

Art lives here

Polka dot dog

Art Junkie

You will find all of Roc's fantastic stamps at Stampotique Originals HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Love with all your heart

Hello everyone,

and Happy Wednesday to you !

It is the second week of our 'Oldie but goodie' Challenge at Stampotique ! I have used some of my (many) favourite stamps for this postcard:

He is so cute isn't he ! The background was made by smooshing (technical term, lol) a piece of white Mixed Media card stock into Distress Oxide Inks. I love these inks, it is so easy to make nice colourful backgrounds. It is almost impossible to make muddy colours. 

Anyway after I was happy with the background I stamped the Heart Vine on the card and coloured the stems with a white pen and added some pink to the hearts with a marker. 

Next I stamped Heart Shirt, coloured him with my Copic Markers, cut him out and adhered him onto the card. I used a coloured pencil to add some ground under his feet. A sticker by Tim Holtz finished it off. 

We hope you'll play along with us this week; you could win one of two $30 vouchers at the end of the month... just remember to read the rules first. 

I used the following stamps:

Heart Vine

Heart Shirt

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Keep room in your heart

Hello everyone,

I am having some Mojo troubles at the moment and to try and ease myself back into crafting when this happens, I usually pull out a ready made background, a favourite stamp and my favourite colouring medium Copic Markers.

That's exactly what I did today and made this postcard :

This background was left over from an AJ page I did for Stampotique a while ago. 

I stamped Hunk and coloured him, cut him out and adhered him. I added some shading for him to stand on and I thought this sentiment suited him. I added some colour to this too. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Not my circus...

Hello everyone,

and Happy Wednesday to you !

It is the first week of our 'Oldie but goodie' Challenge at Stampotique ! I have used some of my (many) favourite stamps for this tag:

This tag is made of Kraft card stock. I started by stamping Batboy and colouring him with Copic Markers. I always wanted to try colouring on Kraft and I think it came out nice. 

I then stamped him again on masking paper and masked him so I could stamp the background. I used Distress Oxide inks for this. I added some water droplets for more interest but you can hardly see them.. I added some washi tape and the sentiment which is from a new set of quotes that came out in May. A piece of Sari ribbon finished off my tag. 

We hope you'll play along with us this week; you could win one of two $30 vouchers at the end of the month... just remember to read the rules first. 

I used the following stamps:

Quotes #1

Batboy

Circle cube

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Beep beep

Hello everyone,

Today, over at the Stampotique Designers' Challenge, it is the second week of the challenge with the theme  'For the boys'. I made a postcard :

I had this background in my stash, I think it was made with Lindy's Ink Spray.  I added some stamping to the background and then added the washi tape. 

I stamped the cars on separate white card stock. I coloured them with Copic Markers, cut them out and adhered them onto the card, cutting one in half for more interest. I stuck the halves on either side and fitted the rest in between.

We would love you to play along with us. You could win one of the two $30 vouchers at the end of the month; make sure to read the rules first though...

I used the following stamps:

Beep beep

Kate's doodles cube

Thank you for stopping by today !