Time to party

I made this card this afternoon for this week's Stampotique Challenge 'Faux Metal'.

I used silver cardstock and embossed it with the Tim Holtz Clock embossing folder. I then made it look like metal with inks. I stamped Oliver, coloured him and placed him on the card. The sentiment was stamped with letterstamps and because there is a party Oliver decided to wear a party hat. 

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Scream

Another page I made today; this one is smaller as it is made in a Moleskin sketch book. I normally use the Dyan Reavely journal. The page was made with gesso and instead of acrylic paint I used Distress Ink in different blues for the background. Some stencils and stamps as well to create some interest. The figures are from Stampotique and are called The Tweedles. Added some of my favourite Distress Ink colour Vintage Photo around the edges and doodled with a white gel pen. 

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I pretend to be normal....

I bought this postcard last week and it made me smile. Also when I saw it I straight away thought about this quote.
As always I painted the pages with gesso and acrylic paint. Orange an white today. Used a TCW flower stencil with white Versafine and orange Distress Ink and the Dylusions letter stencil with black Distress Ink. The circles were made with the top of a tube which I used as a stamp. Also used some rub ons and a number stamp from Paperartsy.  The quote was made with a computer and lastly I doodled a bit with black and white pens and distressed the edges.
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Pink Wedding

I had to make a card for a wedding and started of this afternoon with a certain idea in my head. Of course now the card is finished it doesn't look one bit like what I had in mind.
The background is made with acrylic paint and a stencil from TCW with distress ink. I used my new Stampotique stamps: Oliver and Mela. I did add the flowers and the top hat; it is a wedding after all.
They were stamped on old bookpages that I made a bit more subtle with gesso. I used some washi tape as a base for them to stand on and lastly added the greeting.
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Marylin

I made these pages a while ago. This spread is still one of my favourites. I used a photo of Marylin Monroe and one of the phrases that she has supposedly said. I used acrylic paints, some stencils and stamps. Also some rub-ons and a bit of lace ribbon.
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Hall of fame

Today I finally had the chance to do a bit of Art journaling after spending a week in the UK. The holiday was very enjoyable but I did miss my paints and inks. Anyway, after painting the background with acrylic paint I stamped several background stamps. A vintage wallpaper stamp from Stampendous and a numberstamp from Paperartsy.  I then aged the edges of the pages with Distress Inks Vintage photo and Walnut stain. I used a Dylysions number stencil and the TCW stencil Chicken Wire reversed. I can't remember where the chandelier came from because I used to throw all the packaging away. I think it might be Marianne design. The figures and the backgrounds in the pictures are all Stampotique stamped on old bookpages. The letters are from Tim Holtz and they were also stamped on bookpages. Lastly I filled some of the chickenwire stencil with a white pen.
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I prefer Art

I made this a little while ago at a workshop and I thought it would be perfect for this week's Stampotique Challenge : Transparant. It is a mixed Media canvas and Twinkie was stamped on a bit of transparent plastic which I made into a tag. He was also stamped and coloured on paper and attached behind the plastic tag with glue dots. The background was made with acrylic paints and stencils, inks and white and black pens.