Well, la de frickin' dah !

Hello fellow Crafters,

Happy wednesday to you all. The latest Stampotique Challenge is set by the talented Magda and she wants us to use a pen, paint pen or a marker.
I made this Art Journal:

The background was painted with PaperArtsy Fresco paint and then I used two stencils, one with Distress Ink and one with white ink. I did some background stamping with grey StaZon. The rings were made with a cookie cutter and India Ink. The black splatters were made with the same ink. 

I stamped the girl and the cat with Memento ink and coloured them with Copic Markers. They were then clear embossed. The sentiment was stamped on white paper that I also coloured with Copic Markers. The black and white borders were made with a white paint marker and a black ink marker. 

I used the following Stampotique Stamps:

Perl

Kitty

Fax to Wolfgang

La de frickin' dah!

FLY...

Hello fellow Crafters,

For the Round Robin Artjournal via de Craftorij I have made the following pages for Lucretia, hope she likes it.....

I glued book text on both pages and after it dried I put gesso over it. I then coloured it with Distress Inks. As always I used background stamps and stencils to create more interest. I used white Paperartsy Fresco paint to create a background for the stamp. She is called Ophelia and I stamped her with Versafine Ink and embossed her. I then coloured some bits of her. The lacey stuff underneath her is a rub on. The sentiment was stamped on white card stock and embossed as well. I stapled some cambric underneath and glued it to the page. A flower with the same blue as the lady's dress finished it off. Lastly I drew a line around the pages to frame it.

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Hope you like it.......

Altered Angel

Hello fellow Crafters,

Today I have made a postcard for the April Swap over at the Roc Nicholas FB page. This is so much fun to do. Why not hop over and take part as well ! Rules are simple, make a postcard using Roc's stamps, put it on her FB page and she will partner you up with somebody. So you will get a nice postcard back. Anyway, this is what I made :

I started with spraying some white card stock with Calypso Teal Dylusions Ink. I then used some water-soluble crayons to put some more colour on it; turquoise, purple and green in this case. I used a Dylusions stencil for the flowers with Distress Inks in turquoise, purple and green. The white dots were done by hand with a Versamark marker and white embossed. I also used a text stamp and black Archival Ink to create even more interest; also used the same ink to go around the edges of the card. Lastly I splattered some black India Ink over it. I stamped 'Blessed Skellie' on white card stock, coloured her with Copics and clear embossed her. I replaced her non-existing eye with the eye from the 'Feline' stamp.  The words came from another Stampotique Stamp. Skellie was placed on some washi tape and that was that ! 

If you think these stamps are nice and you want some, you can find them HERE.

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Hope you like it....

It's been lovely....

Hello fellow Crafters,

I had some problems with my project for the Roc Nicholas DT and had to take it down. My fault for not reading the rules and regulations. So I made something new and I hope you like this one as much as the Happy Spring one....

It is a page in my Moleskine watercolour journal. I coloured the pages with Pan Pastels in Yellow and Orange and sprayed it with fixative. After it dried I used my homemade polkadot stencil and some Distress Ink to make the dots. The white polkadots were made with another stencil and white ink.  The rings came from a TWC stencil called 'well rounded' and were made with Black DI.  I used two of Roc's lovely stamps: Screaming Bunny and Heart Vine.

The Heart Vine was stamped directly on the page and coloured with markers, the rabbit was stamped on dictionary paper and I couldn't resist using the bit saying 'rabbit' ! I coloured him with Copics and clear embossed him. I then used a die and cut some circles, inked the edges with orange ink and glued them down. The largest one was to put Bunny on. 

I have used this sentiment before but I think it is very funny and decided to use it again. I used sticky letters and the same yellow card stock as I used for the circles. I also inked the edges and glued it down.

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Hope you like it....

You talkin' to me?

Hello fellow Crafters, 

Happy Wednesday and today it is Nellie's turn to set the challenge over at the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog. She chose humour and this is what she said :

I love cards with a wink. They often bring a smile to my face. Stampotique has so many fun stamps to make these cards, images as well as words. So come on, show me, use a bit of humour in your card or project. Who makes me laugh out  the loudest this week?  I am already looking forward to your entries for this challenge!

This is my take on the challenge:

It is a page in my mini Moleskine. I started with a page that had the chicken wire stencil in model paste already on it. I then painted the page with yellow and orange PaperArtsy Fresco paints. I also sprayed some glimmer mist on it and made it drip. The white dots were made with white ink and a pencil eraser. Next I used Stampotique's Bla bla bla stamp with dark brown ink which I also used to rub around the edges of the page. I then stamped Goat Monster, also by Stampotique,  on white card, coloured him with alcohol markers, clear embossed him and cut him out.  I adhered him to the page on some washi tape after stamping the image again straight on the page. This way, when you glue the cut out image on top, you haven't lost any of the detail. Lastly I adhered the sentiment (said by Robert de Niro as Travis Bickle in the film Taxidriver, 1976), doodled around the letters with a black pen and with a white one I put white dots around the big dots.

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Hope you like it and it made you giggle at least.....

Hello

Hello fellow Crafters,

I recently bought a see through phone case so I could make something to go inside. It has been lying around for ages, until today !

I cut some white paper to size which I sprayed with orange and pink Dylusions. I used the 'ghosting' technique with a stencil to create some interest. I did some random stamping with grey and white ink. 'Perl' is my latest Stampotique girl and I love her. I stamped her, coloured her and clear embossed her. I then cut her out and glued her on the background. I made the hello with a label maker. 

Lastly I put the whole thing in the case and put the phone on top of it. 

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Hope you like it.....

Art Specially Event

Hello fellow Crafters,

Next weekend (5th-6th) there will be a Stamping fair in a town called Nijkerk in the Netherlands. I will go there on Sunday. The people from the Craftorij who will attend have said: wouldn't it be nice to personally meet, and recognise all the people you chat to every day on Facebook ! So they challenged us to make a name tag and also a flag to hang on their stand. So that's what I did.

So this is my name badge. I used an ATC card as a base and painted it light blue. I then used a flower stencil and aged the edged. The stamp is from 'the Octopode Factory and I think it is called 'Dolls Head'. Not sure about that one. She was stamped on white card stock and coloured and clear embosed. The letters are sticky ones and to make sure they don't drop off I adhered them with Glossy Accent and painted the background and the letters with a clear varnish. 

This flag was made with 2 pieces of cardboard that I adhered together with two loops of ribbon between them. I painted the background blue and used a stencil and some stamps to create a bit of interest. The little flags are by Stampotique and were stamped on white card stock, coloured and clear embossed. I placed them on double sided tape before cutting them out. Before adhering them to the big flag I stamped the image again and placed the cut out one over the top. The lady on the chair is from Artist impressions and is one of their Golden Oldies. I gave her the same treatment as the flags. I glued her on a bit of dictionary text with the word 'stamp' on it and adhered the whole thing to the flag. The sentiment was made with sticky letters. Lastly I used some rub ons and put the round wood through the loops. A bit of bakers twine to hang it up and that was that.

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Hope you like it.....