Another little postcard

Hello fellow Crafters,

I am quite addicted to making postcards at the moment. So today I made another one. I used another one of Janet Klein's Digi's; they are so lovely. She sells them in her Etsy shop 'VeraLaneStudio'.
This is what I made:

Last night I was bored and went to my craft room to make some backgrounds. I used different Dylusions Inksprays and this card was one of the results.  This morning I used a stencil and water on it and it created this bleached out pattern. Next (after drying) I splattered some black and white ink on it and used a number stamp and white ink to stamp it.  I then chose the digi's I wanted to use and coloured them with Copic Markers. I cut them out and placed them on the card but decided that it needed something else. So I decided to use Janet's Flower stamp to complete the picture. This stamp is from Stampotique and is called ' Carol's Flower'. It is the small version. I stamped it on some paper that was coloured in the same way, cut them out and glued them on the card. Lastly I did the black and white border around the card. 

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ATC with bits lying on my desk..

Hello fellow Crafters,

I found a few bits on my desk that were left over from other projects and decided to turn them into an ATC. This is it :

I tend to save every bit of paper and scrap and then used inks and paints on them. Some become postcards, some become ATC's like this one. I had this bit of card and put pink India Ink on the top and sprayed it with water and let is run. I then cut it to ATC size and put it away. The lady (Rearview Mirror) was stamped on book text, clear embossed and not used. So I dug her out as well. 

I stamped 'Heart Vine' on the card and coloured the stems with a black fineliner. I then coloured the hearts with a Big Brush pen. I had already put 'Rearview Mirror' on double sided tape and cut her out so all I had to do is adhere her to the ATC. 

That was it really.

I used only Stampotique stamps:

Rearview Mirror

Heart Vine  

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New Tim Holtz stampset...

Hello fellow Crafters,

I have not been blogging very much lately. I was busy holidaying and we had some visitors from the UK last week. I have missed crafting so hopefully from now on I can do a bit more again....
I received a new TH stamp set last week and today I had time to use (some) of it.
I made a postcard :

The background was done with blue Bister and a bit of Distress Ink. I stamped the gears from the set on three corners with Archival Ink (Potting Soil). I also stamped the man on the card and again on white card stock. I coloured him with copics and cut him out. I adhered him to the card and that was it ! 

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When in doubt...

Hello fellow Crafters,

Happy Wednesday everyone.

The lovely Jackie has set today's challenge and she wants us to use a bow on our projects. Here's what she said :

"Ribbons have been around since the Middle Ages. Merchants travelled the world, buying and selling ribbon, many of which had gold and silver in the silk. ribbons were a sign of nobility and worn only by the rich. By the  seventh century ribbon was part of the fashion industry and was part of clothing.

Today ribbon has numerous uses, and it is a favourite crafting accessory, I have lots of it! 

You can make fabulous bows with it to adorn your cards, scrapbook page,  tags, journals etc.

So I would like to see you adding a bow to your project, if you don't have ribbons, bows can be made out of many mediums such as paper, clay, string to name but a few!

I looking forward to seeing your creations with a bow!"

If you fancy playing too then go over the Designers' Challenge blog and read all the rules. You could win a $30,-- voucher to spend in the SHOP. 

I did an art journal and this is it :

I am really liking these 'rhubarb and custard' colours at the moment and couldn't resist using them again today. I used water-soluble crayons for the background and then stencilled over the top with distress inkt in similar colours. I splattered some black ink over it and used the same ink and some white paint to stamp the rings. Lastly I used 'fax to Wolfgang' to stamp some text. Next I stamped 'Miss Snottie' three times, coloured her, cut her out without her original bow and replaced them with real bows. I glued all three of them on the pages and lastly created the sentiment with sticky letters. To finish off I drew a line around the pages and used some charcoal around the sentiment and faded it a bit with a blending stump.

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Round Robin

Hello fellow Crafters,

I made another Round Robin journal recently. This is also coming to an end soon and I really enjoyed this experience (another first for me). This one is for Lisa van Hengel and this is what it looks like:

I coloured the pages with Dylusions in Calypso Teal, Fresh Lime and Dirty Martini. I used a stencil with some water to lighten up some areas. I also used a stencil and white ink to create the polkadots. Next I did some background stamping and ink splattering before putting the main image on the right page. It is a stamp from Lost Coast Designs. The chandelier is also a stamp, don't know who by. The sentiments are Tim Holtz rub-ons. I think that was it ! 

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Craftorij Zomer Challenge day 56 - 61

Hello fellow Crafters,

Unfortunately we are at the end of this challenge. I really enjoyed this one. There will be a reunion at the Craftorij on the 30th of August where I will be going. It will be so nice to meet some of the ladies in real life.
Anyway here is the last helping :

Day 56 - Sky-clouds-heaven

Day 57 - Zentangle

Day 58 - use sticker(s)

Day 59 - Something from your living room

Day 60 - Think Pink

Day 61 - your own design

And last but not least a picture of all of them together !

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You'll never fly unless you try

Hello fellow Crafters,

It is the 1st of August already and that means time for another DT post from me. I love Roc's stamps and have great fun creating things with them. I you like them too you can find them HERE.
I did an art journal for this post and this is it :

I finger painted the pages with 2 shades of yellow, 2 shades of pink and some white. Next I splattered some white ink on it.  I then used the 'When pigs fly' stamp in the background, yellow on yellow and pink on pink. Unfortunately it doesn't show up very well in the photo.  I also used the 'Heart Vine' and the 'Scalloped lace border' along the edges and doodled some lines and dots. Next I stamped the 'Flying pig', 3 times with wings, three times without wings and also some wings separately. I coloured them, cut them out and stacked the ones without wings on top of each other and topped this 'pile of pigs' with a pig with wings. I then used the extra wings on the two pigs on the left. Lastly I wrote the sentiment. 

I used the following Stampotique stamps designed by Roc Nicholas :

When Pigs fly

Flying pig

Scalloped lace border

Heart Vine 

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