Wotcha doin?

Hello fellow Crafters,

Another post from me today. Coby has started the two-weekly Stampotique Challenge again over at the Craftorij FB page. She chose 'Indian Summer' colours as her theme. I made a tag.

I used water-soluble crayons to colour the tag which I had lying about with some Gesso stripes on it. I made a whole load of tags and cards with gesso and stencils. Depending on what you use over the top it acts as a resist or just a bit of texture. I used 'Fax to Wolfgang' and white ink to stamp the background but you can't see it very well on the photo. I used a bottle cap to stamp the rings and I splattered some India Ink. Next I stamped 'Birdy Up', coloured and clear embossed them. I then cut them out and took ages to decide where to put them on the tag. I used some book paper to sit them on and to stamp the sentiment, 'Wotcha doin?' I matted the tag on black card stock and put some ribbon through the hole. 

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September challenge : anything but clean and simple

Hello fellow Crafters,

Over at the Stampingback Challenge blog the theme for this month is 'Anything but clean and simple', think colours. I do own some Stampingback stamps and thought I'd use them today. I did keep the colour of this card quite light as I though it suited the subject. Here's my card:

I painted a piece of card with pink and white acrylic paint. I used a stencil and pink ink to make the starburst. The stamps I used are all from Stampingback (Plate 124A). I also used some white and black ink for splattering and doodled around the edge of the card for a bit of added interest.

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Everything is going to be OK..

Hello fellow Crafters,

Last Saturday we had the reunion of the Summer Challenge and whilst in the Craftorij I couldn't resist buying a few bits. Today I used my new Fresco Paints and my new Dina Wakley stamp to make this art journal. The reunion was a great success by the way and it was lovely to meet so many like minded people ! Lia and the other girls in the shop spoiled us with cupcakes, coffees and sweets. Also they organised a little workshop and a make and take which were both very enjoyable.
Anyway here's the journal :

I painted the page with Fresco Paint in Honey dew and then used two more colours: Sage and Limelight with two home carved stamps. I did this last week with a few old erasers. Great fun...

I then used some grey and black ink to do some more background stamping. Dina's girl was stamped with Archival Ink directly on the page in two places. Lastly I stamped the sentiment (Kaiserkraft) also with Archival Jet Black and that was it really. I really like the result although these colours are not my usual thing ! 

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Wicked

Hello fellow Crafters,

and happy Wednesday to you. Over on the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog there is a new challenge up. This week it was the lovely Kaz who chose the theme 'Refresh it' and this is what she said :

"We all love playing with new stamps, but sometimes it's good to revisit some that have been neglected for a while. I'd like you to find an old favourite and give it a new lease of life."

I chose two stamps that I hadn't used in a long time and made a postcard with them :

I started with a postcard sized bit of a gelli print. I did some background stamping and splattered some white ink on it. One of the stamps I hadn't used in ages was 'Hexagon'. You can see it in the background. I stamped it with white ink and clear embossed it. Next I stamped 'Gooseneck'; she was my first Stampotique stamp and had been in the drawer for ages. Poor girl.... I coloured her with alcohol markers, clear embossed her and cut her out. I placed her on some washi tape. I adhered the leftover strips in the top left corner.  (I also stamped her on the card so I didn't have to cut out all the hair. What I do to disguise the fact that I cut of the hair off of an embossed image is put some glossy accents over the hair that was stamped straight on the card. That way it all looks one piece !) I then stamped the sentiment 'Wicked'.  Lastly I drew a line around the card and that was it ! 

I used the following stamps : 

Gooseneck
Hexagon
Fax to Wolfgang
Wicked

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Life is a circus - Challenge # 4 Lost Coast Designs

Hello fellow Crafters,

Over at the Lost Coast Designs blog the fourth Challenge is up. The theme is Clean and Simple and I thought I'd give it a go again. So here goes :

The background was stencilled with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. I placed some washi tape on top and then stamped and clear embossed on of the Circus Dogs. I cut him out and placed him on the washi tape. Lastly I stamped the sentiment and that was that ! 

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Puppy love

Hello fellow Crafters,

Over at Roc's Rubber Stamp Facebook page there is another swap ! Yay. A postcard swap and the theme is 'put a heart on your postcard'. Why not become a member and play along HERE.
This is mine:

I bought a bottle of 'Goosebumps' the other day which is a texture spray and I had to try it. So I sprayed it on a white postcard, let it dry and then coloured my card with Distress Inks. It is a great effect. The white is where the spray landed and it has a bit of texture whilst also working as a resist. I stamped the Stacked Love stamp on both the right and left side of the card and then added the stitching with my sewing machine. I stamped the dog and then flipped it by stamping it on the back of a clear stamp and stamping that on the paper. It wasn't a perfect image but with a black fine liner I managed to make it look OK. I made one of them into a girl by giving her a pink nose and eye lashes. I shaded them a little bit and glued them on the card. I put glossy accents on their noses and eyes. Next I stamped the Flying Heart 5 times and added some colour, clear embossed them and glued them on the card also. Lastly I used a Dymo to make the sentiment, stuck it onto the card and put some staples through it for extra strength and interest. 

Stamps I used : Stacked Love

 Dog 

Flying Heart

You can find all of Roc's stamps HERE in the Stampotique Store.

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Lovely horse...

Hello fello Crafters,

I can't  believe it's the 1st of September already. Where did the summer go ??? It's time for my September DT for Roc. I love this horse-stamp, it is one of my FAVES of Roc's Stampotique Collection which you can find HERE.

This is a postcard which I made with three Roc stamps :

Horse

Daisy Head (Just the daisy)

Scalloped Lace Border 

The background was made with a home made stamp. Actually it is just a bit of left over rubber from a rubber stamp sheet. I used Distress Inks to stamp this chequered background. I then stamped the Daisy, the horse and the scalloped lace border and coloured them in with Copic Markers in the same sort of colours. The hearts of the flowers and the dots in the border were done with a black fine liner. I then cut them out and adhered them to the card. 

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