Sparkle

Hello everyone, 

I can't get enough of this Visible Image  'Sparkle in the rain' stamp set.  Isn't it gorgeous.... So you probably haven't seen the last of it... 

For this card the background was made with Distress Inks and a blending tool on a piece of white card stock which was cut slightly smaller than the card. I stamped the background with a swirl and water and a script stamp with grey archival ink. Next I stamped the girl under the umbrella and splattered some white ink.  I coloured some book text with the same distress inks and punched circles from it. I adhered these circles randomly on the card panel and then stamped part of the sentiment. I then doodled around the edge of the panel. Lastly I adhered the panel to the card.

Stamps used: 

Sparkle in the rain

Revolution

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Can you see anything yet ?

Hello everyone,

It is Katzelkraft Thursday again and I have created an art journal page.

This is a page in a watercolour journal. I started by drawing the rectangle in pencil and painted that and the rest of the page with watercolours; I used yellows, oranges and reds. When it all had dried I drew the rectangle again, now with a black fineliner. I then stamped the background. I used yellow, black and white ink. I heat embossed the white ink as I was too impatient to wait for it to dry. Also it is whiter if you emboss it with white embossing powder over the top. 

Next I stamped the birds, coloured them with Copic Markers and cut them out. I stacked them on top of each other and typed out the text which was cut into strips and adhered to the page. Lastly I used a coloured pencil to add the 'ground' under the bottom bird so he wouldn't appear to be floating. 

I used the following stamps: (Click to go the the shop!)

KTZ151 (birds)

KTZ130 (Dots)

KTZ131 (Texture)

KTZ160 (Circles)

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Mardi Gras

Hello everyone,

For today's Stampotique Designers Challenge I have made another art journal page. The theme was set by Kathi and she chose 'Mardi Gras'. Here's what she had to say about it :

"The colours of Mardi Gras are purple, green or gold. Use them or the symbols of Mardi Gras -- Fleur de Lys, masks, costumes or music! Let the good times roll!"

This page was started with a piece of Mixed Media paper. I painted it with green and white acrylic paints to get a bit of variation on the colour. Next I used a Versamark Ink pad and went around the edges of the card and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder. I also added some little stars and embossed those too. Next was a stencil and some modelling paste. I used a green Gelato to blend it into the page a little more. 

I then stamped the background and splattered some white ink onto it and used a bottle top to stamp some white rings.

For the main image I used 'Bird princess' by Roc Nicholas and I decided to give her a mask, it is Mardi Gras after all ! I also gave her shoes. I coloured everything with Copic Markers, cut it all out and adhered it. Lastly I used some sticky back letters which I painted white to form the words "Mardi Gras". 

I used the following stamps:

Folded tags

Fax to Wolfgang

Design Cube I

Bird Princess

I hope you will play along with us this week. There are two $30 vouchers to be won at the end of the month ! Just remember: only one entry per person per challenge and no digi's. 

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Wonderland

Hello everyone,

For today's VLVS! DT post I have made an art journal.

This page was started with white card stock and gesso. I then brayered over turquoise and green acrylic paints. Next I used a layering stencil from Tim Holtz and with a blending tool and white paint added the circles.   The are very subtle. I also rubbed some white paint along the edges of the page. Using the same stencil and a text stamp I added some interest into the stencilled circles. Yes, I stamped over the stencil to get the print inside the circles. 

Next I stamped some more, concentrating on the right bottom and top left. I used a variety of background stamps and different colours of Archival Ink. There is a list of all the stamps I used at the bottom of this post. 

I then stamped the pigs and the man with the umbrella onto white card stock with Memento Ink and coloured them with Copic Markers, cut them out and adhered them onto the page. I added some shading under the man and added the sentiment directly to the page. 

I used the following stamps:

19580 - Wonderland

14775 - Umbrella man

19568 - Double Coffee Ring

19569 - Mesh Texture

19567 - Writing circles background

19571 - Writing triangles

19015 - Dictionary page 

868 - Flying pig

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope I have given you some inspiration to dust off those stamps and start creating ! 

Sparkle in the rain

Hello everyone,

Today, for my DT post for Visible Image, I have decorated one of the brand new Free Standing Monoliths with one of the brand new stamp sets. Oh, and I have used a few stamps or an older set too. The monoliths are a super product and such fun to decorate.

This is the front ...

And here is the back. 

I started with painting the monolith with gesso. I applied two coats. Next I painted the front and back with Dina Wakley acrylic paints. I used my fingers for the front and for the little stand and a brush for the back. With a polka dot stencil I added some dots with the same colours on the front and with white paint on the front and the back. Next I used a script stamp and grey Archival ink to add some interest. I also stamped a swirl on the back using pink acrylic paint. This works really well, just make sure you wash your stamps straight away so the paint doesn't dry on it. I had already stamped the girl on some tissue paper and after I cut her out I adhered her to the front with gel medium. I went around the image with a white gel pen to make her stand out a little more. Next I stamped the sentiment with black Archival ink directly on the front and added some white dots to the word sparkle.

I also added the sentiment to the back but used VersaMark and white embossing powder. Lastly I drew a few lines around all the elements and coloured the edges with a black Big Brush Marker and that was that ! 

Stamps I used : 

Sparkle in the rain (new)

Revolution

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Imagination

Hello everyone,

I did a mini art journal with Lost Coast Design stamps. Lately I have been using Design paper for my backgrounds and that is also what I have done here. It was a greyish paper and I used yellow and orange paints to  colour it. What I like is that you can still see the paper through the paint.

The paint I used was Fresco Finish Acrylic paint by PaperArtsy and it was brayered on the paper. I stamped the background using different colours of ink and a selection of stamps. There is a list of the stamps I used at the bottom of this post. 

The woman was stamped on the page and on white card stock. I coloured the one on the card stock, cut her out and adhered her on top of the one on the paper after glueing down some washi tape to ground her. I glued some more of this washi tape at the top and left of the left page. 

Lastly I typed a sentiment, cut it into strips and adhered the strips to the page and doodling around each word. That were the pages done. All I had to do then was glueing them in my mini journal. 

I used the following stamps: 

Coat Lady

Bugz set (just for the little bits of black text)

ATC Backgrounds

Long Swirl 

You can get these stamps at Lost Coast Designs if you live outside Europe. If you live in Europe you can get them from Inkadinkadutchies. If they do not have them in stock, they will be able to order them for you. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !  

Every single day ...

Hello everyone,

As you probably know, if you read my posts regularly, I love making art journals and today is no exception. For my DT post for Roc Nicholas I made another one !

I used a piece of Mixed Media paper for this and started with a stencil and modeling paste. After that had dried (I used a heat gun as I have no patience) I sprayed the orange ink, by Lindy's Stampgang, in the middle of the page. As an afterthought I decided to add some gesso so I used a brush and painted the gesso at the bottom and the top of the page, slightly overlapping the orange. I then sprayed the pink Lindy's inkspray into the, still wet, gesso. I really like the weathered effect that gave and I will use this trick again. When all this was dry I stamped the background with the heart vine stamp and coloured the stems with a white paint pen and the hearts with coloured pencils.  Next I stamped the border on the right. I used music paper that was lightly gessoed, stamped the 'stacked boxes' and cut them out; I stamped this three times to fill the whole side of the page. I used a coloured pencil to give the edges a tiny bit of colour and then adhered it to the page. 

I then stamped the 'flying hearts' 3 times and the 'screaming bunny' once on white card stock, coloured everything with Copic Markers, cut it all out (cutting off the wings of the hearts) and arranged it on the page. Lastly I typed the sentiment and adhered that too... 

I used the following stamps, all available at Stampotique Originals HERE.

Screaming Bunny

Flying Heart

Heart Vine

Stacked Boxes

Thanks for stopping by today, I really appreciate your time and comments...