Where is my mind?

Hello everyone,

For today's VivaLasVegaStamps!  post I have made a postcard:

I recently got my hands on the new Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz and I used them on this card. I used watercolour card as that seems to work really well. I have used green, blue and yellow and they all layer over each other beautifully ! 

I smooshed the ink on my craft sheet, sprayed it with water and dunked my card into it. I did all three coloured separately but you can also use them all at the same time. 

Next I did some background stamping; using the same inks and also some black Archival ink. 

I stamped the man and the sentiment on book paper, cut them out and adhered them onto the card and to finish it off I drew some lines along the edges. 

I have used the following stamps:

19424 - Where is my mind

17659 - Stressed out man

19659 - Numbers set

10599 - Spiral

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Follow your dreams and use the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform !!!

Hello everyone, 

For my DT at De Duif I was so lucky to try out the new Tim Holtz Stamp Platform and I must say I am convinced ! It is a great tool to get nice black impressions. The other nice thing is that there are no inlays or anything for different kind of stamps. You just turn the lid over and switch from rubber to clear and vice versa. 

Anyway I have tried it out with one of the Visible Image stamps from the set "Born to perform" and a rubber stamp sentiment from PaperArtsy's set ELB34.

You can watch the whole process here :

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

April

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my calendar page for April ! I used 100 Proof Press for this page as usual. You'll find all the lovely stamps from them HERE !

Here's my page for April :

I was experimenting with Tim's Oxide inks the other day and after using a stencil I spritzed it with water and put it face down on a piece of card stock and hey presto another background was born. I thought these colours would be perfect for Spring. I added some stamping with the same inks and doodled around the edges. 

I coloured another piece of paper with the same inks and stamped the bird on it. I cut him out, added more colour to his beak and legs and then glued him to the background. The sentiment was typed on my old typewriter. 

I have used the following stamps:

6592 Large Birdie 

5809 Profit and loss sheet

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

A little ray of...

Hello everyone,

It is the first Wednesday in April and that means there is a new release at Stampotique. As you might know these days we get 6 new stamps every month and not a huge amount twice a year. This is easier to deal with for everybody.

Also this month we have a collaboration with Lindy's Stampgang ! yay ! I love Lindy's products and use them quite often. For this collaboration we were sent some goodies and I used three of them on my project: A starburst spray, 'Rusty Lantern Lime' for the background, a Magical 'Sidewalk Chalk' and a Magical Shaker 'Black Forest Black' for adding splatters.

It is also the second week of the 'Text Background' challenge and I have made a journal page with some old and some new stamps. Why not play along with us? You might win one of two $30 vouchers at the end of the month. Just make sure to read the rules first !

I started with adding a layer of Gesso on my paper. When is was dry I added the script with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with WOW white embossing powder. I then sprayed the page with the lime inkspray and when that was dry splattered some white and black on it. 

I stamped the television on the page and on a separate piece of paper. Next I stamped the girl and the sentiment. The TV and the girl were water coloured,  put together and glued to the page. The text was cut apart and adhered to the page. I did add some grey water colour to the edges of the word strips. 

That completed my page. 

I have used the following stamps:

from the March release:

Elaina

Background script

From the April release

Phrase Cube II

Television

Thank you for stopping by today !

Daydreams

Hello everyone,

I really enjoyed making this card with the Distress Oxide Inks for the DT of HobbyCompleet de Duif. I think it came out really lovely ! 

The card panel is made with Watercolour paper and I have dunked it into Distress Oxide inks in the colours Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo and Walnut stain. 

I have finished it off with stamps by PaperArtsy (ELB34) and Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous (CMS269). The flowers were stamped on marker paper and lightly coloured with Copic Markers, cut out and adhered to the panel. Lastly the panel was adhered to a blank card base. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

If you rest, you rust !

Hello everyone,

It is the first of April already, time goes so fast !

Over at Country View Challenges we start a new challenge today and the theme, which was chosen by the lovely Evelyn, is rust ! I love rust... and for this project I made my rust with Finnabairs rust pastes... so much fun.

I have made a little wall hanger:

This is the finished result and here is how I made it :

I cut a piece of grey board to size and added gesso. 

These are the pastes I used, a mixture of the two works best. 

And there it is rust... 

I cut a piece of watercolour paper to go on the cardboard base. It is a little smaller and I distressed the edges. I used the Distress Oxide Inks. 

The are amazing.  They go much brighter when you spritz water on them. 

I smooshed my card into this lovely puddle of ink and dried it. I repeated the process until I was happy with the result. 

And here it is. Isn't that cool ! 

I used a PaperArtsy stamp with the same inks for more interest. It is from the Eclectica Range by Lin Brown. (ELB34)

Here's how that looks. 

Next I stamped this little Zinski critter, also by PaperArtsy. (Zini ZN04) I can't get enough of them, they are sooooo cute ! I stamped him twice; once on white card stock to colour with Copic Markers and once on the coloured panel. I do this so when I cut him out of the white paper I can just cut off little bits like his hair. When I layer him on the one on the panel, he is whole again. 

Here he is coloured, cut out and adhered. I added a piece of metal that I treated with the same rust paste. I cut it in half and glued it on my panel with gel medium. 

And here it is all put together.. 

Some details of all the yummy rust...

And here he is in all his rusty glory. I found the sentiment on the internet and typed it on a scrap of pattern paper of which I inked the edges with the Walnut Stain Oxide ink. 

We hope you will play along with us this month and have fun with rust. You could win a voucher for the shop of GBP 20,--. Jus make sure to read the rules before entering. 

You will find them HERE. 

I am happiest...

Hello everyone,

For today's post for Roc Nicholas' Rubber Stamps I have made a postcard:

This card was made by rubbing dry Brush powders into a piece of card stock and then stamping over the top with water. It leaves a faint impression of the stamp. I then spray a tiny bit more water over the top and this is the result. To be honest, this is the only way I can deal with Brushos as used otherwise they are too uncontrollable for me and freak me out... 

next I stamped heart vine and white embossed it along the left side of the card. I cut a circle of pattern paper and then stamped Birdlady and Vic the dog on white Bristol card stock. I coloured them with Zig watercolour markers and cut them out. The whole think was then assembled and a Tim Holtz small talk sticker added. That finished it off nicely I thought ! 

I have used these stamps :

Bird Lady 

Heart VIne

Vic

You will find all Roc's fantastic stamps HERE and her blog HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by today !