Abracadabra

Hello fellow Crafters,

This is my second posting and again it is an ATC :

 

I painted this ATC with pink Distress Paint and while it was still wet sprayed Dylusions in pink and orange on it. I sprayed some water on top of that while it was still wet and then dried it. I did a bit of background stamping and used an old top from a tube to stamp the white and black circles. The black dots are actually dots from a sticky glittery letter set. I also used a few bits of rub on. I usually just use little bits of rub on to give the project a bit more interest. I found quite a few top hats on the internet and used those as an example to draw my own. I coloured it with markers, clear embossed it and cut a slit where Rabbit was going to slide in.  Rabbit was stamped on white cardstock, coloured with watercolour pencils and clear embossed. I put hat and rabbit together and glued the whole thing on some washi tape. Lastly I made the sentiment with sticky letters.

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Live like.....

Hello fellow Crafters,

This is the first of two postings for today. I made two ATC's and this is the first one:

 

This is an ATC which started off with mopped up Dylusions left over from another project. I painted Gesso over it to dull it down a bit. I used the Chickenwire stencil from TCW and did some background stamping, not much because it looked great as it was I thought. I ordered Toto and Dorothy together but sadly only Toto arrived. Toto was stamped on white cardstock, coloured with watercolour pencils and clear embossed. I placed him on a bit of washi tape. The quote came from the internet and I made it using rub on letters. After a bit of doodling with a white pen and a blue pencil around the quote it was done.

 

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Pretty awesome..

Hello fellow Crafters,

Today I have an art journal page to share. I used another one of my new Stampotique stamps and really enjoyed making this page. So here goes :

 

I scraped gesso on this page with a painter's knife and made sure is was rough and irregular. I then sprayed Dylusions on in orange, yellow, lime and a tiny bit of blue. I had to do this a few times and spray it with water to get some colour because the gesso just soaks it all up. When that all dried I made the colours a little brighter with Distress Inks in the same colours. Next I stamped the border, this is a Dylusions 'Inbetweenie' or better said half a one as I only inked half of it up. I then doodled around it with a white gel pen. I also used a Dylusions Number stencil with white ink and did a little bit of background stamping with orange, grey and black Archival inks. Then I choose this lovely chappie to feature, his name is 'Are my pants too tight'. Because I didn't want him to feel lonely I thought Kitty could keep him company. The sentiment came from the internet and is by no means perfectly placed but hey, I may not be perfect.....

I used washi tape to place the images and the sentiment on and again did some doodling around the sentiment.

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Meow

Hello fellow Crafters,

It's wednesday again. So another Stampotique Challenge. It is number 125 and it is 'One Layer'.
Samantha is hosting and this is what she said :

"Hi Stampotiquers! I'm so excited to be your host this week and I'm inviting you to make a creation using just one layer. It doesn't necessarily have to be clean and simple, that's the challenge! I love lots and lots of layers but to achieve a sense of depth to a creation using no embellishments etc can really get you scratching your head and rubbing your chin! 

Most importantly have fun ;)"

 

And rubbing my chin and scratching my head I was. I seem to have made is clean and simple as well, so here goes:

 

There is really not much to say about it. I printed the letters on the computer, cut them out and then drew around them straight on the card and coloured them in with a black marker. I stamped Kitty on top of the E and coloured her with watercolour pencils and that was it.

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Barking.....

Hello fellow Crafters,

This is my second post for today and it is another tag. I used another on of my new Stampotique stamps for this and I had a lot of fun making this:

 

I started this tag with yellow and orange Pan Pastels. There is also a tiny little bit of pink around the edges but you can't really see that on this picture. I stamped a Tim Holtz background stamp over the whole background with orange Archival ink and then used a Dylusions number stencil and a white inkpad to make the numbers. I then splattered some black India Ink on it and went around the edges with Archival Black ink. The little dog is called Shoogy Dog and is a Stampotique Original. He was stamped on the tag and on white paper and coloured with watercolour pencils and clear embossed. I then placed him on double sided tape, fussy cut him out and placed him on the stamp on the tag. This way you get all the little details even if you didn't cut everything out really precise. He is sitting on some washi tape, the same washitape as on the top right of the tag. The little heart is from another Stampotique stamp called Daniels Hearts. I gave this the same treatment as the dog and drew the string and bow above it. I found the sentiment on the internet and apparently Snoopy said this.

A bit of red ribbon finished it off.

I am going to enter this tag into the Craft Stamper Challenge which is all about splatter !

 

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Treasure life

Hello fellow Crafters,

I made a couple of tags today. This is the first one :

I made this tag from white cardstock and coloured it with Distress Inks, first the smooshing methode; smoosh inkpads on your craftsheet, spray with water and put your tag in it. After that I used the same inks and a distress tool to make the colours more intense. I then dripped some water on it and after that dried I splattered some black India Ink on it and randomly stamped it with a postmark stamp and Vintage Photo distress ink which I also used to go around the edges. The dragonfly stamp is from Tim Holtz and I stamped it on the tag. I stamped the body and wing part again on some acetate, cut it out and glued it on the stamp on the tag. The sentiment was made with Tim Holtz Chit Chat stickers. A bit of black cardstock as a mat and some orange ribbon finished it off.

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The trouble with trouble...

Hello fellow Crafters,

Another day, another mini art journal page with a new stamp. I love them. This is what I made:

 

I started out putting loads of gesso on the page. I used a brush but you can probably see that by the brush strokes. I love all that texture.  I then used some Pan Pastels in violet and purple and after putting the fixative on, I used a background stamp with numbers but you can hardly see it. The polkadots were made with Punchinella and a white ink. I used a cap for the circles with black Archival and also used this ink to go around the edges of the page. The little stars are rub ons. I fancied using this little sheep today because he is my favourite of my new stamps. He is called Sheep Monster and he is, of course, Stampotique. As usual I stamped him on white paper, coloured him with watercolour pencils en clear embossed him. He is standing on a another stamp which is Paperartsy and got the same treatment. The sentiment is made with TH sticker letters and I found it on the internet, where else !!!

 

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