Shine bright jigsaw...

Hello everyone, 

Another sample for Visible Image, made with a stamp set from the new release.. 

A while ago I bought some of these blank jig saws and I thought it would be fun to use one with this new "shine bright" stamp set. First I stamped the light bulb and the sentiment. (Not quite straight.....) I then used three colours of India Ink (Pink, Orange and yellow) and a watercolour brush to colour the background and the light bulb. I applied two layers. I then stamped some script to add some interest and splattered some white ink around. Lastly I used a black and white gel pen to add some doodling here and there.. 

Stamps used: 

Shine Bright

Revolution

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Don't forget to fly

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For a bit of fun I made this card ... I love to make backgrounds with model paste and, in this case, Mica powders and water...

This piece of card stock was cut slightly smaller than the card I put it on. First I used on of Tim Holtz layering stencils with model paste and a palet knife to add some texture. 

After it dried I gave it a coat of gesso and let that dry too. 

I then used mica powders and a paintbrush and water to add the colours to it. I used blue and green. When this had dried I added some white paint with a palet knife along the edges and on the raised bits of the flowers. I also added some background stamping. Next I stamped the butterfly on watercolour paper and coloured it with Lindy's stamp gang sprays. I didn't spray them but used a paintbrush. I then cut it out and thought that adhering it straight to the card panel, it didn't stand out enough... So I cut a white circle from book text, added some gesso and doodling to it and adhered it to my card. I then stapled the butterfly to the circle. Lastly I stamped the sentiment, cut it apart and adhered that too. 

All stamps used are by Finnabair via Prima Marketing. 

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Crime scene

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Over at the Country View Craft's blog there is a challenge for making your own background. I usually make my own backgrounds and it is my favourite part of the project,  so this challenge was right up my street. And here is what I made:

This tag was cut out of white card stock and then painted with black gesso. I added crackle past by Deco art and let it dry naturally. I then used Deco art Antiqueing cream and some turquoise acrylic paint to add some interest. Next I stamped the background using a variety of stamps and Archival ink. 

I love these new Tim Holz stamps called 'Crazy Cats' and had to use another one... ( I had already made two ATC's with different cats from this set) I paired him with the wool which he obviously has stolen from his master's knitting basket... lol 

He and the wool were coloured with Copic Markers and adhered to the tag. The sentiment was stamped on a piece of book paper with no text on it and cut out. I added some of the same turquoise paint to the edges.  Lastly I added some shading under the cat and the wool and put a piece of Tim's crinkle ribbon through the hole.. 

Than was it ! Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Nevermore

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I have made a card for the Stempelwinkel's 2nd challenge for this year called 'words'.  I thought it would be fitting to use a writer as the main image for this challenge so that is what I did:

I used book text as my base (more words) and added some gesso to make it a little softer. Next I stamped 'nevermore' and made a mask leaving a little border so it would create the white edge around the word. Next I stamped Edgar over the top. 

I coloured the background around him with diluted acrylic paints and when that had dried used some background stamps to add a little more interest. I also drew a little black line around the panel. Lastly I stamped the 'dream' sentiment, cut it into strips, adhered it onto the panel and doodled around them.

Than was it ! 

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Sparkle

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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)

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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. 

Thanks for stopping by today !