Happy Camper

Hello everyone,

It's my turn to share something for Roc's blog and FB page. I made an art journal.

I started with a piece of Mixed Media paper and painted it with gesso. Next I brayered on the blue and green paint, mixing with a little white here and there to get some variation. 

All the images were stamped; the 'grass' on patterned paper, the crocodile, camper and sentiment on white card stock. I coloured the camper and the crocodile with Copic Markers, cut them out and set them aside. The border that was stamped on patterned paper which I used as 'grass' was lightly coloured in places to make it more interesting. 

Next I determined where everything was going and added the shadows first before glueing everything down. 

The last thing I did was use a coloured pencil around the words of the sentiment. 

I've used the following stamps, available at www.Stampotique.com

Camper

Happy Camper Text 

Crocodile with Gator text

Leaf dot border

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

And the winner is ....

Hello everyone,

Today I drew a name out of the hat for this trio of ATC's.

So, as usual I did it the scientific way:

So... the winner is Anna Lemsma ! Congrats Anna.... PM me your address and the will be on their way to you ! 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

A wonderful world

Hello everyone,

I have an art journal for my DT post for Katzelkraft today. I got some new stamps recently and I fell in love with the fabulous background stamps I used on this art journal. It is a collage and it is huge...

I used a technique by Jennifer McGuire shown HERE on YouTube. 

You start with water-soluble ink on your paper; I used Distress Inks. Let it dry totally and then stamp your stamp of choice (or more than one) with VersaMark ink. Use clear embossing powder and heat until the powder is melted. 

Next spray the whole thing with water, leave for a little while and then mop up with kitchen paper. 

The ink that is locked under the embossing will stay bright and where there is no embossing it will come off somewhat to bleach it. You can see the result in my journal.

I stamped the cat and the butterflies on white card stock, coloured them; the cat with Copic markers and the butterflies with Distress inks and a blending tool. I added some white on the butterflies with a white gel pen. After colouring I cut everything out,  and adhered the images to my page. I did stamp the images on the page as well. Lastly I doodled around the page and added the sentiment. 

I used stamps from the following sets: (clicking the link will take you straight to the shop)

KTZ139 - (sentiment)

KTZ137 - (This is that fabulous background stamp)

KTZ76 - (butterflies)

KTZ152 - (Cat)

I hope you enjoyed your visit and I'd like to thank you for stopping by today ! 

Approach with caution

Hello everyone,

and happy Wednesday yet again ! Doesn't time fly?

Over on the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog, the lovely Valerie is hosting and she chose the following theme : "what's old is new again" and this is what she had to say about it :

 "Re-purpose, re-use, recycle, and alter - words that are music to my ears! Is there something destined for the trash heap that you can give a new art-filled life? Or perhaps you're tired of that old wall hanging - can you give it a make-over? My challenge for you this week is to take something old and make it new again!"

So, I have made something a little different and I have a step-by-step for you ! 

A little while ago I saw this, what I believe is a bird's nesting box, the type breeders use, in a 2nd hand shop and I saw the potential ! 

I started with stamping this lovely bird and colouring it with my trusty Copic Markers. I made sure to use a little blue here and there because crows have that, don't they; that lovely blue sheen. 

I also stamped this fruitbat. He is thinking of bananas but I decided to use him without his beloved bananas and he was also coloured with Copic Markers. 

I collected these sticks (don't ask, lol. I am forever collecting things). These come from a lovely walk somewhere in the South Downs in the UK.

Anyway, next I painted the bird box, first gesso, then Art Anthology Sorbet paint in blue and Crackle paint by DecoArt Media over the top. Once it had all dried I rubbed the crackles with Antiquing creme, also by DecoArt. Once that had dried I rubbed most of it off again; it left this lovely finish.

Here is a close up. Doesn't that look yummy ! 

Here is another close up.... 

Next I did some stamping on the box, sorry forgot to take photos but you get the drift.... I used Archival Inks for this. 

I cut out the bird and the bat, added them to the box, created a backdrop with pattern paper and thought that it was finished....

Here is a close up of the bat. He is so cute ! 

And one of the crow... 

He is perched on one of the twigs I found in the UK..

And then, as an afterthought, I thought it needed something on the roof, so I used the rest of the twigs, some twine and an MDF Fleur de Lis for this. The fleur the lis was heat embossed with a turquoise embossing powder to get it to match the rest of the paint I used. 

A sideways glance ! 

And another one ! 

I hope you like my little cage and its contents... 

I have used the following stamps:

Fruit bat

Raven + Chick

Approach with caution 

Upholstered 

We would love it if you played along with us and created something new with something old. You could win one of the two $30 vouchers at the end of the month. It is not allowed to use digi's and you can only enter once for each challenge. Apart from that, just have fun ! 

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Life is for living !

Hello everyone,

I am on the Visible Image blog today with this Monolith! I love these monoliths and I love bright colours but for this one I went vintage ! Hope you like it !!!

This is the front of the finished monolith... 

This is the back of the monolith....

A close up of the back...

And a close up of the front and all the yummy crackles... 

And a closer look at the bow... 

This Monolith was started with Gesso; two layers of it. I then put some crackle paint (by Deco Art Media) on the front and the base. When this had dried I used a harlequin stencil and some more of the crackle paint to add some more interest. When all this had dried I used the Deco Art Antiquing creme to add some interest, I used brown and turquoise. This gave me a nice worn look. 

I then used the INKognito flower stamp on the back with VersaMark ink and some Lindy's Stamp gang light turquoise embossing powder. I really love the blue and turquoise combination... 

That was the back finished. For the front I wanted a nice saying, so I settled for this bold 'Life is for living" stamp. I used Archival ink to stamp it. I used a Faber Castell Big Brush Marker to shade the letters some what. I also stamped some dots randomly, using blue and brown inks.

I used some twine, wrapping it around the bottom of the standing part of the monolith. I made a bow, using the same twine, by winding it around my hand and securing the loops in the middle. I used hot glue to add it to the monolith. 

I love all the texture the crackle paint has made! 

I used the following stamps: 

Retro dots background

Life is for living

Flower INKognito

You'll find the wonderful Monoliths HERE.

Social Media, Blog and monthly Challenge details :

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Show & Tell Monthly Challenge details: http://visibleimage.co.uk/challenge 

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visibleimagestamps

Thank you so much for stopping by today !  

Enchanted

Hello everyone,

Just a quick one from me today. I made this journal page a little while ago after watching a Kate Crane video on Wanderlust. I was a little intrigued by her background techniques and had to give it another go.

I don't love it but I quite like it and some of the element I will use again, like the black around the edges. I'm not sure about the doodles though.... 

Anyway, thank you for stopping by today and Happy Easter ! 

You are here

Hello everyone,

It is my turn again over at the VivaLasVegaStamps! blog. I have made another art journal.... As usual here is a look at the finished project. I have a step-by-step tutorial for you so sit back and relax !

And here is how I made this :

I used Distress Inks a and a blending tool to colour my background. After I took this photo I decided to used Seedless Preserves as well,  but only at the bottom. 

This is how it looked after I finished blending those colours. 

Next I stamped the background, using the same inks and black Archival to add some contrast. 

Next I used VersaMark with this lovely flower stamp as I wanted to heat emboss this with WOW white embossing powder. 

There is a complete list of all the stamps I used at the bottom of this post. 

This is how it looks after I applied the white embossing powder. 

I then stamped the main images; later I decided not to use the bird. I coloured TweedleDum and TweedleDee with Copic Markers and cut them out. 

I used a piece of acetate on which I stamped the sentiment, so I could determine where I wanted it on this page... 

Here's a close up of the acetate....

And here is my page, put all together... 

I have used the following stamps:

19178 - You are here

19175 - Set of 2 hands pointing

10526 - TweedleDum & TweedleDee

19646 - Wildflowers Silhouette

19659 - Numbers Set

19571 - Writing Triangles

19570 - Texture Background

19567 - Wrting Triangles Background 

Thank you so much for stopping by today !