Mysterious

Hello everyone,

I have made a journal page for today's VivaLasVegaStamps! post and I had so much fun doing it. I have used one of my all time favourite stamps by VLVS! namely the Forest Critter by Leslie Wood ! I adore her work; if you have not heard from her, look her up !

I started painting the page with gesso and then added the yellow with a brayer. I put a stencil on top and wiped away some of the paint with a baby wipe. I repeated this with the turquoise. Next I rolled over some more of the same paint. I then added some stencilling with white acrylic paint over the top. 

I then stamped the background randomly and pushed it back into the background with more white paint and my brayer. I also stamped through the same stencil and added doodles around the circles. I used a black and a white pen for this. I drew a circle where the critter was going to go, again with a white and a black pen and stamped her in it. (I think she is a girl ?) I added splatter and then stamped the critter again on white card stock and coloured her with coloured pencils. I cut her out and added her on the page. 

I adhered the page in my book with Miracle tape. 

I have used the following stamps:

20342 - Library return dates

19567 - Writing circles background

19575 - Stitching

19571 - Writing triangles

19015 - Dictionary page

19820 - Forest Critter

19834 - Mysterious

19833 - Tired of trying to .. 

Other materials :

Miracle tape 

Acrylic paints; Amsterdam acrylics, Dina Wakley heavy body acrylics and Sennelier Abstract. 

Archival inks: Chrome Yellow, Aquamarine, Watering can and Jet Black

Versafine Clair - Nocturne

White Sharpie

Black pen

Caran d'Ache Pablo Coloured pencils

Tim Holtz Stencil

Washitape

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Hidden in the shadows

Hello everyone,

Welcome to September and a new challenge over at Country View Challenges ! I have made an art journal for this 'Under the sea' theme and I have a video to show you how I made it.

We would love you play along with us and who knows you might just win £20 to spend in the shop ! You'll find the details HERE.

Here is mine:

How cute is that octopus ! lol 

You'll find the video HERE or you can click on the pic below:

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Carte Postale

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my last post for Katzelkraft. I have decided to step down from the team because I have taken on so much in the last few years that crafting has become a full time job. I never wanted this to happen so I decided it was time to step down from some teams, Katzelkraft being one of them.

For today I have made a postcard with Yupo paper and alcohol inks. I always forget I have those because I grab acrylic paints almost every time !

After putting the alcohol inks on I waited for it to go tacky and added some metal foil; it sticks where the ink is not quite dry. I also stamped the flower head from set KTZ219 with gold paint. You can only see it when you tip the card.

I stamped the bird on white card stock and coloured him with Copic Markers, adding shading with coloured pencils. I also stamped him on the card. 

The sentiment was stamped straight on the card. I also doodled around the bird and the edge of the card with black and white pens and added some shading under him. 

I used the following stamps:

KTZ218 - Carte Postale

KTZ219 - Les Fleurs Sauvages

KTZ151 - Les Piafs

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

This week at Vera Lane Studio

Hello everyone,

For this weeks Vera Lane Studio project I have made 2 postcards.

This card used a gel print and one of the teachers of 'Teachers 2'. I just paired her with this snarky sentiment and some washi tape. She was coloured with pencils. 

You'll find Teachers 2 HERE.

Gel

For this card I created a background with Distress Oxide Ink and a blending tool. I first heat embossed a stamp with white powder. I then added the ink and spritzed with water and dried it. 

I then used a brayer and white paint to add some more interest. These kids are from the new set 'A little Class'. I coloured them with Copic markers.  The sentiment is part of the sentiment that comes with the set. 

You'll find 'a little class' HERE

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

An art journal page for AALL & Create

Hello everyone,

For my last August DT post for AALL & Create I have made an art journal page. I made this while watching Tracy demoing on Hochanda on the 10th. I loved some of her techniques and tried her brayer method to paint on the page for this project !

And here's how:

I started with a brayer to put the paint on the paper. I used yellow and turquoise, some of my favourite colours ! I then stamped the flower, once on the painted paper and part of it on white MM paper. 

Next I stamped the background using Distress Oxides (Broken China and Twisted Citron) and Versafine Clair (Nocturne). 

I then added modelling paste with the Lotza Dotz stencil, some strips of washi tapes and pieces of dictionary paper. This is something I used to do a lot and Tracy just reminded me how cool this is.. 

I then coloured the flowers on the separate pieces of paper with watercolours and cut them out. I adhered them on top of the ones on the page. 

I then added splatters (I think this is an AALL & Create illness, we all do it!) and some more stamping; I also drew a broken line around the page. I decided against adding a sentiment. 

I have used the following stamps/stencils:

Stamp set #203 - Flying High

Stamp set #211 - Count on you 

Stamp set #207 Botanicals Modified

Stencil #39 - Lotza Dotz

For more information about the fab AALL & Create products please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

A little book for the 'texture' challenge over at Country View Crafts !

Hello everyone,

for the second inspiration piece of the texture challenge set by the lovely Miriam over at Country View Challenges I have made/decorated a little travel journal.

I have used the Eileen Hull Passport die for this....

I haven't yet put any signatures of paper in it but I will.. 

If you'd like to see how I made this then please hop over to my YouTube channel HERE, or click on the pic below.. 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Be happy

Hello everyone,

For today's Katzelkraft post I have made a tag. I cut it out of watercolour paper and then stamped the images on it, masking where needed. Next I coloured everything with watercolours and added shading with coloured pencils.

I used two stamp sets:

KTZ152 - Les Chats Russes

KTZ205 - Les Ballons

Thank you for stopping by today !