Category: Art and crafting styles

Today I have a post about the tag I used scraps to add the background. I started with the gelli printed tag background that I created ages ago.

Then one day I was stamp sorting, and it led to me snipping off a small amount of the packaging to put them into new folders.

They looked so pretty all together so I decided to use them and add them to the tag.

Next to add the focal image. I chose a Hot Air Balloon stamp from an old magazine set.

I stamped the image onto patterned paper and added some shading using watercolour pencils. I added the sentiment stamped with oxide ink. After fussy cutting it out I layered it onto some tissue paper scraps.

Then embellished with buttons I threaded with bakers twine, and then added the fabric scrap as a ribbon to finish off.

Love how this came out and how it evolved from the pile of scraps

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So it’s the day of Cupid so it is time to share the card I made for the hubby…

I decided to go with this cute digital stamp image and washi tape for the background. Then stamped hearts and the sentiments to frame the cluster. I then heat embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock.

I added some dots of enamel accents to finish off.

Cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

The theme for the monthly postcard art swap was to use stencils. So I teamed it up with the gelli print play I had left and made this.

The bottom layer I stencilled green distress ink. The next layer was a gelli print I had created using distress oxides.

Then I stamped the tag from a gelli print on book print and masked off the heart before I added more stencilling using Iridescent medium.

Then I added the Darcy heart that I had stamped and cut out of another gelli print.

Lots of layers and pattern, and a cute little Tim Holtz sticker sentiment to finish off!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I decided to use some of the gelli printing that I created during my session with friends at the beginning of the month for the postcard I made for the UK Stampers forum swap.

I took the panel and added another layer of ink using distress inks in spun sugar and tattered rose. Then I added splashes of water to bleach them out.

Next I used a die cut I got in a swap gift and coated it with embossing powder. This gives it such a fab finish.

Then I added the Darcy heart stamped onto bookprint that I had created on the gelli plate play night.

I then used a stamp I found in the stash I don’t think I have ever used before to finish off as it amused me.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Decided as it will be Valentine’s day this week that love themed seemed appropriate for the UK stampers forum inchies this month.

I used little Gummiapan stamps amd archival ink to stamp them and then used distress inks in worn lipstick and wilted violet.

Then I finished them off with the spectrum noir sparkle pen to add the gold shimmer.

So a cute set of simple inchies this month.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

My twinchies for the coin swap group for last month’s ‘words to live by’ swap were made in a couple of batches… first lot were made using leftover gelli printed and brayered off book print. I knew I wanted to use the word grow again so I stamped the flowers from Serene silhouettes and there was enough for eight inchies.

I punched out the main part of the image (2 weren’t quite wide enough to be the full circle but I didn’t think that mattered in the end). I then glued them down onto the coloured cardstock twinchies I had made from scraps. I thought these two colours worked well with the colours on the backgrounds.

Next I added doodling on each and the stamped part of a Clare Lloyd stamp to get the word grow.

Again I doodled round the titles to make them work with the focal image.

Really happy with batch one… especially as it meant I used up some scraps… but of course 8 would not be enough for all the swap participants so I had to make some more… but that happened on another day.

A few days later I used some distress oxide on watercolour cardstock and then stamped and embossed the flowers with white powder.

I then added some additional colour onto the image using the oxides and a waterbrush. Next I added the sentiment.

And finally I made eight more to make sure there were enough for everyone…

These I used the Awesomely Artistic floral stamp for the focal images and coloured them with two colours of pink SU inks and a green for the leaves.

Love how this looked on the pink cardstock… And the splatter stamp worked well too. Stamped my word onto separate card and then cut it and adhered it onto the twinchies.

And then three more swaps turned up… so three more quick twinchies made…

All done!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So it’s time for a paper piecing project for the Back to Basics and Beyond challenge and I really wanted to use the Gorjuss Girl stamps to do this… so I went a little overboard and made a few cards.

First off I stamped them all onto white cardstock for colouring the skin and hair with promarkers…

And then again onto the patterned paper… although wasn’t as worried about the whole image stamping as I only needed the clothing to be stamped.

Then set to on colouring and paper piecing.

Then I added some more shading to the images to make sure that they don’t look too one dimensional.

And then I made up the cards.

This is the one I’ve linked on the blog ..

I love the cluster of bits and pieces I added and the rounded corners.

I kept this clean and simple and just added a few gold edged layers under the image.

This one had a piece of inky paper behind that was an experiment for a class I was teaching at the beginning of the month… Love how it pulls out the green on her dress and socks.

This one I ended up going shabby chic and inking everything. Again more of the green paper and a cute tag I found in the box.

Finally a simple one with layers and scribbles to frame and a cute butterfly to embellish.

I am super happy with all these paper pieced dolls. They were a little fiddly to cut out as they are so small but totally worth the effort!

Would love to see your paper pieced art … Please come and share with us at the blog.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Tonight I had a few friends come and get inky with me. We played with the gelli plates and inks and brushos and generally had fun making a mess and lots of pretty bright and colourful papers. We didn’t quite get to the point of making a card … I must plan sessions better to make sure we have finished projects! But after they left I sat and cut out images and made up six cards from the stuff I had created… even if they aren’t completely finished cards… they are at least nearly done!

I also still have the pile of images and a few bits of background I can use left too for other projects… I reckon a postcard or two might be featuring some of those bits sometime soon!

Anyway here are the cards.

I think with a little shading, a sentiment and a small amount of embellishing these cards are good to go… and from the stack of paper we gelli printed a good amount of projects can be made!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I made another three coins with the Pebeo fantasy paints although this time I added a layer of sparks paint and some texture paste first as I wanted to see how that interacted with the fantasy paints.

Once dry I started adding the paint…

First the red in the centre and then the apricot on the spokes going out…

I then left them to dry … again this stuff takes ages to dry so it was good to leave it for a couple of days to make sure it was completely set.

Added some gold pen doodles and accents to the texture and pattern. Then added a layer of clear embossing to add even more shine!

Next I added the focal image…

Sun images stamped and embossed. Then I diecut them and added them to a punched circle of glimmer paper. And then stamped and added the sentiment with some glossy accents on the top to add even more shine!

Love how these came out!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

The theme over at my Artist Trading Coins swap group (over on Facebook for UK swappers only because of the postage) is “Let it shine”.

I decided to have a play with the Pebeo fantasy paints and create a fab set of backgrounds… I forgot how fab these paints were to play with!

So first layer went down and I left them to do their thing…

And then I added some more colour …

And this time left them overnight … well actually for two nights as that’s when I got back to playing with them.

Love how the elements I added later have some dimension to them and have a more defined shape than their background… So how to finish them off?

Well started with a star stamp… And embossed it on each in a different colour… Then went to town with posca pens and dots!

And used Art by Marlene stickers for the sentiments.

Love love love the finish of these Prisme Pebeo fantasy paints. And enjoyed making these shiny coins so much!

Happy crafting!

Catherine