Category: Art and crafting styles

I’ve made three ATCs for the UK stampers forum swap where the theme is crowns of pointy hats… so i chose this image from Badass artchick stanps and added the crowns from some patterned paper.

I added the image to scraps of either gelli prints, wipe off or brayered backgrounds and cut them down to size for ATCs.

I added some colour using watercolour pencils and some water to add some definition.

I added more stamping using the Badass artchick stamps and then the titles using letter stamps.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

I’ve got the new alcohol lift-ink from Ranger and made a rather lengthy experiment video … here it is!

And here are the two cards I made by the end of the video…

Both rather difficult to photograph … but hopefully you can see what I made…

Love the lift-ink… think it opens up so many more options with alcohol ink backgrounds and of course with multicoloured stamping. Very very happy with my playtime.

Will share, of course, the other experimental pieces once they get made into something.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today I have another three Artist Trading Coins to share… and more with a music theme… although this time for UK stampers forum swap.

I videoed the process and decided to decorate the wooden coins using a piece of paper rather than direct onto the coins.

I used the art alchemy paints and embossing to add different textures and finishes.

I love the sparks paint in contrast to the metallique background and the black gesso stencilled images.

This one shows the embossed stars too… I really went to town on the different layers of colour and texture.

Super happy with these and hope that the recipient likes them too.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Today I have some cards where I used stencils in the background to complement the card toppers I was using. It was fun to use my stencils for this rather than just the usual mixed media techniques.

For all three I had toppers and papers from a Making Cards magazine set but on the DL card I needed something else to make the card complete. So I grabbed these dots/circles stencils and stencil brushes.

I thought that as the papers were quite graphic and bold the softer circles and dots would work well.

Then adding the embellishments which were also circular helped keep with the theme.

For each of them I added glossy accents to the eyes and the nose for the monkey and shimmer with my wink of Stella to other bits.

Love these cards with the contrast of the stencilling and the papers.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Hello

Another month of swaps has started and over at the Facebook group I organise the theme is “music” and here is my selection…

Ok so I used the masterboard I had made… I added the Sheet Music background stamp using the archival ink. I then stamped the focal images onto tissue paper and adhered them, and then the same with the sentiment.

I also added a little bit of white pen work. Next I added a couple of layers of clear embossing to coat them.

Really happy with these and love the different layers of colour and pattern in the coins. Even such small pieces of art work can have so much to look at.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Some birthday cards made from the Making Cards magazine stash supply.

This time they all have a sporty theme… Love these dotty illustrations.

Love the graphic papers that are with the collection … they work so well at making vibrant cards.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Still working on that masterboard I made… and this time it is the postcard for the UK stampers forum swap.

I added stamping and embossing to finish off the piece of masterboard I cut down to 6×4 inches.

I also added some doodles and some pen marks to finish off and add some definition to the shapes and the image.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Happy 1st August! How are we already in August? This year has gone too fast already… it needs to slow down! Anyway… it is the first of the month and that means Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge starts again for the month and I have another design team contribution to share… I actually have a few cards from the same cardmaking session to share but this first one is the DT contribution…

I used papers and card topper images from Making Cards magazine published a few months ago for these cards. I teamed them with different colours of card and embellishments to make these rainbow themed cards.

Where I could I added sparkle with my wink of Stella pen or glossy accents to add shine and dimension. Hopefully you can see some of that on the close ups below.

Loved making these bright and cheery cards.

Now let’s see what everyone else has been up to with their stash of patterned paper over on the blog…

Happy crafting!

Catherine

So yesterday I shared the masterboard I made last weekend (not this past weekend … I was at CarFest so no crafting was done!). Well I’ve now made two atcs which are part of the #52playingcardchallenge I’ve been doing and got rather behind on… so glad I’m starting to catch up again!

First up is this … “all that sparkles” contribution which I added some embossing to, glitter paper, and the fab sax from the all that jazz set I’ve been using quite a bit in the last month.

Next… using the same masterboard background… is this “the photograph” card…

I mean how different does that look? Amazing what adding a little distress ink can do!

So there you go … Two very different ATCs from the same masterboard and two cards in catch up for the challenge!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Tonight I have some thank you cards to share… made using the latest papers and cute images from Making Cards magazine.

Just adore these adorable images. I did add some other papers from the stash along with the cardstock to add some contrast.

Happy crafting!

Catherine