Category: Artful Days Goodie Box

Dies, Designer Series Paper, Masks/Stencils, Artful Days Goodie Box, YouTube video, Lollipop Box Kit

Scrapbook layout – You & Me – #30dscbl14 – day 11

Catherine

Up early today as need to get some work done before I visit my talented hairdresser and then am out for the rest of the day to go see Take That in concert. I’m very excited about that! But before I venture downstairs I’m updating my blog and today I have another scrapbook page and once again there is a process video you can watch which I’ve just uploaded!

For this one I used up the final scraps left from the previous two pages and also followed the sketch created by Tara that was day 11 of 30 days of sketches at Christy’s Beautiful Life.

I changed it up to include the circles rather than stars but otherwise kept to the sketch in terms of the layers and the positioning.

I had a good old delve through the stash I’ve got of old Lollipop Box club kits and also the wood elements were old Artful Days bits and pieces so it was good to get them used too!

I added the stencilling with distress ink and the Aall & Create stencil which I think helps blend the papers into the background.

I’m still undecided about those pink gems but I think they are ok as my final bits of embellishment.

Pleased I got to make another page from the bright papers and I have very little left now to go into my scraps pile … talking of which …

I’ve been reluctant to do this until now but decided to actually collect some scraps by colour in the little pouches as Sarah Davies has been sharing some great uses for scraps including pulling colours to group in rainbow type order so I thought I might try that.

But I can’t have too much being hoarded so will see if this becomes a hoarding exercise or if it helps for other projects!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Canvas and Mixed Media art, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Papermania, Ribbons, Venetian Romance

In the room … my first scrapping in years

Catherine

It has been years since I did any scrapbooking but at the weekend I got inspired to have a go and created this page…

I was inspired by my lovely friend Helen who created the sketch that I used for this for the Hey Little Magpie Facebook group.

I decided to print out the pics of our trip to see Hamilton in January and use those for the page… I also decided to go for an 8×8 page for a change rather than the traditional 12×12 size.

I did have to adjust the sketch accordingly as two of the pics were portrait rather than landscape.

I decided to go for distressed for my page in keeping with the rustic brickwork of the set for Hamilton.

I went with some old papers from the stash and then went to town with my distressing tool, my distress inks (vintage photo got some heavy use!) and some splattered gesso and Paperartsy paint.

I then sewed lots of it up rather than using adhesive.

I layered up the photos and the pieces onto some vellum to create a pocket for the journalling tag to sit behind the photos.

I used brads to adhere the vellum panel into place. Then I went to town with the stickers and created the title and all the words around the page.

I also added the crown charm to represent the King (for those that don’t know it is a very important small role in the show and the actor we saw nailed it perfectly!).

I added some pen outlines to the stickers and then my journalling.

Also added some gold thread too.

Thanks so much Helen for the inspiration pushing me into some scrapping!

Oh and the reason for the smaller size … I wanted to pop it in a frame on my wall!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Ribbons, Sycamore Street

UK Stampers Forum – tag swap

Catherine

It’s been a few months since I joined in the Uk stampers forum tag swap but decided to have some fun with bits and pieces from the Artful Days goodie box stash that I hadn’t touched in an age and making a tag seemed like the best way to do that!

I started with strips of the patterned paper that were left on the desk from other projects and added them to a piece of cardstock cut to the right size for the tag.

I then used gesso to blend them together. Once that was dry I then used some distress inks to add brown.

Next I stamped a script stamp all over the background. Then I took a different script stamp and stamped in some places and embossed with my white and gold frantage powder.

I then started playing with the wood laser cut LOVE adding a couple of coats of the same embossing powder to that too.

I chose a feather and glued it down and then added the wood piece too. I then chose three coordinating gems and added those too.

Next I added some doodles in brown ink and took out my piercing tool and added some holes for sewing.

I then added the Island Indigo ribbon and some thread to the top of the tag.

Hope you like this fun bit of mixed media.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Canvas and Mixed Media art

Cutting up an old canvas

Catherine

Many years ago I made a few ‘she art’ girls based on Christy Tomlinson classes and I had them hung up around the room. Well gradually they’ve been taken down and replaced for various reasons … mainly because they had faded but also I sort of fell out of love with some I made and this was one of the ones I fell out of love with. I’ve had it stored under my desk with the intention of painting over and doing something else with it … but then I have stopped doing that kind of art and I have lots of canvas under the desk so decided to do something radical…

… I cut it up!

I took my scalpel and cut out the central part of the canvas and threw away the frame. I then chose this section (ignoring the girl I didn’t like anymore) and made it into a card for a friend!

I love all the texture and pattern and the details within this and the wording is perfect for the friend I am giving this to. I added ink around the edge to frame it and then the flowers were added to finish off the card.

So lesson to me and anyone else who needs to hear it … just cut it up when you no longer love it … then you can turn it into something you do love!

Also stop hoarding and have a clear out occasionally … you never know what you will find!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Canvas and Mixed Media art, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Honey Doo Crafts, Masks/Stencils, Splendid Stems

Artwork for the wall from the master board

Catherine

Managed to finally get round to writing up the blog post on the artwork I made for my wall from the master board I made a few weeks ago.

This is the master board …

And this is the finished artwork…

To be honest it was pretty much a stick things down project!

I die cut a smaller panel of white for the background to the flowers, I stuck the flowers and the gems in place. I added the die cut leaves which I painted black (as I couldn’t be bothered to die cut new ones out of black) and I found the wooden laser cut word in the stash and painted that black too.

On the wall with the fairy lights on it does look a little different in terms of colour but I love it!

And so pleased I finally did something to put in the frame that has been empty for quite some time!

If you want to see a video of it being put together here it is.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Artist Trading Coins, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy

Bits and pieces Artist Trading Coins

Catherine

The swap theme for this month’s swap is bits and pieces and I decided to just go with stuff that was on the desk to make three coins…

This resulted in an eclectic mix of coins.

This has a fabric background that I sewed before cutting to size and then some random bits from the stash.

This has a decent amount of beads and glitter and lots of resin flowers from Artful Days Goodie boxes.

This is a scrap of painted paper and another painted paper die cut and then a wooden laser cut word I added black gesso to it.

Love how these came together easily and using just bits and pieces off the desk.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Art by Marlene collage papers, Artful Days Goodie Box, Darcy, Hot Picks, Neocolors II, PATWITS circle journal, Ribbons, Washi tape, Watercolour paint, Winter Frost

Circle Journal for Tricia

Catherine

Another circle journal to share with you today, this time for Tricia.

It is a lovely Kraft background to work on so I decided to go for a white gesso messy background.

In addition to the gesso dry brushing I added some stamping in white craft ink. I used a mixture of stamps from Hot Picks and this gave me a nice finish.

Next I started pulling papers and ribbons from my stash and putting them together as I fancied a layered piece and plenty of sewing. So out came the sewing machine.

Then I got the Neocolours out and added some shading and definition to the layers and added some details.

Next I started bringing together the focal images and started building up the pages. I decided to add images from the stamped fabric stash from our weekend with James Sharpe. I think Tricia (who I was lucky enough to sit opposite all weekend) would appreciate seeing me using them.

I also grabbed tags from an Artful Days kit and added them in, but before they made it into the final pages I added distress inks to change the colour a little. I also decided to add some more details to the layers with a bit of stamping and added some shimmery watercolour to add a different texture, oh and I moved things round a little on the final pages so that Albert was on the other side!

Next I added rub ons and sentiment stickers to the page. I also added some splattered black soot distress ink and some white pen marks.

And then I grabbed the black puffy paint and added some dots around the pages as embellishments. And I called it finished!

Love how eclectic this is and love that white background behind the pop of lime and teal colours.

Also love all the loose threads that come from me being a messy sewer and the loose edges to the layers. Those rub ons also work well in keeping the layers light and fresh.

Hopefully Tricia likes what I made too… and now it is time for me to start work on the next journal.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Canvas and Mixed Media art, Distress oxide ink, Ellen Vargo, Inktense, Derwent, Lin Brown, Masks/Stencils, PATWITS circle journal

Lime and Teal circle journal for Claire

Catherine

Another circle journal page, this time for Claire and I fancied playing with texture… lots and lots of texture.

I started with some gesso to provide a sketchy backdrop. I loved the kraft cardstock that the journal was made from so wanted to preserve that for the edge of the pages.

Once that was dry I added texture paste through a stencil and left it to dry.

Next I added some more texture using the glass bead gel and again left that to dry.

Then I added colour using the distress stains in twisted citron, cracked pistachio and peacock feathers. I then added some strips of papers and some twine. I also added some other stamping in the background to add some different areas of colour.

I also added the cute wooden birds which I added colour to using the oxide and some clear embossing powder to add shine.

I wanted to add some darker colour so I added some Inktense and some splashes of black ink in places to add a different contrast.

Then created the focal point of the stamped element and the sentiments for the titles with embossing and inking.

Super happy with the way this came out and how different it is from my previous pages using these colours… it’s amazing how the colours can lend themselves to these different pages.

And if you are interested I made a video of the process… here it is.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Distress oxide ink, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Handcarved, Masks/Stencils, Petal Palette, Petals and more, Postscript, Promarkers, Letraset, Tim Holtz

6 one colour atcs

Catherine

Today I have 6 atcs to share which I’ve made for a swap where the rule is to use mainly one colour. I chose purple as my colour and made 6 different cards based on the same background.

I started with a piece of mountboard and added colour to it using a dry brush and my fresco finish paints and also using the Seth Apter printing technique to get a few layers into the background. Then I cut out the 6 atcs.

I know they look a little pink here but in natural light they are more purple.

Then I treated each of them differently to create the individual ATCs.

This first one I added the Postscript background stamp with white heat embossing and then the feather with purple embossing. I then added distress ink to add more colour to the feather area and add more focus.

Next is the Tim Holtz Crazy Bird. I coloured the bird with Distress inks and a waterbrush (Kassa style) and then cut it out. I added a layer of vellum underneath the bird which I raised up on foam pads to give it some dimension. For the background I added some stamping using the handcarved stamp and distress oxide which I added clear embossing to. I finished it off with some glossy accents for the the eyes.

Card number three I added a diecut hot air balloon. I die cut this from card I had coloured with distress inks and then paper pieced the white elements. Then added some wink of Stella and a little bit of pink to the heart. I raised this up onto foam tabs for dimension. The background I added lots of shimmer using mica and then heat embossed it in clear before I added some stencilled letters using the same purple paint and a Dylusions stencil.

Card 4… I stencilled using a darker purple the flower stencil and when that was dry I replaced the stencil and added the glitter paste. Kept it simple for this one as that glitter really does the job on making an impact!

Card 5… I decided to make a posy jar. I found some cute jar tags in my Artful Days goodie box stash and cut the top off so I could add my posy and then gave the kraft tag lots of layers of distress oxides. I stamped and die cut the Petal Palette flowers from some inked card and added more colour to the actual flowers using the inks. I also added distress inks and oxides onto the background which gave it a more watery look and a little bit of washi tape to added a different texture. I finished with the wink of Stella all over the jar and some white paint pen.

Final card… I added more stamping using distress oxides and the handcarved stamp in the background. Then I stencilled the oxides and heat embossed the stars. I loved the subtle texture this gave.

Then I added a Trish Latimer girl which I had coloured using the Paperartsy fresco finish paints and promarkers for her skin. I cut her out and added with foam tabs for dimension and then added glossy accents to the star.

So that’s all 6 cards…

Super happy with all of them! Hopefully the recipient likes them too!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artful Days Goodie Box, Distress oxide ink, Distress resist spray, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Hot Picks, Masks/Stencils, Treasure Gold

Numbers ATCs… Artful ATC group

Catherine

Yes I know I’ve been sharing at lot of ATCoins recently but it doesn’t mean I don’t still love ATCs. So I am still doing the usual swaps each month too.

Here are what I made for the numbers theme for June over at Artful ATCs.

The first one is this painty piece which I added Hot Picks stamps in the background with ink and paint. Then I added the strip of paper with numbers and map references on. I had a rummage through my magazine collage papers and found this illustration I liked. I then added the sentiment.

Next I went for lots of texture. This started as a piece I had brayered off colour onto and then I added texture paste through a stencil. Once that was dry I added some white over it and then started adding colour with Distress oxides. I then used another stencil and sprayed distress resist through it. Then wiped the colour back again so this protected some of the colour under the resist.

Next I added more stamping and the Treasure Gold to add some shine and depth.

Then I rummaged in my Artful Days goodie boxes and pulled out the watch and the bingo ticket that I cut up to add the numbers to the top. I distressed one edge and added it to a die cut piece of the patterned cardstock.

Really happy with both of these and hope the recipient is too!

Happy crafting!

Catherine