Category: Baked Texture embossing powder

Badass Chick, Baked Texture embossing powder, Distress oxide ink, Emma Godfrey, Gummiapan, Masks/Stencils

Mini marvels… one basket crafting!

Catherine

My lovely and super creative friend Chris runs a group on Facebook called mini marvels. To start our mojo off she challenged us to create from a basket of goodies we were urged to put together over a few days… e.g. choose three colours of distress oxide and three paints in the same colours on one day, grab stencils and stamps on another. Once the basket/bag was full we had to stop.

Here was my filled basket.

And when tipped out onto the desk there was a lot to choose to play with. We were allowed one thing extra we forgot and three main tools… pens and basic tools were ok. My main tools were a paper trimmer, heat tool and gelli plate.

I decided the thing I wanted to make were cards suitable for teenager girls as I had run out in my stash and the theme for my focal image stamps was flowers so this influenced what I could do for some of my cards. I had also chosen some butterfly greyboard embellishments so they got used too.

So I won’t share all of the cards I made today… hopefully over the next couple of weeks you will see them all.

I will share the first two I made here today though.

I started with a distress oxide smooshed background and built up some layers of stamping. I also added some posca pen doodling.

The butterfly I painted and then added the Deep Sea embossing powder to create a shiny embellishment. I gave it a piece of bookprint to sit on and added some gems and the sentiment label.

Love how zingy this is.

The next one is similar in terms of background was started in the same way. But this one I added stencilling plus different stamping.

The star was a textured finish embellishment which I added layers of the Deep Sea embossing powder to. It maintained it’s texture but love the glossy finish.

So this is two of the many cards I made.

I will share more in a couple of days.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

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Baked Texture embossing powder, Builder Bird, Butterfly, Butterfly basics, Dictionary, Inchies and Twinchies, Simply Sketched, World Map

Back to Black twinchies

Catherine

So as per usual I made twinchies for the coin swap peeps… and kept to the same Back to Black theme. This first set of four was using black cardstock and the baked texture embossing powder in Deep Sea to add the dictionary stamping in the background and the butterfly embellishment. Also added the punched leaf from black cardstock and kept it plain as contrast. Then edged the pieces in black embossing powder to finish off.

Second set of four was another scrap piece of black cardstock and this time heat embossed with the handcarved stamp although didn’t ink it fully so it meant it was more of a loose stamping.Then I heat embossed the white splodges on top. Next I coated some cardstock with sparks paint and then heat embossed one of the Watercolour wings stamps before using a punch to punch out the butterfly.

I then used the Tap Tap Tap sentiment which I heat embossed in white and then finished the twinchies off with white gel pen doodles.Pictures don’t really show the sparkle and shine on these but they are fab in real life.Then another pair of twinchies…

Next a set of six…More embossing and this time one embossed background with white craft ink stamped and embossed which created cool effect on the leaves. Then punched and stamped butterflies on top.

Next up a set of eight. Again an embossed background this time using the world map stamp and then the simply sketched leaves using different powders.I found a butterfly in a magazine stamp set and embossed them onto the black card using white powder.Finally two using scraps of patterned paper, and embossed flower and embossed details on punched butterflies.Some fun twinchies … all back to black but also with butterflies thrown in for this month’s theme too!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artist Trading Coins, Baked Texture embossing powder, Hot Picks, Swirly Scribble thinlits, Tap tap tap, Timeless Textures

Coin swap: Back to Black

Catherine

This month the swap over at my UK swap group on Facebook the theme is “Back to Black”. I love the Amy Winehouse song and when I heard it on the radio I knew that it would be an interesting theme for the group.

So I made my coins mainly black with a tiny touch of blue and the white stamped image!

I used the mdf coins and coated it with black gesso. Then I die cut the swirly image from black cardstock and added that. Next I added stamping and embossing first in black and then with the Deep sea Baked Texture embossing powder (This is the touch of blue as it is translucent but blue tinted).

Then I added the main image which is a Paperartsy inage which I stamped in White pigment ink onto shrink plastic.

I finished with the sentiment stamped and heat embossed onto black cardstock and wink of Stella added for shimmer.

Finally I used black puffy paint to add dots around the edge of the coins.

This last photo shows all the shine and the dimension on these coins as the sun caught it perfectly!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Baked Texture embossing powder, Canvas and Mixed Media art, Distress resist spray, Ellen Vargo, Hot Picks, Lin Brown, Masks/Stencils, Paperartsy - stamps

Etiquette art journal page

Catherine

This year I am going to try and do more art journal pages in my own art journal as I neglected it last year in favour of swaps … so I’ve started with this page.

There was some stencilling on the page already in bright pink which started me off and determined the warm colour choice. I added the fossilized amber distress stain all over the page and then added some spiced marmelade and abandoned coral in a few places.

Once dry I added the partial stamping of some random stamps from the bits and bobs stamp box using archival inks. I also added some stencilling using distress ink.

Then I used some ephemera pieces from an old Artful Days goodie box which I inked using the distress stains and then distressed further to give them even more of a shabby chic look.

I also added the image stamped on fabric which I sewed around as per the art weekend we had last year with James Sharpe. I added them together along with stamped tickets. Then I added some flicks of distress resist spray to which I added some baked texture embossing powder so add even more grunge.

I added this to the background and then started adding stickers and the title (cut from some more ephemera) and added doodles using both a gold and a white posca pen. I also added a little bit of additional sparkle using a spectrum noir sparkle pen.

Really love how this came together and it was good to play in my own journal for a change.

Hope you liked seeing the final page too.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Art and crafting styles, Baked Texture embossing powder, Paperartsy - stamps

Key themed ATC for UK stampers forum

Catherine

I joined in with the ATC swap at UK stampers forum where the theme is Locks and Keys.

I used some mountboard to cut some ATCs and then coloured them with distress stains and then used the same colours on photo paper. I then did some stamping on this and then added some heat embossing to add texture.

I also did some random stamping on one side…. and on the backgrounds I also added some of the baked texture embossing powder too.

The key image I stamped and embossed before I added more distress stain in the ground espresso. I then cut them out and added them to the ATCs.

I then added some stickers as the finishing touches.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Baked Texture embossing powder, Distress oxide ink, Masks/Stencils, Spellbinders

Happy birthday big bro!

Catherine

Today is my brothers 50th birthday and here is the card I made for him…

I went for a textural finish with texture paste through a brick wall stencil and some distress oxide splattered and loosely painted and then lots of embossed elements using a mixture of powders including clear, gold, and baked texture embossing powder.

I really enjoyed putting this together… and the vinyl records really reminded me of Jonathan as he was really into music when he was a teenager.

So happy birthday big brother… hope he has had a fab day!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Artist Trading Coins, Baked Texture embossing powder, Distress oxide ink, Gelli Plate, Masks/Stencils

Winter friends artist trading coins

Catherine

Following on from yesterday I have the coins I made from the same masterboard…

So I cut the three coins and then added some book paper to each of them.

Next I stamped and coloured the Winter Friends wolf.

I stamped an extra one just in case I messed up… and I did… phew! I fussy cut them out. Next I added some baked texture embossing powder for added texture and shine.

Finished off with a stamped sentiment. Very cute I think!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Art and crafting styles, Baked Texture embossing powder, Distress oxide ink, Ellen Vargo, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Hot Picks, Lin Brown, PATWITS circle journal

Rebecca’s circle journal

Catherine

Today I have something different… a big departure from all the Christmas crafting… my art journal spread in Rebecca’s circle journal.

This is actually the front and back of the spread… so when it is in the journal they are two separate pages…

I used the handmade paper I bought in York for the background and then added panels on top with black gesso and some other papers.

I still kept to the colour scheme with teals/blues and lines/greens. But took different tones for both of the pages.

On the inside I took another approach… but that will have to wait for another day! And if you want to know how it came together… I videoed it here.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Baked Texture embossing powder, Distress oxide ink, Treasure Gold

Autumn bunting #31productchallenge

Catherine

I have another project that I’ve been working on over the past few days as part of the #31productchallenge over on Instagram. It is the bunting swap for UK stampers and this month the theme is autumn.

I started with a base of distress oxides, stamping and baked texture embossing folder and added some washi tape before my product for day 21… thread… with some sewing on the machine to add texture.

The next one for day 22 was using chalk pastel for colouring in the focal image. I so rarely use these so it was good to pull them out to do something different.

And day 23 was the turn of gildin g wax/treasure gold in ruby to add to the edge of the bunting and the focal image.

I love the lustre of this. So cool.

And day 24 … stickles!

So this is the final piece…

I love the colours, texture and layers on this… hope the recipient does too.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Art Alchemy paints, Baked Texture embossing powder, Canvas and Mixed Media art, Clare Lloyd, Dylusions paints, Ellen Vargo, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Lin Brown, Masks/Stencils, PATWITS circle journal

Circle journal 4… teal and lime

Catherine

So the circle journal group is off and running for another year and this time the challenge was to choose the colours you want to use and then only use those colours with neutrals for each page you complete.

I chose Teal and Lime as my combo and here is the journal I made…

As I handmade my journal and have bound it with book rings it should be easy for people to complete their pages out of the book and then rebind it before passing it on.

I had lots of fun making my journal covers with the limited colour palette…

And using different materials and textures to create the journal!

Looking forward to this colour challenge over the full year and how I can vary it from one page to another.

The covers I kept to the black gesso as the consistent element to help cover the greyboard I had used as the cover substrate.

The feather part I probably worked longest on but decided it was too delicate as an outside cover so ended up with it as an inside page.

I started with a few stencils and modelling paste and then once dry I added black gesso as the base. Then I layered up colours with a mix of paints … art alchemy, fresco finish paint, and Dylusions.

Then once I was happy with the background I started cutting small pieces of different patterned papers in teal, turquoise and lime greens. I stuck these to a feather template I had made and created the feather.

I gave it a coat of versamark and clear embossing powder to add texture and give strength and then adhered it to the background.

Love all the different colours I got in my covers whilst remaining true to the original colour choice.

Love how these little snippets work together in this collage too.

Looking forward to working in the next circle journal I get too… and seeing how I use these colours again!

Happy crafting!

Catherine