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More scrapping

Catherine

I had another frame in my room I wanted to put something in that I had made and so I decided to use another challenge from the Hey Little Magpie Facebook group to spur me on to do some more scrapping.

I started with a few little pics from the trip to Dunham Massey at Christmas time and then played with mixed media and stitching and some old dsp till I got to this …

I went a bit OTT with the texture paste and it wasn’t the cleanest of stencilling jobs but I think it was perfect for the messy painty background.

I enjoyed the bit of stitching I did for the added circles and then the paper teamed the two parts of the page together with the bits of text paper too for the colours of the photos.

I did some doodled lines round the patterned paper and then stamped those trees to either side of the page. I did mount it onto Kraft but you can’t see that in the frame on the wall so I need not have bothered but I suppose it also gives the page some strength as the white was quite warped by the time it was finished.

Happy to have scrapped again … who knows when the next urge will strike.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Brushos, Canvas and Mixed Media art, Creative Expressions, Dylusions spray inks, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Gorgeous Grunge, Masks/Stencils, Tonic

Mixed media purple flower card

Catherine

This card started off as the palette for my ATCs I shared the other day … although that’s not entirely true … it actually started as a piece of art I had made and popped in a frame many years ago but fallen out of love with. I used it as a palette for the paints and then cut a panel for the card background and carried on creating on it so it ended up matching the ATCs.

I used stencils, paints, Dylusions spray inks, stamps and posca pens to create the background. Then stamped and edged using the stampin up Rich Razzleberry colour.

I also created lots of the flowers using some old watercolour paper and Dylusions inks and brushos to make varied purples and cut it using creative expressions dies.

I cut a vellum panel using tonic curved stitched rectangle die and added the flowers to that and then added the sentiment from biggest wish to it with a mat of the painted paper I had left over.

I added a mat of the white and then added it to a Rich Razzleberry card base.

Final touches were to add the enamel accents as embellishment.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Biggest Wish, Brushos, Canvas and Mixed Media art, Creative Expressions, Dylusions spray inks, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Gorgeous Grunge, Masks/Stencils, Timeless Textures, Tonic

UK stampers forum ATC swap

Catherine

The theme at UK Stampers Forum is Spring Flowers and I decided to join in again this month as I got in the mood to get painty and this is what I fancied making!

Admittedly at first glance these may not appear particularly spring like (usually would have gone yellow for daffodils or white for snowdrops) but my mojo wanted to play with purples so let’s think I was inspired by purple crocus instead even if the shapes of the flower are far from crocus like!

Ah well some days you just got to go with the mojo and where it decided to go and forget the rules!

Also the rule for UK stampers forum is stamping and whilst there is stamping in the background it is barely visible from the way I ended up finishing the ATCs. Oops! Again it is where the mojo took me and I went with it!

The backgrounds were made individually using four different Paperartsy paints, some Dylusions spray inks and posca pens with some stampin up ink used for the stamping and the edging. Whilst the dye ink sits on the paint at first it will eventually settle and dry but be warned if using a dye ink on paint it can smear – not really an issue for this style of making but worth noting regardless.

After making the three backgrounds I added die cut vellum and the flowers that I die cut from some watercolour cardstock I had coloured using both the Dylusions spray ink and brushos giving them different purple colours.

I added some thread in a purple colour underneath the sentiment for each – these were sticker labels adhered to some painted paper and cut out.

Then I added the purple enamel accents as final embellishment and called them done!

I did also make a card using the piece of paper I had been using as a palette but will share that another day!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Last minute edit … the photos I don’t think showed the colours well so the next morning took this which seems more true colours … well that’s what I think anyway!

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

Design Team, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Funky Fossil

DT: Addicted to stamps and more #453

Catherine

Good morning from my craft room … and today I have the design team contribution I made for the latest ‘birthday’ challenge at Addicted to stamps and more blog.

I grabbed a painty background that was already made (back when my daughter did a photoshoot with my art supplies!) … and made this cute painty graphic bird card.

I actually used the other painty piece that was left to do some paper piecing for the bird for the wing and head and the birthday part of the sentiment.

The bird, branch and flowers were from a magazine set but the stamped words in the background came from a Funky Fossils stamp set.

The bird paper pieced elements I actually embossed with a pearlescent powder over the black to give a little extra shine and dimension.

Then I added black gems as accents to finish off.

I mounted the panel onto black and then onto a Calypso Coral card blank.

Cute but modern and a bit funky!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

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Christmas in July

Catherine

Final piece of that painty background I made back in May and finally got round to using the last bit of it for this card. This time it was only a small panel not a bigger one but I think it worked well against the embossed coloured cardstock with the white die cut.

I added some sheer ribbon for texture against the embossed panel and then raised the background piece up on some foam so it is quite dimensional. Then I stacked three die cuts together and this created a nice focal element. I added the sentiment and then the sequins to finish but I have to say it was a simple card to pull together as all the work of creating the background had been done in advance.

Oh just realised I also did the white posca pen outlines too which worked with bringing the white mat layer and the white tree together.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Christmas in July, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Indigo Blu, Masks/Stencils, Merriest moments, Merriest moments, Merriest moments, Ribbons

Christmas in July

Catherine

Another delve into the preprepared backgrounds pouch and more of the painty backgrounds today but I wasn’t as keen on showing much of this one so had fun with the Merriest Moments die cuts and stamps and created this card instead…

So the painty background is still very much there but now added in is the die cut and embossed frame and the stamped and die cut flowers and sentiment.

I decided the flowers would look better in the Rich Razzleberry rather than red for the background to work. I also added two layers for the diecuts so they were a little sturdier. I added some white doodled lines and also the gems and ribbon too for some added texture.

The strip with the sentiment on is a different cardstock but in real life the different white doesn’t look as different as it seems to do on the picture.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Christmas in July, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Indigo Blu, JOFY, Masks/Stencils

Christmas in July

Catherine

Hello. Today was a delve into the backgrounds already made pouch and I found some bits of the painty and embossed background I made in May for an Addicted to stamps and more challenge.

I decided to use two pieces and like last time teamed them with a JoFY star image which I inked in similar colours to the background.

I added the white cardstock mat to both pieces to frame them and also the white doodled lines. I then added some flat purple sequins for embellishment.

As there is lots of writing on both the star and the background I decided against adding a further sentiment. Quite unusual for me as I usually always add a sentiment.

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

Canvas and Mixed Media art, Forever Flourishing, fresco finish paints, Paperartsy, Masks/Stencils, Old Paper, Tim Holtz

Mixed media master board playing

Catherine

So a few weeks ago I made a master board and then a few projects from it. Randomly I videoed them and then popped it up on You Tube but never got round to writing up the blog posts and just realised! So here you go…

I made this master board …

Lots and lots of fun making it, completely lost track of time and just played and it was great! If you want to see the video here it is.

Always difficult to do it but I did cut it up … first a 6×6 square for a frame I have had empty on the wall for way too long… more on that in another post. Then I cut the rest into panels suitable for cards. I made two cards immediately and then have two pieces saved in the pouch of ready made backgrounds for future play time.

So here is card number one…

A slimline panel mounted onto white with a white die cut flower on the top (stacked three layers of die cuts to give it strength). Kept the background quite simple with an embossed panel using the Old Paper embossing folder. Mounted that onto black.

I then found three charms, added coordinating thread and added those.

Simple and elegant I think! I say simple clearly this took quite a long time to make the background but it was all good fun!

Next a smaller card with a smaller panel of the master board.

Whilst the theory was the same with the white die cut using black as the. Base and then the pop of the bright card stock mount completely changes the feel of the card.

Also added some gems to this in the blue to draw out that colour from the background.

Just love playing with a master board like this … whilst the background is super busy with lots to look at it changes when you add a bold focal image and becomes a background again.

So happy with my creations!

I did also do something with the piece I put in the frame but not go round to blogging that either … watch this space.

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Ps the video for the making of the cards is much shorter than the video for the making of the master board