Finally got my second project video edited from my first play with the My Favourite Things Fanciful Roses background stamp.
The first video shows me stamping and painting it but this video is how I ended up turning it into a card.
So for this one I coloured it using Inktense pencils and water to blend the pigments. The stamp was heat embossed with gold detail powder so although not very raised it did provide some boundaries for the water colouring.
I decided to die cut the circle where the flower was and teamed it with orange cardstock which I die cut too.
I ended up with a scrap of cherry cobbled ribbon, a stamped sentiment and a die cut sentiment … oh and some card Candi to finish off.
Inside the card I added the die cut frame and an orange circle and another stamped sentiment.
I think I preferred the previous version but still I like this more vibrant version and it’s nice to have a big image to have as a background stamp so I can colour it as I like rather than keeping to patterned paper! Plus it’s another lovely floral and I love florals as regular visitors to my blog would know!
I made two slimline cards using up some dsp that I was gifted some time ago.
The plaid and the poinsettia patterns made me grab this magazine stamp that I’ve used many times to use as the focal point.
I decided for the first card to add two flowers underneath the sentiment that was a die cut and coloured them using the Derwent Inktense pencils.
I didn’t do a brilliant job of colouring because the paper wouldn’t stand up to lots of water but they blended enough for me to just go with the flow and use them!
I used the die cut from Tonic and added some layers of the cream to go with the card base.
The second card I coloured using promarkers. I don’t have a great selection of greens or reds so ended up with some interesting tones to the flower but again it worked well enough that I could use the image on the card.
This time I stamped the sentiment onto the cream and added a hand drawn border so the black line art was in keeping with the panel.
Final piece of the brusho masterboard I made finished into a card for todays Christmas in July post.
This time I chose the starry sky to be the main colour with both the sentiment embossed on it and the card blank too.
I also added the white star die cuts from the Tidings and Trimmings set.
Added some more of the iridescent snowflake embellishments too. Not sure what I will do when I run out of these – they are so pretty!
Hope you’ve liked how I used this masterboard. It was so fun to play with the brusho background and the grunge type stamps to create something really interesting to play with.
Remember the masterboard I made a few weekends ago …
… well I played with another piece and made another card for my Christmas in July challenge.
I decided to take the bigger of the two pieces left and it pretty much filled the front of a C6 card with enough room for a mat. I did a mat using the soft sea foam and then made the card blank from starry sky, remembering of course to add an insert of white so there is something easy to write on.
I then added a die cut wonky circle and a white tree die cut that I stacked up a few times to give dimension. I also added wink of Stella on the top to give it sparkle.
I then chose a Tim holtz sticker sentiment and some enamel accent hearts for the embellishments.
I might get a chance to finish the other piece off too before the end of the month as I’ve already started on it … but this is todays contribution!
Last weekend I made a masterboard playing with brushos and a set of Indigo Blu stamps I got in a magazine kit. I added some additional colouring with the inktense and some texture with embossing powders too.
Then I cut it up into different sized pieces to make into cards… I only got round to making two so far but the others will no doubt follow!
This is the first one and the biggest piece of the background…
I decided to add this lovely tartan ribbon and then one of the fancy stars from the Trimmings and Tidings set … I die cut this from the soft sea foam cardstock twice and then embossed it with a pearl embossing powder so it’s a really pretty embellishment.
I added the sentiment sticker from Tim Holtz and then added the little iridescent snowflake embellishments across the card.
The next card used the smallest piece of the masterboard.
This I turned into a panel on a 4×4 card with a piece of the dark green cardstock which I embossed with a snowflake embossing folder. I again added the tartan ribbon but only a little bit on the front and the rest wrapped at the back but most of it ended up being covered so not really visible.
I also added a sparkly wooden embellishment from the stash that I think I was gifted in a swap.
Decided against added another sentiment as the panel had the embossed Peace & Joy so it worked well as a sentiment already.
So I have two pieces left to play with … might get to them before the month is out … let’s wait and see! I am already wondering if my Christmas in July energy is running out or whether I can keep going for the full month! Again let’s wait and see!
This month for the tag swap I went a little grungy but also a bit cute!
I decided to use the Art By Marlene beach house stamp and to do some paper piecing but with the base on Kraft cardstock. I then decided to add some white ink behind the main image, some splattering and some stamping using a random wood mounted stamp from the stash. I then decided everything needed a coating of ink to make it blend… this turned my pretty cute house into a cute but grungy house!
I then added more white pigment ink through stencils around the edge but used the sticky embossing powder in the hope that I could add gilding flakes to those sections. This didn’t work well so they look only a little gilded and mainly white and textured. But I like the effect so I didn’t mind.
I stamped and embossed and inked the sentiment from Art Journey nl and added that.
I then used my inktense pencil to add some shading and definition to the image, the sentiment and around the edge of the tag.
I added some ribbons to finish off and decided it was a finished piece ready for the swap.
The first few photos were taken at night with flash, this is the tag in daylight.
It was good to use the Beach house stamp in a different way. It is such a cute set of stamps and I don’t think I’ve ever gone grungy with them before!
Today I have two postcards to share with you because two separate groups had heart themed swaps this month… and I thought why not share them both at the same time! (Actually you will see this isn’t right … but read on to discover more!)
First up is the heart card I made for the Inchies, Twinchies and more group and I used the Darcy paperartsy stamp…
I embossed it onto a Gelli print and then added some colour to the cogs.
I decided to sew a border on the panel to add texture. I then embossed the title onto some card and added that too.
The base was some chipboard painted with black gesso. I added some doodling round the edge and called it finished!
Next up I made this postcard for the Hearts a Flutter challenge at Postcard Art Swap…
I used distress oxides and the smooshing technique with different shades of pink and purple. I also did a bit of subtle stamping in the background.
Then I used Indigo Blu stamp for the wings and then using the wipe up from the oxides onto glossy photo paper I stamped and embossed the heart stamp (another Darcy one) and stuck that down.
I doodled and chose a sentiment from the stash and embossed that before glueing the strip in place.
I finished it off with some enamel dots and some glossy accents on the heart.
So that was me thinking I was done with heart postcards but after I had posted them to the recipients I realised I had made a mistake and the swap for Inchies, Twinchies and More was actually for four postcards … doh!
So off I set again! I chose to use Darcy hearts and keep to the theme…
Card 1… a Gelli print using the mini Gelli plate and a heart stencil and lots of paint splatters and adding the panelled heart on top.
Card 2.. stencilled with distress oxides and gloss gel through an aall and create stencil. Then scrap of cardstock and the cog heart embossed and lightly watercoloured. I love peacock feathers.
I taped off the edge and then watercoloured using the metallic paints from a Rainbow Moon set I bought a while ago. Then when it was dry I stamped the funky hearts into the middle and coloured them with Inktense pencils. Then I added versamark and clear emboss over the whole postcard to give it a glossy finish.
Finally I used vellum and created a pocket for the heart confetti and then sewed around the edge. I added the dotty washi and the embossed heart I coloured with a red pen.
OK think I have now come to the end of heart postcards…. but probably got a few more heart projects to blog about before the month is out!
The theme of the swap was eyes so I decided to use the Jane Davenport face stamp where you can choose the features. I’ve not used this stamp much but loved creating these three ATCs using the stamps.
I started with some mountboard cut using the Bigz die and gave it a coat of gesso. Then I dry brushed on some neutral colours of Paperartsy fresco finish paints (buff and taupe). I also added some of the smoked paprika so break up the background and because I knew I wanted to incorporate that into the hair colour too.
I then stamped using sepia ink the face and then the features using different eye stamps for each girls but keeping the lips and nose the same.
Then I added in hair for each using a mixture of browns and oranges. I also added colour to the lips and then the eyes I chose a teal/blue colour that really stood out.
I then used Inktense pencils and a waterbrush to add more definition to the eyes and some shading.
I also added a bit of subtle stamping to the background using yellow archival and a Gorgeous grunge stamp and then added the sentiment from a magazine set in the sepia ink.
I finished by edging them with archival ink to frame the panels.
Love how these came out. So different from everything else I have made recently.
Another of my teal and lime pages for a circle journal and this one is for my raggy doll sister Marie.
She created a fab bunting journal from canvas sheets. And that gave me the idea of fabric and sewing. And given how poorly I was meant that I could do some of this crafting whilst in bed.
I started strangely with a piece of felt and sewed each scrap of wool, fabric, ribbon and twine onto it using hand stitching.
Absolutely love this background and must remember to do something similar again as I have so many scraps of twine and ribbons.
Next I took a Jofy stamp and stamped it onto some fabric using Archival ink. Then used Inktense pencils to add some colour to some elements.
Which I then sprayed heavily with water to activate the Inktense.
Once dry I started sewing in some details and added some sequins. I am far from the best embroidery person… but still it was fun, and easy to do in bed!
I cut it out and gave it a reasonable amount of a border so it would stand out on the busy background.
Next to prepare the bunting background which I decided to use Sparks paint in the black to sponge around the outside.
Then I added some black gesso as contrast to the sparkle and break it up a little.
Time to put it all together…
An Art by Marlene sticker for the title… and lots of glue to hold it in place.
I am soooooooooooo happy with this piece and love all the textures I added. Especially considering that I am ordinarily not a sewer!
Hope Marie likes it too. I will share what I made for the other side in a couple of days!
Last in our current round of bunting for UK stampers forum and there is an Anything Goes theme this month.
I started with a watercolour background and a bit of random stamping and then added some papers and edged them with Inktense pencil. Next I added some texture through a stencil.
This made me go for an underwater theme…
I chose to stamp the mermaid from Magical Days onto some glossy cardstock I had added distress oxides to. Then I die cut it out.
Next I found a die cut in the stash as a gift with a swap that worked perfectly… I heat embossed it and then added some bubble stamping on the background.
Next I adhered everything and then stamped and embossed a sentiment from another stamp set.
I then added some silver posca pen dots to frame the bunting.
Inkyfingeredcat 