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It’s been an age since I shared a circle journal page … so glad I can share this one. This is a really special one as although it’s a PATWITS circle journal… it is for one of my raggy doll sisters! The lovely Marie made a fab circle journal for us all to work in and the instructions were to do both sides of the page…. so here is my first side. I used a lot of different book print papers to add texture and pattern and then a mix of coral and autumn fire and terracotta and chalk fresco finish paint to do the background with some flicks of Bora Bora too. Then some iridescent medium through a heart stencil and lots of Darcy heart stamping and embossing. Then doodling and outlining and inking. The big heart I also gave a coat of the opal magic paint. Then found the he perfect quote for the page for Marie. 

Next is the reverse and this time I went a little different.  

I decided to do an ombre type background with the paints and then use the Lynne Perrella stamps as the main feature. I then grabbed the Darcy sentiment and some of the bits and pieces from the Artful Days goodie box to finish off. 

Love how incredibly different both sides are and that they both started with similar colours but went pastel for one and rich for the other. 

Hopefully Marie will like it too. 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

Just a little card I made using some Artful Days goodie box pieces of loveliness! 

So so easy to put together as Julie has taken all the hard work out of it in putting together pieces that match already. 

A simple bit of assembling and then adding some shading with Inktense pencil and jobs a good’un!

I can’t recommend these boxes enough in terms of variety and value for money. They are so fab! I have so much stash left from the December box and so many ideas on how to use it but so little time! Lol! 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

Well I have something a bit different to share tonight…. a canvas I made and framed… not an ATC in sight! 

This is how I started.  A 3×3 canvas board which I gessoed and then added the time Holtz tissue paper to it. All the goodies I used (except gelatos) are from the Artful days goodie box from December.  

To this I added gelatos in a mixture of lime and yellow.  I then used a stencil and baby wipe to remove some colour. 

Then I went to town on embellishments from the Artful Days goodie box… 

Once I had layered them up I adhered them and added the whole piece to some dark brown cardstock so I could frame it in the box frame I had to hand. 

I also added a sentiment from the Tim Holtz stickers I had in the stash. 

How lovely is this? And super simple to make. Loved playing with the goodies and creating this piece to go on the craft room wall. 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

Hello there… another couple of ATC’S made…. this time using the first prompt from the 52 week art challenge I am following… the prompt was plants. 

I took some scratch paper and doodled my plants. 

These then became my atcs! I love the splashes of lime green that the paper already had. It worked perfectly with the plant theme. 

Simple but good to do a little sketching and incorporate it into my challenge. 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

One more ATC this morning…. managed to get myself a little bit ahead on the challenge…

This started as a piece of cardstock I covered in black gesso and added texture paste through a stencil.

I then added the paint on the top added and built up the little cluster of textures and layers. 

So there we go… 32 ATC’S made since 1st Jan and only 333 to go!!! Wonder when I will get bored of these mini pieces of art?

Happy crafting!

Time for another couple of ATC’s for the challenge…

And here was the process… 

Scratch paper with pink paints both pale and bright. then some stamping and some texture paste through a stencil. 

Then some scraps of Gelli printed paper layered up and some lovely chipboard butterflies and little bits of sheet music.   Of course then some doodling with black and metallic gel pens.

Cute and a bit grungey all in one, well two, pieces of art. So another two towards the pile! 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

Today there are a few blog posts to get through… the first of which is this about two ATC’S I made for the challenge…

They started off as a distress ink background I made a while ago with some stamps and blending of inks. Next I added some distress crayons and then removed a bit of the colour again with a baby wipe through a stencil.  

I then stamped using White acrylic both some little bits of texture and the main flower image. Next I added colour and shading using Inktense pencils and pen for doodling. 

Then I chose my sentiments and went for a different look for each of them.

Love both of these. 

Please pop back later to see the other posts I also have in store for you! 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

Is a fox cuddly? It is when it looks like this!

The challenge over at Wicked Wednesday is cute and cuddly… and so I used this lovely little fox digital stamp on a layered background. 

Happy crafting!

Catherine 

A single ATC to share today… 

My batch of cut up Gelli prints was the starting point for this one. 

I added torn strips of patterned paper a bit of lacy doily and a textured heart cut out die cut. Then added the little chair digital image which came from A Day for Daisies. It’s part of a set of garden chairs but I decided to just use one of them for this.

Finished  off with the flower and card candi and a little Tim Holtz stickers word and doodling with a silver pen. Then mounted it onto navy cardstock.

Happy crafting!

Catherine 

25 done…. already! Wowser! 

And this is for another challenge! 

I love the work of Marta who posts videos under Maremismallart on you tube.  She had now got a fb group called the creative cafe and the challenge this year is a playing card with a theme every week.  Week 1 (we’ve started a little late in the year) is ART.

My card isn’t going to be a playing card exactly but an ATC… if my card is the right size that’s fine… but I figure I will use a mixture of bases. 

This started as the scratch paper from the class I did on Tuesday.  I added distress ink and some stamping using the Ghoulish Grunge stamp. 

I then grabbed the woodware stamps I bought last week and used them to add the feature and sentiment. Then I added some doodling using both a black pen and my white sharpie paint pen.  

I now have week 2’s card to make…. hopefully should get this done in the next day or so. 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine