A touch of Red

Hello everyone – it’s a lovely day today here in Leeds.  I have been for a walk and now it is time to do my blog post as I have a busy week ahead!

This project is for the Challenge over at IndigoBlu – A touch of Red.

Using post box red I made a background by laying the paint on my glass mat adding water and then laying my white card on top. I glued this on to some grey board and then mixed course texture paste with some post box red and randomly applied this through IndigoBlu texture stencil. I also used IndigoBlu harlequin stamp on the sides.

Using Jane I stamped with black stazon onto a tissue and used slapiton to place it on my background. I shaded her eyelids and lips and gave her some earrings. I made a window frame using a sizzix die and heat emblossed in gold and also red.

I die cut some flourishes and leaves, also a bird to finish my project.

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A hazy Summer Day

Hi everyone, today I would like to share a project I made using distress inks, spectrum noir pencils, acrylic paint, IndigoBlu poppy border stencil, texture stencil and nature stamps.

I prepared a background using some sprays I made up from Cottage acrylic paint in various colours and randomly sprayed over some white card. I then applied white acrylic paint to the poppy border stencil then I sprayed over it randomly with  my acrylic paint sprays, flipped it over and using a brayer took a print from the stencil. Using spectrum noir pencils I shaded and enhanced the colour of the print. When dry I over stamped with distress inks and the nature stamps. Using the texture stencil I sponged white acrylic paint through the pattern. I stamped and cut individual words from the Nature 1 set and applied some distress, then coloured the edges before adhering on to the artwork. I also coloured the edges of the design before mounting it on to white card.

 

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

IndigoBlu Challenge January 2016 – Anything Goes!

Country View Crafts February – Make your own background

That Craft Place February – Anything Goes

 

Love

 

 

 

This months theme at Clarity Stamp is Love so I thought I would try some altered heart in the shape of a heart in the traditional red.

First of all I sealed the mdf with white gesso and when dry, painted a coat of dark coloured acrylic paint, a layer of glue then when almost dry a top coat of cream acrylic paint and left it to crackle.I really like this effect.

I did a bit of spraying with red diluted acrylic paint and let it dry.  Using the Clarity wild grasses stencil I spread some coarse texture paste over it trying to get single grasses so I could build up my picture instead of using the stencil as a whole. I used the bubble stencil in a couple of places using red acrylic paint, flicked some red paint (shielding the grasses) and randomly adhered some beads.  I also painted the side of the heart in red. As I didn’t have a love word stamp I die-cut some letters in white card and placed them at the top of the heart.  Finally I pulled some satin ribbon through the hole at the top of the heart so I could hang it and attached a clarity butterfly which I had stamped on shrink plastic .

Thank you for visiting and please feel free to leave a comment if you wish.

 

Say it with flowers

 

Today I finished a birthday card to enter into Challenge 35 at Clarity Stamp – Say it with Flowers.

Resources:  Petals and stripes stencils, Shepherds Purse and butterfly stamps.  Texture paste, shaving foam, archival ink, black embossing powder, distress inks and aquamarkers.

 

 

 

A Christmas Story

Today I would like to share a card I have made for the Clarity Stamp Challenge No. 34 – A Christmas Story.

I used Clarity card and alcohol inks to create the background and when dry ran it through the E Bosser with the Clarity snowflake stencil.

The snowflakes were sanded down and white gesso applied with some stickles in the centre of each. With the rooftops mask I created the buildings  and then added some snow to the rooftops. Using Clarity stamps I stamped father christmas in his sleigh and Peace on Earth, flicked diluted white gesso over the whole background to create snowflakes, cut out a 25 and finally applied white gesso all around the edges.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

Winter Blues

It such a long time since I have had time to share a post and enter a challenge, so here goes!

I wish to enter the above card in Challenge 34 over at http://indigoblublogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ – Winter Blues.

I created the scene on the front of a card using IndigoBlu buildings stamp from the Snow Glob set and then cut out an arch with Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Arches to create a frame.

I coloured the edges of the frame with distress ink to match the card front and using vodka martini metallic paint I stamped Noel and the snow flakes from the Seasons Greeting set. I edged the frame with vodka martini paint and adhered it to some snow covered acetate and then onto the card front.  I finished off with a white bow.

Thank you for visiting my site – any comments would be appreciated.

Autumn Days

Challenge 32 over at IndigoBlu is Autumn Days which conjures up lovely warm colours.

In my entry I have used some watercolour card washed over with water which I then painted over with Bonfire, Banana Custard and Orange.  I then sprinkled a few grains of rice and placed wet clingfilm over it scrunching it up as I wrapped the card up.

Once dry I stamped up using Stag Cliffhanger, Nature 1 and an IndigoBlu clear stamp set given free with a stamping magazine. I used flitterglu to edge the card and applied some chocolate box gilding flake.

Thank you for stopping by and good luck everyone!

 

A touch of the Orient

 

Hi everyone I would like to share with you today an easel card made for the Blue challenge over at That Craft Place.

The image used is a Marilyn Robertson one from the Crafters Companion Kimono CD. Stamps used Judikins Beneath Plum Tree oriental script and Hobby Art have a wonderful birthday stamp. Tim Holtz Frameworks Alterations die, Spellbinders Cherry Blossom die, distress ink, glossy accents corrugated card and gold metal magic.

Hope you like it and good luck to everyone who has entered the challenge.

Flower girl

Hello folks and what a lovely sunny day!

I am posting a birthday card I have just made for my niece and would like to enter this is That Craft Place Challenge – Mixed Media Anything Goes.

Stamp used Prima Sharon, Sheena woodgrain embossing folder, Sheena Sweet William flower die Sizzix Susan’s Garden leaf die and Tattered Lace Sweetheart Fern.

Watercolour card, neenah card, black card.Distress inks, aqua pens, Pebeo High viscosity gold and turquise paints. Finnabair glass beads, Kanban glass beads, white gesso and glossy accents.

Boys, Boys, Boys

Clarity Stamp Challenge 28  – Boys, Boys, Boys

For this Challenge I thought I would make a 50th Birthday card for my nephew.

Items used.

Clarity Stamp Jazzman and musical note stamps.  Some music themed paper upon which to stamp the Jazzman and mirri card to mount it on.

White base card and a price of white card on which I sprayed inks and let them run down the card. When dry I applied some distress inks – sapphire blue and squeezed lemonade and then put it through my Grand Calibur in a distress embossing folder. I lightly touch chipped sapphire over the raised areas and edged the card in black. I then stamped on some muscial notes.

I stamped the Jazzman on the music themed background paper from my stash, applied some of the same distress inks and edged it in black. I sprayed it with spray & sparkle silver spray and then mounted it on to the mirri card.

I die cut the 50 and a circle and then used my Brother p-touch to print out the words And All That Jazz! which I mounted on to black card.

 

Hope you like it and thank you for visiting my site.