Patchwork Tag

Yesterday whilst most of our Twitter pals were at the fab craft show Ally Pally, Steve & Darcy were sharing their journal pages.  I asked if they minded if I had a go and they said they hadn't invented it, they had watched Dyan do it here on this video. I coloured the tag with eco-line inks.

I followed what Dyan had said and used the black Ranger distress paint, but I found that it was way too thin, you can still see the blue dots in the background, and also it smudged extremely easily, namely the left side of the face and arm.

So I went back in with little black dress freso paint which gives much better coverage.  I painted the face and left arm in snowflake and went back over it again with adirondack pens as the eco-line ink just sat on the top.  I re-did the right hand side edge too and added some different script.

PanPastelUK have an anything goes theme this week. Can't wait to get my hands on some of those new metallics!!!

SimonSaysWednesday Challenge would like to see something on the project that they sell in their store.  They sell both the fresco and the distress paints and the Crafters Workshop stencil.

CountryViewCrafts have a theme of layers for this month.

Our Creative Corner have a theme of forgotten things this month, and my eco-line inks have definitely been forgotten. Forgot how bright they are, how quick they dry and what great coverage they give.

Stampotique Alterations

Over on the Stampotique Designers Challenge this week the theme is alter it.  My two pieces started off life as a beer mat.

A Few Twinches

The background for these were created with lots of mediums, eco-line inks, gesso and acrylic paint.  Top one is crackled with rock candy, middle left has dimensional pearls around the hair, bottom left has black enamel accents over the body of the bee and the butterfly has glossy accents over the wings.  They are all 2" squares aka a twinchie.

Halloween Tags

I used my Lily sprays on all the backgrounds and used the stencil for the trees.  I also used all 3 of my new TH distress inks which I vowed I was not going to get, but eventually gave in.  Thanks to Fiona for sourcing them and sharing.  The deep black is ranger black enamel so it's raised.  The images above are stamped, coloured, cut out and stuck on.  

These were done exactly as above.  I ran all 4 tags through my distrezz it tool and inked the edges with distress stains.  I added fibres, a pumpkin charm and a stamped trick or treat tag.  They are attached with a light bulb pin.

Twinchies

The twinchies theme on this months UKStampers is 'firestorm'.  I chose to use the colours yellow, orange and red.  I used ecoline inks to create the bright striking backgrounds and stamped the images in black stazon for contrast.  

Postcard Canvas

Carrying on the clay theme, I made a postcard, but I decided to mount it onto a deep 4 x 6 canvas.  I've entered a postcard swap on one of the yahoo groups I belong to, I'm just waiting to hear if this will be acceptable or not, due to the depth.  Unfortunately the colours on the photo haven't come out as it looks IRL.  They are much brighter and you can see the stamping.

This is a snippet of one of the side pieces.  I painted it with various shades of blues and purples.  I outlined the edges of the canvas with black paint to frame it.




******Edited***** The sun is shining this morning so I've been able to capture the colours better.

More Clay Pieces

As my clay atc's were so successful, I decided to make some 4 x 4's and added the clay pieces as the focal point.  I created the backgrounds in exactly the same way as the others.  Top left is mounted on a piece of mica.  Top right is a mould whereas the other three pieces have been stamped into, so it's raised.  On the bottom two I've added wire mesh, wire and gems.

*****Edited***** The sun is shining this morning so I've been able to get a better photo to show the real colours.

Book Page Atc's

Here are a set of book page atc's which I have made for a swap being held on one of the yahoo groups I am a member of.  The swap is for three and I've made an extra one for the host.  The clay pieces are stamped, baked and coloured with perfect pearls.  The top two and bottom right have been sprayed with dylusions and eco-line inks to achieve the desired colours.  Bottom left was painted with butternut eco friendly paint and then sanded back to reveal some of the text, ink was then applied.  The top two have been sprayed with gold glitter, if you look closely you can just about see it.  Wire, prestuds, gems, cogs and clock pieces were added to finish.



Stampotique Postcard

The images were stamped and masked off.  The background was created with alcohol inks, stream, lake mist, lettuce and juniper.  Images were coloured with eco line inks, water coloured paint and distress inks. Glossy accents was added to the hearts and the stripes of the dress. I might do something with their eyes, I haven't decided yet!!!!

Spooky Tag

Normal service is resumed, green tag. It has been run through the bigshot using the Impressability circles template and coloured with a few shades of distress inks. More stampotique images, stamped, coloured and cut out. Attached with silicone glue and foam squares.  The tombstones are from the Cuttlebug RIP combo die, coloured with lake and old paper distress and adirondack ink.  The orange ribbon is housing spiders and their webs (thanks Maz). Oh and I added a bat too.

PS This is the first post to my blog from my new laptop xxxx

Atc's

A few atc's still on the spooky / halloween theme!!   Again they were all painted with various mediums and gems were used for the eyes!!

Tag

I ran this tag through the big shot using the circle impressabilities embellishment template.  I coloured it with pinks and black in a variety of mediums.  I stamped the spiders web at the top in black soot and clear heat embossed it for more texture.  The tombstone, image and tag were all stamped onto separate pieces of card and again coloured with various mediums.  The RIP's are glossy accented.  The eyes are gem stones.  The tombstones and image are attached with silicone glue and the the tag is attached with a pink brad!!!

Alphabet Swap 4 x 4 - 'Z'

This is my Z page - Z is for Zombie.  Just got X to do then I've finished the whole alphabet. I stuck part of a bandage to the card and when dry painted it with silver metalic acrylic dabber paint.  I stamped the Zombie image and the tombstones onto card, coloured them with water coloured paints, distressed ink and eco-line inks and cut them out.  The RIP's are glossy accented. I stamped the quote and ripped it off the card.  Everything was attached with silicone glue.  The 'z' lines are made from 2 nails bound together with wire, mounted onto a piece of bandage and black card.

Atcs - Stampotique

Just a few more of the same thing really minus the tombstone, but the addition of the paper burst background image.  Backgrounds, paints and inks are the same as the post below.

Stampotique Halloween Atc Set

I decided to make the most use of these stamps as I can whilst they are on loan.  I've recently joined in a halloween atc swap and thought these would fit the bill.  The images are obviously Stampotique, the tombstone RIP is Magnolia, the spiders and small web are Lavinia and the large web is Stampers Annonymous. I coloured them with water coloured paints, distressed inks and re-inkers, eco-line inks and alcohol inks.  Pretty much the same was used for the backgrounds. Gems and watch parts were added to some of the eyes!!! Glossy accents was used to raise the RIP letters, spiders and web. I used a paper distresser to distress some of the edges and inked with black soot.

Tags - Stampotique Style

The backgrounds are created with distressed inks, stamped with perfect medium and perfect pearls brushed over for a metalic look, don't think you can actually see it though, but it is there!!  Words were then stamped on to the tags.  The brown and green tag edges were distressed with a paper distresser, the blue one was edged in black ink. The images were stamped onto white card, coloured with eco-line inks, cut out and stuck on with silicone glue.  No Alison I haven't got round to buying any (yet), these were lent to me by a friend. I added fibres and ribbon to finish them off.

Atc's

The backgrounds for these atc's were created using Eco-line inks.  The hand on the yellow one was stamped with black soot and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, the background was stamped in fired red distress ink and Vermillion Laquer ink from the Nick Bantock range. Top right was stamped with saddle and timber brown stazon ink. The edges were distressed witha  paper distresser. The frame for the bottom one is a prima stamp and was stamped in black soot.  I masked the frame off and stamped the art journey image inside of it with olive green stazon.  I stamped the diamonds along the bottom added the metal embellishment with a brad and used diamond glaze over the journey letters at the top.

Theme Thursday - 3 Things

This week Theme Thursday is asking for '3 things'.  I made an atc and stamped the same image at different levels.  The background was made using Eco-line inks.  I distressed the edges with a paper distresser and inked them in black soot.  I added a sentiment and small gems to the butterfly.

My Time To Craft - Jewelled

My Time To Craft are looking for jewels this week. The background for these atc's was made using Eco-line inks, the ink was applied with a paintbrush.  The images were stamped and the green stones were added to top right of the green atc and the lilac stones were added to the inside of the flowers on the left hand side atc, you can only just see these, so may have to enlarge the picture.

Colour Co-ordinates

For the base of this piece I used felt. I dyed all the other materials with various shades eco-line inks.  Laid the larger pieces down on the felt, added the fibres, lace, organza and tulle over the top.  Sewed all the pieces together in a random fashion.  Using the heat gun I melted away some of the fabrics and the felt.  If you click on the photo for a close up you will be able to see that I didn't go too mad with the heat, just enough to give the materials some movement. Lastly, I added the felt heart.

I made this in exactly the same way as above except the base is a piece of dyed vilene and I also used silk paints along with the eco-line inks. I didn't use the heat tool on this piece as I liked the way it had come together without, but felt it needed a little something else. So I printed an image onto acetate and sewed it onto a used and dried out babywipe.  I used the heat tool to melt the edges and sewed it on as the main feature.