Take a Stamp

I have seen in some Stampington magazines where a stamp is chosen and used in different ways, so with this is mind I set off having a play.  I decided to choose my new Art Journey 'Pear' stamp from the aptly named Pear plate!!.  As you can see I made an arch, an atc, a couple of tags and three cards.  This is a long post as I am going to explain each one below.  So either grab a coffee or carry on blog hopping!!!

The arch ~ stamped background using distress inks, adirondack dye inks and stazon in shades of purple.  I then gave them a light dusting of violet shade and ultramarine blue extra dark. I stamped the two pears onto tissue paper with timber brown stazon and cut them out.  I gave the arch a coat of golden matte medium, laid the first pear on and gave that a coat too and then laid the second one over the top and coated that too.

I used glossy card for both the background and the card.  The white card is stamped with olive stazon using the image from the TH papillon plate.  The pear is stamped in black stazon on to glossy card as the background was created using juniper, lake mist and willow alcohol inks.  Edged with forest moss distress stain and smudged in.  I used my one and only distress marker, picket fence to squiggle underneath the pear so it didn't look like it was floating, not sure if you can see it on the photo or not.

This is my least favourite one and the one I did last.  I covered the background with yellow and green Stewart Gill translucent paint.  I stuck on a few pieces of music script and added a bit more paint.  I inked clear ink through a piece of sequin waste and coloured it with burnt sienna extra dark pan pastel. I stamped the pear in versa mark but because it was dark by this time and the light wasn't good, I couldn't see where I had stamped to put the pan pastel and I was a bit heavy handed with it on the left hand side while I was sussing out the image!!!  I stamped the words in timber brown stazon and coloured it with some other Stewart Gill paints.

Atc ~ I stamped the pear in 3 shades of green using colorbox fluid chalk inks from the Autumn Pastel range.  I masked the image off and stamped the CI music background with saddle brown stazon.  I used orange extra dark pan pastel to colour the background.

I stamped the pear image on the plain white tag in bamboo leaves Memento ink, masked it off and stamped the twigs image (from the same plate) in various colours of distress inks and adirondack dye inks.  I spritzed it with water and stamped it onto the tag.  I took the scroll from the same pear plate and again used various colours and randomly stamped it on the tag corners.  I took a wet paintbrush to my art bars and coloured the background of the tag.  I used forest moss distress stain to edge the tag and added the fibres.

I stamped a script Paperartsy image in versa mark all over the tag.  I used ultramarine blue extra dark pan pastel to highlight the script.  I went over the whole tag with a combination of violet shade and turquoise shade pan pastel.  I stamped the pear images in cool peri and eggplant adirondack dye inks, cut them out, mounted them onto the tag with 3d foam and added fibres to finish.  I edged the tag in dusty concord distress stain.

And this is my favourite one, a card.  The three pears were stamped in olive, timber brown and saddle brown stazon.  They were masked off to create the effect.  I gave them a bit of shadow using my artbars.  I edged the card with one of the greens from the Colorbox fluid chalk autumn set as above.  I stamped the word 'friends' in timber brown stazon on a separate piece of card, edged it and stuck it on the card.  The whole thing was then attached to a white card.

Black & White Arch

I haven't joined in this challenge site for absolutely ages and at one time I was an avid visitor, times change I guess.  Anyway this week the girls over at The Gothic Arches Challenge blog are asking for black and white.  So with that in mind I randomly stamped a collage of images onto my arch in stazon, distress stain and distress ink, all shades of black of course and this how it turned out.


Why not hop over, see what they have created and may be join in ~ after all, I did.

Loves Music ....

Loves to Dance - This weeks Gothic Arch theme is 'music'. I covered my arch in a sheet of music paper, stamped my new ArtJourney dancing image, added the words Loves Music Loves to .... from my computer and stamped the word dance.

Lotstodo Swaps - Alphabet Arches

Hilda, over on Lotstodo is hosting lots of swaps at the moment. This one is for 3 Arches which had to include at least one letter of the alphabet. I have no idea why, but I chose 'A', 'F' and 'H'. Each one is complimented with one of Sir T!m's die shapes.

Lots of Swaps - Lotstodo

Hilda over on Lotstodo is hosting a variety of swaps with different themes



The first is 3 - 5 ATC's with a gentleman theme



The second, 3 - 5 arches with the theme of children



And lastly 3 - 5 tags with ladies on

Collage Stamping

I am hosting a stamping collage swap over on Lotstodo using a mixture of different pieces, ie an atc, a postcard, a 4 x 4, a tag and an arch. The idea is to create a background and stamp an image, then mask the images off as you go along to create a collage effect. I have used crackle paste in the face of the heart on the postcard, on the top left hand corner of the atc and over the whole of the 4 x 4 (that's why it's curled!!!). I've used crackle accents on the word imagine on the arch and glossy accents over the diagonal lines on the tag. All the backgrounds were created using distress inks.

Gothic Arch Challenge - Tag

For this weeks Gothic Arch challenge you had to incorporate an arch onto a tag. I used peeled paint and weathered wood distress inks to create the background. I then stamped over it with CI-122 stamps in Nick Bantocks Van dyke brown. I cut the word journey from swirls grungeboard with my cricut and inked over it with peeled paint distress ink. Cut out a small arch, stamped my car onto it, used fired brick, spiced marmalade and mustard seed distressed inks to colour and stamped the word discover in olive green stazon. I used my paper distresser around the edges to ruff them up then I inked them with peeled paint, and finally I added some fibres.

Gothic Arch Challenge - Little Boys

I received an email from the Gothic Arch site yesterday to let me know that this weeks theme was Little Boys, so I decided to play been as I haven't entered anyone elses challenges for absolutely ages. The only problem is, I have no idea how to link to their site, so if anyone is in the know, please would you let me know - ta.

The background is melted wax crayons, quite liked the bright look and texture of them. This time I printed the Lisa Altered Art image onto photo paper to make it glossy, added the gems and the words, the crown and the wand and that was it.

Lotstodo Week 14 Art - Inchies and Arches

I was messing around with some bits and bobs (inspired by Stampers' Sampler magazine) and arrived at this!!! I wanted to use some different colours, and if you look very closely you'll see some pink, yes, pink!! Although it is very limited, as in my stash there isn't much!!! I managed to find 3 whole squares and a half of one!!

Anyway, this weeks theme on lotstodo is 'art' so I though this piece fitted in really well.

Arches

I am hosting an arches swap on Lotstodo forum with the theme of family.

The woman arch is a stamped image and the flourish has been traced with gold stickles. The male image is housed in a metal frame containing various patterns and coloured with pitch black and expresso acrylic dabbers (which I finally managed to remember to pick up from Sue at Paper Paradise!!!). The word dreamer is a rub on. The child image was stamped on to the arch then masked off, and using a brayer I inked walnut stain distressed ink across the arch to create the background.

A Few New Stamps

A few inchies. The eyes have been embellished with diamond glaze but it doesn't show up on the photo

This is a trinchie. I really love this stamp. I'm going to use it on a tag with distressed embossing powder

An arch. I stamped the swirl on the right and then used the gold stickles to trace over it

A couple of skinnys, nearly the same, but not quite!!!

A Couple of Arches

A couple of arches I also made today. The right one is stamped onto tissue paper and applied with mod podge, re-coated and coloured with distressed inks.

Gothic Arch Swap

Andrea over on the Lotstodo Forum is hosting an arches swap with the theme of woman / girl. These are my mine.

Bandana Pieces

Created these using the bandana technique. Basically you ink up a collage of images, cover with brightly coloured inks and use a white pen to outline the stamped images

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Blue & Brown

This is my arch for the Crazy Amigo blog challenge. The theme was blue and brown. From the photo the colours look more like orange and purple, but I can assure you they are blue and brown. I created the background using weathered wood and tea dye distressed inks. Covered half of the arch with blue paper. Used my new Art Journey stamps to create the background and the wording using timber brown stazon ink. Stamped the main image with stazon timber brown ink onto a piece of the blue paper, cut it out and stuck it to the arch

My Time to Craft Challenge - Pockets

Made this arch for a challenge on My Time to Craft. This weeks theme was pockets. I covered the arch in lovely papers that I had been sent by a mate, stamped some flourishes on the right and at the top. Made a pocket, stuck it on the bottom left and put the image inside the pocket

Rainbow Lady Challenge - Angels

I made this arch for the Rainbow Lady's Challenge, the theme this week is Angels. I covered the arch in a lilac paper. Used my one and only flourish stamp to stamp the edges in purple and blue colorbox fluid chalk ink. Chose my image and made some corner pieces by cutting up a frame. Then finally I stamped a piece from the CI Angels calligraphy stamp using purple stazon ink

Gothic Arch Sunday Challenge - Flourishes

These two arches I made for the challenge on Gothic Arch Sunday. You had to use flourishes on your piece. Unfortunately, I only have one flourish stamp, so had to use the same one on both arches

Lotstodo Swap

I am hosting a swap on the Lotstodo Forum - We are doing a gothic arch, any theme with a black and white colour scheme. A moo, any theme with a brown and orange colour scheme and a skinny, any theme with a green and yellow colour scheme - these are my swaps

Gothic Arches

Yes you've guessed it, the them is 'purple'. Made these for a swap on Lotstodo Forum. They are all stamped and/or chalked in a few shades of purple!!!! I'm quite pleased with the results and it's amazing how many different effects you can get with the same bunch of colours