Atc's

I was inspired by Lesley to make these. She had her first play with her gelli plate yesterday, pop over to see how she got on here. I used left overs for mine.

The background for this one was made using a Prima bubbles stencil. I added stamping in black stazon and edged with black soot distress ink.

The background of this one was created using a foam plate that I made, stamping into the gelli plate after the paint has been applied. Stamped the Dina lady and the Andy Skinner text in olive stazon. Edged in walnut stain distress ink.

The background on this one was created with stencils and a foam stamp. The Seth stamp from the Solar System set was stamped first in olive green. I masked off the Andy Skinner eye stamp and the word and stamped in back stazon. I used white sharpie pen on the eye. Edged with walnut stain distress ink.

PaperArtsy have a theme of mono printing this week.

Tag & Atc Swap - Pink

I made a masterboard using DecoArt Multi Surface satin paints in flamingo and pink tropics and innocence chalky finish paints. Added issue tape, stamping with bubble wrap  and bottle tops in carbon and everlasting chalky paint.

I stamped random butterfly images from a Finn set using black stazon. I randomly drizzled black and white 3d paint by Tulip across the whole page. Once dry I gave the whole page a coat of media satin varnish and then cut it up into atc and tag sizes.

All products apart from the Tulip 3d paint are from DecoArts.

These are based on a technique used by Patti Tolley Parrish.

Another Journal Page

As usual, I mixed up too much paste to put through a stencil, so I used the rest up on another page through this circles stencil.

Used a Lindy's Moon Shadow mist spray and then faded jeans colour wash sprays to drip onto the texture.

Coloured the background with a shade of blue and brown pan pastel and stamped in gathered twig distress but spritzed the stamp with water for a more distressed look.

This one was taken this morning in daylight!!

 

And finally I added some stamping from a Finn plate.

PA have a theme of circles.

New Beginnings

Lesley kindly sourced me some mdf chunky atcs. I gave them both a coat of everlasting chalky paint followed by a coat of vintage. Once dry I sprayed them with media misters in turquoise shimmer, purple, black, blue and violet shimmer.

Once dry, using a template I used white modelling paste to create the heart shapes and used the pallet knife on the left one to create some texture.

I painted both of the heart shapes in dioxazine purple acrylic paint from the media range. Because I added the texture to the larger heart I was able to add metallic lustre in champagne ice and silver to enhance the texture. I stamped some script in everlasting chalky paint and on the left one black stazon using one of the stamps from Andy Skinner's industrial set.

Then I decided to do the backs too. Painted them both with amethyst dazzling metallics and added a spritz of turquoise shimmer media mister. Added stamping in black stazon from Finns sets and then using everlasting again over stamped some script using a PA mini.

Close up of the back, hopefully you can see the shimmer here.

Added some words and then decided to join them together so they would stand up on their own.

A view from the back with the hinge on.

And finally the finished project from the front withe the hinge. 

All products from DecoArt unless specified.

Captured Memories

It's been such a dull and gloomy day that I wanted to get my bright and vibrant Dylusions out and have a play. I introduced a few stencils using DecoArt black and white gesso and the bump technique.

Next I switched to the DecoArt chalky paint and added more black and white through stencils. I also added the words to the heart in DecoArt black modeling paste for a raised texture.

Once the modeling paste was dry the heart needed some further attention. Black smudgy pencil but it wasn't dark and bold enough, so out came the portfolio pastels and the Clarity 'inspire' stamp and I thought it was finished.

Still the heart didn't feel finished, so I added some white dots between the two heart shapes and some black scribbley lines in the gap under the word memories and also some more stamping with a hash type stamps to fill in some gaps along with a couple of the Finn stamps. Now I think it's finished.

Don't Forget to Fly Canvas

I wanted to have a play with some DecoArt media mister sprays, some texture, a canvas and some Finn stamps

As it was a deep edged canvas I did the sides too.  

I used DecoArt modelling paste through the AS snake's web stencil.

I used a mix of turquoise shimmer, purple, red and white shimmer DecoArt media misters along with the metallic lustres in champagne ice, turquoise and purple.

Next I stamped the Finn stamps, cut them out and coloured them with a wash of the turquoise shimmer media mister.

Close up of the fab texture and the main image.

All products used were from the DecoArt range.

Playing with Paint

I decided to experiment with different paints but tried to use the same colours. I chose to paint an mdf plaque and a #8 manila tag. As you can see I chose blue and orange starting with the DecoArt Multi Surface Satin paints. The blue is called true blue and the orange is 2 coats of neon with a coat of pumpkin patch over the top.

This is the DecoArt Chalky Finish Paints in Legacy which is the blue and heritage which is the orange.

And my third choice, Dylusions in London Blue and Squeezed Orange.

Here are the mdf plaques side by side in the same order as above, Multi Surface, Chalky & Dylusions.

And the tags side by side, again same order.

And then the fun began as I wanted to see how they stamped. These are the DA multi surface.

More Dina stamps with the new Finn brick wall stamped in archival on the Dylusions paints.

And finally the DecoArt Chalky Finish paints again incorporating Dina's images.

Here are all the mdf plaques lined up.

And the tags side by side, multi surface, chalky & Dylusions.

And finally the plaques with the corresponding tags underneath.

After all that I don't have a preference, they all work perfectly well on the mdf and on the manila tags and as you can see, the stamping on each turned out fine.

Next I think I need to mix the different products with each other and see how they blend together.

Ink Splodge

Another double journal spread using the Dylusions paint, lime, grape and teal. Andy Skinner and Dylusion stencils, Ellen Vargo (PA) and Finn stamps and the fab ink splodge which was die cut and sent to me by Lesley, I just had to use it.

Tag Swap

The theme of a tag swap I've organised is to incorporate script / text /words etc. I used two large mdf tags for mine. 

Black gesso on the bottom with white modeling paste mixed with serene chalky paint through a stencil and hi-lighted with turquoise metallic lustre. The top half is lace on the bottom, a thin layer of weathered wood crackle and serene over the top. Script and Finn images stamped in black stazon. Final layer is a wash of transparent yellow iron oxide media paint.

Close up of the stenciling and the crackle.

Whisper chalky paint for the base, covered in a layer of patina antiquing cream and wiped back. A layer of ultra matte varnish to seal the antiquing cream. Random script stamp added in black stazon. A dirty wash added and finally black gesso stippled through a word stencil and a couple of coats of soft touch varnish.

All products are from the DecoArt range.

Just the Ticket

I couldn't wait to try out this new Andy Skinner technique that I've only just come across, think I missed it with being on holiday, but you can see it here. I pretty much copied what he did. I used a mix of treasure and lace DecoArt chalky paint for the base and then a coat of Media white antiquing cream, rubbed back with a babywipe.

I have the industrial set of stamps on pre-order but they haven't hit the UK yet, so had to improvise. I used a couple of the Finn background stamps with black stazon. It came out a bit blockey but I carried on with it.

Next media black gesso and a stencil, love how crisp the images have come out.

And the final touch, the dirty wash mix.

I really love how this turned out and it was so easy to do.

All products are from the DecoArt range.

Embrace Possibilities

I wanted to try out a couple of things and ended up with this plaque. I gave it a couple of coats of black carbon DecoArt chalky paint, then a coat of weathered wood crackle followed by a layer of everlasting chalky paint. I added titanium white media paint to a splodge of white modeling paste. This is one of the things I waned to try out and scraped it through a script stencil across the bottom third. 

Stamped the main Finn image in a mix of archival and versa fine ink directly onto the wood, which came out really well. I stamped the circles onto white paper and cut them out along with the heart and stuck them on.

I added a couple of pieces of tissue tape and hi lighted some of the modeling paste in black shimmer metallic lustre from DecoArt.

I'm entering my plaque into this weeks PaperArtsy challenge as they have a theme of grunge paste but the modeling paste is pretty much the same sort of thing and you don't have to use PA products to enter.