SPA - Stars

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend.
The theme for this weeks Sunday Postcard Art is stars.

I stamped the Carabelle Studio houses with black Archival ink and coloured them with watercolour paints then I watercoloured the sky. When the paint was dry I splattered the sky with Kuretake metallic watercolour paint. I stamped the stars [unknown stamp] and coloured them with the metallic paint and drew round them with a black Posca pen.

Thank you for visiting you’re all very welcome, have a lovely day. xxx

Butterflies and Bugs Art Journal Page

Good morning everyone, today I have a journal page to share with you.
I'd like to enter it in Elizabeth's Count Your Blessings challenge at Art Journal Journey I think butterflies and bugs are a blessing, there seems to have been a lot of butterflies this year and it's been lovely sitting in the garden watching them and the bugs going about their business.

I used acrylic paint on the background using my finger and brushes to apply the paint, I added some scribbling, I stamped the Tim Holtz bugs with black Archival ink and I stapled the lovely Gecko Galz butterfly image to some card and adhered it to the page. I added some frayed material, a word sticker and some remnant rubs.

Thank you for dropping by to take a look, you're all very welcome. xxx

Retiform Journal Page

Good morning everyone.
I've just joined Nina Ribena's Art Journal Prompts and More Facebook group. Each week she gives us a new challenge, this week the challenge is to use the Retiform technique, it's a technique that I did years ago, I think it we use to call it the grid technique.

I used distress ink to make the grid and stamped the Paperartsy sheep with Archival ink, I coloured the sheep with coloured pencils.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day. xxx

SPA - Sewing/Dressform

Good morning everyone, I hope you're all having a good weekend.
Sabine has chosen Sewing/Dressform as this weeks theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge.

I covered my postcard with some patterned paper from my stash and stamped the images with Archival ink. The main image was stamped and embossed with black powder. I used Stampers Anonymous and Paperartsy stamps but I'm not sure who made the stamp that I used for the stitching round the edge.
My postcard was also made for this months UK Stampers postcard swap.

Below is a photo of some embroidery that I did last week, it's from the winter Craftpod craft box.

Thank you for dropping by to take a look, have a lovely Sunday. xxx Hazel.

Spring Journal Page

Good morning everybody, I thought we'd seen the last of nasty white stuff - it was a lovely spring day yesterday and today it's snowing quite heavily.

Rosie has chosen Spring for her theme at Art Journal Journey

Supplies used:
Gesso.
Gelatos.
Paper napkins.
Hero Art flower stamp coloured with felt tip pens.
Stampendous bird stamp and matching die.
Felt tip pens to colour the bird.
Script stamp - unknown make.
Black Archival ink.
Distress ink to edge the pages with.
Matte medium.

Below are a couple of photos of my tortoise Harry, last weekend he decided it was spring and got up after his four month hibernation. Looking at the weather today I think he might decide that he got up a bit too early.

Thank you for visiting, have a lovely weekend. xxx Hazel.

Man On A Tightrope Postcard

Hi everyone, very cold and snowy here today.

To day I'm sharing the postcard that I've made for the UK Stampers February postcard swap.
I'm also entering it in the Take A Word Silhouette challenge.

I covered my postcard with some patterned paper that came with a Stampington magazine. I stamped some script and stamped the Paperartsy buildings in black Archival ink. I also stamped the Tim Holtz man on a tightrope and words with black Archival. The little birds were die cut with an Impression Obsession die. I edged the postcard with a felt tip.

I've added a couple of snowy photos.

Josh and Murphy enjoying a good sniff round a tree.

This photo was taken from my dining room at lunchtime.

Thank you for taking the time to visit me, enjoy what's left of the day. xxx Hazel.

SPA - Flourishes

Good morning, I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I managed to spend a little time in my craft room and made a postcard for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme is Flourishes.

The background is from my stash, I stamped some swirls and white circles with Fresco paint, the flower and quote were stamped with black Archival, the flower was coloured with pitt pens, I drew some swirls over the white circles.
All the stamps are Paperartsy apart from the white circles, that was a Dina Wakley stamp.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day. xxx Hazel.

Circles Postcard

Good morning everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely weekend, last night we went out for a curry with friends - had a lovely evening.

Today I'm sharing with you a postcard that I made for the UK Stampers October postcard swap, the theme was circles, I'm also entering it in the Try It On Tuesday circles challenge.

I stamped the Carabelle Studio circles with archival ink onto a gelli print background. The Inkylicious girl with balloons was stamped directly onto the card and I also stamped the balloons onto white card, coloured them with pitt pens, cut them out and adhered them to the card. I stamped the words with a finnabair stamp and added a Tim Holtz word sticker.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely Sunday. xxx

SPA - Carte Postale

Good morning all, I hope you're having a lovely weekend.

Carte Postale has to be somewhere on our postcards in the latest Sunday Postcard Art challenge.

For the background I glued a napkin to the postcard. All the stamps are Tim Holtz stamps and I used Archival ink. I found the butterflies in my stash, I'd stamped them a long time ago and I think I used distress ink.

Thank you for dropping by, enjoy your Sunday. xxx Hazel.

Friends Journal Page

Good morning everyone, I've a journal page to share with you today.

My Friend is the theme for the Try It On Tuesday challenge and Colour My World is the theme for the Art Journal Journey challenge. My favourite colour is green and my favourite colour combination is green and pink although there is more pink than green on my page.

I coloured the background with Distress Oxides and stamped with Archival ink. I used a stencil for the leaves. The stamps that I used are Paperartsy, Seth Apter and Kaisercraft.

I found some lovely napkins at Ally Pally last weekend, one of them had pink roses on so I cut out some roses and glued them to the page.

I added some Tim Holtz images and stamped some words with Art Impressions and Dyan Reaveley/Dylusions stamps.

The words are
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Girlfriends make the best accessories.

Thank you for visiting me, have a lovely day. xxx Hazel.

Seahorse Postcard

Good morning all, today I'm sharing a postcard that I made for a swap earlier in the year.

I used Samantha Braund Arts stamps and stencils.

I used distress inks to colour the background and sprayed water over it, I also used distress inks with the stencils. I used a white pen to draw dots and a black marker to scribble round the edge. The stamping was done with black Archival ink.

A close up of the script.

Thank you for taking a look, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Altered Notebook Cover

It's the start of a new month so it's time for a new challenge at Altered Eclectics, as always the theme is Anything Goes - no cards allowed. For my Project this month I've altered the cover of a notebook.

This is the notebook that I used. I started by covering the book with a gelli print and some torn patterned paper, then I added some thread. I coloured the centre panel with distress oxide and added some tissue tape. The Stampers Anonymous flowers were stamped with black Archival ink and coloured with pitt pens. I also stamped a couple of flowers on white card, coloured them with pitt pens, cut them out and glued them over the stamped images. The notebook was embellished with ribbon, metal charm, remnent rubs and word stickers.

The rest of the design team have made some lovely projects and they would love you to take a look. Happy crafting. xxx Hazel.

Numbers Postcard

Hi everyone, a very overcast start to the day and rain is expected.

Today I'm sharing with you the postcard that I've made for this months UK Stampers postcard swap, the theme is Numbers.
I'm entering my postcard into the Try It On Tuesday challenge, their theme is Letters or Numbers or Both.

I stamped the Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz numbers onto cream card using Archival ink then I stamped the fabulous Crafty Individuals flamingo stamp in black. I added some remnent rubs and wrote the numbers round the edge.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Circles

Good morning, I hope you all had a good weekend.

Circles is this months challenge theme at Art Journal Journey. I must admit that in my head my page was a lovely pastel watercolour with a few circles but I got carried away.

I used watercolours for the background and for the different circles I used Neocolours, pitt pens. Posca pen, Finnabair stamps and Archival ink.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Blue ATCs

Hi everyone, I'm sharing with you today the ATCs that I made for the UK Stampers April ATC swap.

I'd like to enter my ATCs into the Try It On Tuesday challenge - Little Things Mean A Lot.

The background was coloured with broken china Distress Oxide.
I stamped some script with plum Archival ink, Paperartsy dots with forget-me-not Archival ink and the Honey Doo Craft flowers were stamped with Cobalt Archival ink. I embellished them with a flower, sequins and the Paperartsy word stamp.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Archiving

Good morning everyone, I'm here to share with you my latest piece for the Craft Barn design team, it's a card using Archival ink, you can see how I made it here.

Thank you for stopping by, have a lovely weekend.

xxx Hazel.

Mad Tea Party Journal Page

Good morning all, it's a lovely bright morning here - a bit chilly though.

I'm linking my page to the Art Journal Journey challenge the theme is Magical Mystery Tour.

My old London bus whooshed me through the swirly tunnel to visit the Mad Hatter's Tea Party,

I decided to have a go at a digital page and for the background I used one of my photographs of a field of buttercups.

I added images from a My Craft Studio programme called Make A Date. When I was happy with the result I printed it and glued into my journal.

I painted the swirl with white acrylic paint and stamped the Emma Godfrey swirl with black Archival ink. I stamped the Paperartsy bus onto shrink plastic with Stazon and shrunk it, I glued it to the page. I cut some words out of an old Alice In Wonderland book, stamped some Indigo Blu words and a Non Sequitur clock and added them to the page. I doodled round the edge of the page.

Thank you for dropping by to take a look.

xxx Hazel.

Be Creative Birthday Card

I have a card to share with you today.

For the background I sprinkled some brushos over a stencil and sprayed with water. I stamped some leaves with cobalt Archival ink and some script with black Archival ink. The grass was stamped with plum Archival ink. The words were stamped and cut out.

Stamps used
Paperartsy/Lin Brown - leaves and grass.
The Artistic Stamper - words
Unknown script stamp.

Thank you for dropping by. xxx Hazel.

Art Journal Journey - Magical Mystery Tour

Good morning everyone, I'm so happy and thrilled to be hosting this months Art Journal Journey challenge, the theme that I've chosen was inspired by the Beatles song Magical Mystery Tour. Imagine there's a magical bus or train or whatever mode of transport you choose and it's there to take you on your mystery tour - it could take you anywhere, into the future or the past, into one of your favourite books, a country you've dreamed of going to, anywhere your imagination takes you.
I've chosen and old red London bus as my transport and for my first tour it whisked me away to see the sights of London - I wonder where it will take me next.

I painted the background with gesso and acrylic paint and stamped some images onto tissue paper and glued them to the page with matte medium. I printed some photos of London and stamped some images onto white card, I cut them out and glued them to the page. I gave the page a coat of matte medium and when it had dried I used my pitt pens to colour the tissue paper images.

I hope you can to enter the challenge - thank you for looking, have a great weekend. xxx Hazel.

SPA - Dictionary

Sabine is hosting this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme she has chosen is Dictionary.

I glued the dictionary page to my postcard, then sprinkled some infusions and sprayed with water for the background flowers. I stamped some grasses with Archival ink. The large flower was stamped onto a dictionary page, coloured with Inktense pencils, cut out and glued to the card.

Items used.
6" x 4" card.
Dictionary pages.
Tim Holtz wildflower stencil.
Infusions - Black Knight.
Stampers Anonymous stamp - large flower.
Faber-Castell Inktense pencils.
Archival ink.
Paperartsy/Lin Brown stamps for the rest of the stamping.

Thank you for dropping by to take a look.

xxx Hazel.