SPA - Circus

I'm so very happy to be hosting this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme I have chosen for the challenge is The Circus.

The background paper and the circus ring paper are from Gecko Galz, the lion tamer was stamped straight onto the postcard, all the other images were stamped onto white card and coloured with felt tip pens, cut out and glued to the postcard.
The greatest show on earth was stamped with an Artistic Outpost stamp, all the other images were stamped with Hampton Art stamps.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day and I hope you can join in with the challenge.

xxx Hazel.

Circus Tag

Today I'd like to share a couple of circus tags with you that I'm entering into the Tag Along Circus Challenge

I used acrylic paints for the background and added some tissue tape and part of a book page. I stamped the Barnum and Bailey poster and trapeze artist onto some card that I coloured with Distress ink, the clown was stamped onto the tag.
The stamps I used are.
Artistic Outpost for the poster and ticket.
Hampton Art for the clown and trapeze artist.

This tag was made the same way as the first one.
The stamps I used are,
Hampton Art for the clown and sentiment.
Katzelkraft for the giraffe and juggling clown.

Alpha Challenge - Letter C

I have quite a few circus stamps and don't get much chance to use them, so when I saw that the letter for the Craft Barns Alpha Challenge was C I knew what I was going to do.

I tore a couple of pages out of my old dictionary and stuck them into my journal. I coloured my patterned background with felt tips. I stamped some stars with white acrylic paint  but the paint soaked up the colour of the felt tips so I drew around the stars with my white Posca pen, but again this soaked up the colour too.
I stamped the images onto white card and cut them out. I decided not to colour them in but just went lightly round the edges with some vintage photo Distress ink to take away some of the whiteness.
I added some die cut letters and a metal letter C
The stamps that I used are from
Stampers Anonymous
Katzelkraft
Artistic Outpost
Hampton Art.

Circus Twinchies

The theme for the UK Stampers October twinchie swap is the Circus.
Here are my twinchies.

I stamped the image and circus onto white card and coloured them with Promarkers. I edged them with fired brick Distress ink. I cut the circus out and adhered to the image.
The stamps that I used are
Hampton Art for the clown
Artistic Outpost for the word circus.

CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS CALLING CARD CHALLENGE

One of my favorite craft companies CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS has a Design Team call at the moment so I thought I'd have a go. They have set a challenge for all the DT hopefuls that is to produce a piece of work that has an ATC somewhere on the piece. This is the card that I've made for the challenge.
I started of with a cream card blank and edged it with old paper and stormy sky Distress ink. For the background I coloured some white card with spun sugar using the direct to paper technique and then using a baby wipe I spread some broken china and faded jeans over the pink. I stamped the background using stormy sky and then went round the edge with stormy sky using my finger. I tore the edge of a piece of beige corrugated card and coloured parts of it and the edge with stormy sky, then I attached it to the background card, I wrapped a piece of string round it and attached the background to the card blank.
For the ATC I stamped the image onto a piece of spare background card then I tore the edges and went round the edge with faded jeans, then attached it to a piece of blue ATC size card. I stuck blue gems to three of the corners and a little bird charm to the other. For the words I put a strip of blue card through my Dymo machine and put a bit of stormy sky over the letters.
The main image and little birds were stamped with black Archival ink and I used Distress ink for the rest.
The stamps that I used are
Artistic Outpost, the main image.
Inkadinkado, the background.
Tattered Angels, the background.

Distressed Edged Card

I'm entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp and Show your distressed/torn edges challenge.
I coloured a white card blank with milled lavender and old paper distress ink, I used the direct to paper technique. I distressed the edges and then went round them with old paper distress ink. I distressed the images the same way. The lovely lady image is an image from Gecko Galz , I added a little bit of mauve to her dress using a coloured pencil. For the other images I used stamps by Artistic Outpost. The last thing I did was to add a few pearls to the edge of the card.

Flapper Card

Here is a card that I made this week for my KCUK friend Lynne's birthday. I stamped the background images onto pale pink paper using coffee Archival ink, I edged the paper with frayed burlap Distres ink then attached it to a card blank. The stamps that I used are by Artistic Outpost. The main image is a free image that I downloaded from Fripperies & Butterflies. I matted it to some brown card before attaching it to the card.

Chunky Alphabet Book Y and Z

Here are the last pages for KCUKs Chunky Alphabet swap.
Y is for Yellow Brick Road.
I used a Creative Expressions mask on some white card and stencilled it with some Distress ink and then stamped the crackled effect with a Tattered Angels stamp. I stamped the main images [Artistic Outpost] onto some white card and coloured them with Promarkers. The red shoes have some stickles on them.

Z is for Zebra.
For this page I started by putting some white card and a Dreamweaver stencil through my Epic 6 die cutting machine to get a Zebra skin effect. Before taking the stencil of the card I went over it with some black soot Distress ink. The main image is stamped with a Stampendous stamp onto white card, I used Distress ink to colour it. I don't know who makes the Zebra stamp but I stamped it onto shrink plastic with Stazon and attached them to the page after shrinking them.

Yellow and Blue Alice

This is my first entry to the Altered Alice  monthly challenge, the theme for this month is blue and yellow and it's being sponsored by Artistic Outpost.
I started by stencilling some flowers onto some card. I used mustard seed Distress ink and a stencil that was free in Simply Homemade, then I went round the edge of the card with faded jeans Distress ink. I coloured all the stamped images with Promarkers except for the clock, I coloured that with Distress ink. The clock is hanging from a Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations hanging sign die cut that I'd coloured with blue Promarker. I used a couple of brads to attached the clock. Before attaching the cut out images I attached a piece of a page from an old Alice book. I also tore out the first verse of Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee's poem and attached it
to their image. I added a piece of ribbon to the bottom of the hanging.
The stamps that I've used are
Non Sequitur, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, the Rabbit and clock.
The Cherry Pie Art Stamps, Cheshire Cat and Alice.

Greatest Show On Earth

I made this ATC for the Oh La La group challenge on Bella Creations. We had to use the background paper and girl image provided by Gecko Galz. I stuck a bit of paper to the bottom of the ATC then stamped the dog, words and ticket on to white card then cut them out. I coloured the ticket with vintage photo distress ink. I made a little hat for the dog. I attached all the images to the ATC and added some sticky backed pearls to the hats. The juggeling balls are sticky backed pearls coloured with Promarkers.
Stamps used.
Little dog, Artistic Outpost Oz Collage
Greatest show on earth and admit one ticket, Artistic Outpost Vintage Circus.

Chunky Alphabet Book P Q and R

P is for Peter Pan.
First I stamped the flying boys and then masked them off. I coloured the background with distress ink then removed the masks and coloured the boys with Promarkers then I stamped the buildings across the bottom of the page. Next I stamped Peter and Wendy on to some white card and coloured them with Promarkers, then I cut them out and attached them to the page.
Stamps used:
Artistic Outpost, the Peter Pan images.
Crafty Individuals, the buildings.
Q is for Queen.
I stamped the main image onto some white card and coloured it with distress ink then I cut it out and matted it on to the background, the background was some that I'd made a while ago, then I matted this onto some black card. I stamped the crown onto some gold mirri card then cut it out and attached to the page then I added the flower with a black gem in its centre. The word queen was a rub on that I found in my stash.
Stamps used:
Crafty Individuals, the main image.
Cherry Pie Artstamps, the crown.
R is for Rabbit.
I coloured the background with Adirondack brights. I stamped the image onto white card twice and coloured one of them with distress inks, cut it out and attached it to the page. Then I coloured just the rabbit on the other one and cut the rabbit out then attached it to the main image with some silicone glue. Lastly I attached an alphabet brad.
Stamps used:
Non Sequitur, all images.

Heal, Hope and Happiness ATCs.

These are my ATCs for the UK Stampers February ATC swap.
The Heal image [Lost Coast Designs] was stamped onto white card and cut out. I attached it to some card that I'd coloured many moons ago. I added a little butterfly charm.
I stamped the Hope image [Artistic Outpost] on to white card then coloured the card with distress inks leaving the face white. I added a little bird charm.
I stamped the Happiness image [Crafty Individuals] on to white card. All the colouring in was done with watercolour pencils and a water brush. I added a little butterfly charm.

Journal Week 2

Best and Worst Gifts was the theme for week 2.
I chose my children for my best gift and a windup musical clown doll that my in laws bought me for my worst gift. He spent most of his time hidden behind the curtains and let out when they came to visit.
The background is part of a Christmas card, it has lovely glittery swirls on it. I chose the Peter Pan image [Artistic Outpost] because when my son was about 8 he told his dad that he was never going to grow up, he's 22 now and he hasn't.
The stamp I used for the clown is by Katzelkraft.