SPA - Dragonflies

Happy Sunday everyone, I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend.

I’m very happy to be hosting this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme I’ve chosen is dragonflies.

I coloured the background with dIstress ink and stamped some dragonflies with an Impression Obsession stamp. I tore flowers out of some napkins and adhered them too the card. I stamped the Carabelle Studio dragonfly onto card, coloured it, cut it out and adhered it to the card, I also put some stickles on the wings. The quote is an Artistic Stamper stamp.

Thank you for visiting, have a lovely weekend. xxx

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

Your’e a Star

Good morning everyone. Geometric shapes is the theme chosen by Alison at Art Journal Journey

I would also like to enter my page in the Moo Mania And More challenge Cold and Frosty Colours.

The background was a mop up page in my journal. I stamped some stars with metalic glaze on the background but they don't show up very well. I stamped some larger stars [Carabelle Studio] and doodled on them with white pen. I adhered a Tim Holtz paper doll to a large star that I'd cut out of previously coloured card. I drew zig zag lines round the page to frame the image and coloured it with a silver Posca pen. The photo below shows the silver star sequins that I'd adhered to the page.

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

Busy Bees Art Journal Page

Good morning everyone, a lovely sunny start to the day here, I hope it is where you are. I have a journal page to share with you  today, I’ve made it for the  Art Journal Journey Flora and Fauna challenge.

I coloured the background with gelatos, using a baby wipe to spread the colour. I stencilled some hexagons with a Colour Box stencil and modelling paste, when the paste had dried I coloured it with some brown acrylic ink sprayed with water. I used Paperartsy stamps on the background. The beehive was stamped with a Woodware stamp onto tissue paper, I adhered it to the page and coloured it with Pitt pens. The Stampotique bees were stamped onto white card, coloured and cut out, I put some stickles on the wings. I added some remnant rubs and Carabelle Studio sentiment.

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

SPA - Add A Tag

Good morning, here is the postcard that I've made for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme is to Add A Tag.

I used acrylic paint with a brayer on the background.
The stamps I used are
Prima - background stamp.
Carabelle Studio - tag.
That's Crafty - Lynne's Affermations word stamp, the words are Make a wish on Butterfly Wings.
Martha Stewart - butterfly stamp and punch.

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

Paper Dolls ATCs

Hi everybody, I've got some ATCs to share with you today, they were made for a UK Stampers ATC swap earlier in the year.

Distress ink background with Carabelle Studio stamps, embellished with Tim Holtz paper dolls and word stickers.

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

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

Dragonfly Tag

Good morning all, I have a tag to share with you today, it was made for the UK Stampers October tag swap.

I used distress oxides on the background and added some tissue tape, all the stamping was done with Carabelle Studio stamps, the heart and dragonfly were stamped onto card and cut out, I covered the images with stickles. I edged the tag with black ink and added some ribbon.

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

SPA - Wonderland

Good morning everyone, I've two posts scheduled for today, this is the first one.

Today I'm guest host for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, my theme is Wonderland.

The background for my card was made using alcohol inks on glossy card.
The Alice and rabbit images are by Carabelle Studio and I stamped them onto white card, coloured them with pencils, cut them out and glued them to the card.
The Cheshire Cat is a Cherry Pie Art Stamp, he was stamped directly onto the card.
The heart, diamond, spade and club are Non Sequitor stamps and were stamped directly onto the card.
I stamped the quote [Carabelle Studio stamp] and Wonderland [Indigo Blu stamp] onto tissue paper and use a white marker on the back of the words to make them stand out more.

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

Altered Playing Cards - G and H

I'm falling very behind with the Altered Playing card challenge at Maremi's Creative Cafe, the challenge has reached the letter M and I've only just finished the letters G and H, the words we were given are gears and hearts/humming bird.

On the background I stamped and embossed the Paperartsy gears with gold powder. The Deep Red flying man was stamped onto card and cut out. I added some metal gears..

I used a Carabelle Studio heart mask and distress ink on the background and I stamped the Stampers Anonymous flower and coloured it with distress ink. I embellished it with a couple of small humming birds and some sequins.

Thank you for dropping by to take a look. xxx Hazel.

Inchies

Hi everybody, it's a beautiful bright morning here, a good start to the weekend - let's hope it lasts.

It's a long time since I made any inchies so when I saw that the UK Stampers had an inchie swap I decided to join in. We had to make six inchies and the theme was Anything Goes.

The backgrounds were made from card scraps.

Stamps used are
Carabelle Studio - hello
Paperartsy/Zinski - little monster
Clearly Impressed - dream
Finnabair - bubbles and take flight
Inkylicious - meow

Thank you for looking - have a lovely weekend. xxx Hazel.

A Birthday Card

It was a friends birthday this week and this is the card I made for her.

The background is a discarded one, I used a Carabelle Studio stencil with some brushos but I sprayed to much water on it and it ended up too messy for what I needed it for, but it was ideal for this card. I stamped the Stampers Anonymous flower and water coloured it with brushos. I used the same card and a Stampendous stamp and die for the butterfly. It was matted onto some black card and then glued to the card blank.

Thank you for dropping by to take a look.

xxx Hazel.

Little Houses Canvas

Good morning everyone, I hope you are enjoying the weekend.

Today I'm sharing my latest Craft Barn DT project, it's a canvas using a Carabelle Studio stamp and Fresco Finish paints. You can see how I made it here.

Thank you for dropping by.

xxx Hazel.

Mixed Media Canvas

Good morning everyone, I hope you are well and looking forward to the weekend.

Today I'm sharing my latest project for the Craft Barn Design Team. You can find out how I made it here.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Down In The Dungeon

My latest piece for the Craft Barns Design Team is a Halloween journal page.

I used a piece of mixed media card and stencilled the Tim Holtz wall with modeling paste, then I gave it a coat of gesso.

I painted the wall with watered down acrylic paint and spritzed with water, drying the wall between each colour, I also used a little brimstone wings Color Bloom.

I fastened some chain to the wall with brads and put some jump rings on the ends. I used some quinacridone gold paint to make it look like the metal had rusted.

I stamped some Carabelle Studio images onto white card using black Archival ink , coloured them with pencil and cut them out, the glass dome was stamped onto acetate and cut out, the Flonz Craft skeletons were stamped onto card and cut out, the knife was hand drawn.

The Table was stamped with an Impression Obsession stamp and distress ink. I stamped the mad doctor with a Stampers Anonymous stamp, I cut him out so that he looked like he was holding the knife, I cut his head of and added the skull.  I added some gauze, die cut spiders, a Tando pumpkin, some red paint for blood and some graffiti on the walls

Below are some close ups.

Ingredients.

Decoart - modeling paste.

Decoart - gesso.

Decoart - acrylic paint.

Tim Holtz - bricked stencil.

Color Bloom - brimstone wings.

Carabelle Studio - cabinet of curiosities stamp set.

Impression Obsession - woodgrain stamp.

Stampers Anonymous

Tando - pumpkins.

Distress Ink

Archival Ink - Black

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

SPA - Skulls

This weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge is Skulls.

I'd like to enter my postcard in the following challenges.
Moo Mania and More - Drips and Splatters.
Try It On Tuesday - Scary and Spooky.
Country View Challenges - All Things Spooky.

For the background I stencilled modelling paste through a Prima stencil and gave it a coat of gesso when it had dried. I coloured the background with acrylic inks and Color Bloom sprayed with water and let it run down. I stamped some skulls onto tissue paper and glued them to the background then I splattered some white paint. The large skull was stamped onto white card and cut out. The sentiment was stamped onto card that had been coloured with Color Bloom. I used pencils to colour the moth.

The stamps that I used.
Stampers Anonymous - large skull and sentiment.
Carabelle Studio - background skull and moth.st
Flonz Craft - background skull.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Going Dotty

There's a new tag challenge started called Go Tag Thursday, the theme this week is Going Dotty. I made my tag a few months ago and never got round to blogging it.

I used an acrylic tag so all the decorating was done on the back. I don't have the tag anymore but I think I stamped and embossed the image on the front of the tag - I really must write down how I make things.

For the tag I used
Fresco Finish paint.
That's Crafty Dinky Stencil.
PaperArtsy - dotty stamp
Carbelle-Studio - main image and quote.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.