SPA - Trees

Good morning everyone, I  hope you’re all having a lovely weekend.
This week I’m very happy to be hosting the  Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme that I’ve chosen is Trees.

I used a Gelli print for the background and stamped the Impression Obsession large tree. I stamped the Crafty Individuals trees onto a piece of Gelli print, cut it out and glued it to the card, I stamped the quote (unknown stamp) onto the same print and glued it to the card, the last thing I did was to go round the edges with a yellow Posca pen.

Thank you for dropping by, enjoy what’s left of the weekend. xxx

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 - Seashells

Good morning all, I hope you all had a good weekend.
The theme for this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge is Seashells.

I used a paper napkin for the background and stamped and coloured some seashells - make of stamps unknown. I used and Impression Obsession die to die cut the seagulls and I also added some tissue tape.

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

A Couple Of Cards For Men

Like a lot of people I find cards for men difficult and I'm never happy with the results, I had a couple of cards to make quickly so I used a couple of Gecko Galz images.

I dry brushed some white gesso onto a couple of kraft cards then I stamped some images with Seth Apter background stamps. I added some tissue tape, hessian and the Gecko Galz image to the one with the car and added some denim, Impression Obsession die cut seagulls and the Gecko Galz image to the one with the ship.

I hope you're all having a lovely day and thank you for taking the time to visit. xxx Hazel.

Altered Playing Cards C and D

I've just finished the next two cards for the Maremi's Creative Cafe Facebook group challenge. For the letters C and D the words we were given were coffee and dragonfly.

I used an Impression Obsession stamp and Kaleidacolor inks for the background, I flicked water on it. I drew the mug and coloured it with felt tips and stamped some hearts. The mug stains are a Stampers Anonymous stamp.

I used a stencil and modelling paste on the card and painted it with gesso. I coloured it with Gelatos. and spread some micro bead gel, when this dried I used my finger to add some gilding. The dragonfly was coloured stamped, coloured with felt tips and cut out. I put stickles on the wings and a metal game pointer on the body.The quote was stamped with an Artistic Stamper stamp. No idea who made the dragonfly.

Thank you for looking.

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.

Floral Cards

Good morning all.

I'm not doing much crafting at the moment so I thought I'd share some cards that I made a couple of months ago.

The cards were all made the same way, I used two Impression Obsession stamps for the background. I used different colour distress inks on the stamps and sprayed them with water before stamping onto watercolour paper.  The La Blanche flower images were stamped onto copy paper, coloured and cut out before being glued to the cards. I added the PaperArtsy word and some ribbon that was attached to the cards with staples.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Spotty Flower Journal Page For Mixed Media Mojo

Today it's my turn to post a project for Mixed Media Mojo.  Why not visit the blog to see all the lovely inspiration and there's still time to enter the Christmas in July challenge.

I'd like to enter my journal page in the Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge - Anything Goes using a stamp.

 

For the background I built up layers with acrylic paint, stencilling and stamping.

I stamped the flower onto spotty paper and cut it out, I also punched out circles from the same paper and stamped the words onto scrap card. After adhering the flower etc. I gave the whole page a coat of matte medium. I coloured the flower and circles with Faber Castell Pitt pens, because I'd given the page a coat of matte medium it gave me time to use the pens and spread the colour with my finger.

The stamps I used are
PaperArtsy for the flower, words and the background.
Indigo Blu for the white circles on the background.
Impression Obsession for the lines on the background.
The dotty paper is by Kaisercraft.

July Calendar - Turquoise And Beach Huts

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

Today I'm sharing with you the July calendar page that I've made for the Craft Barns calendar challenge.

The background was painted with acrylic paint.
I cut the beach huts out of a patterned paper and used a circle punch for the beach balls.
I coloured everything with Pitt Big Brush pens.
The seagulls were made with an Impression Obsession die.

Thank you for looking and have a good day.

KCUK Deco Pages - Spring Flowers

Good Morning, I hope you are all having a lovely weekend, after yesterdays beautiful sunshine we have rain today and it looks like it's not going to stop.

I'd like to share with you a couple of pages that I made for the KCUK deco swap.

I stamped the background with an Impression Obsession stamp and Distress ink. I then stamped the PaperArtsy/Jofy flowers onto the page and onto white scrap card. I used Inktense pencils to colour the flowers and stems then I cut the flowers out and glued them to the page and added some dew drops. I then stamped the Hobby Arts quote directly to the page and drew lines round the sides.

I coloured the background with Distress ink and stamped the Joanna Sheen lily of the valley stamp with Archival ink. I stamped the main image [ I think it's a Hero Arts stamp ] onto white card with Archival ink I cut the image out and added some ribbon and die cuts.

Navy Blue and Cream Deco Pages

Today I'd like to share with you a couple of deco pages that I've made for the KCUK swap, I made the pages for Dot, the theme of her book is Children in Navy Blue and Cream.

For both pages I used chipped saphire distress ink on cream card.
Stamps used:
Impression Obsession - the background.
Flower Soft - the image.
Oxford Impression - the quote.

Stamps used:
Flower Soft - the image and jars.
La Pashe - the sign post and quote.

The Documented Life - Week 2

I've just finished my week 2 for the Documented Life, this week we had to use gesso on the pages.

I started by painting the blank pages with gesso and then I adhered my calender page.
I use a baby wipe to apply the DecoArt acrylic paint.
I used an Impression Obsession stamp and rose madder Archival ink on the background and then stamped some black crackle with a Kaisercraft stamp.
The Woodware clematis was stamped onto paper and coloured with Inktense pencils and a waterbrush, I cut them out and adhered them to the pages.
The dates and lines on the calender had disappeared under the paint so penned them in.
I stencelled the dragonflies with gesso and let them dry then I coloured them with Inktense pencils and a waterbrush then I went round the edges with a black watercolour pencil and waterbrush.
The last thing I did was to write the Mary Shelly quote.

This is a closer look at the dragonflies.

Something Old, Something New

It's time again for another Craft-Room Challenge, the theme is 'Something Old, Something New' and it has been chosen by Annie.

This is what she has to say about the challenge.
Now about this fortnights challenge........we all have some old craft items in our stash and of course we have some new ones too............ so I would like you to make something which incorporates them both............not too hard............but you are required to list what you have used within your blog post.

Our sponsor this fortnight is Crafty Individuals

I've made a card for my DT sample and my new is an Impression Obsession dragonfly background stamp and my old is a Dreamweaver dragonfly brass stencil.

I stamped the background with the Impression Obsession stamp and various Marvi  Blending Blox inks, I also stamped some crackle with black ink.
I used a Sizzix courtyard die for the die cut and added some black gems.
I used DecoArt crackle paste with the dragonfly stencil and coloured it when it was dry.
I added some organza ribbon that I'd gathered.

My teamies have made some lovely samples so please visit the Craft- Room to take a look.