SPA - Alice In Wonderland

Hi everyone, I hope you've all had a good weekend.
I'm sharing with you today the postcard that I've made for this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme is Alice In Wonderland.

I coloured the background with distress inks and added some white paint. I stamped the Cheshire cat onto the card. I adhered some patterned paper and washi tape to the bottom of the card. Alice and the Mad Hatter images were stamped onto white card, coloured with pencils and cut out, then they were adhered to the card. The stamped quote and doodles round the edge were added last.

Stamps used.
The Artistic Stamper - Alice and the Mad Hatter images.
Cherry Pie Art - Cheshire Cat.
Indigo Blu - The quote.

Thank you for visiting, you're all very welcome. xxx

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.

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.

Vintage Male

The theme for this weeks challenge at Go Tag Thursday is Vintage Male.

I stamped some Indigo Blu circles onto a gelli print and distressed the edges of some paper scraps, I glued them to the tag together with some thread and a Tim Holtz Photo Booth image. I added a few metal embellishments and a Tim Holtz small talk words.

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

SPA - Love Gives You Wings

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

I used a gelli print for the background and used picket fence Distress paint to stamp splodges. The small hearts were stamped onto the card and the large heart was stamped onto card that had been coloured with Brushos and cut out. The butterfly lady was stamped onto card, coloured with pencils and cut out. I wrote the words and drew squiggly lines round the edge.
Stamps used:
Indigo Blu - splodges.
Dina Wakley - hearts.
Crafty Individuals - butterfly lady.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Love Is Like A Butterfly

I've made another journal page for the Art Journal Journey challenge, the theme is If The Music Be The Food Of Love.

The quote says "Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes".

I started by covering the pages with a pretty butterfly paper napkin,

I then added some pink and mauve acrylic paint with my finger.

I then glued a butterfly and some music that I'd cut out of tissue wrap and then I gave the pages a thin coat of gesso.

I stamped some circles, letters and dots with Versamagic chalk inks, the stamps that I used are Indigo Blu and PaperArtsy. I used a Stampendous die and stamp to die cut and stamp the butterflies out of patterned paper, I glued them to the page, I did the words on the computer. I gave the whole page a coat of Multi Matte Medium.

When the matte medium had dried I gave the butterflies and words a bit more colour and shading using Faber-Castell Pitt pens. I also added a bit of colour to the edges.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Pink And Yellow

I'm a little bit late with my postcard for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme this week is Pink and Yellow.

I'm also sharing my postcard with The Artistic Stamper challenge - Things With Wings.

I use alcohol inks for the background and stamped on top of it.
Stamps used
The Artistic Stamper - the main image.
Creative Expressions - bubble wrap stamp.
Indigo Blu - letter stamp.
TJ Designs - quote, postmark and song bird.

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.

Birdie ATCs

Good morning everyone, I hope you're having a lovely weekend, I had a fabulous day yesterday at a Mini Album workshop at the Craft Barn.

I'd like to share with you some Bird ATCs that I've made during the year.

I used a mono print background and stamped the hessian [Indigo Blu] and the branch [Inkadinkado]. Shabby pink Frantage was added to the card and I stamped the postmark [TJ Designs]. I stamped the bird [Lost Coast Design] onto a separate piece of card and cut it out.

I used Dylusions ink on the background and stamped the Inkadinkado branch. The Dina Wakley scribble bird was stamped onto a separate piece of card and cut out.

The background on this ATC is weaved pieces of handmade paper. The Sheena Douglas stamps were stamped onto white card and watercoloured and then cut out.

The background was made with Distress inks. The main image is by Crafty Individuals.

Tim's Twelve Tags of 2014 - September

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a good weekend.
I'd like to share with you my take on Tim's September Tag - I wont tell you how I made it as you can find Tim's instructions here.

Here is a list of the ingredients that I used.
Black tag.
Glossy card.
Blending solution.
Alphabet mask [make unknown].
Stonewashed alcohol ink plus various colours for the flowers.
Inkylicious stamp - the main image.
Black Archival ink.
Tissue tape.
Botanicla Remnent Rubs.
Sizzix Alterations tattered flower garland decorative strip.
Indigo Blu script stamp.
Black gems.

Craft-Room Challenge - Wedding/Anniversary

It's time again for another Craft-Room Challenge and it's the turn of the lovely Mervi to choose the theme and she has chosen Wedding/Anniversary.

Our sponsor for the challenge is The Stamp Man.

                                 

For my DT piece I've made an Anniversary card.

I used ripe persimmon Distress reinker with water for the background and stamped some poppies in the top right hand corner. I added a strip of striped paper from the Prima Time Traveller paper set. The ribbon is a strip of white material that I dyed with the ripe persimmon reinker and I added some gold thread. I stamped and embossed the image and coloured it with watercolour pencils. I used a peel off for the sentiment.
The stamp I used for the main image is Indigo Blu poppy heart and the stamps on the background are Elusive Images/Chocolate Baroque stamps.

Craft-Room Collage

My last scheduled post and then I'll be back.

Another fortnight has gone by and it's time for another Craft-Room Challenge. The latest theme is Collage and it has been chosen by Esther.

This is the card that I've made.

The sponsor for the challenge is IndigoBlu.

I coloured the edge of a white card blank with vintage photo Distress ink then I adhered a piece of craft card that I'd painted with green acrylic paint. I then adhered some paper that I'd stamped dragonflies on, some handmade paper and some gold mesh. I embossed some card with tiny dragonflies then painted it with some acrylic paint. I then sanded it to take the paint of the dragonflies, then I sponged some peeled paint Distress ink over it and took the excess of with a damp cloth. The sentiment was stamped [The Artistic Stamper] onto some card and I attached it with staples. The large dragonfly was stamped and embossed and black gems added. I added a few black gems to a couple of corners and added some dragonfly charms. I don't know what stamp company made the dragonfly stamps.

We had some wonderful entries in the Pins/and or charms challenge, I don't envy Nikki having to choose her top three. Why not visit the Craft-Room to have a look at the wonderful samples that the rest of the DT team have made.

Gala Event.

Before I show my latest DT card for Creative Expressions I'd like to apologise for the lack of commenting for the last couple of weeks, I hope to visit your blogs to play catch up over the weekend.

For my card I've used the lovely Creative Expressions Gala Event stamp set.

I layered some gold card and gold angel hair onto a white card blank then I added a white die cut frame that I'd cut with my Cricut with the Iron Works cartridge. I stamped the gorgeous dress and sentiment with Indigo Blu flitter glue and lancashire rose guilding flakes. I matted the image onto some gold card and adhered it to the card together with some flowers and pearl sprays from my stash.

Craft Room Challenge

Another fortnight has gone by and it's time for another Craft Room Challenge. The challenge this time has been chosen by Maria and she wants to see some Material on your work.
We had some brilliant entries for the embossing challenge and I don't envy Esther having to choose her top three.

 The sponsors for the challenge is IndigoBlu makers of fabulous rubber stamps. I used their stamps on my card

I started making this card by colouring the edge of a white card blank with Pan Pastel then I layered a piece of Basic Grey paper and some poppy paper that was free with a magazine, can't remember which one. I stamped the image and words onto material using black Stazon and then I frayed the edges before stapling them to some card and attaching them to the card blank. I dyed some seam binding with rusty hinge and fired brick Distress Stains and  tied it to the card.

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Craft-Room Christmas Candy

This beautiful Indigo Blu rubber stamp plate could be yours  from the Craft-Room on line shop. To find out how to win click on the photo in my sidebar.

This Candy will run until 24th December, the winner will be announced on Tuesday the 27th so the winner will have their prize in time for all those spring cards we all like to welcome the new year with.   Good Luck

Craft -Room Treasure Hunt

The wonderful people at Indigo Blu have given us some stamps to offer you all as blog candy!  You can enter over the next 4 weeks until 17th October 2011.
To find out the rules and how to enter just click on the blog candy photo in my side bar and who knows you could be the lucky winner.