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.

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.

Butterfly Tag

Good morning. Today I'm sharing the tag that I've made for the UK Stampers tag swap.

I'm entering my tag in the following two challenges.
Go Tag Thursday - Butterflies.
Country View Challenges - Things With Wings.

For the background I used distress ink, stencils and mica sprays. I stamped the Stampers Anonymous butterflies onto the tag with black Archival ink and stamped and die cut the butterfly with a Stampendous stamp and die, I added a metal pointer for the body. Finally I added some tissue tape, word sticker and stapled some ribbon.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day.

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.

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.

Good morning everybody. It was a lovely springlike day yesterday and so nice to go out without a coat, looks like it might be the same today.

Today I'm sharing with you a card that I made for the UK Stampers February card challenge, here is the inspiration picture we were given.

This is the card I made.

The background was made by sprinkling some brushos onto a stencil and spraying it with water. I stamped the Stampers Anonymous flower onto the card and water coloured it with inktense sticks. I added the ribbon and matted it onto some mauve card and then onto a white card blank. I coloured three white flowers with the inktense sticks and fastened them together with a brad then I added the sentiment.

Thank you for dropping by, have a lovely day,

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.

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.

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.

SPA - Sepia

It's been a while since I entered the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the latest theme has been chosen by Rosie and she has chosen Sepia.

I started by gluing some gauze to the card and then gave it a coat of gesso. I put some acrylic ink at the top of the card and sprayed with water so that I could let the ink run down the card - I used three colours and dried each colour before adding the next one. I added some script and white splatters. The flower [Stampers Anonymous] was stamped onto white card, coloured with distress ink, cut out and glued to the card, I also stapled the stem. The words [Paperartsy] were stamped onto white card and cut out.

Thank you for dropping by.

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.

SPA - Wizards

Good morning everyone, I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

I'm very pleased to be hosting this weeks Sunday Postcard Art challenge, the theme I have chosen is Wizards.

I used a couple of That's Crafty dinky stencils with modelling paste for the wall then I glued some gauze to the bottom half. I painted the card with gesso. I coloured the background with Daler Rowney and Magic Color Artist Acrylic Ink. I stamped and coloured the images with felt tips and coloured pencils. I cut out the images and glued them to the card.

The stamps I used are

Stamps Happen - the wizard.

Hampton Art Stamps - bottle.

Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz - label, skull and bat.

Cherry Pie Art Stamp - candle.

Thank you for looking, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

xxx Hazel.

Go Tag Thursday - Children

This weeks theme at Go Tag Thursday is children.

I used watercolour paper for my tag and I sprayed it with mica spray. The main image and giggle was stamped onto copy paper that had been coloured with distress ink, I glued them to the tag. I folded some paper flowers in half and stapled them to the tag.

Stamps I used.
Stampers Anonymous - main image and giggle.
Invoke Arts - background stamps.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Send In The Clowns

The letter C is the latest letter in the Craft Barns Alpa/Dictionary challenge.

For my postcard I chose the word Clown as I have a few clown stamps.

The background was coloured with distress ink, The clowns were stamped onto the postcard and I also stamped them onto white card, I coloured them with pencils, cut them out and glued them over their images on the card. I added some white dots and a doodled border.

Stamps used.
Katzelkraft - juggling clown.
Hampton Art - Trapeze clown, clown head and small stars.
Stampers Anonymous - large star.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Go Tag Thursday - Wings

I wasn't sure if I would get my tag made in time for the Go Tag Thursday Wings challenge but I've managed it.

I used gelatos on the background and some tissue tape. I added some material, I stamped the coloured butterflies with a home made stamp pad, I also stamped the butterflies in black and cut them out, I put some stickles on the wings.
The butterflies are a Stampers Anonymous stamp.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Steampunk Tag

Steampunk is the latest theme for this weeks Go Tag Thursday challenge.

I wasn't sure if I could get a tag made in time, I went to my Nephews wedding on Sunday and my Father-In-Law was taken into hospital on Monday so I've not had much time for crafting.

I coloured my tag with Distress ink and stamped some cogs and some number charts. I stamped the man onto tissue paper, cut him out and glued him to the tag. I added some tissue tape.
I stencilled the Sweet Poppy steampunk dog with modelling paste and when it was dry I cut it out and used my finger to spread some Treasure Brass over it. I glued it to the tag and added some cogs and chain from his collar to the mans hand.
Stamps used.
Stampers Anonymous - man and numbers.
PaperArtsy - cogs.
7Gypsies - clock.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

N is for Number

For the latest Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary challenge I've chosen the word Number.

For the background I used Stampers Anonymous number stamps. The numbers can be used singly but I put them all onto one acrylic block and inked them with different colours of distress ink and stamped them onto my white postcard. I randomly stamped a number chart with black Archival ink. I added tissue tape, the letter N and the dictionary definition.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

SPA - Picnic

The theme for the latest Sunday Postcard Art challenge is Picnic. I haven't been on a picnic for a long time, I always enjoyed them but found wasps to be very annoying.

For my postcard I used some card that I'd coloured with Infusions. I glued some gingham card to the top. I got a couple of images of the internet and glued them to my card. I stamped the wasps on the card and I also stamped them onto white card, I coloured them and cut out the bodies and wings, they were glued to the stamped images on the postcard. The mouse was stamped onto card, coloured, cut out and glued to the postcard.

Stamps used.

Stampers Anonymous - wasps.

House Mouse - mouse.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

T Is For Thingamagig

The letter T is the latest letter in the Craft Barns Alpha/Dictionary challenge. I was going to do the word time for my entry but when I was looking for a suitable stamp I found a stamp of the word Thingamagig so I looked in the dictionary to see if it was in there and it was although they spell it with a U - Thingumagig.

I coloured the watercolour card with distress inks and stamped some cogs. The images were stamped onto tissue paper and glued to the card. I stamped the word and letter T and added the dictionary reference.

Stamps used,
PaperArtsy - background cogs.
Scrolls Works - two of the images.
7 Gypsies - one of the images.
Stampers Anonymous - Another image.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.