Use A Stencil Or Two

Good morning all, today is the start of a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday, the theme is to Use A Stencil Or Two. I’m very happy to be a guest designer for the challenge.

For the challenge I’ve Made a card.

For the background I sprayed some Dylusions ink through a stencil and then sprayed a little water to make some of the ink run. I added some gold paint splatters.

For the main image I used a sweet poppy stencil and Versamagic ink then I added some doodling on the flowers.

I adhered the background to a card blank then I wrapped some cord round the image and adhered it to the card,  I die cut some butterflies using a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and added them and a sentiment to the card.

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

J is for Juggle

J is the latest letter in the Craft Barns Alpha/Dictionary challenge, there is also a twist, we have to add a dragonfly to our entries. I chose the word Juggle.

Here is my postcard.

I've used a gelli print for the background. I stamped some dragonflies and plants with Versa Magic chalk inks. I stamped Lindsay Masons Doo Lally Pip onto the postcard and also onto white paper. I coloured her with pencils, cut her out and stuck her over her image on the postcard. The words were stamped and cut out and I stamped the J and added the dictionary reference, I also drew lines round the edge. I don't know who made the dragonfly stamp.

Thank you for looking and have a lovely weekend.

xxx Hazel.

If You Go Down To The Woods

If You Go Down To The Woods is the latest challenge theme at Art Journal Journey chosen by Chris.
I'm also sharing it with the Try It On Tuesday - Nature challenge.

A couple of weeks ago while I was walking the dogs I saw a green woodpecker fly into a tree, I always take my camera out with me and I managed to get a photo before it flew away, so the green woodpecker is the subject of my spread.

I drew the birds and tree and coloured them with pencils and marker pens, I copied the birds out of a book. I water coloured the background using Inktense pencils and stamped some foliage [PaperArtsy] with Versa Magic ink. I went round the leaves with a black marker and added my photo of the woodpecker, it was printed on white copy paper - shame a branch is covering her face. I must admit that I'm very pleased with the result.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

A Gothic Romance

I'm hosting the challenge at Art Journal Journey this month and the theme I've chosen is If Music Be The Food Of Love. We've had a lot of wonderful entries, so if you have a few moments to spare why not go and take a look or enter the challenge.

I've been a fan of Matthew Bourne's since I first saw his Swan Lake where all the swans are men. I've been to see a few of his ballets but have only seen his Sleeping Beauty on film so when I found out it was on at Sadler's Wells over Christmas and New Year I knew I had to go. I wasn't disappointed - it was amazing and so romantic.

For my journal page I photocopied the flyer for the show and cut out some of the images.

I painted the pages with black gesso and stamped the La Blanche rose with VersaMagic ink. I wrote the words with a white Sharpie pen.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day.

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.

Africa and Egypt Deco Pages

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

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

The background is acrylic paint swooshed with water. I stencilled the Tim Holtz rays stencil with glass bead texture gel mixed with orange acrylic paint, when this had dried I stamped the tree and animals. The figure was stamped onto white card, coloured in and cut out before glueing to the page. The letters are sticky backed ones from my stash.
All the stamps used are Clarity Stamps.

The background has been coloured with Gelatos. I stamped the main image onto the page and onto white card, I coloured the figure with felt tips and cut it out before glueing to the page, the beatles were stamped onto the page and coloured with felt tips. I coloured a piece of Stampboard with Versa Magic chalk ink and stamped the image.
I've no idea who made the stamps.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day.

xxx Hazel.

Altered Eclectics - Stampboard Tea Lights

It's the start of a new month so it's time for the latest Altered Eclectics challenge, as always the theme is Anything Goes as long as it's mixed media or altered art, no cards allowed.

For my DT piece I've decorated a wooden tea light holder with stampboard.
The first two photos show the decorated sides of the tea light holder.

This is the wooden tea light holder.

I painted the holder with gesso then I gave it a coat of wisteria Fresco Finish paint. I used a Pitt artist brush pen to ink the flower stamp and stamped the four sides and top.

I used black Stazon ink to stamp the images and Versa Magic Chalk ink to colour them.

When they were finished I glued them to the holder.

All the stamps I used are by Crafty Individuals.

The rest of the DT have made some lovely inspirational samples, they would love you take a visit to Altered Eclectics to take a look.