Sisters

Sisters is this weeks theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge.

Here is my postcard.

I used one of my Gelly prints and did some stamping with acrylic paint and Archival ink. The main image was stamped onto a separate part of the print, cut out and adhered to the postcard. I coloured the main image with Faber- Castell Pit pens. I wrote the Marion C. Garretty quote on to paper and cut it out - wish I'd cut closer to the words.
Stamps used:
Invoke Arts - Doll.
Dina Wakley - Circles.
Crafty Individuals - Main image.

Thank you for looking and have a lovely Sunday.

xxx Hazel.

Summer ATCs

I'm sharing with you today the ATCs that I made for the KCUK August ATC swap, the theme is Summer.

I used acrylic paint and Gelatos on the background and stamped the swirls [Penny Black]. The children [Creative Expressions} were stamped onto white card and coloured with felt tips. I fussy cut them out and glued them to the ATC. The words are part of a Crafty Individuals stamp that I cut out.

                                  
The background was made with distress ink and the stamps I used are:
Stampers Anonymous - butterflies and moths.
Dina Wakley - leaves.
Craft Extensions - tiny flowers.
Unknown stamp - sun.
I used a Martha Stewart stamp and punch for the three butterflies and I put stickles on their wings.

Thank you for looking, have a lovely day.

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.

Playing With Alcohol Inks

I've not played with my alcohol inks for at least two years so I decided to blow the dust of my bottles and play with them. I've spent some time this week watching Alcohol Ink videos on You Tube to see if there's a different technique than using felt to apply the ink. I found a few videos where canned air was used to blow the ink around the card before the ink dried, I haven't got any canned air so I used my Tim Holtz spritzer. I must say I was pleased with the results.

The first two show my attempts at doing poppies - need more practice, I put a few scribbles on with a fine tip pen. I'm not sure yet what I'm going to do with the rest of them apart from the pink one.

Back To School/Book Pages

It's time for another challenge at Mixed Media Mojo, the theme is Back To School/Book Pages.

For my DT piece I've decorated the cover on an exercise book.

I covered the front and back with some school themed scrapbook papers from my stash.

I adhered a piece of paper from a shorthand pad and stamped the splats and rings [Kaisercraft stamp].

I stamped some gold stars [Stampers Anonymous] and I found some school theme labels and stickers in my stash so I glued some to the cover and did some doodling on the shorthand page.

Please pop over the Mixed Media Mojo challenge site to see the fabulous work that the rest of the DT have made.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Mixed Media Canvas Board

I can't believe it's September already and time for another challenge at Altered Eclectics, as always the theme is Anything Goes but it must be Mixed Media/Altered Art - no cards are allowed.

For my DT piece I've made a mixed media piece on a canvas board.

I started by covering a 8" x 8" canvas board with bits of patterned paper and giving it a light coat of gesso.

Then I added some coloured acrylic paint.

I then used some texture paste with a stencil and painted some gesso over it.

The canvas board was then coloured with Gelatos.

I stamped the leafy branch onto the board and stencilled some tiny pink circles, I also stamped some postmarks. I stamped the leafy branch, flowers and bird onto some of my Gelli prints and cut them out, I adhered them to the board, I also added some Remnent Rubs and the quote. I gave it a coating of Multi Matte Medium.

I finally added more colour to the leaves, flowers and bird with Faber-Castell Pitt pens.

The stamps I used are;
Sheena Douglas - the leafy branch, flowers and bird.
Hobby Arts - the quote.
Postmark - unknown

Thank you for looking at my work, I hope you can take time to look at the lovely inspirational pieces that the rest of the Altered Eclectics DT have made.

xxx Hazel.

Sunday Postcard Art - Fish

Good morning everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend.

Fish is the theme for today's Sunday Postcard Art challenge.

Here is my postcard.

I stamped the main image onto one of my Gelli prints, then I masked it of and stamped the fish. I masked the fish and stamped the bubbles. When I removed the masks I coloured the main image and fish with Pitt pens. I wrote the words and adhered them to the postcard.

The stamps I used are

PaperArtsy - main image and fish.

Creative Expressions - the bubbles.  

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Butterfly Journal Page

Last week my friend Alison came to play, we had a great day playing with our Gelli Plates and we both ended up with loads of lovely prints.

I've used one of them on my journal page.

My print wasn't big enough to cover the pages so I painted the edge of the pages with Acrylic paint, tore round the print and glued it to the pages. I used Kaisercraft, Inkadinkado and Stampendous stamps on the background and I used Versamagic chalk ink. The butterflies [Stampendous stamp and cutting dies] were stamped onto cream card, cut out and glued to the pages with Mod Podge, I also spread the Mod Podge over the butterflies so that I could colour them with Faber Castell Pitt artist pens. Spreading the glue over the images and letting it dry meant that I could colour with the pens and spread the ink with my finger before it dried. I uesd an Artistic Stamper stamp for the quote.

I'm sharing my pages with Art Journal Journey their theme this month is Time.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

August Calendar - Pink and Butterflies

My August calendar page for the Craft Barns calendar challenge is a bit grungier than my other pages.

I enlarged a photo of a hydrangea from my garden and printed it onto copy paper. I tore round the flower head and adhered it to the page. I then stencilled some modelling past with a Dreamweaver stencil and when the paste had dried I gave the page a light coat of gesso.

I sprayed the page with water and added some Dylusions ink.

I went round the edges with picked raspberry distress ink and stamped some butterflies and letters. I stamped and die cut the large butterfly and added it and the calendar to the page.

I used Stampers Anonymous stamps for the background letters and butterflies, for the large butterfly I used a Stampendous stamp and die.

Thank you for looking.

xxx Hazel.

Time Flies Journal Page

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a good weekend,

It's Art Journal Monday over at Mixed Media Mojo and it's my turn to share a project.

I'm also sharing my journal page with Art Journal Journey, this months theme is Time.

I started by stencilling some clocks with modelling paste and when it had dried I painted the page with gesso.

I then painted the page with blue acrylic paint and dribbled some Dylusions ink.

I added some other colours with Gelatos and stamped some script with a Creative Expressions stamp. I stamped the buildings [Sheena Douglas stamp] onto patterned paper, cut it out and glued it to the bottom of the page.

I stamped the winged clocks [unknown stamp] onto patterned paper and cut them out and added the Time Flies. I added a clock charm to the larger winged clock.

I used some Pitt Artist Pens to add some more colour.

Thank you for looking - have a good day.

Sunday Postcard Art - Butterflies

The latest theme at the Sunday Postcard Art Challenge is Butterflies.

This is my postcard.

I used acrylic paints on the background and stencilled some flowers with Cosmic Shimmer paint. I stamped the butterflies with distress ink. The numbers were stencilled with acrylic paint. I added some Remnent Rubs and stamped some dates with Stampers Anonymous stamps. I used a Stampendous stamp and cutting die for the butterfly, it was coloured with acrylic paint and Pitt pens.

The Butterflies and the Bees

Hi everybody - I hope you are all well.

I thought it was time I posted something on my neglected blog.

I'm sharing with you a couple of pages that I made for the KCUK Deco Swap, my swap partners theme was Anything That Flies.

I used Brushos on the background and stencilled the mesh with Distress ink. I stamped the Jofy quote and small Stampotiqe bees. The large and medium Stampotique bees were stamped onto white card and coloured with Pitt pens, cut out and adhered to the page. I put stickles on the wings.

I coloured the background and stamped the butterflies with Distress ink and stamped some script. The large butterfly was stamped and die cut with a Stampendous stamp and die. The Quote is a Hobby Art stamp. The butterfly and quote were stamped onto card that had been coloured with Brushos.

Thank you for looking.

Butterfly Canvas

The theme for the August Challenge over at Mixed Media Mojo is Anything Goes.

For my DT piece I made a Butterfly Canvas.

I started by sprinkling Brushos onto the canvas and spraying with water.

I then covered the canvas with tissue wrap and painted it with clear gesso.

Then I stencilled some DecoArt Media Modelling paste, let it dry and painted it with white gesso.

I then coloured it with Gelatos and sprayed water, when it had dried I stamped some script and splattered with white paint.

For the large butterflies I used a Stampendous stamp and cutting dies, for the small butterfly I used a Martha Stuart punch and stamp. For the quote I used a stamp by The Artistic Stamper.

My DT teamies would love you to visit Mixed Media Mojo to have a look at their fabulous makes.

Altered Book Pages

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

For my DT piece I've altered some book pages. I've been wanting to do some page folding for a long time so I found a pattern on the Internet and found a book the size I needed. It was a lot easier to do than I thought it would be and didn't take very long.

I decided to keep the cover simple, I covered the spine with some crumpled tissue paper, painted it black and when it was dried I spread some Treasure Brass over the raised areas. I covered the front and back with some patterned paper that I'd stamped with some butterflies and postmark stamps
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I used a Stampendous stamp for the butterfly and a PaperArtsy stamp for the postmark,

The rest of my DT teamies have made some lovely inspirational pieces so why not pop over to Altered Eclectics to take a look.