summertime for frilly and funkie DT

well here I am with my Dt make for the challenge over at Frilly and Funkie and there is still a week to go...the theme is summertime, to be inspired by the theme, or colours of summertime..

so here is my make inspired by the beautiful colours and textures of the ocean:

I wanted to capture the colours of the ocean and play wth lots of textures to create my finished hanging piece, using a piece of a box from some goodies...I Love using pieces of corrugated box that would just end up in the recycle bin otherwise! So I started by tearing a few patches of the top of the card off to reveal the bumps..and then a watered coat of gesso.

When dry I added stencilled detail with studio 490 white paste and then coloured with broken china distress ink...I left the white layer streaky to give a whitewashed feel.

Inspired by the lovely and very talented Jenny I decided my glass bead texture gel needed some playtime and wondered if it would mimic watery droplets? so I applied some in patches to add to the watery fell. I also streaked over the main image before inking and love the streaky watery effect it created! 

  

The main image is from the fab boardwalk set from Artistic Outpost, love this set which speedily winged its way from the lovely Lindas fab boutique. I stamped this image in black archival and after applying the glass bead gel, coloured with distress inks...removing the ink from her face using a water brush. I layered here on pieces of crinoline, coloured with distress stains.

.I also added some shredded pieces, all coloured with distress stains and some pieces of coloured cheesecloth too...to create lots of layers...loving these shredded pieces...

I also added some great venise trim, dyed with distress stain,takes the colour so well. I went to town adding the shredded pieces and lots of seashells.. can you spot the sneaky rusty wire that slipped in!

Finally a sentiment also from the boardwalk stamp set..

make sure you pop across and see my fab team mates summer inspired makes, why don't you join in ...there is still time and  you could be picked as the top three or be the lucky random winner of $25 to spend at the fab Funkie Junkie Boutique.

See below for the products I have used

I am entering this for the following competitions:

 

going green (used recycled card from box) for Simon says @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

build me up ( build up the layers ) for Sunday Stampers @ http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/

anything goes Artistic outpost referral @ http://artisticoutpost.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/artistic-outpost-july-referral-program.html

Artistic Outpost Boardwalk Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Cotton Crinoline	Venise Lace Trim - 1/2 inch wide	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - Dots & Stripes Borders	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Broken China
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Broken China	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Tumbled Glass	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tumbled Glass	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Evergreen Bough	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Weathered Wood	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams
Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Nib	Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Claudine Hellmuth Gesso

...have a fun and inky day!

trace  x

just hanging about for creative expressions dt

Here is my make for Creative Expressions this week using this lovely  doily die and also yummy texture paste in silver pearl ( there are lots of colours to choose from and its great!)

I decided to make a hanging on mountboard and make use of a tag and doily die cut too...so here is my make :

 

I started by creating some textured areas using white cosmic shimmer texture paste through various stencils. then I coloured using distress paints, do so LOVE these...I used broken china and rusty hinge. I also used these colours for the die cut doily piece and also the tag . (the doily is a whole circular piece but here I have just used a small piece ).

 

I then added layers of stamping using bubble wrap background stamp and also text and numbers from Wendy Vecchi set , love to make art.

The sentiment create art comes from Wendy Vecchi set ...word art. This was stamped in black archival, and inked up using distress inks in broken china and rusty hinge.

The flower is silver pearl texture paste applied through Wendy Vecchi flower stencil, applied in a rough manner to create a textured finish.

I then painted the dried paste , with distress paints, and also applied gilding wax to highlight the texture.

The texture paste spreads really smoothly, but different textures can be achieved...I applied roughly for the flower...and for the strips the paste for the strips was applied smoothly and then blasted with a heat gun which creates these fab bubbles...These can be left or flattened slightly...and gives another texture but can be left smooth.

 I also added some rusty wire...not my usual colours but what do you think?

make sure you check out the other fab makes from my team mates x

have a fun and inky day!

trace x 

well I have had a quiet week, feeling slightly sorry for myself..but am trying to get back into creating and blogging and hopefully I will find my mojo lurking somewhere too.....So onwards...comments will be coming honest....

nesting birds for Frilly and Funkie DT

well is time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie... and this time the lovely Donna has chosen the theme..

Challenge Theme - "Birds & Nests"- Summer is a time for nesting.  To me, there is something so simple and pure about a bird's nest especially one that contains eggs waiting to hatch! So let's pay homage to those hardworking mama, and papa, birds by including both a bird and nest image somewhere in your project. 

 

So here is my make :

 

 

So I decided to get painty and make a wall hanging on some mountboard...I have had this in my stash for ever and have now totally fallen in love with the stuff again! I started off by gluing some torn pages of a book and then using some of my favourite distress paint colours..in frayed burlap, weathered wood and antique linen to create a distress painty background.

 

 

Have I said how much I love these paints!? then in over stamped with birds of a feather set by Artistic Outpost.... the phrase comes from typography set.

 

Now onto the beautiful birds, I stamped these in coffee archival and added some watercolour with distress and water brush detail.

 

 

The branches were made from the branch tree die, torn and turned sideways...oh and I stamped some woodgrain in distress ink and lightly spritzed. 
 

The other bird and beautiful nest were stamped and coloured in the same way...they are just such beautiful images .

 

 

 I added lots of flowers cut from the tattered floral strip die and added extra twigs using autumn gatherings die..The flower centres are mini pins from idea-ology range.and they are over stamped with images from ephemera backgrounds set and edged in frayed burlap DI.......oh and some rusty wire. To complete I added some of Linda's lovely lace...dyed using distress stain.

 

 

So why not hop across and see the other fab DT makes..and pop in an entry..you never know you could be the lucky winner of blog badge or win a $25 voucher to spend on all the yummy goodies in the Funkie Junkie Boutique!

 

 

I am entering this for the following competitions:
recipe challenge I have used..(lace, metal, paints and inks ) @ http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/recipe.html
anything goes for Artistic outpost @ http://artisticoutpost.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/artistic-outpost-june-referral-program.html

 

Artistic Outpost Typography Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Artistic Outpost Ephemera Backgrounds Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Artistic Outpost Birds of a Feather Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Antique Linen	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Weathered Wood	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Frayed Burlap
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Branch Tree BIGz Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Autumn Gatherings Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Fasteners	Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Nib	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Gathered Twigs	Venise Lace Trim - 1/2 inch wide

have a fun and inky day !

trace x