with an artful heart..

well a happy Monday to everyone, I am still on nurse duty, James still poorly and Oliver now has a sore throat and headache so both home, makes little Lucy happy though! Well my make to day is an ATC, wanted to make one for ages and finally had some time while Dad was on duty at the
weekend ,so Mum could play!
So here is my make:

Having dabbled with the whole colour thing, I am now firmly back in my neutral phase..for now anyway and loving using neutral colours to layer and create texture in soft tones..

So I started by sticking my ATC onto some corrugated card to give it some body, then I added strips of tissue tape, love this stuff..don't play with it for ages the find it and wonder why I haven't! So then I applied picket fence distress stain ( two layers ) to soften design.

Then to create texture i mixed some nougat fresco with texture paste and applied through some sequin waste ( thanks Mum!) . When dry I added a wash of nougat and then applied a couple of splats ( technical term!) of antique linen distress stain..haven't done this for ages! Then I added some frayed burlap and walnut stain to the edges....oh and then some white fire treasure gold.

I added parts of a corrugated flourish, which had been painted, inked and then had treasure gold brushed over.

The heart was torn from an old book page ( did feel a bit guilty!) , I added a piece of card behind to make it more sturdy, and used crackle medium and then rubbed distress ink into crackle and then brushed with treasure gold.

Finally a chit chat sticker, some wire and some wings to finish!

I am really pleased with this make, sometimes things you make seem to go how you want and other times..well destination BIN!!.

I am entering this for the following competitions:

ATC with flourish @ http://funwithatcs.blogspot.co.uk/
have a heart @ http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
share the love @ http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.ca/2013/02/anything-but-card-challenge-week-2.html

have a fun and inky one!

love gives us a fairytale..

well it seems such a long time since I have played along with simonsaysstampandshow and was determined to remedy this. So the theme this time is ever after, to be fairytale inspired . So I set too and here is my make, hopefully full of a mystical, magical, fairy tale style feel:

 
I started with a canvas that I painted with mermaid fresco and then swiped with nougat. Once dry, I added some texture paste through a Dylusions leaf stencil and left to dry.
when all was dry, I swiped across the canvas and also the raised leaves with treasure gold in aquamarine and white fire ( a firm favourite of mine!).

 

I then cut out the frame using my new cabinet and min cabinet dies, this was cut from grungeboard that had been coloured with copper verday paint and sprayed and left to do its thing! Then is wiped this with white fire treasure gold and paint .

I stamped the beautiful LaBlanche fairy,  onto crackly tissue paper and then painted the dress on the back.I added loose rock candy glitter to her flowers and made a second set of wings using clearly for art, clear, which can be heated and shaped.

 

I stamped out the beautiful sentiment ( stampers anonymous classics #8)
"Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, Love gives us a fairy tale."

Once all the elements had been glued on ,( I used multi medium matte to attach the tissue and then added some colour around to blend in,) I set to decorating with wire and leaves.
the leaves were cut using autumn gatherings die from silver DIY tape, dabbed with paint and then swiped with treasure gold .

I also added flowers made from tattered floral die and painted with copper verday paint.

well hope you like my unusual for me make, I really enjoyed making it!

I am entering this for the following competitions:
fairytale inspired @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/

life doesn't have to be perfect..

well here I am, Saturday afternoon having not really had as productive a crafty time as I would have liked but having finally got around to making a small entry for this weeks inspired by challenge over at PaperArtsy.
 So this week we are to be inspired by the colourful makes of my crafty bud Michelle. So here is mine, not a lot of colour but inspired by the layers of painty stamping and stuff:
(stuff is a technical term..didn't you know!?, used by me when I cannot put my finger on exactly what I want to say....!)
so here is my make to be linked up the paperArtsy blog here:

 I started with a mini screen and painted it with chocolate pudding, cool name for paint eh!? Then when dry I layered on some crackle medium nice and thin. When dry ( okay I cheated and dried with my heat gun ). Then I added some nougat ( a really yummy colour...one of my favs, ) using cut 'n' dry foam. Then I went to town with my sanding block and scuffed the edges.

Then I stamped the sentiment and heart onto crackly tissue paper, using coffee archival. I glued them on using multi medium matte.

I then set too layering stamping using iced coffee and nougat paint and also vintage photo and gathered twigs distress inks. I used a variety of stamps: HP 1204, 1004 EZ and MN 62. the main heart was from HP 1217 EZ.

I added some idea-ology and some rusty wire and then edged the screen in treasure gold, onyxite.

Finally I added some shrink plastic hearts, stamped onto clear shrink plastic using coffee archival.

well thanks for stopping by, I am linking this up to the paperartsy inspired by challenge.

have a fun and inky one!

simon says ...what are you known for?

well my style seems to ebb and flow depending on my mood, new crafty goodies, time and inspiration...but I guess there are some things that are always me..
I guess
and these are : tags, hearts and wings!, distress ink, using limited colours, seam binding and my love of all this Tim and idea-ology , textures,wire, all with a vintage feel ..so here is a piece that sort of sums up some of the things I love.. It is hard because I could easily have gone all rusty and steampunk too!? so here is my make:
for simon says stamp and show.. what are you known for!?

(wish I knew how to put my photos next to the text? anyone any ideas how to do that all help gratefully received!!)

I started with lots of inky layers and the brushed some snow cap paint dabber across, swiped with a baby wipe and dried then added some ink around the edges to hopefully give a soft and layered feel..I love taking one colour and using it to create layers!! very cool! I love the way the swiped paint gives it an almost chalky feel..very soft.. (it is a size 10 tag )

I stamped this fab Tim flourish in tea dye, dried and then stamped in clear, covered in sticky embossing powder and covered in loose rock candy...(bet you wondered how long it would be before I used it again!)

The heart cut using a new paperarstsy heart die , was painted, covered with ferro texture paste through antiquities stencil, then when dry painted with nougat fresco paint and lightly inked with tea dye.. a new found fave of mine! I then lightly stamped the music script across it.The wings...a real favourite of mine , were covered with sand texture paste, then painted and inked when dried. I then added some wire and a heart charm.

I added some letters cut from my new word play die..love it! they were painted with snow cap dabber, when dry stamped with music script form artistic outpost ephemera backgrounds....a truly fab set...and inked around edges.

Finally some idea-ology, dyed seam binding, twirl of wire , crochet ribbon and voila! hope you are still awake!!

hope those of you that stop by here feel this is me in a tag..well part of me anyways!?

stay safe, keep warm and have a fun and inky one!

lace love for Simon says..

Well I am still in the painty play mode and wanted to do a soft feeling piece, so the layers may be hard to see..but they are there..
Also Simon says stamp and show wants lace love..so here is my make ...(yes a tag!)

I started by creating a painty background using nougat and ice blue fresco, dried then added subtle stamping layers using various stamps..bubble wrap stamped in paint and buttons stamp used softly and randomly..then a text mini paperartsy stamp stamped in broken china.

I added some London night paint softly around the edge and when dried brushed with silver treasure gold.


The image a mini from paperartsy was stamped onto fabric in black archival, washed with a light covering of ice blue and the detail in the dress added in slightly more layers of paint.

I added this gorgeous lace , a lace die cut and some hand stitching. I loved the look of the pleated seam binding on a previous project and added some here too to create another brighter element and another texture.

I also added a heart covered in book paper, and paint..wound with silver wire and brushed with treasure gold.

 I added some buttons, covered in paint, some seam binding dyed with broken china and  faded jeans distress..oh and some twirls of wire... 

Thanks to everyone who takes the time to stop by I appreciate your support and company as I wrestle with my confidence in this crafty journey!

I am entering this for the following competitions:
lace love @ simon says stamp and show

have a fun and inky one!

 

a dream is a wish your heart makes

Well here I am better late than never..been a busy weekend as James, (just turned 10 son) has been poorly all weekend and his temperature is still through the roof! Oliver , bless him has gone off to school, happily as there is snow to play with!!!
So in between nursing duties and looking after Lucy I am trying to add this post!! I wanted to have a play with some more fresco paints..and texture paste and new antiquities stencil..so here is the result not perfect but I did have fun!

 I started with a large square arts part and added a layer of iced coffee paperartsy paint, then added some fresco through antiquities stencil...then when dry added more layers of iced coffee and a bit of french roast..
When dry I edged with oxynite and white fire treasure gold..loving this stuff and also highlighted lots of raised areas with it, believe me its yummy stuff!!!

The letters , cut from word play die were sponged with paint and some treasure gold added.

 

The wing die cuts, well every self respecting heart needs wings were die cut, covered with ferro texture in a rough fashion, then when dry I added white fire treasure gold.

The heart arts part was covered with French roast paint and then I added some crackle glaze, left to dry and then covered with nougat..when dry I edged lightly with walnut stain.

Finally, you know me and wire I added some rusty wire..

 I am entering this for the following competitions:
things with wings for anything but a card
new technique for pan pastels challenge
dream for sunday stamper ..a dream is a wish your heart makes.

have a fun and inky one!!!

a walk on the wild side..

well when I say a walk on the wild side

..more a dipping my toe in the ocean of colour and..

well seeing what happens..

(while my love will still be soft and shades and muted tones ..)

so inspired by my great painty buddy Michelle..i embraced ..paint...and colour.. I know!

I have not used such colour for ages...

 and here is the result!

 

(please be gentle this painty stuff is new to me and I am learning ...slowly!)

 

well Michelle is the fab guest designer over at the paperartsy blog

She is doing an amazing job!!

...and I have succumbed to a few painty purchases..well then a few more..

and combined those with paperartsy stamps I already have...

(some new vintage ones did fall in the basket though..so more of those another day!!)

 

so I started with some fresco paints in mermaid and beach hut..

then when dry added some stamping in nougat

and in butternut squash.

then to distress a bit swiped some paint and wiped with a baby wipe..

 

 

when dry I stamped this great image from paperartsy in black archival

 

 

and this tag is also..

no distress...no embellishments!!!

 

the only distress is used was for the seam binding..love that stuff..

ooh and I added some new aquamarine treasure gold around the edges..

 

 

so let me know what you think!?

I will link this up here to paperarsty as they are asking for pieces inspired by Michelle..

and although I am a novice painty girl and not in her league..i tried!!

 

have a fun and inky one!