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!

know you are loved for Creative Expressions DT

well here I am, just, back with another make for Creative Expressions using two great sets Hearts entwined and special sentiments, last week I went for a vintage make and this week.. well something a little different:

 

and the other side :

so I went for a chunky block of wood altered and painted up. I started by painting the block in this yummy blue, ( pool paint dabber straight from bottle) ,then when dry set to work stamping. I added layers of painty stamping using Sam Pooles bubble wrap and chicken wire stamps, using paint dabbers in snow cap, black soot, silver and pearl. I also added some circles using an old bottle lid dipped in pearl paint.
when dry I edged all edges in black soot paint dabber to make them stand out.

On this side I added lots of idea-ology , the heart from the set hearts entwined, stamped in black and I added some wings, embossed using replacements folder.

On the other side I added a different heart stamp from the same set and lots more idea-ology. I also stamped the sentiment straight onto the block.

I hope you have liked my make this week, hope you liked it..

 

have a fun and inky one!

treasure life

Well poor Oliver, we spent James' birthday last month at casualty after James hit his head and then spent last night , Oliver's birthday at the emergency doctors appointment  for James! I tell you what a way to spend your birthdays!! No wonder I look tired!! still keeps me on my toes!

Well in my first stepXstep over at Frilly and Funkie here , I made some flowers from ranger foil sheets and coloured them in two ways and made them in two different styles. So today I thought I would share the two pieces I made using flowers coloured with alcohol inks .
For all the details of how to make the flowers make sure you pop across here.
So here is my first piece :

For this piece I started with a round arts part piece and put texture paste through this great stencil, then when dry painted, scuffed , inked and highlighted with treasure gold.

I cut the dress form and randomly inked with embossing dabber, as this allows for places to be left un-inked. I sprinkled various distress embossing powders on and heated , then added walnut stain ink to the un embossed areas (warning: as the distress emboss powders are course they will slightly scuff up your pad on your blending tool, so you could use a piece of cut and dry foam instead).

The wings, well you now me and wings! They were covered with ferro texture paste in a random-ish manner, then highlighted with treasure gold.

The flower, all details of that are here.

And some rusty wire and some chit chat stickers complete the make!

I got carried away and made this tag too:

The flower is the same as above and I have added idea-ology, an embossed dress form. For the wings I added this fab rusty wire net from The funkie junkie boutique and have listed all the supplies for the flowers ( both styles ) below too.

I will be back later in the week with the softer flower make..

Thanks to everyone who is taking the time to stop by and also leave such lovely comments! They are very much appreciated,x

 

have a fun and inky one!

 

 

 

 

Ranger Inkssentials Foil Tape Sheets 6x12"	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Flourish & Wings Set	Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades - Diamond Plate and Rivited	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Ginger
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Pitch Black	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners

spruce it up..for Frilly and Funkie DT

Well here I am with my make for the current challenge over at Frilly and Funkie and the theme this time is spruce it up! Think about those items on your desk, or in your crafty space that could be spruced up.There are some wonderful spruced up creations on the blog here, so why not getting sprucing up and join in the fun! So here is my make a spruced up pencil box with a twist:

and the inside..

 

 

Instead of using this spruced up plain pencil case for pencils I decided to make some inspiration stick for those moments when my mojo is missing, to give me a kick start. ( more about those later!)

 

 I started by painting the plain paper substrate box, with a brown paint, layering with crackle medium and then when dry painting in paperartsy nougat colour. Then let the sprucing up fun begin.

I inked the box with my much loved, vintage photo distress ink and when dry added a second layer to the edges, I also lightly inked inside the box.

 

The lettering for the top and inside of the box was cut from grungepaper using Tim Holtz word play die..( fast becoming a firm favourite!).I coloured the letters up using snowcap paint dabber and then when dry stamped the music script from Artistic Outposts ephemera backgrounds..I love the look that this stamp gives...When the ink had dried I edged the letters with vintage photo DI.

 

 

To complete the front of the box I die cut a heart using movers and shapers die from grungeboard and again applied snowcap paint dabber to it. when dry I applied a good coat of another favourite of mine, distress rock candy and left to dry. When dry i added vintage photo and pushed this into the cracks ( shattered stains technique from Tim Holtz ). I also added wings ( no surprise there then!) which had been stamped and inked in same way as letters.

 

The inside of the box had lettering and wings,

a small heart and also a little bottle filled with another favourite loose distress rock candy glitter, a pen nib and also a chit chat sticker as a label.

 

Now , if you are still awake the inspiration sticks:

 

I started with some blank wooden lolly sticks, painted with snow cap paint dabber, and when dry stamped with music stamp ( Artistic outpost ephemera backgrounds) and edged with distress ink.

Then I set too typing out some of my favourite elements and supplies into a vintage style typewriter script, then tore out and inked the edges.

I then glued these to the sticks.

 

So now when my mojo is missing, I will be able to challenge myself to create art and  use a stick and combine all elements, two from a few sticks..well the possibilities are endless!

 

So I hope you will join in the fun here and hope that you like my make. I have loved making this!

 

Thanks to everyone who takes the time to follow my journey and leave such lovely and treasured comments!

 

have a fun and inky one!

Artistic Outpost Ephemera Backgrounds Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Word Play Die	Mini Hearts Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers & Shaperss	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Heart Wings BIGZ Die	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Snow Cap White
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Pen Nibs	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Corked Vials	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy 4 oz size	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard Basics Plain

be mine valentine for creative expressions DT make

For this creative expressions Dt make I have used the amazingly versatile set hearts entwined to create a gift bag and matching tag that fits inside the bag. Last time I made a grunged up steampunk make and this week I have gone for a more vintage style piece. I know I usually post on Thursday..but have another post up then so here I am! here is my make :

I will show the tag and other side in more detail later in the post. I started by smooshing some distress stains (tea dye, old paper, vintage photo and picket fence) onto my craft mat and spritzing with water, then pulling the paper through the colour. I then dried and dabbed the piece back onto dots of colour until I was happy with the colour and layers. When dry ( okay I blasted it with the heat gun, impatient me!!) I edged lightly with walnut stain distress ink.
I used the same technique for the front of the tag and scuffed and edged the tag with the same distress ink. ( the back was coloured with vintage photo distress ink and left blank for that romantic...(or maybe not!?) message.

I used the small two hearts joined and randomly stamped over the bag die cut. Now the decorations. I had some heart die cut shapes ( I used movers and shapers heart die but any hearts will do) and repeatedly stamped I love you across them in a random manner, dried with heat tool and then edged with vintage photo distress ink.

The sentiments  were done in the same manner and cut into strips so that I could break up the sentiment across the design. (two hearts joined as one can be stamped as a whole design or split into its parts..which makes it even more versatile , I did this with be mine as well as I liked the design better this way for this piece)

On the tag I did use some text from another creative expressions set timeless journey, as I love this script.To complete I made a love letter and added pen embellishments.

 and some idea-ology and on the other side of the bag added some...have you guessed....wings!!!

The seam binding finishes off the tag and was coloured using the same distress stains, with the addition of walnut stain.

Well hope you like my more vintage styled make and see you next week for something different!

Make sure you pop across and see the links to the other design team members who have been having lots of fun with these stamps too!

have a fun and inky one!

 

supplies:

hearts entwined set

distress stains

distress ink -

idea-ology

pen nibs

seam binding