Calendar Challenge - August

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for dropping in today!

So over on Darcy Wilkinson's blog Art and Sole she is doing a calendar challenge for the whole of 2015 - to find out more about it click HERE.

So for August the challenge is:

1.. Keep a part of the original picture and incorporate that into your design

2, Technique - Use found objects to stamp with

3. Add – a silhouette

4. Blog your calendar page and link up from August 1st 2015

So here is my calendar before I altered it:

And here is my altered version:

I started by using white gesso to block out the Buddha then blended the following Fresco paints for the background: Mermaid, Caribbean Sea, Southern Skies, Guacamole and Limelight.

I wanted to keep that lovely cracked background around the outside as my original calendar part.

Next I added my stamping using these found objects:

I used Frescos in Candy Floss and Zesty Zing with the bubble wrap and then the lids were used with black and white gesso:

Next for my poppies - I used Little Black Dress with a stencil which I believe is by That Special Touch.

Then I added a variety of tissue tapes by Tim Holtz for them to stand on and added some shading using a grey Pitt pen.

A smudgy border was added using Little Black Dress and Snowflake paints before flicking some white splatters over the whole thing.

I'm entering my calendar over at Art and Sole for the August Calender Challenge HERE.

I'm also entering over at Paperartsy as their current theme is flowers - find all the info HERE.

Thanks for looking,

Claire x

 

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Circle Journal - part two

Hello all,

As I have said in a previous post I'm participating in a Paperartsy themed circle journal - today I would like to share with you my pages in the second of the journals I received.

This journal is owned by Clare Lloyd - she had stipulated some rules which I won't share on here as it would ruin the surprise for others in the circle, but I will say that I think I adhered to Clare's rules pretty well!

So here are a couple more pics:

 

I used Dylusions paints in Lemon Zest, Vibrant Turquios, Fresh Lime, Cut Grass, White Linen, Crushed Grape, Bubblegum Pink and Squeezed Orange.

The stamps used were all Paperartsy and were: JOFY22, JOFY21, EDY10, ELB05 and ELB15. Alongwith stencil PS007.

The current theme over on the Paperartsy blog is flowers so do pop over and take a look here at all the challenge rules and also the fab makes by the DT.

Thanks for looking,

Claire x

 

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Show Your Face - Inspired by Nika Rouss

Hello,

Over on Kim Dellow's blog she hosts a weekly Friday event called Show Your Face. I've managed to join in a few times previously but for the month of August Kim has asked that we draw a face inspired by somebody else.

So a while ago I discovered Nika on YouTube - she does some wonderful mixed media/art journal style videos - but I just loved this recent one of hers and decided to have a go myself at doing a face in her style. Here is Nika's video:

So here is my go at creating a face inspired by Nika:

I used Paperartsy Fresco paints in the following colours: Caribbean Sea, Prawn, Tangerine Twist, Little Black Dress, Snowflake and Limelight.

I drew her with a Stabilo All Black pencil and used stencils by Paperartsy and TCW. Also I used a Lin Brown stamp from ELB15.

Her lips and eye were coloured using watercolour pencils and the splatters were done with a white Posca pen.

Loads of people have linked up to play along over on Kim's blog so please do take a look at some of the wonderful faces people have created - just click HERE

Thanks for looking,

Claire x

 

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Purple Poppy

Today I had a little bit of time to play and created this card for my Granny-in-laws birthday:

It was created using watercolour paper and some of the new inks I won which are from Oak House Studio. The colours I used were French Wine, French Lavender and a smidge of French Mint. This was my first go at using these inks and I found them very good, I had a go at spraying, dripping and painting with them.

Stamped the Poppy from Paperartsy Hot Pick HP1505 in black then masked and created the background using the large script stamp from Hot Pick HP1501 in a combination of distress inks in peacock feathers and shaded lilac.

A bit of harlequin stencilling using the shaded lilac distress ink and then also a bit of white paint and some splattering with the white paint also.

Added the criss crosses from Sara Naumann Paperartsy plate ESN11 and then the sentiment which is by Inkylicious.

Layered onto black card then onto a Kraft card blank.

All done :)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Paperartsy - current theme is flowers, click HERE for all the challenge info
• That's Crafty - their current challenge is purple passion, all the details can be found HERE

Thanks for looking today,

Claire x

 

 

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More new stamps...

Hello and welcome to my blog today,

I recently bought some of the new Paperbabe stamps and a couple of the templates for creating faces. I had a bit of a play with them in my watercolour paper journal and here is the result:

I started by creating the outline for my girl using the templates from Paperbabe stamps which I bought from Etsy then using the coordinating stamps for her facial features.

Here she is at the start, I extended her body down a little bit to the bottom of my page. Then started adding colour to her using a combination of Prima watercolour pencils and the Spectrum Noir pencils along with their blending solution.

 

Then I added the background around her using Distress inks in Fossilised Amber and Abandoned Coral. I then over stamped using Paperartsy Hot Pick Xtra 06 which is lots of days and months of the year. I stamped these in Ranger white pigment ink and then also in the Abandoned Coral in places.

And then she was all finished :)

Very happy with my first attempt at using the templates!

I'd like to link my page to the following challenges:

• Paperbabe Stamps - the current theme is 'hair' click HERE for all the details
• The Craft Barn Blog - their theme this week is 'words' and you can pop HERE for more info

Thank for looking,

Claire x

 

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Enjoy Yourself

Hello everyone,

I had some very, very happy mail this week! I was lucky enough to be a commenting winner on the Art Workshops Facebook page ran by Sue Tucker following a Tracy Easson workshop I attended - here is what arrived at my house on Friday:

I had a quick play today in my journal using the Andy Skinner stencil and a few of the paints:

 

I started by adding Paperartsy Fresco paints in Carribean Sea, Tangerine Twist and Bougainvillea through the Finnabair doily type stencil:

Then I added Prussian Blue DecoArt paint and Colbalt Turquoise to the whole page with the two girly masks in place. Then splattered the page with the Titanium White DecoArt paint:

I outlined my girls in black then white pen.

Added the stars to the page using grunge paste mixed with Metallic Gold DecoArt paint, but it wasn't really gold enough so once dry I used Treasure Gold over the top.

To finish I added a couple of chit chat stickers edged with black and gold pens.

 

I'd like to link my page to a couple of challenges:

• Paperartsy Blog - the current theme is stencils, click HERE for all the details (and to see all their fab new stamp releases!)
• That's Crafty Challenge Blog - the current theme is stars, for more info click HERE

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire xx

 

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Yay New Paperartsy Stamps!

Hi everyone,

This week sees the release of the newest Paperartsy stamp sets - there are so many wonderful projects over on the blog this week it really is inspirational.

So obviously I couldn't wait to get my hands on some of these so popped my order in with Country View Crafts and they came really quickly. I couldn't wait to have a play so here is a giant tag I created last night:

My tag started off with my attempt to recreate the background technique video Lin Brown shared over on the Paperartsy blog last night using a card to add the paint, I used these paints on my tag:

The background uses two of Lin's stencils, done in Snowflake first then with Limelight over the top.

I stamped the Poppy from Hot Picks 1505 and added an extra stem to the side. The leaves and both flowers were stamped separately onto some painted card and then layered on top.

I mixed some grunge paste with the leftover Carribean Sea and Tangerine Twist and added this to the tag through the new numbers stencil.

I added some script stamping using the fab new script stamp from Hot Picks 1501 in sepia ink.

I edged the tag with Black Soot distress ink then stamped the No 1 in black archival in the bottom corner which is also from Hot Picks 1501.

I'm linking my tag to the following challenges:

• Paperartsy - stencils
• Dragons Dream Tag It On - number one
• The Artistic Stamper - tags

Thanks for dropping by,

Claire x

 

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