Round in Circles

Hi Everyone,

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my Dads birthday which was the other day.

I used some new stamps from Paperartsy which were designed by Kim Dellow:

I created the background stamping in distress inks - squeezed lemonade, crushed olive and blueprint sketch - from stamp plate EKD01.

Added a little bit of stencilling with one of Darcy's newest stencil releases for Paperartsy.

Stamped the trees in the foreground and coloured with distress markers.

The hedgehogs and clouds were stamped on separate card then added with foam pads.

The sentiment stamps are by Waltzing Mouse, stamped in black archival.

Distressed the edges with vintage photo then mounted and added to a 7x7 card blank.

I'm linking my card to the current challenge over at the That's Crafty Challenge Blog - the theme is circles and I certainly have a lot of those going on on this card! You can find out all the challenge info HERE

Thanks for looking,

Claire x

 

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Circle Journal - The End!

Hi Everyone,

Today marks the end of our Paperartsy themed circle journal adventure!

Several months ago seven of us set out on this journey together and I now have received my original journal back again, after going on its travels all around the UK.

It is full of amazing artwork and such wonderful textures that it's a shame you all can't touch it lol!

So I thought I would share the pages with you all......so here is the cover and the first page, which I created:

The journal rules are on a mini tag in the little envelope:

Next in the circle was Gabrielle's funky and tropical feeling page:

Then it was over to Linda for her monochromatic blue themed pages:

Next up was the circle instigator - Chris, wonderful textures here as the faces are stamped onto fabric:

Then it moved on to Jules with this colourful background and lovely lady:

And then to Catherine, lots of grunge paste on this spread - love how textured her plait is:

And then last but not least was Clare with this wonderful blue haired lady:

It was a lovely experience and I'm so pleased I took part. Lovely surprise to come home from work to find another beautiful journal on the mat each time.

I would very much like to take part again in the future when Chris organises the next one :-)

Claire xx

 

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Beeswax on a Sunday Afternoon!

Hi Everyone,

The theme over on the Paperartsy blog this fortnight is 'wax'

To find out more details click HERE

I created another loose journal page:

I started by adding Fresco paints in Chutney, Pumpkin Soup, Chalk, Seaweed and Chatreuse. Then added stencilling with a TCW stencil and French Roast and Chalk paint along with some background stamping from Paperartsy HotPicks set HP1501:

Then I added the main images in black archival from Paperartsy HotPicks set HP1506:

Next was the beeswax - a new experience for me!

I struggled to get an even layer over the whole page - there was a lot of reheating going on and wax everywhere lol!

But after some persistence I'm really happy with my page - I love the muted look the wax gives to the page and also how it feels, such a different texture to normal pages.

Here's a couple of close ups to try to show the waxy layer:

Thanks for looking!

Claire x

 

 

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Happy V Day

Hello,

Quick post today to share the Valentines Day card I made for my hubby. We're not really big fans of Valentines Day and don't exchange gifts or anything but we do usually get each other a card.

Here is the one I made for him using Dina Wakley stamps:

Coloured it using Dylusions inks with a paint brush and water.

Then added a nice thick layer of glossy accents to the heart to give it some dimension, which is really hard to photograph.....

Thanks for looking, I'm going to link it to the current challenge over at the Thats Crafty challenge blog where the theme is love and romance - check it out HERE.

Claire xxx

 

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Hearty Tag!

Hi Everyone and thanks for dropping in today.

Here is a tag I created after watching Leandra from Paperartsy demo on Periscope with some new stamps by one of their designers - Darcy Wilkinson.

Created the background in the same way Leandra did using cut and dry foam with Caribbean Sea and Teresa Green Fresco paints. Whitewashed it using water and Snowflake.

A bit of background stamping with frond type things and a texture type stamp from Darcy plate EDY11 and some stencilling through a Lin Brown stencil was added before another wash of watery Snowflake to knock it back some more.

I stamped the focal image from Darcy plate EDY10 and painted it using Pumpkin Soup, Smoked Paprika, Snowflake, Pea Coat and Hey Pesto.

Added the quote from Sara Naumann plate ESN11 and then a few white dots here and there.

Mounted onto black card, added the eyelet and some ribbon and that was it finished.

I'm linking this to the current Paperartsy challenge which is hearts - you can find out all the details HERE.

Thanks for looking,

Claire x

 

 

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Paperartsy Challenge - Hearts

Hello,

Thanks for dropping in to see my blog today.

The current challenge theme over at Paperartsy is 'hearts' you can find out all the info about the challenge HERE

So I'm continuing my plan of creating a loose journal page for each challenge to bind at the end of the year, so here is my hearts page:

It was created on 10 x 7 canvas textured acrylic paper.

The background was made using Fresco paints in Caribbean Sea, Bougainvillea and Tangerine Twist then I brayered over it with Snowflake.

Added a bit of stencilling with Elephant And Snowflake and then a bit of grunge paste here and there.

I drew the heart on some old book paper and also stamped the quotes from Sara Naumann plate ESN11 on the plain part of the same book page.

The heart was emphasised using a black Stabilo All pencil and I also added some mini Tim staples to the heart and the quotes.

A bit of washi and some Little Black Dress drips and smudgey border and I think it's complete.

Thanks for looking,

Claire x

 

 

 

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Wanderlust Journal

Hi Everyone,

I took the plunge last year and signed up for this:-

I wanted to drop by and share the first journal page I've created as part of the course.

Really enjoying the course so far and I'll be back again soon to share some more creations!

Claire xx

 

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