First Steps into Art Journaling......

I've always said I don't see the point of journaling........ now I'm dabbling in it....... never say never eh!

I started of just testing some paint dabbers I bought recently, oh it's so much fun making splats with them...... lol.  So then I carried on and added more with ink splat stamps and finished of with a bit of random stamping with a Tim Holtz stamps.  I printed the wording of and cut it up.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

I'm so in love with this place after spending our 30th wedding anniversary there, back in September, and I'm not a city person!  Now I can't wait to go back.......

I cut Lady Liberty, the skyline and the I♥NY shapes on my Cameo, which I then painted with acrylic paints. I made my own texture paste (pva glue and talc) and added it through a stencil.  I then added red and blue ink sprays, stamped randomly.  

Individual looks of each page.

Am I getting the hang of art journaling or what.  Seems a bit like scrapbooking to me..... lol.

Harlequin Background

Simple card here.  I stamped the background with a Harlequin stamp, then stamped the dandelions over that.  All stamps are from Inkylicious.  I cut the card shape with a die from Tattered Lace.

Brusho Tags

When I was playing with the Brushos at first, I used some small tags, here's 2 that I stamped and stenciled on.

No idea which colours I used here, was too happy sprinkling and spraying..... lol.  I used a stencil for the image by Crafters Workshop and it's called Mini Urban Landscape.  I inked through the stencil with Black Soot Distress Ink, the NYC was stamped with alphabet stamps from my Aunty's.

First I stamped with clear embossing powder onto the white tag, heat embossed it, then sprinkled black Brusho on the bottom half, love how it resists the embossing.  The birds were simply stamped with black Versafine.  All stamps are from Inkylicious.

Brushos

I'm still enjoying playing with my Brushos, they're so addictive!.... lol.

Using a stamp from Inkylicious again stamps with Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powders.

I used just 2 colours on the background for this one, Gamborge and one of the reds, not sure which.  Once it was dry, I stamped a vine stamp and coloured it with Emerald Green Brusho.  I used a stamp by Dina Wakely for the bird which I stamped the twice, once on to the background to look like he's sitting on the branch, and again on a separate piece of card, which I coloured again with Brushos - Yellow and Turquoise.  I don't do painting watercolours, but did enjoy this.  I cut out the coloured bird and placed him over the one stamped on the background using just a little bit of glue gel.  I finished of stamping the vine at each side.

One I made earlier......

I made this card a week or so ago, but never got round to blogging it.

I used a die from Go Kreate to make the shape of my inky part, I used the negative park and inked though it onto a piece of card.  I used Adirondack inks, and brushes for blending them.  The image is a stamp from Inkylicious which was stamped with Versafind and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I'm not sure on the brand of the sentiment stamp as it was in a set I got from my Aunty's.

Brushos

My crafting friend KathyK introduced me to Brushos last weekend, to say I was impressed is an under statement, I love them!  So once I got home, I just had to order some, they arrived on Wednesday and I couldn't wait to start playing.  Here's my first complete card.

I used just 2 colours on this one, Purple and Turquoise.  I used my Tim Holtz spritzer to blow some air on the wet ink, which gave me the 'twig' effect.  Once the Brushos had dried I stamped the Dandelions with black Versamark then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I added just a tiny bit of glitter to finish it off.  The stamps used are from Inkylicious.

February Challenge at Lavinia Stamps (28.2.15)

This month challenge over on Lavinia Stamps is 'Bright & Beautiful'.

All stamps are by Lavinia, of course.  I stamped with Versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, the inks don't smudge when adding the coloured inks that way.  I like to stamp first then add the colour, I know some do it the other way round.

A little bit purple..........

Here's my latest Canvas, I think I've got a serious addiction going on here..... lol.  I can't help but think of my friend KathyK when I look at this one, she's The Purple Princess....... lol.

The flowers started of bright orange and there's a mixture of buttons, beads, bottle caps, screws here.  Honestly, anything really does go on these projects, once you start adding your ink, paints etc, the transformation is amazing.  I'll do a step by step for my next one, which is going to be based on New York, since we spent our 30th Wedding Anniversary there last September, love the place.

A bottle cap filled with various beads.

Suitable for a Man

I know most crafters just don't like making cards for men, they're so difficult to make.  But I think these stamps from Inkylicious are perfect!

I used Faded Jeans and Black Soot distress inks, applied with brushes.,

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge.

Country View Crafts - Only Men Allowed - Ends 31st June

Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes - Ends 7th June
The Paper Shelter - Make It Manly - Ends 3rd June
My Sheri Crafts - Anything Masculine - End 7th June

Owl Tree

The stamp for this card is from Little Claires and the BP's from Nitwits.  I used Festive Berries and Black Soot distress inks applied with a brush.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges.

Little Claires - Spots & Stripes - ends 14th June.

Stamping Sensations - Animal Antics - ends 2nd July.

Artistic Stamper - Colour It Red - ends 30th June. 

Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes - Ends 7th June

Butterfly Beauties

This image if from a stamp set from The Stamp Man.  I've used Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade and Dried Marigold Distress Inks for the background.  I then stamped the image with black Versmark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I'd like to enter this into the present challenge over on Stamping Sensations challenge blog where the theme is 'Wings, Fantasy, Fiction'

Getting Inky......

My mojo seems to have up and left me at the moment, so I've been playing with inks for a change hoping it gets me in the mood for card making again.  I made 3 cards yesterday so thought I'd show you them.

I used a stamp from Stamping Up for this one, it's from the Baroque Motifs set (had them for years!) First I used Dusty Concord and Tumbled Glass distress inks and just covered the white linen card stock till I was happy with it.  I've discovered that stamping on linen card isn't the best...... lol.  I then inked up the largest stamp in the set with black Versamark and sprinkled clear embossing powder over the images, and gave it a blast with the heat gun.  I also inked the backing card with Dusty Concord.

I used Worn Lipstick and Shabby Shutters distress inks and the same stamp for this one.  Again using Versamark black and clear embossing powder.  

I used the Rose Stem  stamp from Chocolate Baroque for this one.  I used Black Soot distress ink to stamp with, then just pulled some of the ink into the image with a damp paintbrush.  

A closer look at the image, to show just how lovely this stamp is.  The script is so fine, and clear enough to read.