Tracy Evans Boutique Designs - Seed Pods Card

Well here I am, in my new home and in the craft room too.

Hubby has worked wonders and has prepped, decorated and put new flooring down in the room.  I've been busy all week unpacking boxes and moving things from what seems one place to another, but I am happy to say I have just faffed and made a quick card.

I used a Brusho background from my existing stash for the background.  Then stamped the background design, which is part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Garden Elements - TW30" stamp set in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

I then used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Tracy Evans "Seed Pods - TE29" stamp.  Finally adding some touches of gold coloured gel pen.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 88

Today is Day 88 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week I'm using "inks".

For the base of this tag, I used four shades of Dylusion Spray Inks, using Lemon Soft, Fresh Linen, Bubblegum Pink and London Blue colours.

I then used two "Oakhouse Studio" stamps, I've had these for years and I believe the company is now closed, but the stamps continue to be pulled out of my stash every so often. I used Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink to stamp the flowers.

I used a white pastel pencil to colour the petails and a white gel pen to go around the edges and also to draw white lines between the flowers.

Finally, I added tiny dots of orange and yellow Posca Pens to the middle of the flowers.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 73

Today is Day 73 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week is all about using crayons.

On a piece of white card, I drew three vertical lines using a Brusho Wax Resist Stick.  Using the same stick, I drew some shapes to loosely replicate leaves on a stem.

I gave the card a wash of Prima Confections water colour paints, graduating the colour from light to darker colour.

Next I used a Signo Uniball blak gel grip pen to add some pattern to the leaves and to the edge of the card, finally adding some gold circles using a gel pen.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 56

Today is Day 56 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge.  It is the last day of using the gel plate prompt.

For my background, I used "Graphite" Elements ink brayered on to the gel plate.  I then splattered three colours of Brusho paint, using White, Lemon and Purple, to achieve the speckled background.  I apologise, I got stuck in to stamping and forgot to take a photo of the background.

For the stamping, I used Versafine Clair "Spruce" greeen ink to stamp the Penny Black "Breezt - 40-111" slapstick/cling stamp.  I added extra detail with a white gel pen, finally adding some dots of white Ranger "Enamel Accents" to break up the background colour.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 48

Today is Day 48 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative £100daysartplay challenge.  This week is all about stamps and stamping.

For this card, I have used Versafine Clair "Medieval Blue" ink to stamp the Wow! Blossom (stamp set 53).  Once stamped, I coated the stamped area in Wow! Clear Embossing Powser and heat set.

I mounted the embossed image on to navy blue card and then on to a white card blank

I stamped and die cut the word "Hello" using Wow! Rich gold embossing powder and ink pad and the Waffle Flower "Oversized Hello 271309" stamp and die set.  I used wet glue to stick the word in position.

Finally, using a gold gel pen, I coloured in some of the flowers and edged the white with a gold band of ink.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay Challenge - Day 46

Today is Day 46 of the Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week is all about stamps and stamping.

I started with a white piece of card, cut into a tag shape.  I stamped the Honyedoo Crafts "Lilies" flower using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I painted the flower and the background using Prima "Tropicals" Water colour paints adding touches of gold gel pen to the flower and adding a white Posca Pen outline.

I inked the edges of the tag using Versfine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and then used the same ink with a finger dabber through the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous "THS004" String Stencil.

I then used the gold gel pen through the dots on the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Christmas stencil before mounting the tag on to a piece of black card.

Penny Black "Daffodil Dance 40-378" Easter Card

I just wanted to wish you a very Happy Easter and say how much I appreciate you stopping by my little blog of makes.

For this card, I used water colour card, spritzed with water.  I then used various shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint and Tea Dye) to stamp the Penny Black "Daffodil Dance 40-378" rubber cling stamp.  I then spritzed the stamped image again to make it a bit more blurry.

I added extra detail using a white gel pen and a 2B pencil.  Finally, stamping the Clarity sentiment (part of the Clarity "Entwined Sentiment Stamp Set") using Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.

Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge - Day 39

Today is Day 39 of Tiffany Johnson Creative #100daysartplay challenge.  This week is all about using charcoal and pastels.

For my card, I started by using the "Permanant Red 340.5" Pan Pastel, blending it in an rough circle in the middle of a square shaped card.

Over the top of the red circle, I lay the Funky Fossil Designs "Buddah Stencil", securing it with a piece of tape.  I then used "Black 800.3" Pan Pastel through the stencil.  I removed the stencil and then gave the surface a waft of hairspray to set the pastels.

Using wet glue, I added Cosmic Shimmer gold gilding flakes from the bottom left hand corner to the top right. I then added splatters of white paint across the surface.

Finally, I mounted the card on to a piece of black card and then added dots of "Copper Pearl" Liquid Pearls around the gilding flakes.  I also added a few dots of gold using a gel pen too.

Lavinia Stamps "Fairy Dandelion" With Love Card

 

A play with old and new Lavinia Stamps to make this card.

I've used a piece of white card for the base, blending two shades of Distress Oxide Inks (Salvaged Patina and Blueprint Sketch) applied with a wet mop paint brush to get all over colour gently changing from one to another.

Next, I lay the Lavinia "Dynamic" stencil over the top of the background and applied "Salvaged Patina" Distress Oxide Ink through the stencil.

I stamped the Lavinia "Fairy Dandelion" using Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink.  I stamped the fly away bits of dandelion, which are part of the "Make a dandelion" stamp set and the sentiment, which is part of the "Heartfelt Verse" stamp set using the same ink.

I then multi stamped the new Lavinia "Meadow Blossom" stamps using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink I coloured the "Meadow Blossom" using "Wilted Violet" Distress Oxide Ink, applied with a paint brush.

Finally, I added a touch of sparkle to the dandelion and the blossom using a silver glitter pen.

Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous "Time Travelers CMS157" Tag

I am still not 100% right after my pneumonia, which has meant I've not really been in the right frame of mind for crafting.  

Today, the weather is so bad, with raid hurtling against the window, crafting seemed to be the natural thing to turn to. It was so lovely to spend a little time at my craft desk, but I am totally exhausted now, so will likely take a nap later.  Anyway, the result of my little crafting session is the grungy looking tag.

To make this tag, I used some patterned paper by Funky Fossil Designs, from their "Textures" pad for the background.

I inked the edges in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.

I then added some darker blue areas using Versafine Clair "Blue Belle" ink, applied with a finger dabber.

Over the top of that using a Brilliance "gold" coloured ink, I stamped the shapes using the Funky Fossil Designs stamp set called "Abstractions".

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the gentleman, which is part of a Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous stamp set called "Time Travelers CMS157".  I then stamped the image again on a piece of white card.

Using the image on the white card, I painted areas using Distress Oxide Inks, using "Victorian Velvet "for the skin, "Tumbled Glass" for the eyes and the shirt and "Gathered Twigs" for the jacket and waistcoat.  I fussy cut the image and inked the edges using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, then using wet glue, stuck the image on to the tag over the stamped image.

I dug out my Cosmic Shimmer "Summer Meadow" gilding flakes and added some to the surface of the tag.

I used two Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous Idea-ology sets for the word stickers, using the "Small Talk" and "Chit Chat" sets.

Finally, I mounted the tag on to dark blue card, drawing round the edge with a gold gel pen.  I also drew around the word stickers using the same pen too.

Stampin' Up "Merry Patterns" Christmas Tag

 

Another Christmas gift tag from me.  This time, I have used the Stampin' Up stamp set called "Merry Patterns" with Versafine Clair "Chianti" dark red ink, to stamp the sentiment and the reindeer.

I wasn't very sure where I was going with this tag, but I knew I needed to fill in the background some how, so I opted to use a metalic gold gel pen to draw wavy lines vertically on the tag, edging the tag in gold too.

I then used the Lavinia Stamps "White Orbs stencil" to draw around some of the circles again with the metalic gold gel pen, then filled the circles in with colour.  Finally, mounting the tag on to  a co-ordinating colour card.

Day 17 of Karen Tefer's "24 Days of Tags 2023" Challenge.

This is my Day 17 tag of Karen Telfer's "24 Days of Tags 2023" challenge.

I've used similar, but different stamps than those used by Karen, but overall if you don't look to closely it looks the same!

I swooshed a white tag through "Peacock Feathers" Distress ink, drying with a heat gun and then swooshing again to get a build up of colour. 

Once dry, I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" to stamp the music notes which is part of the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous "Butterfly Menage" stamp set.

Using the same stamp set, I stamped the butterfly/moths down the middle of the tag, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I used the same ink to stamp the "25th December" but I don't recall who made that stamp!

Next, I used "Blueprint Sketch" Distress Oxide Ink to go around the edges of the tag.

Finally, adding a drift of white dots, using a Signo Pen, before mounting on to dark blue card.

Visible Image "Peace, Love & Hope" Christmas Gift Tag

Today, there isn't a Karen Telfer tag, every eight days there is a days break to allow people to catch up - today is that day.  Instead, I've made my own Christmas gift tag.

I've used the Visible Image "Strobe" stencil with a gold and beige colour that was left over on my blending brushes from an ealier project, so I decided to make the most of what was there, using darker ink in the middle, getting lighter towards the edges.

I used Versafine Clair "Chianti" dark red ink, with the Visible Image stamp set called "Peace, Love & Hope", for all the stamping, using first and second generation stamping for the trees and edging the tag in the same colour too.

I found some matching card and mounted the tag on to it, then used a gold gel pen to add a little subtle shimmer to areas of the tag.

Lavinia Stamps "Lupin the silhouette Hare" Tag

I recently saw a post on Instagram where somebody used Q-tips to create a bokeh look and also used the Q-tips for stamping.  Sorry, I don't recall who inspired me, but thank you, I had to give it a go and this tag is the result of my effort.

I had a small piece of water colour card left over from a previous project, so decided to use that for the base.  I used a wash of water and "Faded Jeans" Distress Oxide Ink, applied with a wide paint brush in rough strokes horizontally.  I then ran the heat gun over the surface to dry it.

Using a wet Q-tip, I painted dots of water across the surface, rubbing the Q-tip in the middle of the dots to achieve a lighter look.  I then used a fan shaped paint brush to create smaller splatters of water, dabbing them off with a piece of kitchen roll.  These two techniques created the mottled background you see.

I used a fine tipped black pen to draw branches dangling down from the top right hand side of the tag.

I then dipped a Q-tip into "Festive Berries" Distress Oxide Ink and dobbed the Q-tip to create round berry shapes.  I extended the branches on to the berries to make them look more realistic.

At this stage, I really wasn't sure if I was just going to stamp a sentiment or create an actual image, I decided on the latter.

I used the Lavinia Stamps "Lupin the Silhouette Hare" stamp, stamped in two shades of Versafine Clair inks (Acorn and Pine Cone).

I used the Lavinia Stamps "Hill Mask" to create the landscape using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

I added colour to the hare using Van Goch pastel pencils.  I then added highlights to the hare and the berries using a white gel pen.

Finally, I mounted the tag on to a piece of dark red card to match the shade of the berries.