Lavinia Stamps "Pixie Lanterns" and Pipin the hare monochrome card

Another monochrome card from me.  I used a white card, masking off the edges with low tack tape to keep them clean.  Using Versafine Clair "Morning MIst" grey ink, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Pixie Lanterns" and 'Pipin" the hare.

I then used a circle as a mask and edged the circle with grey ink left on my blending brush from a previous project.  I topped up the ink on the brush and added some grey to the edges of the card and to the top right hand corner.

I used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to shade the hare, lanterns, moon and to ground the hare. I then used the new Lavinia Stamps "Baroque Flower Stencil" with Versafine Cliar "Morning mist" in some of the empty areas.  

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the Lavinia Stamps "Magic Dwells Verse" in second generation stamping as I just wanted a suspicion of the text.  Finally, I added some white splatters of Posca Pen across the surface to the card.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Flora and Fauna TE53" bird on a signpost monochrome card

I had another play with the pencil and paper stub technique making this monochrom card.  I masked off all sides of a white piece of card, I used a blending brush with the remainder of black ink on it from a previous project to colour the edges of the masked off area.

I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" ink to stamp the sign post, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Flora and Fauna TE53" stamp set, using the same ink, I stamped the bird which is from the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "A Promise Of Tomorrow TE63" stamp set.

I used a circle of paper to act as a mask and edged the circle with black inkt that was on one of my small blending brushes from a previous project.  I then started to add depth to the stamped images by using a 2B pencil and a paper stub.  Finally, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the sentiment, saying ""Create your own story", which is part of a Tracy Evans stamp set of the same name, with a reference of TE51.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Create Your Own Story TE51" Flower and Boots Artist Trading Card

 

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day. I've used a small gel press background I had in my stash for the base of this ATC.  Stamping the flower, boots and bird in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink. The boots and flower are part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Create Your Own Story TE51" stamp set and the bird is from her "A Promise Of Tomorrow TE63" stamp set

Following on from the technique I used yesterday, I used a 2B pencil and paper stub for the shading on the stamped areas, adding a touch of yellow Derwent Inktense pencil to the middle of the flowers.  I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink very lightly through the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs ""Distressed Background SS31" stencil to create the light coloured diamonds in the background.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "A Promise of Tomorrow TE63" Rudbeckia Pencil Card

I couldn't sleep last night, so got up and watched a Tracy Evans Youtube demonstration using pencils and paper stumps for blending.  I decided to give it a go, resulting in this card. I've used different stamps, but the basics are the same.

Here's the link to the Youtube tutorail if  you want to have a go:  https://youtu.be/d-46Mg6lkbI?si=rljP_1jqQkcZlSUZ

Using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink, I stamped the flower from the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamp set called ""A Promise Of Tomorrow TE63".  I used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to shade and blend to achieve depth within the stamp.

In the background, I very lightly applied Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" through the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Distressed Element SS31" stencil.

I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink again to stamp the little bird at the base of the flower, the word  "Rudbeckia", both part of the "A Promise Of Tomorrow TE63" stamp set.  I used the same ink to finger stamp part of the text from the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Background Elements TE11" stamp.

I added grounding and more pencil and paper stub blending to areas, before splattering white Posca Pen over the surface of the card.

Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" "Pocket Card "David Niven" Artist Trading Card

 

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  I have used pieces of Tim Holtz Idea-ology "Pocket cards" to make uo the background for this ATC.  I have cut and cropped a photo of David Niven from the book I found in the charity shop called "The Films of David Niven" and glued it into position on the card.

I then used the stencil from the Tim Holtz / Stampers Anonymous layering stencil "THMM173, Christmas Stamp & stencil set" with "Strawberry" red Versafine Clair ink, to create red polka dots.  I then circled these with a gold coloured gel pen.

I added colour to the photo of the couple using "Victorian Velvet" Distress Oxide Inks for the faces and "Candied Apple" Distress Oxide Ink for the lips.  I edged the card in "Peeled Paint" Distress Oxide Ink and then the very outer edge in "Strawberry" red Versafine Clair Ink.  

Finally adding a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "It's always the small pieces, that make the big picture".

Funky Fossil Designs "Bees Geometric" stamp set and "In The Groove" stecil Bee Card

I'm attempting to use up little bits of cards that I have saved for those "just in case" moments.  The background of this card is one of those.  It was made with Pan Pastels through the Funky Fossil Designs "In The Groove" stencil on the gel press.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the bee and the honeycomb.  Both of these are part of an old Funky Fossil Designs stamp set called :"Bees Geometric".  I used Posca Pen, a black fine liner pen and a gold gel pen to colour the bee image.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Nature Feeds The Soul - TE48" Hen Trio Artist Trading Card

This is my daily Artist Trading Card (ATC).  I've used a gel pres background from my stash as the base.  I stamped the hens in Versafine Clair "Acorn" and "Srawberry" coloured inks, the hens are part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Nature Feeds The Soul TE48" stamp set,  then painted Pebeo Drawing Gum, which is a masking fluid over the top of the stamped hens. 

I used the torn edge of a piece of paper with brown ink remaining on a blending brush to create the landsape.  I then stamped the trees, part of the Tracy Evans "Feed Your Soul TE57" stamp set, in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

I rubbed off the masking fluid from the hens and coloured the trees and hens using Van Goch Pastel Pencils and a black fine liner pen, finally adding some pebbles to the foreground using a gold coloured gel pen.