Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Poppy TE39" Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day - a clean and simple design, reflecting and remembering those fallen.

I used two shades of Versafine Clair inks to stamp the poppy.  Using "Nocturne" for the stem and leaves and "Morning Mist" for the flower head.  I used "Candied Apple" and "Black Soot" Distress Oxide Inks to colour the poppy.  Using a 2B pencil and paper stub for shadows and a black fine liner to pen to draw the wavy line round the edge of the ATC.  Finally adding a word sticker saying "silence".

Tracy Evans "Quiet Moments TE72" Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the dayt.  I used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp the flowers which is part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Quiet Moments TE72" stamp set.  I then used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to blend the pencil marks for shadows. 

I painted the flowers using Distress Oxide Inks, using Tumbled Glass for the petals, Spiced Marmalade fo the middle of the flowers and Crushed Olive for the leaves.

I then painted the background, using a daubing motion with a paint brush and diluted "Pumice Stone" Distress Oxide Ink.  I inked the edges of the ATC using "Blueprint Sketch" Distress Oxide Ink, finally adding a word sticker saying "be awesome today".

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Honesty TE28" Autumn Leaves Card

 

This is a "when you can't sleep... craft" card. Something disturbed the dog about 3:30 am and I gave up trying to get to sleep at 4:30 am!  There are so many beautiful colours outside at the moment, both in the trees and the hedgerows, I felt inspired to create something with those hues.

I used a white piece of card and very lightly coverd it with four shades of Ranger Archival Inks.  The colours I used are:  Sunflower, Tea Rose, Orange Blossom and Fern Green, applied with a blending brush to give just a hint of colour.

I then moved on to stamp the leaves, which are part of the Tracy Evans Botuique Designs "Honesty TE28" stamp set. For the yellow/green leaves I used Versafien Clair Golden Meadow and a touch of Summertime.  For the red leaves I used Versafine Clair Summertime,  Tulip Red and Chianti.  For the green leaf, I used Versafine Clair Avocado and Shady Lane inks.

I then stamped the branch, which is part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Silhouettes TE38" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Sand Dune" ink/

I used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to add slight shadows and then used a gold coloured gel pen to add dots to the background of the card, before matting and layering it.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Flora and Fauna TE53" gate and pigeon card

I've created this little scene for no reason other than wanting to craft.  I can add a sentiment and make it into a card at a later date if I want to.

I started by using Versafine Clair "Sand Dune" and "Morning Mist" inks to stamp the gate, part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Flora and Fauna TE53" stamp set.  I then used three shades of green Distress Oxide Inks fo the grass and ground.  The colours I used are:  Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness.

I used Versafine "Morning MIst" grey ink to stamp the pigeons, which are part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Good Things Take Time TE60" stamp set.

I added more detail and depth of colour using Van Goch Pastel Pencils ,with a 2B pencil and paper stub too. Finally adding some tiny dots of yellow and white Posca Pen to replicate buttercups and daisies in the grass.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Bird SS29 Stencil" card

Earlier today, I made some backgrounds, using  a stamping block and sprtized Distress Paints, I used Prize Ribbon, Salvaged Patina and Speckled Egg colours.  I've used one of the lighter backgrounds for this card.

I placed the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Bird SS29" stencil over the background and applied "Aquamarine" Ranger Archival Ink through the stencil with a blending brush..

I then stamped the floral/part circle wreath, which is part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamp set called "Malva TE8", using Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink.  I used the same ink to create a landscape, using the torn edge of a piece of paper.

I used Van Goch Pastel Pencils to add colour to the bird and the landscape, also using a white gel pen on the breast of the bird. I added shadows using a 2B pencil and a paper stub.

Using Versafine Clair "Twilight" ink again, I stamped the grasses in the foreground, which are part of the Tracy Evans "On The Wild Side TE50" stamp set, adding touches of white and aqua coloured Posca Pen.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "The Wonder Of Nature TE14" pencil worked card

For this card, I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the flower from the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "The Wonder Of Nature TE14" stamp set and a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp from their "Tiny Words" stamp set.

I used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to shade and highlight areas of the stamped flower, adding some white pastel pencil detail to it and tiny dots of white gel pen to the middle of the flower.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Sunflower TE33" Sunflower Card

 

Sunflowers are my favouite flowers, sp getting this Tracy Evans sunflower stamp set (TE33) was a must.  I have to say the detail of the stamp itself is incredible.

I stamped the sunflower (Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Sunflower" TE33) stamp in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

I lay the Tracy Evans "Grunge ST3" stencil over the top and lightly applied "Fern Green" Ranger Archival Ink through the stencil, ensuring it was darker by the sunflower and fading the coloru out towards the left and the top of the card.  Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink again, I stamped the word "Sunflower" which is from the TE33 stamp set.

I coloured the sunflower by painting and colouring direct with Derwent Inktense pencils, adding touches of a white and gold gel pen, a black fine liner pen and a 2B pencil with a paper stub for a little shading.

Tracy Evans "TE61 Amongst The Flowers" Protea on water colour squares

For this card, I used a piece of water colour card for the base,  I very lightly drew a grid of nine squares and then coloured the squares by painting each one in Distress Oxide Inks,  The colours I used for the squares are:Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral and Gathered Twigs.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the flower, the bird and the word Protea, which are all part of the Tracy Evans stamp set called "Amongs The Flowers TE61".  I stamped the flower head atain on to a piece of white card, fussy cut it and glued it over the one on the card base.  I then used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to shade the petals on the flower, 

I added highlights to the flower and bird using a white gel pen.  I then added a pattern to each square in the background using a gold coloured gel pen.

Lavinia Stamps "Toad Lodge" and "Honeysuckle Cottage" in monochrome card

This afternoon, I've had a play with a couple of the Lavinia Stamps buildings, creating this little scene.  All stamping is done in two shades of Versafine Clair inks.  Nocturne (black) and Morning MIst (grrey).  All shading is done using a 2B pencil and a paper stub.  the stamps that I have used are:

LAV657 Tree Of Courage

LAV686 Toad Lodge

LAV687 Honeysuckle Cottage

LAV1021 Twilight Passage

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Blossoms of Hope TE62" monochrome card

Here I am again, creating another card with a sketch style.  I used a grey card for the base of this one.

I've used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" for the stamping of the flowers and fllower pots, which are part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamp set called "Blossoms Of Hope TE62.  I used "Morning Mist" to stamp the bird, which is part of the Tracy Evans "A Promise Of Tomorrow TE63" stamp set and the partial text in the background, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Magnolia TE43" stamp set.

I have used a selection of tools to colour and shade,  Van Goch Pastel Pencil, Derwent Inktense Pencils, a black fine liner pen, a white gel pen, a 2B pencil, a paper stub and a black and white Posca pen for a few splatters too.

Lavinia Stamps "Fernwick Small LAV1054" Tree of Courage Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card for the day.  Today I have used Lavinia Stamps and stencils.  I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the Lavinia "Tree of courage" stamp.  I then used Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink to stamp "Fernwick small racoon".

I used a 2B pencil and paper stub to colour and shade the tree, racoom and the moon.  I then used one of the new Element Inks from Lavinia Stamps "Marmalady" very lightly through one of the new Lavinia stencils called "Baroque Flower Stencil.  I then used the remaining Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink that was on my blending brush through the new"Distressed Chequerboard" stencil..  I darkened the left hand edges with the same ink.

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.