Seaside cubbeys

"For this project I started by making 

myself a base board. 

I smeared distress oxide ink over my 

non stick mat and spritzed with water 

before pressing my card down in to it. 

I repeated several times until the layers 

of colour were well developed. 

I then stencilled and blended more inks 

on top until I was happy. 

I stamped the ‘seaside memories’ stamp twice

on to the base card using embossing ink and

embossed in white.

I also did an impression using faded jeans distress oxide ink.

I painted onto the blue stamped image

using Fresco Nougat and White Fire

Setting those aside for later, 

I coated the cubbeys in gesso,

 then painted using fresco paints. 

I assembled the cubbeys after I

painted them, but I think it may have been

better the other way around

(something to test out another day!)

Now for the really fun part… 

I chopped up my base board in various ways

 and started playing around with the different 

possible layouts. 

I threw a bit of vellum and a die cut of bubbles 

in to the mix for good measure too!

For these I used 3D foam mount pads 

to create lots of layers at different depths.

Once I was roughly happy with the arrangements 

I put all the cubbeys together. 

I also added texture sand paste to the 

base of them and left to dry.

With the paste dry, I smooshed a bit of 

fossilized amber distress ink on to my 

mat and used a wet paintbrush to pick 

up the colour. 

I painted it on to the sand paste giving 

the look of sand. 

Finally I added a few beads and tiny shells 

from my stash to finish it all off.

Here is the final finished assembly"

Materials list;

Tando cubbeys

Sizzix die – bright bubbles

Crafty individuals stencil

Blue fern studios stamp – seaside memories

Embossing ink – clear

Texture sand paste

Distress oxides 

(spiced marmalade, fossilized amber, 

faded jeans, broken china, iced spruce)

Non-stick craft mat

Blending tool

Paint brush

Mister spray

Double sided tape

White smooth finish card

Vellum

Fresco paints (Antarctic, Nougat, Turquoise, White fire)

Color bloom spray – Sorbet

White embossing powder

White Gesso

Thanks for stopping by today

Lou x

Challenges;

Stamping sensations- anything goes

Simon Monday- splash it on

Craft stamper- anything goes 

Mew for spring

Hi all,

I've been playing with lawn fawn's 'miaow you doin?' set this week. It is one of my newest additions and I love it already!
This card was destined for my pals birthday....

Quite a straightforward make using a Marianne designs circle suite to cut the window, promarkers to colour and versa mark ink pads.

I'd like to enter it in to the following challenges;
Simon Wednesday- spring mood board
Stamping sensations- anything goes

Silhouettes

Hi there,
I'm sharing a little card I made with lavinia stamps for the craft barn. There is a full step by step on the craft barn blog but for now here is the finished card.

I'd like to enter this card in to the following challenges; 

Simon Monday - things with wings

Simon Wednesday - anything goes

What is teal anyway?

This evening I set about making a card for less is more's 'mostly teal' theme. Armed with a new (to me) lawn fawn die, I fancied playing a bit more with some brushos and ended up producing this;

I quickly realised that brushos and a soft subtle colour like teal were simply incompatible after my combinations produced a colour closer to electric blue than teal. Never mind, waste not want not and all that, taking the cut out happy (in electric blue) I tried again using another of my latest acquisitions, oxide inks.

I suppose teal is a subjective colour to portray and this one has been dubbed 'cracked pistachio' by Mr T. Holtz but I think it'll do.

I used star and sentiment stamps from craftwork cards to add to the background and finished with an all important wink of Stella.

Ttfn!

Challenges;

Less is more

Simon says stamp Monday

Penny black and more

Lost and found

I was excited to see the theme at Simon Monday this week is 'based on a book'. I love books, notepads are an absolute fave and I had a great time doing an altered dictionary with the craft barn last year, but more than any others, I love children's stories. I based this card on a book by Oliver Jeffers about a lost penguin who sailed across the ocean in an umbrella. I also based it on the sketch from less is more since they seemed to go quite nicely.
Here is the book;

 


This is the less is more sketch;

And here is the card I made;

The stamps are from lawn fawns 'toboggan together' and 'hello baby' sets. The waves are made with doodlebug paper frills and I have coloured using distress inks and promarkers. 

Thanks for stopping by!

In the garden

Good morning! 

I'm sharing a door hanger with you today made with imagination crafts rice paper, sizzix dies and a bit of paint and stenciling thrown in for good measure! 

A full description of how it was made can be found on the craft barn blog.

The pictures here show both front and back of the hanger.









I'd like to enter this in to the following challenges;
SSS Monday - based on the secret garden
SSS Wednesday- anything goes

Pooch party

Hi there!
I've been tasked with the job of creating a leaving card for a colleague at the animal rescue centre where we work. This is a trial run card really as I have just ordered the new lawn fawn 'miaow you doin' set. I intend on adding a whole host of cats in to the mix just as soon as the stamps arrive but for now I'm quite pleased with all the pooches!
The stamps are from lawn fawns daschund through the snow set and the sites are sizzix.
I'd like to enter this card in to the following challenges;
stamping sensations animal magic
Simon says stamp anything goes
Allsorts anything goes
Penny black favourite stamp (I'm not sure I could ever truly choose a favourite stamp but this set would always be up there)

That's all for now,
Lou x