Blossom time

Hi everyone,

I was very excited about playing with these new Tracey Scott stamps, they're so bold and fun and useful for all sorts. 

I started with a tando organiser which I coated in gesso and then fresco paints. For this project I used the limited edition Tracey Scott paint colours, teamed up with granny smith, Bougainvillia, and Nougat.

Each page of the organiser was treated to a different paint colour. 

Using the stamps mounted on a clear block I began building scenes in each of the pages. If you are planning to paint on to a stamped image, always make sure you use a permanent ink- I used rangers archival ink for this.

Another option is to stamp using the paint as I have done on the front cover in the background. Apply it thinly to a piece of cut n dry foam and dab over the stamp to get even coverage. You can get two or three decent impressions each time before re coating in paint. 

When you're happy with your stamping you can start painting :)

 

I added highlights to some of the book's colours using the white Nougat paint.

To add a little extra texture I worked in to the painting using inktense pencils adding borders, shading and doodling.

On some pages I added hints of glitter using the wink of Stella pen too.

The front and back covers. I used a fineliner to add a title to the front - as you can see, nothing too specific!

 All the inside pages in order...

With all the pages completed I tied them together using some rough twine from my stash, not forgetting to add a mixture of bright paper to the inside so I can write in it!

Thanks for reading :)

This project was designed for the craft barn.

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges;

Simon Wednesday, anything goes

Craft stamper, anything goes
Simon says stamp Monday- circles (the orange page in particular but there are also lots of the front cover)

The reason I smile

I’ve been playing with a gorgeous paper pad 

from kaisercraft this week. 

There are so many bits included I think it’s one 

I’ll get a lot of makes out of. 

Some of the papers inside are totally white with

 a glossy pattern added to them. This makes them 

perfect for adding colour to. 

I experimented with adding watercolours 

and brushos, using the gloss as a resist. 

For this make I started by swiping my archival pad 

over the gloss several times and then wiping

 the excess off with a damp cloth.

I chose to mount this on to a watercolour design 

from the pad and ran the archival ink pad around

the edges of both papers to give them a subtle border.

I cut a large and a small flower from one

of the page designs and edged them 

with Potting Soil Archival ink

Using the back of my thumb nail 

I curled the petals and layered 

the flowers together. 

In the centre I added a little button 

coated in alchemy wax.

I completed the card with a sentiment

stamped in Archival aquamarine. 

Again I edged it with the Archival ink. 

The card is finished with a little

Wink of Stella and some liquid pearls for a bit of shimmer :) 

Materials list;

Kaisercraft paper pad -wildflower

Archival ink (aquamarine, potting soil)

Kaisercraft Ma Cherie stamp set

Alchemy wax – Japanese Jade

Button (from stash)

Liquid pearls – platinum pearl

Wink of Stella

I'd like to enter this in to the less is more shimmer challenge 

Oxidised!

Good morning! 

Here to share with you a make for the craft barn using distress oxide inks.

The basic plan:

I started with a bit of good ol’ ink smooshing…

Followed by some yummy texture paste… (I know you’ve seen the stencil before but I do rather love it!)

Stamping some feathers in Distress Oxide ink on tissue paper while the texture paste dries…

It’s funny how techniques come and go. 

I was about to painstakingly cut around 

these and try to give them a soft feathery 

look, when I remembered

something I used to do with mulberry paper a lot…

A quick wizz around the shapes with a wet paintbrush and 30 seconds later…

Presto! Muchos time saved 😃

Back to the canvas....

and it is time to really start having fun. 

Plenty more ink added (mostly vintage photo, walnut stain and peeled paint) I also used a wet baby wipe to take back some of the ink in places to create more variation.

Adding water is what really makes the 

oxides come alive… 

suddenly they spread revealing a whole host 

of the colours they are made up of.

Starting to get really involved now… 

I add some brushos. 

Initially on top of the wet canvas, 

then after it had dried I add more 

before splattering with more water.

Now completely carried away, 

out comes the white gelly roll pen

 (another staple favourite) 

for a bit of doodling.

No shortcuts this time 

I stamp and cut around two birds 

from the Bo Bunny set. 

Distress Oxides make a lovely paint too- 

I just smooshed a bit on my non-stick mat

and picked them up with a wet paintbrush.

Remember the feathers? –

 time to add them back in. 

I tried using pva but being a 

water based glue it made the

ink run. 

For take-two I used pritt stick

and it was fine. 

Also added in at this point are

branches adapted from the 

wildflowers die set and coated

in more Oxide ink.

‘Lifted’ with a handwritten sentiment on 

scraps of card with fossilized amber Oxide ink 

blended on and broken china 

splattered over the top.

And just when I thought I had finished 

I suddenly found myself with the 

white gelly roll pen in hand again 

and thus a border was added!"

Materials list:

Canvas board

Non-stick craft mat

Bo bunny stamps- birds of a feather

Acrylic block

Tim Holtz stencil- birch

Texture grunge paste

Heat gun

Blending tool

Distress oxides 

Brushos

Paint brush

Double sided tape

Staz on ink – Jet Black

White Tissue paper

Tim holtz die wildflowers

Sakura gelly roll pen – white

Thanks for stopping by, Louise :)

Challenges;

Craft stamper-anything goes
Simon Monday- splash it on (i used water with the oxides and the brushos)
Stamping sensations- anything goes
Penny black at allsorts - spring

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