Sunday 31 August 2014

PpPpSSSss


I have some super exciting news and can finally share it! Crikey it has been a torturous few months... I have officially become a PaperArtsy stamp designer. Head over to the PaperArtsy blog to see the launch of my first two stamp design in detail. But here is a little peak of a couple of projects:



The first set ECL01 is very feminine with a lacy theme and the second set ECL02 is based on Nordic Christmas knits. Both have a simple graphic style/feel and would work perfectly for CAS or what I call arty cards but are equally as handy to have in your stash for mixed media projects.



I will be sharing more projects I have created using my new PaperArtsy Eclectica stamp range over  the coming weeks both here on my blog and of course over at PaperArtsy.
 
All new release stamps are now available from your favourite PaperArtsy retailer.

Thursday 28 August 2014

Week 35 'But Never Dared!'


Yep, another page in my documented life journal. This week's theme is to drawing a face. Well that was right up my street. Though thinking about the upcoming 29 Faces in September Ayala is trying to encourage everyone to step out of their comfort zone with their artwork. I didn't sketch in pencil today and it is all done in pen/plus the shading, I coloured with Gelatos. You will noticed I sneaked on a couple of Sara Naumann's new stamps too.


See what Ayala says:


I know it isn't quite September yet but decided to get into that way of thinking now! I know I won't keep up with 29 Faces this time because of the start of the new school term but going to do as many as I can and keep the phrase...'but never dared' in my head.

29 faces

Tuesday 26 August 2014

Sara Naumann Tile Tutorial

 
As I promised I am back again tonight with another full tutorial of one of the projects I made for PaperArtsy Sara Naumann stamp launch on Monday evening. Tonight I am using this set:
 
 
So here is how I made my little board positive affirmation tile.
 
1. I cut 9 cm square piece of PaperArtsy grey-white board. Painted with two coats of Snowflake Fresco paint and also did some stamping using Black Archival ink. Then came a coat of Gloss Glaze, which I stamped into using three of the images from the new stamp set.
 

 
2. Once completely dry I added a layer of Zesty Zing Fresco paint, left for about 30 seconds to start drying and the wiped back with tissue/baby wipe. Translucent paints work best as you don't loose any of the slight gloss and any background images.


 
3. I pulled my card together by playing with 3rd and 4th generation ink and stamping using quote. As I love my background so much cut out the quote so as not to cover my tile up. Also painted and stamped some little Prima wooden flowers. Made by own leaves my painting smoothy card with Hey Pesto and doing some more stamping. I coated all my embellishments and the quote with a thin layer of Gloss Glaze. The little resin bird was pastel pink but I covered it with a coat of Little Black Dress Fresco paint to match the colour palette.





My finished positive affirmation tile stood on a little wooden mini easel.

  
 
All new release stamps are now available from your favourite PaperArtsy retailer.
 
I do hope you will hop over to the PaperArtsy blog to see more fabulous launches this week they go right through until Sunday 31st August.

Monday 25 August 2014

Sara Naumann Launch Night!

 
There are some fantastic new products being previewed over at PaperArtsy this week. Tonight sees the launch of Sara Naumann's new stamp plates and I was lucky enough to be asked to make some projects as part of the launch. Of course that also meant I got to play with some fabulous new stamp plates! I have 3 projects to share and you can see them all on the blog tonight, along with some beautiful creations by Sara herself but over the next 2 nights I will be sharing detailed tutorials for two of them here on my blog.
 
Tonight I use this new stamp set:
 
 
Here is how I made my arty easel card:
 
 
1. I die cut a simple easel card using PaperArtsy Smoothy.
 


2. Used 3rd and 4th generation Black Soot Distress Ink to start to create background.

 
3. Then some more stamping this time with Black Archival, again creating shading using 1st/2nd/3rd generation ink.


4. Now came some stamping with paint and I used a brand new limited addition JOFY Fresco Paint called Cherry Red. I rotated the image and stamped four times to create this sun burst.




 
5. I wanted to create my own washi tape/border by cutting 1.5cm strips of Smoothy card and painting with another colour from new limited addition set called Turquoise. 

 
6. I also used Turquoise Fresco paint to layer stamping onto my background.

 
7. To complete my washi tape border I stamped the dotty image from the set using Black Archival ink.

 
8. To make up my card I again added some 3rd/4th generation DI ink to create border then layered up all my elements to make my final easel card. The little typewriter key embellishment is by Prima and I added a few black wire curls too.




 
All new release stamps are now available from your favourite PaperArtsy retailer.
 
I do hope you will hop over to the PaperArtsy blog and I will be back again with another tutorial tomorrow night using Sara Naumann's fabulous new designs.

Friday 22 August 2014

Its a wrap!



Tonight over at PaperArtsy I share a tutorial showing the final in the series of girl tags for my fabric tag wrap. Don't forget use any inspiration from the PaperArtsy blog this week, enter the challenge and you have the chance to win a prize. A little preview below:



Wednesday 20 August 2014

The Documented Life Project



We are on Week 34 and the theme is all about numbers significant in some way to your week. Well, yesterday was a crazy day all about plums...LOL!! So today thought it was a perfect subject for this weeks page. I am going to enter my journal page into the current Anything Goes theme over at Crafty Calender.

Monday 18 August 2014

Mini Frida


Cut this twinchie (2" x 2") from some water colour paper and took it with me on my recent hols. Here is my VERY mini art journal page with one of her quotes. I am sharing this over at Art Journal Journey with this month's theme being Frida Kahlo.

Sunday 17 August 2014

Catching up



Just had a week away in Dorset but managed to get my documented life project for week 33 done. It was to use under papers i.e. the paper you put underneath to catch drips of paint, etc. Well I didn't have anything messy but I did have watercolour pencils, Big brush and Pitt Pens. So after making a little project I then had under papers and sketched over to create this girl and therefore my page from the week. When I had glued her down onto my page I decided to add some colour and the under paper was so thin that my colouring picked up the matrix of the dry adhesive, I quite like the effect it created...a happy accident!


I am going to share this over at Paper Saturdays. and AJED.

Friday 15 August 2014

The last word...


This month over at One Little Word the word is 'lost'. This is my last project for the challenge after a great 12 months. I have great fun and wish Ronda and the team all the best for the future. I am going to share my water colour painting over at Paint Party Friday.

Thursday 14 August 2014

Final Message


Here is the last Me Time Message and photo tutorial:

Journal your final word and seal into your chosen envelope. I went with a cardboard one this week.
Add a layer of gesso and create some texture. I used Grunge Paste through a stencil.


Add some colour. I used a couple of coats of acrylic paint.


I added a light paint to the end of my message, spritzed loads of water and let it drip down the envelope.


Stamp some white tissue paper and glue to message (I used matt medium).



More stamping


Add some more colour I used ink tense blocks.



Time to personalise: I added scan of some of my art work which matched with my word of the week plus my word and a quote.



Thanks to everyone who joined in with my Me Time Messages workshop.