Creatures Great and Small art journal spread

Hi everyone,

Challenges that has something to do with nature are one my favorites. So I had lots of fun playing in my art journal for the "All Creatures Great and Small Challenge" at Frilly and Funkie.

I started with a background full of washi tape and used some Americana paints to start giving it some color. To create more depth in the colors I used mica pigment powders like Nuvo Shimmer Powder Green Parade and Perfect Pearls Perfect Gold and Blue Raspberry.

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Halloween Bottles card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week theme is  "It's a Wrap".

When I think of packaging, I also think of bottles. And so close to Halloween I couldn't help myself thinking of Apothecary Bottles (thanks Frederique!). I gave them color with Distress Ink, Tumbled Glass and Antique Linen for the small bottle and Peeled Paint with Ground Espresso for the larger bottle. After applying Embossing Dabber I poured  UTEE over and heated it with a heat tool. To create the glossy effect this could also have done with Glossy Accents, but UTEE goes a lot faster and gives the same effect. And there are no air bubbles you have to worry about. Because the Embossing Dabber is a bit liquid the Distress Ink reacts to that, but that actually gives it an unexpectedly cool distressed effect.

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Back to Nature art journal spread

Hi everyone,

I'm back with a new art journal spread made for a Vintage Journey where the challenge is "Back to Nature". That's my favorite theme, and had so much fun creating this spread.

I started with a double sheet of the old book that I used last time and applied with a old gift card 3 colors of Opal Magic Paint: Voilet-Green, Green-Gold and Rose-Gold. Such a fun effect. Then I applied with the Sunset Sunrise stencil some Texture Paste and went over it with the same Opal Paint colors when it was dry. This time with a Silicon Brush.

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Stenciled card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Use More Than One Stencil".

I used 3 stencils for this card. I started with the Schoolhouse stencil and Distress Paint Black Soot. Over that I used Opal Magic Paint in Green-Gold and Violet-Gold. I applied this with an old gift card. Is my new favorite way to apply this paint because of the effect it gives. After the paint was dry, I used my second stencil and again with Distress Paint Black Soot. This time I quickly added some Bonding Powder and used GoPress Gray Foil. And the third and last stencil is the Bubble stencil that I used with Texture Paste.

 

On top of a surface that is painted, I like working with Infusions, and this time I tried a new color combination, green (Slime and Emerald Isle) and pink (Are You Cerise). Still don't know if I like this color combo ... Maybe I just have to get used to it because it's so different from what I normally use for color combos.

 

VIDEO:

SUPPLIES:

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - NUMBERED	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil BUBBLE	Tim Holtz Collection Stencil in School House	Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Prima Marketing OPAL MAGIC GREEN GOLD Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint 963651	Prima Flowers OPAL MAGIC VIOLET GOLD Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint
Distress Crayon Black Soot	Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot Paint	Prima Marketing READ TO ME Finnabair Clear Stamp	Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black Premium Ink	Tonic EBONY BLACK Nuvo Crystal Drops	Couture Creations DARK MIRROR GREY Heat Activated Foil
WOW BONDING POWDER WX01	VERSAMARKER Watermark Emboss Versamark	Paper Artsy SLIME Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy Are You Cerise Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Arrtsy Emerald Isle Infusions Colored Stain	Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte
Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker	Sakura WHITE GELLY ROLL Medium Point Pens Set	RANGER TEXTURE PASTE	Neat and Tangled JOURNALING ALPHAS DIE Set NAT174	Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE

To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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Haberdashery art journal spread

Hi everyone,

I'm back another project with an art journal spread to participate in Frilly & Funky. This time the theme is Haberdashery. So I went for a vintage art journal spread that I made of pages out of an old Dutch book and I had fun with altering them.

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STAMPtember 2018 Christmas card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! But it's also the beginning of a new month, and not any month! It's STAMPtember!



This week we are celebrating STAMPtember® and challenging you to use stamps on your projects, no digital images allowed.

Stamp It On 

STAMPtember® is a very special month in the Simon Says Stamp calendar. Its a time for a big crafty celebration with lots of new products being released and different events happening over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog throughout the whole month of September. This week we are showcasing some new and fabulous STAMPtember Products! Of course you can use whatever you like on your creations!

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Fall card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Fall/Autumn".

I love spring and summer, but fortunately autumn has beautiful colors and that makes up for calling to winter. For the background I used Distress Oxides in the colors Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed and Ground Espresso. I stamped the numbers of the Purveyor stamp set with Archival Ink Coffee.  

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