Magic mushrooms (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I hope that you are all keeping well.  I have a couple of vibrant projects to share with you today using stamps from The Shroom Clock stamp set featured on last month's TV shows from Hochanda.

My first project was created by using a background from my stash created with turquoise and green Brushos. I stamped the mushrooms onto some of the Seriously Gorgeous A6 Postcards using archival Ink, and cut them out. I adhered them to the background, and using a fineliner pen, I created a landscape for them to perch on. I added stamping using the small texture stamp from the plate which matches the mushrooms across the bottom of the background, and coloured the ground with pencils. I added white highlights on the mushrooms with a gel pen.

To finish my card, I stencilled in the sky area using the Chocolate Baroque Mask - Kaleidoscope of Butterflies and some turquoise Distress Ink. Finally, I added a sentiment.

To create my second project, I used another Brusho background, similar in colour to the first, to which I had added some stencilling with white ink to create a bokeh effect. I stamped the large Shroom Clock onto the background, and stamped this again onto a spare piece of card. I coloured the image using Koh-I-Noor watercolours, and cut the image out. I added some splatters of blue ink at the bottom of the background to create a feeling of grass, and added shading at the base of the mushrooms. I decoupaged the image onto the background, and added white highlights with a gel pen once more.

I will be back later in the month with more projects to share, take care, and stay safe,

Judith xx

More Clocks and Shrooms

 Hello 

I am sharing some more of my samples from the August Hochanda show.

There were three sets of stamps on the show - Floral Clock, Parsley Clock and The Shroom Clock

My cards today are mainly from the Parsley Clock set.

I used one of the Parsley images to stamp randomly on my card blank to create a background. I then created a Postcard which Lesley demonstrated a while back on a FaceBook live. I used the postcard stamp from Baroque Ephemera 2 and aged  it with distress inks, I then stamped the Parsley with the small butterfly onto the postcard and coloured with watercolour pencils. I stamped the clock face and butterfly onto some card, coloured them and cut them out and then layered onto the postcard. 

For this card I used the individual butterfly and  used some embossing glaze to make them glossy. I put them onto one of Lesley's Seriously Gorgeous Postcards and added on of the lovely sentiments.

My last card I made a back ground using torn paper and distress inks, I stamped the Parsley and butterflies and coloured with marker pens.

Thanks for stopping by

Sandra x

shroom magic (by Veronica)

 Today it is my turn to show some of the samples from the August tv shows which featured vintage clock faces. Here they are combined with rather psychedelic mushrooms.
My first card has a brusho background, with the image simply stamped on top , clear embossed and the mushrooms coloured with alcohol markers.
The sentiment was stamped onto a spare piece of card inked with distress inks and edged with the same inks.

 The second sample was simply stamped onto one of the lovely postcards also in the show, using archival black ink - a very quick card that almost felt like cheating!










The last sample was a fabric bag, stamped using versafine clair ink, with the small mushrooms stamped along the top and bottom. Again the large mushrooms were coloured with alcohol markers.
For those who wondered, I washed the first bag I tried (with a very wonky image) and the image didn't fade at all.

Clocks and Shrooms 1

 Hello

I am showing some of the cards I made for the August shows on Hochanda. There were three sets of rubber stamps to choose from - Floral Clock, Parsley Clock and The Shroom Clock.

My cards today feature The Shroom Clock set, but they all work so well together.

First, I made a small box from a die set and put an embossed Tree Ring in the back. I then added the trio of Shrooms, which I heat embossed and I added some lichen from the garden to the base.

My next card I used the Shrooms and Clock stamp and used bright coloured pencils on the mushrooms to contrast with the aged look on the clock.  A lovely fun card to make.

This card in contrast has a much calmer feel to it. I embossed in white and used one of Lesley's lovely Seriously Gorgeous Postcards. A nice and quick card to make.

My last card uses another of the lovely postcards. I made a mountain scene in the background with some torn copy paper and Archival Ink.  I stamped and embossed the mushrooms and cut them out, but this time I left them black and white.

I shall be back soon with some more samples.

Thanks for looking

Sandra x