Zentangle Fairy (posted by Judith)

Hi Folks, this project is a little different for me to post on here, as it incorporates some of my own drawing mixed in with the Punky Flowers stamp set. I am very fond of Zentangle Inspired Art, and the designs of Norma Burnell, which this design is inspired by. I have used a variety of Zentangle motifs along with the lovely flower stamps to create the fairy, and coloured parts of the design with pencil. The butterflies came from the Butterfly Poppy Collage stamp set, an old favourite of mine.

More details regarding my design can be found on my own blog
Keep checking back for more designs from my Team mates over the coming days. Thanks for stopping by, Judith xx 

Stamp(s) of the Week - Butterfly Collage Sets

 

Next weekend is Easter, so I've planned ahead and I'm doing two sets of stamps on offer for two weeks instead of the usual one week only deal.

Even better than that, we've set up a multi-buy for the two, so you can make an even bigger saving if you want to.

The stamps are Butterfly Daisy Collage and Butterfly Poppy Collage - both large A4 sets packed with lots of images.

The card above was made with watercolour pencils.  I changed my mind about the colouring of the butterfly so I decoupaged another one over the top.  The sentiment is stamped over a brayered background - I stamped the daisy harlequin in Versamark onto glossy card, then brayered colour over the top and the stamped image resists the ink and shows up white.

Here's a closer look at the two sets.  The large flower shapes on these sets are perfect for making paper roses and I love all the variations Sue (our wonderful stamp artist) has managed to get in the different butterflies. 

 

 

So both sets are on offer until Friday 5th April 2013 after which they will go back up to full price. 

Happy stamping!

Gothic Fragments canvas (posted by Claire)

Good morning, my project today is a canvas featuring the new Gothic Fragments stamps from Chocolate Baroque, combined with some old favourites from Curly Birds and Butterfly Poppy Collage

I've used acrylic paints for the background and then applied texture paste through a Crafters Workshop Template and brushed with mica powder for some sparkle. The butterflies are made from acetate, the image was stamped and embossed with gold embossing powder and I added glitter to the reverse of the image. 

The images of the window and the turrets from Gothic fragments and the birds from Curly birds were all stamped on tissue paper, embossed with gold WOW embossing powder and painted with twinkling H2os'. I applied them to the canvas with Matte Multimedium

To add a little more sparkle I created my own version of the encrusted jewel technique by sprinkling on   gold, violet and pearl Embossing powders, little star sequins and lots of glitter, I then heated from underneath to melt the embossing powder.

I really enjoyed making this canvas, hope you like it

Claire xx