Make your mark (by Miranda)

Hello there,

It's me again, with some inky inspiration.......hope you like it.

Today I have used these stamp sets:

Mosaic flower- individual stamp A6

On the tiles- individual stamp A6

Make your mark-rubber stamp sheet DL

Artistic Affirmations rubber stamps sheet A4

Again a background from my stash, this time made with Derwent Inktense art bars. When you use these, your background will be waterproof......

First I stamped the Mosaic flower using Memento London Fog. Then I stamped fragments of the 'on the tiles' background around the image.

I have used one of the stamps of the 'make a mark' set to create a structure on the edges using Memento Cottage Ivy. You can see that grungy structure below ...

here you can see the sparkle of the embossing powder a bit better.....

I have colored the flowers with my Derwent Colorsoft and used a white acrylic marker for some accents.

Then I did some embossing on the circle stamps and the dot texture. Make your mark is such a versatile stamp set, a real must-have and I will use that one a lot!

For the circles I have used Wow Cupcake Heaven, a lovely hot pink glittery powder and on the sequin dot stamp I have used Wow Peridot and 'jealous guy'. They have such funny names......

I stamped the text 'I make time to make Art't  from the Artistic Affirmations but only the words ' make Art'

Thanks for your visit and hope to 'see' you next time. Will be back next week!

Stay safe and creative,

Rainbow Tree (by Judith)

Hello everyone, I have a project to share using stamps from last month's TV Shows from Hochanda. I have created a cheery card using the Tangled Birch stamp and a sentiment from the Words of Wisdom stamp set.

I stamped the Tangled Birch image using Versafine Onyx Black ink, and extended the landscape using a fineliner pen. I coloured the image using Koh-I-Noor pencils, and then covered the coloured image with Acrylic Wax. You could use masking fluid and rub it off afterwards, but the acrylic wax is so quick. (Or you could use bleach to take the colour out of the tree if you apply the background colour first, and then colour the image afterwards). I added shading over the background with Distress Inks, and buffed the image with a piece of paper towel.

Rainbows are a symbol of hope and unity right now, I felt that this background would be so uplifting for someone who is feeling down, or for a special person that needs a card sending to them during this time.

I will be back next month with more projects to share with you. Look after yourselves, and stay safe. Thanks for stopping by,

Judith xx

Decrated Box (by Gerrina)

It is my turn again to show you what I made for the Guest Designer Team at Chocolate Baroque! Three weeks in a row you will find not only here, but also at my blog, something I made with the beautiful stamps from Chocolate Baroque... This week the third and last time this month. It is also a very special one; it is the thirtieth time that I am Guest Designer here, and a lot of those thirty times as a member of the Guest Designer Team! It is so much fun doing this!

Today I pimped one of the boxes that I use to store some of my craft stash:

Upper side:

Bottom:

Used materials:

Stamps: The Rose Tree, Gothic Fragments, Artistic Affirmations, Tangled Fragments,

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Oxide Speckled Egg, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron,

Other: Postbox, gesso, blending tool, water brush, black Stabilo All pencil

Creatieve groetjes,

Gerrina

Words, Trees and Katya (by Zoe)

Good morning Lovelies and welcome to my second post this month.
Here are the rest of my samples from last month.

My first card is Yupo paper which I used Alcohol inks and blending solution, then used Archival ink pads to stamp Tangled Birch on.

I used Distress Oxides ink pads to create the background and Inktense pencils to colour in the beautiful Katya.

I used a whiteboard tag from the website, I coloured and stamped the background with Distress Oxides, a little splatter with a marker pen to finish it off. I used:

Words of Inspiration, Shaded Baubles, I Shall Be Your Wings.

Thank you so much for spending your time visiting.
Have a wonderful day, stay safe and keep well.
Big hugs
Zoe xx

Elegant Crocus (by Miranda)

Hi there,

Today my 2nd guest post using an oldie.......but still a beautiful one......

Okay, I agree it is not Spring but Summer but hey who cares........at the moment the weather is more like Spring and I love it!

I used the Elegant Crocus Rubber Stamp sheet - A5

I had this background for quit a while in my stash......I did create it on heavy watercolor paper using the Derwent Art bars on an acrylic bloc. I always pre wet my paper with these watercolor techniques.

I did sprinkle some coarse and fine salt onto the damp paper and let it dry for some hours. When you sprinkle salt when the paper is too wet it won't create these white areas but you will get dark spots under the salt. And it will take a very long time to dry.

When the paper is totally dry you can wipe of the salt. And it create such beautiful structures.....

Then I stamped the whole image using a violet ink. And colored it using color pencils.

I am still a fan of the Derwent coloursoft pencils. I have many other brands too but still pick these when I am coloring on inky backgrounds.....they have such a great grip on the paper and beautiful pigment.

Hope you did like my take on this stamp,

thanks for your visit and till next week, have a lovely Sunday!

Inspire Me by Brenda

Hello all, I have a couple more cards to share, the one at the top features the lovely Katya who some of you may have seen on Lesley's recent Hochanda shows is becoming a bit of a lady of disguise doubling up without her headdress as Red Indian.

I stamped Katya in Versafine black ink then masked her to created the rainbow background using Pan Pastels and then used Silhouette Masks 1 and 2 to create some background interest before colouring Katya with Distress Markers. Finally a sentiment from Words of Inspiration.

Another sentiment from Words of Inspiration stamped and placed into an oval die cut aperture, some stencilling on the front panel using Strip Stencils, Butterflies stamped coloured and cut out and some ribbon.

Many thanks as always for popping in today.

In the Background

Hello everyone

I have a couple of more cards to share with you from the Hochanda show in June.
The stamps I have used are Baroque Meadow and Words of Inspiration.


For my cards, although similar, I have used different tools for the background.

The first card I used a soft rubber brayer. This enables the colours to blend seamlessly together, from the rich red down to the yellow.

My second card uses a roller. Although I graduated the colours similar to before you can see a lot more texture in the background. The roller is very forgiving and I love it!
These silhouette stamps are made for background techniques.

Hope you have fun with your backgrounds
Sandra x