Its been nice but......... by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!

Today I chose to do a page in my art journal.

For this page I started by spraying some distress stains. I started with yellow in the center and then a metallic orange and then darker oranges and reds from there working to the outside.

I use a paint brush and water to move the colors around until I'm happy. I dried with my heat tool and began stamping. First the open mouth in black And then the eyeball in red.  I added some glow in the dark eye stickers for fun. I used a couple other stamps on the background and added some thin sticks for interest. I fussy cut the ladies and painted them and then Used foam tape to attach them to the page..

That's it! I hope you enjoyed!

Stamps used:

Eyeball     10398

Open mouth    5766

Screaming lady hands on face    4408

Scared screamer     9306

Woman covering face      18338

" its been nice....."     4669

Writing and scribble    20695

Stitching    19575

  

Other supplies:

Distress spray stains

markers

foam tape 

Halloween night by Tracy Blackwolf

Hello everyone!

Here is my card for this weeks project. Its a lovely creepy Halloween eve.

 

for this card, I started with the moon. I wanted a really creepy moon so I used the skull as the face.

For this, I stamped the moon in a gray ink, stamped on scratch paper first then on my cardstock.

Then for the skull, I inked the skull stamp, wiped off the ink around the face and stamped gently on scratch paper then onto the moon. Took a few times to get it just right. Keeping in mind, the ink will lighten a bit when dry. Next step was to get my main card ready So I got out my ever trusty sprays.

So I got out my "sunset colors and just started spraying. I love the mixed media heavy stock post cards, they can handle alllll the inks. I keep adding inks until I'm happy. Sometimes I dry a bit with heat tool before adding more.

I painted the moon and stamped and fussy cut the house and then painted it. After the card was dry I stamped the old tree. Then I added bats and the grave stones and the fence. again, keep in mind inks will lighten when completely dry. I used foam tape on the  house and double stick tape on the moon and attached to the card. Added a bit of orange to the windows to give more life and used white gel pen to color teeth of skull.

Yes, I often have images that go outside the card, I still need to layer this at this point but it still is outside the edges and that's okay, I just get a larger envelope if its one I'm giving away. 

Also, this is one in a series of moons I will be doing in a row.

Thanks for looking, I hope you're inspired.

Stamps Used:

The moon    20157

Old tree   19835

Skull    2403

Flock of bats    18909

Cemetery  18907

Spiked fence   18919

Other supplies:

Distress sprays: Spiced marmalade, cracklin campfire, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, wilted violet, shaded lilac

Versaclair ink pads : Nocturne, morning mist

White gel pen

Is it Spring yet???!!! by Tract Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!

Here is a simple tag for my project this week- hope you enjoy. Im sure most can relate to the sentiment.

So to start this tag, I stamped the eyes all over leaving a space for the blinds lady.

Then I sprayed two colors of spay stains, avoiding the center. I used a paint brush and two flesh toned spray stains to fill in the lady.

Then I used alcohol markers to start filling in the blinds. Next I grabbed my stash of icicles I made using hot glue and glitter on a Teflon mat. I used my hot glue gun to glue them on the tag. I trimmed the ends.

Last I used my computer to generate the sentence, stuck foam tape to the back and put it on the tag. I added a bit of salvaged patina spray to finish it up and that's it!

Stamps used:

Peeking through blinds    18082

Eyes      278

Other supplies:

Versafine clair ink pads: Warm breeze, Nocturne

Distress Spray Stains: Victorian velvet, Tattered Rose, Salvaged Patina, Squeezed Lemonade, Speckled egg.

Gel pens: Glitter, white.

Hot glue, clear glitter

Pale moonlight by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello  friends!

I am here today with a new art tag for the blog. I love space so I hope you enjoy this tag-

    

So this kind of tag is fun to do because you don't really know what you'll get until the end when its dry. And if you hate it , keep working it. This is why I use 110 pound paper or higher- I make these really wet and the paper can handle it. So to start, I try to figure out where I'm going to want my "nebulas" or light areas. Then leave them light as you can.

I dry the yellow and blue most of the way at this point. Then I start to add darker colors.

I need some red in there for sure- I like cracklin campfire for this as its a red orange.

You can dry it a bit at this point but not too much, were going to add the black now and you want it to blend while still keeping the light areas.

keep that yellow spray handy and also your water spray bottle. some places may need a bit of water to help blend. Now you can start drying more. spray on some yellow if things are getting too dark. Things will definitely lighten up when dry all the way through. This will be totally wet for a while. When the black is dry you can spray on more light colors if you like, even some pink looks good in there.

When dry, or mostly dry, You can splatter on some white pigment ink from a re inker for the stars. I used a gel pen as well.

You will also want a regular qtip to make the white smoke or gas among the stars and if you want the glow effect on the stars. The key with this is to dip the qtip in the white ink and then dab most it off on a paper towel . You want it pretty dry to get the right effect. Then just dab away. Its a bit fussy but so worth it. Too much in one spot, get a clean qtip and keep dabbing.

I cut out my stamped image and needed the swing ropes to be longer so I stamped the ropes and yes, I cut them out and attached them to the image with glue. I know- crazy. Then I painted her with the sprays using a paint brush. Put some foam tape behind her as I wanted her to stand out.

See how much it lightens when dry! I did add a few spays of colors in here between dryings.

Now for the moon, well I don't have a VLV moon stamp so I used The Christmas ball for my moon. I just needed a bit of it- works great!

Play, play play with this technique. You will get something different every time. If you hate what you have, walk away, let it dry and come back later and spray more light colors~ you'll  end up with something great I bet!

Until next time, Keep stamping!

Stamps Used:

Pale moonlight   19351

Christmas ball    9234

Banksy Swing Girl   19425

Other Supplies:

Distress ink sprays: Salvaged patina, squeezed lemonade, cracklin campfire, black soot, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, twisted citron, picked raspberry, blueprint sketch

While gel pen, silver sparkle gel pen

White pigment reinker

foam tape, qtips

 #8 tags TH

Winged Victory by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello Everyone!

Today I have done a mixed media canvas panel. Its a great wat to incorporate stamps into your mixed media works.

So for this project I used the finabair moulds and quick cure resin. I made my frame and a set of wings, Painted them with white gesso and once dry I painted with picket fence crackle paint.

Once that was all dry, I used a stencil and modeling paste to give some texture to the background. Just put some paste on aa pallet knife and "butter" your stencil on top of the panel. clean your tools before moving on. If you are impatient like me, you can carefully use a heat tool to dry it.

At this time I used hot glue to glue my frame onto the panel. I use an exacto knife to make hash marks on the back to give it some tooth since the resin piece is so smooth on the back. Then put my hot glue on. Then add the wings. I then Used three colors of spray stain to spray at random over the whole thing.

Just add until you are happy. Then Dry with heat tool if you want. the colors change a bit when dry for sure.

This is when I start adding moss. Both chunky and powder like green- you can find at the craft store in the miniatures isle. I use any clear dry  glue for this. When you're happy with the moss application, You can do the final step of adding your stamped and colored or painted  image. I used hot glue again as I didn't want it falling off since there is so much texture going on. I put glue on the upper body and just at the bottom and that is it! Finish with a bit of chunky moss at her feet and she's done.

I hope you enjoyed and that you have more ideas for all those stamps! Until next time- Stay arty!

Stamps Used:

Nike Statue   18974

Other Supplies:

Distress spray stains- Vintage photo, Forest moss, Iced Spruce

Distress re inker: Weathered Wood

Glimmer mist spray: Light Rosewood, Antique brown

Moss: Model- bushes, Model green grass

Finabair mould: Baroque Frames, Amun And Bast

TH crackle paint - picket fence

Wicked by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone! Hope you  are all staying cool. Today I did a tag for the blog with a nod to one of my favorite childhood movies~ enjoy.

So for this tag I put it in a Texture fade 3D  folder Bricks. Spritz it with water then run through machine.

Then I spritzed the two colors of yellow onto it.

I dried that with my heat tool and then stamped the witch and painted her with  distress sprays  by squirting just a bit onto some plastic and using a paintbrush. I also stamped the legs and put red glitter on the ruby shoes. Fussy cut them out and set aside. I had to figure out the dropped house and came up with woodgrain paper and some pastes.

I painted the paper first with chalk paint and then put some paste on at random. Since I have no patience, I dried that with my heat tool as well and then cut into strips.

Then I started stacking them flat. I used double stick tape to hold them together.

Got the legs placed and more tape. I wanted the witch to have a bit of flow to her cape so I cut a piece of silk and sprayed it with black spray stain. I put foam tape on the back of her and stuck the silk scrap to it.

 So then I stuck the house/legs down using hot glue. everything is far too textured for tape alone and I find it falls apart. Then I needed some earth and foliage texture. I use the moss you can get at craft stores and cut it up small for small things and the 'dirt' is super fine sawdust that I tinted with ink. you can find dirt in the miniatures isle at the craft store though. I glued that on then attached the witch.

Again, I put her on with hot glue. Then I stamped the phrase on some woodgrain paper and painted on the green . I put a strip of Dresden trim at the top and done!

I hope you enjoyed my post this week~ until next time- stay cool and create!

Stamps Used:

Wicked Witch Broom, Lg.         10579

Striped Leggings          19639

Flying Monkeys        10580

Other supplies:

TH Distress sprays: Mustard seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Antique Linen, Twisted Citron, Gathered Twigs

Maker Forte color hive inker: limewired

TH Distress woodgrain cardstock

TH #8 tag heavystock

Red glitter

Chalk paint: Milk jug

TH 3D texture fade embossing folder brick

Dresden trim

Versaclaire ink-Nocturne

hot glue