KISSING SKELETONS AT HALLOWEEN by Fran Chalmers

Hi everyone!

Today I have made a Halloween tag! We don't really celebrate Halloween here much, but I love these two kissing skellies! 

First of all I cut my tag and then used inks and brushos on a gel plate to make the background.

I then stamped the outside edges in purple, and used a background stamp for some texture

I added some dripping blood at the top of the tag and embossed it

I stamped the skellies and used a white gel pen to emphasise the bones.  I used a stamping platform to make sure the image was black enough.

I coloured in some of the dots round the edge of the tab, and then blended purple and black ink round the edges.

I used washi tape to ground the skellies and lastly splattered orange posca pen onto the tag, and lastly added some ribbons.

Stamps Used:

Kissing Skeletons 19727

Punchinella Sequin Waste Border 20161

Blood Dripping 18961

Doodle Dots 19827

Other Items Used:

Gel Press

Brushos in Orange and Purple 

Elements ink in Graphite

White gel pen

Orange Posca Pen

Purple Posca Pen

Distress inks in Black Soot and Villainous Potion

Versafine Clair inks in Fantasia,, Nocturn and Tulip Red

Clear Embossing Powder

Washi tape

Ribbons

See you next time!

I REMEMBER....by Fran Chalmers

 Hi everyone!

Today I have made a postcard.  It's rather topical at the moment as the Councils round here seem to be building and building and all the green space is disappearing!

First of all I made the background using the brick wall stamp and a stencil of buildings from my stash.  I coloured the wall with pencils, and used Distress Ink on the stencil.

I coloured the buildings in a lighter shade of the same distress ink, and also added sky with another stencil from my stash.

I replaced the stencil and used modelling paste to raise up parts of the stencil, and left it to dry overnight.

I highlighted the windows with a fine black pen and a white pen.

I then stamped the boy onto thick paper and coloured him in with copic pens, and cut him out. I put him on sticky pads on the card to  make him stand out more.

I added the sentiment and went round the edge of the card with distress ink in Black Soot.

Stamps Used:

I remember when all this was trees 20648

Banksy Boy catching snowflakes 20662

Brick background 19077

Other items used:

Building stencil

Sky stencil

Distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Polychromos pencils

Copic pens

White gel pen

Black fine liner

See you next time!

DESTINATION UNKNOWN - by Fran Chalmers

Hi everyone!

Today I have made a card for you.

First I  put some distress inks on my mat and added water. I smooshed the card on top, drying between layers.

Then I stamped the broken fence at the edge of the card.  I had to mask the top of the stamp off as the card was bigger than the stamp, and stamp the middle bit on its own before then stamping the top.  It was difficult to match it up completely right, but it it easy to use a fine liner pen to join the lines up if you are a bit out.

I stamped the lady onto the card, and then onto thick paper.  I coloured and fussy cut her out.

 I added a bit of texture in the gap between the fences and around the main image before gluing the coloured image onto the card.  I added the sentiment, which I edged in red.

 

I added the "One Way" stamp for a bit of interest.

I mounted it onto a black card to finish it off.

Stamps Used:

Running Lady 1080

Jagged Chain Link Fence 19140

Mesh texture 19569

One Way Small 19180

Destination Unknown 19091

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Candied Apple

Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturn

Black fine liner

Copic Pens

Hope you  like it! See you next time x

FREAKY LITTLE THING - Fran Chalmers

Hello everyone! Today I have made a little postcard.

To make the background, I smooshed Distress Inks in Hickory Smoke, Black Soot and Spiced Marmalade on my mat with water, drying between layers. I then added a bit more ink with brushes to deepen the colour, and went rounnd the edges with Black Soot.

I used only the word "Freaky" from the sentiment stamp by masking off the rest of the words,  and stamped it randomly on the card in grey

I added background stamps to add some interest

I stamped my main image on thick paper, coloured it with copics and cut it out to add to the card.

I then added the sentiment to finish it off

 

Stamps Used:

Whimsical Horned Boy 19688

She was a freaky 19684

Writing triangles 19571

Library return dates 20342

Other items:

Distress inks Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade

Versafine Clair Grey Mist and Nocturn

Copic Pens

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Hope you like it! See you next time :)

WE COULD BE HEROES - by Fran Chalmers

Hello again everyone!

Today I've made a boy or man card using Banksy stamps!

I made the background by smooshing Distress Inks in Hickory Smoke and Rustic Wilderness, drying between layers.

 I stamped my main image onto the card, then some background stamps around the image in Versafine Clair Morning Mist and Memento Olive Grove..

I also stamped the main image onto thick paper and coloured it in and fussy cut it out.

I used some washy tape and then stuck the main image onto it, grounding the image.

Lastly, I embossed the sentiment on the corner of the card and mounted the whole thing on black card, which I then stuck onto my card blank.

I would use this card for a man or boy and I hope you like it.

Stamps Used:

Banksy Soldiers Painting 20651 

Carved X's 20162

Cross marks background 20165

We could be Heroes 19966

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Hickory Smoke and Rustic Wilderness

Memento Ink in Olive Grove

Versafine Clair ink in Morning Mist and Nocturn

Polychromos Pencils

Washy Tape

Black Card

See you next time!

St Valentine's Day - by Fran

Happy St Valentine's Day everyone!

I don't know if you celebrate it where you are, but we do here in the UK so I thought I would do a Valentine themed card today.

To make the card, first of all I smooshed some pink Distress Inks onto a piece of card.  I dried between layers.

I stamped out the main image, then coloured with pencils and fussy cut it out.

I then stamped two hearts onto the card and painted red with Distress Ink. I stamped two more hearts onto spare card, painted them and cut out the middle of each one. I stuck them onto the hearts on the card with some sticky pads to lift them.

I stuck the main image onto some heart washy tape, then went round the edge of the card with a red pen, then stuck the matt onto the main card.

Finally, when the card was all put together, I painted the raised part of the hearts with glossy accents.

Stamps Used:

Squiggle heart 19644

Young couple kissing 18502

Other items used:

Distress Inks in Candied Apple, Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry

Washy Tape

Glossy Accents

Polychromos pencils

Red edging pen