SCRIBBLE THAT SHIT OUT - by Fran Chalmers

 Hi everyone!

Today I have made a postcard for you, which I hope you like!

I started with a piece of card that I had in my stash, which was made on a gel press.

I added some interest by adding some background stamps, using Elements ink in Della Blue and Versafine Clair ink in Verdant.

I stamped my main image onto the card, and then onto some thick paper.  I coloured it and cut out, sticking it on top of the stamped image.

I added my sentiments, and used a fine liner to frame them.  I then added some more background with crosses to fill in the spaces that needed something. I framed the whole card with a black fine liner.

Stamps Used:

Banksy Salvador Dali street artist

Scibble that Shit Out 20468

Banksy Wasn't Here 20653

Writing and Scribbles Collage 20695

Carved Xs 20162

Dictionary page 19015

Other Items Used:

Elements Ink Della Blue

Versafine Clair inks in Verdant and Nocturn

Black fine liner

Kuretake Zig Pens

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - by Fran Chalmers

Hi everyone!

Today I have made a quick celebration card for you.

 To create the background I got Distress Oxides in Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed and dragged them over the card at an angle of 45 degrees to create three stripes.

To give the background some more texture, I used the corner of a background stamp with the three different oxide colours.

I stamped my main image three times on some thick paper, coloured them and fussy cut them out (which was a bit of a task in itself!)  I coloured the stars on the hats with gold glitter pen.

I stuck the three cut out images onto the card,  and stamped the sentiment black ink.

I mounted it on black card to finish it off.

Stamps Used:

Dictionary Page 19015

Whimsical Star Hat Lady 19526

Until further notice 19172

Other items used:

Distress Oxides in Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturn

Watercolour pencils

Clear Wink of Stella

Gold glitter pen

Charcoal pencil for shadows

Black card

See you next time!

EVERY SECOND COUNTS by Fran Chalmers

Hi peeps!

Today I've made a postcard for you - I hope you like it.

To make this I firstly stamped the clock, then masked it with a cut out clock on copy paper.   I then brayered distress inks in Broken China and Scattered Straw over the mask. 

I then stamped the main image and some textural stamps for interest.

I then coloured the clockface in with Kuretake pens and a gold chrome pen

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

Stamps Used:

Wright Brothers Walking 19730

Row of numbers 20170

Clockface 19468

Dictionary page 19015

Other products used:

Distress inks in Broken China, Scattered Straw, Black Soot

Kuretake pens

Gold chrome pen

I'm a Bitch before my coffee - by Fran

Hello everyone! Today I have a postcard for you.  Personally I'm a tea gal, but I kinda get the beginning of this sentiment!

Firstly I made my background by blending Distress Inks onto my card.

I then added some background stamps in the same colourways to add interest, and sprinkled water onto the card to bleach out some colour and add texture.

I then went round the edge of the card with a green ink to pull it together.

I stamped my main image and the sentiment out on thick paper, cut out and added to the card.

Some close ups of the layers....

Stamps Used:

Lady with glasses 18212

Writing and scribbles collage 20695

Double coffee rings 19568

Dictionary page 19015

I'm a real bitch 17917

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Twisted Citron

Versafine Clair ink in Nocturn

Elements ink in Pine

See you next time!

Art journal cover - Soul of a mermaid

 Hi everyone,

Recently, I was invited to a letter journal round robin - actually the first time I'm participating in something like that. Today I'm sharing my cover for this letter journal. 

If you're not familiar with this form of art journal swaps, I'll give you a short explanation: Everyone who participates creates a journal that fits into a standard envelope. The journals are sent around in a circle, the recipient creates a spread in it and sends it to the next person and so on. Once the journal returns to the owner, it is filled with lots of pretty pages by the other artists.

I created a quick blue background base with acrylic paints applied with a baby wipe. On top, I added some stenciling with the same colors, just introducing a light grey shade as a new one. I dried the paints very well and then doodled around one of the stencil patterns with a fine black pen to accent the design. Also, I added some spatters with watered down acrylic paint.

Next I added some background stamping with the dictionary page as well as the invoice/waybill stamp, both stamped with teal and only partly to create just a subtle background element.

Because of the aqua tone of the cover I thought of the mermaid stamp and chose it as a focal image for the front. I stamped the mermaids onto watercolor paper, colored them with ZIG markers, cut them out and inked the edges with a black marker. As they screamed for something to be placed onto, I combined that with the title. I die cut the words into some black cardstock, tore the edges with the help of a ruler and placed a nice shimmery paper from my scrap collection under it.

I glued the elements down and stamped the mermaid and sailor quote on the back. After making the the fold, I inked the edges (as well as the fold) with a blending tool.

 

Stamps used:
Dictionary Page (19015) 
Waybill/Invoice Background (19416)
Mermaid Trio (18187)
Soul Of A Mermaid Mouth Of A Sailor (20639)

Other material:
- Canson watercolor paper
- black cardstock
- shimmer or glitter paper
- acrylic paints (Lukas: arctic, turquoise, prussian blue, light grey || Liquidex: bright aqua green)
- Archival Ink (paradise teal, seafarer)
- Versafine Claire Ink (nocturne)
- ZIG real brush markers
- stencils (Lemon Creation: broken circle || A.B. studio: arches || Dina Wakley: fractured circles)
- alphabet dies (Tim Holtz: gift card bag with alpha)
- black fineliner


See you soon!

She was...

Hello crafty friends!

I hope you are all having a wonderful week! Today I want to share a fun art journal page using some of my favorite Viva stamps. 

Stamps Used:

Dictionary page 

You are Beautiful 

She was

Doodle flower garden

Squiggle heart 

Writing circles background 

X Circle 

I started with a blank page that was 8.5 x 5.5in. 

 

I created my base with distress oxide- mustard seed, and picked raspberry. I also added a few flicks with the distress oxide spray. 

I also used my distress oxide picked raspberry to stamp my background details. 

My focus pieces were stamped with Black soot distress oxide ink. 

 

On a separate page, I stamped my 2 sentiment stamps and I cut them out. To add extra depth I matted the cut out bits. 

I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I do.