Meoooow! by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!!

I made a cheeky art tag for today....

I sprayed the background with yellow spray stain, added a bit of pink with a wet paint brush all after stamping the lady.

I fussy cut the fainted man. I then colored in the people using a mix of alcohol markers and spray stain as watercolor . I stamped the meooooooow twice in black and taped the cut out of lying man in place.

Last I used a stencil and pan pastels to put the background spots on. I used pink and umber. 

And that is it! fun ,cheeky tag- pun intended!

Stamps used:

Large lady in cat suit     19100

Meoooooow!       19094

Lying man         12481

Other supplies:

Disstress spray stains

Pan pastels

alcohol markers

Dreamweaver stenicl LJ817 leopard spots

 Hello Everyone!

I'm so glad to be back! Today I have a fun card for you ....

So I did a water color background for the sky and water and sand. I used a combination of spray stains and colored pencils for the ladies.

I made my own little quote as here in MN we are at the in between stage of is it spring or is it winter still....lol.

I used the banksy hitchcock birds for the birds.

Stamps used:

20078  Banksy Hitchcock birds

17663   Bending butts

9871     Grassy dune

Other supplies:

Distress spray stains as paints

colored pencils

Don’t make me get my flying monkeys. By Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello all! And Happy October! My favorite month…

I hope you enjoy my card for this week.

For this card, I started by stamping all of the images first.

Then I painted the whole background with distress spray stains and water and a brush. I really love doing water color with them as I like the way they blend.

I kept playing with color and adding more color until I was happy with the sky. It was pretty wet and time to walk way for the day so it got to dry overnight. Which is rare for me but it definitely has a different look than when I heat dry it. I came back and added more color to the sky again. Not too much. 

Next I painted the bat and the witch.

Things always look different on camera than in person and I had issue with part of the sky by her broom. It was not blended right to me. I can be a perfectionist. It’s annoying. lol.  So, of coarse I had to fix it. I also felt she needed a bit of magic mist to be flying on so I added so white pan pastel. Then I layered the card onto cardstock. I was going for a bit of old time Halloween card look so hopefully that comes across.

The little bat seems just curious but the witch isn’t up for any shenanigans.

I hope you enjoyed- enjoy fall…it’s far too short.

Stamps used:

Witch with broom in basket.     20432

Bat.    16696

Flock of bats.  18909

Flying monkeys verbage.    10580

Tree with tire swing.    19717

Supplies:

Distress spray stains

White pan pastel

Multifarious card stock

Black memories ink pad dye ink

Fairy by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone,

I did a tag today , I hope you get a good laugh.

For the background I used a combo of kaleidacolor inks and distress spray stains.

For the wings I used effect paste-phoenix by Finnabair . Sadly it just doesn’t photograph well. It has a lot of fire and is really pretty.

The final touch was using orange glitter glue on the dragonfly wings. A fun tag.

Stamps used:

Large fairy  18493

I may be fat…. 147

Dragonfly     9830

Wildflowers    18819

Grassy dune.     9871

Other supplies:

Effect paste phoenix by Finnabair

Distress spray stains

Kaleidacolor ink pads-baby powder, fresh greens

Queen of Crows by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello Everyone! Happy spring! Enjoy the blog card today~

I started by stamping the two images- bird and woman. Then I took my craft knife and cut out her hand and a good portion of her forearm. Leaving it attached at the outside edge. I wanted her to be able to hold her crow. I then cut out the crow.

I then painted her with distress spray stains.

While she dried, I got my card layers ready. I stamped the birds on a wire on the piece she was going on, and then stamped the tree several times. The card is almost like a fabric. its very shimmery.

I then layered it onto a larger layer before laying onto my card. it also has sparkles in it. For the crows eye, I used a fishing lure 3D sticker. For the lady's crown I used a small piece of Dresden trim.

I used foam tape on her upper body and double stick tape for the lower. the crow also has foam tape. Its quite dimensional too bad it doesn't translate on the computer.

And that is it! 

Stamps used:

Weathered tree    19467

Birds on a wire    13039

Beautiful retro lady looking up    8280

Raven   1904

Other supplies:

Dresden trim- crown

Distress spray stain:  Tattered rose, Victorian velvet, tea dye, twisted citron, cracked pistachio, saltwater taffy

Black memories ink

Peeking.... by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello all!

This cool weather is really giving the feel of fall- So Is my project this week....enjoy..

For this tag, I used the distress spray stains Dried marigold and spiced marmalade for the background. Spray the color on dry it, drip water on, dry a bit, dab off with a paper towel. repeat until satisfied. Stamp images and fussy cut.

I colored my images and stamped the spider on web line across the tag.

I glued gold holographic stars across the tag for some whimsey. Then I assembled the girl with wings and glued down. Then I added glitter glue to her horns, eyes and wings. I also put it on the web line.

" Fluff " the wings by bending them gently at  the base. For the finish, I wiped my black ink pad around the edge of the tag. 

Hope you enjoyed!

Stamps used:

Whimsical face with horns......19692

Bat wings set......14339

Spider on web line....19263

Other Supplies:

Holographic gold stars

Glitter glue- orange, green

Distress spray stain-Dried marigold, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, rusty hinge, black soot

One wicked beast.. by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!

I know its the middle of summer but Halloween is in the stores now and of coarse for me ,Halloween is every day!

I hope you enjoy my art tag for this week~

For this tag, I  used one I had in my stash that I had die cut the claw mars out of. The background is cracklin campfire and black soot spray stains. For the background seen through the claw marks, I sprayed a new tag with wilted violet and shaded lilac spray stains and then stamped the flock of bats all over.

Then I glued the two tags together.

I stamped the cat and bat wings and fussy cut them and then glued the wings to the cat.

I then stamped the hanging bats and the cemetery onto the tag. I used a white gel pen for the eyes of the bats.

I wanted the cat to stand out so I painted him in neon colors using reinkers.

I used foam tape to attach him to the tag. I used a bit of glitter glue on the green tips of his wings and  a word stick from TH. And that's it!

I hope this gets you in the Halloween spirit!

Stamps used:

Cemetery     18907

Hanging bats    20124

flock of bats    18909

Creepy cat    19869

Bat wings set     14339

Other supplies:

Maker forte re inkers

Distress spray stains

White gel pen

foam tape

TH Claw marks die

Spring..... by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!

Hopefully we're all done with the snow now- So my project for today is an art tag for Spring!

I started by stamping the tree of life stamp, then the face.

Then I cut out some masks for the eyes so I could color them later. I used a post it note for the mask. Then I sprayed Spray stains until I was happy, then dried with heat tool and repeat until I had it how I wanted.

I also used a paint brush on my brown ink pad to put some branches in the tree.

Then I painted her eyes and lips and added some blue at the bottom corner of the tag for balance.

I stamped the mushrooms and fussy cut and then painted it, gathered some paper flowers and hot glued them on. I added some white gel pen details to the mushroom caps.

Then I stamped the insects and used sparkle gel pens on them.

Last, I found some sentiments from my TH sticker tablet and glued them on. I find they tend to fall off if not glued.

Hope you enjoyed!

 

Stamps used:

Tree of life with roots         20225

Facial features        5908

Tall mushroom     19117

Dragonfly's          9830 & 9859

Fly                        18952

Other Supplies:

Kaleidacolor ink pad- Fresh greens

Distress spray stains: salvaged patina, squeezed lemonade, saltwater taffy,twisted citron, candied apple, mustard seed

gel pens: White, sparkle, gold sparkle

hot glue

Ray of sunshine.... by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!

For todays blog project, I decided to start an art journal.

Here is the first page.

To start out, I sprayed spray stains and some water

I then dried that and painted on some twinkling H2os paints. Then I sprayed black soot spray over all and dried that.

Once dry the sparkly paints showed through very nicely. hard to show on camera but its very subtle and pretty. Next I stamped my girl and wings and cut them out. I decided to leave them uncolored since the page is so dark already,

I found some hand made paper in my stash and tore that and glued it down. I also used some washi tape for added interest. I glued that down as well since it likes to lift off.

Before putting paper on, I stamped bats all around. after paper is on I stamped the headstones. also a note, To help protect the next page I used a larger  thin tag board in-between. You could also use shrink wrap. next, I attached the wings to my girl and put foam tape behind her and stuck her on the page. I stamped the saying and used foam tape on that as well.

And that is it! The note book is by Canson and is labeled mixed media. There are 30 pages and its 5.5 x  8.5 " and the paper weight is 138 pound. I tend to used a lot of water and paint so I wanted a paper that could handle it. I'm very happy with it.

Stamps used:

Lady hair blowing    7006

Cemetery                  18907

I am  a ray of fucking sunshine     20176

Flock of bats    18909

Bat wings set     14339

Other supplies

Distress spray stains;   Black soot, lumberjack plaid, salvaged patina, shaded lilac       

H2O's watercolor paints

handmade papers

washi tapes

Mixed media book