Banksy wasn't here

 Hello everyone, 

For today's project I have made an art journal spread. 

here's how I made it:

I painted the pages with acrylic paint, making sure to leave some white space. I then added some background stamping using the same paint, white paint and inks. If you do use paint to stamp, make sure to clean your stamps straight away because if it dries you'll have a very hard job removing it. 

Next I stamped Dali and the peace symbol. Because I don't have a decent red ink pad for stamping I had to use the Distress Ink one. These are really not suitable for stamping, especially on acrylic paint. That's why it looks so patchy. I later rectified this by going over the images with a Copic Marker. This is also not a good idea as Copics don't like being used over acrylic. 

I also stamped Dali on a piece of card stock and coloured him with Copics and cut him out. 

Here you can see it all put together. 

I used the following stamps:

19941 - Banksy Salvador Dali Street artist

20653 - Banksy wasn't here

20655 - Banksy Peace symbol

19015 - Dictionary page

19567 - Writing circles background

19571 - Writing triangles background

I also used:

Acrylic paint

Copic Markers

Versafine Clair ink

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

I believe

  Hello everyone, 

Welcome to the blog where today I am sharing a postcard.  I love rainbow colours so today I went for those. I never tire of them. 

Here's how I made it:

First I coloured the background by dunking it in ink smooshed mixed with a spray of water on my craft sheet. I dried it in between colours.

Next I added some stencilling with white acrylic paint and using the same paint and a brayer I added some white here and there on the card. 

Next I stamped the background using the same inks and a black Versafine. 

I then stamped the lady on the card and on a piece of blank book paper. I also stamped the sentiment. With a piece of cut and dry foam I inked the edged of the card using Versafine.  

I used some washitape to ground her and added a little bit in the right top corner to balance the card. 

Lastly I added the lady and the sentiment. 

I have used the following stamps:

19568 - Double coffee rings

20682 - Surgery and Midwifery textbook

20676 - Sheet of newspaper print

14045 - Lady Writing

20006 - I believe by Cat Kerr

Other materials:

MM card stock

Distress Oxide inks

Versafine Clair Ink 

White acrylic paint (Amsterdam)

AALL & Create Washi tape

book paper

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Someone cares... by Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

Happy New Year and welcome to the blog where today I am sharing a journal spread. 

I used acrylic paint and a brayer to create the background. I then stamped here and there and added the happy couple and the snarky sentiment. 

I have used the following stamps:

14040 - Young lovers

14043 - Rose & Stem

20163 - Typeset scallop

20162 - Carved X's

20165 - Crossmarks background

I also used

Amsterdam Acrylics

Archival Inks 

Distress oxide inks

Black pen

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Tis the season

 Hello everyone, 

For today's project I have made a postcard. It is Christmas themed, well sort of.....

Here's how I made it:

I stamped the stars with VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with white powder. I then dunked the card into Distress Ink and water; I used Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot. I 

Next I stamped randomly over the top using and inked the edges with Black Soot. 

Next I stamped, coloured and cut out the images I was going to use. I used Distress Inks again for painting. Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo for the skin, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire for her dress. The top of the hat was stamped with red Distress Oxide (Fired Brick) and I added some shading to it with Copics. I then glued the red top over the black stamped one. 

Next thing was assembling. I put some washi tape at the bottom for her the lean on. I then glued all the elements on the card. 

I have used the following stamps:

19640 - Fed up vintage lady

19297 - French Writing Background

19291 - Stars

20202 - Santa Hat

10571 - Tis the season to be jolly

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Jaw-Humbug by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello all !! 

Well its the start of the holidays for lots of people... Here is a snarky card for the occasion...Enjoy the humor!

A friend told me the sentiment and right away I knew what I wanted to do with it!!

First I started with two postcard size cards and used two color schemes - one for each card . I did the smooshing technique with oxide distress inks. One for the background/sky and one for the waves. 

For those that don't know what smooshing is, Put some ink on a glass surface- usually do at least two colors, spritz with water, then put your cardstock on the ink and dab until you like the result. let dry.

For the waves, I used a die cut and cut into pieces so the shark could look to coming out of the water.

I then took a craft knife and cut around all the upper teeth to create an opening for the kid to go in. After I fussy cut the kid, I put him in the mouth and taped him on the back. I then shaped the shark a bit with my hands, pushing out his nose and bending the sides a bit for a more 3D look. then put foam tape on the back.

I glued down the upper portion of the waves, then placed the shark and glued down the second layer of the waves over him.

For the final layer of waves, I put some very small pieces of foam tape in the center area and used glue for the rest and placed that down. Then I went to the computer and typed the sentiment. used foam tape for those, found a Santa hat sticker in my stash as well as some snowflake punches I've had on hand forever. Glue those on randomly and done!!

The card is very Dimensional. More so than you tell from the photo. I hope you enjoyed it~

until next time-

Stamps Used:

Boy catching snowflakes    20662

Shark Head Large   4018

Other Supplies used:

Disstress oxide inks: peacock feathers, twisted citron ,picked raspberry, salty ocean

Twinkling H2O's paints for the shark

Markers for the kid

Sizzex thinlet  die Mystical seascape

Artjournal pages by Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

For today's post I have made a double artjournal spread. It is very colourful so get your sunglasses out! 

Here's how I made this:

I used these Distress Oxide inks and a blending tool to add colour to my pages. I put the ink straight on the paper of my art journal. This is a Moleskine sketch book. 

Next I dropped some water on it. 

I then stamped the background using the same inks and some darker shades of the same colours.

Adding some black stamping and inking around the edges to frame the pages and some white splatters from a paint pen. 

The focal. I love this stamp. She looks very regal. 

I added some pink to her cheeks. The sentiments are clippings stickers by Tim Holtz. 

I have used the following stamps:

19953 - Queen Elizabeth 

20342 - Library return dates

20170 - Rows of numbers

20165 - Crossmarks background

20570 - Round brushstrokes large

18920 - Harlequin Diamond background

Apart from the stamps I used:

Distress Oxide inks in rainbow colours

Versafine Clair Nocturne ink

White paint pen

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Tis near Halloween by Corrie

 Hello everyone, 

Welcome to the blog where today I am sharing a Halloween themed postcard with a little humour! 

Here is how I made it:

First I stamped and coloured the images I planned to use.

I then heat embossed this start chart with clear embossing powder. I added Distress Oxide Inks over the top and because of the embossing powder the stamped image stays white. I used a blending tool to add the inks. 

 Next I added some blood ! (lol) 

I also added some random background stamping. I used the same inks and a Versafine Clair black ink.

After adding some washi tape I placed the images on the top to ground them. The sentiments are Tim Holtz Halloween Clippings stickers and part of a stamp.

I used the following stamps:

20163 - Typeset Scallop

20167 - X circle 

20165 - Crossmarks background

19907 - When witches go riding

20272 - Jack O'Lantern

20123 - The Irish Frankenstein

19995 - Overlapping circles

20248 - Large Star Chart

18961 - Blood dripping

Other materials:

Distress Oxide inks:

Crushed Olive

Fossilized Amber

Wild Honey

Fired Brick

Vintage photo

other inks:

VersaFine Clair - Nocturne

Archival ink - Saffron and Potting Soil

WOW Clear embossing powder

Tim Holtz Halloween Clipping stickers

AALL & Create washi tape

Thank you so much for stopping by!