Together is the best..... by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello all~

Today I decided to make another tag - With Valentines day looming, the tag reflects that.

I started by spraying on some spray stains and some oxide spray to get the background. Once dry, I stamped the moon and then sprayed with squeezed lemon and saltwater taffy sprays.

I also swiped the edges of the tag with vintage photo ink pad for a bit of distressed look,

Next I stamped the five hearts with red ink.

For the image of the couple, I stamped and fussy cut them out and then used water color pencils to color them. They layer so nicely.

I used foam tape on the back of them except at the bottom of them, I used double stick tape.

For the verse I used TH Small talk sticker book.. To finish the tag, I used some gold Dresden trims at the top and bottom of the tag.

And that is it- I hope you enjoyed.

Stamps used: 

Moon    20157

Hugging lovers   17687

Five hearts    5730

Other supplies

Distress spray stains and oxides

watercolor pencils

Dresden trims

TH Small talk stickers

Moonlight grave yard by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!!

Continuing on with my October vibe, is an art tag for this week...

As you know I absolutely love my mixed heavy stock paper. It can take the bombardment of liquids I throw at it and turns out great. This tag is a testament to that. I tend to keep adding sprays or paints, etc until I am happy with my project. I stamped the moon and then the tree stamp.

I started with two yellows and then dried it some and then continued with my dark colors..

You can see how wet this tag is in this pic. the next one will show after drying with heat tool.

I added more yellow down by the tree. I also added black for my clouds. adding sprays can lighten other colors you have down already- see my tree. But I am usually happy with the results. You can always go back in and repaint something that gets "bleached" out.

Once dry I went back and added to my tree branches and stamped the headstones.

I did walk away and let it dry through overnight. Things will lighten quite a bit by the next day.

You may want or need to go back in to darken some things up. I left mine as it was. I stamped the spiked fence on acetate and double stick tapped it on. I added the phrase using some TH stickers and that's it! Hope you enjoyed!

Stamps used:

Moon      20157

Old tree     19835

Cemetery   18907

Spiked fence    18919

Other supplies:

Distress spray stains-  Mustard seed, squeezed lemonade, gathered twigs, wilted violet, twisted citron

Versa claire nocturne

Heavystock mixed media tag #8

Trick or treat cats by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone! 

Keeping with my love of Halloween is my blog card for today.

For this card, I stated with mixed media heavy stock postcard. For the background, I used acrylic paints and a brush. I squeeze the colors I want onto a plastic bubble packaging- I love to reuse- and randomly dip my brush in colors and swipe all over the card. I'm not too careful- If you hate it you can start a new card and save the other one to re do later.

While that dried, I stamped all of my images on the same type of cardstock, fussy cut them out and started painting them in with Distress spray stains and a brush.

I used the Happy moon face to stamp on the big moon. I try to ink just the face and then take a paper towel to carefully wipe away what I don't want. I did the same with the large pumpkin and face parts. I used a white gel pen to add fangs to the open mouth and whiten the eyeball. I added in the red veins with a tiny brush and paint.

Then I used foam tape behind the cats and all else got double stick tape.

Then I attached everything to the card and stamped some bats and done!

I hope you enjoyed this card- Enjoy October- its so short!

Stamps used:

The Moon   20157

Open Mouth   5766

Cheshire smile   19904

Eyeball   10398

Pumpkin, Lg.   15555

Trick or Treat Cats    18296

Happy Moon   19507

Flock of Bats   18909

Other Supplies:

Acrylic paints- Light blue violet, Fluorescent purple, Dyna- Iridescent green Yellow

Distress spray stains: Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, Crackling Campfire, Twisted citron

Color Hive Neon Reinkers: California Love, Outrageous, Purple rain

White gel pen

foam tape 

multimedia heavy stock postcards- TH

Dance in the Moonlight - Fran

Hi everyone!

Today I have made a tag/bookmark.  Here's how I did it.....

To make the background I used a gelliplate.  I brayered Elements Ink "Della Blue" onto the gelliplate and then sprinkled watered down Brushos onto the gelliplate.  I put my card onto the gelliplate to then get the mottled effect.

I then stamped the moon and embossed it with silver.

I put a mask over the moon, and went round it with distress inks.  I then splashed water on the ink to give the illusion of stars and a bit of texture.

I stamped the lady dancing onto the tag, and then onto thick paper, coloured her and cut her out.

After writing the sentiment (as I don't have a computer!) onto card, I cut it out to add to the tag.  I then went round the edge of the tag with glue and added some silver gilding flakes.

Stamps Used:

The Moon 20157

Dancing Lady 19183

Other Items Used:

Gelliplate

Elements Inks in Della Blue

Brushos in Prussian Blue, Purple

Distress inks in Chipped Sapphire, Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans

White pastel pencil

Moon mask

Polychromos pencils

Black fineliner

Silver gilding flakes

See you next time!

Guest Team Inspiration : Julia

Hello!

I wanted to make unusual and colorful postcards with unusual and fancy stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps.

Carved Xs 1 1/4 x 2 1/2
Plate 1448
I'm Weird 1 x 1 3/4

I stamped various funny characters on white paper and cut them out.

And prepared backgrounds for postcards.

 I took the gray paper, dyed it with acrylic paints and sprays, and then made holes in them with a special paper die.

On the reverse side I also decorated the cards with stamps.

Good luck!

Julia

Whovian Mail Art Monday

Hello Again Everyone!

Happy Mail Art Monday!

Today, I want to share some Doctor Who scene stamping on an envelope. 

Stamps Used:
Moon
Blue Police Box (Tardis)
Line of Grass
Field of Wildflowers
Straggly pine trees
Staples X
Six Staples
Three staples

Other Items Used:
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Distress Inks (Oxides- Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Fossilized Amber), (Original- Blueprint sketch, Mermaid Lagoon )
Blick Markers, Sharpie, Gelly Roll pen, Prismacolor
Distress stains-picket fence

Ok, lets get started...

Start with a blank 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inch envelope. I stamped all of my base images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Next I masked off any areas that I didn't want to get ink on.

I used various distress inks to color my sky. To get the star effect, I flicked water and picket fence distress stain.

I used various alcohol based markers to color my police box, and moon. White gelly roll pen used to add detail. Grey zig marker used for added details as well.

Thank you for checking out this tutorial, I hope it inspires you to get inky!!!