tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022984002529419522024-03-05T05:51:51.123+00:00Its craft o'clockWelcome to my crafty space, where I will be showcasing my projects and sharing tips. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02087481343719544007noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902298400252941952.post-48946476258897817502018-06-09T22:19:00.001+01:002018-06-09T22:19:38.879+01:00Always friends...<p dir="ltr">Hi there.  I know, it's been a long time again since I last posted.  There just never seem to be enough hours in the day.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Anyway, enough excuses;  I was asked to share how I made this card, so here goes.  I used yellow, orange, pink and purple, but feel free to try another colour combination for a different effect.</p>
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LINDA'S FRIENDS DANGLES STA-WO-10603-A5<br>
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BASIC BACKGROUNDS A5 STENCIL SET + A5 STENCIL FOLDER STE-PA-00291-A5<br>
TINA'S FLOWERS 1 + MASK UNMOUNTED CLEAR STAMP SET STA-FL-10515-A5<br>
TINA'S FLOWERS 2 + MASK UNMOUNTED CLEAR STAMP SET STA-FL-10516-A5<br>
Colour bursts or brushos <br>
Artistry or distress inks<br>
Black archival<br>
PEBEO DRAWING GUM ACC-AD-30376-XX<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Using black archival, stamp"friends" and a couple of the word trails flowing across the card<br>
Mask "friends" using masking fluid <br>
Spritz the card lightly with water and add the colour bursts.  Spritz on more water as desired<br>
Once dry, brush and sponge the artistry/distress inks randomly through both stencils to add further interest to the background <br>
Brush around the edges with a couple of the colours for an aged effect<br>
Rub off the masking fluid and add some shade around the letters with pencils<br>
Edge with a black Sharpie pen and mount onto a card blank <br>
Glue a mop up sheet (mine was kitchen towel), to a piece of card and use this to stamp out a few flowers<br>
Cut out and glue in place to highlight the design<br>
Add pearl centres and a few sequins to finish </p>
<p dir="ltr">I'd love to see what you make if you have a go at this card.  Sharing my work and hopefully some inspiration is one of my favourite things about being on the Clarity Design Team.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Enjoy the rest of your weekend.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Till next time.  <u>Xxx</u></p>
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Hello there! I can't believe how long it is since I last blogged. How time flies! I really must get back into the habit, as I do enjoy our little chats and sharing some of my projects to hopefully inspire you.</div>
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Using second generation ink, randomly stamp the fabric scrap from the journaling set in pink to ground the tags.</div>
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To disguise a little paw print, I added a couple of stitching lines (also from the same journaling set).</div>
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Lightly brush pink ink across the bottom of the card.</div>
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Remove the masks and go round the edge with a brown sharpie pen. Add a little bit of shading with coloured pencils. For a final touch, I decided to decoupage the largest tag, splattering ink and adding ribbon. I gathered a tiny piece of tulle for a skirt and glued onto the mannequin, leaving some of the threads loose. Finally this was glued into place, then the card was mounted onto a card blank. </div>
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I'm hoping Mr Postman arrives with the stamps for Maria's next shows tomorrow. I think you're going to love them; the designs look fabulous, I can't wait to get started. Till next time. Xxx</div>
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I thought you might like to see how I made the canvas that was on the last Claritystamp One Day Special shows on Hochanda.</div>
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Its not so long ago I would have been terrified of starting out on a big project like this, but with this sort of art you can just go for it without worrying too much. When you break it down step by step, its not scary at all; so if you want to, you should definitely try out a project of your own. </div>
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It's easier working on a canvas board, but for this project I needed a stretched canvas. You'll see why later.</div>
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I stamped the leaf onto tissue with grey archival ink and mod podged onto the canvas. This helps with the layout and positioning of stencils and colours later on.</div>
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Next stop was to pull grunge paste through the stencil. We're not looking for perfect here; just texture.</div>
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I tried some random stamping with brown archival using the text from the journalling set.</div>
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After a coat of white gesso, I started to flood on some colour with diluted Paperartsy Fresco Finish paints. The advantage of using these over watercolours is that once dry, the colours are permanent, so they don't go muddy.</div>
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I mod podged on some old book page scraps, and using a different stencil, added more grunge paste. </div>
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A slightly darker colour starts to add depth.</div>
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To apply the paint, first thin it down with a bit of water. Spray the area on the canvas where you're going to apply the paint, so that when you add the paint it can spread and move more freely. And if you want to thin it out and make it spread even more, then just spray again.</div>
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Some little splatters are good too. I made sure to keep the background paler where the leaves are going to be placed.</div>
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Now I laid out the twigs that will provide the main structure of the design and planned out each of the little landscapes in the leaves on some copy paper.</div>
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Next job was to make my leaves. To avoid any potential issues stamping directly on the canvas, I stamped these onto deli paper using black archival. The sky and landscapes were also done with archival inks to make sure the colours wouldn't bleed when decoupaged onto the canvas (I used DecoArt matte medium); and how do I know this? Let's just say it's a good job I did a little trial run.</div>
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Hello there. Just realised I never got round to blogging this sample from January's Claritystamp show. It was so nice to revisit some old stamps and create something new. </div>
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I decided to use sketchy lady's outfit to create a colour wheel. So first, I had a quick play on copy paper to make sure the idea would work, and to choose the colours. I used distress inks: candied apple, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, lucky clover, mermaid lagoon and wilted violet.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXWHmGHZcdhbTMmkFk8aKkV8IfY0i-eW2gADyznrz3JJ25pjGi2ui-EaUuGvTwFnmzzXxTGnGbgz-2ZuHcSokKpJjJUDvonJB6b7KrfdyBqBOMQ46xiWUmWvW08KcvS_HtSfofiXEv87k/s1600/20170102_000519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div>
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Then I had a further practice run perfecting the positioning. So now we're ready to go for it. Be aware that this is a substantial piece of artwork, so you'll need to start with a piece of card approx 12" square.</div>
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I started first by making a deluxe, exclusive piece of equipment as taught by my dear friend Maria Simms at her Shrewsbury workshops. </div>
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Punch a circle from some copy paper, and fold and mark into the required number of equal sections: I went for 12 here. Use a piece of blu-tac to hold it in place in the middle of the card.</div>
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I started by stamping 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock into place. You can see how I lined up her toe with the marks.</div>
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Now its just a matter of working around the circle, lining up sketchy lady's toe with the marks each time.</div>
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Lift off your deluxe, exclusive piece of equipment, and there you have a perfect circle at the centre of your wheel.</div>
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I worked my way round from 12 o'clock, masking off the outie of each sketchy lady in turn, while I coloured her outfit. I really love the rainbow effect and some of the colour blends I achieved. To finish, I used my polychromos to add a little colour to the face and feet, and edged with a black sharpie pen.</div>
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Hello there. Blogging again, I hear you say? I'm definitely on a roll at the moment! Aren't these new dancer stencils fab? This one in particular really evokes all the glamour of the ballroom, something I tried to capture in my samples.</div>
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For this first one I used picked raspberry, wilted violet and blueprint sketch distress inks and built up the background colour gradually with my Clarity stencil brushes. It does take quite a bit of time to build up this intensity of colour. I went round the edge with black distress ink and a blending tool. I think I might have added a bit of chipped sapphire as well to add even more drama.</div>
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Then I started work on the large "glitterball" moon. I cut out a large circle of double sided adhesive sheet and stuck it into place. Then, working across a row at a time, stuck the squares of kitchen foil into place. Buff up when finished, and brush on a little talc to de-tack any exposed adhesive.</div>
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All that was left to do was to put the dancers in place. I always feel a bit nervous when I've done so much work on a project and am about to tackle the final make or break stage. This time, I got a beautiful crisp image with the black embossing paste and sprinkled on some black distress glitter for a really luxurious effect.</div>
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The piece below was done using one of the new Claritystamp designer papers. I used the softer, more muted side of this particular design as my background. </div>
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I made a paper mask of the stencil design to allow me to overlap the dancing couples. It took me quite a while to decide on the colour to use for each of the couples as I wanted each one to be different, but still co-ordinate with each other; and tone in with the background too. I sponged purple ink through the couple at the front; this would add a barely noticeable shadow once I paper pieced the design, and also provide the much needed guide for accurate placement of each of the pieces. However, I didn't do the paper piecing until the rest of the design was complete. Cover the first couple with the paper mask, reposition the stencil and sponge through blue ink. Repeat this step with pink ink for the third couple.</div>
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Using the other side of the same designer paper, I paper pieced the first couple. Simply mounted onto white card to finish. </div>
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Hello there. Woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow, but its raining now and the skies are grey. So what better than a colourful piece of art to brighten the day?</div>
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So here goes with another of my DT samples using the lovely new Claritystamp dancer stencils. If I had to choose, then I think this one is my favourite.</div>
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Difficult to see in the photo, but I started by embossing the stencil onto a sheet of watercolour paper.</div>
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Using this faint outline as a guide, I painted the dancers with masking fluid.</div>
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Once the masking fluid was dry, I started to layer up washes made with diluted acylic paint. I used this rather than distress inks because I wanted the colours to remain true rather than blending together.</div>
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I love how you can get blends where the colours overlap even though the actual paints haven't mixed together. I then sponged some archival inks through the words stencil in the same colours.</div>
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A few little stars and splattered on some extra paint too. Rubbed off the masking fluid to reveal the dancers still white beneath.</div>
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Just added some definition with a couple of grey pencils and simply mounted onto a white card.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02087481343719544007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902298400252941952.post-78357059185111121392017-02-06T13:29:00.000+00:002017-02-06T13:29:06.110+00:00Bursting with colour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello there! We are already in February, and I really want to try and blog more often this year. It's not always easy to find the time, but I do love coming on here to show you my latest projects and chat about what I love doing most: making art.</div>
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Here is the first of my samples from Barbara Gray's Claritystamp show on Hochanda yesterday afternoon. I absolutely love these stencils, and had so much fun using them. </div>
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Today I'm going to share a technique I love to do using Colour Bursts. This is the first time I've tried it out on black card though, and I'm happy to report it worked.</div>
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I used the coated black Clarity card and sponged Paperartsy Fresco Finish acrylic in snowflake through the stencil. You can see below that it's better to go gently and build up the coverage in layers.</div>
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Make sure the paint's dry; it only takes a couple of minutes, then replace the stencil and pull through clear embossing paste. While it's still wet, sprinkle on the Colour Bursts; the moisture in the paste will activate them. I also added a little sprinkling of glitter, then left to dry.</div>
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I used Vitrail lightening medium with the colours to maintain their transluscency and stop them being too dark. You can see here how I've poured on the Vitrail paint and mixed in some Fantasy Moon. This contains loads of mica, and manipulates into some fabulous patterns when it mixes with the Vitrail paint. Set aside to dry again; this does take a while with these paints, so you need to be patient. I worked on this piece over several days; doing a layer each day. </div>
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To start with, I scraped a tiny bit of red ceramic paint onto the poppies to further highlight and define them.</div>
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Using a 7" square of Sheena stamping card I started by masking off a panel. I always find it best to cover the rest of the card with some copy paper. I know from experience that if I don't, it's all too easy to end up with ink splodged somewhere it shouldn't be. Then I stamped my first 2 handbags into position using black archival.</div>
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Hello there! I am finally almost ready for Christmas; after a hectic few weeks, the presents are bought and wrapped and I just need to pick up the turkey and the last few food items on Friday evening when I finish work. And that will be it... what's been forgotten or not done by then, won't be done. </div>
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First, I stamped the small moonfairy into place with black archival. I found it easier to mask him off using masking fluid, rather than using a post-it. Then, I stamped the bauble and sentiment into place.</div>
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Next, I lightly brushed picked raspberry distress ink through the top right and bottom left corners and stamped the snowflakes into place; allowing them to drift down from the top left to bottom right corner. I used paradise teal and vibrant fuchsia archival inks; as I love the clean, crisp impression you get with archival ink. you could however just as easily use your chosen distress inks. You can now remove the masking fluid; it just rubs/peels away.</div>
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So here is the finished card. I hope you like it. Maybe you feel inspired to mix some of your new Clarity stamps with an old favourite.</div>
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This months theme over on the Claritystamp challenge blog is "Carol Singing and Christmas Joy" so you have plenty of scope to make a last minute Christmas card or gift.<br />
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I kept it very simple, so no step by step this month.<br />
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All stamping done in paradise teal archival. The partridge was stamped first, then masked with a post-it note before stamping the tree into place. I used a quickie glue pen to add some glitter to the leaves and coloured the partridge with my polychromos.<br />
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Hopefully I'll be back soon for a closer look at the samples I've made for this weekend's Claritystamp shows on Hochanda. The new stamps are just fabulous. Till next time. XxxAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02087481343719544007noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902298400252941952.post-64841296984958514332016-11-29T21:18:00.001+00:002016-11-29T21:18:52.752+00:00Butterflies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Hello there! I thought I'd pop in with a quick blog of my butterfly card from 20th November's Best of Clarity shows on Hochanda. </div>
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First, I blended distress paints on an A5 piece of stencil card. I think the colours I used were: candied apple, carved pumpkin, fossilised amber, lucky clover, mermaid lagoon and wilted violet. The good thing about using paint is that you get full coverage and vibrant colour really quickly and easily.</div>
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I can't believe that Barbara Gray is back on the TV on Sunday. My samples for that show are all boxed up ready for posting tomorrow and I'll be back on Thursday with my Claritystamp Challenge card for December! Going to be a busy few days!!! Till next time. Xxx </div>
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I can't believe its 1st November already. Where does the time go?</div>
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I decided to go with "Clean and simple" from November last year.</div>
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Put the hexagon stencil in place on a 7" x 7" piece of stencil card.</div>
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Brush wild honey distress ink through the aperture, concentrating around the edges and defining them with a make-up sponge, and keeping the centre a bit lighter.</div>
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If you hinge the stencil at the top of the card with low tack tape, you can check your progress.</div>
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I used the word chain alphabet and the bee from the agapanthus set designed by Jayne Nestorenko to stamp my sentiment in black archival.</div>
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All that was left to do was to run a black sharpie round the edge and mount onto a card blank. I hope you like it.</div>
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Hello there! Just popping in to share my project for this month's Clarity challenge. The theme this month is to use circles or squares in your artwork. Why don't you pay a visit to the <a href="http://claritystampchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Claritystamp Challenge blog</a> where you'll find inspiration throughout the month from my talented teamies. </div>
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Brush worn lipstick, picked raspberry and wilted violet distress inks through the stencil. The colours blend together beautifully. A final bit of blending with a make-up sponge will help to ensure the stencil design is crisp and defined. </div>
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Stamp the fuchsia into place with black archival, and another twice onto a small piece of stencil card.</div>
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Using a compass, mark the circles for the decoupage and cut out. This is the only part of the fuchsia design that was coloured in; the rest was left in black and white.</div>
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All that was left to do was trim the artwork back slightly and edge with a ruler and a black sharpie pen; before sticking the decoupage circles into place with pinflair glue gel. </div>
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Hello there! Have you treated yourself to any of these wonderful floral designs by Jayne Nestorenko yet? Groovi plates or stamps; you know you need them! For now, I wanted to share a little piece of art I created using the beautiful new agapanthus stamp set. </div>
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I'm going to concentrate on the frame first. I wanted to get a proper gilded frame effect, so I did a little test piece first, to make sure my idea would work out. And yay! it did! So here goes..</div>
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I stamped the frame and swirls into place onto stencil card using black archival.</div>
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Then I cut out the frame.</div>
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Next, I started to apply glossy accents to the areas of the design that I wanted to appear raised. This stage required a bit of patience as I had to work in stages and leave plenty of time for it to dry.</div>
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To add a greater sense of dimension to the frame, I went around the inner edge of the frame with another coat. What I really love about this paint is that its transparency allows the stamped detail to show through. </div>
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I made the background using antique linen and old paper distress inks; first splodging onto my blending mat and spritzing with water, then "free" stamping (without a mount), in the same colours to add texture.</div>
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As well as this piece on stencil card, I also did the same on some paper that I could use for my decoupaged agapanthus. </div>
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The flower was stamped in black archival and coloured with my gorgeous new Faber Castell polychromos; the most fabulous present for my 50th birthday from my husband Martin. I've just reorganised my craft room, so they can take pride of place. I love looking at them, stroking them and using them! </div>
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Preparing the layers for the decoupage involved a lot of very intricate fussy cutting, which I quite enjoy doing, although it was very fiddly.</div>
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The final touch was to add a little angelina fibre and film butterfly.</div>
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I mounted the finished piece onto some foam board. I hope you like it.</div>
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Next I coloured in the flowers and leaves using my new Faber Castell polychromos. I am a very, very lucky girl as my husband Martin bought me the full set in a beautiful wooden case for my birthday: best present ever! </div>
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I hope you like the finished card; quite simple and enjoyable to do. If you still need more inspiration pop over to the Challenge blog to look at the work done by my talented teamies. Even if you've never joined in before, why don't you give it a go; the winner is chosen at random, so whether you're a beginner or have been crafting for years you could still win a £50 Clarity voucher. Now wouldn't that be nice?</div>
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I made some background pieces by smearing distress inks in similar colours onto a blending mat and spritzing with water, before picking up with a sheet of paper. Personally, I like to layer and dry each colour separately, rather than blending them together on the mat, as I find they're less likely to go muddy.</div>
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I also coloured in the owls with spectrum noir pencils in shades of orange and hot pink. For me the touch of pink intensifies the warmth and vibrancy of the orange. </div>
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I made this for my dear friend Maria Simms' birthday. I won't see her until the 6th, so I really hope she'll like it. She's been warned not to peek if she wants it to be a surprise!</div>
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I hope you like it too, and that I have given you some inspiration for your own project. What will you do? I can't wait to see... Don't forget you could win a £50 voucher to spend on Clarity goodies. But you have to be in it to win it, so go on give it a go. Till next time. Xxx </div>
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Hello there! As promised, here I am with one of my favourite makes from Barbara Gray's last Claritystamp shows on Hochanda. It was inspired by Emma Williams' article in last month's Making Cards magazine. </div>
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I started off by mod podging kitchen foil onto a piece of 7" square stencil card. Once dry, I ran it through my ebosser with one of the Savannah stencils. </div>
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I started laying down yellow, blue and bright pink alcohol inks with a blending tool and blending felts.</div>
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Hello there. Well the best laid plans, good intentions and all that... so much for blogging! Its the 1st July already and so its time for a new theme over on the Claritystamp challenge blog. Why don't you pop on over and look at all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the design team? This month's theme is "a day out:" so where are you going to go to? The seaside? The countryside? The city? Its up to you!</div>
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I decided to take a fairytale trip to the land of far, far away.</div>
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I used a little Creative Expressions mdf shrine as the basis of my project. I started by painting the back panel with white gesso.</div>
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I stamped the castle from the Happily Ever After set onto copy paper so I could decide on its position. Then I put a moon mask into place.</div>
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I put the treeline mask into place, to provide a forest background for the castle.</div>
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Then I started to brush distress inks into place for the sky: picked raspberry and wilted violet used here.</div>
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I sponged in the trees with green distress ink. I put the moon mask outie into place and added a little mustard seed distress ink.</div>
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I then used the treeline stamp to add in some more trees, this time in green archival.</div>
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I then stamped the castle again in black archival onto some stencil card and added some subtle colour with spectrum noir pencils. I added a delicate shimmer by applying a thin coat of DecoArt Interference Magenta which gives a pearlised effect.</div>
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This was cut out and mod podged into place.</div>
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The rest of the mdf was coated in black gesso. I set to work now on creating a colourful, floral background for the front of the piece.</div>
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I started by spritzing mustard seed, picked raspberry and mermaid lagoon distress inks and schmoosing them around onto stencil card. I find I get better results by working with each colour separately and drying the card in between; the colours seem to stay truer, with less risk of muddying into one another.</div>
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Then I stamped the flower bouquet randomly in the same colours. For this sort of thing, I often work freestyle with the stamp in my hand for a less perfect result.</div>
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This piece was then cut to cover the front of the shrine. I drew round one of the tree framer stencils and cut it out. As the card was textured, I added a little bit of interest with a tiny touch of gilding wax.</div>
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You can see here that I had stamped Alice onto a piece of stencil card, coloured her in and cut her out. Then I started to lay out possible compositions until I found one I was happy with.</div>
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Hello there! I can't believe how fast the time is speeding by; its June already! And a new month means the start of a new Clarity challenge. This month we're asking you to make something for one of the men in your life; now we all know how difficult that can be... </div>
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Rather than revisiting some of my favourite "male" stamps, I decided to go for something different, and use the <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Clear-Stamps/Nautical/9929-/Galleon-amp-Ocean-Swirls---Unmounted-Clear-Stamp-Set" target="_blank">galleon and ocean swirl set</a> that I bought a while ago, but which were still pristine and unused, (and no doubt, feeling unloved!)</div>
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I played about a bit to find the right colours and <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Stencils/19363-/Patterns-Stencil-Set-7-x-7-Inch" target="_blank">stencil</a> for a gelli print I could use for my background sea. In the end, it was Paperartsy Fresco Finish paints in Caribbean Sea and South Pacific, and System 3 Gold acrylic. In my opinion, you really need a <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Mounts-and-Card/16251-/Mega-Mount-7-x-7-Inch" target="_blank">mega mount</a> to produce perfectly layered <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Accessories/Gel-Press/20283-/Gel-Press-Printing-Plate-6-x-6-Inch" target="_blank">gelli prints</a>; it makes it so easy to line up each layer so that you get that lovely hand printed edge.</div>
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Then I stamped the galleon into place using <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Ink-Pads/Archival-Ink-Pads/4373-/Ink-Pad-Archival-Black" target="_blank">black archival ink</a>.</div>
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Then, using the same paints, I pulled a couple of prints with the <span id="goog_509777236"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/">Ocean swirl stencil</a> <span id="goog_509777237"></span>on card and then on parchment. I tore these out to create the wild, crashing waves.</div>
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A bit of whitework on the parchment swirls to add highlights, and to suggest the foaming crests of the waves.</div>
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Then I stamped both the swirls into place with <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Ink-Pads/Versamagic-Ink-Pads/7448-/Versamark-Inkpad" target="_blank">versamark</a> and used one of the fancy Frantage embossing powders. I particularly love this one with its little flecks of gold. </div>
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Hello there! Its been a while, so I thought I'd better pop in to blog one of my cards from the last Claritystamp show on Hochanda. This one uses the fab <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Stencils/20188-/Oriental-Lattice-Stencil-7-x-7-Inch" target="_blank">oriental trellis stencil</a>: I just love it!</div>
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I started by cutting a piece of stencil card to 3"x 5" and pulling grunge paste through the stencil. Once dry, I started on the real fun bit; layering up the colours. Just go with it, making sure to choose an opaque base colour; I used Bougainvillea.</div>
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Hello there! Sorry I'm late with this months Claritystamp challenge project, but its been a hectic few days, and I only just got my project ready in time before I left for a wonderful crafty weekend away. To those of you who visited yesterday, I hope that for once you don't mind too much.</div>
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Hello there and a very warm welcome to the new follower who's joined us: its good to have you with us, and I hope you will continue to find some inspiration. I'm back with another couple of my samples from last weekend's Claritystamp One Day Special shows on Hochanda. No wonder the new <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Seen-on-TV/19990-/Alphabet-Word-Chains---Unmounted-Clear-Stamp-Set" target="_blank">word chain alphabet stamps</a> sold out so quickly: I just love them!</div>
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As you can see from my play sheets below; I wanted to experiment using the letters as shapes and patterns in their own right, rather than just to spell out words (although they're great for this too). </div>
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I cut a 7" x 7" piece of stencil card card into 4 pieces, each 3.5" square and used the upper case X and O on one square, the lower case x and o on another. Hugs and kisses on the 2 remaining squares. The squares were then trimmed back to 3" square. I masked off a single heart on the heart stencil, and brushed through with barn door distress ink. On the other 2 squares, I brushed around and in from the edge, leaving the centre white.</div>
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I went very, VERY gently around the edge of each square with a<a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Accessories/Crafting-Tools/16977-/Mini-Ink-Blending-Tool-amp-Foam-Pack" target="_blank"> blending tool</a> and black soot distress ink. Your <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Accessories/Miscellaneous-Goodies/15222-/A4-Clarity-Blending-Mat" target="_blank">Clarity blending mat</a> will help the ink go on nice and smoothly too. Simply matted onto a piece of black card with a hand made heart embellishment in the centre: just a little heart shaped piece of card coloured with barn door distress ink to match and triple embossed with <a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/Accessories/Embossing-Powders/4053-/Embossing-Powder-Detail-Clear" target="_blank">detail clear embossing powder</a>.</div>
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I hope you like these latest makes and feel inspired to try out some patterns of your own. Its amazing what you can do with just a set of alphabet stamps.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by... I'll be back soon with another of my samples from the show. Till next time. Xxx </div>
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