Adore

Happy Wednesday!  Just playing in the craft room over the past few days and what I was trying to achieve didn't pan out. Instead I ended up creating a tag with with some pretty summery colors.

I am going to continue to explore with my techniques in hopes of getting an end result I like. :)  

This is a mix of distress inks in the background with a stencil laid over the top and more darker distress ink sponged on.

I added a few glossy embossing paste. (Much trickier than the regular embossing paste. (hence the splotchy letters)

I then finished with a stamped image on tissue paper which was decoupaged onto the background.

I am entering this in the A Vintage Journey - Stencil It  challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Hope

I had time this weekend to play a little and was inspired by the Mixed Media Place Dream March Challenge.

I created a journal page with the soft blues, and pink colors.

Here is the inspiration board:

 Mixed Media Place - Dream On March Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

I'm Looking Over

a four leaf clover!  The challenge this week at   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  is to be inspired by clovers.  You can interpret that anyway you want.  I used my new cracked Pistachio color inspired by the green found in clovers.

I have to admit I have just received some new stencils, butterflies and flowers which had me creating flowery bouquets of cards. 

Once I started I couldn't seem to stop...

These are three cards all created during one session and I ended up with several more backgrounds that I didn't even finish off yet.

For my backgrounds I used a mix of sprays off to the side of the paper to get a variegated effect on the paper and mixed the pistachio color with other colors to get different hues.

I also played with stenciling the Wendy Vecchi White paste before and after the sprays were applied.

 Product:  White Cardstock, Tissue Paper, Stampers Anonymous - Butterfly, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Blossom, Wendy Vecchi - White Embossing Paste, Ranger Distress Sprays - Cracked Pistachio, Pumice Stone, Iced Spruce, Antique Linen, Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, Stampers Anonymous - 2015 Flowers, Stampers Anonymous -Perspective, Watercolor Pencils, Waterbrush, Stampers Anonymous - Dare to Dream

Come play along  with us this week for a chance to win a gift voucher!

Thanks for stopping by!
Suzz

Trick or Treat Tag?

How about a little stamping an stenciling this week?  Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge.   is playing with stencils and /or stamps to create something. I had a cool background left over from some playing I did with stencils and paints.

One of my favorite things is to use up my excess inks, paints or sprays on the craft mats onto leftover cardstock  This background was a combination of leftover ink on a stencil. 

After I used the stencil with the spray I flipped it over and placed it onto a leftover remnant of cardstock. I then kept placing it onto the same piece of cardstock. 

I added a little dripping of yellow spray mist.  I then let it dry and used the same stencil to add white embossing paste for texture.  After all that I added a hint of paint around the edges.

I used the dauber to add a touch of paint around the edges.  While it was still wet I spritzed it with water to allow the paint to soften.

to add he images I used a combination of stamping the images directly onto the background and where the texture was to bumpy I stamped onto tissue paper and used decoupage to apply it to the tag which gives it a transparent effect to allow the texture and color bleed through.

Products:  Impression Obsession - Halloween, D Ranger Archival Black Ink,  Tim Holtz Halloween set  Ranger Dauber Paint – Honey  ,  Ranger Dauber Paint – Salty Ocean.   Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste, Signo Uni-ball white gel pen, crystal gems.,  Honeycomb Stencil








Don't forget that all this month is a party at Simon Says Stamp celebrating Stamptember!

Why Stamptember?  Here is a little info on why Simon Says Stamp celebrates stamping in September.  Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an interest in exclusively selling rubber stamps. It didn’t take long until we realized we couldn’t stop there. For more than 10 years we have celebrated rubber stamping and its glory. We work to bring companies from around the world together in a one stop shopping environment. Rubber stamps still remain the heart of our business and we are celebrating by hosting a “STAMPtember®" event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the delight of rubber stamping. Part of the enticement of rubber stamping is that stamps can be used in creating or complementing ANYTHING! From stamping dates on bank documents and postage parcels in the early 18th century, rubber stamping has dramatically expanded to include card making, scrapbooking, mixed media and many forms of altering and expressing art.

  Don't forget to come join in on the fun and show off your stencils or stamps!

Happy Monday!

Suzz

Be Yourself

I am in love with this stamp.  I think she looks so prim and yet she has her fun party hat and wings. I decided to play along with the Vintage Journey and colors of Autumn.  This tag uses the autumnal colors and is inspired by Tim's tag

I was playing around and ended up here.

I added a layer of wendy vecchi embossing paste with a stencil. After it dried I stamped script over the embossing paste.

I stamped the image several times to get the stamped background and cut they pieces out to give a layered effect.  

She was placed over tissue tape.  I added a touch of filmstrip with a few labels. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Rise and Shine

I was so happy and excited to be asked by Laura to Guest Design for Layers of Color Art Stamps.  Layers of Colors has such  beautiful stamps and stencils!

I will be sharing every Tuesday in June a new project using their beautiful products.  Today I am sharing a fun wall hanging.

The base of the wall hanging is this beautiful metal tin frame from Darice. I added alcohol inks to the ivory background to give it a more distressed warm color.

The rooster topiary and sun (Rise & Shine) were stamped on white cardstock using a brown pigment ink. They were colored with a combination of watercolor pencils and distress inks and a waterbrush.

Stamp a few of the eggs and detail cut and distress with tan dye ink. Add to the scene. 

The edges of the main panel were sponged with a touch of gold and brown dye inks.

To finish off the background the beautiful Bella Brocade Art Stencil was laid over the images and sponged rusty orange dye ink into the background.

All the images have a coat of glossy accents to bring out the colors and add texture.

The seam binding ribbon was died with orange dye ink. (Thank you Donna!) Accent with some flowers and ribbon on the wire.

Hope your day is fabulous!

Suzz