Wish upon a star

I was in a hurry to finish up a journal page that I started awhile ago for the Words & Paintery June Challenge.   I also mixed in circles and stars because of the Mixed Media Monthly - Reach for the Stars and the Country View Challenge to use Circles. 

I started with using the edge of the acrylic block and running it through acrylic paints.  I dragged them down the mixed media cardstock to create streaks of paint. 

 After that I wanted a focal point so I created a big circle by dipping in paint the bottom of a pail sitting on my desk.  I repeated a couple times to give multiple circles.   I added lots of splattering over the background with the same paints.

 I then pulled out this sentiment from Yvonne Blair/Impression Obsession and stamped it on tissue paper to put over the top of my background with decoupage medium.  I stamped a fine text randomly in the background which includes the definition of dreams.

I used crackle embossing paste to add a smattering of small stars in the corner and waited for them to dry and sprayed them with distress stain spray.  Then it sat for a week while I tried to think what I wanted to use to add layering.  I decided on die cut stars to layer and ink up in coordinating colors.

Products: PaperArtsy Fresco Paints, Memory Box - Stars Stencil, Memory Box - Dreams Stamp, Sizzix Stars, Impression Obsession - Yvonne Blair - Sentiment, Idea-Ology - Chit Chat Stickers


Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

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Seize the Day

At the PapeArtsy blog the challenges have been so inspiring as they dip into other mediums, techniques or concepts.  The current challenge is fabric and I was looking at how the fabric added dimension to the different art including the beautiful flowers cut out and sewed into three dimensional flowers or the fabulous moths constructed from fabric.

This had me thinking out using die cuts with fabric. I created a journal page using stars cut from fabric, sprayed with gold mist and coated in mica flakes. 

 I masked a portion of the page with a large circle and then sprayed with glimmer mists in different directions spinning the page with the mask around to get the same angle of the spray in each direction. I repeated this with blue, brown and purple mists.  After that was finished I added splattering of white paint to bring back some lighter highlights. I let that dry and pulled up my circle mask and stamped the sentiment and the bird in the moon. 

I then added a hint of shadowing around the bird.  I then cut my stars and misted them. After they dried I used glue and dipped them in the mica flakes. I then attached them to the background. I also added mica flakes sprinkled in over the background as well.

The stamps are Impression Obsession (Sentiment) and the bird is Paper Artsy.   The mists are from Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Suzz

Our House

Happy Tuesday! I was inspired yesterday by the PaperArtsy Challenge #11 which focuses on the idea of houses created in all kinds of mediums.  I happily created little paper houses in a variety of styles.

I have been doing a little and I mean little bit of cleaning in my craft room. (I need a big clean again to keep it under control)  In doing so I went through my background scraps and tried to decrease the scraps pile.  I re-organized my recent scraps and die cuts and pulled them out to try to make an eclectic series of houses.  I tried to keep in the same color schemes for my backgrounds to coordinate the look and feel.

Beyond that the houses all began to take on a life of their own and changed the cohesiveness. As I worked through them I also began to use the inspiration of other challenges.  This particular house is based on the glam grunge challenge at Mixed Media World and the Butterflies and Blossoms Challenge at Mixed Media Monthly.

The next house started from a scrap and incorporated some beautiful gears that were sent to me as part of a purchase from the Funkie Junkie Boutique. There is always a lovely little gift included with each purchase and this time it was the gears.  I decided to let that be part of my focal point and the gent seemed like a perfect image to imbed behind the gears.  The gears and my previous house used a mix of inking up the gears with dye ink and while it was still moist sprinkling on Stampendous Aged Bronze embossing powder giving a nice chunky gold effect.

The next two came from two scraps left over from some project where I had the citron color sprinkled with touches of silver.  I didn't highlight the silver in this house as I used tissue tape instead along with a touch of black embossing paste and powder to create striking black texture and images.

For my final one I had this beautiful Memory Box Arch already cut and thought it would be pretty to do more of a church interpretation on my house.  I added the silver embossing around the edges and bottom of the house. I then embossed the arch in silver.  The rest were bits and pieces of leftover projects pulled together. 

I had fun but I think I am going to try play a little bit more with the houses but create a painted village.  I am loving the Paperartsy challenges as they have me thinking about different types of art mediums and how to use those ideas in papercrafting. 

The MMM Challenge 

Have a wonderful day! 

Suzz

Mono Printing

I'm back with a few pages made using mono-printing on the Gelli Plate.  I was inspired by the PaperArtsy Topic #9. 

 I started with a mix of the beautiful Fresco paints over the background on my gelli plate.  I then laid the stencil over the mix of colors and painted on the rich burgundy color.

I then flipped over the stencil and used it on a piece of white cardstock. I loved the reverse side.  I used that for my finished page. I stamped the script inside the stencil outline and then added flowers to color and highlight.

Happy Saturday!

Suzz

Wise Owl

Over on the PaperArtsy blog the challenge is about White Space.     The post is very inspiring showing various ways to use negative space or white space in  your art.  This is one area I really struggle with as I love to fill in the space with more colors, stamping, etc. 

I decided to play around with the concept this morning and this is what I came up with.  I know there isn't a lot of white space but I do love the effect of the splattered mists. 

I have used the following Paper Artsy stamps: HotPick 1011,  Hot Pick Xtra 01 Background, and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Patina, Bubble Gum.  I also added a hint of little gold embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Small Things with Great Love

Friday!  Yeah! I have been having a dry spell with my creative juices.  Today I decided that I was going to create something, anything to keep me creating.  I decided to use a new stencil with ferns and glimmer mist to start the art!

I misted the ferns in the background and then added a layer of stamped text.

I did this three times because I tried different effects on the ferns and ended up muddying them up. I persisted and on my third attempt I added the lovely Verses Rubber Stamps sentiment and wanted to have a flower coming across in in a different direction and the PaperArtsy flower was the right length and fit perfectly.

Of course I went to stamp it and it didn't get an even image.  Easy enough to fix with a second stamping on a second piece of cardstock.  Color, cut and pop onto the top of the original image.

Products:  The Crafters Workshop - Fern Stencil, Tattered Angels - Kiwi Glimmer Mist, 7 Gypsies stamp (text),  PaperArtsy Flower - Hot Picks, Ranger Archival - Potting Soil, Verses Rubber Stamps - Great Things, Stampendous Bronze Crushed Glass Glitter

Well I hope you have a fabulous Friday!

Suzz

Courage

Hi!  Happy Valentine's Day!  No Valentine's projects to share today.

I am back after playing with a very messy waxy mix of stuff.  Leandra at PaperArtsy has been pulling together challenges highlighting different concepts, techniques and ideas which are brilliant and very inspiring. The latest challenge is highlighting "Wax".  I always love when I see art using this medium but fail to achieve what I want in this area. I decided to give it another go after seeing all the team has been doing for the challenge and Leandra's inspirational Challenge post. 

Sometimes when you are creating your art you go through stages on a project where you love it and then  you don't love it.  This is one of those projects for me. :)  I laid it out and I was in love with the effect.  Then I glued it down and didn't love it. Then added wax and moved it around to thin it out and get bunches in certain areas and back to not sure if I liked what I had created. I think art is a journey though and to learn new things and expand your skills, knowledge and even love of art you need to explore and try new things. 

 Anyhow it was very much a learning process for me and when I got done I didn't like it as much as when I started.  When I pulled the photos in the thumbnails I thought it was really cool.

 I used bits and pieces I grabbed in the fall to add to the beautiful stamped image/sentiment from PaperArtsy.

 I used the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Gold, Dragonfly, Brown), 7 Gypsies Lace Trim, Canvas Corp Tissuestock, and 7 Gypsies Large Tickets to add texture.

 I embossed using the Doily stencil over the background. 

I stamped the PaperArtsy Sara Naumann 18 - Eclectia Stamp with the PaperArtsy Hot Pick 1011 and on the background there is a little writing from one of the sets as well.

Have a fabulous Valentine's Day!

Suzz

Winter Days

The new Mixed Media World Challenge #10 showcases some beautiful colors all in grays, blues and browns.  This is what our winter looks like and had me think of wintry days where the sun doesn't shine and the sky is overcast.

I took the colors and smeared them on the craft mat with water and dragged watercolor paper through the ink to pick up a soft watery background.  Then I stamped over with the PaperArtsy set of the music, branches and bird using Pumice Stone dye ink.  I shaded the bird with watercolor pencils.

The sentiment is from Verses Rubber Stamps and I added a layer of Mica flakes form Stampendous.

The lovely color inspiration: 

Happy New Year's Eve!

Suzz

Wintery Branches

I just received a new PaperArtsy set and couldn't wait to ink it up.  The Words and Paintery September colors reminded me of a blustery autumn which fit with the Mixed Media World Autumn Colors Challenge. 

I created a variety of backgrounds with the colors from the challenge and cut down a section of one of them to create a tag.

I loved the mix of colors and the new stamps with the bird and branches fit perfectly with a cold autumn day.

Products: PaperArtsy - Sara Newman Eclectica,    Ranger Distress Ink / Spray - Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo,   Memento - Black, Paris Night, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Snowflakes, Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Stampendous Gold Glitter, Simon Says Stamp - Sequins

Inspiration Photo:

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

More Christmas Cheer

I have been so busy creating that I have a little stockpile of Christmas projects to share before Christmas arrives.  This one was another card popped into the mail earlier this week and should arrive in time for the holidays.

Another one of my Gelli Plate backgrounds.  You can see I was using the blues and tans still on the plate.  I used Paper Artsy Fresco Finishes (Irish Cream, Mermaid) with the Tim Holtz Stencil. 

I sponged brown dye ink over the ruler stencil in both corners to add more movement. :)  I then stamped the Penny Black stamp in the top right corner.  I colored this with STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell watercolor pencils.  To help the birds pop more I did two things.  I heat embossed them with brown embossing powder while the ink was wet.  I also then shaded around the image with the brown watercolor pencils.  I take it back I did three things I also added white highlights in the darker areas.

After that was done I added a the sentiment on a coordinating background paper and a little touch of the holly and some burlap and ribbon.

Now off to the store to pick up groceries!

Happy Saturday!

Suzz

Creativity

Happy Saturday to you!  I swapped out my blog header last week with something I had created and wanted to share some of the details with you. 

The new craze out there is the gelli plate.  I decided to give it a try and have been playing around with paints, stencils and the gelli plate.  This project came from a session with warm fall colors and one stencil.  I loved how this series turned out.   This project was made from me pulling up the stencil from the paint filled gelli plate and applying the painted side of the stencil onto white cardstock.  I loved the effect and put the stencil back onto the leftover paint on the gelli plate and repeated the process until I covered the cardstock with varying depths of paint.   After that had dried I stamped the beautiful butterfly multiple times using versamark.  I sprinkled Stampendous Aged Spice Embossing Enamel over and heat embossed them. 

I knew I wanted to update my blog header so I added the Creativity quote with the same embossing enamel.I then cut down the size of my background leaving the butterfly wing open on the top.  I sprinkled the surface with mica flakes.

I then used Picasa (software) to add my blog name across the top and crop the image to create my blog header.

Products: DarkRoom Door - Eclectic Butterfly, Creativity Quote, Stampendous - Aged Spice Embossing Enamel, Gilded Mica Flakes, Ranger Distress Ink - Aged Mahogany, Gelli Plate, Paper Artsy - Claret, Haystack,    Pumpkin Soup,   The Crafters Workshop Mini Zinnia stencil

Have a lovely Saturday!

Suzz

Happiness is....

PaperArtsy is celebrating their 10th Birthday! I was happy to create a project to celebrate their birthday!

Head over to the blog for all the details!  I used the following products to create my project: PaperArtsy Fresco Finish - Mermaid, Limelight, Hot Pick 1009.

Head over for all the details on the PaperArtsy blog!

Suzz

Fleet & Sons

Today is my last post over at PaperArtsy!  I have really enjoyed playing with the wonderful stamps and paints.  Thanks Leandra for providing me with the stamps and paints and substrates!  Thanks to Gillian for all her help! 

I decided to make a card using the wonderful Fleet & Sons bus. I love this image. I mixed in several of the different sets to create my collage of images on my tag card.

Go here for all the details on how to create my card.  There is still time to play along in the challenge for a chance to win some of the lovely Fresco paints.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Happiness

I am back today with my second project this week for PaperArtsy.  I was working with the wonderful Metal card and  Fresco Paints to create a wall hanging. 

I describe the process on the PaperArtsy blog with a few step out photos. After I had finished my wall hanging I thought it would be cool to add a few charms along the bottom.  I went back and redid it with the charms.

Product:  Hot Pick 1009, Metal Card, Versafine Vintage Sepia,  Limelight,
HotPicks Xtra01 - Backgrounds,  Versamark Ink,  Chocolate Pudding,  Inky Pool, Translucent Shrink Plastic,Pearls, Gears and Clock pieces.


Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Mixed Media PaperArtsy Canvas

This week is my last week Guest Designing at PaperArtsy.  Leandra and Gillian have been wonderful and the products fantastic.  I played with a canvas and layering a few details in the background. 

I had tremendous fun playing with this canvas and was pleased with the effect.

Head over to the PaperArtsy blog to see all the details of how I created my canvas.

I used the following s on my project: Paperartsy: Fresco Paints: Honeydew, Snowflake, Ice Blue, Limelight,  Metal Card, Hot Pick Xtra01, Hot Pick 1205, Hot Pick Xtra 05, Ranger Archival Ink

There is a challenge as well over on the PaperArtsy blog. All you have to do is create something using PaperArtsy and link it up here for a chance to win three Fresco paints.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Voyage

Tim posted his April tag yesterday and I played around this morning using the same cool techniques he used on his tag.  Usually I try to explore and use a few different elements when I am playing along with Tim, but.  today I am a bit under the weather so I decided to stay close to his design.

 The tag this time is all about giving it a metallic patina finish. I mixed in a few different paints to try to emulate what Tim's tag looked like.
 

 My background is painted with PaperArtsy Fresco Paints.  I used a variety and many layers. I messed up halfway through and had to re-apply more layers of color.  I followed the technique Tim shared to paint the background.  I added a layer of Paper Artsy Tissue paper to stamp the letters and Voyage. I used versamark and clear embossing powder to attach the tissue paper and allow a translucency.

 Since most of the techniques on this was the same as Tim's I am going to keep my post short. Thanks for stopping by!


Suzz

Bluebell Woods

Today we are visiting Bluebell Woods and my fairy house.  I created this for my last post over at PaperArtsy this month.

I started with this beautiful door stamp in the Hot Pick 1011plate which to me meant creating a doorway with something to see.  The doorway made me think of creating a fairy house by adding flowers taller than the doorway and a view inside.

For all the details and step by step instructions click here.

Products: PaperArtsy Hot Pick 1011, Hot Pick  1009, Ink and the Dog - Architecture Plate 3, STAEDTLER Watercolor Pencils, PaperArtsy Smoothy White Stamping Card, Ranger Archival Coffee Ink, Stampendous Crushed Glass Glitter Bronze

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Wander

This week I am sharing some new projects and cards over on the PaperArtsy blog.  I wanted to play with the fabulous Fresco paints again and they provided a beautifully blended background.

I used the Hot Pick #1207  with the cool car and old roadside advertising.  I also stamped the map from the Hot Pick Xtra01 Backgrounds   to finish off the background.

For all the details go here.  Leandra is providing an opportunity to win some of her wonderful Fresco paints if you play along this week.  Go here to find the details and the link for the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Courage & Dreams

Here is my last project this week featured over on the PaperArtsy blog.  I had fun creating this little piece of art. 

I love how the Fresco snowflake paint mixes with the Dylusions ink. This little frame worked perfectly to create a chunky ATC.  I love the sentiment and works with the word dream perfectly.

There are a few more days to play along in the challenge over on the blog.  Leandra is generously offering up prizes for two of the participants in the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Vintage Bottle

I love the look of beautiful vintage bottles and the PaperArtsy sets have several different styles.  I created a card using the beautiful flowers and bottle from the Hot Picks.

If you hop over to the PaperArtsy blog  you can see all the details and step outs on how to create the card. 

Come over and join in on the challenge, all the details are here.

Suzz