Completely cracked

Hello

If you've stopped by before, you'll know that this year I've been joining in with challenges set by Isa. This month the tag challenge is on the theme of crackle. I think I should have prepped a bit earlier for the FB live, as some of my options had dried out and one said takes three days to dry. In the end I tried to rehydrate the DecoArt crackle paste by poking holes in it with a pokey tool and spritizing it with water.

I spread it on a tag already primed with white paint. It didn't turn out too badly, although it was a bit brittle and delicate. I sprinkled and spritzed Brusho to build up the background, with a little stamping here and there, before adding the focal images and text.

  

I added some Crackle Accents to the bulb, but that was also a bit dried up and tacky. You can just about see some very fine crackle.

This was my first opportunity to use the new Katzelkraft stamps which you'll definitely be seeing again.

Thank you for taking the time to look. Have a wonderful day xxx

More monoprinting

Hello

I'm just posting a quick one today as I have fallen behind with the monoprinting challenge set by Kim Herringe for those following her course and hope to get a few prints done later. 

9. Grass 

10.Beetle

I love how these two are a pair, but the combination of print or ghost print creates a totally different feel.

 

11.Scooter

Thank you for all your lovely comments on earlier posts. I have taken your advice and started turning some of the prints into notelets and cards.

Hope you have a lovely week ahead xx

 

O is for Outlandish

This fortnight's letter on The Craft Barn dictionary challenge is O.  A bit of a remake of some cards I made earlier in the year, but I love the Art of Brett Weldele stamp set so any excuse...

I had a great time at The Craft Barn today on a workshop with the brilliant Kay Carley and treated myself to the Kaisercraft stamps used here with my voucher from the last dictionary challenge.

Materials used:

Stampers Anonymous: mister meow meow and tweets mcgee, slight alterations

Impression Obsession: solar system

Kaisercraft: hexagons, honeycomb

Katzelkraft: so special

Tando stencil: letters

Dylusions paint: fresh lime, london blue

Derwent Inktense blocks

Archival ink

J is for Jungle

The Craft Barn dictionary challenge for this fortnight is the letter J with a dragonfly included somewhere.  For quite a few days I was convinced I was going with jigsaw but at the last moment I felt more in the mood for a jungle.  Although I've gone with a fantasy idea of a jungle I quite like the definition which includes 'place of intense struggle for survival', seems pretty apt.

Materials used:

Dylusions paint: lemon zest, fresh lime, cut grass, vibrant turquoise, London blue 

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish: snowflake

Dylusions: doodle parts, further around the edge 

Hero Arts: CL337

Hobbycraft: eucalyptus,  owls

PaperArtsy: JOFY33, 

Taylored Expressions: discover your wings

Woodware: climbing up

unknown guinea fowl stamp

pens, pencils, Promarkers

G is for Grow

A real quickie as there just don't seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done.  The latest letter on The Craft Barn dictionary challenge is G.  At the moment I just about seem to be able to manage one project a fortnight...fingers crossed for a couple of quiet crafting days soon!

Materials used:

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints: mermaid, southern skies, guacamole, limelight, chalk

PaperArtsy stamps: EDY05, 09, 18, JOFY 11

Ranger Archival Ink: jet black, cobalt, cornflower

Ranger Dylusions paint: squeezed orange, bubble gum pink, crushed grape

Spectrum Noir Aqua markers

white gel pen

A Moment of Magic

With Christmas over finally there's a chance to play and get inky!  I've been having fun with Dylusions inks and stamps and Giovanna Zara's Tando stencil.

I'll be sharing this on the Dylusions Facebook Challenge for December.

Mushroom magic

Hi there
Whilst waiting 3 hours for my computer to update my iPhone I thought it was a good chance to crack on with my Craft Barn calendar challenge for September.  The theme this month is brown trees/leaves.  The mushrooms and leaves were stamped and embossed in white (with a little bit of masking).  The Brusho was applied a little at a time by wetting the area and sprinkling a colour on.  While wet the colour can be moved around or lifted off with a paper towel.  The mushroom stalks and shadows were added with Promarkers.

The good news is we seem to be set for a few days of sunshine so we can enjoy the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.

Materials used:

Dylusions stamps: doodle parts, further around the edge

Stampendous embossing powder: detail white opaque

Brusho: light brown, crimson, lemon, gamboge

Distress Ink: clear embossing 

Promarkers: burnt sienna, oatmeal, satin