Wavy Meadow

Hi There

A pretty little card today to capture that early summer feeling.

I used two sets of  stamps, mixing and matching the line stamps with the solid stamps.

Materials used:

Marianne: floralia, folia

Hero Arts: wavy birthday

Distress Oxide ink

Archival ink

M is for Meadow

Penultimate letter of The Craft Barn dictionary challenge...M. A quick one as Christmas is nearly upon us. I've used a variety of flowery meadow stamps with a Gelatos background and some acrylic paint splatters. I rubbed away some of the background with a baby wipe and circle stencil to create a bokeh effect.

Just one last letter to go...

Materials used:

 Gelatos

PaperArtsy stamps: EDY10, EDY11

Woodware: hedgerow

Hero Arts: blooming meadow

Free magazine stamps

Archival Ink: cobalt, cornflower, jet black

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish acrylic paint

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

All the things I try to be

Six weeks after my first Journal Soup 2 online tutorial I decided it was time to try another one.  In Part 3 All the things I try to be, Kate Crane's video gently guides you through the steps to create a journal card with a whimsical face.  As a first attempt I'm fairly happy and have a few ideas of what I could do differently next time...

Materials used:

gesso

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint: little black dress, snowflake, mermaid, 

Bora Bora, London bus, limelight

Spectrum Noir pencils: 24, 29, 33, 34, 65, 66

Faber-Castell Gelatos: cherry red, margarita mix, cotton candy, acqua dolce, snow cone, blueberry

Hero Arts stamp: life of the party dots

Meli-Melo stamps

Ranger Multi Medium, Matte

Stabilo All pencil

white paint marker

washi tape

 

Home Bird

Happy New Year and happy new crafting!  With the start of 2015 I decided it's time to try something new.  Inspired by Kate Crane I had a go at a whimsical journal page.  Having had a lot of fun I think it's something I might try again!

 Thank you for taking a peek.  Hope you have a great 2015 xxx

Materials used:

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paints

DecoArt Dazzling Metallics gold paint

Hero Arts Birds and Branches clear stamp

The Crafters Workshop flying geese stencil

Assorted background stamps and stencils

White gel pen

Faber-Castell gelatos