True Love Never Dies

Good morning and happy Tuesday. It's my turn to share my Visible Image project with you today. Although we've not had Halloween yet, I've moved forward to Day of the Dead.

I started by applying lots of DecoArt Multi Surface Satin paints to a chipboard heart, then stencilling over the top. It's looking a bit rough at this stage but it doesn't matter.

I put another stencil over the top then went over again with watered down gesso.

Next I stencilled Day of the Dead with black gesso, and stamped the large stamp from Mr Bone Jangles twice for placement.
I then stamped him onto card and cut him out. Mr and Mrs BJ have been stencilled and even doodled on (yes I doodled!) He's also been stamped onto shrink plastic (baby BJ lol).

My sentiment has been made with my go to label maker. I would be really lost without this!

It would be fab if you shared your Visible Image makes with us in our Show and Tell file on facebook. 
There's also loads of inspiration here in our FB group, then there's the blog , and the shop  where you can see all the lovely stamps.

I'm also entering this into the Lost Coast Designs's 31 days of Halloween scary or weird challenge, and Dream in Darkness's creepy or weird (anything but cute) challenge. Though I do think the BJ family are quite cute!

Thanks very much for looking, and have a fun week x

A Tag Trio

What a gorgeous day today has been, loads of sunshine, and all day to do as I like (that's what happens when you get up at 6.30 and you're ironing by 6.40. I've been playing with my Andy Skinner stencils and stamps and DecoArt paints. This is what I made.

The tags are made on gelli plate backgounds.

Lots of black gesso and white embossing powder.

More stencilling and stamping.

And stamped and stencilled eyes - spooky eh!
I really enjoyed making these, it's good to have a play.
I'm entering these into the That's Crafty challenge Go Figure.
Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x

I Shall Wear Purple

The challenge at That's Crafty this time is Purple Passion.

 The background has been made with lots of DecoArt paints and an Andy Skinner stencil.
The lady is a Dina Wakley stamp, and I drew the hat myself woo-hoo. It's my handwriting too - now you know why I don't normally show this.
Warning is one of my favourite poems, and I really love some of the ideas. I wont be wearing purple though as I've worn it for the last 10 years as my work uniform, but I shall definitely hang around supermarkets at lunch time lol.
Hope you like it, and thanks very much for looking x

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

It's the fabulous Magda's turn to host the Stampotique challenge this week, and she has chosen circles. Here's what she has to say.
 I like using shapes in my projects especially circles. They can give interesting effects on projects depends in what way they are used. I would love to see circles on your creations. How you will use them, depends on your imagination. 

Here's my postcard.

I started with 3 colours of DecoArt Americana Multi Surface Satin paint.

Carefully applied :-)

Then a second coat, and stamping with Splattered Mug and Splatter Circle.

I credit card swiped quinacronine gold and magenta onto some card and stamped Screaming Bunny, and paper pieced his tongue and ears.

His bubbles have been stuck one, by one, by one, by oh dropped that one, by one, by blob of glue in hair, by one, by time for chocolate....

Unleash Yourself has been stamped, and this time I was careful with the painting :-)

Neil's asked why I've 'started sticking everything in books' Really simple, everything I make except for the odd card gets thrown into a big box in the corner. Once a year (or whenever I get sick of it) the big box in the corner gets thrown into the big bin outside. Bit of a waste, and lets face it crafting is not cheap! So now although things wont get 'used' at least it will be kept and not just get bashed about and then binned!
I hope you get chance to join in with our challenge this week, remember there are 2 $30 gift certificates up for grabs for April's lucky winners.
I'm entering this into the Craft Stamper colour challenge, Mixed Media World's use bright colours, and Pan Pastels anything goes.
 Hope you like it, and thanks very much for looking x

Playing With Paint

I've recently joined the Deco Art Blogger Outreach Program and have received some fabulous paints from them. It's also made me realise how many of their wonderful products I have in my stash already. I've been having a play today, and made a masterboard which I've turned into tags.

I started with lots of Multi Surface Satins, and Media paints and a water spritzer and dragged the paint around with the end of a paintbrush.

Added some stenciling with the fab Media paint sprays, and some Dina Wakley stencils, and a little background stamping with a Stampotique text stamp.

A little bit more Dina Wakley stamping, and that's my grungy masterboard all done.

Now to chop it up...

I stamped the Dina stamp with the DecoArt Gesso.

Then overstamped in Archival ink. This looks really nice, some of the colours have come through the gesso, and also show through the ink.

More DW stamps, the main image has been stamped in black gesso. This is the first time I've ever used black gesso and I love it, it's just so - black! A white stabilo pencil to outline the words, and  I dabbed around the edges with quinacrinone gold (one of my favourites).

Same again, with green gold around the edge.

Bit of a pattern forming lol this one has quinacrinone magenta around the edge - another of my favourites.

And all together for another page for my tag book.

I'm entering this into 

The Mirror Crack'd challenge, make and use a masterboard, 

That's Crafty which is grunge, grunge, grunge, and Stamps and Stencils first challenge which is anything goes.

Enjoy what's left of the weekend, and thanks very much for looking xx