and I certainly don't sing you love songs, though I whistle a good tune ;-). Good morning and happy Tuesday. We're half way through our 'stitching' challenge over at Lost Coast Portal To Creativity and this is my second piece.
Bless her she still has a lovely smile!
This has been made with Skeleton and Roses.
I hope you day turns out better than hers did lol.
I'm entering her into the monthly challenge at Dream In Darkness where weirdness rules.
Thanks very much for looking and have a wonderful day xx
Good afternoon and Happy Tuesday. I belong to the Sin City facebook group, and all the members have been given a digi image by the very generous Rick St Dennis and I've been having a play.
I don't often work with digi images, so I've kept this very simple/safe.
I made a background on water colour paper using brusho's and Spectrum Aqua inks.
I added a bit of stencilling, and yes I was listening to Coldplay at the time. It's my gym playlist, that's the downside to coming back from holiday, - straight back to the gym! Life was much easier when I was still working.
I coloured the image with pencils as I have a very basic printer and knew that it would smudge if it came into contact with water. I printed it a couple of times so that I could pop up the skull on 3D foam.
And there we are, all done.
I'm also linking this months Dream In Darkness challenge.
Have a fun week, and thanks very much for looking x
I've been having a bit of a play over the last few days with some new Deco Art chalk paints, Andy Skinner stencils, Seth Apter dies, and lots of stamps.
I started by putting some DecoArt modeling paste through lots of stencils onto an A3 canvas. I'd put a couple of layers of paint on this previously, then chickened out because the size of it scared me.
I've just got some DecoArt Americana chalk paints, so I manned up, chose a few colours and started scraping!
A couple more colours and a bit of white pen and I was happy with the background. To be honest I could have just played at this bit forever.
I used the same colours to paint a couple of mixed media sheets, and stamped them with the Seth Apter PaperArtsy stamps. These were for the die cuts.
Here are the PA stamps again.
And some from Stampendous.
Some die cutting....
This one's my favourite.
The quote is the title of a Robin Williams film from a few years ago. It was very dark and I didn't particulary like it, but it's stayed with me all this time, so perhaps that's the sign of a really good film.
I'm entering this into the 'anything weird or creepy' challenge at Dream in Darkness, the TIMI Anything Goes challenge at Craft Stamper, and the Put A Stencil On It challenge over at Mixed Media Monthly
Thanks very much for looking, and have a great week x
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
Good morning, happy Thursday, and Happy Birthday to me! I'm now officially a very old bird but never mind eh!
I'ts my turn to share my second piece for the Country View Crafts Spooky challenge, so you know the routine, lots of piccies, and not so many words.
You can tell I made this a while ago, it was still the middle of Summer. All the paints and mediums are by DecoArt and the stamps are by Stampendous.
The door has been painted front and back with DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish paint in white and blue to give a peeled paint effect.
Then a coat of Quin Gold Media Acrylic to age it.
Lots more washes of Media Acrylic to give it a more worn effect.
Time to stamp now, this is by Stampenedous, and it been painted with more media paint.
The stamp around the edge is also by Stampendous and it's called Chilling.
On the reverse of the door I stencilled the Andy Skinner stencil with white Modelling Paste and stamped with Andy Skinner stamps.
A little bit more stamping.
This is my favourite bit, I wanted my Skeleton Lady to be there when you opened the door, so she's been stamped on acetate and highlighted with a white gel pen.
I love that you can see right through her. Little things and little minds lol.
This is how it looks with the door shut, kind of spooky....
Well done, you've made it to the end, give yourself a badge!
Please join in with our spooky challenge, there's a chance to win £20 to spend in the shop.
I'm also entering this into the Lost Coast Designs Scary or Weird challenge, and Dream In Darkness anything goes (except cute).
Thanks very much for looking and have a very happy (or spooky) week xx
Yes I've been watching Star Wars films again lol. I watched Andy Skinner on TV last week, so I had to have a play with all things Skinneresque (is that even a word??) anyway here it is.
All of the stamps, paints, and mediums are by Andy Skinner and DecoArt. This is the front of my slide mailer. There's a bit of the old peeled paint technique going on here.
The inside - rusted and crackled to within an inch of its cardboard!
And the back - this is an old clear stamp set of AS's, not one of the newer Stampendous sets.
This was fun to make, but I was glad when I finished 'cos the board wouldn't have stood another coat of paint.
I'm entering this into the Dream In Darkness challenge.
Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x
Good afternoon and welcome to Super Saturday. As you see the Olympics rule in our house, so no one notices when I'm not there :-)
I made this for the Tando facebook challenge.
These are the colour for the challenge. Very pretty, but not perhaps my go to colours. But I really did enjoy working with them.
I put the Distress Inks down first, then did the white circles through a home-made stencil with white embossing ink. There is a name for this technique, but for the life of me I can't think of it.
The stamps used are both by Stampendous, they are Chilling, and the text on the frame is from Raven Background.
I really enjoyed this, and for once it came together pretty much as I had it in my head, so that's a result!
I'm also entering this into the Dream In Darkness and Craft Stamper TIMI challenge. I hope that a home made stencil counts :-)
Have a fab weekend, sneak off and play, no one will notice xx
Hello and happy Friday. Yay it's the weekend, and time for my second 'Hot Summer Days' piece for the Country View Crafts challenge.
What could say Summer more than a nice wedding, so here's my version.
This just set off as the 'happy couple' but then it grew (and grew).
I stamped the Sheena Eternal Love couple on Ranger watercolour paper and coloured with Inktense pencils. Then I stamped the image again on acetate to go over the top.
I cut the frame out of black card with a Bigz die, then stamped various Sheena flowers also from the Day of The Dead range, and coloured with Pebeo paints.
More flowers stamped onto velum, white embossed and watercoloured.
Much cutting out later, and we have flowers.
Of course all white weddings need a best man/bridesmaid, and this one is no exception.
This is a Sheena Perfect Partners skeleton die and stamp. He's also been watercoloured.
He's been stamped and cut out again so that he can hold the wedding notice. White Wedding has been cut out with a Tim Holtz strip die.
I've added a bit of lace too - well it is a wedding!
More vellum flowers - these have gone a bit curly in the sun...
Ok, time to stop now lol.
I hope you join in with our challenge at Country View Crafts, and show us your Hot Summer Days.
I'm also entering this into the Left of Centre quirky/weird challenge, and Dream in Darkness anything goes (but not cute)
Have a fun weekend, and thanks very much for looking x
Just a very quick post from me today as real life has got in the way again. Sorry I've been AWOL since my holidays but family always comes first. This piece just about sums up my mood at the moment lol.
All mediums are by Decoart, the stencils are Andy Skinner's, and the stamps are all by Stampendous.
I'm entering this into the That's Crafty birds of a feather,
and also Dream in Darkness and Love To Create anything goes challenges.
Have a great weekend, and thanks very much for looking x
The fabulous Kassa has been doing some amazing tutorials. I love her use of colour and texture, so I've had a go too. This has been made with Dina Wakley heavy acrylics. They have been sadly neglected for a while so it was great to get them out again and re-discover the lurve. I've used a mix of stamps from Sheena Douglass for the skull and happy couple, and Stampotique for the flowers.
Rubber Dance Stamps have a colour challenge of purple, turquoise, and magenta so these are the colours that I've used.
Lost Coast Designs are also having a skull appreciation day - we should all appreciate our skulls more! I remember in my jujitsu days mine took quite a battering at times (when I didn't duck quickly enough lol). I also have a medical condition that means I have to use googly eyes whenever possible, even/especially when I shouldn't. I think they look quite sweet as flower centres :-)
I've just discovered Dream In Darkness which celebrates the odd and creepy (back to the eyeballs in the flowers) My wedding couple have been stamped and coloured on shrink plastic.
I've been making clay skulls too to show how much I appreciate them.
This was such fun to make, so thanks again Kazza for the inspiration.
Have a great week, and thanks very much for looking x
