SOME MIXED MEDIA

Hellooeee and happy Sunday,
I am definitely in artsy mode today and my first one I would like to show is my MM journal page I started yesterday.
I had read recently someone talking about doing a resist technique with clear embossing and then ironing it off after to create a sort of Batik effect. Well - I tried having a go at that but it didn't quite come out right :-(
My background was stamped with clear embossing and then I went over it with a variety of red colours by Whisper inks.
I also used my SARNTANGLES to stamp directly onto the page.
All the images are De-Stempelwinkel and are NBUS. I also stamped some onto card and cut them out.

I think the inks I used on the bubble wrap printing layer were the wrong type cuz they didn't come off the embossing and just covered it up :-(

I dunno - maybe I'll have another go and just use the water based inks - does anyone know ???

I shall definitely be back later. Thanks for popping in and your lovely comments xxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

De-Stempelwinkel Jan/Feb Challenge #1   1/3

NBUS Challenge #10 - Bubblewrap   5/2

Altered Eclectics New Year Challenge     1/3

Art Journal Journey - 50 Shades of Red    1/3

Scrap From Your Heart Challenge #6 - Valentine   1/3

LET's BREAK OUT THE STAMPS

Helloooo Peeps,
I thought I would go through my stamp boxes today and have a little play, and I realized how many stamps I actually have and how little I use them :-(
So today, I have used 2 sets of NBUS to make this leetle offering :-)  It's probably the closest thing you are gonna' get to Valentines from me !! Bleh humbug !!

For my base, I have used snippets of red and white card left over from Krimbo :-) I stamped the white card multiple times using stamps from my SARNTANGLES limited edition rubber stamp set. These were made by my mate SARN at Stamping For Pleasure.  I have used one of them before but most of the set is NBUS.  I used the Tangle and the LOVE stamp. I edged the card with some Whispers red ink.

On top of that I layered a piece of plain Vellum with a punched edge and attached it with a heart brad.

The Baby Teddy and his Mum are stamped using the " BEAR HUGS " set from Stampin Up.

   

Thanks for popping in. I must go now as it's Kitty Feeding Time :-)

Byeeeee  xx

Challenges I am entering:

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #36   29/1
Artistic Stampers January Challenge - AG    31/1
Crafts Galore Encore January Challenge -  31/1
CCCDigi  Creations Challenge #65 - Die Cuts or Punches  31/1
Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #132 - AG + Twist.. All About Love 
Paradise of Stamps Challenge #52 - AG
Snippet's Playground Weeks 263+264
Darnell's NBUS Challenge #8

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS...

Hellooooo Peeps - it's nearly the Crafty Weekend !!!  (oh - for those of you unlucky souls who have to work that is !!) the rest of us are just on 'Yay - permanent crafting time'  :-D  LoL  Good job I live too far away for you to hit me !!! :-D

Anyways - I definitely don't DO Valentine's Day and all that schmaltz so I made a little creation that just about sums me up  AND it has cats..... cool eh ???? :-D

The main images are Cats rubber stamps from DE-STEMPELWINKEL which I stamped with Versamark embossing ink onto red card, and then sprinkled with Personal Impressions Black Super Sparkle Powder before heating. It looks glorious close up but of course, it doesn't photograph at all well !!

The kitties come from Plate 31 - Cats... but I bought these two as singles but I can't find them like that now in the shop.

The pretty bit in the middle is a SARNTANGLE - made with a rubber stamp which came from an exclusive set on limited edition last year.  If you didn't get yours then, don't worry because you buy them in singles as DIGIS if you go see Sarn HERE.   I coloured it with Promarkers.

The background is an embossing folder - sorry it has no name or markings on it and then I smeared it with various shades of red ink pads.

The whole thing was mounted onto a red card and then I doodled some hearts and stuff around the edges.

It's funny - when I went to put a title on my Blog, as I typed it I began singing one of the songs from one of my all time favourite films - My Fair Lady...... "Show Me"...

Words! Words! Words! I’m so sick of words! 

I get words all day through;
First from him, now from you! 
Is that all you blighters can do? 

SONGWRITERS

ALAN JAY LERNER;FREDERICK LOEWE

If you know it then it's probably got you singing now too hahahaha

(full lyrics can be found Here)

Thanks for dropping in :-) xxx

Challenges I am entering:

De-Stempelwinkel Stampers Challenge #2 - Words

More Mixed Media Challenge - Red

HAPPY POE DAY

Good morning Peeps,

Today is the Birthday of EDGAR ALLAN POE and the day has been declared as Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation  Day, so here I am taking part in a 5 day Blog Hop with fellow Poe lovers.


The Blog Hop is sponsored by Lost Coast Designs  and  Carmen's Veranda. They have a fabulous Poe stamp & lots of crow & raven themed stamps to choose from so stop by and check them out! One blogger will be randomly selected to win a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV.

Here is my new piece I made yesterday and a selection of my other Poe pieces. ....
I used my Arch digi, Smeared Ink rubber stamps, die cuts and a special Love SarnTangle. This is from a limited edition set of rubber stamps which were designed by Sarn from STAMPING FOR PLEASURE. If you didn't buy your set at the time, then I am sorry to say they are now sold out BUT you can purchase them in digital form HERE.

Thank you for coming to look at my POE pieces and I hope you will hop round to see the other wonderful creations that have been created by clicking on the Inlinkz you will be able to see them all.

Thanks for dropping by :-D xxx

An InLinkz Link-up

QUOTH THE RAVEN CHALLENGE #41 - WEEK 3

Good morning Peeps,
Here I am with my creation for WEEK 3 OF our latest Challenge over at QUOTH THE RAVEN - #41 FOR THE LOVE OF POE.

Since it was the month of the dreaded Valentine's Day , this Challenge is all about Love. Love for POE, or one of his love poems, or one of the ladies he wrote love stories about... you get the idea. :-D

I have made for you a Tag....

The background card is brown and I inked the edges. Then I stuck on some kitchen paper and spritzed it with Perfect Pearl mists in various colours. It looks great in my hand but not so much in the photos :-(

I then used the remainder from a die cut  - it looked a bit like a Gothic cross and I like to use up my snippets :-D

I used another of the left-overs to stencil through onto white card for the small panel and used my new SARNTANGLES rubber stamps on graduated colour card to hold my raven and POE portrait. I used the love stamp repeatedly across the card until the ink ran out :-)

So, I hope you will come over to QUOTH THE RAVEN and play along with us this month. We have a great Prize for the Winner and you can snag yourself a coooool Winner or TOP 3 Badge :-D

Thanks for stopping by.

WOO HOO !.....SARNTANGLES

YaY !!! Today I got my set of LIMITED EDITION - "SARNTANGLES".... created by Sarn over at STAMPING FOR PLEASURE.
These were drawn by Sarn and then turned into a fabulous rubber stamp set and I couldn't wait to get mine.
If you want your own set of these, then pop over HERE for the instructions on how to get them :-D

Here is my first creation...........................

I printed this one onto some brown card with black StazOn and then used a tiny brush with some bleach to colour parts of it. I was quite happy with how it went. I also wiped bleach all around the outer edge of the card.

Then it was mounted onto some colour fade card, then brown, orange and the final cream backing with an added slice of ribbon.

The "Imagine" word art comes with the set too along with a couple of others - if you look at the pikkie up above, you can see the whole set.

Sarn makes some absolutely fabulous cards, and she has some gorgeous examples made with her own new stamps. I think I am going to have to copy some of her card designs as I can never get her wonderful effects on my own LoL !! :-D

Thank you for dropping in and I hope you will pop over to see SARN  in all her creative glory :-)

Challenges I am entering:

Alphabet  Challenge - Z is for Zentangle
Frosted Designs Friday Challenge - Get Messy x 2 (well I did - I forgot how long StazOn takes to dry so I smudged it but managed to rescue the card with some rubber stamp cleaner, and I got white spots on my fingers from the bleach hahaha LoL)
Simply Create Too #79 - Anything Goes
Stempelsonne Challenge #134 - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations February Challenge - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes