Blank Page Muse Challenge: Let's Go To The Beach!!!

June 9th 2018
Something fishy going on here.........

Nearly time for the new challenge theme at the Blank Page Muse Blog and this time our theme is the "Let's Go To The Beach" - fab theme for those where it's Summer but also great for me here in Oz - makes me feel a bit warmer as it's Winter here LOL!

I've made some Artist Trading coins which are all the rage at the moment and below is a quick step by step pictorial for you on how I made them:

Firstly I cut out my 2.5 inch circles - I had a ribbon role with a cardboard top and bottom which were 2.5 inches round so I used one as a template. And I used some recycled cardboard on hand from a carton of beer of all things LOL which I used to cut my circles from.

I added a layer of Gesso with a spatula to have a base for colouring them.

Next I used Gelatos in various colours to colour over the Gesso backgrounds - I coloured them, spritzed with water and used my finger to blend the colour.

Once dry I stamped with Blank Page Muse Stamps and black Archival ink. I used various "sea" themed stamps including an anchor and 2 sea shells - all available at the store either individually or as part of the nautical themed sets.

I printed some collage images - couldn't resist using these quirky fishy themed kids from Lisa's Altered Art - they are perfect!!!!

I fussy cut the collage images and adhered to the coin bases with a piece of muslin cloth.

Next I added embossing fluid to the edges of all the coins and "rolled" in Black enamel embossing powder and heated - love the effect and the black is so glossy!

And all done - love how they turned out!

 

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I'm also linking these creations up at the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog for their "Make a Splash" theme - I think these kids are making a splash with their fishy friends!!

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge Blog - Anything Goes theme for kids - perfect fishes for kids LOL!!

Also at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - where you have to add a critter to your creation which does include critters with fins!!!

The Witches of Eastwick....

October 1st 2017

 

To start off this month of Halloween I'm over at the Sin City Stamps Blog with a fun mixed media journal page inspired  by the movie "The Witches of Eastwick"!!

I used stamps from the "Just Us Girls" set available at the Sin City Store along with collage hats and elements by Lisa's Altered Art and the lettering by itKuPiLLi.

 

 

All the details on the background and putting this page together are at the Sin City Blog!!!

 

I'm also entering this at the Dream in Darkness Challenge Blog for October!

Sin City Stamps: Something Fishy!!

September 2nd 2017

Some fun quirky tags at the Sin City Blog today!!!! I've used a Sin City Stamp for the background and collage images by Lisa's Altered Art for adding to finish them off!!

These were quick and easy to make and I always love to create "quirky" LOL!!!!

Masterboard Madness.....

March 9th 2017

Pop over to the Sin City Stamps Blog - it's my turn to share my latest creations using Sin City Stamps!! I used the stamps to decorate my painted card and use as backgrounds for the ATC's for the pockets of the sleeves!!

Collage images are from Lisa's Altered Art and are just perfect for decorating ATC's along with other little embellies you have in your stash!

And did you know that there is now a Sin City Stamps Fan Group - lots of fun and sharing of creations - make sure you join to stay updated with all the goings on!!!!!

Don't Quote Me...

December 30th 2016

Altered playing cards for a "Quote" swap for a little crafty group I belong to. We had to send a title page and quote card to two partners.

Here are my two "title" pages using collage elements from Art Tea Life:

And the two "quote" altered cards I made using images by Lisa's Altered Art and quotes from Gecko Galz.

Backgrounds are texture paste and stencil with ink sprays.

Collages in Green....

December 28th 2016

Sharing 2 altered index cards made for an aussie swap group I belong to with theme of "Green"!! Fantastic and fun collage images are from Lisa's Altered Art - one of my fav stores! These collage and layer style cards are a perfect way to use up scraps of paper and little embellishments!

Feeling Rubbery.....

November 26th 2016
My post today is revisiting some "rubber stamped" creations I've made!! I had fun picking out some of my "favs" for this post - realised I love to create with lots of different style of images and using lots of different mediums to complete the creations!

Mixed media cards using Prima Bloom girls - great large stamps to create with and I loved colouring them with different mediums!





 

 

Lost Coast Designs have some great stamps to create with this is a little mini mixed media journal page which I think started as a bit of a "mop up" page for excess paints and ink on a background stamp and was worked on from there.

 

Below is one of my favourites from ICAD this year - just love the bird stamp and had so much playing with paint and making the circles.

 

Love the texture of this next page and the addition of the lace and braid scraps I attached with my sewing machine and great medieval style stamp.

 

Below are some creations using Stampotique Stamps - such quirky stamps available!!

Firstly a mixed media double page journal spread - this was so much fun to create with paint, stamps and embossing powder for a December/Xmas theme!!

 

And below are two sets of stamped ATC's made for swaps - LOL the first set were nix and match - using several stamps and cutting them up and making a new character and of course the 2 under that are Halloween themed!!!

 

 

And a few rubber stamps from JessicaLynnOriginal. Altered index cards below combine the rubber stamped coffee cup with collage images and mixed media background!

 

Love to create tag art and this Boston Terrier rubber stamp worked perfectly with the background for this and matching elements! I coloured this image with pastel pencils - always love the effect from these pencils.

 

A couple of dog themed "Moo's" - using toy dog stamps - stamped dogs directly to the Moo and coloured with pencils.

 

Altered playing cards with textured and ink backgrounds and stamps coloured with copics - I loved how these turned out - the colours are vibrant and I love the backgrounds.

 

Rubber stamps are so versatile and it was great to look back over my past creations with them and add this post to my blog!

Vintage Gal ATC's...

November 8th 2016

A couple of collage style ATC's made for the current Desert Islands Crafts Challenge Blog. I've used a few of the items off the "itinerary" for this challenge - you need to use at least 3 of the items on the list to enter! I have used the following: make it vintage, die cut, lace, charm and doiley! The DICC is a great challenge blog which has recently started up again - it's great fun to create from the itinerary each time so why not join in!!

Mini Halloween Pocket Letters....

October 30th 2016
Sharing 2 x mini pocket letters made for an Aussie Swap Group I belong to - with a Halloween theme of course for this time of the year!

This first one I am entering in the current Desert Islands Craft Challenge using the following items from their itinerary: green & black, Halloween sentiment, stripes, ribbon or twine - I have ribbon & twine on the spine of the pocket letter.

I started with a base ATC from black card and then cut up purple paint chip samples - perfect for a quick background of colour! Added green ink sprayed muslin cloth and images by Lisa's Altered Art. I added washi tape and the ribbon & twine to the plastic pockets.

The next mini pocket letter I did with an orange and black pumpkin theme - images again from Lisa's Altered Art and backgrounds done with black card and paint chip samples.

I am entering these ATC's in the current Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge with the theme of Witches, Bats & Black Cats - perfect for the little witches sitting in the carts!