May flowers minus the flowers....

 good morning Saturday!!!

I'm going alittle left of centre today and starting off with my share for the May palette play challenge. 

this Month is well.. partially mum's month.

so it is all about pretty reds, pinks and I see purples. 

see..

Pinks aren't usually me. neither are these colours but I gave it a red hot crack...

I did actually remember to take some photos along the way..

I knew I wanted to use an image from my new collage book, a Hambly screen print frame, and create it on a canvas.

But, when I cut the image out and then i found a frame that I wanted to use.

this was my first issue.

the frame is such an odd shape. What did I do? I had to find a backing paper to layer this on. 

and because it was such an unusual colour. 

I went with a cover of a very old sheet music book and used gel medium to stick it down. i love how this all cloudy and creates another layer of mystery.

I started with a blank canvas, coated it in gesso, added some texture paste through the diamond stencil.

I also NEEDED to use wings!! 

I knew I didn't want to have white as the additional 'colour' and black is my favourite colour to add. 

i know alot of people are scared of black but not me. bring it on.

next up was to find all the pink/red items that i have. 

so, i had Stuff..

but I also knew I needed to use some chipboard because my pink/red collection is VERY limited.

i covered the chipboard in paint but that didn't do it for me, so i added some red ink. 

then some embossing powder.. yay.

next up I worked on the background with magical shakers and oxide inks.

and started the layering process.

i used the pink brick hambly acetate print, and then more acetates from the 49& market set (supplies in at the end). Building up the layers with some cardboard. 

laying bits and pieces together.

I was then stuck. so set it aside and went about colouring the wings..

it was a PROCESS. a process of adding stuff, wiping stuff off, adding stuff

and then trying to fix it.

I'm happy where it ended up.

This is the part when i forgot to take photos along the way.

so... I layered and played and layered. 

oh and I added 1 flower... just to keep up with the theme..

Coming up is all the close ups before the final reveal.

lots of close ups...

Dreamers of Dreams

Thoughts...

Supply list:

• 8"x8" canvas
• Hambly Screen prints:
• Frame Wallpaper (black)
• Brickwall (pink)
• Liquitex Modelling Paste
• Liquitex Matte Gel Medium
• Kaisercraft diamond stencil
• Image from Collage Soup - Things that go hmmm... Book
• Distress Oxide
• Victorian Velvet
• Seedless preserves
• Lindy's Magical Shakers
• Autumn Maple Crimson
• Alphine Ice Rose
• Dina Wakley - 
• Gesso - black
• Ruby
• Resin Wings
• washi tape - roses
• Washi tape - Aall n Create: Washi #4
• Kinder Kreations chipboard
• Art Alchemy - Opal Magic, Blue Velvet
• Lindy's Embossing Powder - Adobe Fire
• Tim Holtz Quote Chips
• random flower
• Corbett Creations- Resin X's
• 49 & Market
• Plum Ephemera
• Kaleidoscope Acetate Assortment
• Artoptions Rouge Essential File Set
• Liquitex Ink - Pyrole Red

until next time

Live with Respect 

Leanne xo

“Hello Cuties”- by Amy Churchward

Hello Everyone! 

I’m absolutely in love with this month's colour palette - the April Palette Play. The colours are so me!!

Here is my layout using the gorgeous colours...

 

Here are the products I used:

• Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Paper - there are various designs to choose from in the shop. 
• Dylusions Ink Spray - Peony Blush, White Linen - used for splatters.
• Distress Oxide inks - used both on the background, and for the stamp and coloured flowers. Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, and Worn Lipstick.
• Archival Ink stamps - Barn Door and Distress Ink - Saltwater Taffy.
• Stencil - Kaisercraft Bubbles applied to the background with a palette knife using the gorgeous Lunar Paste in Slippery When Wet.
• The stamped flowers were from the Vicki Boutin - Colour Study Stamp set. The one used is not in store, but check out these gorgeous flowers from - Vicki Boutin - Colour Study Stamp Set.

For the title I used Scrapbookingncraft chipboard painted in gold and to finish off the page, I added Charms Creations and various other embellishments from my stash.

Be sure to check out these close ups!

    

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!

Amy 😊

blue mosque by Tracey B

 Hi everyone

I'm still working on an album of my travels in Eastern Europe.   I just loved Turkey and would go back in a heart beat.

Products I've used include

Clear gesso

Art Alchemy paint (metallique rusty red & Sparks Butterfly spells)

Shimelle patterned paper (On special!)

Heidi Swapp stars

49 & Market film strips (salsa, inkwell and mariner)

Teresa Collins patterned paper Urban Float

Heidi Swapp Buzz words

Heidi Swapp ephemera (set sail)

49 & Market everywhere chipboard geo frames

49 & Market serenity chipboard set

TFL

cheers

Trace

Food Art.... Should be taken seriously

 Happy Saturday!!!

this week's ATC prompt is a doozy and should be taken seriously....

week 17. Food Art: featuring you favourite food/dish.

well, I started off seriously. I knew I wanted to do something with chicken, and I had a lovely folklore type image that was pretty, and I was going to use it but I was struggling to get started. So, I flicked through a new collage image book that I recently purchased, and the perfect image just leapt right off the page at me. 

and I had so much fun creating this piece. It all came together. 

and it made me Laugh and Laugh. 

just what the doctor ordered. 

no process pics today because I just created....

My Hero

so much fun in such a little piece of art.

hope that brought a little smile to your day.

Supplies:

• 49 & Market: Plum Grove Ephemera Bits 

• 49 & Market: Gardenia Extras Rub Ons 

• Tim Holtz Oxide Ink - Unchartered Mariner 

• Tim Holtz Ideology – Chit Chat stickers 

• Doodlebug Alphabet Soup Puffy Stickers

• Image: Collage Soup: Makes You Go Hmmmm.. book.

until next time

Live with Respect

Leanne xo

Play by Tracey B

Good morning

Here's another take on the colour pallette

Products I've used include

13Arts paper Rosalie - Frame the time

Mister Huey spray (Pony)

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow spray (Van Dyke Sepia)

Atelier Moulding paste

Dina Wakley paint (Heather & Mineral)

13 arts magic powder

Kaiser craft & Dusty Attic stencils

Teresa Collins Urban Market alphas

Tattered Angels glimmer mist (silver)

Prima planner charms

enamel dots

photo corner

crepe bandage

thread 

bow

star brad

Banner

49 & Market fabric tape

washi tape

Lucky Findings Shreds

staples

TFL

cheers

Tracey

Dream -ATC 16

 Saturday...

happy weekend or just Saturday to everyone. 

Hope you have some exciting opportunities for your Saturday.

today's share is another ATC. 

week 16: Fantasy Architecture: Design a fantastical building or structure.

For those who know me, know that I really enjoy making little houses, so this week's theme was right up my alley....

I started by adding some bookpaper that was sitting on my desk from my last ATC. 

I then added a couple of Walnut Ink Crystals.

I think technically the 'correct' way to use these crystals is to put some in a spray bottle and then add water... but for me. I just sprinkle some on the paper and add a few squirts of water. 

Once the water is on, I then smooshed some around with my fingers and then let the rest just sit.

I really like the differing intensities that this creates.

I then added a couple of drops of oxide ink - Lucky Clover and some spritzes of water. 

once dried, I then stitched around the edge of the page. 

next up was how to create my building. 

My dream is to have a rustic house surrounded by a couple acres of land, either in the country or somewhere near the ocean. 

so, I wanted to use some wood elements. I found some really old wood veneer words that I knew I wouldn't use. I used these to create the front of my house structure. And I also knew that I wanted to use one of the Tim Holtz chipboard sayings that I have had for ages as the roof. 

and then, you know me, I forgot to take some more progress photos. 

I used the back of the veneers and used the slopes of the pieces to form the pitch of the roof. 

then, I glued these onto a piece of paper to hold things all together and to help form the house. 

next thing to do is to cover the wall. For this I used some Gas Station rice paper in strips, sanded each edge, and added some stabilo all to the edges to create some definition to the pieces. 

I then scored the chipboard saying so it would bend in half and coloured the underside with the lucky clover ink as well. 

You can see how this has turned out below. 

Oh and I added some foam tape to the middle of the house so I could add some extra dimension and the 'roof' didn't take over or dominate the pieces. 

but of course, it just doesn't end there. 

Next up was something special to make this more fantasy looking. 

I searched through my stash of items I had created using some paper clay and found this heart and wings.

Experimenting with distress oxides to colour the piece but it didn't feel right.

So, I tried some sparks and metallic paint. 
this worked out nice. 

to finish the piece, I had some acrylic stars - is there anything better than laying in bed and looking up at the stars or watching and listening to rain. 

Finally finishing off with some dots of glossy accents and the word Dream.

so here is the end result for this weeks ATC

Dream

Supplies:

• book paper
• Walnut Ink Crystals
• Tim Holtz Oxide Inks
• Lucky Clover
• Rusty Hinge
• Candied Apple
• Tim Holtz Quote Chips
• Wood Veneer
• Ciao Bella - Gas Station rice paper
• Stabilo All Black pencil
• Art Alchemy - Sparks Pheonix Feather
• Art Alchemy - Metallic Paint - Emerald Green 
• Corbett Creations - acrylic stars
• Glossy Accents

Until next week

Live with Respect

Leanne xo

Something Mysterious by Trace B

Hi everyone

patterned paper as a background (gasp!) and fussy cutting (shock horror!) and glitter (what!)- I just don't recognise myself.

Products I've used include

Teresa Collins Tinsel & Company patterned paper

13@rts paper (fussy cut)

hambly screen print

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

Carabelle stamps Collage Texture grunge

Distress Oxide (Tea Dye & Victorian Velvet)

49 & Market film strip (Stone)

Stabilo pencils

Lucky Findings resin

washi tape

Stampendous Silver Lux mix

Ideaology clippings

Lucky Findings shreds

Stencils

Gel Medium

49 & Market Blendable rubons

sewing machine

TFL

cheers

Trace