Celebrate everyday

Hi everyone

Today I decided to use acrylic inks that I have had in my stash for a while and never used.

I must say they are really fluid and did get away from me a bit.   Will be better prepared next time!

I started by sponging some white gesso through a stencil and then covered the page with clear gesso as a base for the inks.   I used the plastic bag technique which I think was a bit of a mistake as I managed to get ink just about every where but where I wanted it!

These are the inks I used.

I used a 49 & Market stamp and the edge of my spatula for the black ink.

I used a Heidi Swapp epoxy sticker word as part of my title and some Tim Holtz Idea-ology small talk stickers and a Fancy Pants Golden Days Flair.

Happy creating

cheers

Tracey

Days gone by

Hi everyone,

Hope you're keeping warm and getting plenty of crafting time.  

It snowed just up the road a couple of days ago, so I'm very happy to be spending time in my craft room with the heater on!  

I was inspired by this month's mood board to scrap an old photo of my mother and uncle.

I started by going through my stash of paints looking for the right colours. Then through my embellies to see what would match.   I wanted to use some Heidi Swapp flower trimmings. These are pretty cool.   You can use them as is or hit them with a heat gun and they will curl up.   I did two stacks and secured them with a brad.    They weren't exactly the right colour but I wasn't sure how paint would effect their curlability (I'm sure that's word!) so I heated the first without paint and the 2nd after painting them.   It didn't seem to make any difference.

 I started my LO by sponging some Dina Wakley acrylic paint through a Dark Room Door stencil

I then built up my background using a few different stencils, some Ceramcoat paint, Art Anthology Velvet dimensional paint and some Colour Blast paste in Dusty Charcoal.   My paste was old and had gone thick and stiff and I was just about to throw it in the bin but decided to mix it with some cheap impasto - and it worked!   Yay!

I sketched in where my photo stack would be and then sewed on my title using Pink Paislee Bella Rouge Alphas. I find sewing not only adds interest to the page but is also the best way to secure these acrylic alphas.   

I die cut a heap of leaves from my left over paper and then suck it all down, along with some pearl beads from my stash and some Fancy Pants cork stickers and a Flair.  

Thought I had a lot more photos of the process but user error came into play!

Hope you've been inspired and would love you to join in this month's challenge.

Looking forward to seeing what you create.

cheers

   

Yay!

Hi everyone

This post is a little late but I was too busy last weekend in Gundagai being amazed by the super talented Birgit Koopsen and finally used my Gelli plate that I've had for about 3 years!   Stay tuned for some LOs featuring some Gelli printing. 

It did get me thinking though about all the old stuff in our stash.  
I'm going to make a determined effort to use some of it up, combining old with new.
Here' the start...  

For this LO I broke out some really old Rub-ons (I'm sure everyone has a stash somewhere).   It didn't matter to me that they were old and weren't going to come off cleanly.   I was after a grungy look and they just added another layer to my background.

I've used some Heidi Swapp Pineapple Crush paper (Good Vibes & Aloha), Some Colour Blast Paste (Stormy Weather) and a mousse through a couple of different stencils  and some Distress Ink (Tattered Rose) and some Distress Oxide (Picked Raspberry).  

I've sewn on some old Heidi Swapp acetate letters (similar to these Ghost letters) for my title for a bit of added interest and then finished off with some Heidi Swapp Chipboard Stickers, Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss puffy stickers, a flair from Fancy Pants and a couple of bradz from Simple Stories.

Hope you're getting plenty of crafting time (and staying warm!)

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