Tag book for PaperArtsy

I have been playing with some of the Stamps by France Papillon available from PaperArtsy.

I have made a tag book with various sized tags and started to fill it with these lovely images.

Full details can be seen on the PaperArtsy Blog.

Carol xx

Stamping onto Glass for PaperArtsy

 

I have been having a go at journalling on glass for the PaperArtsy blog this evening.

Using stamps by Tracy Scott, these worked well on the glass as the nice open images had lots of space to colour without being too fiddly to do.

Full details can be found on the PaperArtsy Blog.

Carol xx

Pirate Dreams - A Journal Page

Hi

I am over on the PaperArtsy Blog this evening with a post for their Collage theme. I have done an A4 Journal page with pockets for the tags behind the page.

Full details can be found on the PaperArtsy Blog and incase anyone wants to know my image is from TandiArt on Etsy. I found her recently via a post on Instagram and she does have some lovely images.

Carol xx

Leave your past behind

I have done this page to enter into the PaperArtsy challenge of PaperDolls.

The background is an idea I had when trying out things for another page, and it has sat in my journal for a while waiting to be  finished. So here it is with a few bits of collage and a quote.

My dad died last year and I had all his poetry books, amongst them were a lot of Tyler Knott Gregson books this quote is one of his, he has some nice short punchy poems perfect for journal pages.

Details of the PaperArtsy challenge can be seen HERE.

Carol x

Being Small For PaperArtsy

I am over on the PaperArtsy Blog tonight hoping to inspire you to enter their Paper Dolls Challenge.

Your Paper Dolls can be any type and if you check out the blog there are some great examples over the last few days from their bloggers but also on the opening post where the challenge is introduced and this can be found by clicking HERE.

I have used a Tim Holtz Paper Doll on my blogger post for them and my whole journal page was inspired by a quote on their One Penny - Plate 1 stamp set.

I am also a huge fan of Mandy Chilver's collage skills and last time she stayed with me I made her collage .... a lot so I could get to grips with it, so thank you Mandy your lesson was well appreciated.

Carol x

She Loves to Fly - A Journal Page

I have a tutorial in Mixed Up Magazine for this journal page it includes a full step by step and lots of photo's.

There are several tutorials shared on the magazine site every Friday and also access to exclusive Digital collage sheets.

To subscribe follow this link.

Thank you for your visit, Carol x

Fabric Journal

I have fancied making a journal entirely from fabric for a while and I eventually got the push I needed when I decided to do one for an article in Mixed Up Magazine.

Here are a few sneak peaks of my article, to subscribe and see the full tutorial of how it was done, as well as lots of other tutorials from some fabulous artists you can subscribe HERE.

Carol xx

New release PaperArtsy stamps

I very pleased to be on the PaperArtsy blog tonight using some stamps from the latest release by Tracy Scott.

I used one of the That's Crafty 8 x 8 panels as the base for my project.

To see the full post and lots more yummy photos do please pop on over to the blog for a look.

Carol xx

Back to Black at That's Crafty

Back to Black is the theme on the That's Crafty Challenge Blog this week.
I have a journal page to share.

My project started with a piece of black gessoed card that I had used for mopping up stencils from my Gelli Plate, this gave me a lovely muted background of colours which I cut to size, to fit in my 5 x 7 journal.

I added more detail with a lovely Kim Dellow Stencil from Paperartsy

I then added colour to the stenciled area by keeping the Big stencil in place and layered others over it to add color through. I used a selection of from the Dinky range by That's Crafty for this.

I then replaced the big stencil and used it as a template to add white highlights with a pen to the stenciled area.

I am now horribly stuck as to what to do next, so I am going away to think.......

Two day's later and I am back with my finished page.

I found a lovely collage image and title from a music sheet in my bit box which gave me an idea for a theme.

I stamped the book  ring from the That's crafty Textures stamp set 2 onto text paper and added this to the top right of the page, added some drippy images using the same stamp set and Art Alchemy metallique gold rush paint to stamp with. Over this I used DecoArt crackle glaze mixed with  Dioxazine Purple pushed through the dinky stencil 081.

I used my finger to rub paint over this when dry to highlight the crackle.

I added a bit of black stencilling and stitching and a couple of random bits that I found in my collage box. Finishing it all by rubbing on odd colours of Distress crayons here and there just to give it a bit more of a moody look.

I must admit this was one of those projects that I really did  not like at one stage and it nearly went in the bit torn in half in a huff. But I am glad I persevered with it as I now really like the way it all came together.

Carol xx

Bright Journal Page for That's Crafty

The latest challenge starts today at That's crafty.

Full details can be found HERE on the challenge blog

I have a video showing details of my page, this can be found below.

I used the following Stamps and Stencils

Carabelle Art Stamp

Dylusions Quote

Word Stencil - Imagine for border

Large 8 x 8 stencils

Mini burst stencil

Carol xx

PaperArtsy Challenge - Our House

The new challenge has started on the PaperArtsy Blog, The theme is "our house"

I have been working on this page on and off for the last couple of weeks and when I saw that Lauren had used doors on her challenge make I thought I would enter it into the challenge.

 I do love to do hidden spots for journalling on my pages, sometimes it's tags hidden in a slot,  but this page has a little door that opens to reveal a secret spot to write in.

I have incorporated lots of paint and stamping for my background, (most is hidden in all the layers) I used a hand carved stamp I made last year after being inspired by Kate Crane. My house collage images are also by Kate Crane and I have used some some hand cut border pieces, finishing the whole page off with some red stenciled dots and some doodles.

Thank you for visiting, Carol xx

PaperArtsy Doodles

I was drawn to the Current PaperArsty challenge of Doodles, partly because the word Doodles always makes me laugh, I don't know why, maybe it's just the way the word kind of ties your tongue up a bit as you say it.

Anyway I came to the blog to have a look after following a link on Facebook and thought I am not really a doodler I can't enter this !! I doodle in fits a spurts and not a page worthy amount, but then I saw the #10 Butterfly Trails by Wanda Hentges and realised this is my type, spasmodic and not to prolific, so I decided to start a page and see if I got it finished in time.

My page has lot of elements; A paint base, collage, Gelato's, stamping using the lovely EKD02 set that I recently came into possession of and of course the doodles (snigger)

Good luck to everyone who enters the challenge.

Enjoy your day, Carol xx

Scribbles and Doodles Art Journal Page

 I used

Nina Angel

Corner Sun

Seaweed

 Learning to Fly

I cannot believe another week has passed by, a friends husband gave us his thoughts on why time seems to go faster as you get older, and he reckon it is all to do with the dither factor, you dither over things as you get older for 5 minutes whereas before it was just bam you did it, so 12 dithers a day is one hour, over a week its 7 hours and in a month it all adds up to over a day, as he reckoned your brain doesn't register the dither, it just thinks it is doing things in the same time frame as before !! So there you go before you know it it's christmas again.

So Bam it's Wednesday and time for another Stampotique challenge, this week hosted by Arwen. Her theme is scribbles. I have lots of scribbles on my journal page, actual scribbly scribbles and doodled scribbles as my border.

Full details of the Challenge this week, how to enter and the randomly drawn prize of a $30 gift voucher to spend on rubber at Stampotique Originals can been seen HERE.

Enjoy the challenge this week.

I hope you have a lovely day, Carol xx

My Inkognito Heart

I used

Heart Inkognito

Flower Inkognito set

ink splats

I have a journal page to share today using stamps by Invisible Image.

The basic painty base was done with my Gelli Plate.

I stamped my image and quote in black and then embossed them with clear embossing powder as I thought this would keep them nice and dense on the page but also as I wanted to be able to wipe other mediums of them easily.

I stamped the splatter in red and black on my page, I then added lots of other layers over the top of this, drips with spray paints, crackle diamonds with DecoArt Crackle paint coloured with Media paint, (one of my favorite things to do at the moment) and then splatters of gold paint to finish it all off. Wiping any splatters off the heart and image as I went.

I bordered the whole page using the border stamp from the flower set and black ink.

The washi tape is simply to hold my page in where it got so wet it fell out of my book.

The full range of stamps from Visible image can be seen on the website HERE.

Have a good day, Carol xx

One Little Flower

I used

Carol's Flower - Large

Living is not enough

This week for the Stampotique challenge  Arwen has challenged us to use only nature in our makes, no Humans or Animals.

Now I did not realise how hard this would be, I kept thinking " add a bee or a butterfly" but I couldn't !!

So I have a journal page with flowers. I used it on my Gelli plate first of all to make my background.
I then stamped it in gesso on the page, then finally stamped it onto another Gelli Plate background before cutting out the flowers and adding sticking them in place.

I added a few more dribs and drabs with paint and pencils before adding my quote because in the end all I did need for this page was one little flower.

Full details of the Challenge this week, how to enter and the prize can been seen HERE.

Enjoy the challenge this week.

I hope you have a lovely day, Carol xx

A Foxy Tin

I used the following stamps
Foxy
Word Collage
Kate's Doodles Cube
Oodles of Doodles

It's Wednesday so that means it's time for a new challenge at the Stampotique Blog. 

This week Valerie has chosen the theme of "what's old is new again" and has asked us to recycle or re-purpose and older item.

I have recycled a small tin that used to hold mints.

I went for a journal theme on my tin.

I first gave it a coat of chalk paint to cover the paint on the tin but also to give my paint a bit of tooth.

I then dry brushed  my 3 colours of paint onto the lid and sides of the tin, added my background stamping with black archival ink. Then used a Dinky stencil to add gesso to the lid.

I stamped Foxy onto white paper and coloured him with pencils before cutting him out and sticking him down.

I then dragged some lines onto the top of the tin using blue paint and an old store card. Finally adding a word from the Word Collage stamp to the top right of the tin lid.

I sealed it with a coat of DecoArt Satin Varnish.

Full details of the Challenge this week, how to enter and the prize can been seen HERE.

Enjoy the challenge this week.

I hope you have a lovely day, Carol xx

Corners of your Mind Journal Page

I have a journal page this week for Visible Image.

I used the following stamps

Learn to Fly Again

Corners of Your Mind

Flower Inkognito

I brought this stencil about 2 years ago I have never used it until now, I never felt I had the right images or quote to get the idea over that I had when I brought it. But this quote is exactly what I was thinking of when I got the stencil and the birds fit perfectly behind the image, together they give the feeling of daydream and whimsy that I was always thinking off.

My background is built up layers of washi tape and paint, applied through stencils and with bottle lids. My main stencil had simply been applied with black paint, then masked off too add the deeper purple and white dots inside the face area.

I added my quote and then stamped the border with the long stamp from the Flower Inkognito set.

I added my flying birds and a few dropped feathers using the Learn to fly again set.

enjoy your day, Carol xx

Luck of the Irish

I used the following stamps

Penelope
Pencil Circles
Hat Cube
Kate's Doodles Cube
Vic
Every Dog Text
Circled Circle

Jackie is our hostess for the theme this week on the Stampotique Challenge Blog.

She has chosen St Patrick's day and wants us to show the luck of the Irish in our projects, a four leaf clover, lucky rainbows, or anything that makes you think of Ireland.

I have used a hat that is typically Irish shaped, I have coloured it green, my washi tape also have four leaf clovers and rainbows on it.

Full details of the Challenge this week, how to enter and the prize can been seen HERE.

Enjoy the challenge this week.

Happy crafting, Carol xx

Release your Flying Monkey's

I used the following stamps

Brick Wall

Visometry Set 3

Oz Flying Monkey Set

all the stamps can be found  HERE on the visible image website.

This is actually a background that I prepped ages ago for a class, I always have a pile of basic painty backgrounds sitting around either from trying things out or from showing techniques in classes.

This is a loose leaf page approx 19 x 27 cm.

This is done with just black paint and white tinting base from the the Deco art media range. I used a stencil and a chunky hand cut lino stamp that I did ages ago to use with paint. 

On the finished page I have now actually filled in the stamped swirl with gesso as I wanted to stamp the small image from the Visometry Set 3  on my background as I thought it would go well with my image. I just added gesso over the swirl, filled it in with colour and then stamped my image over it, easy peasy.

I thought was is a bit of a moody background so I have used the Flying Monkey from the Oz set of stamps on it as he does look a grumpy little thing and I thought he would suit the page. I coloured him using my Polychromos and Caran D'Ache pencils

I wanted him to sit on washi so I used some white tape and stamped the Brick Wall stamp on it with red paint, added this to the page and sticking down Mr Monkey so he was sitting on it.

I finished off my page by adding the small monkey's from the set buzzing around his head, and one of my favorite things at the moment, Decoart crackle paint mixed with media paint and applied through a stencil, I do love the way this looks.

Happy Crafting

Carol Xx

Spring is in the Air

I used the following stamps

Giant Daisy
The Earth Laughs in Flowers

I am hosting theme this week on the Stampotique Challenge Blog.

Because it is nearly spring here in the UK I have chosen the theme of
"Spring is in the Air" and asked you to use a flower or flowers on your project.

I have a journal page to share with you for the challenge. I like to journal on a black background in bright colours as it really makes it all pop off the page.

This is a fairly simple page done with finger painting and a couple of stencils, adding Jo's lovely Daisy as my main focal point.

Finishing it with a quote that always makes me think of spring as I think flowers are the Earths way of being pleased that winter is finally over.

Full details of the Challenge this week, how to enter and the prize can been seen HERE.

Don't forget the blog hop for the new release of stamps is still on and two lucky people will win 2 randomly drawn prizes, details can be seen on the blog hop post HERE.

Enjoy the challenge this week.

Happy crafting, Carol xx