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Happy Tuesday!
I have another unscheduled post today, I purchased a couple new stamp sets and found some time this weekend to get inky. The card was quick to make too. We actually had a 4 day weekend, and had no plans as my daughter and son were both recovering from what is probably the flu. My daughter was the last one to catch it and I still have her home today. She felt better to go to school this morning but she still has too many symptoms (sneezing, runny nose, some coughing) and with how bad the flu season is this year I decided to keep her home today so she doesn't get anyone else sick. My kids do hate missing school though as they know they will have to work harder to catch up on what they missed.

The stamp set I used on today's card is Tim Holtz Mixed Media Butterflies Stamps and Stencil Set by Stampers Anonymous. I just love the versatility of the set and what a great sentiment! So inspiring! I actually made another quick card with it, but I am keeping that one for Saturday's Allsorts challenge post.

I started out by inking an acrylic block with Distress Ink Evergreen Bough,  spritzing the block with water and then using it to stamp directly onto Strathmore Bristol Vellum card stock. Next I used my Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform to stamp the verse and butterfly using Versafine Onyx Ink  (after making sure the distress ink was dry - I used a heating tool to speed up the drying process.) After cleaning off the black ink from the butterfly, I inked it up again using Evergreen Bough distress ink and then stamped it twice over the sentiment panel (only inking once). I have also used a paint brush to add a little bit of ink splatter to the background.

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The edges were distressed using a distressing tool, but this can easily be done with a pair of scissors. Mounted onto black card stock, distressed again then adhered onto a card base. The card base is one of Stampin Up's in-color (Bermuda Bay - not sure if it is still available). A couple of sticky pearlswere placed onto the butterfly body. I've also used one side of the stencil that was included with this stamp set on the watercolor piece, I just sponged a little bit of the same ink to give it a subtle texture.


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I'd like to play along in these challenges:
Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations -  Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Messy Backgrounds
Path of Positivity -  Anything Positive 
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge  Anything Goes 
heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + a Stamp
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes
We Love 2 Create  - Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
Crafty Calendar- 2 or More Layers
Imagine That! Creative Playground - Year Round Link Party
Cardz 4 Galz - Stamping
Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Always Anything Goes
Country View Crafts' Challenge - Anything but Cute
Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media February - Butterfly

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoy the rest of your week and I will be back again on Saturday.

Mixed Media Canvas - Inspired by Brenda

Hello everyone, I have something a little different so show you today. I decided to play along in this week's Allsorts challenge (which is Penny Black and More's sister challenge where I am a DT member, so not entering for the prize drawing), but they always seem to have such fun challenges there so I am hoping to join in more often just for the fun and inspiration. Not sure about anyone else, but I have been feeling so uninspired recently, checking out all the challenges online or ideas on pinterest doesn't help me at all and really make things worse (too much inspiration you could say), so I need to find just a couple of challenges that I follow closely and not all of them. Allsorts seems a good place to start as some of my PB & More team mates are on the design team and even though I won't be entering into the prize drawing, it'll be fun to create following their fun themes! 
 
And a new challenge blog has just started "The Flower Challenge", which is another blog I will be adding to the challenge blogs to keep a closer look at. Their first theme this month is "Anything Goes" (with flowers as a focal point of course), and I am looking forward to their upcoming challenges.


This week the theme at Allsorts is "Re- Run", meaning CASE a creation made previously by one of the DT members for Allsorts, this was the prefect chance for me to CASE one of Brenda's beautiful creations.  Her blog is full of amazing design, check it out and see for yourself!!

 This was pretty messy to make, but was lots of fun.  And I got to use products I haven't used in probably a decade, like my paper crimper, Stampin Up's retired lumiere and mica powder. 

Like Brenda, I started out with a canvas, which I "stole" from my husband's art supplies. But that's ok, occasionally I see him taking my copics without asking :-)

Harlequins and dots were done using stencils and modeling paste. After this dried, I painted lumiere (pearlescent acrylic paint from Stampin up - probably retired) over the texture and then rubbed some gold mica powder over it making sure not to cover the whole canvas with it. Next I added all other elements (crimped paper, die cut flowers, butterflies, flourish and word), which I also used lumiere and gold mica on before adhering to the canvas. Sticky dots and pearls were used as flower centers and for the butterflies, and I decided to darken it just a little but by using a turquoise gelato here and there, and little bit of a lilac gelato to bring in a little more color. 

This might have been the messiest thing I've ever worked on, my fingertips looked like they turned gold and were really shiny, but it rinsed off easily with just soap and water.

 The canvas measures approx. 5.5 x 5.5 inches.

Below is Brenda's canvas. Isn't it absolutely amazing!! As you can see I followed her design closely, but of course had to switch things up with products I have. And then I ended up using a shade of lilac that's too deep, wish I hadn't done that, but it's too late now...

 Here is the link to her blog post if you'd like to read how she made this.

Finally here is a  list of products I used:
Harlequin and dots stencils (sorry I don't remember the brand)
Modeling  Paste (I have Galeria brand)
Gesso (I have Golden brand)
Pearlescent  acrylic paint (I have Lumiere by SU)
Large flower: Penny Black die
Smaller flowers: MFT die set
MS butterfly punch
flourish die (Whimsy Stamps - vines)
Word art die (Whimsy Stamps)
Faber Castell gelatos

Aztec gold mica powder (I have perfect pearls brand)
sticky pearls and dots
crochet trim
paper crimper
canvas

Linking up here:
The Flower Challenge
 
Allsorts

More Mixed Media Challenge
theme: anything goes- orange is optional


Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Mixed Media Fun - Playing with Gelatos

Spring finally did arrive, we had some beautiful weather here today. Sadly my daughter came down with the flu on the weekend. Thought she'd be ready to go back to school tomorrow, but now appears to have an ear infection, so she will have to go see her doctor tomorrow instead :-(

I wanted to do a mixed media project, and remembered the canvas notebook I got from Blick Art Materials a while ago, so I got out my gelatos, stencils and stamps and created this while my daughter was sleeping yesterday. 

The canvas was first completely covered with several designer paper scraps. Then I painted gesso over it so soften the look of the papers. Ended up with lots of gelato colors on top, and now the designer papers are practically invisible (unless you look really close). Stamped some words on the background and used a couple stencils with modeling paste to create a texture. The main floral stamp is from Penny Black - Demure. Some of the stems smeared when I added more gelatos, so I used a Faber Castell  Pitt marker to add them again. Finished it off by adding the sentiment, which I cut apart, highlighted them with a dark blue gelato, and then stamped ferns around the canvas.

I know this might look very messy, but I had lots of fun doing it :-) Wish I could spend more time doing mixed media projects, they are so relaxing to work on :-)

Linking it up here:

Artistic Inspirations -Anything Goes with a Twist of Flowers
The Mixed Media World Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes
 Make My Monday -  Flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Bokeh Background and Dandelion Blooms

Happy Friday and happy (almost) weekend! Hope you have some fun things planned and that there is some sunshine in your forecast!

Today is my turn to share a creation on the Just For Fun Rubber Stamps blog, and I decided to give the "Bokeh" technique another try - it's so much fun!! I found my white craft re-inker, so this time I didn't use gesso, but craft ink instead.

If you haven't tried this technique yet, you really should. Super easy to do!! I don't have a specific tutorial to link to, but there are several on pinterest and youtube.

These are the steps I used:

1.  Mask off edge of watercolor paper using washi tape.

2. Wet paper with a clean watercolor brush.

3. Add your watercolors to the paper (be sure the whole paper is covered with paint

with no white space in between).

4. Let dry or use heating tool for quicker drying

5. Create a homemade stencil using different sized circle punches.

6. Simply use this stencil to add white craft ink to the background

7. Try different intensity for different sized circles (I tried to have my smallest circles be the most intense).

8. Your background is now complete and you can create the card with it :-)

(Be careful when removing the washi tape if you like to use the border in your card design)

You don't have to use watercolor paints, you can use dye ink-reinkers too. Gelatos would probably work too. 

Product List:

Dandelion Blooms, Unmounted sentiments sheet 1

both from JFF

watercolor paper by Canson

watercolor paints

white craft ink, versafine onyx ink

MS butterfly punch, sticky rhinestones

washi tape for masking, heating tool

circle punches for making stencil, sponge

I would love to play along here:

Stampotique Designers' Challenge SDC188 - Your Favorite Background Technique - Bokeh is my current favorite
Loves Rubber Stamps -Create your own background
Cheerful Stamp Pad -In the Garden
Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Bookmarks for Valentine's and Mixed Media Monthly

Happy Valentine's Day!

I spent the whole morning yesterday playing with stamps and inks, and today I get to show you the 3 bookmarks I made :-) If you are following me on Instagram, you might have seen them already. 

All 3 bookmarks are double sided. Below is the one I made for the kids, side 1. 

Below is the other side. I didn't really plan on adding blue here, but I hadn't cleaned my stencil last time I used it, so I got some blue ink mixed into the modeling paste.

 I made two of these, pretty much identical, so both kids would have the same one.

I used copic makers for coloring the images above. You can see that it was bleeding through the paper a bit, but since they are of vintage style, it doesn't really matter.

Since I was having so much fun, I decided to make one for my husband too. He loves to read, so it will come in handy :-)

Side 1

Side 2

The images on hubby's bookmark were colored with Faber Castell Polychromos, mainly because I have trouble coloring the cats above with copics, but I decided to color them all with pencils because of the bleeding through. 

These were actually pretty easy to make. I simply used different stamps for the background, sponged some distress inks along the edges and then stamped my images right onto the tags. After coloring, I used a stencil and some modeling paste to finish them off. 

I wanted these bookmarks to last a while, so I laminated them. 

You can see in the first one here (below), that there is more blue ink on the modeling paste. It was the first backside I made. (Didn't get as much blue on the second one, which you can see above.) 

Sorry about the bad photo above, it was copied from my Instagram account. These are the 3 I made. Since I made two of the same I was able to photograph both sides of that one, but not of the 3rd one.

Product List:

Share a Hug, So Very Much, Furry Affection, Butterfly Suite

(all above are by Penny Black)

Distressed Backgrounds and ink splats (whimsy stamps)

little hearts in envelope stamp by SU

Tags by Altered Pages 

Distress inks in various colors

copics, faber castell polychromos pencils

stencils (sorry I don't know the names) 

modeling paste, grosgrain ribbon

These bookmarks are made to fit the challenge at

Mixed Media Monthly - Think Pink (pink hearts, pink umbrella)

Lots of love and hearts challenges so I am also playing along here:

Bloggers -  Love is in the Air
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards -  Love is in the Air 
Fussy and Fancy - It's All About Love

 Jo's Scrap Shack - Valentine's Day
Scrap & Craft Challenge  - Valentines/Love/Romance

Tuesday Throwdown - Love is in the Air
Crafter's Cafe - Hearts
Crafting By Designs - Love Is In The Air
Crafting for all Seasons -  Have a Heart (2nd Week)

Inky Impressions - Valentine's/Love
Stampotique Designers' Challenge -  It's All Love and Hearts

Deep Ocean Challenge -Love is all around

 The Stamping Boutique - Hearts
Wags 'n Whiskers -  For Someone You Love
4 Crafty Chicks -Valentines

Also playing along here:

Frosted Designs Friday Challenge -  Get Messy x2 - use 2 messy items- I used inks and paste 

Just Inspirational Challenges -Any Animal
Simon Says Stamp -  All Creatures Great and Small 
Crafty Gals Corner -   Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Red Rubber Inspirationals -  So Sentimental 

Thanks so much for visting! I hope you have some fun things planned for today! The kids and I are going to be making some Valentine's cupcakes this morning and surprise hubby with them after he gets off work :-)

Live Out Loud

Happy Friday! 

Today was my turn to share a creation on the Just For Fun Rubberstamps blog, and I decided to use my dylusions inks. It's been too long since I last used them, and had lots of fun getting inky :-)

All stamps are by Just For fun, I also used a dotted stencil. Besides dylusions inks I also used distress inks, as the green that I have was too bright (like on the top portion of the card), so I inked the edges a little bit with an earthier shade of green (peeled paint).

Product list:

stamptangle pattern background, michelanglo background, turned blackbird, 

stamptangle leaf flourish small, live out loud phrase

dylusions inks, distress inks, archival ink
mixed media card stock,, 110lb card stock 
prima flower and brad

I would love to play along in a few challenges:
Mixed Media Card challenge - vintage
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Baffies Kreativladen -  Fall & Halloween
Crafter's Cafe - F Black, Orange + 1 colour (I chose green)
ABC Challenge - ‘U is for Unique’ Anything Goes
Crafting Musketeers - Autumn Colours

Thanks for visiting!!

Whimsy Stamps - October Rubber Stamp Release Day One

Happy Monday!!

It's almost time again for Whimsy Stamps newest Rubber stamp release! Over the next 3 days we will be holding a daily blog hop showing you creations made with these new goodies. The Grand Blog Hop will take place on Wednesday, which is the official release day and all the new goodies will be available for purchase in the Whimsy Shop then. 

As always, be sure to hop along and leave comments at each stop for a chance to win the prize. I have included the hop list at the end of the post. 

Today we are showing you creations made with designs by Crissy Armstrong, Mi Ran and SC Designs and I am so excited to be part of today's hop.

Edited this post Oct. 8th, as I have redone this card to create step by step photos.
Below is the new card and I do like it better than the first card. Step-by-step photos can be found on the Whimsy Blog (Oct. 9th). 

I used the stamp set Christmas Scene Builder by SC Designs. I started out by simply using the direct to paper technique using distress inks. Then I heat embossed the first row of skycrapers, masking off some "snow" on the bottom. I stamped the houses again with light gray ink to create more skycrapers in the background. Not sure I like the yellow, I wanted it to look like the buildings are all lit and are making the city glow...maybe I should have used a more subtle yellow.

The snow on the bottom was done by using a mask and more distress ink. The moon was also masked off, before I started inking the background. 

I added a few sequins and then the sentiment with a little bit of washi tape. 

And here is the hopping list. 

Bev

Debbie  (Guest)

Crissy  (Guest)

Ellie

Denise (Guest)

Iris

Stephanne (Guest)

Jacque

Louise

Shelby

Simonne 

 Don't forget to comment on each blog for a chance to win! You have until Tuesday noon EST to comment.  Happy hopping and good luck!!

Hope you have a great day!!

Be sure to visit the Whimsy blog tomorrow for the second blog hop. I will be back again on Wednesday for our Grand Blog Hop. 

Floral Silhouette

Happy Friday!

Finally found some time  to share a card made with one of my favorite stamps from Just For Fun Rubberstamps. Can't believe I haven't used it yet before, but that's what happens when you get a huge amount of amazing new rubber stamps, you just don't know what to use first. 

A quick to create card, I simply stamped the floral silhoutte in black archival ink. Without re-inking I stamped the image twice again to create lighter images. 

Next I added some ink using a chickenwire stencil and distress inks. Edges were inked using darker shades of colors and finally I used the silhouette stamp around the edges too.

Matted onto black card stock and then added to my card base. 

Product list:

Queen Ann's Lace stamp, Enjoy Life sentiment (both by JFF rubberstamps)

yellow, orange and brick red distress inks

black archival ink

twine

I'd love to play along here:

A Vintage Journey - Colors of Autumn
Daring Cardmakers - Stencil Revolution
Simply Create Too - Fall/ Autumn
 4 Crafty Chicks - Fall

Thanks for visiting!

Inky Embossing

Happy Friday! 

Time for a little "Just For Fun rubberstamps" inspiration! I thought this beautiful floral stamp would look amazing embossed in white, so that is what I did here. Love how it turned out with the distress inks, and this card can be recreated using lots of different color combos.

I simply stamped the large floral image onto my card stock using versamark ink, and heat embossed using clear embossing powder. Then I inked it up with distress inks and an ink applicator tool. I tore some white card stock for my sentiment and added it over the card. I finished it off by adding a couple punched butterflies embellished with sticky rhinestones.

Product list:

Stamptangle Sunflower Montage , May flowers always...(both by JFF)

recollections 110lb card stock, SU colored card stock

versamark ink, distress ink, archival ink

butterfly punch, rhinestones

I am playing along here:

Paper Shelter Challenge - Embossing (heat embossed image)
City Crafter Challenge - Butterflies
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Berry Branch

Happy Friday!

Finally found some time to play with some stamps and get inky. I made the card below using stamps from Just For Fun Rubberstamps and distress ink.

I heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder. Then inked up the card stock using mowed lawn distress ink. I used the same stamp on the white card stock, this time stamped it with the same color of distress ink. Layered with some yellow and wasabi card stock and finished the card off with brads and some gold cord.

Products  used:

Berry Branch, unmounted sentiments 1 sheet - both by Just For Fun

mowed lawn distress ink, versamark ink, clear embossing powder

recollections 110lb card stock, SU wild wasabi card stock, SU yellow card stock

gold cord, gold brads

I am playing along here:

Sweet Stamps -Anything Goes  
 Creative Card Crew  -Embossing Wet or Dry
Top Tip Tuesday -  Anything Goes 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by,

 hope you have a fun filled weekend!!

Watercolors and Embossing

Hello and happy Monday!!

 Kids are still home from school due to a teacher's strike (which I fully support), and so we are enjoying a few more days of summer, before it's back to daily homework and earlier bedtimes.

Kids had friends over this weekend, so I found some time to create a card for our midmonth reminder at Penny Black and More.

I love playing with my husband's watercolor paints, so happy he is sharing :-)

The floral stamp was heat embossed using versamark ink and white embossing powder onto mixed media card stock. Before I stamped the flowers I masked the edges using painter's tape. After watercoloring I removed the masking tape and stamped the sentiment. I added some turquoise butterflies to bring some more color into the design and "blinged" it up with some rhinestones.

Product list:

Delicate Florals, Hello Friend stamp sets - both by Penny Black

Grumbacher watercolor paints

Canson Mixed Media card stock, SU card stock

MS butterfly punch, rhinestones

versamark ink, black archival ink

white embossing powder, painter's tape

Playing along here:

Watercolor 101  - Masks part 1

Mixed Media Cards - Summer

 

As I mentioned this is also my Design Team card Penny Black and More midway reminder.

 

 I do hope you'll join us. Our theme is simply ANYTHING GOES. All stamp manufacturers are welcome. We just ask that you use actually rubber or clear stamps and stamp as the focal point. Although we do also welcome creations made with Penny Black stickeroos. 

We have lots of fabulous prizes to give away :-)

Hope you have a great day!!

Watercolors, stencils and some paste

For today's card I combined two of my recently found favorite challenges, which are also both very new at hosting challenges. One of them is Watercolor 101.

 Last week the challenge was watercolor wash with salt, this week, the challenge is to use this technique but in the focal image. When I first read what the challenge was, I knew I wanted to  create a Christmas tree using the watercolor wash technique and that was the inspiration for my card. 

Since I also currently love to play with mixed mediums, I wanted to combine the challenge with this month's Mixed Media Monthly challenge, and so I created  a mixed media card. The challenge there this month is stencils and pastes. 

Here is what I came up with.

I started out by simply applying Grumbacher Deluxe watercolors onto watercolor paper. I used several shades of greens. Then I added some rock salt to the paper. I had to mist the paper with some water to get the salt "working".  (If you'd like to learn more about this technique, please click the Watercolor 101 link, there are several tutorial links posted on the challenge blog.)
 Next I simply cut out a tree shape using a paper cutter. I splattered some more ink over the tree. Decided it would look nice with some word over the tree so I got out an old SU stamp and randomly stamped it over the tree using black ink. Then I used another stamp around the edges for more interest. The star on top was hand drawn, cut out and colored with gelatos. What appears organge-y in the photos, is a more deeper red in real life. Not sure why it looks orange here.

I created the background using dylusions inks and gelatos, another christmas verse stamp and the same stamp that I used to border the christmas tree. I also stamped a music note. The dots were made using a stencil and some paste that I recently picked up from Dick Blick's clearance section. It's a white paste, but for whatever reason it turned greenish.

Finally inked the edges with black ink, adhered it to a white card front and then on a green card base.

Here is a closer look at the tree where I used the watercolor wash/salt technique.

Products used:

Christmas verses and sentiment (SU- retired)

flourish stamp (lavish flourishes - Whimsy Stamps),

Music note ( Spring stamp kit - Whiff of Joy)

Dylusions, gelatos, modeling paste

archival ink, grumbacher deluxe watercolors, rock salt

 Besides the two challenges listed and linked above I'd also love to play along here:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas where the challenge is Reach for the Stars, at
Left of Center Creative Challenges the challenge is Christmas in August and then finally at
Winter Wonderland  Anything Goes for Xmas.

Thanks for visiting,

have a great Sunday!

If I had a single flower...

Happy Friday and happy August!

 I've been playing with some embossing powder and a new stamp from Just for Fun Rubberstamps to create this clean and simple card.

After heat embossing the image using versamark ink and clear embossing powder, I applied distress inks to the card stock. The image panel was cut at an angle, then I stamped the sentiment. Added it to a white 110lb card base to finish to complete the card. Very quick to create and reproduce. I can see this one done in many different colors and sentiments for a set of cards.

You can find both, the beautiful floral stamp and sentiment at Just For Fun Rubberstamps, and you can choose from wood mounted, cling mounted and unmounted.

Products used:

Stamptangle Zenflowers, If I had a single flower... (both by JFF)

Tim Holtz Distress inks (peeled paint, broken china)

versamark inkpad, clear embossing powder

black archival ink

recollections card stock 110lb

 Playing along here:
Art Impressions Stamps Challenge -Like an EmBoss wet or dry embossing
Addicted to Stamps and More -  Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp -  Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Flower Power!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, filled with lots of sunshine and fun things to do! 

Seahorses

I wanted to play again in this month's Mixed Media Monthly challenge, and so I decided to create a underwater birthday card.  This month their challenge is "around the house" meaning to find items around the house to use in our creations.

Can you guess which item I found in my house to use on this card? A pencil - I used the eraser end of the pencil to stamp some circles using gesso. I actually got this idea from a kids art project I saw on pinterest.

My new stamps from Just For Fun Rubberstamps are so perfect for these mixed media creations, and all the stamps I used here are from JFF. My background was mostly done using dylusions inks. I did use a honeycomb stencil, but it is really hard to tell. I also wiped a distress inkpad over the background to add a little extra interest. 

The seahorses and seaweeds in the foreground were stamped onto watercolor paper and I used gelatos and a damp baby wipe for coloring. They were then fussy cut. Sentiment is also from JFF.

Product list:

Seahorse small, seahorse large, stamptangle bloom, seakelp large 

unmounted sentiments 1 sheet

(all stamps by JFF)

dylusions inks, distress ink, archival ink

gelatos, gesso

leafy flourish die (whimsy stamps)

mixed media card stock, watercolor paper

pencil for gesso circles

Playing along here:

Mixed Media Monthly - around the house

Mixed Media Cards - touch of nature

Inky Chicks - Happy Birthday
Paper Minutes -Underwater World
Crafting When We Can - Make Your Own Background 

Gelli plate fun

Today's project was so much fun to create! And very messy! I recently purchased a 6x6 gelli arts plate and that is what I used on today's card.

I made the card below using stamps from Just For Fun Rubberstamps. I started out by applying acrylic paint  in 3 different shades onto the gelli plate. Then I stamped the gelli plate with the Stamptangle Pattern Background to create a texture on the gelli plate. (This process actually took paint away from the gelli plate where it stamped.) I absolutely love this background stamp and can't wait to use on another card!

After the paint dried (it didn't take very long), I used a couple shades of green gelatos on the bottom part. I also used the stamp Sea Oats from JFF to stamp some grass using green distress ink.

 The Collaged Row of Houses by JFF were stamped onto separate card stock and then colored using gelatos (doors were colored with a copic because I don't have brown gelatos). They were then fussy cut and adhered to the card. The sun is a solid silhouette stamp - sunny silhouette, so I just used some yellow ink and fussy cut it after stamping. I used a cloud stencils and some modeling paste (another new to me product) for the clouds. To finish it off I stamped the words from the set Sentiments 1  unmounted sheet and cut the words apart to adhere separately to the card.

 

Just wanted to leave a little review about the gelli plate. According to instructions on package, the company recommends the use of acrylic paints because dye inks will stain the gelli plate. I only used acrylic paints with mine, and it got stained anyway. The staining is not supposed to affect the quality  in any way. Maybe the paint brand I used was too cheap? I don't know, but at least now I can use my dye inks on it as well without worrying about staining it. 

And then just to warn you, you have to be very careful how you keep it, even for a short period of time. After washing the paint off of the gelli plate and a stencil, I had put the stencil on top of the plate, and now my plate has a probably permanent pattern on it. This was my mistake because they did mention that on the package and I was just too careless with it. 

I am playing along in the following challenges:
Inky Impressions - No DP
Wonderful Wednesdays - Always Anything Goes 
Party Time Tuesdays -Anything Goes
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes must be mixed Media
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Chocolate Baroque Challenge - color challenge (see logo below)

 

Thanks for visiting, hope you have a nice and sunny weekend!

Enjoy Life

I wanted to play in a couple mixed media challenges, and so I thought I'd get some more of my new Just For Fun rubberstamps inky :-)

I created the background with some dylusions inks, stamps from JFF and I also used some corrugated card board for stamping with gesso (one of the challenges I am playing along in the challenge is "things around the house"). 

Products used:

Stamps all by JFF

Stamptangle fancy fish, Stamptangle leaf flourish,

waterring large , Enjoy life sentiment 

other products:

Dylusions inks, gesso, black archival ink, 

copics, sequins

Challenges:

Mixed Media Monthly - around the house (I used corrugated cardboard for stamping with gesso)

Mixed Media card challenge - Touch of nature

Creative Corner - Water

Hope you have a great weekend!