Rudolph...

Good Morning everyone

Last Christmas for a swap i made some ATC's with this funky rudolph stamp which i liked so much i decided to make a batch of cards based on them. 

5x5" kraft card blank.  I took a piece of kraft paper and smooched blue oxide inks over it, once dry i stamped small snowflakes with the same oxide inks, i then matted it onto the card front.  I die cut a kraft card square and stamped the rudloph face with black versaclair ink.  

I made myself a mask of the head shape by stamping the face onto copier paper and tearing around the shape, this gave a softer edge than cutting with scissors, i then added the mask over the base image with repositionable tape pen.  I then stamped a Christmas verse background stamp over the top with sepia archival ink.  Keeping the mask in place i added a light layer of oxide ink to the background & also stencilled on some stars using Diamond starlight paint so it really shimmers in the light. I then removed the mask.  I added colour to Rudolph and green stickles glitter glue to the berries on his antlers for a punch of contrast colour.

I Stamped the nose again onto white cardstock and watercoloured red, i added a generous covering of glossy accents and once dry cut out and added to the base image with glue gel to give him his lovely red shiny nose. I matted the layer onto kraft paper and then the card front.

Computer printed sentiment cut up and added to finish.

Here you can see the diamond starlight stars in the background

Version 2.  As most of you know I do like making something a bit unusual so these were such fun to make and its good to use an old stamp set too.

This is the trio of atc's i made last year.

Items Used:

Paperartsy Zinskiart stamps 'ZA19' Totem Christmas

Christmas script stamp - brand unknown, its a very old wood one

Small snowflake stamps

Star stencil

Imagination crafts starlight paint 'diamond' (now cadence dora)

Distress Oxide inks 'tumbled glass' 'salvaged patina' 'salty ocean'

Distress Inks 'fired brick' 'vintage photo'

Ranger stickles lime

Glossy accents

Kraft card & paper

Thank you all for stopping by.  Hugs Emmax

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Dancing Sheep

Good Morning everyone, i hope you had a good weekend.  

Today Im sharing some of the last batch of Easter cards i made using this fab Zinskiart sheep, doing her Spring Fling with daffodil in her mouth. 

6x6" scalloped base card.  Ive been on a mission to use these very old neglected tattered lace square dies - i do like them but they tend to warp the cardstock and are nearly impossible to stick down flat and square.  Im also on a mission to use old sheets of 6x6 paper, the odd sheets left in paper pads. 

I first stamped and watercoloured with marker pens and cut them out.  I then found papers to go with them.  I die cut the yellow paper with a smaller square and matted onto a larger square die cut from turquoise blue pearl cardstock - both added with foam tape.  I had small offcuts of pale pink paper which i added top and bottom behind the main panel.   I gently curved the sheep and added to the front with pinflair glue gel.

I stamped the fab quote from the stamp set and cut up, adding with glue gel.  Touches of glitter glue to finish.

Version 2

Version 3

Items Used:

Paperartsy 'ZinskiArt' stamps - ZA26

Various patterned papers

Turquoise pearl cardstock

CraftUk ltd scalloped cardblanks

Watercolour markers

Ranger stickles

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you enjoy your week.  Our schools start their Easter Holiday this week so i hope to see my nieces at some point. Hugs Emmaxxx

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Creative Artiste...

Good Morning everyone, welcome to October.

I was honoured to be offered a guest designer spot for Creative artiste Mixed Media for this month.  As it was for october my first thought was maybe a halloween mixed media project but then i saw this bone shaped mdf and thought it would be ideal for those Crazy dog stamps from Tim Holtz

Mdf bone size 12x7"....  after doing the background (see last photo below) I stamped the tim holtz crazy dogs and a couple of zinksi art dogs, coloured them with inktense pencils and cut out.  I covered them all with mod podge to give them a bit of protection.  

From an empty pet food box i die cut my alpha's with a sizzix bigz die, covered with black paint and then glossy accents to give them an enamelled look.  I die cut some circles from card, painted with yellow paint, drew on lines to make them look more like tennis balls and again covered with glossy accents. 

 I then got arranging it all - this took longer than you might think getting the dogs in an order that i felt worked best and actually i didnt glue them down for a couple days to make sure i was happy with this finished arrangement!  I added a few Tim Holtz ideology bones, a couple of them i cut in half as you wouldn't see the whole bone anyway and made them go further. 

A metal tag added above the be happy to finish which reads 'live in the moment' which i think alot of dogs do.

After a few days i felt it needed something to balance the heavy black letters so i stencilled some black paw prints around the edge to look like one of the dogs had been off for a wonder following a scent trail as they do😁.....and it made all the difference.

Of course i had to add glossy accents to the dogs eyes and noses too

and onto my background

 I stencilled texture paste through a paw print & diamond stencils and once dry covered it all with black gesso.  I then added patches of crackle paste and once all was dry i built it up by dry brushing on white and cream acrylic paints adding a touch of diamond to the top layer that twinkles in the light.  I found an old tim holtz grungeboard heart in my stash which i again added texture paste paw prints to, covered in red paint and then again dry brushed on the white and cream acrylic.  I then added that to the bone and edged the bone with black paint.  This bone came with a stand but i wanted to hang it so just cut off the tabs and sanded back and punched some holes in the top with my crop o'dile.

Items Used:

MDF Bone  'dog bone on stand' from Craftshapes.co.uk

Stencils - paw print, diamond

Golden texture paste

Crackle paste

Tim Holtz crazy dog stamps

Paperartsy Zinkski art dog stamps

Derwent inktense pencils

Tim Holtz ideaology - bones, metal tag, grungeboard shapes

Sizzix Tim Holtz word play bigz die

Various acrylic paints

Thank you all for stopping by and to everyone at creative artiste mixed media.blogspot for welcoming me to join them this month.  I hope you all have a good weekend.  Hugs Emmaxx

 

Moo Cows

Good Morning all.

Today im sharing the 2nd card i made for my brothers birthday - with those quirky cows and sorry its a DL card again too.

Gatefold DL (approx 4x8") I covered the front with a pale yellow paper and lined the inside with a grassy looking paper.  I inked all the edges with pistachio oxide ink. I mixed some gold mica with clear gel medium and put through a cow print stencil on the front and flowers on the inside, once dry i stamped foliage to help build up a meadow feel...my mica/gel medium mix acts as a resist.

I stamped the cows, simply watercoloured with oxide inks and cut them out and arranged them on my card, i stamped and cut out to words too.  I then doodled in some ground with a fineliner pen to give them a little ground to stand on.

Showing it beginning to open up peeking into the inside.  My mica stencilling shimmers when the light hits it and of course i just had to add glossy accents for their eyes

and the inside, my 3 little cows are frolicking in the meadow among the buttercups.  

Items Used:

Paperartsy Zinskiart cow stamps (AZ42)

Lavinia foliage stamps

Stencils -cow/leopard print, flowers

Oxide inks

Gold mica powder

Thank you all for stopping by again.  I hope you are enjoying this little bit of sunshine we are having if here in the UK.  Stay safe everyone.  Hugs Emmax

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In the mood for dancing

Good Morning everyone, i hope you are having a good week.  An interesting week for all of you who have children going back to school - i hope its going well.

Todays card is another fold back DL (slimline) After making an 8x8" card from a sheet of A3 i have a DL size left which is quite good.   

Card approx 4x8" , i folded the front of the card back on itself -  I like doing that at the moment as it gives me more room to build a scene. I covered with a soft pastel cloud effect paper &  die cut both end edges with a scalloped edge die.  I then mixed some white mica powder in with a clear medium and put through a cow print stencil onto the background - you can see the mica more when the light hits it.....im trying to find ways to use all the pots of mica i collected many years ago and this seems to work quite well.

I stamped my cows and coloured with inktense pencils and then cut them out.  I stamped the quote and cut it up, i cut some curved borders from a green paper to use as grass and i then arranged them all on my base. I doodled in a little grass under my cows and a few glitter and glossy accent highlights to finish.

Showing how the rest of my scene carries on behind the front panel

 

just a close up, you can see the glossy mica stencilling behind my cow

and showing what it looks like from above

Items Used:

Paperartsy Zinskiart stamps (cows) ZA42

MFT scalloped edge dies & curved edge dies

Patterned papers

Cow print stencil ( or leopard😁)

Clear gloss medium

White mica powder

Derwent Inktense pencils

Diamond Stickles

Glossy accents

 Thank you for stopping by once again. I hope you enjoy the rest of the week, we've had a few days revamping the garden, taking out old past it bushes, im trying to get it all sorted before all 'my' hedgehogs start going into hibernation....  Hugs Emmax

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Elephant birthday

Good Morning everyone.  Aren't we having beautiful weather - seems like summer. Hay making has begun so its all go down on the farm.

Today im sharing a couple of birthday cards, i made the first one for my sister in laws birthday and then one for the box.  She's more into muted tones so ive gone with soft pastel papers and pearl card. 

6x6 card. I made my card base from grey pearl cardstock and rounded the corners as felt that tied in with the rounded elephant.  I then die cut the circle burst from the middle of the card nearer the top edge.  Using papers from the same pad i stamped and cut out elephant and die cut a curved border die - into this panel i also used a swirly stitched die - it just adds pretty stitched detail without any cutting lines.  I stamped my sentiment in black. 

I mounted my elephant with glue gel and added glossy accents to her eye.  The elephant stamp has foliage on her head - i cut that off and used as little trees sticking them following the curved edge of my 'ground'.

Showing it side on so you can see how the light shines through the circle burst cut into the front.  I Used a soft cream for my insert to tone in with the papers. 

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Version two has slightly more colour but papers still from the same paper pad teamed up with a soft gold pearl cardstock.

Made exactly the same way as the first one.  This time i used a soft pink pearl paper for the insert.  No bling as i felt all the pearl card had enough shimmer this time.

Just an elephant close up.  I actually decoupaged the head on them both and added a little shading with a grey pen.

Items Used:

Paperartsy Zinksiart stamps 'ZA38'

Memory box large circle burst die

Spellbinders curved border die

Stitched line die

Poundland papers -  'changing seasons'

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you are coping ok. Stay safe & keep cool. Hugs Emmax

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Moooooo!

Good Morning everyone, i hope you can have a good weekend.

For Christmas i was given a new set of zinski art paperartsy stamps, this fab fun cow stamp, of course with all the cards i make for farmers they will come in very useful but first off is a little piece of artwork for the wall.  I used stamps and stencils to make a background to look like they are in a Cornish Field with branches overhanging😀

This first photo shows it in its frame, i went with a faux wood frame to pick up on the nature feel.  Although my brother works with rare breeds he doesn't have any cows as colourful as this mini herd😁

Approx size 11x5".  It is much brighter than the photos!.  Anyway, i first cut a piece of white card the size of the frame and using distress inks in greens built up the background by dabbing the ink on my mat, sprizting with water and dipping my card into it, drying inbetween layers to build it up. I then splashed on some water and dabbed with tissue to remove some colour in places  and then added some ink splats by dipping my paintbrush in watered down ink and tapping it over the background just to add more interest and depth. 

  Once completely dry i did some stencilling with a cow print stencil and distress ink, i also used a dictionary stamp through the stencil to add interest.  I then stamped on foliage with oxide inks.

I then stamped my cows on white card, coloured with oxide inks and then added shadow to them with blue grey alcohol markers and fussy cut them out. I added glossy accents to their eyes and touches of glitter glue.  I gently curved the bodies and glued into place with glue gel for dimension.  I then took a black fineliner pen and doodled in the grass to ground them.  I added more shadow to the ground with grey alcohol markers, using the alcohol markers on top of the water colour means it doesn't get too 'muddy' 

To finish i stamped the quote and cut it out.

A close up, this shows the true green colour a bit better.  

Another close up

Items Used:

Paperartsy zinski art stamps ZA42

Hobbyart linoprint hare stamp set

stampin up dictionary stamp

Lavinia foliage stamps

Cow print stencil

leaf burst stencil

Distress inks & oxide inks

Blue grey alcohol markers

Glossy accents

Diamond ranger glitter glue

Smooth white craftUK ltd cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  Thank goodness for crafting at the moment for a distraction - stay safe everyone.  Hugs Emma

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