Elizabeth is 10

Good Morning everyone

My niece Elizabeth was 10 in December, she decided in the summer she no longer wanted to be called Lizzy so we are all trying hard to call her Elizabeth - easier said than done as they called her Lizzy as a baby.  Anyway she is a very quirky soul so these fab stamps from funky fossil are ideal for her

Card size approx 7x7"   I first stamped the weird fish and mermaid stamps onto white and watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils and cut them out. I made my base card using dies and white card, matted on a layer of patterned paper, i adhered some of the fish to the paper, i then added 2mm foam tape a white frame with acetate attached to it which i had used glitter paste through a circle stencil to give the look of bubbles.  I then added another layer of 2mm foam tape and a white frame for the top layer. 

Then i arranged the rest of the fish and my mermaids, adhered with glue gel onto the acetate layer.  Sentiments are from the same stamp sets to finish. 

Using the different layers and sandwiching acetate in the middle allowed me to give the effect of them swimming around in water 

and the insert, using up the left over fish

Items Used:

Funky fossil designs - stamps 'weird fish' & 'making waves'

XL nested shape dies

Patterned paper - from the works 'feeling fresh'

circle stencil

Stamperia 'artic ice' texture paste

acetate

Derwent inktense pencils

Id love to enter the following with this card

https://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-challenge-crafty-calendar.html

https://creativefriday.blogspot.com/2024/01/creative-friday-350-alles-geht.html

https://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-crafts-galore-encore.html

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/ltccb-78-anything-goes-ltccb-77-winner.html

https://thecraftingchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-in-fairy-tales-come-nelle-favole.html - mermaids from fairytales

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/01/221-streamside-studios.html

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and onto card 2 which is as wacky & bonkers as Elizabeth is! I made a pull up accordion fold card using collage doll images from ZinskiArt on etsy -  this is definitely a card that wouldn't suit most but thats the great thing about making a personalised card, we can do it to suit the persons character.

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Using pinterest i built up my accordion base from white cardstock making sure my panels were big enough for the images i wanted to use.  I then matted a soft marble paper onto the panels and then built up the characters by sticking one body part to each section.  Computer printed sentiment which i added to the top panels.

I die cut 6 large butterflies from white card and rainbow mirror card, attached them back to back with ribbon sandwiched between them and added these to the middle of the accordion - they can be removed and hung up as a decoration. I die cut mini butterflies from the mirror card scraps and adhered to the panels flying around the characters. 

I added glitter glue and glossy accent highlights to finish

I used digital collage images from ElenaZinskiArt on Etsy  and funnily the mermaids on the first card are by Elena Zinski but a clear stamp version for funky fossil designs - i can't help but smile are her non cute characters.

Thank you all for stopping by and all your amazing comments last week.  I hope this is a good week for you. Emmax

 

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.

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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

Id love to enter the following

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/april-spring-challenge.html

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http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-191.html

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http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-60.html

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https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-228.html

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Elephant birthday

Good Morning everyone.  

Todays card was made for a friend who loves elephants.  Another new paperartsy zinkski art stamp - i know i got really spoilt at christmas with crafty stash😊

Approx size 7x7.5"  I stamped the elephant twice onto white card and simply watercoloured with grey distress ink and lilac & pistachio oxide inks.  The first one i die cut into a hexagon, doodled in some ground & coloured that & the leaves green.  I cut the head off the 2nd one (promise it didn't hurt her), gently curved and decoupaged on top of the first one.  I added glossy accents to the eye.

I created the card blank from white card, matted my elephant onto purple pearl card and the die cut a hexagon frame which i mounted with foam tape after stamping the sentiment in place.  I coloured some scraps of card with the lilac and lime inks and die cut a little flower and leaves.  Grey gems to finish.

Just a close up on my elephant. 

Items Used:

Paperartsy zinski art stamps

Sentiment stamps

XL Stitched hexagon dies

Flower & leaf dies

Distress ink - hicory smoke, twisted citron

Distress Oxide inks - shaded lilac, cracked pistachio

CraftUK white linen cardstock

Thank you for stopping by once again and waving a big hello to all my follows by email.  I hope you are all keeping safe and doing ok.  Hugs Emmaxx

Cattitude Canvas

Good Morning all, don't know where the weeks are going as its Monday again.

Today i am sharing a canvas ive been working on for Weeks/Months - i think its now finished, my first real attempt at lots of paint, stamps and layers of mixed media in the background.  The original idea was to use all the different quirky cat stamps ive collected lately.  Nothing like i imagined! 

10x14" Canvas, once building up the background (see below) i stamped and coloured the cats with inktense pencils as these are permanent & colour fast once water is added.  I then cut them all out.  I die cut white circles and added a little background stamping to them, i added the circles and cats to the canvas.  

I added black around the circles to help them stand out from the background.  I then die cut the title in black card and added with gel medium.  I computer printed out lots of little words associated with cats and added again with gel medium.   To finish i sealed the whole canvas. 

Just showing from different angle.

Close up of the Ginger Tom - leader of the gang😃

Just a close up of the left side

close up of the right side. 

This is the background before adding the cats.

1. I attached various shapes i found in my stash of grunge board - flowers & swirls

2. Texture paste added through a 'dots' mask & free hand

3. Coated everything in gesso and then once dry I added yellow, orange, purple & blue acrylic paint - picking up on the colours of my cats.

4.  Added tissue paper with a script pattern.  I wet around the tissue paper i wanted with a brush and water and once it has soaked in gently tore it out - the ends blend in better with the background that way instead of using scissors. 

5. Added Stamping of butterflies, alpha stamps with black paint. Then dry brushed with white to soften that layer.

6. Added tissue paper paw prints using gel medium.

7. Using the edge of a card i added black 'scratches'

8. Edged the whole canvas in black acrylic paint to frame the edge.

Items Used:

Tim Holtz crazy cat stamps

Katzelkraft Cat stamps

Paperartsy Zinski art cat stamps

Small cat stamps came free with a magazine

Stampin up 'kinda eclectic'

Alpha stamps

Tim Holtz word play bigz die & Small Alpha dies 

Circle dies

Tim Holtz grunge board shapes

Script & paw print tissue paper

Golden Texture paste

Spot/dot stencil

Pebeo acrylic paints & gesso

I think i will try a canvas with dogs on now.

2 of my nieces are coming down to spend the day with me today so im looking forward to that, they are growing fast.  

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you all have a good week. Emma

I would like to enter the following challenges:

take-it-make-it-challenge-april

addictedtostamps-challenge-anything-goes

MDF Baubles

Good Morning all, can you believe thats another week gone and next week will be the big day we've been building upto for months?

So today im sharing a set of MDF baubles i decorated, instead of cards for close family and friends this year i made them a bauble to enjoy year after year.  I had great fun making them all differently.  They are approx 5" square (13cm)  They see my funky set of paperartsy stamps in action, along with those penguins again!

Snowman in the twinkling fairy lights

So for this one.  I first stamped and coloured the snowman with inktense pencils as they are permanent when you add water so better for long term projects.  I then added texture paste with a stencil and once dried i used a mix of starlight paints on top.  Then splattered on white paint to act as snow.

The then added texture paste snow to the bottom for something for my characters to stand on. 

The fairy lights were die cut from white card, then coloured with inktense pencils and then glossy accents added.  I also added glossy accent to the snowmans eyes and buttons. 

Twine ribbon bows and hanging loops to finish.  The backs of each bauble i painted in the same colour starlight paints. 

Just a close up showing the light hitting the starlights background 

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Christmas Characters in the moon light

This one has the paperarsty totem characters, all coloured with inktense pencils and cut out, glossy accents on the eyes.  A die cut sentiment behind, i added a little yellow ink to the centre circle to act as a 'moon' in the night sky. 

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Polar Bears

This one has the starlight and snow background, but only texture paste for the snow, while the paste is wet i added loose glitter which sticks.  Fairy lights as before, this time a die cut polar bear, once die cut in white i gently added a little blue ink around him.  I added glitter glue to his little snowflakes. 

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Jingling Penguins.   

I first covered the bauble in snowflake patterned paper, sanded the edges and then painted the edges and back in silver paint.  Added a large die cut snowflake, torn paper snow bank, to which i then added snow texture paste and glitter.  Stamped the penguins and added a little colour before cutting out.  To this one i added jingle bells to the top with the bow.

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Hide 'n' Seek

This one was made for children so wanted a fun feel.  As above to cover the bauble with paper and snow.  I then stamped my characters and coloured them all in and cut out.  Rudolph, the penguin and Elf are hiding among the snowpeople.  Santa is trying to find them! 😁.   Again jingle bells added to the top. 

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Penguins.

Now this one was a late make for my dad who absolutely loved the penguin cards i made for mum to send and asked for one for himself.  After id added the circular frame with the fancy inner edge it reminded me of some very old baubles my mum has, where on one side they are open with a fancy edge.  Anyway i coloured the penguins and cut out and added orange gems to the sky as stars that also pick up on the orange in the penguins.  The brusho/pixie powder background was left over from my penguin cards.  

He loved it so that was worth it! 

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and below is a few cards i made similar

6x6 white cardblank.  Background made with the starlight paints as before, Torn white card snow drifts which i dry embossed.  Die cut sentiment, i lightly inked the inside yellow to kind of act like the 'moon'. Those pesky penguins again. 

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Same as before but with the paperartsy characters which were all coloured with inktense pencils.

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Paperartsy characters and fairy lights

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and lastly the paperartsy snowman and fairy lights.  Die cut sentiment.

Items used:

Paperartsy Stamps - totems ZA19

Katzelkraft stamps - grumpy penguins

Imagination Crafts Starlight paints - 134, 135 & 139

Golden Modeling paste

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Brusho's

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie powders

Spellbinders Circle grand & Exquisite circle dies

Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant die

MFT Christmas Sentiment die

Tattered Lace polar bear & Cub die

Fairy Light die

Cheerylynn Sentiment die

That Special touch - circle mask

  Thank you for stopping by, especially when you are all so busy this time of year.  Emma

Happy Christmas

Good Morning all and welcome to a new week.  

Its once again time for a new challenge over at Make My Monday  and the countdown to Christmas has begun with the theme of

Happy Christmas / Happy Holidays

Ive made a quirky fun card using my new paperartsy stamp set. Im seem to be going through a quirky stage with images. 

A5 white cardblank. I first stamped the images and simply coloured them with inktense pencils.  I added glossy accents to the eyes and rudolph's nose and then cut them out.  I die cut a frame backed with white card and the stamped sentiment.  Dry embossed background, ive matted them all onto multi-coloured paper.  I mounted the frame with 3D foam and slotted the characters in to look like they are peeking out. 

Close up.

Items used:

Paperartsy -Elenazinski Art 'ZA19'

MFT frame die

Sizzix Holly Embossing folder

Derwent Inktense pencils

Ranger glossy accents

Happy Watercolour paper pad - poundland

If you fancy joining in the challenge and to see what the rest of the team came up with please do pop over to Make My Monday

Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek.  I hope you all have a good week. Emma