Birdz with Lisa

Hi lovely stampers! Lisa here and a huge welcome to today's blog post for The Artistic Stamper. 

This month's theme is 'Birds and Bees'. 

The stamps I used from The Artistic Stamper were Neil Walker's A6 Birdz set and Mini Backgrounds #3.

And here is my creation...

I started with a white piece of card and added colour using Gelatos. Then stamped one of the mini background stamps from set #3 using black Ink. 

I stamped the birds on to white card with black ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. Then fussy cut them out.

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Toodles for now,

Lisa xxx

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Time Birdz

Hi everyone I have for you today Neil Walkers Birdz stamp Steampunked up. 

I started with an old page from a book unfortunately it is a medical

journal (so some of the text is a bit weird).

I started by stamping the birdz stamp onto the page and the clock at the bottom.

Next I painted the inside of the bird and the clock's with 

cream/buff acrylic paint. 

I then touched up the base of the beak with Quinacridone Gold and a bit of grey/blue

on the top of the head and wing. I then did a wash around the entire image 

with the blue/grey.

I then followed up with a wash of very diluted Prussian blue. For the base of the main clock I used a

 technique that was used by Jennie Atkinson on this blog back in 

may 2012 click here to go to it > Time Flies . 

I assembled it all together gave a final wash of really watered down red/brown

a coat of matt varnish to seal it all.

Around the edges I used the blending technique of a craft mat with

Vintage photo and Walnut stain.

A close up of the clocks the lower one was stamped onto grunge paper

I would use card/grey board next time as I found 

grunge paper buckles.

I added a fuse and four bolts plus the clock die cut this was painted with

burnt umber then while wet sprinkled with UTEE then heat set. 

Final touch a bit of gilding wax.

Products Used

1. The following Artistic stamper stamps Neil Walker Birdz, Tick Tock plate.
2. Distress inks Vintage photo & Walnut Stain.
3. Distress stain spray in wild honey
4. UTEE
5. Deco Art Media fluid acrylic Titan Buff, Prussian Blue, Quinacridone Gold, Burnt umber & Paynes grey.
6. Gilding wax.

That's it for today folks! let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Steam Punk Birdz By Dee Adams

Hi Everyone! Dee here again I hope you are all enjoying my creations.

Today I have another piece using Neil Walker's  birdz plate.

Around the left hand side and along the bottom put grunge paste 

through the clocks stencil. On the top right hand side

 put grunge paste randomly through a star stencil. Once dry paint the 

whole board with honey dew Fresco Finish paints

Once dry paint with fresco finish paints in the following colours:- haystack, pumpkin soup, 

south pacific & inky pool.

Smoked paprika and dry claret was then dry brushed on to the grey board.

Or you can apply this with your finger. Again dry and then 

apply treasure gold to the grunged clocks and stars.

On a separate piece of gray board I cut out a circle so that the clock from the

 time and keys plate stamped perfectly on to it. Or use the chipboard shapes

 that go with the stamps but cut of the top to make a circle. 

I then painted this with honey dew and once dry I stamped the clock face 

onto it and watered down haystack paint and gently darken the centre.

I coloured a separate piece of board with peeled paint distress ink 

and then stamped the smaller clock face onto it and cut it out. 

I then rolled them on an embossing pad, gold embossing powder

was then applied round and heat set. The centre was filled with

 crackle accents and three very small cogs were dropped into it while still wet.

I stamped the Neil Walker Birdz x 2 onto mop up card and cut out. I then gently

 applied vintage photo distress ink to the clock face to highlight the cracks. I  assembled

 the clocks and birdz using a Tim Holt's metal wing, then a cog was 

placed at the bottom. I placed four brads to the 

top left hand side. 

I mounted it all onto black card and used scrabble letters. Thank you for taking

 the time to read my piece and I hope that It inspires you in some way. 

Please feel free to leave your comments.

Copper birdz by Dee Adams

 

Hi everyone!, i am thrilled to have been chosen to join the Artistic Stamper Creative Design team. I would like to thank Jennie, for all the fantastic stamps I will be designing with over the coming year. I hope you all enjoy my creations and are inspired by my work to create your own interpretations. So here is my first piece for the Artistic Stamper using the Neil Walker Birdz A6 stamp plate.

I stamped the bird stamp onto a copper sheet with black archival ink (you can use any cloud metal) then I heat set it with my heat gun. I then picked up the copper with tongs and held it over the naked flame on my gas cooker, you will see a green flame it only takes a few seconds for the colour to change. BE VERY CAREFUL DON'T TOUCH UNTIL IT HAS COOLED DOWN.

Using a stamp matt, follow the stamped image with a pointed teflon tool. Once completed flip it over and puff it out using a paper stump. fill it in with polyfiller or glossy accents, once dry stick black card onto back, so that it has a flat surface to stick onto the main piece. Carefully cut it out.

Take a piece of black card, and using a bronze acrylic paint, dab it through the mini tile stencil. Cut this into rectangles, and glue one of the copper birdz onto it, repeat so all of the birdz are done.

Using grey board, I stencilled grunge paste through the leaf and swirl border stencil and dried.  I then applied haystack and honey dew fresco finish acrylic, Using cut and dry foam (or your fingers if you wish!). I followed theses colours with smoked paprika, pumpkin soup, and a small amount of south pacific. Once dried i applied blood orange to the artistic stamper random dot stamp, and stamped it randomly, followed by south pacific and pumpkin soup. I distressed the sides and sponged spiced marmalade around the edges.

I didn't like the colours so i went over with a thin coat of fired brick distress paint. 

White fire treasure gold was applied around the grunge leaf pattern. Then everything was mounted to black card.

I hope you have all enjoyed my first piece, I look forward to reading any comments (be kind!!)