Jane's Junk Journal

Hi Guys.  I am still addicted to my journal making, so I took the opportunity to do a green journal, literally and figuritively!!. I have been wanting to do a junk journal for a while now, so have been collecting used envelopes, junk mail, bits of odd paper,etc... I see plenty on pinterest, and youtube, and they all look amazing, but I have to say that mine just looks like a collection of rubbish at the moment..thank heavens for gesso!!!

Anyway, the challenge this month is "go green", and so I have done my journal cover in mainly green inks, with plenty of Artistic Stamper products.

For the background I started with the CALLIGRAPHY MAT 12 and the SEQUIN WASTE OPEN stamps. then I used the A4 SWIRL MASK with texture paste. Then the two dragonflies are from the INSECTS & BUTTERFLIES set, then finally a bit of texture from one of the stamps from the MINI BACKGROUNDS set.

How will you interpret our challenge for this month?...I look forward to seeing your creations.

JANE

The Leaf and the Ladybird!!

Hello all you fabulous crafters!!. JANE here to give my take on this months "Anything Goes" challenge. But even tho it is an anything goes theme...hmmmmm...I have trouble when there is just too much choice and too many gorgeous stamps to play with!!

My piece today started off life as a gesso stamped image of a leaf from the SKELETON LEAVES stamp set, with inks sprayed on and a bit of  SEQUIN WASTE stamping, 

but... I just couldn't get along with it, so I cut out the leaf, crumpled it up a bit, stamped out the little ladybird from the INSECTS AND BUTTERFLIES stamp set, added some glossy accents to it then once dry, cut it out and glued it to the leaf.

I then made a new, nicer background with some inks and the CALLIGRAPHY MAT 12 stamp, then added the leaf....result, happier me!!

Hope you can all join in this months ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE

Heart Art Part II The Love Letter by Dee

Hi Everyone Dee here today with the second part of my post and

 continuing the theme heart art. This is the inside of the box and is 

called the love letter as she has it all secreted away in her love 

box the photo of her love and his letters all held 

together with a gold heart.

I painted the inside of the box with distress paints and spritzed them so the 

colours mingled together to give a lovely warm red.

For the letter I used an old craft coloured envelope which I stamped with 

the Calligraphic Mat 12 and used Distress inks both Walnut Stain &

 Vintage photo.  Around the torn edges I distressed with 

running vintage photo round.

I glued two different sized beer mats together to create my note photo

 keeper. this was coloured with the same distress paints that were used 

on both the lid and the inside of the box.

This was then stamped with the bark background stamp from The

 Artistic Stamper, Archival ink was used on the stamp & black soot 

was applied to the edges of the matt.

I tore a strip of the craft paper off and stamped with the calligraphy matt

in black archival and glued it down the middle of the matt.

Gold embossed heart see link here to previous post for the box. The photo's 

were then attached as was the film strip which I attached with

 glossy accents.

The ornate corner was then applied.

Well that about sums it up I hope you have enjoyed this post as much as 

I have creating it.

If there is anything you are not sure of please contact Jennie at the shop I am sure she will be able to get it for you. I hope you all have an amazing Valentines day and see you again towards the end of the month. Please feel free to leave a comment as these are what inspire me 

and make doing these projects so rewarding.

Cheers Dee x

Products Used

1. Artistic Stamper stamps:- Calligraphic Mat 12, Bark 2 Background, Doodle Bubbles Background size A6 & Neil Walkers Large Heart.
2. Distress Paint in the following colours:-Barn Door, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, & Wild Honey.
3. Distress ink:- Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain & Black Soot.
4. Jet Black Archival Ink.
5. Gold embossing powder &  & Embossing ink pad.
6. Other pieces from my stash to include film strip Tim's Ideaology, beer mats, Old photo's, brads & Metal Ornate Corner. 

Ohh!! I Do Love a Dragon fly By Dee

Hi Everyone I hope you are all well I have the beautiful Dragon fly

from the Butterflies #2 size A5 plate.

I started out with a cream tag that has some crackle paint on it in places.

Next I used the Calligraphic Mat 12 

 I swiped it through mat sealer and stamped onto the tag.

I then spritzed the distress paint with water then swiped the tag

 through the paint. Knock back the area's that had the script stamp 

stamped on it.

Next I took a square beer mat and cut the Tag up and assembled it to 

fit.

Crackle paste was put round the edges of the mat then antiquing cream

in black and patina were applied once paste was dried.

Iridescent turquoise paint was.

For the dragon fly I used pewter embossing powder and ultra thick embossing

powder followed by silver.

I stamped the dragon fly twice into the hot embossing powder.

I cut it out and then trimmed the top one back.

I threaded the beads with wire to make the main body and the antennae.

The base was coloured with the alcohol ink.

A close up of the dragon fly 

Well that's it for today I hope you all enjoyed my post 

please feel free to let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Products Used

Artistic Stamper stamps used:- Butterflies #2 size A5, Calligraphic Mat 12  & Decay Journaling Stamps #1 Size A5 

Distress Paints:- Antique Linen, Weathered Wood, & Pickled Raspberry.

Distress Stains:- Weather Wood, Antique Linen.

Alcohol ink, Crackle Paste, embossing powder, Iridescent turquoise paint.

Bloom

Hello Everyone, 

Shilpa here, with Spring creation today.

As always I've used lots of Artistic stamper stamps here.

I've used  Prima Finnabare mixed media paper in the background. Onto that second layer is stamping map with Artistic Stamper Europe map image. I've used Distress paints Victorian Velvet, Vintage Photo and Broken china to color the surface randomly. I've also stamped dots with Random Dots Background stamp and Coffee Archival Ink/ Distress Paints

Butterfly stamp is from Artistic stamper Neil Walker design collection.

These leaves are stamped and cut to create layers under floral spray. I've used Artistic stamper Botanical Plate 1 and 2 for this.

For text, I've used  Artistic stamper Calligraphy Mat 12 and 20

hope you liked this canvas with Spring colors, let me know your feedback in comments below.

Dont forget to join our 'Spring is coming' theme challenge this month to win fabulous Artistic stamper Stamps.

Supplies Used

Artistic Stamper Stamps :  Europe Map, Random Dots, Botanical Plate 1 , Botanical Plate 2, Calligraphy Mat 12, Calligraphy Mat 20,

Neil Walker Butterfly stamp

Distress Paints - Vintage Photo, Broken China, Victorian Velvet

Distress inks- Vintage Photo, Victorian Velvet

Celebrating Spring by Astrid

Hello everyone and lovely to have you visiting!
Hope you all had a good Easter!
For my second project this month I decided to make a little Springtime hanger.

I took one of the Paper Mache Icons, this one is the 20.2 x 10 x 1.3 cm one. First I added some texture with the help of a Tim Holtz and a  Crafters Workshop stencil, the Gothic Romance one and some Grunge Paste, when that was dry I gave it a coat of Snowflake Fresco Finish Paint. Then for a more grungy look I added some Picket Fence Distress Crackle paint.

Hard to see on the photo, but if you look closely you can see the crackle. It's much bigger on the heart, because I put it on more thickly. I also added some texture to the sides in the same way.

Next I added some colour, I decided to use some of the new Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks. I used Dandelion,Cornflowers, a tiny bit of Leaf Green, Tree Branch and Potting Soil. I applied it using some make up sponges. I also did some background Stamping using the Calligraphic Mat 12 stamp and stenciling using Watering Can.

Time to add a vocal point. I decided it had to be a butterfly from the Butterflies and Insects set.
Sometimes it works better to add background colour first before stamping your image and then colouring it afterwards, so I prepared a bit of smooth stamping paper with some Dandelion Archival ink and some home made gold shimmer spray.

I then stamped my chosen  butterfly, fussy cut it and adhered it to the panel, after darkening the centre a little bit with a Walnut Stain Distress Marker

Some flowers, Tim Holtz chip board letters and chit chat stickers finished it all off.

Hope you like my hanger and don't forget, there are a few days left still to join in our challenge, Embossing and Texture.

Have a happy inky day

40 years of Love

Hello everyone, Astrid here and thanks so much for stopping by!

Well, seeing it's the day before Valentine's day I just had to post my Valentine's card for my hubby.... As it so happens, it is also his birthday tomorrow, so this will serve for both.....

Here is a list of the stamps and other products I used:

Stamps:

Grungy Greetings

Regency Background

Calligraphic Mat 12

Other products:

Distress Paint in Picket Fence

Kraft Resist Seasonal Collection by Tim Holtz

Label Letters by Tim Holtz

Potting Soil Archival Ink

Distress Inks in Aged Mahogany, Festive Berries and Walnut Stain

Gesso

I also used various die cuts, flowers and other bits and pieces from my stash, including a rusty heart, as well as a 6 x 6 card blank from Kraft Card and a sewing machine.

I started by cutting a heart shape and stamped the Regency Background and Calligraphic Mat 12 in Picket Fence. Once dry I inked over it with a mix of Aged Mahogany and Festive Berries Distress Inks and darkened the edges with Walnut Stain. I lightly wiped over it with a baby wipe to bring out the stamped resist.

Next I cut a piece of valentine paper from the Seasonal Kraft Resist collection. Distressed the edges and then stitched around it with my sewing machine. I adhered it to my card base with my various die cuts and other embellishments.

I stamped one of the sentiments from the Grungy Greetings set in Potting Soil archival and added it along the side.

 The final bit was that I added a rusty heart still with the little letter stickers as somehow it still seemed to miss a vocal point.

Well, that's it. Dear hubby and I have been married for 40 years and he has received quite a few of my cards over the years as you can imagine. I know he will quietly indulge me with this one, as he does with most of my crafting efforts.......

Wishing you all a very happy Valentine's day, giving and receiving love is surely something to celebrate! I'll leave you with a little quote:

You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not. – Jodi Picoult.

Trick or Treat by Emma

Hello everyone...

Well, as another month flies by, it's time for me to share my second post of September and for this post, I thought I'd make a little treat holder and tag for Halloween using lots of background stamps, Distress Paints, Idea-ology and die cuts. As always, I really hope you like it...

To being with I made a large tag shape from card and covered it with scrunched up Terminology Tissue Wrap before I then added colour using Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Tarnished Brass and Black Soot Distress Paints.

Once all the paint was dry, I then started stamping the background using one of the borders from the Borders A6 #2 plate inked up with Wendy Vecchi's Red Geranium Archival Ink and the circles from the Swirls, Splats and Dots A6 Plate using Snowflake Fresco Finish Paint. I then added some more detail by using Dylusions Postbox Red Ink Spray and flicking it across the surface of the tag and then inked up the edges of the tag with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I then cut some card stock and covered this in the same colours of Distress Paint that I used on my tag, and made my little pocket, which I stamped onto using the Calligraphic Mat 12. I then used some Grungepaper and the Sizzix Movers & Shapers Mini Bat and Skull by Tim Holtz to die cut all the bats which I painted with Black Soot Distress Paint before adding onto my pocket with an Idea-ology Crossbone and the Trick or Treat banner from the Tim Holtz Simple Sayings Stamp set. Finally, I dyed some seam binding with Fired Brick, Wild Honey and Black Soot Distress Stain and added it to my tag holder.

Once this tag holder was complete, I then started work on the smaller tag to fit inside. I coloured the tag with Barn Door, Wild Honey, Tarnished Brass and Brushed Corduroy Distress Stain and dried with a heat tool before randomly stamping the surface using the Calligraphic 12 stamp inked up with black Archival Ink and the Ink Blot Background Stamp inked up with Geranium Red.

I added a rosette with the Decorative Strip die from lightweight card coloured with Distress Paints and added the silhouette die cut, covered in Black Soot Distress Glitter. Next, I used the Gothic Boo die to die cut the number 31 from chipboard, again painted it with Black Soot Distress Paint and then added Treasure Gold Gilding Wax around the edges.

To complete the tag, I added more die cut bats, Traveler Tissue Tape, an Idea-ology Adornment Regal piece and Wish Bone, a Journaling Ticket and Seasonal Chitchat Stickers and added some twine through the hole at the top.

Finally, I used a Hinge Clip, added a bit of Treasure Gold onto it, to dull down the silver and hung a Corked Vial containing Alcohol Ink via a Memo Pin which I stuck into the cork top and added a Chitchat sticker to the vial.

So, that's about it from me for this time and I hope I've inspired you with this Halloween Treat Bag and Tag set!

Have a great week and I'll see you again very soon...bye for now!

Emma x