Fabric, again... by Titbelsoeur

Hello happy sewers... and the others !
I love to see fabric books but have always thought that I am not gifted at making some.
Maybe you remember the one I made 2 years ago, they are here : 

Ladies album part 1 by Titbelsoeur and here : Ladies Album part 2 by Titbelsoeur

And today I am doing it again, I love challenges ! And the November challenge at the Artistic Stamper being simply "fabric", I have started to make a new one. Quite different... fall colours... fall theme, for the moment...

You have seen the first page on the monthly challenge post, and here is a second one :

Just like I did on the other page, I have stitched fabric pieces and a half-zip all around the page, and stamped the Florence's Flowers stamp from Debbie Cotton, and the Free Your Soul words  from Donna's Stamps on the old bed sheet that supports the fabric sheets.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated, 

here, on my blog, or on the Artistic Stamper's Facebook page.

I hope that my fabric page did inspire you and that

you will participate in our monthly challenge

@ November's Creative Challenge- Fabric

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps.

Titbelsoeur

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Mother and Daughter Love by Alison Hall

Hello Stampers! I met the lovely Donna Rodgers at The Artistic Stamper last weekend, which reminded me that I hadn't had a play with her designs for a while. So I got out her sweet Mother and Daughter set and created this little card. Quite handy, as it's my daughter's birthday this month ;-)

Here's what I used...

Donna Rodger's Stamp Set - Mother and Daughter

Katy Leitch - Greetings

Acrylic Paint - green & blue

Brayer

Crafter's Workshop Stencil - Retro Bursts

Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black

White Card

Black Card

White Journaling Pen

Here's what I did...

1. I started by brayering green acrylic paint onto a piece of white card (about 12 x 12 cm), then sponged blue paint through the Retro Bursts stencil.

2. I stamped Donna's mother & daughter image bottom left, then the heart border underneath, & also at the top right (3 times). I also stamped the larger heart on the mother. I used a white pen to add highlights to the hearts.

3. I stamped the mother & daughter image & words, & the 'love you' circle from Katy's Greetings, onto white card, then cut them all out. I layered the mother & daughter over the image on my background, then inked the edges of the words & glued them in place.

4. I matted my artwork onto black card, then attached it to a square white card to finish.

I hope you like this simple little card.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xxx

Art journaling with new stamps and stencils

Hey there, this is Titbelsoeur talking to you !

How exciting it was for me to both get back to art journaling and use these awesome Artistic Stamper new stamps and masks ! 

I got the feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night that Jennie created those stamps and masks FOR ME !!! Jennie, tell me : did you ? or what ? anyway, you really rock !!!

I started painting my page with blue and white acrylic paint, and I really  HAD A BALL using this amazing Splats & Swirl mask to make my background !

But it would have been nothing if I hadn't added the Messy Art © Katy Fox stamps to the page : 

among a few other stamps, of course !!!
which are :

Inspiration
Numerical plate 
Dots Background
Age
 

This was really a big pleasure to art journal again, and I hope you feel it when you look at this page I am very proud of !

Thanks for stopping by,

I am looking forward to reading your comments!

A la prochaine !

Titbelsoeur

Ladies Album part 2 by Titbelsoeur

Salut les vacancières, c'est Titbelsoeur qui vous écrit !

My last post was about this fabric book I made for the first time in my life. And I must admit I am pretty satisfied of the result, for a first attempt ! 

I have made all the pages the same way : randomly sewing pieces of fabric, AND on each page a Lady stamped on a small square of drawing paper.This was a good opportunity to play with my various stamps from the Artistic Stamper, faces and backgrounds !

First I stamped the lady's face, masked it, and then stamped over it. I have chosen to use Gibson Girls, but not only. I have also stamped more contemporary women, like Collage Art, Age Solid , Happy Girl or Kiki 

The various background stamps come from : Encyclopaedia Botanica, A Stitch in Time,
Numerical plate, Journaling Words, Time and Keys ...

Here they are :

 I had a very good time making my first fabric book for you, and I hope you like it,

I also hope I gave you a terrible desire to do the same ! 

Thanks for stopping by, I am like always looking forward to reading your comments !

A tout bientôt !

Titbelsoeur

Songbird by Linda Ledbetter

Hi everyone! I'm Linda Ledbetter from Studio L3, and I'm so excited and honored to join The Artistic Stamper team as their guest designer for August! 

When lovely Emma invited me to browse the stamp collection and choose a few favorites for my projects this month, this exotically gorgeous lady (Donna's Songbird 2 stamp) was the first image to catch my eye. I just love her! 

I stamped our pretty Songbird onto Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper using Jet Black Archival Ink. This is my favorite ink to use when I'm going to be watercoloring with Distress Ink, as it's oil-based and won't run.

Once the image was dry, I placed dabs of Vintage Photo, Crushed Olive and Scattered Straw Distress Stain onto my Non-Stick Craft Mat, and used a Wide Tip Water Brush to randomly swipe the colors across the paper. I didn't blend the colors together, as I wanted the brush strokes to show. I love this simple technique for creating some visual texture!

Once the background was dry, I used a Fine Detail Water Brush with Distress Markers to color in the details on the image. The lady's complexion is tinted with Tattered Rose and Spun Sugar, and her eyeshadow color is Broken China. Her headband is colored with Ripe Persimmon, Worn Lipstick and Festive Berries, and I used Picket Fence to add some highlights to her hair. 

Next, I again used the Jet Black Archival Ink, this time with this awesome, bold image from the Borders A5 #2 set. To complete the front panel of the card, I edged it with Tarnished Brass Distress Paint. 

The background panel of the card is a deep teal page from the Ranger Distress Core'dinations Paper Stack. I again used the Tarnished Brass Distress Paint, this time with the little circles stamp from the same Borders A5 #2 set, to add a fun pattern to the paper.

Finally, I cut one of the fabric roses from a piece of Idea-ology Trimmings, dabbed it with Ripe Persimmon Distress Stain, and attached it to the lady's headband using Glossy Accents adhesive. I added a piece of scrap ribbon to complete her summery look. 

I had so much fun creating this simple card, and am in love with the images I got to play with from The Artistic Stamper! Thanks so much to Jennie, Emma and the team for welcoming me, and to you for taking the time to read my post. I'll be back later in August with another project to share. 

Have a fantastically wonderful day!

--Linda

Inspire by Mark Gould

Morning all, Hope you are all enjoying the fantastic weather we have been having recently.

I'm back (Mark) with my second Guest DT piece and I have another canvas for you. This is a small 5x7 inch flat large post card sized canvas and was pre gesso'ed.

The back ground was inspired by a post by Andy Skinner on the acrylic drip technique, I started by wetting the canvas a little and applying my colours, I used Deco art Traditons acrylic translucent paints, once applied I sprayed with water to get the colours to run together and bleed in.Once dry I sealed it with some glue n seal.

It was then time to stamp, I used black archival ink and one of my fave stamps, the Mail Art Me stamp by Donna, I masked the bottom section off as I only wanted to use the image of the girl.

 I also use the word 'inspire' from the Journaling Words 2 set, the Hearts are also from the same set.

I then used a Stencil from The Crafters Workshop and applied some Dream Weaver paste that I mixed with some acrylic paint to colour it.

The edges were swiped with black archival ink.

 Sorry for the slightly blurry pic :(

I coloured it with a grey blue acrylic paint, when it was dry I gave a very light rub with some Treasure Gold in Topaz and then a very light swipe with some White Acrylic paint, I used my fingers for this.

It was given another coat of glue n seal and then I went to town with Decoarts 2 Step Crackle medium.

Once the two step had dried I rubbed in some black acrylic paint and wiped the excess off with a baby wipe.

Thanks for stopping by, Ill be back towards the end of the month with my last post. 

You're The One by Alison (Craftytrog)

Hello Stampers! Craftytrog here again, with a card to share with you this time.

Here's how it was made...

To make the background, dab Stream & Red Pepper Paint Dabbers on your craft mat, spritze with water, then schmoosh some white card through it, until you get the desired look.

Lay the Confetti Crafter's Workshop 6x6 Stencil over the background, & use cut & dry foam to dab black paint through it. 

Stamp some script, using Red Pepper paint. Dab some Stream paint onto bubble wrap, & use it to stamp on the background too.

Stamp Donna's Cropped Union on white card, paint the hair with red pepper, cut out, edge with black archival, then adhere to the background.

Stamp the phrase from Tim Holtz's Words for Thought on white card, cut it out, ink the edges with black, then glue to the background. 

Use red pepper paint to stamp some Mini Polka Dots, making sure some go over the images & words. Use a small lid to stamp some circles with Gold paint.

Mat the background onto card painted with red pepper, then attach to a square white card blank.

Thanks for looking,

see you next month,

Alison xxx

Discover Your Inner Self by Alison

Hi Everyone! Get your sunglasses out, I've a colourful little card to share with you today. A bit of a contrast to all that white stuff we have here in the UK right now!

I started by spritzing a few different colours of Adirondak Color Wash Spray at the top of a square piece of white card. I spritzed with water, then held up the card so the inks all dripped down. 

I dried the ink, then spritzed some Stream Color Wash through the Crafter's Workshop Marakesh stencil. I watered down some Charcoal Black Studio paint, then used a paintbrush to flick it over the background.

I used Archival jet black Ink to stamp some text (Calligraphic Mat 12), & added some swirls (Swirls, Splats & Dots A5) to the edges. I edged the background with the Jet black Archival ink.

I stamped Salome onto white card, then used a waterbrush & Color Wash Spray to colour her in. I stamped 'Discover Your Inner Self', cut out the separate words, edged them with black, then attached them to the background, with Salome.

I finished by attaching my artwork to a square white card blank.

I hope I've brightened your day,

Thanks for looking,

Alison xxx

A Little Bit Spooky...

Hello everyone!
Can you believe it, we are nearly at the end of October and Halloween is just around the corner.
Well, my project today is not strictly a Halloween project, but it has a sort of halloweeny, spooky feel to it, at least I think so.

It's a collage made out of 4 ATCs.
I started by taking 4 ATC (2.5 by 3.5") sized bits of smooth stamping card and blended 4 colours of Distress Inks over them with my Ink Blending Tools. I then added some stamping using the Distress Inks and the Chicken Wire and Regency Background stamps  and then, while the ink was still wet, sprinkled some Perfect Pearls powder over them. Once dry I brushed off the excess. The next step was to do some more stamping, this time I used black Archival Ink and  stamps from the set: Architecture A 4. Two more bits of stamping followed, this time using Gesso and the Swirls, Splats & Dots stamp

Stamping with Gesso is great fun. You spread out a thin layer on your craft mat and then use that like an ink pad. Just make sure you clean your stamps straight away with some running water, as Gesso dries fast. I added a second layer, this time using a stamp from Tim Holtz's Attic Treasures set. I also added some strips of paper from an old book page.

Now for the final touches. For my vocal image I stamped one of the new Donna Rodgers stamps "Age" with Black Archival ink onto white card. I cut it out and coloured lightly with some Distress inks.I now mounted my 4 ATCs on a piece of black card and glued the Donna image in front. I also added the Word Carpe Diem from the  Journaling Words 3 set. I added some embellishments from my stash and gave it some spritzes of Perfect Pearls Mists to tie it all together. I also did a bit of shading with a charcoal pencil around the main images..
I'll leave you with a few detailed pictures, until next time!

Creative Inspiration by Jennie

Once a month, I pop by and try to give you a tutorial or show you a piece of my art that I have created in the past month. This month, I thought you might like to see what I did at The Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show at the weekend. I am very lucky as I get to play with lots of products, and this time, we had some of the gorgeous gilding leaf from Crafty Notions. I do have some of this in stock in the shop, and we will be having the bigger pots in next month. I used it through The Crafter’s Workshop templates, and sponged a very small amount of the Crafty Notions glue with a piece of cut n dry on top of the mask. You only need to use a very very little of the glue to adhere the leaf. It goes a long way! I also used it with some of the Journaling word stamps. Sponge a minute amount of glue onto the stamps, and stamp normally. add lots of gilding metal to the stamps image, and rub away until the excess is gone, and you left with a gilded image. I used the normal size #8 manila tags, and beside it you can see the humungous size #12 tag!  All of it was done on top of Dylusions sprays, and added extras are lots of our background stamps!

 

 

All the links for the products are at the end of the post :)
I will be at Port Sunlight today demonstrating the same technique if you are there. Do come and say hello.
Have a creative day
Hugs
Jennie

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Those Who Wish To Sing by Alison

Hello Stampers. Today I have a card to share with you, featuring one of the new images by Donna Rodgers.

I started off by painting a patch of Blank Canvas Studio Paint onto a square kraft card.

Next, I stamped the image from Donna's Songbird 2 plate, using jet black Archival ink.

I painted a rough frame, using Sky Blue Studio Paint. 

I used the Dylusion diamond mask, to stencil in two corners with the blue Studio paint, then moved the mask a little & added Landscape Green over the top. (Oops, the green isn't shown on my next photo, I'm not very good at the step by steps yet! Lol!)

I stamped the phrase in the bottom right corner next, & a couple of the tiny background images.

I then painted the lady's hairband with the blue Studio paint, added some cream lace & part of an old necklace to finish.

Here's another look at the finished card...

Thanks for looking,

Alison xxx