Sea & Sun Art Journal page by Titbelsoeur

Hello everybody,

Hope you are doing well during these warm days and that you enjoy the Summer time, but don't forget to wear your mask and keep distant from people you do not know !

When I go to the beach, I usually keep some magazines with me, either to read them or to draw on to the pages.
And today I have made this page with some stamps from the Artistic Stamper, very useful if you don't know very well to draw boats, fishes, huts or umbrellas :

 Stamps I have used :

Sea and Sand folder :

Seaside No. 1 A5

Tit Belsoeur Stamps :

Fish © Tit Belsoeur

Sea & Sand Midi Background

Beach Huts & Boats 2 © Tit Belsoeur

Beach Huts & Boats 1 © Tit Belsoeur

Thank you so much for visiting, I hope I have given you some inspiration to 

participate in our 

August's Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy creating and thank you for your comments,

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Steampunk cigar box by Titbelsoeur

Hello ! Titbelsoeur today with a steampunk cigar box.
I have glued some rectangles and the wheel of Seaside No. 1. Then I covered the whole with metallic adhesive and marked the edges. Then I painted black, turquoise and brown acrylics and rubbed it when dry with a piece of fabric. I coloured the boy and girl and glued it in the wheel to figure a window.

I stamped the man from Collage Art 1 on to a drawing paper and coloured it with turquoise and brown acrylics on a baby wipe.

Hope it gives you inspiration to participate in our 

March Creative Challenge - Steampunk

for 3 chances to win some of these fabulous
Artistic Samper stamps !

AND

 an opportunity to join our Creative Team for a month, and get to use The Artistic Stamper stamps, and be posted on this blog, and on social media.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

You may visit my folder : 

Titbelsoeur stamps @ the Artistic Stamper

I will be happy to read your comments about it !

Your comments are very much appreciated here, on my blog

or on  the Artistic Stamper's Facebook page

Bye for now and happy creating. 

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Summer holidays by Titbelsoeur

Hello everyone,
This project to wish you very good Summer holidays !
I have used a wooden block found on a beach after Spring tides, don't know whether it comes from a boat or not... I have stuck on it a decorated sardine can, some seashells and a parasol.

Focus on the sardine can : coloured compress as a fishing net, other seashells and a big fish stamped in 2 different shades, all stamps from Seaside No. 1 A5 

Last focus on the background I have made with metallic tape covered with various acrylic paints (brown, blue and black) and wiped with a dry baby wipe to avoid erasing all paint.

I hope this hanger will help you find inspiration to participate in our monthly challenge !

July's Creative Challenge - Distress it!

 for 3 chances to win !

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Your comments are very much appreciated here, on my blog

or on  the Artistic Stamper's Facebook page

Bye for now and happy creating. 

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Mail art envelope by Titbelsoeur

Hello happy crafters !

This is Titbelsoeur today to present you a customized envelope to send to your mixed-media friends all the treasures you collect during your holidays !

I have used the same technique as to decorate a LP record here : A summer wall hanger by Titbelsoeur
and used the very same stamps, for a beachy atmosphere :
the umbrella from  Seaside No. 1 A5

 Marbled Background #3 C128 © CaroLines

front

back

Would you like to win these fabulous stamps ? Easy : just participate in our monthly challenge "Anything goes" for 3 chances to win !

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Your comments are very much appreciated here, on my blog

or on  the Artistic Stamper's Facebook page 

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Tea bags by Titbelsoeur

Hello happy stampers !
Have you seen these pictures on Pinterest that show painted tea bags ? they are amazing !
I love to use tea bags in my projects, and I have decided this time to stamp Artistic Stamper women on these, women from Seaside No. 1 # 018 A5, Dressmaking No. 1 A5 and Gibson Girls

I am considering stitching them on a fabric book... tbc !

Thank you so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated, 

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

Do not forget to participate in our monthly challenge

@  March's Creative Challenge - Springtime

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps.

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Enjoy your Summer by Titbelsoeur

Hello everybody,
Here are 2 cards for Summer greetings,
To make the backgrounds, I have used acrylic paint on to my gelli plate, then stamped the beach umbrella (from Seaside No. 1 # 018 A5 in Sea and Sand) to make a ghost print. And when dry, I have stamped the umbrella again with Prussian Blue acrylic paint to have this uneven look :

Thanks so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated, 

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

Do not forget to participe in our

August Creative Challenge- Anything Goes

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps !

Titbelsoeur

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Happy Easter ! by Titbelsoeur

Hello everybody, this is Titbelsoeur today offering the drinks !
This year for Easter we could make things a little fun and special and make Easter dinner more like a mini-party. These Easter Fish straws will be fun for the kids (and adults) to enjoy. They are super easy to make. Here's how :

Stamp the fish (from the Seaside #1 stampstet) twice for one straw and draw a line with 2 different gelatos on each :

Then dilute the gelatos with a wet brush :

Cut the fishes out and use double-sided tape to stick them back to back with  the straw in between :

And here they are ! isn't it easy-peasy ?

Thanks so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated, 

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

Do not forget to participate in our 

March Challenge-Springtime

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps.

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Bubbles & Fish

Hi everyone Dee here with a couple of altered beer mats. Looking at 

the photos it looks a bit dark but it actually is quite pale.

Firstly I put texture paste through a stencil when dry covered 

it in a coat of gesso or thick cream paint if you don't 

have gesso.

Next I used the paint in pale blue, green, pink violet & orange.

Spritz each colour as you apply it drying in-between. 

Once happy with the result stamp the random dots from the boarders plate 

& the 3 large circles from swirls splats and dots plate in black

 archival ink. Colour the dots on the small open dots images with a

white gel pen and the large circles use gesso to colour.

take a fine black pitt pen and scribble a zigzag line round the larger circles.

To finish the effect apply the Black Soot Distress Spray and

activate with water. 

Stamp the fish image from the sea side 1 plate on white card and cut in half.

use the glitter paste see below around the edges. Also use it through 

the circle stencil, along with crackle paste colour with

a silver wax.

Swipe the edges with silver once finished.

That's it for today folks I hope

you enjoyed it.

Cheers Dee x

Products Used

1. The Artistic stamper stamps:-Borders A6#2, Swirls Splats and Dots, Seaside No. 1 # 018.
2. Stencil 6 x 6" - Cobbles, A various sized circle stencil.
3. Any Acrylic paint spritzed with water so it becomes translucent.
4. Modelling paste
5. Black soot distress stain spray.
6. White gel pen or sharpie.
7. Crystal Stickles/ clear 3D gel with glitter mixed through it to create a glitter paste.
8. White Gesso and crackle paste.

Hello Mr Postman !

And hello you Happy Crafters !
Since Summer is still on its way, I have made my second project for June to help you participate in the June challenge if you miss inspiration... and at the same time make your postman's day !

Always have 2 or 3 blank envelopes on your craft table to wipe your leftover paint or ink on stencils or stamps.

After using the Marbled 2 Background stamp with Broken China Distress ink, spray it up with water and wipe it on your envelope :

This will create a blurred wavy background. Let it dry.

Then you can stamp the Cogs Background here and there on the edges to leave room for the name and address, with Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire  
And stamp the wheel from the Seaside No. 1 # 018 plate with Cobalt Archival

Also you may stamp the tag from the Labels A6 plate just to help write name and address.

The Special Delivery stamp comes from the Carte Postale size A5 © Katy Fox plate

the seashell stamps come from the  Seaside No. 1 # 018 plate

Thanks so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated.

I hope you will participate in our June challenge

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps.

Titbelsoeur

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...bye-bye...

Farewell of MarIa Potapovich (mellpellmell).
Hi to all of you, mellpellmell is here for you today.

And today I'm going to tell you not only "hi", but "Goodbye"...
...because this post  is the last one that I have created as an official member of the ASC design team.

I'm a little sad, but so sometimes it happens ...

It was very interesting - to be here with you and work with wonderful stamps. In spite of my forgetfulness, Jennie has always managed to keep me in the plan (well, almost always) - special thanks to her for understanding, patience and organization! You're just a miracle!

And, of course, thank Jennie for her generosity and clear leadership, and the opportunity to work with her fantastic stamps.
I consider myself very lucky that I had this privilege - to be in such a wonderful team of designers.


Today I want to make a small flash-back - let us see with me, how that time has passed for me, and what work has appeared in the meantime.

So...

The first thing I would like to remember once again with you - it is a regular notebook.

  And as you see - I've used just a single stamp to decorate it:

Here my "Bug's card":

  I've used the Encyclopedia Botanica stamps set  here

Gibson Girls Plate 1
Calligraphic Mat 
(stamping, masking, spraying, splashing... - it was fun!)

Now...here is the Bloom shadow-box - I like to make them (maybe it's a mania?)...

And here is a one of my canvases. It's about girl's spring)))))

 I've used  Encyclopaedia Botanica Size A5

And of course the Botanical Plates 1 and 2.


Do you know I like  watercolor and ink drawing?
And  I like to add stamps to my watercolors.
I've used the Encyclopedia Botanica stamps set  again:

Mmmmm... Mixed-media. Yes, it's one of the greatest style, I think...

And here is the video of it's creating:

I've used Journaling Mini Words stamps set to make this card.


 This philosophical image are adhered on the big house, made ​​of gypsum.

  Encyclopaedia Botanica stamps set and Family Values

Oh, I nearly forgot!

Special thanks to all those who have left great comments and kind words to my post - these words graced my days!

I leave the team, but I'm still here - because it is a wonderful blog with an incredible amount of inspiration and positive!

Good luck and enjoy your creativity!

<3