Patterned card by Titbelsoeur

Hello everyone !
Titbelsoeur today to present you a simple card where patterns are repeated again and again with 3 different stamps : Floral Open Background with 2 Free Flower stamps , Cogs Background and the big watch from Tick Tock A5.
And on the center, one of these forever beautiful Gibson Girls.


I have first colored the background with Distress ink, then stamped the Gibson Girl is stamped with Blue Archival ink, cut out a mask of this stamp on to a post-it I sticked on the stamped image, and stamped the cogs with grey, the watch with blue and the flowers with crimson.
And sticked the cardstock on to a card :

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Time... by Titbelsoeur

Hello happy card senders !
Since the August challenge is about Anything goes, the project I want to share with you today is a card.
About time.
Start glueing a dictionary page on your cardboard
Use watercolor chalks here and there and wet your paper here and there too.
Then stamp the background with Plum Archival ink and outline the cogs and clocks with white chalk or white pen when necessary.
Stamp the big clock and the quote on to another piece of a dictionary page,
And here it is !!
You will find the time stamps HERE !

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I hope that my card did inspire you and that

you will participate in our August challenge

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps.

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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.

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Art journal page project

Hello happy journalers ! 
Do you like art journaling ? I hope so, since our May challenge is  Journaling your heART out!
For those of you who are not at ease with art journaling, I will share this project with you. I got inspiration from Tracy Scott's art.

Materials :
paper or cardboard
acrylic paint
white gesso
black Archival ink
Artistic Stamper Mask : Large Dot 
Artistic Stamper stamps :
- Backgrounds : Hessian, Cogs,
- Katy Leitch : Messy Art, Encyclopaedia Botanica 
- Seaside : Seaside No. 1 # 018
- Neil Walker : Alphabet Soup

Start by painting the page with yellow, green and pink acrylics, and then stencil the large dots with gesso :

Stamp Dots Background with gesso and Hessian with black Archival :

Stamp Hessian, Cogs and Messy with black Archival, and again Dots Background with gesso on other places :

Draw circles with black acrylic paint on a thin brush, let it drip here and there, allow it to dry and then fill the circles with acrylic paints. 
Create shadows around the circles with paint or charcoal :

Stamp Alphabet soup with white acrylic, and with black Archival ink blots (from the Messy Art plate) and text (from the Encyclopaedia Botanica one) into the circles :

And here is the final page. Since my pictures from Gil Bruvel were relating to the sea world, I have finished by stamping some shells and starfishs :

Once you’re done with your art journal page, you can post it here to participate in our May challenge to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps !

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your comments are very much appreciated.

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Butterflies on my page...

Hello there, this is Titbelsoeur today sharing an art journal page with you.

First, I have distressed the page with Brushed Corduroy, then glued a very old school book page on it :

 I made my own masking tapes, stamping cogs and watches background stamps on to a piece of tape :

 and sticked them to my page, adding a piece of a used tea bag :

 A coat of gesso, then I stamped Treillis and Dots backgrounds and added brown shadows here and there with a watercolor chalk and a wet paintbrush :

 Then I stamped butterflies on to the background with water-based ink and made them a bit blur in adding some water with a paintbrush which also spread the watercolor below :

  I did the same with the central butterfly I stamped on a white paper, slightly blured and cut out :

And here is my page :

Here are the stamps I used :
Butterflies
Encyclopaedia Botanica
Treillis Background
Watches Background
Dots Background
Cogs Background

Thanks so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated.

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Do you know stamp kissing ?

Hello happy crafters !

This is Titbelsoeur today showing you the very last technique I found out on the internet : stamp kissing !

What is this about ? very simple : you have some plain stamps, like the Artistic Stamper's butterflies :

 and textured ones... you ink each of them with different colors, and make them have a kiss.... 

 so that your butterflies have clock wings if they have a kiss with 

 Fantasy ones if they are in love with

or steampunk wings if they kiss cogs :

Isn't it a funny technique ? and the results are really stunning, aren't they ?

I did make some, just to have a try, then cut them out and sticked them on to a card I had made the background with the fabulous Europe map and the Journey sentiment.

On the other side, you make nice stampings with the structured one :

Cogs background
Time and keys
Fantasy background
Flutterby
Europe Map background
A journey
Distress inks
Versafine inks

Thank you so much for stopping by, 

I hope you like this technique,and will quickly have a try :-)

I am looking forward to reading your comments !

A tout bientôt !

Titbelsoeur 

Up Up & Away Again! By Anita Houston

I'm back! Sounds a little scary, huh? The Artful Maven, Anita Houston here again, and I am thrilled to be back to show you my second installment using these amazing stamps from The Artistic Stamper!

I hope you caught a glimpse of my first project, but if not check out my Project #1, so you will see the theme I have going on here for Project #2. 

This is another 8x10 inch canvas, and I used eight stamps as well for this one. I've had so much fun making these inspirational canvases, and this is the first time I've ever made a family of canvas pieces, that would not only look well together but also apart. I really love how these stamped images can easily go together.

I began by stamping the European Map Background in Sepia Archival Ink and then heat embossing it in Ranger's Clear Powder. I also did the same with the clock that I stamped in Jet Black, and I used Snow Cap Paint Dabber to stamp the swirls. Both of these are from the Tick Tock plate.

I stamped both the Cogs Background and Small Cogs onto tissue paper using all three of the metallic Paint Dabbers.

I played around with some Dylusions Ink Sprays and came up with a nice looking rusty background for the cogs and gears using first Melted Chocolate, then Pure Sunshine, then bits of Black Marble.

I cut out some of the cogs and adhered them to the center of the sun. I stamped some of the words on the Journaling Words 2 set in Jet Black for the sentiment and heat embossed them as well. Then using a few pieces of scrap to mask off some of the canvas, I began misting with Dylusions, and my painted and embossed parts resisted the ink of course...love that!

Using silver cardstock and more metallic paint, I stamped the lightbulbs from the Inspiration Light Bulb set, the diamond border from Borders A5 #1, and the key from Time & Keys, and I cut them all out.

I added more cut out cogs to the lightbulb, some Distress Ink, and metal bits and gears.

Using the Sizzix Layered Wings Die, I die cut silver cardstock and white tissue paper for lots of layers.

When I was in London, I purchased these wonderful paperclips at Liberty of London. I colored them with Alcohol Ink to give a little foliage look.

 

 

 

 

 

I'll be back in a few weeks with the last of my canvases. Thank you for looking, and for all the wonderful comments!

St...st...st...STeamPunK by Titbelsoeur

Hi There, Salut les Cop's !
The page I am showing you today was made to be sent to a friend of mine, for her circle journal... sure you guess the subject of the journal !
Steampunk, yes you right !
I LOVE the steampunk style ! to make the background, I have used some masks and stencils like the Mini Gear template and, amongst others, the fabulous Tick Tock and Cogs Background plates. Ranger inks sprayed or stamped, and that's it...

An Old Lady and a young one... the young one needed some jewels, thus I opened my toolbox to gem her with cogs, coins and watch mechanisms :

I hope you like my steampunk style,

thanks for stopping by, 

I am looking forward to reading your comments ! 

See you again soon...

Titbelsoeur

Cards by Titbelsoeur

Salut les copines !

Today I wanted to show you some simple cards, very easy and quick to do, so why won't you do the same, eh ?

To do it, I have used a card and a piece of strong paper like Bazzill or whatever.

I have used the Ephemera stamp set and this Gibson girl I can't help but stamping it everywhere !

And with -quite - the same stamps and papers I have made - quite - the same cards :

Other stamps :

Cogs background and Chicken wire background

I hope you like my cards,

thanks for stopping by, 

I am looking forward to reading your comments ! 

See you again soon...

Titbelsoeur