Mystical Bird part 1 By Dee

Hi everyone! I hope you are all enjoying the summer and managed
some crafty time for yourselves. I have a two part Project
for you this time it started a while ago when I was experimenting
with trying to recreate the beautiful patinas and verdigris that
appear naturally in copper.

This picture shows the patina effect in more colour than 

the above photo.

As you can see below I covered 2 x board in texture sand paste.

Next I coloured the board with the Deco art Media paints.

Some Ranger crackle accents.

Deco art crackle paste round the edges.

Triple embossing using the fabulous Neil Walker Birdz stamps

& the new distress journal stamp.

Rangers alcohol inks.

The writing below was written onto a coffee stirrer and 

clear embossed.

That is it for this time I will be back soon with the second part.

Cheers Dee x

Products Used

1. Artistic Stamper stamps used Neil Walkers Birdz Set A6 , Decay Journaling Stamps #1.
2. Deco Art Products used  Quinacridone Gold, Quinacrodine Burnt Orange, Prussian Blue Hue, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Tourquoise Hue, Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide. Texture sand paste and crackle paste.
3. Ranger crackle accents, Alcohol inks Terracotta,Stream, Ginger & Butterscotch.
4. Inka Gold Gold. 

Golden Gibson Girl

Hello everyone!  Alison (butterfly) with you here again today, and I'm back in the journals again, I'm afraid... but with a whole new colour palette for me.  I'm here today with a Golden Gibson Girl!

This page came about from playing with the fabulous new Background Flourish stamp.  It's A6 sized, so I was able to stamp it twice - in Wild Honey, Scattered Straw and Pumice Stone - and cover the whole page.  I gave the inked stamp a tiny spritz of water for a softer look in places.

The details in the flourishes are gorgeous.  I stamped some of my favourite script stamp - Calligraphy Mat #6, as I now have the large size too - also in Pumice Stone to add another layer.

I can't resist a bit of crackle, as you know, so I applied some crackle paste through the Tim Holtz Harlequin stencil and left it to get on with crackling.

With all the vintage flourishing going on, I found myself reaching for one of the Gibson Girl stamps as a complementary focal point.  I stamped her on watercolour paper and used Distress Stains and some Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze to tint the background.  I toyed with colouring her in, but decided I like how the image really pops in its "naked" state.

Once the Harlequins were crackled I used the same Distress Stains and Glimmer Glaze to add colour to them too.

I think Ripe Persimmon, Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade are all in there, as well as the Scattered Straw and Wild Honey, and the Glimmer Glaze was the slightly innappropriately-named Flirty (it looks to me as though flirting is pretty much the last thing on her mind at the moment).

I also used my Pumice Stone Distress Marker to add some shading to the diamonds...

... and the final touch was to add some Treasure Gold in White Fire and Florentine to highlight the crackled texture.

A simple WordBand provides the thought for the page, picked out in Chalk Fresco Paint - a reminder for her not to get dragged down by reality's limitations, but to dare to make the leap of imagination and break free.

And of course there's lots of splatter!

So it's stamping plus crackle plus colour - a step outside the normal colour zone, for sure, but still essentially playing in the journals with my favourite things.  I hope you like it.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  There's still a week or so to come and play in our Love challenge this February.  You don't have to use Artistic Stamper stamps, but if you do you get a double entry in the prize draw.  Hope to see you there!

Ingredients used:

Artistic Stamper stamps - Flourish Background, Gibson Girls #1, Calligraphy Mat #6

Croco Crackling Colour in White

Distress Inks - Pumice Stone, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon

Distress Stains - Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon

Distress Marker - Pumice Stone

Idea-ology WordBands

Treasure Gold

Fresco Paint - Chalk

I am... journalling again

Hello all, Alison (butterfly) here with a journal page for you today.

This one started a while back, and got as far as having all the texture in place and a sharp monochromatic look.  But then it got a bit stuck, wondering where to go next.

Then the new Distress Stain Sprays appeared, and suddenly the game was on!  Faded Jeans and Vintage Photo and we're away.  I'll show you some close-ups of my favourite bits as I let you in on the steps I took to get here.

I started with strips of tissue tape across the page and added crackle paste in various areas.

I spread it quite thinly so that the crackle would be very fine.

The large heart was created with a hand-torn stencil shape, through which I first spread texture paste and then added a coat of crackle once that was dry.  I wanted a really thick, dimensional look, and that's what I got.

I embedded the pen nibs before the crackle heart had set, so no need for glue.

This was the point at which things ground to a halt.  However, once I knew there was spraying in the offing I gave the whole thing a wash of Fresco paint in Chalk.  It's part of one of the JOFY Limited Edition sets.  As well as muting the tape, it gives a lovely warm base colour.

In order to really add depth to the crackles of the heart, I splodged Black Soot Distress Stain over it, then wiped it back, leaving it just in the cracks.  Then I let loose with the two chosen Distress Stain Sprays.  It's such a delight finally to have sprays in the Distress colours without having to tip my Distress Stains into spritzers.  Perfectly possible, yes, but fiddly and always with the risk I'd knock the lidless stain over and lose it all!!

I added some of the fabulous Katy Leitch splodges and blots from the Messy Art plate, stamped in Coffee Archival.

And I used the I am... stamp from the Journalling Words #5 set on a Chalk-washed tag also stamped in Coffee Archival.

It wasn't quite popping enough, so I drew around the edges with a PITT pen and used an embossing ink pen to fill in the letters, followed by clear embossing powder to give it a hint of shine.

As you can see, I also used Treasure Gold to add a touch of warmth and glamour.  It also helps to highlight all that texture.

So there you have it.  I am... rather happy with this one.  It pleases me, and I'm looking forward to lots more Distress spritzing!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  It's always lovely to hear what you think.

You've still got a week or so to come and play in our Christmas is Coming challenge.  You don't have to use Artistic Stamper stamps, but if you do you get two entries in the prize draw.  Hope to see you there.

Ingredients used:
Artistic Stamper stamps: Journalling Words #5, Katy Leitch Messy Art
Distress Stain Sprays - Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo
Fresco Paints - Chalk (JOFY Limited Edition Autumn 2014)
Coffee Archival Ink
Croco Crackling Colour - White
DecoArt Crackle Paint
Idea-ology Tissue Tape
PITT pen
Inkssentials Embossing Pen
Clear Embossing Powder
Treasure Gold - Florentine

Wooden Post Christmas Wall Hanging

Hi everyone hope you are all well! I have a wooden wall hanging that 

I have made out of a wooden garden boarder post.

Sweet poppy snowflake stencil,

Wooden garden boarder post from any garden centre,

Deco Art crackle paste,Cobalt Turquoise, Quinacridone Gold, Carbon black

 Antiquing Cream, Decou-Page Matte medium, 

treasure gold. crackle paste,

Clear micro beads, white acrylic paint. Black pepper corns

Rag for knocking back, black fimo clay, white Gesso

Artistic stamper christmas stamps twisted Bauble, long twisted bauble.

I started by prepping the wooden post with white Gesso.

I used crackle paste through the snowflake stencil onto card.

Once dried I then tore up the paper and glued it onto the 

post at the top and bottom.

Next I painted the entire tag with white acrylic paint.

When the paint was dry I applied crackle paste to the top and down the 

right hand side of the post, I then placed the small glass beads

 into the wet paste.

I left the crackle paste to dry overnight. I rolled out the 

Fimo clay and spritzes the two stamps with water

 before placing into the rolled out clay.

Once I had cut out the clay I then baked it in the oven.

Now comes the best bit I gently paint around the snow flakes and the crackle paste 

with the Deco Art Cobalt blue and a touch of the quinacridone gold.

 Once this is dry I painted the crackle paste with carbon black 

then drying with my heat gun.  

Now I take my rag and dampen one end with water and start to work over the post till I am happy with the result. Out comes the treasure gold or your preferred product  to 

just highlight the areas that you want to.

I glued on the pepper corns to the centre of the snowflakes and attached 

a large brass ring from my stash, glued on the Fimo clay baubles 

that had been highlighted with treasure gold.

 I keep meaning to not have such longwinded posts and abbreviate them

 I will have to make it my new years resolution.

I hope you enjoyed my project and and hope that it inspires you to look at every day pieces 

and think how you can alter them. 

Please feel free to comment as your feed back helps to inspire me.

Cheers Dee x

Halloween Triptych Arch

Hi everyone I hope you are all well. I have a simple home made

 triptych arch Halloween project for you today. 

Home sweet Home stamps, Tim Holtz mini blueprints. White 

and black embossing paste, clear embossing powder

crackle embossing paste, blackVersa fine ink,

black clay, Paperartsy paint,

Mount board or grey board.

Black acrylic paint. 

I started by cutting out the three arches out of mount board. I then cut

 out three smaller arches.

I painted three tooth picks with black acrylic paint, these were then used to form 

the hinges for the triptych. Masking tape was used at the back to hold the 

tooth picks in place and I painted it black to blend in with the 

mount board. I covered the smaller arches with a mix 

of white and black embossing paste.

I covered the smaller arches with a mix of white and black embossing paste. 

Once dry I covered the arches with crackle paste and 

allowed to dry naturally.

I rolled out some black fimo clay and used the home sweet home stamps

 to stamp into the clay, I then baked the houses in the oven.

Once the crackle paste had dried I painted it with a mix of claret and spanish mulberry,

I highlighted the area's around the houses with pumpkin soup.

I stamped a web,  bat and spiders of tim's small blueprints plate in 

versa fine ink and clear embossed it. The houses were

 brushed with guilding wax.

I stuck it all together glued the bat  to the top of the middle arch and a 

spider to each side.

That's it for today I hope you enjoyed the post please

 feel free to leave a comment or two.

Cheers Dee x