My fav from 2014 at Artistic Stamper ;)

Hi!
It's me, mellpellmell here for you today.

You know, there is a tradition - before the new year to remember what you have done over the past year...

I also want to remember and tell you about it...

So, let's see my favourite Artistic Stamper creations from this year.

The first is the ATC series of two cards. I like the messy view of this stamps - letters and numerals :)

The second is minimalistic card made with a single stamp "leaf". It is very sharp and very realistic looks after coloring.

And the last - LO with different botanical stamps - butterflies, beetles and text (the most excellent option for the background!)

I am grateful to all of you that you remembered it all with me.

And thanks to all of you - the design team, the readers and even bystanders at this blog, that you spent this year along with me!

And I wish you all Happy New Year!!!

Blue patina "number" plaque: By Zuzu

Today I have an altered plaque to show you. The plaque is the larger of the two you can find HERE. It's a nice cheap item to buy and alter.
I started by adding texture paste through a stencil and leaving it to dry and harden. then i painted it in a dark colour i mixed from raw umber and slate grey to look a bit like a bronze colour. I coated that with a crackle medium and then added some Indian turquoise. I think it has a nice "blue patina" look to it.  i let the crackles happen naturally and left everything to dry again.

once it was dry i sanded very lightly over the raised texture and along all the edges. i inked the edges with some vintage photo distress stains using a baby wipe to dab it on and off (i wanted it to be subtle)

Next i stamped sections of the Numerical plate by Katy Fox on to tissue paper. I sprayed the back of the tissue paper with some turquoise dylusions spray. i glued bits of the tissue in to place.

Next, I cut out some rectangles of grunge board and painted them with a mix of raw umber, slate grey and burnt sienna to try and mimic a rusty look. I sprayed some more of the grungeboard with turquoise spray and when it dried I stamped some of the numbers from the numerical plate, on to it. I cut out the numbers and glued them on to the rust painted rectangles. After that it was just a case of sticking on my rusty hook and the rusty "thingy" on the top.

thats it really...
see you in two weeks.
Z x
Edited to answer the question asked by a few people in the comments: the stencil was a "glimmer screen" and it came from the "ironworks" set.