Mosaic Frame

Hi everyone, I'm back today with an Artcuts layered frame finished over the weekend. I covered all the little square wood tiles with Chyogami papers and although I was using up a lot of small pieces in many different patterns I like the random mix and how they work together. I added in some hearts and butterflies and liked the effect of seeing a little of the birch ply frame underneath. I think this frame would work well with a mirror in the centre but for this one I painted the back piece in gold and added a butterfly and gold bow.

Enjoy your day,

Chris x

 

PaperArtsy Blog Guest - Bleach

Hi everyone, I'm delighted to have a project on the PaperArtsy blog today and the above picture is a taster of a small step by step I've done for the current topic of bleach. I've used a lovely PaperArtsy Christmas stamp set by Claire Lloyd with bleach techniques for her clothes and also for the background pieces and stars.

If you haven't seen any of the guest posts on this topic so far I highly recommend you have a look as there are some very interesting ideas and beautiful projects.

Back soon,

Chris x

 

 

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 47 - Anything Goes

Hi everyone, hope you're all well and are looking forward to the weekend. It's the start of another challenge at Paperbabe Stamps blog and this time it's everyone's favourite of 'Anything Goes'!

I made a Christmas Tree decoration using one of favourite Paperbabe stamp sets 'Bottle Brush Trees', I love the little fir trees that make such a great scene when stamped next to each other. I stamped them in Brilliance Ivy ink which has a slight gold sheen to it over white paint and versamagic chalk ink background then I stamped the snowflakes in white and silver brilliance ink. I used an Artcuts birch heart which are the perfect size for hanging on the tree and I gave it some sparkle with Cosmic Shimmer glitter jewels and tinsel trim for hanging it up.

 

 

I hope you' ll join us in the challenge and you don't need to use Paperbabe stamps in order to join in.

Chris X

 

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 43 - Anything Goes

 

Hi everyone, hope you had a good week. We have the new challenge starting today on the Paperbabe Stamps blog and this week it's everyone's favourite theme 'Anything Goes' and with a great prize from Kim, we hope you'll join us.

 

I thoroughly enjoyed my 3D Dia de los Muertos girl using lots of gorgeous goodies from September release. I'm so pleased with how she came out as I've been eagerly awaiting the Sugar Skull stamps since Kim told me she was designing them, I like something a bit different and this set which matches up with the female face mini stamps and the new substrates and accessories will be great for that end of October festival :-D. I might put this out on the step so everyone knows we have Halloween goodies!

 

 

I used the Portrait Media Blanks - Blunt Bangs Long Kit, Mixed Media Blanks Accessories kits Candles, Flourishes, Skulls and Crosses and Roses together with the Sugar Skull Mini and the Female Face Mini stamp sets. I painted with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paints, they're great for quickly coating all the substrate pieces and I added a bit of shading with charcoal pencil.

Chris x

 

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 10 - Masks/Masking

 

Hi everyone, today is the start of Challenge 10 at Paperbabe Stamps blog and this time the challenge is masks and/or masking so I hope you can join us and you can join in even if you don't have Paperbabe Stamps.

I've used one of my favourite Paperbe sets which is the Doll Face Stamp Set and stamped and pencil coloured the cover of a kraft notebook, I've also sprayed it with matte sealer to protect it when it's in my bag.

The mask I used is 'doilie' by Giovanna for Tando, it's such a pretty pattern and it seemed to be the perfect one to give the impression of a lacy hat. I coloured inside the masked lines with gelatos using my fingers and then went over the masked out lines after the mask was removed with white pen to give the impression of lace (hopefully)!

All of the other colouring of the face and hair is with pencils adding some final details with the white pen over the top of the hair to finish off.

Have a good weekend.

Chris x

 

 

 

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Easter Bunting

Hi everyone, I'm joining in with a couple of challenges I've found this week and sharing an Easter project I've created on Artcuts Easter egg bunting.

I added gesso to the wood eggs and then applied Brusho paints for my background. I've stamped with a Tim Holtz mini blueprints Easter stamp set on the larger eggs using IndigoBlu flitter glue and on all the eggs with a speckle stamp from the Tim Holtz set 'Bitty Grunge' also in flitter glue. I added gold IndigoBlu mega flake over the glue then burnished and removed the excess to leave the lovely gilded stamping. I also added some brown ink over all the eggs with the same speckle stamp as before.

I've used up some of my stash of various prima and other flowers with some gems here and there.

I've made the egg shapes into bunting by threading some seam binding ribbon through the holes in the tops of the eggs and this was coloured with Tumbled Glass distress stain.

So far I've maned to not eat my chocolate Easter egg, if you celebrate Easter how have you managed :-)?

I'm entering my binging into the challenges at That Craft Place - Easter/Spring, Pile it on - Easter/Spring, Crafty Boots - Easter, Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes.

Have a lovely Easter.

Chris x

 

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Mixed Media Canvas

Hi everyone, I wanted to share a mixed media canvas today that I've made for a class at The Craft Barn coming up in May and all the classes for May should be up on the website in the next day or two.

I had fun in a bit of a Finnabair style but with a lot of colour, die cut flowers, chipboard pieces, buttons and pearls etc., with products from the gorgeous DecoArt Media Line of pastes, paints and antiquing creams together with highlighting wax and gilding flake.

I had a limited palette of three colours of the media acrylics and enjoyed the results of the colours mixing together.

 

I'm back later in the week with my make for the next Paperbabe challenge.

Enjoy your day.

Chris x

 

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Christmas Club at the Craft barn

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend. I had a lovely day out with a friend in Brighton yesterday and took in a painting launch at article in the lanes of Craig Alan's work, it was interesting to hear about his process and all that he does before he even starts on a canvas, there was pink fizz too but I still couldn't afford the price tags of course :-).

Once a month at the Craft Barn we have Christmas Club day where some lovely ladies join me to get a head start on everything Christmas. We make cards and also items to give as gifts etc., we also have a good laugh and quite often yummy cakes.

Last Monday Brusho paints were the colour ingredient for the day and we used them for the backgrounds of this lovely little paper mâché book set together with some stamping (Kaisercraft stamps) and and highlights of white pen and glossy accents.

The card this time was a shaker style card with gorgeous Cosmic Shimmer glitter jewels inside. Again we used the Brusho paints for the background, stamping this time with Woodware stamps and some stencilling on the top layer with a Tim Holtz stencil.

Enjoy your Sunday,

Chris x

 

 

 

 

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Simon Says Monday Challenge - Bold Stamping

Hi everyone, hope you had a good weekend. I'm scraping in on the last moments of this week's challenge at Simon Says Monday Challenge which Bold Stamping - Boldly Go.

I realises I hadn't added this bird house to my blog yet and as stamping onto wooden 3d items is always a bold challenge I thought it would fit the theme :-).

I painted several layers of Paperartsy paints onto the wood and sanded back through them here and there so that several of the colours showed through. The stamping is done with chalk inks which I dried off with a heat gun and afterwards sprayed over with a sealer. The roof is embossed with multiple colours of stampendous embossing powders and I've wired some die cut and glittered flowers and leaves for the top of the house which can be bent and shaped to suit. I stamped with a lovely Crafty Individuals stamp set and a Kaisercraft texture stamp.

Enjoy your day.

Chris x

 

 

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The Craft Barn - product of the week - Grunge Paper/Board

Hi everyone and I hope you've had a good week! For Product of the week at the Craft Barn blog this week we're showcasing Grunge Paper/Board I've made a sunglasses sliding pouch from grunge paper and as grunge paper is one of my favourite things to work with I enjoyed myself :D! I love the flexibility of it, it's moldable, paint-able, ink-able, die cut-able (is that a word :) and seems to take whatever you put on it beautifully. I did all the things I've just mentioned and I also did some sewing to hold it together. 

My DT friends have come up with some great ideas and beautiful projects so I hope you'll pop over to the blog to see what they've been up to :D.

Materials: Grunge Paper, Eco-Green Paints in Pure Copper and Ocean, Marianne Creatable Die set Open Flowers Trendy, Tando Mask - Sequin Waste, Distress Inks - Broken China, Aged Mahogany, Stormy Sky, Walnut Stain, Studs, waxed cord.

Enjoy your day :).

Faberge inspired butterfly

Hi everyone! Hope your weekend was good. It's my day on the Katzelkraft blog today and I've made a wall hanging inspired by Faberge which I'm entering into the challenges of 'twine' and the colour challenge of 'red and gold' at Gingersnap Creations (that's if I'm allowed to enter both with one piece, not sure), hope you'll pop over there as they have some lovely challenges, gorgeous art and techniques etc. 

I've used  the lovely 'Physalis et Petits Oiseaux' plate which is a versatile set and great for making backgrounds. My butterfly is a piece of chipboard cut on my die cutting machine, then covered with white stamping card and it's about eight inches wide. I stamped the flower and embossed with gold powder then sponged with fired brick and wild honey distress ink to fit in with the colour theme. There's twine to hang the butterfly from and also for the antennae to fit the twine challenge at Gingersnaps. To try and get the Faberge jewelled look  I added some die cut swirls sprayed with gold cosmic shimmer spray, a prima enamel style flower, gems large and small and lots of pearl pen dots. 

The stamps are available at Katzelkraft Stamps in France and in the UK at the Craft Barn.

Enjoy your day!