Month: May 2017

Hello all,

Finally got my hands on the Prima, Finnabair Rust Effects Paste.  I started experimenting on a chip board piece that I picked up at the Let’s Create Expo.   It’s a multi step process that Anna Dabrowska explains very well in her You Tube video:  https://youtu.be/ixsEjxB3NVM

Once I completed the chip board piece, I decided to try the paste out on some fasteners from my husband’s stash as well as a few other metal embellishments that I had in my bits and pieces bin.

I then assembled them all onto the a trinket box top (box and lid were pre-treated with some metallic paint through some drywall tape).

In the background, I used drywall tape to give the piece some additional texture and added some color here and there with metallic paint.  To complete the piece, I adhered the “Enduring” dictionary print text to the box top.

The Rust Effects Paste is super easy to work with and will add some awesome texture as well as a little drama to your art work.  I can’t wait to use on another project!

Happy day,

L

Check it out: http://etsy.me/2rdiwdV

Happy day,

L

Hello all,

This week I am participating in the Catherine Pooler (CP), Stamp of Approval challenge using stamps from “The Perfect Reason Collections”.   My goal is to post at least 3 cards this week as part of this challenge with the 1st card shown below.

The back ground for this was made by mixing CP inks (Something Borrowed and Tiki Tourch) with a pearlizing medium on my craft matte.  I then dipped a white piece of card stock into the “pearlized” ink until I liked the look of it.  I have to say, the versatility of CP inks continue to pleasantly surprise me!  I love the geometric design of the Everyday Mod Stamp set that I used on this card and the fact that is has some really great sayings paired with it is an added bonus.

Hint for the next card…”I don’t need a reason”.

Happy day!

L

Hello all,

Posting a picture of the Art Journal page I made last night while visiting with my hubby and daughter. They joined me in my craft room and we all did our own thing while visiting…really nice evening! One downside though…I pretty much forgot to keep a materials list while creating this page. lol I can say that I started with Gellatos and moved to acrylic paint and even added some Distress Oxide in there. The Rose stamped image is from Stampendous and most of the Paper Flowers are Prima.

Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there too!

Happy Day!

L

Hello all,

As you know from my last post, my daughter has been making me hand carved stamps (and doing a quite a fabulous job, I might add).  When she gave them to me she asked me to use them on an Art Journal page so, here it is.

I am just really impressed with the stamps that she has carved. These are the 1st three that she has ever carved (she is a natural) and they worked very nicely on this journal page.

Purple is her favorite color so, of course, I had to use a purple color scheme for this layout.  I also tried out a new product on this piece, Liquitex Glass Beads – texture paste (It is the beaded texture behind the paper flowers at the bottom of the page.).  I mixed the glass bead paste with a little bit of Magenta Liquitex Heady Body Acrylic paint to give it a bit of color (it will dry clear otherwise).  I thought it added wonderful dimension and texture to the page and I can tell that I will be using this product much more in the future.

I had a great time making this page with my daughter’s masterpieces (yes, I know, I am partial).  Hope you are all getting some happy crafting time in too!

Materials:

Hand Carved Stamps by Brittany Warren
Transformations & Paris Flea Market stamp sets – Club Scrap, Inc.
Color Layering Birds & Blossoms stamp set – Hero Arts
Matte Mist & Glimmer Mist – My Tattered Angel
Heavy Body Acrylics, Matte Medium, and Glass Beads Texture Gel – Liquitex
Archival Ink – Ranger
Premium Dye Ink – Catherine Pooler
Pitt Artist Pens – Faber-Castell
Dew Drops – The Robin’s Nest
Got Flowers – Prima Marketing Inc.
Glass Beads

Happy Day!
L

Hello all,

Look at this amazing hand carved stamp that my daughter made me!  I think it is just lovely and was so excited to post it that I didn’t even finish the card I was making (will have to post the finished card later).