MDF Frame & Sheena Douglass Stamp

Today I want to share with you a frame made featuring a gorgeous stamp by Sheena Douglass that I was lucky enough to get my hands of recently!  I chose to colour it with alcohol markers but it really would look great used plain, or inked with distress inks!
              

      

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I used the following materials:

STAMP USED
Sheena Douglass "Ancient Arches" from Crafters Companion
(Stamped onto Sheena Douglass White Stamping Card, coloured with Promarkers)
         

THAT CRAFT PLACE MDF / GREYBOARD
MDF Frame
MDF Circles (from an off-cut bag)
That Craft Place Website

DIES USED
Leane Creatief - Multi Flowers #5
Sizzix Butterfly
Buff-It Craft Polish - Slate
    
MEDIUMS USED
Cosmic Shimmer - Shimmer Paint - Rich Oak
Americana Triple Thick
Collall 3D Glue Gel
Cosmic Shimmer Glue
Golden Gel Medium

OTHER PRODUCTS USED
Microbeads
Flower Stamens
Creative Expressions Dazzlers
Craft Wire
Flower by Petal Lu
                        

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Painting with Shimmer Paints, the MDF frame doesn't need pre-gessoing!
At the same time as painting the frame, I painted a couple of pieces of plain cardstock
with the same paint, to die cut the flowers from later!

               

     

The Sheena Douglass White Stamping Card takes alcohol markers so so well! I drew a little silhouetted man in the blue archway, then added Triple Thick Gloss Glaze to that area.

           

     

The tiny flower is handmade by Petal Lu (link above) and fitted perfectly into this tiny glass dome!  Collall 3D Glue Gel worked perfectly for gluing the cap to the dome as well as for glueing the dome into it's base.  I then used craft wire to suspend the dome from the frame after first ageing the wire with a candle flame.

 

      

The butterfly die comes as 2 parts and I added microbeads to the body of the butterfly before painting them with more of the Buff-It craft polish.

             

   

These flowers came with the same die set as the flowers and leaves used at the bottom of the frame (details in the materials list above).  Adding stamens really finishes them nicely.

          

      

As with the flowers in the photo above, these were die cut from cardstock painted to match the frame.  I then distressed with an embossing tool to soften the fibres in the card and crumpled the flowers before adding Buff-It craft polish.  The flowers are finished with crystal-like gems.

    

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Thank you as always for popping by.
    

xxSAMxx

    

      

Set Your Goals High - Art Journal Page - Boingy Rabbit!

I'm sat here at my monthly blogging group (typed Tuesday 3 May), trying to think what to write, and somehow words are eluding me! I really do look forward to the first Tuesday of each month when I have a reason to dust myself off and get out of the house and into the real world beyond!  Always grateful to be back in my own company at the end though to rest and recharge my batteries!
   

       
I made this journal page Monday evening using a fantastic digi stamp from Bloobel Stamps on Etsy.

I used to really detest fussy cutting, but now actually like to sit on the sofa with my wife and dogs for company and slowly cut out all the bits for a project!... With my poor manual dexterity I have to pace how much I do in one sitting though, otherwise the cutting gets messier and messier!

               
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I used the following materials:

 

JOURNAL
Handmade journal using Daler Rowney Mixed Media Paper

 DIGI STAMP
"Boingy Rabbit" by Bloobel Stamps on Etsy
(printed onto That Craft Place Super-Smooth paper 
& coloured with Copics & Promarkers)

MEDIUMS USED
White Gesso
Gelatos (Cotton Candy, Blueberry, Chocolate, Mango)
Archival Ink (Tree Branch, Jet Black)
Distress Ink (Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twig, Faded Jeans)
Posca Paint Markers (White, Black)
DoCrafts Papermania Solid Cardstock
Golden Soft Gel Medium (Matte)
    
OTHER PRODUCTS USED
Dovecraft Mini Alphabet Stamps
Mini Stencil by That Craft Place
Tim Holtz "Grid" stamp by Stampers Anonymous
                   
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Here are some more photos

   
Here's the main double page spread. I used Gelatos for the background, setting with heat tool so the the colours don't smudge. Before heat setting though, I used a stencil and baby wipe to wipe back the gelatos in areas.

   
   
I used both Copics and Promarkers to Colour the image and adhered it to the page with gel Medium.

     
   
The sentiment is stamped in Archival Ink onto a scrap piece of thick cartridge paper .

           
           
I added colour to the green cardstock with Distress Inks.
I decided to glue only the bottom of the grass to give the page some texture.

             
     
Because I sewed the last page of one signature on my journal to the first page of the next signature (to give the finished journal some strength), this created pockets throughout the journal into with these extra pages slot!

         
       
I used a Gelato in "Mango" to add detail to the carrots before distressing slightly with Archival Ink in Tree Branch.

           

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Thank you as always for popping by.
    

xxSAMxx

   

Curiosity feeds Creativity - Art Journal Page

I''m pleased to share with you today a journal spread I made in my handmade journal.
         

 
This hidden extra page hides inside the pocket  that sewing the right page to the page after it formed! 

              

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I used the following materials:

 
JOURNAL
Handmade Journal using Daler-Rowney Mixed Media Paper

DIGI STAMP
"Dotty Bubbles" by That Craft Place on Etsy 

MEDIUMS USED
Gelatos
 Copics
Posca Paint Markers (Black & White)
Golden Soft Gel Medium

OTHER PRODUCTS USED
Patterned paper scraps from my stash
Stencils by That Craft Place

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This page spread features a digi stamp from the Bubbles range by That Craft Place.  

I coloured her skin and hair with Copics before Paper Piecing her dress and hair.  

I coloured the spots on the dress and bow with the same white Posca pen that I used for the highlights on her skin.

      

Thank you as always for popping by.
    

xxSAMxx

  

Mixed Media Card - Petal Lu & Saturated Canary

I've been busy catching up with my blogging this week and today I have a card to share with you that I sent to my brother and his partner who have just welcomed a new baby into the family!

          

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I used the following materials:

    

PETAL LU FLOWERS
Rose, Fuchsia & Small Original Rainbow Bloom
  
DIGI STAMP
"Butterfly Baby" by Saturated Canary
      
OTHER PRODUCTS USED
A5 Card Blank
Winsor Newton Cartridge Paper
Brown Cardstock
Distress Inks
Posca Paint Marker
Archival Ink
Copics
Promarkers
Tim Holtz "Simple Sentiments" by Stampers Anonymous
    

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Here are some more photos

    

            

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Links you need to know 

       
PETAL LU - SHOP!

Petal Lu - Challenge Blog
      
Petal Lu - Facebook Page

Facebook group for sharing your Petal Lu creations!
          
Saturated Canary Shop
        

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Thank you as always for popping by.
        

xxSAMxx

          

More Pen Pots!

So today, I'm following yesterday's blog post by showing you 
2 more pen pots I made!

     

             

Again I constructed the pots from the greyboard sheets using masking tape to secure the pieces.  I then added tissue paper to give more stability as well as texture and a good ground for painting onto. 

      

I crinkled the tissue paper this time rather than applying it smoothly.  This resulted in the fab rustic bumpy look you see here!

    

          
The inside of the pots is painted with Mushroom Chalk Paint (from Creative Expressions).
      
I tinted more of the Mushroom Chalk Paint with DecoArt Fluid Acrylic in Dioxazine Purple and used this to paint the outside of the pots.  
        
I painted the excess purple paint onto white cardstock and this was used for the background behind the dog silhouette.  Before I got to that stage though, I used a Crackle stamp by Tim Holtz along with some more chalk paint on the painted card.

          

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I used the following materials:

       

Thick greyboard sheets
Masking Tape
Tissue Paper
A'Colour Allround Medium
Creative Expressions Chalk Paint - Mushroom
DecoArt Fluid Acrylics - Dioxazine Purple
Cardstock - Black, White and Grey
Die Cut Dog (by Tattered Lace)
"Cracks" from Stampers Anonymous "Cracks & Specks" by Tim Holtz

Elastic String
Paper Flowers
Metal Charm

               
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Thank you as always for popping by.
           

xxSAMxx