more Spring colours

here they are again, the colours chosen for the March challenge over at Rubber Dance Art Stamps. ...

See post below for my other interpretation of these colours. And in between waiting for layers to dry, I started something else - A Big Tag, using the same colour scheme ...

a close up ...

 

I know ... I've managed to give the Spring colours an Autumn twist :)

With the temperatures falling here, and Winter on the way, I think it was inevitable :)

 

Here's what I used and did: background - misting sprays, then Tim Holtz layering stencil with Distress Ink. Yellow ribbons and background string coloured with more mists, likewise two of the little flowers. And the lovely leaves, which are embellished with micro beads, are by Rubber Dance Art Stamps.

I will also enter this in the March challenge over at The Mirror Crack'd where the theme is "Wings" and at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge where the theme is "Birds of a Feather".

 

Am I late to the party?

... the Gelatos party, naturally. I know they've been around for a while now, but I don't normally rush out for the newest, "must have" product, until I've seen about a million other people buy and use it :)
Now, even though this is unofficially the "Year of Not Buying Lots of Stuff", when I saw Gelatos advertised at a local chain store for a great price, well naturally, I hit the ground running :) 
So ... in the last few days I have accumulated a few things to make me very happy ...

Apart from the box of Gelatos, there's a new issue of my favourite craft magazine, four large
(50cm x 40cm) canvasses at $2.50 each!! and a $10 gift voucher for the local fabric/craft store.

Again, because it's the "Year of Not Buying Lots of Stuff", when I do buy stuff, I have to break it out straight away and use it, that's the rules :) 

The Gelatos were used for all the background colours and then bubble-wrap stamped with Distress Inks. Nothing very exciting, but I do like them :)

February Challenges

I've been working on a little project which I think will fit the current theme for my two favourite challenge blogs, Rubber Dance Art Stamps and Our Creative Corner.  The colour theme at Rubber Dance was turquoise blue/red/vintage brown with an optional theme of "love" and the theme at OCC was based on using techniques/products from a "Tic Tac Toe" panel ...

Pick a line, any line, up or down, or diagonally. I chose "Metal, Stamps, Mediums (crackle)".
Here's the end result, another "Reverse Canvas" which I really enjoyed creating. I'll put the finished pic here at the top, and then, if you fancy, you can scroll down to see some of the steps I took to make it.

 

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Here's the "How to", if you are interested ...

 

First, I crackle glazed (Viva Croco Crackle) two canvasses, one fresh one and one which I didn't like ...

I used a brush to apply the crackle glaze to the one on the left and a palette knife to apply the glaze thickly to the one on the right. Big difference? At first, I really liked the one on the right, but the next day I much preferred the one on the left!

 

Stamps need to be used for the Rubber Dance Challenge and I used Kaisercraft Script for the background, on top of some colour misting.

 

I found some pretty mini roses which I had made previously (and changed the colour by spraying them, below), and then I made some more, using vellum. The edges of the roses were slightly coloured with Distress Ink. The chipboard and lace was also colour sprayed.

 

 

I didn't take photos of every step, that would eat into my creative time :) but the picture is from Crafty Individuals and the layer behind is embossed flashing which I coloured with alcohol inks and the red layer under that is recycled acetate packaging which is also embossed and coloured with alcohol ink, as were the little circular metal embellishments.

 

 

WOYWW new stamps, new projects

No time for idle chatter, here's my "desk", early this morning ...

Trying out some of my Lynne Perrella stamps. I didn't think I would be able to get them locally, but I did. Those here in Oz might like to know they came from Crafters Cupboard. And if you pop over there they have a monthly challenge too. You can see my entry below.

The backgrounds I stamped on were made with distress inks on both matte and glossy paper. I rather like the effects of black stamping on gloss. Everything is sitting on top of another project, which needs to be finished in the next couple of days ... or it will be abandoned.

 

Why would you be interested in all this? Why would anyone want to see what I am doing?

Well, surprisingly, some people are interested and they do want to see, and we all meet over at Julia's place on Wednesdays. See you there :)

Oh, and here's some polymer clay work I said I would show Ailsa ...

 

more "jump starting"

Here's another little something I made after some inspiration from

Nathalie's Creative Jump Start 2014

 

I've used the packaging tape transfer method (and some more masking tape background).

 

 

Other stuff used: stamps, distress inks, lace, Prima flower, other flowers, gel sticker, German scrap, "flower jewels", die cut scraps.