I do like to be beside the seaside

Hi crafter's

Its's been quite a while since my last post but I did want to get my entry to the Crafty Individuals challenge done. Hope I'm in time. My reference to music is 'I do like to be beside the seaside' so I started by stamping the girl. Mask with a post-it note. Stamp the beach huts twice. Mask the top and bottom leaving the middle free to colour. Use a blending brush and distress inks to colour the sky and the beach. I used Sunshine yellow and Sailboat blue. Colour the huts with these inks and Citrus. Add shading with pencils. I did add a bit more texture in the sand with a music stencil and Sunshine yellow but doesn't show up in the picture to well. Remove the masking tape and draw a line with a grey marker pen. Colour the parasol, hat and water with pencils. To frame I used the seaweed stencil from Clarity and run through a die cutting machine. Blend blue ink lightly around the edge then repeat with Pebeo gilding wax. Stamp the words on to a scrape piece of card, cut out then frame with a grey line. Stick on the left hand side. Attach to a white base card.
That's it for now hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Sally

Under the sea

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This my entry to the Chocolate Baroque colour challenge. The stamp set I used was Seaside Dreams. I love stamps to do with the sea and these shells are great, loved colouring them in. I started by stamping the shells in black ink. Hold the Art Is stencil by The Crafters Workshop in place and ink though with Wild Honey, don't go over the shells. Now use the Wavy Dots stencil from Clarity using Eggplant down the sides, blending a little Wild Honey at the bottom. Colour the shells in with Spectrum Noir colouring pencils. Add highlights with Copic Opaque White. Ink up Let Your Dreams in grey ink and stamp randomly. Colour the background with brushes and Cranberry and Wild Honey ink. To frame I used Flitter Glue and Gold gilding flakes. Stamp the words By The Sea on a scrap piece of card in black, colour with Cranberry. Cut into pieces. Draw dashes with a white pen around the edges. Glue into place as shown. Mat on to a White base card to finish. That's all for this one, hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Sally

Bookworm

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It's been a while since my last post. This is my entry to the Clarity challenge, it's all about the wee folk. I have set 2 which I bought recently and I think the little boy reading is one of my favourites. I began by stamping the little boy in black ink then cut a circle and masked him. Next I used a stencil by Sam Poole and coloured through with ink dusters and Juniper, Cloudy Blue and Peach Melba inks (the Cloudy Blue hasn't scanned as well as I would have liked) randomly. Keeping the stencil in place draw around the squares with a grey fine liner pen. Remove the stencil and doodle some lines and dots in some of the squares. Stamp the words book worm in the white spaces and the word imagine in the bottom right hand corner. Add shade under the boy with a soft pencil. Mat on to white card then grey card. I have some pieces of book pages lying around from a book I am altering so I glued these to a white base card. Paint with white gesso. It all looked a bit straight and neat so I rubbed with my finger around the edge, any parts that where not stuck down came off, much better. Blend some Juniper and Cloudy Blue over the gesso. Glue the topper in place. That's all for this one, hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Sally

B for Butterfly

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Back for another Chocolate Baroque challenge. Mask a circle on a white piece of card and stamp the allium stamp from the Breath of Spring set through the hole. Move the mask to another spot covering the allium with a circle mask and stamp again. The colours I have used are Eggplant, Paris Dusk and Stream. To build up the background stamp some of the Mini Scripts randomly in Pastachio. Stamp the Butterfly three times in Watering Can. Colour in with Spectrum Noir pencils. Ink up the alphabet stamp from the Mini Scripts set in Watering Can. Colour the B in with a purple pencil. Stamp this again twice more on to a scrap piece of card. Blend Paris Dusk around the edges leaving the middle much lighter. Cut out the letters spelling ..for butterfly...and colour in with the purple pencil. Stick in place as shown. Using a blue Promarker add some dots in opposite corners. Dot some glitter glue on the alliums and the butterflies bodies. Mat on to purple and blue card then on to a white base card.

That's all for this one, hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Sally

Seed Book

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I have finally finished my entry to the Claritystamp challenge. This month it's anything but a card. It has taken ages to decide what to do. I decide to have a play with this papier mache book which I've had for ages. The first thing I did was to paint the whole book inside and out with acrylic paint, I used a neutral cream colour. Die cut some letters, I cut 3 of each then glued them together. Next I measured a piece of card to fit the front but leaving a border. Using the flourish stencil run through an embossing machine. Colour the card with a sage acrylic paint using a piece of sponge, when dry go over with the cream paint again with a sponge. I used very little for this. Colour the letters with sage paint then glue in to place. Stick the card on to the front of the book. Cut another piece of card to fit the back and colour the same and glue in to place. Add some sage paint down the spine just catching here and there. Paint around the side where the pages would be in the same green colour. Using the letterbox set stamp the word vol and I on to a scrap of cream card in Adirondack Hazelnut  age a bit with Bundled sage. Glue in to place on the spine. Run a metallic gold Promarker around the sides to make the pages, let a little bit of the paint show through. Using one of the NDC floral stamps ink up with Hazelnut ink and stamp on to some scrap card, cut out and glue on the front of the book. Rub some gold gilding wax all around the book and the letters. 

 I painted the inside a slightly darker colour of acrylic called Antique Cream. Cut a piece of cream card to fit the left hand side of the book, run through an embossing machine with the flourish stencil. Using the debossed side colour with the sage acrylic and sponge. Ink up the the stamp from the Birdhouse kit in Hazelnut ink and stamp twice at the bottom. Glue in to place. Although you can't see in the picture I have decorated the other side of the book the same. Lastly I made some envelopes with cream paper to hold seeds. I stamped the flourish this time with Juniper ink and the flowers in Hazelnut. That about does it for this one.

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Sally

Jade Moth

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I made this card using some new stamps I have just bought Moon wings by Designs by Ryn.  I have used glossy card stock for this card. First stamp the moth using black Memento ink then cover with a mask The background stamp is by Crafty Individuals, ink up in Archival Watering Can and stamp in the centre. Remove the mask and colour in with Promarkers, I used Tea Green, Soft Green, Vanilla and Apricot. Let each layer of colour dry before going over the top to add shade. Using Ink Dusters tap Distress inks to colour the background, I used Dried Marigold and Bundled Sage. Add plenty of ink. Scrunch up some cling film to fit the size of your card then spritz around the edges leaving the middle dry. Lay the wet side down on to the card and pat down leaving plenty of creases. Leave to dry then take the cling film off. To finish run the Tea Green Promarker around the edge.
I am going to enter this in to the Designs by Ryn Customer Creations challenge.

That's all this time, thanks for looking

Sally

Butterflies

 

Hi crafter's

Time for the Crafty Individuals challenge, this is my entry. I started by stamping the background in Watering Can with second generation ink. This is one of the new stamps. I just love the script and splatters, can see this being used a lot. I then inked up a humming bird and stamped the same as before. Stamp various butterflies on a scrap piece of card. Colour in with Promarker's in vanilla, apricot, tea green and soft green. Cut out. To finish the background I used lattice and cogs stencils. Blend dried marigold and bundled sage ink with brushes. Stamp the words and run grey ink around the edges. Stick in place. Attach butterflies with silicone glue for dimension. Finish with a little glitter glue and draw lines around the edge with a grey fine liner pen. Mount on to dark green card then on to a white base card.

That's all for now, thanks for looking.

Sally