Stampotique Under the Sea

Come swimming with me under the sea!

The background effect was created with Brusho Crystals dropped onto wet watercolour paper
as were the Mermaids Smushallaum, Smushasha & Smumanha
Fish Gawan, Arthur & Ambrosius and Octopet too and all were distressed around the edges once dry
I also embossed seaweed in gold and bubbles in silver and turquoise

Clarity Feminine

I have wanted this fabulous Balloon stamp for a while and recently acquired it, so much beautiful detail quite Steampunk, so I decided to produce a Steampunk style mini handbag for the Clarity Stamps Feminine Challenge

I cut the bag on my Cricut then stamped the Clarity large and small lupins using clear embossing powder

Then coloured with Distress stains Iced Spruce, Peacock Feather & Rusty Hinge then placed newspaper and applied heat with an iron to remove the embossing powder assembled and then distressed the edges with Walnut Stain

The Clarity FIlligraphy Hot Air Balloon with Stazon Timber Brown and coloured with Promakers and Distress inks, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain

Stampotique Flowers

Fofe and the boys were getting used to wearing their floral leis at the Hawaiian beach party

Fofe had secretly wanted the pink one!

I stamped Fofe, Heartthrob and Miguel then covered with masking fluid then washed DecoArt Acrylics Cadmium Yellow, Titanium White and Aquamarine

Once dry rubbed away the masked areas and the painted the characters with Carbon Black

The Flower leis were cut from card coloured with Lavender, Dioxadine Purple, Vivid Violet, Quinacridone Violet, Bright Orange and Naphthol Red

A Vintage Journey ATC Challenge

A Vintage Journeys 

Challenge

ATC( a little bit of Tim)

any theme withTim's influence

Hidden Faces

I love making ATC, they are so lovely to produce and I need to do more!

Great challenge to keep it simple with Tims influence, so that's what I did, no embellishments other than on the ATC bag

As I love texture and layers and the amazing ethereal beauty that stamping onto tissue paper can achieve and it keeps it very simple too but with lots of subtle texture and colour

I started by covering the ATCs with DecoArt modelling paste

 Colouring with Distress stains Pumice stone, honey gold and rusty hinge

 Then stamped onto tissues paper, using TH stamps Classics 5 & Mini Ornaments

 which are incredible beautiful and natural looking 

Apply with DecoArt Media Matt Medium, apply to both sides and apply pressure to ensure clarity
I applied Crackle glaze and enhanced with Carbon Black acrylic paint

Once dry I applied a coat of DecoArt Media Ultra Matt varnish

 I applied the modelling paste and the colours in the same way to the ATC Bag which I cut using Tim Holtz in the Bag Die

 Applied black acrylic paint around the edges, wiping back with a baby wipe

 Finished with one of Tim's Ornate Plates to accentuate the eye

Details of the individual ATC

The back of the ATC Bag

I hope you have enjoyed my ATC project, please check out the other Design Team Projects on 

A Vintage Journey

Jools :)

Stampotique Music Inspiration

Blur Song 2 

Woo Hoo!

 DT Winter is feeling blurred!

I stamped her and the Song Title onto card then applied DecoArt Acrylic paints, Carbon Black, Plum, Black Plum, Orange Twist, Zinc & Sand by scrapping across with a scoring tool and blended with a baby wipe and my fingers

A Vintage Journey Tags

A Vintage Journey Tags

I love dragonflies and have just acquired the fabulous Layered Dragonfly die & embossing folder so my tag is inspired by their beautiful colours 

 I used Tag Size 10, 8 & 5 and applied Modeling paste through Tim Holtz  latticework and Doily stencil and coloured with Dylusions After Midnight, vibrant turquoise, Calypso teal, Crushed Grape and Funky Fuchsia

On the largest Tag I applied a wash of black acrylic and then wiped back with a baby wipe & kitchen towel to colour the background card

The smallest tag used the same technique and also dry brushed with DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Purple Pearl

On the middle tag, I used Tims Batik effect, colouring the base of the tag with Iced Spruce Distress Ink. Them stamping the flourish from Mini Classic's with clear ink and using clear embossing powder

Once dry I coloured with Dusty Concord then placed newspaper and ironed to remove the excess embossing powder
I painted the Layered Dragonfly with DecoArt Aquamarine and then a wash of Dioxadine purple to fill the deboss areas

I finished it by dry brushing with Dazzling Metallics Peacock pearl & Moss pearl

I hope you have enjoyed my tag project, please check out the other Design Team Projects on 

A Vintage Journey

Jools :)

Stampotique Bows

All Tied Up!

I tied and knotted various widths of string around a Tando mixed media board, then applied DecoArt Gesso 

Once dry I applied washes of Quinacridone Gold, Burnt Umber and Carbon Black

Finished with a fabric bow coloured with Walnut Stain & Antique Linen Distress ink and some splashes of paint

Marci was stamped on Manila Card and coloured with the same Distress Inks