Stampotique Black, Purple & Pink

Glimmering Hope at night

I love these colours so dramatic that work as rich tones or lighter more sparkly ones

I started painting watercolour paper DecoArt Carbon black for the background
Then added white to get a very dark grey and then stamped with Meadow stamp randomly, then added a little more white and stamped again more in the foreground and lighter still for a final time

Then mixed a pale pink using DecoArt Titanium White and Vivid Violet and applied with the end of a paint brush for the flowers dots and with Lavender too

Then over stamped stalks in the fairground in Dazzling Metallics Shimmering Silver

Glimmering hope was stamped onto a piece of card covered in Silver metallic paint and coloured with Promarkers

The small moon was stamped onto the background with a grey, and then stamped again onto metallic card and coloured with Promarkers and just the middle cut out for a silvery pink moon

Stampotique Book Text

I love using old newspapers but I cant bear to tear up a book, so keeping it Stampotique I used the French Script as my background

I started by stamping Stampotique Spiral Velvet Chair, then stamping Puss Puss and masking off the background to stamp Daniels Hearts on the chair and then masked the chair and stamped the text

I then coloured with watercolours and Distress Inks

Take a seat and read your favourite book!

DecoArt Mixed Media Project- Theatre of Keys

Theatre of Keys

An altered jewellery box that now houses a cast of dancing keys 

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I hope you enjoy my project

Thank you Jools : )

A Vintage Journey’s Heavy Metal Challenge

Heavy Metal!

Fantastic new challenge at A Vintage Journey a great opportunity to use the fabulous ideology from Tim Holtz or his metallic techniques on your project

Now my go to on metal challenges is always Steampunk, So I decided to challenge myself to not use gears and cogs!

I don't make cards very often either and I keep seeing all these fabulous accordion flip cards and after some research settled on the Karen Burniston oval one

I have always admired the Riveted Patchwork effect which Tim used on his Heart and Soul Project and it appears in A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 2 Using
Metal Foil tape and Alcohol Inks, this was a great opportunity to use the technique with embossed foil

I cut the three section on a heavy weight card and then embossed the Ranger - Inkssentials Metal Foil Tape Sheets with Tim Holtz Regal Texture Fades
Then cut them the same shape peeled of the back and applied to the card
On hindsight it would have been better to have applied to the card first!
A point to remember that the embossing will only stay on the areas that are open in the die, but where the die is solid it compresses the embossing slightly but it does creates interesting textures

I embellished the outer two panels with Tim Holtz Key holes and screw top brads

I then started applying Adirondack Alcohol Inks Pitch Black, Espresso, Sunset Orange Pool, Stream and Butterscotch

Dripping them neat onto the foil and moving them around with the felt applicator, I love how it flows into the recesses and how if you have applied too much dark colour if you drip a lighter colour it will disperse

I used the turquoise and gold tones in the centre with the darker browns and black with a bit of orange towards the edge

I cut out a further oval in the central panel and applied one of Tim's ornate plate embellishments

I attached a small Tim Holtz heart charm on a chain behind this and applied metal corner embellishments with Glossy accents

Once dry I assembled the card as per the instructions, I hope you have enjoyed my project

Please pop back to A Vintage Journey to see all of the Design Team Projects and more details on the Challenge

Jools : )

Stampotique Masculine

A Passion for Fashion

The boys love of Tartan hadn't quite got to wearing kilts!

The tartan effect background was created by placing blobs of paint on card and dragging across with a metal ruler, then turning 90 degrees and repeating I used the following DecoArt acrylics Quin Gold, Primary Yellow, Dark Chocolate, Desert Turquoise, Blueberry and Prussian Blue Then stamping with Stampotique Kisses

Stampotique Bow Tie and Dweeze

Were coloured using Distress inks as watercolours, Black Soot, Walnut  Stain, Scattered Straw, Forest Moss, peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserve

Stampotique Get your Spook on

I stamped Owl Tree, Tree and Web and then used a web stencil and applied DecoArt Modelling paste and Liqutex Gel medium randomly

Once dry I used a variety of Dylusion sprays and dabbed back some areas with a wet wipe the gel medium acts as a resist and creates a lovely mosaic effect

I then stamped Angel and Pumpkins onto Tissue paper and applied with Americana Decou-Page creating a ghostly translucent effect

Clarity Stamps Nature Challenge

Clarity Stamps Nature Challenge

 I've wanted to use the gorgeous little Chameleon Stamp for ages, and this was the perfect opportunity

I applied Americana Acrylics to the background of a tag shaded using Cadmium Yellow, Lemonade & Avocado dip

Then applied distress inks through the Clarity Double Sprig stencil Forest Moss and Chipped Sapphire

Then Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles and Chipped Sapphire over the Seaweed Frame using the amazing Clarity stencil brushes

The Chameleon was stamped onto card and coloured with Promarkers and put on his favourite branch