Stampotique- Stars

Star Gazing Bunny

Bunny Boy has landed!

The moon was created applying modelling paste with a palette knife, keeping it quite textured
Then dried with a heat tool to form a skin, then pressed the end of a lid and paint brush for the craters

It cracked as it dried further, which really added to the effect

I glued the tiny wooden stars and once dry, applied DecoArt Carbon Black and Prussian Blue
Then dry brushed the moon and stars with Titanium white gradually building up lighter, finished with  Metallic Shimmering Silver on the stars

I stamped Kate Cranes wonderful Bunny Boy and Jos Star, and coloured with Promarkers

Stampotique - Numbers

Playing with Numbers

Stampotiques latest challenge is to use a number or numbers, so I decided to play around with playing cards and I'm going to make a pack! Well maybe the Heart suit first!!

I masked and stamped moth Fab and her crown, outlined and cut to size rounded the corners

Coloured with Promarkers, cut Daniels Hearts and applied

Cut a second card the same size and stamped the with the numbers cube and applied more hearts

Finished with Black Soot Distress ink around the edges

Daniels Hearts

Moth Fab

Crown

Numbers cube

Stalks

Stampotique- Bring Me Sunshine

Meet the Sunshine Buddies

Ray, Spot and Beam!

Stampotiques latest Challenge is bring me Sunshine, perfect for a rainy day!

Applied modelling paste through Andy Skinners Sunburst stencil

Sprayed with Dylusions Lemon Zest and Pure sunshine

I cut 3 circles approximately 4", 5"' and 6" diameter and cut out triangles around the edge aprox ½''

I stamped DT 3 in a round in the smallest and the glued them onto each other

Then onto the background and Sprayed with Lemon Zest, Pure sunshine and Slate Grey

A section of Barcode Text was used for the words

Stampotique - Happy UnBirthday

Stampotiques Challenge 

Happy UnBirthday with a without Alice in Wonderland theme!

Applied a thick coat of DecoArt modelling paste and dried with a heat tool to form a skin, then stamped Timeless into it

Once dry I applied DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics
Cobalt Teal Hue once dry Quinacridone Violet & Dioxadine purple

Followed with coat of Pyrrole Orange and wiped back areas to reveal the the darker colours underneath

I stamped Stampotique Hare and Mushroom Group and coloured with Promarkers and edged with Black Soot Distress ink

Anyone seen Alice?

Stampotique - It's all Love & Hearts

Happy Valentines

Its all Love and Hearts over at Stampotique this week

I applied modelling paste through the CWS Mini Gothic Romance Stencil, then applied DecoArt Shimmering Silver Metallics

Stamped Stampotique Friend and Abbys Hearts with Stazon and coloured with Quinacridone Violet

Friends heart was made using Daniels Heart

I stamped My Heart large and small onto card and applied DecoArt Crackle Paste, painted the largest with the Violet and the small one with the Silver

Hope you are having a nice day with loved ones

Jools : )

Stampotique Oranges & Lemons

Oranges are not the only Fruit

The Lemonheads

Fabulous new Stampotique Challenge to use Citrus colours
and a great excuse to use a new stamp!

I applied a graduated orange background starting at the top using DecoArt Acrylics

Naphthol Red

Bright Orange

Orange Twist

Quinacridone Gold

Stamped Tree and Lovelyarethesound with Stazon Black onto the background, the tree was coloured with Quinacridone Gold and Dioxadine Purple

Stamped Lovelyarethesound and Heads again on a piece of white card and coloured the Lemonheads with Primary Yellow and Cadmium Yellow and cut out

Jools : )

Paper, Wire & Stich

Priscilla Jones Workshop

I have been very fortunate to attended the Paper, Wire & Stitch workshop 

with the wonderful Mixed Media Artist Priscilla Jones

Lots of fabulous tutorials, techniques and my favourite textures, textures and more textures
 Focussing on techniques rather than finished pieces but I did managed to create this very organic bowl! and a lantern that's still a work in progress

Collage page before construction

Internal view, reminds me of an Orchid

Selection of the collage pages, using lots of techniques and materials
It was wonderful to spend two days experimenting!

You can find out more about Priscilla and her wonderful work and workshops here