Happy Thoughts........

Another fun couple of days creating a mixed media tag....

The inspiration for the colours is from The Rubber Dance Colour Challenge

 The background has been stenciled, stamped and splattered.

The main flowers have been stamped and smooshed with stains.

Instead of spraying with my trusty sprays, I poured some of the stains out,

 onto my craft mat, smooshed and played.

The flowers have been fussy cut.

The circles behind the flowers have been stamped and then die cut.

I finished off with hi-lighting with a white pen 

and stamping and embossing the sentiment.

I had so much fun creating this tag and lets just say it wasn't my first attempt!

The black splats did migrate, so that's something else I have learnt.

Learning all the time and loving it!

The stencil in the background and the sentiment stamp is from Stamplorations.

I have used The Textured Flowers and 

Round in Circles Stamp sets from Rubber Dance.

Thank you so much for finding time to stop by...

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to link up to...

 The Rubber Dance Colour Challenge - Magenta, Yellow and Turquoise Colours

You do not have to use their products to join in x
Thank you for The Shout Out x

Stamplorations - Mixed Media Challenge - Anything goes but you must use a stencil

I have used The Leaf Prints 2 Stencil but you can use any make of Stencil to Join in

Stamplorations - Cutplorations - Inspiration Photo - Garden Party

My Tag is all Flowery and Summery ...Thank You for the Win x

To join in you must use at least one of Stamplorations many products 

but you can use any brand of die cut

Infusions Fun ........

Fun Fortnight playing with PaperArtsy Infusions powders...

PaperArtsy's topic this past fortnight has been 'Paint With Infusions'

I have always enjoyed playing with other pigment powders 

but I wanted to try The Infusions. 

I bought a few and have had so much fun trying them out.

I was inspired right from the start, from the first post with 

Shari Caroll using glazing mediums.

I will show you some of my efforts first.....

I used the Flower Head stencil, with the infusions powders, 

that where activated using clear gel.

Once the gel was dry I used different colours of Infusions, 

with lots of water for the background.

Gel was also used, in places through a circle stencil.

I added some micro beads and  more infusions which produced some fun results

as the colour seeped through the beads.

Inspired by Clare Messenger

I used the circle stencil and clear gel again in some places to act as a resist.

I loved how the powders gathered around some of the edges.

I used acrylic paints and infusions for the flower heads.

Inspired by Kay Carley and Debs Wainwright 

Using  much less water to activate the infusions gave a very different look.

Clear gel again through the flower head stencil, micro beads 

and then painted over with acrylic snowflake paint, 

which gave a fun and different look to them.

Stencil....

With the stencil kept on, I activated the powders with water..

.The photo on the right.

Using the stencil I flipped it over to achieve the result on the left.

The photo on the right....Powder over the stencil, take it off and then lightly spray with water.

The photo on the left....Use Versamark to stamp the image, dust with the powders

and then lightly spray with water.

inspired by  Kim Dellow 

I have used the infusions through the stencil on the photo on the left,

 which was then activated with clear gel, which also seals in the powders.

After it dries sprinkle the infusions on the background and activate with water.

Swatches showing some of the gorgeous Infusions.

You get different results with different card,

 varying amounts of water, gel and glazes.

I wondered if I needed anymore pigment powders and I have concluded I do!!!

The infusions are different in that the walnut in them re-acts so differently

 every time and you can have so many creative,

 often surprising and fabulous results....

Such fun colours and an explosion of colour before your very eyes.

I have had lots of fun and learnt lots along the way.

I am going to do more layouts and pop them all into one book.

Thank you for stopping by.

Crafty Hugs x

I will be linking my layouts into the Paper Artsy Challenge - 

Topic 3 - 'Paint With Infusions'

I have used Are You Cerise, Sleight Blue and Golden Sands Infusions 

for my experimental pieces x

http://blog.paperartsy.co.uk/2017/02/2017-topic-3-paints-with-infusions.html

Wishing You .......

I have had a fun day crafting today, so this is my card ....

I have used the Poinsettia die cut that I didn't use at Christmas 

and hoped I could use it for a generic 'flower' card?

I have inlaid the die cut.

The colour was inspired by Simply Less is More colour challenge of Mainly Teal

and 

the technique of Smooshing by The CAS Mix Up challenge of 

Stamping and Smooshing and my 'one other' is die cutting.

They are also celebrating their 1st Birthday.....xxxxx

Happy Birthday and Thank you for the continued great challenges of 

CAS, Mixed Media and learning new techniques x

I sprayed several teal colours of inks onto my craft mat and smooshed away.

The sentiments have been stamped and heat embossed with 

platinum embossing powder.

I initially stamped in black ink, which was a little heavy, 

so with the help of the glorious

Misti I over-stamped with versamark and the embossing powder.

I hope the Poinsettia die has worked as a 'flower' die?

Thank you so much for stopping by.

I wanted to say a Big Thank you to Hazel of My Card Attic for helping me 

with advice on my new photo box and the workings of Photo Shop.

It was so nice to be able to photograph my card, this time of night with no hassle

....Thank you Hazel, you have been so kind and generous  x

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to play along with.....

Simply Less is More colour challenge of Mainly Teal

The CAS Mix Up challenge of Stamping and Smooshing 

and my 'one other' is die cutting.

Happy Little Stampers - Watercolour Challenge - Anything goes with a twist of Smoosh

Happy Little Stampers  - CAS Challenge is to Use Die Cuts

The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes

Nuts & Bolts.....

Today's CAS card.....

I was inspired by The Simply Less is More Sketch Challenge

It is the last challenge of their 4 weeks of Birthday Fun.

I used a square instead of the circle as I felt it worked better 

with my theme of Nuts and Bolts......

The line of nuts and bolts have been stamped the full length of the card.

The square has been stamped with shades of grey ink 

using  seven individual stamps.

I have used three different company stamps for this card....

Clearly Besotted, Deep Red and De Stempelwinkel.

I don't normally mention the makes 

but I think the photos look like it is patterned paper/card.

Even my DH thought it was paper/card when I showed him.

The sentiment was stamped with my trusty Misti in two shades of grey.

I finished off with adding glossy accents in some places 

and raising the square up with foam.

Thank you for stopping by it really is appreciated.

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I am linking up to.....

The Simply Less is More Sketch Challenge

Thrilled to have been showcased with this card....Thank you x

Alphabet Dress....

Today's card was inspired by 

Simply Less is More Challenge -  CAS - Theme of 'Alphabet'

It is week three, of four weeks of Birthday Celebrations!

Here is my interpretation of the challenge ..... My Alphabet Dress......

The dress was stamped in black ink 

and with a mask I stamped the mini text on the bodice.

The Alphabet letters have been die cut, 

with the 'Strong' word Sentiment cut from water-coloured card.

I finished with stamping  more text at the bottom to ground the figure.

The challenge at The Paper Players  is CAS - Making the sentiment the focal point

so I will be linking up my card to their challenge too.

Windy and wild today, with a touch of snow, 

so the only thing for it was to stay in and craft x

Thank you for stopping by...

Crafty Hugs

xx

Challenges I would like to enter........

Simply Less is More Challenge -  CAS - Theme of 'Alphabet'
So excited to have been Show cased with this card..Thank you very much x

The Paper Players  - CAS - Making the sentiment the focal point
Thrilled to have been chosen as a 'Cut Above' for my card...Thank you x

Happy Little Stampers - Die Challenge - Anything Goes

Grey, Pink and Copper....

I was playing with different colour combinations....

This is my card....

The inspiration for my card came from the die cut leaf shapes that looked liked hearts.

The leafs have been die cut and foiled in copper 

and some over painted with metallic paints.

The flowers have been stamped and fussy cut.

I have used zig water-colours, copper heat embossing, metallic paints 

and frantage on them.

The heart shape has been die cut and used as a mask.

I have used heat embossing, paint and ink splats in several different colours 

to achieve the effect around the heart.

The card has been matted and layered and edged with heat embossing 

and metallic paint.

Concord & 9th has a Love challenge this month so I will be linking up my project.

I have used two different Concord & 9th die cut sets and wildflower stamp set.

I enjoyed using different colour combinations and had fun.

Thank you for stopping by...

Crafty Hugs x

I am popping my card into two Challenges.....

Concord & 9th Love challenge

Two different Concord & 9th die cut sets and wildflower stamp set.

And

Rubber Dance - Layers Challenge

Sending Love.......

Playing with Brusho's.....

Today's Card...

I have used the Stamplorations Two Blooms Stencil ....

I had to put on removable glue, as well as masking tape 

 to hold the stencil down, as it is so fine in places, for this technique.

I was concerned water would migrate underneath.

The stencil was then sprinkled with several shades of Brusho's 

and sprayed with water.

The removal was a little tricky because of the glue etc 

but I had to remove it as quick as I could.

I was really please as there was not much water seepage 

and the colours blended so well.

Ironically there was no loose specks from the brusho's ...which is rare for me....

What did I do then?....free-hand splattered in ink!

 I popped on this photo to show the reverse image... 

I will be playing with this technique again x

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Crafty Hugs x

Linking my card up to the following challenges....

CAS Watercolour Challenge - CAS with the theme of Love.

I have used the Love Sentiment, Brusho's  and the colour of Love....

Thrilled to have been chosen as and Outstanding design for my card...Thank you so much x

Happy Little Stampers Water colour Challenge -
Anything Goes without the optional twist-Brusho's as my 'Water Colour'

Stamplorations - CAS Challenge -
Anything Goes-The Stencil is Stamplorations
Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash - Stencil with Kelly
The stamps for the sentiments are from Winnie & Walter