Take 4 Ducks...

Over at That's Crafty! today I'm sharing my latest little project featuring these fabulous ducks from AALL & Create

For a step by step tutorial hop on over HERE and take a look.

Something for Everyone

Below are several art journal pages

I recently discovered in my A4 Dylusions

journal. I have used a wide variety

of stamps, stencils & other bits n pieces.

 I adore the quote stamps from Dyan Reavely, 

I have many in my collection including

the ones below.

 Madonna was drawn and coloured by the 

incredibly talented Lily Chilvers, sadly taken

 from this world at the tender age of 21.

Such a huge loss to the creative world.

She left behind some incredible work which

I am proud to use.

 The stamp images below are from Lynne

Perrella at PaperArtsy. The fan die cut is by

 Tattered Lace.

 The photograph doesn't do the colours in the 

page below justice. I used lots of gold paint

and inks along with some super stamps by

Artistic Stamper.

 I wanted to keep this page simple 

by using only 3 colours as I felt the 

image was very strong and stood by

itself alone.

 As some of you will know the semi-colon

is a symbol of strength and survival

of people who are suffering and have 

suffered with a mental health illness. 

My page below is a very personal page

and I am pleased to say that I am a

SURVIVOR.

 A fun page using big lips and a great

zip die cut.

 Finally this last page features Totally Tracy
 flower stamps. The small flowers and butterfly 

were designed by Hels Sheridan. The butterfly

is on card that has been alcohol inked.

I hope the variety in these pages will 

inspire you to get creating.

Meow

I thought I would share a couple of cards and a journal page I made using the Tim Holtz Crazy Cats stamps, I love these quirky stamps, such fun images.

I used a mask and a brick design Washi tape for the above card.

I decided to use colourful watercolour paint colours rather than realistic so staying with the quirky feel of the stamps.

I made the background for the journal page using gesso to give texture, Gelatos and string.

You can be Heros just for one day...

Below are three art journal pages of inspiring people.

Anyone who knows me will tell you David Bowie was and still is a huge inspiration to me. His death in 2016 was a shock and left me feeling numb, sadly we lost many great people last year. 

 David Bowie

 Bob Marley

Audrey Hepburn

Meow

Today I thought I would share a journal page featuring the amazing Crazy Cats designed by Tim Holtz. 

I created the background using gesso a little heavily, swirling and giving a textured feel to the page, I then coloured it using Gelatos to follow the flow of the gesso.

I added more interest to the background using embossed wallpapers as stamps and added a swirl of string.

The cats were stamped onto stamping card and coloured using Distress Inks pads and a water brush before being cut out. Once stuck in place I used Washi

tape, a die cut and a piece of wallpaper (BIG) to 'sit' the cats on. 
I finished off the page with bits of doodling.

I loved making this page, the colours are so me and as you may know Gelatos are one of my must haves.

Sketches in Thyme - February 2016 & Scrap Thursday 24

Time for another scrapbook challenge!

Full details can be found HERE

February's sketch I found quite a challenge as I didn't have any suitable photographs that could be cropped quite small. But as I had these fabulous alpha stickers by Tim Holtz I decided to use these instead and add just one 6" x 4" photograph.

I used a terrific journal word stamp from the Artistic Stamper and finished it off with a small clock face and hands. 

Halloween ATC's

The Demented Cats!

The Demented Cats are a group of crazy crafty ladies that get together to make and share their creations.We recently made Halloween ATC's

1st October Scrap Thursday Part 18

This is the eighteenth scrapbook page for my new weekly post Scrap Thursday. I will try and bring new ideas and techniques and revisit old favourites too. If you have any suggestions or requests just let me know and I will do my best to accommodate these.  

I usually work in a 12" x 12" format as this allows me more space to experiment and get arty!

This week I have been playing with my Gelatos again. The layout above shows my son in the cockpit of an Airbus A321, his first job as a Commercial Airline Pilot (Very Proud Mummy badge being worn here!)

To start with I covered a 12 x 12 piece of smooth white Bazzill with Gesso.

Then I randomly added stripes of Gelatos, I am using three contrasting colours plus white for this layout.

Using a baby wipe, gently smooth over each line of colour.

I always do my vertical lines first and then my horizontal.

I have found that I use a lot of white so have bought the Double Scoop size Gelato, its well worth the investment.

The white softens and slightly mutes the strong colours.

I added texture with Grunge Paste from PaperArtsy.

I used a Dylusion mask.

To make my own border I used a Fude Ball pen and a Big Brush pen.

I used my border with Washi Tape and a die cut.

I found this fabulous 'Pilot' die cut at Stamparama and couldn't resist it!

My title hides a journal flap so that I can add more personal details without everyone seeing.

As well as the Destiny Idea-ology tag being appropriate to the layout it also helped weigh down the flap. The tag was rubbed over with Treasure Gold.

Tim Holtz has got some great rub ons which I have added randomly to odd spaces.

For privacy I have covered my sons face, this is something I do with children and anyone else who might not want their face featured on the internet, Sadly some unauthorised people will 'lift' images and use as their own, so to try and protect mine this is what I tend to do.
Hope you like the finished result.