Leaping Deer Canvas

Hello.  Welcome.  God Jul to all my Scandinavian friends and a very Merry Christmas to all those of you who are celebrating The Day today.  Here in Scandinavia and a lot of Europe today is the day for eating huge meals with the family and opening the presents.  So soon I will be cooking up a storm, playing Christmas songs, and seeing if Santa remembered to put any crafty goodies in his sack for me.  But first I have a very blue Christmas make over on the Colourcraft blog.

I've used tissue paper and Brushos and some dies from WPlus9 and Poppystamps for my chilly wonderland.  Do hop over to the Colourcraft blog and check out all the details.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Scrappiness Utfordring 12 - Fargepalett
Dies R Us Challenge Challenge 111 - Anything Christmas
Mod Squad Challenge - Christmas/Winter Use a Metal Die
Double D Challenge - Let it Snow
Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge 104 - Anything Goes 

Day of the Dead Candles

Hello.  Welcome.  I have a fun project over on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity today.  I've been playing with Lost Coast Designs 3 Small Skull stamps and tissue paper and made some Day of the Dead candles.

Whether you celebrate Day of the Dead or not you gotta admit these are pretty cool!!  Hop over to the Portal for details and also the linky to join up your stamped Day of the Dead makes.  See you there.  Hugz

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Paperartsy Topic 19 - Tissue Paper Topic
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafteezee Challenge - Anything But a Card
Dream In Darkness - Notorious November
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 85 - Picture inspired by candles

Fine Art And Pheasant Tree

Hello.  Welcome.  It's the last challenge of the year over at PaperArtsy.  I suppose I must get used to it.  Lots of things are coming to an end.  Makes way for lots of things to start!  But let's get some things finished first.  This masterboard was actually finished a few days ago but I couldn't work out what to do with it.  But, with the deadline looming, I started cutting and hoped something would pop up.  And strangely enough it did.......

I was looking at Alison's post and liked the stamped tissue paper so I brayered Pansy, Limelight and something green onto a piece of card.  I stamped lots of uplifting words onto tissue, ripped it up and glued it on.  Word stamps from Paperartsy, Unity, and Crafty Individuals.

I thought there was too much contrast so I hit it with the white paint.  Always a bit scary, especially this time cos it was new white paint.  Very opaque white paint.  Everthing went white!!!  Argggggg... grab the paper towels and swipe it off.  OK, we will call that a save.  It certainly brings it together.  

So now I'm a bit stuck cos I can't decide what to do with it.  Then up pops this Prima Doll I paper pieced an age ago.  She has been popping up a few times recently so I decided I would use her.  

I arranged it so she had some useful words in useful places.  Looks a bit like newsprint!!  Who else is in my already stamped box.......

 Unity's Harmony Girl.  More artistically placed words to inspire.

And Tim Holtz Retro Witch!!!   Well, it's used a few UFO's.  In this instance I actually placed the witch to take advantage of the negative space on my masterboard.  No idea what occasion this one will be for but I am sure it will suddenly be the most desirable card I have.  LOL

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope you haven't been drowned, washed or blown away by the storm.  I am considering swapping the chickens for ducks, or maybe buying them all rubber wings, oops, I meant rubber rings.  ROFL.  Hugz

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Thoughts on Men And Trees

Hello.  Welcome.  Well, as I promised no CAS projects today.  A birthday gift I made for my very good friend Elin.  I was fairly certain it would be well received.  We had seen this saying on a sign in a shop and had found it very amusing.  

I started by brayering yellow, orange and ocher paint onto a piece of card.  

Then I added red and black using a old credit card to make some swipes and lines.

I stamped Unity Stamp Co Chicken Wire background, There Was a boy, sentiments from Owl pals and Crafty Individuals Tea Tree onto white tissue paper.  If you are doing this technique use white, it keeps the colours clean, and you want the thin stuff without a wax coating.  I coloured my boy on the back using paint markers and then stuck him and lots of other bits of stamped tissue all over

I printed the sentiment on the computer and snipped it up.  I've inked the word edges to give shadow and definition.  

A black frame to finish. 

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Unity Stamp Co. Friday Friends With Flair
Stampotique Designers Challenge 180 - Painted Background
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Milo de Milo

Hello.  Welcome.  It's a new year and over at PaperArtsy they have jiggled it all around for a new look and feel to the blog.  The challenge this fortnight is fragile papers and there are loads of inspirational posts.  I was particularly taken by Clare's tags using coloured tissue paper.  

I didn't have coloured tissue so I got out the dylusion inks and made my own.  Then I stuck ripped bits on two white tags. 

I covered with white acrylic then wiped it back through a stencil using a baby wipe.  I used Memory Box Honeycomb and A Touch Of Bamboo masks

I stamped with black archival and JOFY 34.  The lady is from Winter Wonderland Plate 6 stamped on white and fussy cut.  I decided to leave my images uncoloured.  

I added some hand written words and a wool tie

I stamped with Prima Chickenwire stamp on the second tag and added the boy from Kids Plate 3.  He doesn't have arms and I thought he looked a bit lost with so abrupt edges in the middle of the tag so I added some side pieces stamped with the chickenwire stamp.  Not sure he looks less strange but......

Another hand written sentiment

and some wool in blokey colours

Liking these very much

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PaperArtsy - Fragile Papers

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz