Another zentangle birthday card, they are great for guys cards and you can make them as intricate and fussy as you like.
I stamped the greeting first then drew in the rectangular border. Masked it then stamped some cogs and some dots. The rest is doodled zentangle.
Inks: Black document ink
Card: black, white,
Stamps: Stampin up Cheers and wishes, Sense of time and Circle of friendship
Other: black Pitt pens, masking tape
More fun painted stones, this time inspired by a video tutorial for painting nails by CelestialDreamsx3. I used acrylic paint over a white gesso background and I would like to give them a few more coats of varnish but as usual I am waiting for the rain to stop so I can do it outside! I am sure I would get an even nicer effect if I had used nail varnish or thinned my acrylic paint out more. It was great fun to do but I did manage to get splatters everywhere – even my hair – and did you know that some splatters come off the paint brush behind you too so don’t just put down papers in front of you.
I have been painting stones again and my inspiration for these is a little lumbar cushion that I bought a while ago and a video I saw on you tube by starbraz.
I haven’t glazed them yet as I use a very smelly gloss varnish which I prefer to spray outside – so I am still waiting for the rain to stop!
The large stone is about 19cm x 11cm and the small stone is roughly 5cm x 2.5cm.
They are both strange shapes especially the little stone as it has grooves on 2 sides and one flat side.
All I have used are acrylic paints over a black gesso undercoat. I like to paint underneath too.
This one is for wee Stuart’s birthday. It is a mixture of stamping and zentangle and I added a touch of red too.
Inks: Versamark archival black
Card: black, white, red
Stamps: Inkadinkado Snakeskins and Chandeliers, Cute Companions Patchwork numbers (greeting)
Other: black pen, red pen
Well you would never guess what this started off as….I was trying to do some hot air encaustic cards which I had hoped to would like flowers. I think I managed every mistake possible: too much clear wax, held the heat gun too close and not only did I blow most of the wax off the card but I also managed to make a big bubble on one side. Not to worry I added more colours then just scribbled with the stylus tool and threw some wax to make runs of dots with it too. I cropped the bubble away then used my scribbled abstract for a colourful card.
Card: white, black, encaustic card
Wax: various colours, wax sealer
Other: matching fibres