I have had this warrior stamp for years now and never quite had any ideas on how to use it until now. I masked it out and then stamped the moon over it and just stamped the tree branches afterwords. With just a little shading to make the moon glow.
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Random zentangle card
I did try to make this zentangle pattern random but it is very difficult not to end up making a pattern, not that it would have mattered in the slightest. I shaded in the wide areas rather than the pointy areas just to get a different look. The photo is taken from above and it looks curved because my card wouldn’t lie flat. Instead of black and white I might do this one again in colour next time.
Alcohol ink on acetate card
With this card I was trying to capture the likeness of an Opal. I had found an image of an Opal on the internet then wondered how to go about painting something similar. I used alcohol inks on one side of an overhead projection film and drew the lines on the other side using acrylic inks and a dip pen. The original acetate painting is A4 in size, I scanned it and printed another piece of acetate (inkjet) and cut out the bit I liked the best for the card.
Inks: various alcohol inks and acrylic inks with pearl and copper mixatives, a few dots of colour from Copic pens in places
Card: white, black, acetate (overhead projection and inkjet printable)
Artist’s card
I had an idea to add a painting to the easel that I stamped out. At first I tried transferring the image using the nail varnish technique from an inkjet print but it didn’t turn out very well so I just printed it out instead. You can find the original painting here . It is one of my mum’s paintings (Ormiclate, South Uist); the colours are really earthy and it has a very Scottish feel. She is a very talented artist.
Inks: Stampin up crumb cake, Black India ink
Card: white card and brown card (It is actually a white card but photo taken on brown card)
Stamps: Tim Holtz Urban tapestries, Stampin up Sanded, Clarity Easel
Other: stick on paint tubes and palette
Moving on card (retirement card for a young person)
When someone is retiring early to go and do other things in their life it is nice to call it ‘moving on’ rather than ‘retiring’ and I think this sentiment is quite apt for this occasion. This card is another one made form a page I had originally created with art journalling in mind.
Inks/paint: Black document ink, Acrylic paint Lime green, Red bird, Black and Antique white.
Card: Bamboo watercolour paper, White card, black card.
Stamps: Tim Holtz Fairytale frenzy, Dylusions Around the edge
Other: Napkin, Collage podge, spiral paper clip, Prima pebble, black nail heads, Pitt pens 118 and 109 to colour in the text.
Live, Laugh, Love butterfly card
Here is a card made using a background page that I made during a demo at my local scrapbook crop. I was demonstrating how to begin art journal backgrounds but these pages can be used for other purpose too.
Inks/paint: Crafter’s acrylic paint Spa blue, Light antique white. Turquoise and Basic primary yellow and gold. India black ink.
Card: Bamboo watercolour paper, white card and black card.
Stamps: Tim Holtz Fairytale frenzy and Mini muse, free stamp (craft stamper mag).
Stencil: Balzerz designs Mini cubist
Anniversary card – misty grasses
I have a few anniversary cards to make in September so I made 3 similar but ever so slightly different by changing the colours slightly or the shading (only showing one here). The photo doesn’t really pick up the shading very well. I was trying to capture a misty Autumnal morning effect. To get the misty effect spray a very fine mist of water over the image as this reacts with the inks I used and diffuses them slightly.
Inks: Distress inks Tumbled glass, Weathered wood, Frayed burlap, Stamping up Mellow moss and Crumb cake
Card: white card
Stamps: Judikins bamboo, Carity (?) flock of birds, Rubber stamp tapestry (small leaf), Stampin up Cheer and wishes, English stamp company Oriental grasses (reversed by stamping onto brayer)
Butterfly – live the life you’ve imagined card
I was trying to be clever with the background paper for this card. I had already made the background a while ago with spray colours and I used salt to make a blotchy pattern on it but I wanted a few more layers in keeping with the recipient’s likes (numbers and accountancy) so I used stamps with those themes but just quite low key in the background. The butterfly is stamped onto acetate and coloured on the back side using Copic pens and Stickles.
Inks and paints: Stazon black, Black India ink, Dylusions Vanilla custard, Chroma jewels slate, Cosmic shimmer Aqua lagoon, Hot jewels Lime, Acrylic paint Light antique white, Lumiere Halo blue-gold, yellow
Card: white, watercolour paper, acetate
Stamps: Stampers anonymous Mini muse, Fairytale frenzy and Urban tapestry, Paperbag studios Scrap journal, Paperartsy Words plate 6, Clingables flourishes, Inkadinkado Mindscapes
Other: Stickles, Copics pens blue and yellow, Diamond glaze (to glue acetate)
Steampunk airship card
Steampunk or steampunk style is great for men’s card. The design is quite simple – I was trying to recreate a smoggy scene and grunged it up a bit.
Inks: Distress inks Black soot, Antique linen, and Pumice stone, Black India ink
Card: white card, pale dusky green, black
Stamps: Clarity stamps wrought iron corner (?), Oxford impression Steampunk
Other: natural sponge to stipple on black ink