Its been a while .....

I have been re-thinking the whole crafting thing.....and whilst I still make some cards etc and use digital crafting mostly I am concentrating on encaustic/mixed media art these days. I have exhibited at a couple of local venues and sold a couple there which was a great boost !
Here are a few of the latest pics....

 

 

 

 

The Cupboard Trilogy Challenge

http://thecupboardtrilogychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/challenge-2-embossing.html
The challenge this month is embossing, dry embossing, heat embossing or any other sort you can think of ! I did this scrap LOof my grandparents using some Brenda Pinnick paper for the main piece and plain blue card from my stash which I punched & embossed with a MS punch, used an embossing folder to emboss the the card behind the journalling, then a stencil, versamark ink and clear embossing powder for the flowers, outlining them with a white gel pen.
Thanks for looking x

Shabby Tea Room Challenge - Sweet Summertime

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge  - Week # 125 is Sweet Summertime....... http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.co.uk/ and has to include the colours shown , flowers & a stamped element. I used Anna Griffin lace stamps for the border, then flowers and other elements from her Engraved Botanica kit, adding extra flowers, my own die cuts, feathers , flowers , gems & a tiny bow.
Thanks for looking x

Inky flowers.....

I was messing about with a variety of inks yesterday, with the intention of creating some background papers...got a bit carried away ! I brayered Kaleidacolor inks onto some watercolour paper in a random fashion, added some shimmer mists , spritzed it with loads of water then blobs of Perfect Pearls. The result made me think flowers so I accentuated these by dragging the ink about with a wet paint brush and used some ink on a dabber to make the centres.

Faux porcelain flowers

From the article in Craft Stamper by Hels Sheridan - (thanks Hels!) thought I would have a go - as usual didn't have quite the right kit but improvised a bit & got a reasonable result. The black and white one was using the free flower stamp fron CS too.

Collage on canvas - vintage flowers

This canvas is covered with a whole sheet of lovely vintage paper which was then soaked in thin pva and distressed to allow the canvas to show through in places. Added a photo which has had the backing stripped off so that only the thin layer of print is left, the hearts & brads & the word "bloom". The swirls were hand cut from mountboard, coloured & stamped, ribbon entwined & finally the red roses added.

Atcs - stamped image swap

Atcs for the stamped image swap on Crafting Corner hosted by Lou. The first one has a hand drawn background on black card & a butterfly stamped onto black card also and glittered but doesn't show up that well on here!

Acrylic on Canvas

Bought some acrylic paints last week so thought I would have a go! The background is put on with a dry cosmetic sponge, the flowers hand painted & the borders stamped with white paint. Click on the pic for a better look! What do you think?