Altered Playing Cards!

 Hi Crafty peeps!

Can you believe we are already into May!

Today I am sharing some altered playing cards - I haven't altered any cards for some time - I have been mostly doing art journal pages.

To create the backgrounds I added some scrunched tissue paper to the card and sponged some distress ink around the edges and across the card. I used clear gesso and the "Monarch Journal" TCW stencil available in store: click here. Once dry I added some black liquid acrylic paint and spritzed. And to finish off the background I used the text stamp from the "Correspondence" Stamp Set available in store: click here.

Next I added some elements to the front of the cards to finish off. I had some fabric butterflies from my stash and Tim Holtz paper dolls along with these stamps from the store: "Gothic Garden Flowers" by Miss Rach, phrase stamp from the "Fashionista" Sheet at IBFS.

Quick and easy vintage feel altered playing cards!

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Butterfly Inspirations

 

Supplies used:
Half Sheet Numbers and Flowers
 Stained Glass Apple Blossoms 

Supplies Used:
 Sunshine Cherub Sunflower art SC 81
Dandelion wishes with butterflies sc0085 by Terri Sproul

Supplies used: Nature and Butterfly Kisses

Supplies used: Love of Butterflies

Supplies used: Blossom Fairy Cammy

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Feel like having a "Purple" day?

 Hi Stamping Fans!

Hope you are enjoying the DT inspiration here at the blog this month - I'm loving the new year and my resolution to make time for stamping and crafting - so far so good! Hope you are all getting lots of creativity time as well!

Today I have some "purple" themed altered index cards to share using lots of different products available in the BPM Store - I love when you can combine a range of products!

I love working to a colour theme as well and using some fun quirky collage images with stamps, stencils, paint & ink!

Stamps and Stencils used:

Flower and Bird Sketches Stamp Set

Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls Marigold Flowers Sacred Heart Stamp Set designed by Donna Gray

Dream Big Stencil designed by Magda Polakow

Feather Stencil designed by Donna Gray

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Spring Fairy Altered Clothes Pin

Hello all, 

Spring is beginning  here so I have a Spring themed altered peg  (clothes pin)

to share using stamps from The Blank Page Muse. 

Products used:

The Blank Page Muse Art Journaling 2

The Blank Page Muse Fairytale Fantasy Figures

The Blank Page Muse Flower and Bird Sketches

Docrafts Giant Peg

Resin Flowers

Lemon Brusho Powder

Green Faux Moss

Instructions:

Paint the peg in gesso.

Once dry, stamp over with the brick wall texture in red ink.

Mix yellow Brusho powder with a small amount of water. 

Paint it over the peg.

Stamp out a fairy and a flower onto card.

Colour in with marker pens. 

If you do not have a colour chart, write the colour number onto paper with the corresponding colour so you can see how the colours work together.

Cut out the images.

The flowers are taller so glue a hat pin onto the back to hold it up.

Glue green faux moss onto the top and then use blobs of glue to hold the images in place.

Add tiny flowers and butterflies to finish

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Key to my heart

Hi Everyone,
This time of year is all about family and friends. This is my little homage to having friends that are really family and how lucky I am to have them in my life.

 


Blank Page Products Used:
Small Crackle Stamp
Floral Medallion

Other Products used:
Distress Inks
Distress Oxides
Distress Markers
Distress Paints
Gel Pens
Archival Inks
Chipboard house shape
Metal Key
Wire
Charms
Chip Quote
Paper Doll
Clear Gesso
Adhesive
Mixed Media Heavystock

Using Mixed Media Heavystock paper blend on several colors of Distress Ink.  Add a bit of distress oxide ink and flick with water.  Allow to air dry to get oxide effects.  Once the paper is completely dry, stamp the Small Crackle Stamp using archival ink.

Using other shades of archival ink stamp your Floral Medallion.  Cut the paper and cover your chipboard shape.Splatter on black and brass paint to add dimension to the background.   Don't forget to paint the edges of your chipboard unless you like the look of raw chipboard.

Cover your paper doll with clear gesso.  Once the gesso is dry color your image.  Stick to the same palette you used for the background.

Glue the family to the chipboard piece and add charms.  Add scribbles all over the front using gel pens.  

Cut up a chip quote and paint the edges.  Glue the quote to the backside of the house. 

There is a pre-drilled hole in the top of this chipboard house.  Thread wire through the hole and wrap around a key that had been distressed to appear aged.  

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Stamped Mini Butterfly Album

Hi There!
Here's a favorite project from December 2013.
Barbara Rankin shows how to make this Mini Butterfly Album.
Enjoy!

Time Flies when you are Clowning Around

Hello my dear crafty friends!

Irit is here with a inspirational post made with Sin City's gorgeous stamps!

This time I made a square chipboard art piece using just two  stamps, but pretty big ones and one sentiment stamp that made my title: Time flies when you are clowning around.

And time sure flies when you have great  time!!

Product list:

SinCity stamps:

Steampunk circus rubber stamp set- Clown and the sentiment

Steampunked Rubber stamp set-Collage stamp

Other products:

Texture paste

Gesso

Modeling paste  

Stencils

Acrylic paints in white, 

Metallic Gold acrylic paint

3D art stones or micro beads

A 6"x6" chipboard square

Color ink mists in yellow, brown, teal, copper and purple

Black permanent ink

Tissue paper - white

Gel Medium

Letter stickers

Pearls

Step by step instructions:

1.Cover the chipboard  with white gesso and let it dry.

2. Place the stencil on top of the dry chipboard. Spread a thin layer of modeling paste and then lift off the stencil. Completely let the raised design dry before moving onto the next step.

3. Mix the white paint with art stones or micro beads.

4. Add the mixture to the chipboard piece as shown.

5. Mist the right side of the board with yellow and brown.

6. Add teal and copper mists, then cover the raised areas with gold paint.

7. Stamp the collage stamp with permanent black ink onto white tissue paper.

Stamp the sentiment and clown in the same way.

8. Glue the stamped tissue piece over the board with gel medium.

9. Add the clown too.

10. Glue the clown tissue piece as shown with gel medium.

Add purple paint over the edges.

Make the rest of the title with stickers.

11. Add a few purple splashes over the finished art piece.
Add a couple of purple pearls.

I hope that you liked my art piece and see you soon again!

Not so Fragile after all Art Page

Hello my dear crafty friends!

 Irit is here and welcome you to my new Sin City Stamps Inspirational Post! 

Today's art page is full of bright colors ... a tribute to International Women's Day on March 8.

Not too many people celebrate this day, but for those who do in the world- Happy Woman's Day!

So as you can see the main point of this art page is a saying.

Everyone thinks that woman area fragile, delicate , little creatures who needs men to help her.

Big No!

We are not so fragile as we look.

We are not fragile at all.

So this art piece was done for all the strong women on the earth ! I salute you all!

Product list:

SinCity stamps:

Face 3/4 view Strand of Hair

Vintage button medalion

Vintage key with hearts

Rosette hearts rubber stamp set- key and heart from this set

Other products:

White thick cardstock

Gesso

Stencils

Acrylic paints in yellow, orange, red, teal and black.

Metalic gold paint

Modeling paste

Black permanent ink

Sticker letters

Spatula

Acrylic block

A brown stained flower

Wooden clock

A 2" circle punch

Adhesive

Random embellishments and chipboard mesh shapes

Black pen

And now as always- here is my step by step tutorial:

1. Prime your cardstock with a layer of gesso. Then use the modeling paste and stencils to make a random raised impression over the cardstock. let this dry.

2. Stamp the face stamp with the black ink onto your piece.

3. Next, stamp the Button over and over with the same black ink.

4. Randomly stamp the hearts using the same technique (no photo for this step).
Punch the circle a bit larger then the face stamp and outline it with modeling paste so the circle is raised around the face.

Paint a few chipboard mesh pieces with yellow and orange acrylic paints then add them to your piece.

Paint the whole page with the mix of the same colors.

5. Apply red and teal paints onto the page. Outline the words with red paint as shown.

6. Out line the circle around the face stamp with black pen. Glue the stickers in place.

Finish with some black paint splatters and your embellishments.

Touch up the flower with some gold paint.

I hope you liked my art page!
Thanks for coming by!