Hello, weird friend by Cathy N

 Good morning, Cathy here and I have a fun card for you today.

                                                                      Stamps Used:

                                                                            bat

                                                                    Daisy and Flora

                                                                       Stencil Used:

                                                                   bones snowflake

* Start by making the background of the card with stencils.

* Stamp Bat around the background.

* Stamp color and cut out girl. 

* Add grungy paper to bottom of card. Stamp saying on the same grungy paper.

I hope you enjoyed this creepy fun card today.

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A Vintage Dream

Hi there, crafting friends!

It’s design team member Walter back on the blog with you today.  You may have noticed from some of my earlier posts that I’m a big fan of the vintage theme.  I find it really fun to create something that looks aged from newer items.  For this card, I used both digital downloads and stamps to create the vintage look.

Here’s what I used to make it:

• Steampunk Romance: Digital Printable Papers for Journals, Cards, ATCs Pam Bray Designs
  
• Woman’s Head
  
• DREAM grunge distressed style word Art Rubber Stamp

The background papers made it super easy to create a card panel with multiple vintage-looking styles.  The Woman’s Head stamp is full of so much detail and pairs so well with these papers.  The Dream stamp has a more modern font and gives a steampunk feel to the card.

You may read more about my creative process on my blog.

Thank you for spending some time here with me today.  See you again soon!

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Masking Tape "Make Over"!!!

 Hi Stamping Fans!

Hope everyone is well and getting to enjoy some time for stamping & crafting!

Here in Australia it's Winter which means I get more time to create and play with all my rubber stamps and excess crafting items!

Today I have some homemade "washi tape" to share with you using masking tape, paint and of course stamps available in store!

I started with strips of masking tape - I used a piece of acetate to lay the masking tape on - keeps the "sticky" and also I didn't have to worry about the excess paint and stamping!

This is so easy to do - you can use any colored paint and any of your fav background, pattern and filler stamps to decorate. You can rip it up or use in strips as is - perfect for all your mixed media creations!

Currently I'm in a vintage, monochrome "mood" so I've been doing a lot of creating with neutral and brown tones in my journals and altered art creations!

Stamps used:

Background Grunge Set by Pam Bray

Vintage Tape Measure & Reel Stamps

***Remember to us the code BPMSharon at the store for 15% off ***

So many fab stamps to choose from!

Note: you can use the code at either the IBFS Store OR the BPM Store - why not do an order from each and increase your stash!

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Wrong Way

 

Hey!  It's Robin Redd! (a.k.a. RockinReddRobin)

 

 I took this picture while strolling Santa Ana in the Art District one afternoon.  

I wanted to use my Urban Grunge stamps on a journal page 

and chose to use a photo I had taken myself as the main subject.  

I printed it on plain copy paper and glued it to my art journal page with Liquitex Matte Medium.

 I added paint on the opposite side of the page using colors that were in the photo, that way, when painting over my printed image, it blends through to look as if one painting.  I used both acrylic paints and Art Anthology paints.  I wanted the paint to be semi transparent in some places so the photo would show through.  Art Anthology Paints are transparent so this was the perfect tool.

 I collaged some Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap, 

some Washi tape and decorative hole reinforcers around the two-page spread.

 Then, I added another layer of paint unifying everything.

 I stamped the Do Not Enter stamp from the Urban Grunge Stamp Set 

with the White Daisy stamp from Close To My Heart.

It's a pigment ink so I added clear embossing powder over it to heat set the image.

I also used the Wrong Way stamp from the Urban Grunge Stamp Set.

 I used Art Anthology's black Stone Effects with The Crafter's Workshop stencil.  

I love how it's so gritty and thick.

Here is the full two-page spread.

I hope I have inspired you to create something today.

Until next time...

~Robin Redd