Friends Bloom with Tamiko

A lot of my artsy friends buy coloring books.  It  relaxes them and allows them to play with color.  As for me, I prefer my stamped images.  I pick the stamps I feel like playing with and I just sit down and go for it.  Sometimes I see stamps I want to color.. long before i know I need to use it for a project or card of some sort.  I opften have afternoons where I will play with images and color, fussycut and add to my little plastic photo holder. I was very anxious to just play with one of Terri Sproul's newest stamp sets called Just Us Girls  with Sin City Stamps.   And this is what I created.. :)

Supplies needed:
Sin City Stamps- Jus Us Girls by Terri Sproul
Colour Arte- Twinkling H2O (various colors)
Derwent Inktense Water Color Pencils
Water color paper (used 120lb- pad from Michaels)
Sakura Metallic Gel Pens
Koi Water Brush
Pipette-optional (for adding water to my pots)
Ranger Archival Ink Pad
Deco Art Paint Pen
Helmar's Craft & Hobby PVA 
Misc- Unibal Vicion, Water, Scissors, paper trimmer a few beads and sari yarn

First I sat down and stamped my images on he paper with archival ink because once it's dry it is permanent, Then I added water with my pipette to a few of my favorite Twink colors and let them sit a few moments.  So i started with my Derwent pencils and I hate lines from the pencils.  So I scribble al the colors on my paper I think i might try to use. it 's no big deal.  Whatever I don't use is avaible to continue coloring or my daughter can play with it, without touching my pencils.  ::laughs::

After color was placed. I went over areas with my twinks because they shimmer and who doesn't like shimmer?  Then I fussy cut them. Hmm cards? Art journal pages? Hmm how bout a combo of both and create a mini art journal.  I quickly grabbed another sheet of water color paper and began laying splotches of shimmering colorful goodness like I saw over at CeeCee's Creations I will be practicing this technique with water colors for a WHILE I am sure.  So I got my paper and brush nice and juicy played like this to create a background to my mini art journal.

then I began to fold up my paper to book shaping I needed to do.  I felt it would be easier to do my line work, once I knew what images would go where.  So I folded my paper in eights. and on the length of the paper I cut on the middle fold between the center rectangles.

Then I took my Helmar's Craft & Hobby PVA Glue and placed along the base's edges.  Then I did some individual line work on my water color splotches.  Glue my *girls* to the pages, inked my edges, added yarn and beads and the quote... A FLOWER does not THINK of COMPPETING with another FLOWER..  It just BLOOMS.  The quote is how I feel about friends.  My friends are like flowers.  No need to compete, each is beautiful in their own way, just for being themself.  ::smiles::

A few more photos of the other pages..

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial  as much as I did creating this project!!  Can't wait to dive back into my stamps you can find at Sin City Stamps and my products from Colour Arte!!  Thanks for stopping by!!  Have a great weekend!! :)

Spring Time Tag

Hello All Lanette Here!

Today I am up sharing a bright little tag that is sure to brighten your day!

So first,  lets start by taking a look at my finished tag, then I will show you how I made it! :)

Sin City Supplies Used:  Anime Fairies 2 Plate of Rubber & Stencil #437

Other Supplies Used: Art Anthology Colorations & Sorbet, Staz On Ink & Faber Castell Pitt markers.

Now lets look at my process.

I started by stamping my images with a waterproof ink.

After my images were stamped I painted fairies skin and hair using Art Anthology's Sorbet, to form a resist for my next layer of color.

Now it was time to play with some color!! I picked three springy colorations spray.s

Before my mist dried I wiped my the color off my resit layer (that I made using the Sorbet).

After adding a bit more mist here and a splash more sparkle. I begin adding random stamps for the plate using coordinating  Faber Castell Pitt markers.

Next, I added one last layer of sparkle using a bit more Sorbet and  Stencil #437.

Finally it was time to add my title so after stamping my image on a piece if vellum, I attached it to my tag and I was done. 

And just a few details for fun!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that I have inspired you to have some inky fun of your own!

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A DELIGHTFUL BOUQUET OF BIG BOLD BLOSSOMS!

Hello!  Today I am sharing an art journal spread I made, with my new "Big Bold Blossoms" Stamps From Sin City Stamps!

Supplies:

• Sin City Stamps Big Bold Blossoms Stamps
• ColourArte Radiant Gels Coral Berry Dimensional Paint
• ColourArte Twinkling H2O's "Carnival" set
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Stewart Superior India Ink

First, I stamped 3 of my flower stamps several times on white cardstock and cut them out.

Next I painted the Radiant Gel paint on my art journal pages.  I waited about a minute and sprayed a little water on it.  When you lightly wipe off your water with a paintbrush, you get both brush strokes and water drop marks.  I've only done this with acrylic paints.  How cool is that for the background!

Now I painted my flowers with Twinkling H2O's.  I used 3 different orange colors, 1 yellow color and 2 green colors.  I love how shimmery these are!!  And mixing the colors is so smooth and delightful!  These are so fun to work with!!

Because it was overcast and rainy I had to take the pictures inside and you can't see all of the sparkle :(  The Twinkling H2O's have Mica in them and they sparkle like crazy!  The Radiant Gels are iridescent paints and shine!!  I will try to remember to take a better picture to show you how shiny this is!

Thanks so much for visiting!  I really hope you check out all Sin City Stamps has to offer, and while you there you can get a set of my stamps!  There are 8 large red rubber stamps for just $20!

xxDaniella

Journal Page project

For this project I decided to make a journal page.   I used a win above the rest stamp set that can be purchased from http://www.sincitystamps.com.  I hope you enjoy this project, below you will find step-by-step instructions on how to make your very own. 

 

Supplies List:

• facade (surface): art journal book, manila card stock
• distress ink: gathered twig
• distress stain: abandoned coral
• distress markers: frayed burlap and aged mahogany
• radiant gels: yellow rose
• archival ink: potting soil and black
• embellishments: Big Chat and Small Talk stickers
• adhesives: pop dots
• tools: water detail brush, craft sheet, mister, heat tool, scissors, ink blending tool, pallet knife
• stencil:scm126 Butterfly2 Mask
• stamps used: A Wing above the Rest stampset

Step 1:  We will start with a page in your art journaling book and taking tissue tape and start to create your back ground.

 

Step 2: Now using distress inks (gathered twigs) and cover the journaling page with the distress ink using a blending tool.   I use wax paper to be my way of controlling my project from bleeding into other pages in my journal.

 

Step 3: Now that you have the background of the journal page started lets then create the water drop effect onto the surface of that.  Take a water mister and squirt water into the palm of your hand.  Then flick the water onto the canvas.

Then using your heat gun start drying the canvas and then blot up the remaining water with a cloth or paper towel.

Step 4:  Now we are going to take potting soil archival ink and using the background stamp from the a wing above the rest stamp set (sc13) I randomly stamped this into my journal page.

 

Step 5:  Our next step is take the butterfly stencil and place this on the journal page.  Using distress spray stain abandoned coral spray your journal page.

Then dry the back ground and blot up any excess distress stain with a paper towel.

 

Step 6: Now we will take the butterfly stencil and place it back in place and tape it down.

Step 7: Then take Radiant Gels yellow rose color and apply that in the open areas with a pallet knife.

 

Be sure to quickly rinse the stencil after application so that you get it clean.  Then use your heat tool to dry the stenciled area.

Step 8:  Now that we have the journal page started we are going to continue to add stamped images to your journal page.

Step 9: Take black archival ink and from the a wing above the rest stamp set add further to your project with more stamped images.  I took manila card stock and stamped the image and then cut it out so that I could have the image be raised in appearance.

 

Step 10: Then we will repeat this step with another stamp and using frayed burlap distress marker color the clock frame.

I then applied some gathered twig distress ink to dirty up the edges and across the face of the stamped image. 

I finished it off by adhering it to the journal page with pop dots.

Step 11: Final step was I added chit chat stickers to the journal page.

 

Thanks for checking out this journal page project and if you don’t have the a wing above the rest stamp set in your stash be sure to add them.  This is a must have and will be a great addition to for your craft stash.

Check out the store today there are such great stamps, stencils and products that you can chose from that will be great additions to your home.

Trent-TMCreative

A true friend...

For my project today, I combined the Chicken Wire stencil and the Natural Beauty Plate of Rubber stamp to create a summertime shabby chic card birthday card.

 First thing I did was to create my background by taping down my stencil to a piece of scrap paper. Then I held my Core-dinations card stock over it and sanded it so that the design of the Chicken Wire stencil would show through. Then I added the same card stock but flipped over to the reverse side and lightly sanded the edges and glued everything together to create the base and matting for my card.

Next I stamped the flower that comes from the Natural Beauty Plate of Rubber collection onto a piece of yellow card stock and colored it in with my LuminArtes, using the colors: Lemongrass,Rain Forest, Orange Peel, and Mandrian Citrine. I took my scissors and scuffed up the edges to the card stock for a shabby chic look.

After adhering the last layer I used my Tombow marker 969 to create some faux stitching around the edges of the design.

I also added a printed out sentiment from my computer to complete the card.( Arial font, size 16 )

Thanks for stopping by!

Butterfly Mother's Day Card

Hi there, Chris here today and I am sharing this Mother's Day card that is perfect for all those moms who love to garden. I was so excited to get a  new box from Sin City Stamps and  a box of goodies from ColourArte to try out that I just had to use them together!

My Supply List
Sin City Stamps Anime Fairies 2
Sin City Stamps Mask - Butterfly 3 
Sin City Stamps Stencil Pattern 2 
ColourArte -Radiant Gels - Indian Copper
ColourArte - Twinkling H2Os - Playful Peony, Iridescent Blue
Ranger - Multi-gloss Medium
Ranger - Distress Inks - Tea Dye, Black Soot, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint
Tsukineko - Memento Ink- Tuxedo Black
Simple Stories paper
Recollections- banners
Baker's Twine -  Doodlebug
Dictionary Page

To start off my card I traced the butterfly mask onto my paper and then fussy cut out the butterfly. I then used my Radiant Gels over the mask.  I love how the Radiant Gels shimmered and created some dimension on the wings.

I set my buttefly aside to let it dry and ripped a page out of a dictionary.  Now I must confess that the book lover in me had a terribly hard time thinking of  tearing a page out of a book, so I picked up a cheap dictionary at the local dollar store.  I used  on of the mini flowers from the Anime Fairies 2 Stamp set and stamps lots of mini flowers with the Memento Ink all over the page. 

I then took out my new Twinkling H2Os and added a few drops of water to activate them.  Once they were ready to go I painted the inside of all the flowers with  the iridescent blue and then used  the Playful Peony to fill in the remainder of the flower. 

I then sealed each flower with just a dab of the Gloss medium to insure the flowers wouldn't lose there color in the next step.  I then inked the background using the Pattern 2 Stencil and distress inks, layering peeled paint over the mowed lawn. 

Once I had the colors to my liking I sealed over the distress inks with gloss medium. I then trimmed and matted the dictionary page to fit my card.  I added the banners and some baker's twine for the greeting. 

 I then returned to my butterfly and first applied the black soot distress ink an then the tea dye ink over the entire burtterfly.

I then used a towel to wipe the excess ink off the areas that had been previously painted.  The wiped right off the Radiant Gels and left the wings shining!

I then attached my butterfly to my card.  I just love how the butterfly shines.