Ink free stamping

Hi folks,thanks for visiting my blog. I've had quite a week and I've a fairly hectic few weeks coming up so my crafting time is precious right at the moment.   I mentioned to a colleague that my crafting was the only thing keeping me sane.  "Do more of it!" she said - how rude!

 Today's offering began as a response to Simon Says Stamp & Show blog challenge - ink free stamping. I've had this Papermania mini-album hanging about the place for a while waiting for inspiration to strike so I decided that the time was ripe to make some use of it.

I covered the page with white cotton fabric then went to work with Distress Inks in shades of blue (applying them from the pad with sponge applicators) and once they were all covered, sprayed some Radiant Rain in blues and purples (plus a touch of pewter to grunge it all up) added a fine mist of water to get it to blend together, and left it to dry.  It was so pretty it was a shame to cover it up, but I spoke firmly to myself and added the netting.   The netting is recycled from my Dead Man's Chest project - it was gold to begin with but a dip in some diluted brown acrylic paint sorted that out.

I covered the lower right of the shape with gold Ferro paint in a nice thick layer, sprayed my stamp (a foam one designed for stamping home decor projects) with water and stamped it into the Ferro.  Result!  The opposite corner was looking a bit bare so I covered that with Croco paints in turquoise, bronze and gold.

I don't know about you, but I love peacock feathers and the colours of the album page were reminding me so much of them...so I had to include one.  The peacock is the bird associated with the goddess Juno (Hera), queen of the gods of Olympus, and this gave me the title for my page.  I printed out the word "Goddess", aged the paper with some Vintage Photo and Pumice Stone DI's and put it behind the Tim Holtz ornate plate, which I'd coated with Celtic Bronze gilder's paste and a touch of Patina paste.  While I had the gilder's paste handy, I gave the edges of the page a touch of both colours.  Finally, I put an acrylic AB gem at the base of the feather to neaten it up.

I'm thinking that I may theme each page inside the album for different goddesses - what do you think?

Incy-Wincy Spider..

The theme for Simon Says Stamp & Show's blog challenge this week is - Anything Goes. So here's my effort!  The spider is my totem animal, and here sister spider is all glammed up with black glitter ready to rock and roll!

It's amazing what a bit of mica spray can do on black card, isn't it?  The tag was made when I was playing about with the Perfect Pearls mist technique form Tim Holtz's book and I just loved the way it came out.  The roses were made from paper I'd coloured with starburst stains. 

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you enjoyed your visit!

It's all in the technique...

One of the good things about having some time off work is having the time to take part in challenges - I usually have to limit myself to just a few - and when I came across Simon Says Stamp 's  challenge - to make something using your favourite technique - I wanted to give it a try.

 

My favourite technique?  I love to take a plain piece of paper or card and paint or stain or treat it so that it becomes something much more interesting.  In this case, I've brayered PVA glue over some brown card to make it look like leather,  This card is mostly made from bits and pieces left over from other projects.

I sprayed the back of the card with a little water before I embossed it with an embossing folder to make sure I got a good, deep impression, and as you can see, it took the pattern really well.  The patterned paper on the card is from Joanna Sheen (the Leonardo Da Vinci paper pad).  The sentiment is a digital download from Pink Petticoat.  I think this is a good masculine card  - how about you?