Simply, an ode to blue!

Good morning all,

Not everything we craft has to be complicated or time consuming.  Many of you who follow my posts will realise that I have a very short attention span and therefore most of what I do may require effort but very little time to achieve.

Today’s post is simply the use of a tag, some stamps and a colour or two – it’s my ‘Ode to blue’….

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Thanks for visiting today, you'll find details of the products used below.  Have a great Sunday!

Chris xxx

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Lynne Perrella journal pages

Hi everyone, Brenda here with you again today and I thought I would share a double page spread from my journal that I made for the last workshop I did for Country View Crafts. We spent most of the day learning new techniques using Dylusions ink sprays, and then I used these pages for an inspirational project at the end of the day where the participants could either ‘case’ these or make a page in their new journal from scratch.

The backgrounds were made using Dylusions sprays and the ghosting and ink monoprint techniques, building layers of colour and interest. (Please leave me a comment if you would like me to do a step x step on either of these).

I used the LPC O23 set of stamps from PaperArtsy, plus the banner from LPC 005 collection. The face was stamped straight onto the background and I used a black and white posca pen to add highlights, shading and outlining.

The main focal image here was stamped onto prepared card using acrylic paints whilst the other images were stamped straight onto the background. I also used the faux bleach technique to pull out colour in some areas and then painted them in again with coloured or white inks.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at what I have been creating and just to let you know my new workshop is available to book on the shop site. We will be making a memories box originally designed by our fabulous CVC leader Chris and you can finish it in your own style using Sweet Threads papers by Basic Grey. If you fancy a fun day of cutting, inking and construction then do pop over for more details.

Thanks for looking.

hugs Brenda xxx

Happy UNvalentine…

Those of you that know me well know that periodically my cynicism rises to the surface and ends up as a reflection in my crafting so, for those of you who don’t care to celebrate Valentine’s Day (the ‘a happy heart is for life, not one day’ philosophy) here’s an UNvalentine tag just for us, lol!

Starting with a medium manila tag with Pansy and Rose Fresco splodged on and dried with a heat gun:

Next came the embossing - a standard clear embossing ink using the large broken heart stamp from Darcy's (Eclectica³) stamp set and black embossing powder:

Repeated on to white card, coloured with Promarkers (or whatever you have) then cut out:

Next I decoupaged them onto the tag and used a white (Posca) ink pen to highlight the bubbles:

Now what better than Dyan Reaveley's sarcastic text stamps? lol - Stamped with standard black ink, cut out and glued flat:

Then I took 3 wire-stemmed paper roses and did the coiling thing. If you don't have any of these you can make your own paper buds by twisting a small oval of card and coiling jewelry/craft wire to glue behind it.):

The scrap box came in useful - I found some matching scraps, one lain and one patterned which matched with the colours already used. Cut a strip of the plain and tear a thinner strip of the patterned to place on top:

Use Black soot Distress ink and a blending tool to edge both strips of paper before mounting them and also edge the tag itself. Glue the three roses/flowers in place (equidistant) on top of the strips:

I wanted an embellishment to match the colours so I found some blue beads that have an irrisescent purple coating and made a little bead drop with some jewelry findings:

This was added to the top left corner:

I added a little mauve chiffon ribbon to the tag to finish it off:

I hope you have a fabulous Valentine's Day whatever your feelings [g]!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week,

Chris xxx
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