Monster Madness

My Monster Mash-up

Good morning lovelies.......

It's my turn to make something for Roc Nicholas' Design Team today, I always look forward to this....

I decided to make a tag (size 12), using a selection of Roc's stamps, which you can find here. 

I began by colouring the tag using various colours of Tim Holtz Distress Inks using a round blending tool. I just love how the colours blend so well together.  I added some translucent texture paste onto the tag, then to add some more depth I used some white texture paste too.

When everything was dry, I used some background stamps and stamped in similar colours, just to create some interest.

This tag was made because I truly couldn't decide which of Roc's stamps to use; so I cut several of them out and coloured them in using the Distress inks and a waterbrush.

 I arranged the pieces together on my craft mat and took a photo of the layout once I was happy with it, so I didn't forget how I wanted it - my memory is awful!!!

 

 Once everything was coloured in I started sticking it to my tag. Once the glue was dry, I drew around the outline of my monster using a permanent black pen.

The stamps I have used are: 

Roc Nicholas:

Stand Tall

Dog 

Steampunk Border 

Daisyhead

Monster 

Squiggle Arms 

and 

Jo Capper-Sandon

Ribbon Curl 

 I hope you have enjoyed my tag today. Please, leave a message and say 'hi', I'd love to hear from you.............

Happy crafting xoxoxox

Gemma xxxx mwah

 

 

 

Capture the Magic of the New Year!!!

Happy New Year Friends...........

  

Hello there my lovely friends....  

Happy New Year to you all, and I hope that 2016 brings you everything that you each desire...!!

It's time for me to drop by with my newest monthly piece for Roc Nicholas Design Team. Yippppppeeeeeee!!!

It's a brand new year, with new beginnings, so it got me thinking about resolutions.

I have to admit that I'm not very good at sticking to any new year resolutions, but Roc's 'Capture the Magic' stamp inspired me to try and live by that motto this year and try and see the positive and best in any situation. 

 

I wanted to celebrate the New Year with a party theme, with lots of colour and fireworks and all friends together, and this is how this piece was started.

I applied Finnabair's Art Basics Black Gesso to a piece of card, and once dry I found some stencils which I could use as fireworks.  I used Ranger Texture paste which I coloured with some alcohol inks, then spread through the stencils creating the effect of fireworks.

Whilst the texture paste was drying, I choose which 'friends' I wanted to come to my New Year party.............. ;-)

It definitely wouldn't have been a party without Roc's 'Party Dog' stamp, he was just perfect, and I just couldn't resist 'Ellie, Dog, and Daisyhead' to complete the party crew -  I also gave Ellie some wings to help her fly ('Flying Heart' stamp).

I coloured in these fabulous images using Luminance and Pablo pencils by Caran D'ache. They are superb for blending colours together and getting the effects you want. I'm still learning though lol.......

 I wanted all of the images to be 'Captured' in a Polaroid style photograph which I heat embossed with silver powder to go with the background colours.
I had also embossed 'Capture the Magic' in white embossing powder onto a piece of Acetate, as I wanted this to hang over the top of the board, in front of the images so you didn't lose any of the details.

To finish off, I distressed the edges of the background and mounted it onto a piece of card.

A suitably celebratory scene to welcome in the New Year.  Full of bright colours, textures and fabulous stamps by Roc Nicholas and Stampotique.
 

 Thanks for coming over, I hope you like my piece this month. I wonder what I'll come up with next month...??

Please feel free to leave a message and say hi, I'd love to hear from you............xoxoxoxoxo