The merry year is born - PaperArtsy

Hello there! The weather forecast promises a flurry during this week even in the south here in Finland, so by the end of the week the scenery might resemble the one in this little project I made for PaperArtsy. You can see the blog post here (link) at PaperArtsy's blog.

This was made as a "With 3 Things" post. This feature on the PaperArtsy Blog is where 3 bloggers are sent 3 items in the post. We bloggers have no clue what PaperArtsy headquaters is going to send us, there might be a slight variation but generally 2 of the 3 things will be identical. This time I had an inkling which designer's stamp set would be sent as it's Alison Bomber highlight! Along with a Alison Bomber stamp set "Hawthorn Edition" I was sent two colors of Infusions and a piece of Grey Board.

I wanted to keep the materials list somewhat short on this project, so I tried to limit myself with them. I used the Grey Board as my base and used the stamps to pattern the background and make the big branch as well as add the little text strips. As colorants went, I mainly tried to use the Infusions I was sent only adding white gesso and black stamping ink to the mix. Well, to be honest I did add a green ink as well, tweaking the Infusions that way. Should you want to see how I made the project, please head over to PaperArtsy blog (link) as you can find a step by step there!

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a fantastic week! 

Materials: PaperArtsy, Tsukineko, Prima Marketing, Ranger

Peppermint pairs - a pair of cards

Hello and merry Christmas! ...oh wait, not yet. But here's a couple of Holiday cards I made using Tim Holtz paper dolls and some trimmings from previous cards.

Back in October, I published these Lawn Fawn cards (link). I used inks and a stripy stencil to make a candy stripe style background for those. When then trimming the background pieces smaller, I got these left over striped pieces and I left them on my craft table for a while as I liked the look of them. My original idea was to use them together with Lawn Fawn stamps again, but this time making a different composition, a more minimalistic one. But instead, as you can see here, I ended up using them together with some kraft cardstock and vintage elements.

Both cards have similar elements, just the composition is mirrored and the card base in the other is white and in the other red. Both pairs are from a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas paper doll set. The big seal-like stickers state "Merry Christmas" in Finnish. The other "Good Christmas"  and "Joyful Christmas" in the other, to be exact. 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a merry Tuesday! 

Materials: PaperArtsy, Ranger, Tim Holtz Idea-ology, J.K.Primeco

Bats and hats - a pair of cards

Hi there! It seems I got the YouTube schedule muddled and instead of the coffin video I published this last Friday and the coffin goes live today... Oh well. But come and meet some wizards and witches! Or maybe they all are wizards as somehow the lady in the top most card makes me think about professor McGonagall!

The inspiration for the cards came from a color palette I spotted in the Idea-ology pack - purple and orange together. I liked that combo so much that I even used it on my YouTube live project (link) - you are attending the live tomorrow, right? On top of that purple and orange background I then added some visual texture and then several layers. Most of those were die cut, but there's some Idea-ology in the mix as well. Want to watch how I made the triplet? You can do so here (link) on my YouTube channel!

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a magical Friday and weekend! And hopefully I'll be seeing you tomorrow in the YouTube live!

Materials: 

Fabriano - Accademia 160g cardstock

Prima Marketing - Art Philosophy Tropicals watercolor set

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Layers + Paper Dolls Halloween 2024

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Large Collage Strips Halloween 2024

Ranger - Distress Ink Villainous Potion, Hickory Smoke

A.B.Studio - Stencil ID-223

Stampers Anonymous - Botanic Collage CMS447

Ranger - Archival Ink Jet Black

Sizzix - Thinlits Moonlight die set 666386 

Sizzix - Thinlits Vintage Labels die set 665929

Sizzix - Thinlits Halloween die set 662580

Sizzix - Thinlits Regions Beyond die set 664207

Ranger - Distress Oxide Vintage Photo

Posca PC-1M black

white sewing thread, cheese cloth

orange brush tip marker

craft glue, double sided tape, foam tape

inking tools, die cutting machine, paper cutter, scissors, brushes, stapler

Margaret, Louise and Sheryll - an art journal spread

Moikka moi! This Friday it's an art journal kind of process video! This spread had a couple of inspiration sources, one of them being putting cut items to use. The other was that wonderful group of ladies. 

Last Friday I made a pair of cards and die cut circles out of a patterned paper. I then stashed the left over - or in all honesty, was going to, but instead thought to use it immediately. I used that as the top part of the background and covered the bottom part with strips. On top I then layered acrylic paint and inks, using them like watercolors. 

When I had the background done, it was time to concentrate on the layers coming on top. I first die cut a bunch of little houses and painted them with acrylics. I used the same inks I used in the background to turn them a bit weathered, then. The focal elements are mainly from Tim Holtz Idea-ology. The car and the group of ladies made me conjure a story of these ground breaking mechanics, who opened the first garage in their part of town. That's why I added the gauges around the spread and tried to choose the little labels also fitting to the theme. 

As always, you can see the process video here (link) on my YouTube channel.

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a fabulous Friday and weekend!

Materials:

Fabriano - Accademia 160g cardstock

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Backdrops volume 4 #TH94308

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Collage Strips #TH94328

PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish acrylic paint Chantilly, Sand, Blah Mange, Butter

Stampers Anonymous - Brush Arch stencil THS168

Stampers Anonymous - Sticks stencil THS172

Sizzix - Thinlits Ghost Town die set 664194

Ranger - Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Scorched Timber

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Paper Dolls Poses #TH94376

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Layers Photo Studio #TH94374

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Gauge Dials #TH94225

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Snippets ephemera pack Number strips #TH94222

Ranger - Adirondack alcohol ink Butterscotch, Rust

clear tape, washi tape

art journal

craft glue, foam tape, double sided tape

scissors, brushes, sponge, paper cutter

Tea Stories - a pair of cards

Hello you guys! It's a new week again and that means a set of new posts. Today I'm sharing a couple of cards made with some left-overs spiced with some ephemera. Let me guide you through the layers.

The bottom layer for the both is a gel print - both are left-overs from previous projects or even clean out prints. The next layer on top is then cut from an Idea-ology Backdrop with some Strips layered on top. Then there's a lovely vintage portrait of a boy on each peeking through a left-over piece from these cards (link). As you can see, I followed the color scheme of the die cut piece throughout the card. The pattern on top of the piece is done with a PaperArtsy stamp and Ranger embossing powder. The embellishments include a piece of washi tape and then a tea bag label as kind of sentiment. I've been saving these for a while and with my new found "use it, don't stash it" way, I decided to put them into use!

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Materials: Tim Holtz Idea-ology, Ranger, PaperArtsy