Quoth the Raven - YouTube live announcement

Hi there and great new week! It's a YouTube live kind of week. 

This coming Saturday, October 19th, I'm again keeping a YouTube live. This time I'm making a Halloween card using a variety of stamped elements. Apart from the bats and the sentiment label, all other elements in this card are stamped, including the background.

This card was partly inspired by a series of cards I'm blogging on Friday. However, it seems I got the YouTube scheduling muddled and the process video of the cards is actually live on my YouTube channel already! Oops.

Underneath next photo is the list of materials, if you want to check something out. Hope to see you on Saturday! Here's the direct link (link) to the live.

Materials: 

Fabriano - Accademia 160g cardstock

Ranger - Distress watercolor pencils Carved Pumpkin, Villainous Potion, Picket Fence

Lost Coast Designs - Mr. Raven 2 stamp

Prima Marketing - Finnabair clear stamp Basket

Prima Marketing - Finnabair Sert Daily Dream Without Fear stamp set

A.B.Studio - ID-893 leaf stamp

PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish acrylic paint Chalk

Tsukineko - Versa Fine Clair Nocturne

Ranger - Distress Ink Villainous Potion

Sizzix - Thinlits Vintage Labels die set 665929

Sizzix - Moonlight die set 666386

Posca PC-1M white

black cardstock, purple cardstock

gel printed yellow-toned paper

papercutter, stamping tool, stapler, scissors, inking tools, water mister

double sided tape, foam tape, craft glue

Secret Inside - an altered wooden box

Oh gosh, can you believe it's almost mid-month already?! Where does the time fly! The second Friday of the month means the second video of the month and like I mentioned last Friday, the Halloween theme continues! This time I'm altering a wooden casket shape box. Or maybe altering is a bit overstating it, maybe decorating would be better! 

As you can see from the process video, I start by painting the shape black using black gesso and then add texture on top using a stencil and black modeling paste. Yes, black! Like I say in the video, I first thought I'd need to first make the texture and then paint the project black, before remembering I have black paste! So handy in a project like this! You can watch the process video here (link) on my YouTube channel.

To add some sweetness to the project, I then added some flowers on top, used a pink color scheme against the black and even added sweets inside! If you want the project to be a bit more on the scary side, you can add something more gloomy and drastic inside, but I opted for chocolates. Although I have to say that I did ponder upon making a small accordion folded booklet inside... But this time I wanted this one to be a gift so sweets it was! Maybe I should get another one of these boxes before they run out and do that journal style thing to it! 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a lovely Friday and great weekend, too! Underneath you can again see the used materials, should you wish to recreate something similar.

Materials:

wooden chest (CCHobby)

Prima Marketing - Art Basics Heavy Gesso Black

Ranger - Distress Texture Paste Black Opaque

Stampers Anonymous - Berry Leaves THS174 stencil

A.B.Studio - Mixmedia cardboard ID-281

Ranger - Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy, Fired Brick

PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish acrylic paint Chalk, Cherry Blossom

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Entomology TH94079

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Skulls and Pumpkins TH94169

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Skulls and Spiders TH94161

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Number Tokens TH93244

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Halloween 2024 sticker book

moulded bones and bottle 

(made using Finnabair moulds "Apothecary Bottles" and "Wings and Bones")

paper and faux flowers

cheese cloth, twine

craft glue

brushes, scissors, sponge, palette knife

Dreamy cake - a transfer project

Hello again! Looking familiar perhaps? Well, you guessed it. It's another transfer project! You can see the previous ones here (link) and here (link) and then there's this art journal spread (link), too.

Yesterday I shared the art journal spread and mentioned then, that for that project I used several different image transfer techniques. With these other projects, I was demoing just one technique each. This particular one is my favorite one as it never fails! I used a mat gel medium on top of a MDF piece. The smooth, sleek surface makes the transferring easy and the medium works like a charm. So, if you are new to image transfers, this would be the one I recommend trying first! 

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a lovely Wednesday! 

Materials: Korttipaja, Kate Crafts, PaperArtsy, Posca

For the love of penguins - an art journal spread

Moikka moi! This art journal spread is an older one. I've been sharing projects I made for an online image transfer workshop thing, which didn't go through. This spread is done for the same thing but it has a bit of a Halloween vibe to it. 

In the earlier posts I have shared projects showing just one transfer technique each. This spread incorporated several to the same project. The one that reminds me of Halloween is the man on the page on the right. There's a ghostly transfer of him in a used teabag, but the picture underneath it is the Halloween one for me - he's turning into a penguin! The journaling says, loosely translated: "The professor loved penguins so much that he started to transform into one". You can see the transformation in one of the detail photos below.

This project was so fun to do! I should use image transfers more in my crafting! I especially enjoyed the story-telling bit again, whipping up the narrative to connect the vintage photo of a man to the eggs and penguins. It's quite a bizarre tale this time, but a fun one nonetheless.  

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a magical day! 

Materials: Kate Crafts, Ranger, Prima Marketing

A Touch of Magic - an art journal spread

First Friday of the month obviously means first process video of the month! This time I'm making an art journal spread with some twinkles of magic. You can watch the process video here (link) on my YouTube channel.

Halloween and magic seem to be a theme of the first couple videos of the month. This particular one was inspired by those gorgeous die cuts I fell in love with. I admire their vintage palette and the delicate luster. But, if you know me, the tipping point for me was that crow. When I saw him in the set, I just needed to order it, even though I have plenty of stash already. But it's sometimes nice to get something new so you see the older stash in a different light, right? 

As you can see from the process video, I used alcohol inks to color the background, yet I was working on top of regular cardstock. The trick is to seal the paper before applying the inks, so they're not just a muddy puddle but instead can flow freely. Other option, of course, is to use paper fitting to the inks.

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

Materials: 

Stamperia - Fortune ephemera

Fabriano - Accademia 160 g cardstock

Ranger - Distress collage medium

Ranger - Adirondack alcohol ink Denim, Stream, Pesto, Cloudy Blue, Mushroom

Ranger - Adirondack Alcohol Blending Solution

PaperArtsy - Fresco Finish acrylic paint Chalk, Chocolate Pudding, Caramel

Ranger - Archival Ink Jet Black, Vintage Photo

PaperArtsy - TS065 stamp set

A.B.Studio - Mixmedia thick cardboard ID-290

Tsukineko - Versa Mark ink

Ranger - embossing powder gold

Posca PC-1M white

P13 Paper Products - New Moon stickers 01

art journal

masking tape, washi tape

drinking straw

brushes, scissors, paper cutter, heat tool

foam tape, craft glue, double sided tape

Summer sparrows - a painting

During August, I blogged a big canvas (link) I had painted for my co-worker. Her choice of background color too me by surprise, but I followed the que and painted it in grey tones. When I was writing the post it was already in the know, that I would re-paint the background. 

Here the canvas is re-painted! I was able to save the swallows and needed just to add some minor re-touches to them, but if you compare the two, the background has undergone a drastic change! I prefer this one over the grey-toned as it's so much more like the recipient! She's all about color and summer and the inspiration for this palette was a sunset. So, there's the clear blue summer sky, the pinks, oranges and pastel purples of the sunset and some fluffy clouds as well.

Which one of the backgrounds you prefer? The burst of color or the serene grey one? 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Wishing a lovely day to you and yours!

White angels - PaperArtsy

Moikka moi! It's not only another new week but a totally new month as well! Happy October everyone! 

Today I share my first Holiday cards for the year. I made these for PaperArtsy and the theme this time was "White". As you can see from the photos, my cards aren't totally white, but have also a brown tone included, but the main colors are different shades of white. You can see and read the step by step process here (link) at PaperArtsy's blog.

The focal point of these cards is a Lynne Perrella stamp. I first thought to use black stamping ink, as I often do, but that seemed too harsh of a contrast in these. That's why I chose the brown, which went nicely with the overall weathered and vintage look.

Have you started the Holiday makes yet? Or is it first Halloween and then Christmas on your craft table?

Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a wonderful October!

Materials: PaperArtsy, Ranger