I used the last part of my recent masterboard to create a card today. The flowers are made from die cut rusted fabric and book paper. I added doodled stems, and a PaperArtsy quote.
Happy Friday!
Alison x
Archive for May, 2015
Imperfection is Beauty
Posted in Cards with tags Art cards, Ellen Vargo stamps, Paint Dabbers, PaperArtsy Stamps on May 29, 2015 by craftytrogMosaic Lady
Posted in Box Art, That's Crafty with tags Box Art, Home Decor, PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella Stamps, Stampbord, That's Crafty on May 27, 2015 by craftytrogI have a little decorated box to share over at That’s Blogging Crafty today. Here’s my sneaky peek, you can see my full project and tutorial HERE.
Before you go, I have another exciting item to share with you.
This Saturday, 30th May, it’s my first ever crafty class at the That’s Crafty Store in Romford, Essex. There are still a few more places left if you’d like to come along. We’ll be making two art journal pages, using Gelatos and Dina Wakley stamps, and You can find full details HERE.
That’s all folks 🙂
Thanks for reading,
Alison xxx
Boho Style
Posted in Jewellery with tags Boho Style, Faux Rust, Jewellery on May 22, 2015 by craftytrogWatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the first time, whilst resting my poorly hands, brought out the inner bohemian in me. I found some earrings and a bracelet I made a few years ago, & made a matching Willow (Buffy’s witchy friend, if you’re not familiar) style choker. Needed a little help wielding the pliers 🙂
Rested my jewellery on some rusted fabric I made this week, inspired by France and Lynne.
Happy Friday everyone!
Alison x
That’s Blogging Crafty – Take Flight
Posted in Cards, That's Crafty with tags Art cards, Brusho Crystal Colour, Carabelle Studio Stamps, That's Crafty on May 20, 2015 by craftytrogHere’s a little peek at my Wednesday offering over on That’s Blogging Crafty today. You can see my full project & tutorial HERE.
Thanks for dropping by,
Alison x
Fragile
Posted in Cards, Stamps & Stencils Challenge with tags Art cards, Dina Wakley Stencils, distress stains, Ranger Paint Dabbers, Stamps & Stencils Challenge, Wendy Vecchi Stencils on May 18, 2015 by craftytrogI’ve just been catching up with a couple of episodes of television dramas centred around the second world war. There have been a few like this, I guess because of the anniversaries this year.
I think this card was inspired by how fragile life really is.
You might recognise the base as part of a masterboard I recently made, & I just stencilled Dina Wakley’s Moon Faces, a Wendy Vecchi word, & added some white gel pen highlights.
I have another finger injury on my right hand, no idea why this keeps happening since the flu virus, but I’m feeling very fragile myself too.
I’m entering my card in the Stamps and Stencils ‘Three of a kind’ Challenge.
Alison x
Tim inspired cards
Posted in Cards, Tim's 12 Tags of 2015 with tags Cards, Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015 on May 17, 2015 by craftytrogBoth my mum and my mother-in-law have their birthday today, on the 17th May, such a crazy coincidence! Here are the cards that I made for them, inspired by Tim Holtz’s May Tag.
Happy birthday mums, hope you have a wonderful day!
Alison xxx
12 Tags of 2015 – May
Posted in Tags, Tim's 12 Tags of 2015 with tags Tags, Tim's 12 tags of 2015 on May 15, 2015 by craftytrogHere’s my version of Tim’s May tag…
I made a couple of cards inspired by Tim’s tag too, which I’m planning to give this weekend, so I’ll share them another time.
Happy Friday,
Alison x
Masterboard Card – Magic
Posted in Cards with tags Art cards, Dina Wakley stamps, Ranger Distress Stains, Ranger Paint Dabbers on May 14, 2015 by craftytrogHere’s another card, made with part of this masterboard. I used Dina Wakley stamps.
We’re off to see Paul Weller on the Radio Two Jo Whiley show tonight. My clever hubby Graham won us 2 tickets on the Chris Evans show this morning! It was brilliant listening to him chatting to Chris on the radio. Great birthday pressie too, Graham’s birthday is Saturday, & mine is Sunday week 🙂
Have a great day!
Alison x
Un Coeur D’Ange
Posted in Cards, That's Crafty with tags Art cards, Brusho Crystal Colour, Carabelle Studio Stamps, That's Crafty on May 13, 2015 by craftytrogI’ve been playing with some gorgeous Carabelle Studio stamps and Brushos on That’s Blogging Crafty this week. Here’s a little peek, you can see my full project and tutorial HERE.
Thanks for visiting,
Alison x
May Art Journal Calendar
Posted in art journalling, Kate Crane's Calendar Challenge with tags Art Journaling, Kate Crane Calendar Challenge, PaperArtsy Stencils, Sara Naumann Stamps on May 12, 2015 by craftytrogHere’s my May calendar page for Kate Crane’s AJ Calendar Challenge. I collaged painty kitchen towel mop ups for the background, then stencilled black paint through a PaperArtsy stencil for the journalling, and through a medieval alphabet stencil for the title. Stamped a grungy Sara Naumann stamp border and added white gel pen doodling to finish.
Thrilled with how this turned out, well worth saving those mop ups!
Alison x
PaperArtsy Challenge – Words
Posted in Cards, PaperArtsy Challenge with tags Cards, PaperArtsy Challenge, PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint, Sara Naumann Stamps, Shrink Plastic on May 11, 2015 by craftytrogI’m sharing a card made with Sara Naumann Eclectica stamps over on the PaperArtsy Blog tonight. Here’s a little peek, you can see my full project and tutorial HERE.
Thanks for visiting,
Alison x
Anniversary 2015
Posted in Cards with tags Art cards, Dina Wakley stamps, distress stains, Paint Dabbers on May 11, 2015 by craftytrogA Happy Anniversary to my dearest Graham!
A card made with part of my recent masterboard and Dina Wakley stamps.
Here we are in a restaurant on The Southbank, London. Don’t you just love that wall?!
Alison x
Ranger Abstract Masterboard
Posted in Abstract Art with tags Abstract art, Ellen Vargo, PaperArtsy Stamps, Ranger Distress Stains, Ranger Paint Dabbers on May 9, 2015 by craftytrogI found a great tutorial on Ellen Vargo’s blog, using Ranger distress stains and paint dabbers with some of Ellen’s PaperArtsy stamps, to make a fab masterboard.
Here’s my version…
I cut it up into four postcards, that I’ll use to make some cards…
Some of my paint dabbers are rather thick now, but they spread out nicely with the brayer. However, if you click on the photos, you can see that the paint adds some great texture.
Thanks for visiting,
have a creative weekend,
Alison x
I Heart Art!
Posted in Hanging Art, That's Crafty with tags DecoArt Media, Hanging Art, That's Crafty on May 6, 2015 by craftytrogI’m sharing some art over at That’s Blogging Crafty today. Here’s a little peek, you can see my full project HERE.
Thanks for dropping by,
Alison x
Gelli Plate Play
Posted in 4x4's, Cards with tags Art cards, Crafters Workshop, Dina Wakley paint, Gelli Plate, PaperArtsy Stamps on May 4, 2015 by craftytrogI had fun playing with my Gelli Plate and Dina Wakley paints last week. I spotted this this fab tute by Lisa on the Faber-Castell blog and made a couple of cards with two of my prints, with Grunge Paste and a PaperArtsy Sara Naumann quote stamp.
I still have an injured right thumb, stupidly hurt it again at the weekend, moving stuff around in my craft room! It’s so hard to rest and not do anything…I will never learn! 😦
Alison x
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