Recycled Art-CraftaScope Blog Hop

I love creating with recycled items. Cardboard packing is fab, the inside surface is great for stamping, paints and inks.

I started off with some supplies, cardboard packaging, book page and the reverse of an old piece of art.

Made some copier paper masks and practiced some stamping with some of the trees from the Lush Landscapes set of stamps.

I used the Fantasy Fields stencil onto the cardboard packaging. I wanted to keep it all simple so no colour was added. A little piece of hessian with a stitched b to finish off!!

Next up is Jacqueline, here

Craftascope Etsy store here

Bokeh Part 2!!!

Having a lot of fun with the Bokeh theme on the CountryView crafts blog.

I found some inspiration via Pinterest..

I made my background by mixing some PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic paints Little Black Dress and Cloud 9 to make a grey colour. The stamp is from Picture This.

Using the rubber on the end of a pencil, I added some dots of colour. I used PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic Paints Yellow Submarine, Zesty Zing, Banana and Cloud 9.

Hand Carved Stamps.

My turn over on the PaperArtsy blog

Great fun making some stamps from an old wellington boot!!

'Bokeh' Art.

This month on the Country View Challenges, the theme is Bokeh. The details can be found here. Loads of inspiration from the designers.

The background I made some time ago. I used PaperArsy Mini 69 stamp, and added my circles using PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic Paints called Cloud 9 and Calypso.

Thanks to Sue for the topic theme, had a lot of fun, off to experiment some more.

CraftaScope Blog Hop-Autumn Leaves.

Hi, and welcome to the CraftaScope monthly blog hop. This month the theme is Autumn Leaves.

I love finding different substrates to work on, so I cut out a section of fine weave hessian and positioned some leaf stamps for my design.

Some texture paste..

As this is a very uneven surface, I used tissue paper to stamp on to. I used Archival Ink Coffee for a crisp image.

Mixed up several acrylic paints and painted around each image. Added some embellishments to complete.

A great set of stamps, they can be found here

Next up is Jacqueline, here

Quilting with Card!

Here is my creation for  PaperArtsy, the current theme on the blog is Tiled/ Repeat patterns.

Pay a visit to the PaperArtsy blog!!

Craftascope Large Rose Petal Mini Book.

When I saw these Large Rose Petal dies from Craftascope, I thought they would make a cool Mini Book.

I used the largest die to make my covers from some board from a Please Do Not Bend envelope. Love to recycle!!

I am exploring earthy colours, so painted with layers of Amsterdam Acrylic Paints, Raw Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow and Naples Red.

The inside of my covers I cut using the 3rd largest size die some pieces of patterned paper. Black acrylic gave me a nice border.

The pages were cut using the 2nd largest die, I wanted them to be smaller that the covers. Punched a whole and secured with a metal ring so I can add pages. On going project and great fun.

The rose petal dies can be found here

Collage

Playing with painted off cuts of card. 

World Collage Day

I haven't used wood blocks for ages, so to celebrate World Collage Day, I came up with this. Found image, sand paper, some packaging from a bar of soap and a blob of plaster!!

Earth Day Collage

For Earth Day 2019, an initiative run by Paris Collage Collective. I used a crisp packet as my substrate, painted with acrylics and added some collage elements.

Collage

Over on the Paper Artsy blog the theme is maps and plans. I saw a fab post by Alison Hall using some Ellen Vargo stamps. Made this collage with some maps from a magazine and added some flowers from a stamp by Ellen Vargo.

Collage on Paper

This piece of paper was the result of moping up some ink from my glass mat. Decided to add a collage, found this picture and added some oil pastel and graphite.

Cuckoo Clock of Sorts!!

Tick Tock is the current theme/topic over on the PaperArtsy blog.

I have had this canvas for a number of years, so decided to recycle!!

Enjoyed using the filling tool that I found in a diy shop. 

Trying out some gold embossing onto painted rice paper.

And on to cardstock, forming parts of the cuckoo clock.

A different view outside.

Paper clay beak.

Craftascope on Hochanda

Craftascope by Nick is on Hochanda today with some new stamps, stencils and a die.

I used the waste from the dolphin die and Fancy Flourish stencil along with a sentiment from Positive Journey.

Check out some more inspiration from my fellow teamies!!

Kat
Nat
Cheryl
Jane
Nicola

Craftascope Sample.

I am very pleased to be part of the design team for Craftascope by Nick Roberts.

This piece was created using a range of stencils and stamps that are available on Hochanda.

Some more inspiration from my fellow design team members..

Nat

Cheryl

Katrina

Jane

Collage with Mustard colour.

Over on the Paper Artsy blog this time the theme is Mustard colour.

A mixture of Fresco chalk paints, few stamps, and some mustard coloured sandpaper!!

Mixed Media Collage

I love finding different substrates for my art, here I have used a ceramic tile off cut.

Jigsaw die from Tonic, found image, sandpaper, spray paint and oil pastel.

Mixed Media Collage

Exploring mark making coupled with cut and paste magazine pages in the shape of a chair!!