TagTuesday #3 - M for Memories

This week's letter for Tag Tuesday is: M ... M for Memories

inky background brushed, stencilled and stamped (Prima Marketing, Eline Pellinkhof)

with various distress inks (sugar spun, victorian velvet, fired brick, festive berries)

on textured watercolour paper

darling girls' stamp from Artistic Outpost stamped with archival ink

 

word stamped (Elzybells) on transparency paper 

layered on left-over papers from EchoPark and Prima Marketing 

attached with staples

embellishments are little punched flowers from left-over EchoPark paper

layered with blingy stars and pearls

have a lovely evening, Petra.

Linked to: Simon Says Stamp and Show
Love to Create Challenge
Artistic Outpost April Referral Programme

Told You So

... another canvas and tissue paper project ... this time a little one and still experimenting

 

This time I gessoed the canvas first and then painted it using acrylic paints. The paint layer was not smooth but I kept it a bit rough and structured. Once the paint was dry I covered it with stamped tissue paper (stamps: Prima Marketing, Penny Black). Before sealing the canvas I stamped around the edges (stamp: Penny Black).

 

The finishing touches are some little pearls and a leftover ruffled ribbon .... the next canvas is already waiting! Petra.

Linked to: Simon Says Stamp And Show

Trinchie Swap: Garden Party

Unfortunately the weather has not really been very supportive of Garden Parties lately (lol) ... I took part in the UPA trinchie swap: 6 trinchies, all different, more than one layer, theme: Garden Party. It took me a while before I could get my head around, surely the weather didn't help ...
All backgrounds are inked using various distress inks with stamps, stencils or heat embossing

image: Cherry Kisses Tea from Pollycraft coloured with Copics - some lace, Prima Marketing flower

stamps: Crafty Individuals - image: Catnip Studio Collage - colouring: distress inks, some Stickles - 

lace, some blings

image: Graphics Fairy - lace, paper flower coloured with distress ink, pearl

 

image: Chester from Pollycraft coloured with Copics - stamps: Elzybells  - 

paper: Echo Park - Stickles

 stamps: Hero Arts, digi stamp, Faye Whittaker - paper: Echo Park

       stamps: Stampotique, Faye Whittaker - colouring: Koh-i-noors - paperflower, pearl  

Enjoy the party! Petra.

Linked to: Simon Says Stamp and Show - No Rules 

Experimental Colours

Last night I played with acrylic paints ... I have to learn so much (sigh), it is quite daunting but also really good fun. From one of my experiments I made this little tag

I randomly dabbed  three different acrylic paint colours on heavy textured water colour card, cut the tag using one of the Sizzix alteration dies. I stamped on it with a Paperartsy stamp and Archival Ink (Jet Black) ... I quite like the outcome of the stamping, the black is not solid but somehow the image slots in with the background. As embellishments I chose some folded washi tape, little coloured jeweller's tags and a blck button. Enjoy your weekend, Petra.

Linked to: Simon Says Stamp and Show - A Kaleidoscope of Colour

Postcard Butterflies

This is my postcard for our KindredSpririt postcard swap organised by Jules

Oh, it is so difficult to make a one-layer-card because it is so tempting to add a little bit of bling here, a little button there (lol) ... this time I managed to restrain myself and do without add-ons and it was good fun, I basically inked it all up: the background is brushed distress ink 'Stormy Sky' stencilled with distress ink 'Faded Jeans' using a Tattered Angel stencil. The stamped images are all from various stamp sets from Tim Holtz/Stamper Anonymous. And at last I dabbed a little bit of various acrylic inks around the corners. 

The postcard will be posted tomorrow and I hope the recipient likes it, Petra.

Linked to: Craft-Room challenge - Ink it
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes