Saturday, 3 November 2018

F is for Fantasy


I'm quite excited to share with you 
that Agatha Witch, who took centre stage in my 'P is for Pink Halloween'
[see my previous post]
was crowned Queen of Snark.

 In so being crowned, I was invited to be a guest of the new theme
F is for Fantasy - #122



Using a 2 1/2" circle as a mask, I blended 'broken china' and 'wilted voilet' Distress Inks,
then removing the mask continued to blend 'twisted citron' to create an orb.  I replaced the mask briefly and lightly spritzed the card with water.

I stamped all the images in the following order : the halo of stars, the field mouse, the gnarled tree, the fairy, the sentiment and lastly, the birds.


To add a little more interest, I added touches of silver Gelly Roll pen to the fairy's wings
and the dots between the stars.
[you can just see them in the different angle of the card]





It is always fun to play along with the 
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers
so why not join in the fun?
You too, might be crowned Queen of Snark!

Stamps
Lavinia Stamps : Three Field Mice; Three Dancing Fairies; Seasonal Tree; Star Cluster; Birds
Kindred Stamps : Wizard Friends

Ink
Distress Ink : broken china; wilted violet; twisted citron
Versa Fine : Onyx Black

   Happy Crafting!
 



Friday, 12 October 2018

Pink Halloween



In honour of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month
as well as Halloween,
the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers have combined the two,
so the theme is
Why not join in and have some spooky fun?



The background is a smoosh of ink, a sprinkle of powdered paint
and a spritz of water, along with some words and washi tape.
Agatha was stamped directly onto the background
and again onto white card which was coloured, fussy cut and glued over the first image.


A quick swipe of ink around the edges, a folded black card and it's finished!

Stamps
Stampotique - Agatha Witch; 3 Greetings
Ink
Distress Oxides - worn lipstick; candied apple; worn lipstick; wilted violet
Archival - jet black
Other
Prismacolor pencils - various 
Washi Tape
Ken Oliver Color Burst - Alizarin Crimson
 
 Challenges






Spooky Crafting!
     


Monday, 1 October 2018

Animal Antics

I recently acquired a new set of Katzelkraft stamps called
"La ferme des animaux"
and thought each of the critters would work perfectly
on a set of ATC coins.


I started by sponging each of the coins with 'pumice stone' Distress Ink.
Each one was then stamped with script [Archival Ink 'watering can' ]
and splatters [Archival Ink 'coffee'].


Each animal was stamped directly onto the coin [Archival Ink 'jet black']
and again onto white card.


Hamming it up for the camera!


Ducks come in all sorts of different colours, don't they?


 Smile!  Say cheese!


I used a variety of different Prismacolor pencils, blending as needed.


Bunnies are often two-toned, even if pink isn't so common a colour.


Start knitting ......


I really enjoyed playing with all these critters, such a fun crowd!

Stamps
Katzelkraft - La ferne des animaux
Stampin' Up! - French Foliage (discontinued)

Word Stickers
Carpe Diem - Posh 

   See you again soon ....

Happy Crafting!