A Life Without Dreams by Alison Hall

Hello Crafters! It's Alison here today, sharing a mixed media card that I made with a few of my favourite mediums, and some Dylusions stamps.

Here's what I used...

Dylusions Cling Mounted Stamp Sets - Black Sheep, Quintessential Quotes, Anatomy of a Page

Faber-Castell Gelatos

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylic Paint

PaperArtsy Infusions

That's Crafty! Dinky Stencils

Stazon Stamp Pad - Jet Black

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Watercolour Cardstock, Black Cardstock, 6x6 ins White Card Blank

Matte Medium

Stencil Brush, Paintbrush, Baby Wipes, Music Sheet, Black Pen, Water Spray Bottle, Heat Gun, Scissors

Here's what I did...

1. I began by cutting some watercolour cardstock into 5x5 inch squares. I then used Gelatos to add some background colour, scribbling with different tones of the same colours, then blending with a baby wipe.

2. Next, I did some tone on tone stencilling with Dinky Stencils and Fresco Finish Acrylic Paint.

3. My next step on the background was to sprinkle on a contrasting colour of Infusions, then spritz with water, and dry with a heat gun.

4. To make my card, I picked out the purple background and used black Stazon ink to stamp a floral design around the edges.  

5. I painted a thin coat of Snowflake Fresco on some music sheet, then stamped the focal image from the Black Sheep stamp set, and the quote, then cut them out. I also hand cut a scalloped edge and added some black pen doodling, before gluing it to the edges of the background. 

6. I adhered the image and quote, outlined the words with a black pen, then used Distress Markers to colour in the image. I used a round paintbrush to add a splatter of watered down Snowflake Fresco, edged the background with black Stazon, then matted and layered onto black cardstock and a white card blank to finish.

I hope I've inspired you to create some art today.

Alison x