That's Crafty!: Strathmore Mixed Media Card

Hi everyone,

Donna here today with a rather happy dog…..well I like to think he is!!

What I did:

First step was to take a piece of Strathmore Mixed media paper and swoosh through some Distress Oxides that were spritzed with a little bit of water on my craft mat.

Next step was to stamp the cute little dog on another piece of the Strathmore paper and colour in with diluted Distress Markers, picked up with a water brush.

Fussy cut the dog out and adhere to the background. The balloon image is a stamp from my stash which I stamped with a red Distress Oxide ink and then that was fussy cut out too and added to the card.

I then did a little bit of doodling with a black fine liner pen to make it look like the balloon was actually attached to the dog’s tail.

I added a sentiment from Rubber Dance which I’m sure Laura could order if requested but any sentiment along the same lines would do just as well.

Go around the images with a Distress Marker to create shadows and to ‘ground’ the dog, mount onto black card and then white cardstock.

I love this little dog, such a devious expression he has!!

Supplies Used:

Katzelkraft Stamp – Chien Voody

Strathmore Mixed Media Card

Distress Oxides

Distress Markers

Black Fine Liner Pen

Black Archival Ink

Black Card

White Cardstock

Water Brush

Hope you like it

Donna x

Hi everyone

I have a card for you this week and here’s what I did to make it.

Here’s What I Did:

Starting with a piece of mixed media card, or you could use watercolour card, I spritzed on several colours of Dylusions sprays. Over the top of that I stencilled the Sunburst stencil using black Archival ink applied with an ink blending tool.

I then mounted my background onto black card and left quite a wide black border as I wanted the additional stamping to flow off the page. I then stencilled several more elements using Dylusions paint, these were stencilled using a mixture of Dina Wakley and That’s Crafty! Dinky stencils.

I then stamped Dina Wakley’s Scribbled Elements over the stencilling. Onto a separate piece of white card I stamped the bird from Dina Wakley’s woodcuts stamp set. I added it to my background using 3D foam to raise it up from the background.

The final touch was to add the sentiment which I heat embossed in white using one of the sentiments from Lynne’s affirmation set 2.

All was then mounted onto a card blank.

Here’s What I Used:

Strathmore Mixed Media Card (you could use watercolour card)

Dylusions Sprays

StencilGirl Stencil – Sunburst

Black Archival Ink Pad

Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencils – Punchinella, Numbers, Half Circles

Dina Wakley Stencils – The Basics, Spinner

Dina Wakley Stamps – Scribbled Text Elements, Woodcuts

That’s Crafty! Stamps – Lynne’s Affirmation Set 2

White Card

Black Card

Card Blank

Hope you like and and I’ll see you all next week

Love

Amanda X

Hi Everyone

February 14^th, the most romantic day of the year, so I hope that you’ve all been showered with romantic gestures and gifts. To celebrate the day I have a Valentines card to share with you, perhaps not the most romantic but love shows itself in many way…………

Here’s What I Did:-

Quite a simple one from me this week. I started by stamping the character and then stamping the heart 3 times as though they were balloons. Then using a black fineliner pen I drew in the strings. I then coloured her using Colourblend pencils. I decided I didn’t want the background to be just white so I added fine splatters by dipping an old toothbrush into AquaTints and then added the splatters by dragging a cocktail stick through the toothbrush, this creates much finer splatters than flicking with a paint brush. To protect the coloured images I had made a mask by stamping onto a Post It Note, cutting out and covering the image to protect it.

I grounded her by tearing up some washi tape and then added a little more to the top to balance it out.

The sentiment, which is my Valentine message, is from my stash.

The final detail was to run around the edge of the card with my sewing machine. Matted onto black card and added to a card blank. Now never let it be said that I am not romantic!!!!

What I Used:-

Strathmore Mixed Media Card

PaperArtsy Elenazinski Art Stamp Set – ZA03 & ZA01

Black Archival Ink Pad

Spectrum Noir Colourblend Pencils

Blending Solution

Paper Stumps

Spectrum Noir AquaTints – Various Colours

Washi Tape

Sentiment Stamp from my stash

Black Card

Old Toothbrush & Cocktail Stick

Sewing Machine

Card Blank 7’ x 7”

I hope that you have a fabulous day

Love

Amanda X

Hi Everyone

It’s been ages since I have played with any Dina Wakley stamps, that is until today. I thought that one of those girls deserved an inking so I have a mixed media card for you.

Here’s what I did:-

I brayered several PaperArtsy paints onto thick white card and painted in some random shapes. I then doodled with a black fineliner pen around the shapes. I stamped the text shapes onto a piece of scrap paper I had used to clean the brayer on, cut it out and added it to my background.

I then stencilled on with paint using a couple of Dinky stencils and one of Dina’s stencils. I then added thin torn strips of washi tape and made some paint marks using an old credit card.

I stamped my image onto white card, cut out and added to the piece. I then stamped on one of Dina’s sentiments. I felt it still needed a bit more contrast so I scraped some heavy white gesso through the Dinky stencil in a couple of places. I was happier with it now. I then mounted onto black card and onto a card blank.

Here’s What I Used:-

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints

Brayer

Paint Brush

Black Fineliner Pen

That's Crafty! Dinky Stencils – Quarter Circles & Punchinella

Dina Wakley Stencil – Spinners

Tim Holtz Classics #7 Stamp Set

Dina Wakley Stamp Sets – Silhouetted Women & Handwritten Quotes

Prima Art Basics Heavy White Gesso

White Stamping Card

Black Archival Ink Pad

Washi Tape

Old Credit Card

Black Card

Card Blank

Hope you liked it and I will see you all next Tuesday

Love

Amanda X

Hi Everyone

I have a card for you today using another of the fabulous stamps from Carabelle Studio,

one that up until today I hadn’t previously inked up. So I would like to share

with you this first outing of it.

Here’s What I Did:-

I have my created my card on one piece of mixed media card using masking techniques.

I begin by stamping the main image with archival ink. Once the ink has completely dried I then covered the image by painting on masking gum. I then took the recently released stencil Stencil Girl designed by Seth Apter and wanted to use it as a stamp. For this technique you use the reverse of the stencil so that the words are the right way around when you place it on your card. I lightly spritzed the back of the stencil with water and then sprinkled on Infusions and then lightly sprayed the stencil again. I then carefully positioned the stencil by laying it colour side down over my image. I then laid a piece of kitchen roll over it and pressed down, the kitchen roll picks up any of the colour that seeps under the stencil and helps give a clean reproduction of the stencil. I then removed the stencil and allowed the Infusions to dry naturally.

I then stencilled the sun rays on using Distress inks and added some stars stamped in teal. Before removing all the masking gum make sure that everything is completely dry and you have no stray Infusions crystals that could damage the image underneath. Rub off the masking gum.

I then coloured the image using first a layer of Distress inks used as water colours and then coloured pencils to add some depth to the image.

Finally I added the sentiment which is from the same set as the main image. Matted onto black card and an 8’ x 8’ card blank.

What I Used:-

Strathmore Mixed Media Card

Black Archival Ink

Carabelle Studio Stamps - To Seduce, Etoiles Taches et Background

Pebeo Masking Gum

StencilGirl Stencil - The Time

PaperArtsy Infusions – A Bit Jaded, Lemoncello, Sunset Beach

Tim Holtz – Rays Stencil

Distress Inks – Wild Honey, Dried Marigold, Pumice Stone, Weathered Wood, Rusty Hinge

Spectrum Noir Pencils

Blending Solution

Blending Stumps

Teal Blue Stazon Ink Pad

Black Card

Card Blank

Hope you like it and I’ll see you all next Tuesday

Love

Amanda X

Hi Everyone

I have a one layer card for you today using another of the recently released
Carabelle Studio stamps.

Here’s what I did:-

I started with a piece of mixed media card and stamped the large butterfly using black Archival ink. I then stamped it again on a large post it note, cut out, and used as a mask. Once the mask was in place I then stamped over it using the circles and dots stamp and then removed the mask. Once my images were stamped I started colouring. For the background I diluted down some grey Brusho Crystals and painted on as a water colour paint.

I then coloured the circles, again in watercolours. To make the butterfly stand out from the page I added some shadow using a black Spectrum Noir coloured pencil and blended it into the grey Brusho using a paper stump and blending solution.

I then stamped just part of a sentiment from a PaperArtsy set as I wanted to replace the word colour with die cuts instead of just stamping it on. I die cut the letters using pieces of coloured card that matched the colours of my coloured circles.

I then matted it onto black card and then onto an 8” x 8” card blank.