Darkroom Door DT - Abstract 09

 Hello Darkroom Door fans!

Today I am sharing my projects for Darkroom Door created with the awesome BRAND NEW Abstract 09 Abstract Stamp. This is such a fun and quirky stamp that inspired me to create a 'crazy' art journal page and 'quirky' little creature tags.

'Crazy' Art Journal Page

It's a crazy explosion of colour, right?!! For this page I basically built upon a page that I had been using to clean off my brayer from gel press printing. I had also pressed the Starry Night Large Stencil onto it to remove excess paint from the stencil so you can see that peeking through.

I swiped some more paint over the page because there wasn't enough already!! Then I placed the Arty Circles Small Stencil over it and removed the paint from the circles using a water wet wipe. I love the image this technique leaves with all of the previous layers peeking through the circles. This is a technique that I have seen Lisa Oxley demonstrate and I can't get enough of it now. So fun! Thanks Lisa for the inspiration!

I added some hot pink sun rays using the Sunshine Small Stencil too. There's some stamping in there too using the Dots Texture Stamp with Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink. This would have to be my favourite ink ever. Once dry, it just doesn't budge. Perfect when you are adding many layers and using wet mediums on top of it. There's some doodling around the 'arty circles' using fine black and white Posca Pens as well as some random dots and dashes using other paint pens.

I used the Jet Black ink to stamp some Bold Blossoms on the page as well as the Springtime Sprouts Line Art Stamp. I stamped the Springtime Sprouts again on smooth white cardstock and drew little faces on the sprouts. I then fussy cut the 'faces' and stuck them onto the page. Next I stamped the Abstract 09 Abstract Stamp onto smooth white cardstock three times and fussy cut them to add to my page. I created borders with some of them and also cut individual circles to scatter over the page.

Finally I stamped the Crazy Enough Quote Stamp onto white cardstock and cut out. I stamped the 'CRAZY' using the Sketched Alphabet Stamp Set, fussy cut and added that to the page with the quote. I painted the letters using the same paints used on the background. I added lines to the 'R' to match the Abstract 09 Stamp.

Next up is my set of 5 tags featuring quirky mixed up little characters created using the Abstract Stamp circles for the bodies.

Darkroom Door products used:

DDAB009 Abstract 09 Abstract Stamp

DDTS004 Dots Texture Stamp

DDQS038 Crazy Enough Quote Stamp

DDLA008 Springtime Sprouts Line Art Stamp

DDRS214 Sketched Alphabet Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS081 Bold Blossoms Rubber Stamp Set

DDLS008 Starry Night Large Stencil

DDSS016 Arty Circles Small Stencil

DDSS013 Sunshine Small Stencil

'Quirky Creature' Tags

These tags were so fun to make!! I really enjoyed mixing and matching stamps to make the little creatures. They were a little fiddly but so much fun. I think I could have kept going with even more crazy creatures!

I started by stamping five of the largest tag from the Tags Stamp Set onto kraft cardstock with the Jet Black Archival Ink.

'Adventure Fish' Tag

I stamped a background stamp over each tag and cut out the circle at the top of the tag. I applied Distress Oxide to a stamp from the Watery Washes Stamp Set, spritzed with water and then applied to each tag. I repeated with the spotty stamp from the set.

I stamped the Abstract 09 stamp onto white cardstock with the Jet Black ink as well as whatever animal I wanted to use. I fussy cut all of the images and stuck them together to create weird creatures. I finished each tag with a word cut from the Journey Word Block Stamp that I stamped on white cardstock.

'Dream Owl' Tag

'Fun Bee' Tag

'Imagine Chicken' Tag

'Love Seahorse' Tag

Darkroom Door products used:

DDAB009 Abstract 09 Abstract Stamp

DDCS025 Arty Circles Collage Stamp

DDWB005 Journey Word Block Stamp

DDBS069 Starry Night Background Stamp

DDBS067 Honeycomb Background Stamp

DDBS048 Fishing Net Background Stamp

DDBS040 Chicken Wire Background Stamp

DDRS205 Buzzing Bees Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS162 Watery Washes Background Stamp

DDRS117 Carved Birds Vol. 1 Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS082 Tags Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS071 Simply Circles Rubber Stamp Set

DDRS056 Under The Sea Rubber Stamp Set

RANGER Archival Ink Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Oxide:

- Blueprint Sketch

- Peacock Feathers

- Spiced Marmalade

- Wild Honey

- Wilted Violet

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired by my projects to have a play with the Abstract 09 Abstract Stamp too.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Country Life

 Hey Dusty Attic fans!

Today I am sharing my latest layout for Dusty Attic inspired by the March Mood Board. Such lovely colours that inspired me to create a more 'rustic' layout about hay carting time on our farm.

'Country Life'

I used some perfectly rustic Kaisercraft papers for this layout starting with the fabulous rusty old tin shed paper in the background. I added a torn piece of the 12 x 12 chicken wire which I painted with a combination of Sunshine, Sunburnt Orange and Cranberry Dusty In Colour Paints. To create the mottled effect, I simply used a latex make-up sponge and picked up each of the colours separately on it. I then dabbed the sponge onto the chipboard taking care not to blend the colours too much.

I layered on some torn Corrugated Card that I left in it's raw state and then some more patterned paper. To represent 'hay' I painted Wildgrass # 2 and Wildgrass # 3 Small with the Sunshine paint and glued the pieces onto the layout.

I used the mottled paint effect on the large Tyre Tracks, this time using Chocolate, Cranberry and Bisque paints. I added this to the bottom of the page and then layered on the Paddock Fence small that I had painted with a black Posca Pen. I added my paper stack and photo next along with other chipboard pieces painted with Dusty In Colour paints. Finally I added the title that I painted with the Sunshine paint.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0905 Dusty in Colour Sunshine

DA0906 Dusty in Colour Sunburnt Orange

DA0910 Dusty in Colour Cranberry

DA0921 Dusty in Colour Bisque

DA0923 Dusty in Colour Hot Chocolate

DA0402 Paddock Fence Small

DA0457 12 x 12 Chicken Wire

DA0830 Corrugated Card

DA1088 Geo Tags

DA1193 Tyre Tracks Large

DA1712 Wildgrass # 2

DA2542 Wildgrass # 3 Small

DA2554 Country Life

DA2663 Banners # 5

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

Darkroom Door DT - Abstract 11

 Hello Darkroom Door fans!!

Today I am sharing a project I created for Darkroom Door using the fabulous BRAND NEW Abstract 11 Abstract Stamp. I have created an art journal spread using the stamp in two ways.

'More Than Enough' Art Journal

As you can see I used the stamp to create hair and also randomly across the background to represent clouds. I had so much fun creating this art journal spread. These pages were originally used to use up leftover paint from another project. I basically just used the paint that was leftover on my palette with the Ferns Large Stencil to create a beautiful botanic background. There's also some leftover Distress Oxide that was swiped on the page and white gesso through the Number Jumble Medium Stencil.

To create my 'afro' girl, I first masked off the Strawberry Lady Line Art Stamp with washi tape so that I only inked up her face and neck and none of the hair. I then removed all of the washi and stamped her on my art journal page. I used Jet Black Archival Ink as once it is dry there is no moving that awesome ink.

Next I grabbed a circular item from my kitchen (the base of my Tupperware sifter!!) and traced around it onto a piece of very thin notepaper. I traced it in the middle of the paper so that there was a large border around it to protect my art journal page. I stamped the Abstract 11 Stamp onto another piece of thin notepaper and the face again also. I fussy cut both of these images tightly around the edge (with no border) to form a couple more masks. I added a bit of a hairline in when I cut out the face mask. 

I attached the circular and the face mask onto my art journal page with washi tape. Starting at the left side of the 'afro' I applied the Abstract 11 Stamp using Jet Black ink. I secured the Abstract 11 'mask' using washi tape over the top of the stamped image and then applied the Abstract 11 stamp again slightly to the right of the first stamped image. I repeated these steps until the whole 'afro' was covered.

Here's a close-up of the completed character. I used Jane Davenport matte acrylic paints to colour the face and hair followed by Posca Pens for the details. The facial features were a little lost under the acrylic paint so I simply drew them back in changing them up a little to make it more my own style.

Next I used the Abstract Stamp without an acrylic block so that I could stamp random 'cloud' shapes across the top of the art journal pages. I used Aquamarine Archival Ink for a subtle effect against the background and so that it wouldn't distract from the main focus of the pages.

To finish I added some more stencilling using the Cascading Stars Medium Stencil and white gesso as well as some Dylusions paint.. I added some stamping too using stamps from the You Are Everything Stamp Set. Finally I added a little doodling using a fine black Posca Pen.

Darkroom Door products used:

DDAB011 Abstract 11 Abstract Stamp

DDLA005 Strawberry Lady Line Art Stamp

DDRS217 You Are Everything Rubber Stamp Set

DDLS005 Ferns Large Stencil

DDMS006 Number Jumble Medium Stencil

DDMS008 Cascading Stars Medium Stencil

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are feeling inspired to have a play with the Abstract 11 Abstract Stamp too. What will you make?

Cheers

Belinda

Bee Arty DT - Treasured Memories

 Hello Bee Arty fans!!

Today I am sharing my latest project for Bee Arty featuring the stunning Forever My Always Collection designed by the super talented Fiona Paltridge.

I started my layout by cropping a sheet of the Heart Beat patterned paper and mounting it on a sheet of the amazing Bee Arty Heavy Weight White Cardstock.

I then mixed up a concoction of approx. 20 drops of Marine Colour Artist Ink + a dash of Indigo Colour Spray + a tiny amount of Velvet Colour Shimmer Dust + a couple of sprays of water in a Colour Blast Mini Mister.

I sprayed my 'potion' very liberally on my page and also spritzed with a bit more water to create quite a puddle of lovely colour. I used a soft wet paintbrush to pick up some of the ink on my page and flick it over the background to create interesting little droplets of colour.

In fact there was way too much colour on my page still so I dipped a die cut Postage Stamp frame in the colour as well as a Butterfly Effect butterfly. I still had too much colour so I pressed a page of an art journal I keep for just such an occasion into the ink too.

I dried the page with a heat gun and then used a palette knife to swipe some Snow White Colour Paste over the Stardust A5 Stencil. Once that was dry, I added some stamping using Jet Black Archival Ink and the Geo Grunge Stamp.

Here is my completed layout:

'Treasured Memories'

I cropped some papers from the Forever My Always collection and stacked them under my photo. I also fussy cut some flowers and leaves from the collection patterned papers and added those to the layout along with my paper stack and photo.

I added the gorgeous Diamond Die Cut under all of the flowers and the photo  as well as the words cut from the patterned papers. To finish I added a chipboard word from my stash.

Here's what I used:

Forever My Always by Fiona Paltridge:

- Best By Far patterned paper

- Forever patterned paper

- Gentle Heart patterned paper

- Heart Beat patterned paper

- Heart & Soul patterned paper

- Love is Golden patterned paper

- Diamond Metal Die

Bee Arty Heavy Weight White Cardstock

Geo Grunge Clear Stamp Set

Stardust A5 Stencil

Butterfly Effect Metal Die

Postage Stamp Metal Die

Snow White Colour Paste

Marine Colour Artist Ink

Indigo Colour Spray

Mini Mister

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda

The Dusty Attic DT - Delightfully Ordinary Moments

 Hello Dusty Attic fans!!

It's Belinda here today to share my latest project featuring awesome Dusty Attic products. This time I have created a fun layout using 49 & Market papers and Dusty Attic chipboard and paint and a photo of little me.

'Delightfully Ordinary Moments'

For this layout I stuck to a colour combo of green, yellow and white. The colours worked with the patterned paper as well as the photo of me.

I started by painting all of the chipboard pieces with heavy white gesso.

I added some stencilling to my background patterned paper using the Lace and Confetti Stencils with Sunshine and Jungle Green Dusty In Colour Paints.

Next I painted all of the leaves and the word 'ordinary' with Jungle Green Dusty In Colour paint.

I painted the flower stamens and the word 'moments' with Sunshine Dusty In Colour Paint.

The rest of the pieces I left painted with just the gesso.

The Dusty Attic products used:

DA0905 Sunshine Dusty In Colour Paint

DA0920 Jungle Green Dusty In Colour Paint

DA1310 Lace Stencil

DA1764 Confetti Stencil

DA1803 Mini Tabs # 6

DA1876 Flower Stamens

DA2597 Delightfully Ordinary Moments

DA2684 Autumn Leaves # 2 Large

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

Cheers

Belinda