Sunday, 9 May 2010

New Granny SB page.


This is the latest page for my Rockstar album. I can't believe its been 12 years since the photowas taken.
The grungy flowers were cut from a leaflet using a Tim Holtz die, then painted with H2Os and finished with a coat of glossy modge podge. I heat embossed the safety pin with cosmic shimmer powder, but using alcohol inks would have worked and been simpler to do.

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

double sided tags, again.




I am really enjoying making these tags. This time I cut some heavy watercolour paper and painted it with various cosmic shimmer and H2O paints for the background colours. The paper isn't ideal for stamping so I have embossed some of it and coloured some with sakura pens to define it better. The stamps are mainly Tim Holtz, the dies are nestability lock and key, tim holtz for the multi colour flower, and the small car is a T.H. stamp on shrink plastic. Heart is grungeboard by........ah yes, that would be Tim Holtz again,lol. Even the punched flowers are foil coloured with alcohol inks by you know who.

Rockstar pages






These are the most recent pages for my Rockstar album. I just love the papers etc and decided to do the album even though none of us are musical. The large flowers and the flourishes are the new Tim Holtz sizzix dies. They are fabulous to use and will cut through mountboard easily. I have also cut fabric flowers and bought some felt to play with but not used much of it yet.

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

altered canvas


This is my first try at using acrylic paints and at altering a canvas. It was very different to my watercolours, but fun. I love the Tim Holtz stamps and stamped the car onto the canvas using black versafine. I then stamped the other images onto watercolour paper using distress inks. The clock "hands" are a back to front brad.

Sunday, 11 April 2010

Tags





























I recently got some gorgeous Tim Holtz stamps and decided to make some tags. I have made them double sided and strung them together with a binding ring, and hung them from a nail with a white tassel. They were the most fun thing I have ever made. I just loved playing with them.lol.