Texture! Birthday Card for Country View Challenges

Hello lovelies, nice to have you here!

First of August - that means a new challenge over at Country View Challenges!

This month the theme is Texture and my talented team mate Miriam is hosting the challenge this time.

 I decided to make a card with MUCH texture.

This is what I did:

I took a pre gessoed piece of watercolor paper on which I tried out some stencils. But I didn´t mind, I knew, they would disappear later 😉. I took a stencil and texture paste and started to build up the first layer.

When the paste was dry I randomly spreat embossing ink over the raised parts and sprinkled 3 different shades of Lindy´s embossing powders on top. Then I heat embossed it. I repeated this step several times, until I was happy with the result.

Then I took some orange Starburst Mist to some parts for more color and dried it.

For more contrast I added some black mist.

Now I wanted to have some white space and I added white acrylic paint. For more texture I heated the color until it bubbled - I love this effect!

Now I changed my mind - from white to black. I went over the white space with black Gesso. I also added some light pink acrylic paint and doodled with a white Posca pen.

I matted the paper with pink cardstock and glued it on top of a card. 

Then I wanted even more texture and added some marks with stamps.

For my vocal point I used a stamp from LaBlanche. I colored it with distress inks. To give the butterfly some dimension and shine I added a pretty thick layer of Glossy Accents. When dry I put a piece of doily underneath...

....also a piece of cheesecloth and black threat. Then I added the flowers and diecut leaves.

The final touches were made by art stones in different sizes and a hint of glitter. 

Here are some close ups:

That´s it for today. I had so much fun making this card!

Now it´s your turn to join in with our challenge. You know, as always you have the chance to win a 20 £ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for your visit today!

Have a wonderful August!

Dream it, Wish it, Do it - Dragonfly Card for Rubber Dance August Color Challenge

Hello all, welcome to my blog!

It´s the first of August, that means a new challenge is going to start over at Rubber Dance.

I made a card with the lovely dragonfly from the Things with Wings stampset and the colors from the challenge at the background.

This is the gorgeous Mood Board this month:

Please hop to the blog to see what my talented teamies made!

Our monthly challenges are now based in our FB fan group. The colours for the August challenge are Turquoise, Sky Blue and Sandstone and/or you can go for the Anything Goes theme. Link up your makes using the colours and/or anything goes using Rubber Dance stamps and you might be the lucky grab bad winner.

Stamps from Rubber Dance I used:

                                      

                                                    Grungy Harlequin

                                

Vintage Script                                 

                                

Think Again                                   

                                       

                                              Things with Wings

Today I Choose to be Happy - Tag for Rubber Dance

Hello dear visitors,

today I want to share with you a little sneak peek from the tag I made for Rubber Dance.

If you want to see more, please feel free to go to the Rubber Dance blog!

Thank you for being here and have a wonderful sunny weekend! 😎

Blue-Green Card for a Man

Hello all, nice to see you back here!

It´s time for my second inspiration for this month´s challenge at Country View Challenges with the theme Blues and Greens.

I decided to make a card for a man. I like these color for male cards, I use them very often.

Here is what I did:

I cut some watercolor paper to size and spreat Gesso over the surface. Then I took a stencil and Archival Ink in Coffee and started to build up a background.

Next I took some Lindy´s Starburst and Flat Fabio Mists in different shades of blue and green to color my background.

When everything was dry, I matted the paper to some black cardstock and started with some background stamping. I used the brand new Seth Apter Mini stamps from PaperArtsy with blue and green Archival Inks. All this gorgeous stamps are available at the shop!

For my vocal point I stamped the big circle from a big Seth Apter stamp set from PaperArtsy, this is available in the shop too! I first stamped it with Archival Ink Library Green and then slightly moved with Jet Black Archival Ink.

I toned down the middle of the circle with white Gesso. Because the Mists are water soluble, it mixed to a beautiful light blue. With a palett knife I added more Gesso to grunge everything up. Then I watered the white Gesso down and added some splatters.

I only had to glue down one of the Tim Holtz paper dolls, give him a diecut wildflower into his hand and a stamped wish. I colored the flower with red pearl pen and when everything was dry, I glued it to a card.

Here are some close ups:

Now it´s your turn to make something with blues and greens! As always you have the chance to win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for your visit today and have a wonderful sunny weekend!

Art Journal Page #6 for Rubber Dance

Hello everybody!

Today I want to share with you a sneak peek of my page #6 in my Happy Journal, I made for Rubber Dance.

If you want to see more, please hop to the Rubber Dance blog!

I made a process video too, you can find it here:

Thank you for your visit today!

Funny Art Journal Page for Country View Challenges

Hello all, welcome to a new challenge at Country View Challenges!

The challenge is hosted by my very talented team mate Corrie this month and she wants to see us use "Blues and Greens"!

I made a art journal page, using a girl from the die cut block and the funny sentiment from the Whimsy quote & letter stickers block from the signature collection art by marlene. I wanted to make a little funny page - and the weird girl and this funny sentiment were perfect for that!

I really love, how the page turned out!

And this is what I did:

 first I put a layer of Gesso on top of a piece of watercolor paper. Then I grabbed acrylic paints from Amsterdam Standard Series in Sky Blue Light and Reflex Green. You can find a huge amount of them in the shop. They come in the 120ml version or in the very handy 20ml size.

First I spreat the blue color with my fingers over the surface, took a Tim Holtz stencil THS092 and a dump baby wipe and took off some of the paint again. Then, when dry I did the same with the green paint.

 When everything was dry, I brayered some acrylic paint in Titanium White randomly over the page to tone the colors down a bit. Then, when the paint was still wet, I took off some of it again with the same stencil.

 Next it was time for more green I thought. This time I used  Phthalo Green and dabbed it with a make up sponge through the stencil #11 from AAL & Create.

 Well, now I wanted more blue and I used one of my favourite stencils at the moment, the Jofy Stencil PM014 from PaperArtsy. I took DecoArt Americana acrylic paint in Ultramarine Blue this time and sponged it through the stencil.

 Time for some stamping. I used the stamp STAMPIN250 out of the Industrial 2.0 line from StudioLight with Archival Ink watering can.....

 .....and from PaperArtsy Minis MN72 with Archival Ink Jet Black.

 I adhered the beach beauty and the sentiment sticker, which I first glazed with Phthalo Green, mixed with Matte Medium......

 shaded the leaves the lady and the sentiment with a black stabilo all pencil, activated with water, added some white splatters and framed the page with distress ink blueprint sketch and doodled around it with a black posca pen.

 Well, I hope you like my fun page like I do!

Here are some close ups:

Now it´s your turn! Join in with our challenge, you have the chance to win a 20 £ voucher to spend in the shop!

Thank you for your visit today and

have a wonderful July!

A Card with I Heart Art for Rubber Dance

Hello all you lovely crafters, 

welcome to the new challenge at Rubber Dance - it´s already July, can you believe?!

Here is my take on the July challenge, this time I made  this time.

And this is the stunning mood board for this challenge.

Please hop to the blog to see what my talented teamies made!

 Our monthly challenges are now based in our FB fan group. The colours for the July challenge are Dark Red, Prussian Blue and Mint and/or you can go for the Anything Goes theme.  Link up your makes using the colours and/or anything goes using Rubber Dance stamps and you might be the lucky grab bag winner.

Thanks for dropping by. Hugz