PaperArtsy #3UP - JOFY with Inks

Hello 

I was really pleased to be chosen to be part of the PaperArtsy #3UP challenge. my stamps are from the  JOFY range.

Jo Firth-Young is the designer and I love her style, the stamps all integrate together

so well and are so versatile.

Please visit the shop and access the blog here  they have amazing rubber stamps and their own range of Chalk based acrylic paints. 

These are the stamp designs I was given to use.

I wanted to make a wall hanging, so choose a Papermache surface.

Using matt medium I covered the surface with book text front and back.

Then I used Lindy's stamp gang sprays over some white cardstock, I sprayed and then rubbed in with a baby wipe to blend the colours

Next I went a bit crazy with spraying Dylusions and Lindy's sprays. so I had to use a white spray over the top to calm it down. I was left with a lovely shimmer. Then stamped one of the floral images, I cut around flowers and set to one side. 

Next I stuck the sprayed sheet on the top of the wall hanging and then stamped the same image.

I added the flowers and some back ground stamps, lightly with a range of ink colours from Archival 

Then I started on the leaves, Stamping in green ink and then I water coloured them with distress inks 

Now for some heat embossing using a gold wow powder and a fantastic word stamp from Jo

I got carried away at this point and forgot to take any more step by step photos lol :) So I repeated stamping and colouring images with sprays and build up a 3D image using the wall stamp (love this one) I also gold embossed some little bee images. 

To finish I used some Classic Treasure Gold, to dust around the sides. I wanted to try and get a good colourful project in 3D and with a bit of a vintage feel and I am very happy with the result.

So here's the finished piece.

I really hope you have enjoyed the process, check out the rest of the blog here

Thanks 

Jules xx

The Design Team and Linda's Tags.

 Good Evening all

We are at that point again, over the hump and rolling in to the weekend :)

Tonight I would like to introduce you to the design Team for Artful Days Goodie box.

We have Chris & Linda who have both been crafting for many years with both unique styles

 I am a retired teacher, living in Staffordshire with my husband Pete. Mother to two gorgeous daughters and grandmother to four beautiful granddaughters.

I've been crafting for 10/12 years now. My crafting adventure started when I picked up a craft magazine in WHSmiths and discovered some gorgeous vintage wedding invitations. I was hooked. I soon discovered that a good friend of mine had already started card making and had built up a lovely stash of resources so 

could offer me good advice as to where to start!  My friend and I have enjoyed many workshops, classes and weekend craft retreats together, and explored different ideas and various media. 

I'm now enjoying art journaling and mixed media but I still make cards and love creating scrapbooks for family and friends. It's been a wonderful journey so far and I'm still learning! 

I am an avid crafter who loves nothing better than spending time in my craft haven creating and using all my craft goodies. I have been crafting most of my

live in one way or another. My dad taught me how to knit and I can remember sitting next to my nan while she taught me how to knit my dolls clothes which included knickers and vests. I had the best dressed dolly on the street.

I have also dabbled in embroidery and cross stitching as well as crocheting. I learnt to crochet when I lived in Turkey using a fine crocheting hook and cotton 

which they call Dantel. It is very big over there and a lot of the young girls make table cloths, doilies, edgings for towels, pillow cases etc for their bottom drawer.

I got into paper crafting about 18 years ago now. I was looking for some cards to put my cross stitching in to make my Christmas cards and was dazzled by all

 the fabulous papers, glitters, bling etc and that was it I was seriously hooked.

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Linda is first up on the blog with her fantastic Vintage tag made from the July Goodie box. 

This is available on the website to order now, just click www.artfuldays.co.uk 

 for further details 

​The tag measures 21.5 cm x 9 cm and I have added a double layer of lace to the bottom.

I tore a piece of the dictionary paper and distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany Distress Ink Pen

I next cut down one of the Tim Holtz Found Relatives card and attached at an angle.

I then cut out the chair from one of the Prima Vintage Emphorium note cards, distressed the edges with distress pen in aged mahogany.

Using my PVA glue with fine nib attached the die cut word cherish

Created 3 flowers with large and small paper flowers and added pearl gems to the centres.

To finish off, I  used the string and curling ribbon from the packaging the goodies came in to thread through the hole at the top and curled the ribbon with my scissors.

Linda's blog is -  http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.co.uk/
You Tube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/malta1960

Thank you Linda, its a stunning tag I am sure you will all agree :) 

One last thing for tonight folks, we are having a give away to share with all your friends, a change to win the 5 fab products below. 

All you have to do is follow our blog, like the FB page and share the post, oh and don't forget to leave a comment on the FB post so that I can put you in the draw.  

Closes on the 27th June.

Thanks, I hope you can leave a comment for Linda, she has some amazing samples coming up as does Chris, so please visit us again :) 

Warm happy crafty hugs

Jules  xxx

Family Man

Happy Sunday 

I have been crafting using some of the products from the goodie box and made this wall hanging . 

Starting with a piece of grey board I used Prima white gesso to cover and then used an embossing tool to add some extra texture. 

I used some torn music paper and Tim Holtz tissue paper and with mod podge glued it down and coated over the top.

Once this was dry the next step was to add in some colour. I used a distress marker to colour and rub into the texture and papers. 

I had Prima note cards and a Tim Holtz relative which I partly cut round so I could use 3D pads to lift of the page. 

I finished with some embellishments and lace 

I hope you like this project and if you are interested in the goodie box, they are available to pre-order at www.artfuldays.co.uk 

Thanks for looking 

Jules xx

12 Tags - February

Hello

I have decided to try and do a few more challenges this year and have long wanted to do the Tim Holtz 12 tags for a while now and having been inspired my the man himself at a trade show what better time to start...

Link to the blog here

I loved the embossing texture paste, cool idea, really enjoyed this little project. 

Thanks for looking 

Jules xx

Encaustic Wax Art Panel

Hello

I have combined my New Everything art/PaperArtsy stamps with the new topic, Wax on the PA blog. see here.

I have seen wax art before but not really paid much attention, but I absolutely loved looking at all the art on display and have spent quite a few hours on You Tube and Pinterest to try and find out more.

There's quite a few materials required but I didn't want to spend any money if if wasn't something I liked, so I had to improvise a lot....

First issue a heat source, I don't have a melt pot so I remembered we had a Chinese food burner and some foil tins which worked very well.
Next no wax so I brought I cheap candle and kids crayons from the supermarket and melted over the burner.

So first the first try was a disaster, I tried making black lines and ended up with a huge mess which I scraped off and tried again after watching some more video's

I am guessing that with the proper materials things would hopefully be easier.

You really do need the white background if your not adding colours. I did 2 layers on wax and fused, this time I held my heat gun further away from the wooden surface, just to get the gloss look and not remelt.
Then layers on tissue stamped script, then main image this time I stamped on white paper instead of tissue paper and coloured with Gelatoes. I brushed on the back with wax first before I quickly laid down on the surface, this was much better, next I added the black die cut circles in the same way.

This is the only process photo I took as got carried away.

I wanted the phrase to stand out so used some white crayon wax first, but when I did another layer this melted and moved, see below, not sure if this is because its a kids crayon or if your not supposed to do another layer over the top or something else, very annoying through.

I added a couple of strips of gold card and a button and give one last coat before I dipped white wax over the top and added gold micro power and flake.

Mmmm ok I think, really want to do a workshop on this to learn further about layering then fusing colours and how to get a textured surface instead of a flat one. If anyone can recommend one, maybe online I would be grateful and then I can buy the proper kit to have a better go. Really like the idea of making art this way and think there's a hell of a lot of learning to be done.

Thanks for having a look and hope you can leave a nice comment.

Jules x

She's all Heart

Hello

This is my first blog of 2016, since Christmas I don't seem to have had much time and haven't really felt very creative. However this weekend I have managed to get 3 blog pages done and this is one of them.

The Challenge over on the Paperartsy blog is Hearts, see here

This is in my small Dylusions journal.

I drew the girl and coloured with some fresco and Amsterdam paints. The used a Darcy stamp for the hair, Clare Lloyd's stamps for the hearts and sentiment and Emma s stencil. 

Hope you like her and can leave a nice comment 

Jules xx

Masterboard Christmas

Hello

I have to do some Christmas cards with the masterboard. I love traditional colours so have gone with a red and green theme but in a modern way.

This is the finished card, it was dark when I took this photo for a chance!!!

I managed to get 4 cards from this A4 piece.

This last one is my favourite 

 Thanks for looking 

Jules xx

Master Boards cards

Hello

Here's another Master board card which I made into a New Home card for a Friend 

I made the back ground and then added the extra stamping and a house etc. 

And here is the Christmas Masteboard card I did last year, love these think I may do them again. 

Jules xx

Masterboards

Hello

Over on the PA blog the last topic of the year is masterboards. See here!!

Love this one because is so easy and really effective plus you can turn the board into anything you want to. 

I started with the below colours and used a small brayer across an A4 sheet of what card

Using 3 different stencils with Archival inks this was the next pic

then I just carried on building the background with various stamps to get my finished sheet

I already knew I was going to use it to cover a matchbox for a share, its great to see the details after you cut it up, just need to go and finish this now....

I have loads left for another project I want to do as well.

Thanks for looks

Jules xx