play with fire

on Saturdaysworkout they want us to play with the soot technique. I need little prompting for this .

Was trying it only the other daybut it didn't work properly with one of those tealights. A candle is so much quicker.

I have used the art stamp that came for free with one of the Art Specially magazines and my all time favourite teasle stamp from Art Journey .

I don't know what the green on this scan is it's not on the card itself.( don't tell me I've left green paint on the scanner) oops

spraying for fun

The challenge on saturdaysworkout is to make your own background by using spray, be it glimmermist, paint, colourwash, stamp ink as long as you spray it.

I took the opportunity to try out my new Tim Holz masks in combination with Glimmer Mist .

I must get it in my head that you do not use the heatgun with the masks still on ! it does not do them any good.

The stamps are by Paper Artsy and Art Journey

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De uitdaging bij SAWO is om een achtergrond te maken d.m.v. spray hetzij met Glimmer Mist, inkt, colourwash verf . Ik heb gelijk mijn nieuwe Tim Holz masks geprobeerd (ik moet niet vergeten datje de heatgun niet moet gebruiken met de masks er nog op , dat doet ze echt geen goed.

De stempels zijn van Paper Artsy en van Art Journey.

pink ribbon challenge

over at Art Specially forum we are doing

a challenge to make cards for pink Ribbon,the cards will be sold at the Art Specially event in Zeist next year and all the proceeds will go to the Pink Ribbon fund.

The stamp is from Art Journey en de swirls zijn van Cornishheritagefarms

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Op het Art Specially forum is een challenge om kaarten te maken voor Pink Ribbon.

Deze zullen verkocht worden op het Art Specially Event in Zeist en alle opbrengsten gaan naar het Pink ribbon fonds. De stempel is van Art Journey en de swirls zijn van Cornishheritagefarms

Mosaic card

I stumbled upon the mosaic card thingemy on my wanderings around bloggoland . I had to try that out straightaway . What fun to do and so easy too.I like the effect.

I have used 2 stamps from the Beautiful set from CHF and the thistle stamp is from Art-Journey .

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Op mijn speurtocht door blogland kwam ik een mosaic kaart tegen. Die moest gelijk uitgeprobeerd worden. Wat leuk om te doen en zo makkelijk . Het geeft een grappig effect. Ik heb 2 stempels gebruikt van CHF en de distel stempel is van Art-journey

Boys

the challenge on Sunday Stamper which I just discovered through a link from Andrea is BOYs

this is my card for it Since I have to make several birthday cards for boys it comes in handy. The background stamp is French Script from CHF ; the little boy and you make me smile from artjourney and the embossing is the cuttlebug folder " traffic"

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alweer een blog met challenges Sunday Stampers genoemd het onderwerp deze week is Boys - lijkt me wel duidelijk.

distressed

Long time no blog. We had a great week in Holland to celebrate my parents 6o th !!wedding anniversary, lots of people I had not seen for ages and the whole family together again that doesn't happen very often.

Sadly the New Zealanders and Australians didn't manage to come across for it so we'll have to go there instead.

So time for some crafting the challenge on DCM is make a distressed card

This is my take on it. The stamp is by www.art-journey.nl

Paper Pesto challenge- DCM

This weeks dare from the DCM is an extra special one! Paper Pesto are entirely sponsoring this weeks dare AND providing a spot prize for one of our lucky darer's too! Paper Pesto distribute specialist paper and craft scrapbooking kits assembled in New Zealand.
We've chosen to work with a template for this dare, and the design team have used papers supplied by Paper Pesto in their January kit. The lucky winner of our Lucky Dip will receive a sample selection of the wonderful January kit as their prize.

I turned the template round a bit. The background is stamped with Gesso, then coloured with glimmermist. There are small raised swirls on it but these are hard to see on the scan .The " ribbon" and the mat behind the stamp are done by heating a block of Penscore then pressing a Cuttlebug embossing folder in it and then stamped with Distress ink.The stamps are from Art Journey

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De dare by DCM is maak een kaart volgens een sketch en deze dare wordt gesponsord door een Nieuw Zeelands bedrijf Paper Pesto. De achtergrond is gestempeld met Gesso, dan gesprayed met 2 kleuren Glimmermist. De gestempelde swirls zijn iets verhoogd maar dit is moeilijk te zien op de scan. Het " lint" en de mat achter het jongetje zijn gedaan met een stempel die gemaakt is door Penscore te verhitten en daar een Cuttlebug embossing folder in te drukken dan met Distressinkt gestempeld. De stempels zijn van Art Journey

Ghost technique

I've been trying out the stamping ghost technique . The first effort went in the bin as I didn't like it. That was done with only pigment ink.

This one is done by using Colorbox White Frost and 2 different Distressinks. I like the effect it gives. I coloured a white prima flower with Glimmermist to make it blue. The stamp is from Art Journey one of the Bline Designs called Summer Bloom

Foiled

the dare on the DCM comes from Jo this time


My dare this week is 'Foiled!' -I would like you to utilise some plain old aluminium (aluminum for our friends across the pond!) foil from your kitchen :). You can scrunch it, die cut it, emboss it, ink it, coil it, cover chipboard - or anything else that you choose!

I used a slidemount, covered that in foil then coloured it with alcohol ink and even parted with a bit of my favourite lacy ribbon.
the French wording stamp is from CHF and the boy is part of the Smile sheet from Art Journey.
As one of the challenges on CBC was rip it up I have killed 2 birds with one stone