Lighthouses and Windmills

  Hello!

This week I am sharing the samples that I made for the most recent Hochanda show...

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Joy & Happiness Doodle House Card

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I am back this week with a card where I have used some of the Dina Wakley heavy body acrylics with my gelli plate to create a background for my project...

1) I started by using the turquoise, magenta & fuchsia paints blended onto my gelli plate with a brayer.  Then I picked up a print onto smooth white cardstock...

2) Next I used the lime paint on the plate and lifted some onto my background through the Fernando big inkable...

3) Once the paint was dry I used the largest nibbed white gelly roll pen in the 3 pen set to add outlining and doodles to the background...

4) To create my focal points for the card I used the regular Bird House stamps and dies from the Doodle Art houses set...

5) Then I coloured the images using the ecoline brush pens and added highlights with the white gelly roll pen again...

6) Finally the pieces were all layered up and added to the card and a sentiment added from Everyday Sentiments 1...

Here are links to the products used:

* Dina Wakley Heavy Body Paints

* Inkables Big One - Fernando

* White Gelly Roll Pens

* Doodle Art Houses - Stamps & Dies

* Ecoline Brush Pens

* Everyday Sentiments 1 Stamp Set

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Floral Heart Card

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This week I have a fairly quick card to share...

1) I started with a piece of card measuring 4 and a quarter inches square and used the Fernando big inkable to emboss a pattern onto it...

2) For colour I used the Worn Lipstick distress inkpad.  First I blended the ink all over using a blending brush, then I swiped the pad horizontally over the card to catch the texture and make the raised areas darker...

3) For the main image I had already stamped, cut out and coloured the largest Style Wire Heart and some flowers from the Doodle Art stamps.  I entwined and layered the flowers with the heart and attached them with glue...

4) Finally I stamped a sentiment from Everyday Sentiments 1 directly onto the card...

Here are links to the products used:

* Style Wire Heart

* Everyday Sentiments 1

* Doodle Art Stamps

* Inkable - Fernando Big One

* Distress Inkpad

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

'A Rusty Life' - MDF Mixed Media Tag

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This week I am recreating one of the mixed media samples that I made for the last Bee Crafty HOCHANDA show but on a smaller scale and with step by step photos (there are quite a few!)...

1) I started by adding some MDF pieces to the tag...

2) To create the rust texture I used grit paste, this was focussed mostly around the edges where the deepest rust would be...

3) Black gesso was painted all over the piece to create a base...

4) To create the metal look for the rust to be on, I used the two different shade of silver paint from Dina Wakley...

4) To create my rust effect I use 4 colours of acrylic paint - a dark brown, a red brown, a mustard yellow and a red rust colour...

5) The first layer is created using the red rust colour.  I add some to the top of the tag then spritz on lots of water to create drips of colour down the tag...

6) Next I start with my yellow rust (I work light to dark but some people create their rust dark to light, it is personal preference) and use a stencil brush to stipple on the areas I think would have the most rust.  These tend to mostly be where the grit paste is underneath...

7) The next layer is the red brown and I put this over the first layer but still leave some of the yellow showing.  If I find too much yellow is covered I just go back in with some more and keep doing this with all the layers until I am happy...

8) To complete the rust I add the dark brown.  I tend to keep this to the edges or where the grit paste is thickest as I think of this as being the oldest rust that has gotten really dark over time...

9) At this point you could leave the colour as it is but I like to lift it with some silver dry brushing to also bring out more of the details...

10) I love the idea of brightness against the rust, so next I stamped and cut out some of the butterflies from the regular Birds & Butterflies stamps and dies set...

11) Then coloured them with Ecolines...

12) To make them even more contrasting to the rust I added glossy accents and some fine glitter...

13) I finally added a sentiment from the Ticker Tape 1 set, stuck the butterflies to the tag and added a rusty wire hanger...

Here are links to the products used:

* https://www.beecrafty.net/art-stamps-birds-butterflies-regular-stamps-dies-bundle.ir

* https://www.beecrafty.net/wordage-sets-ticker-tape-stamp-set-1.ir

* https://www.beecrafty.net/mdf-tags-medium-approx-16cm-pack-of-2.ir 

* https://www.beecrafty.net/mdf-pop-outs.irc

* https://www.beecrafty.net/tim-holtz-distress-grit-paste-opaque.ir

* https://www.beecrafty.net/inkssentials-glossy-accents-18ml-bottle.ir

* https://www.beecrafty.net/dina-wakley-media-black-gesso-4fl-oz.ir

* https://www.beecrafty.net/dina-wakley-paint-brushes.irc

* https://www.beecrafty.net/ecoline-brush-pens.irc

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Doctor Koala Get Well Soon Easel Card

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Wow I cant believe it is March already! I hope everyone is doing ok out there.

When I am crafting I often like to create a stash of different card types so that I have some ready for a range of occasions.  

This week I thought I would share a quick post of a get well card that I made.  For this I decided to create an easel style base just to make something a little different.  

I made a video of the process which is available on the Prickley Pear YouTube channel...

https://youtu.be/VgQG0xE33-g

1) I started by creating an easel using a 5" square card blank and then added layers using black card.

2) Next I used distress oxide ink sprays (Peacock Feathers & Twisted Citron) to create a quick blast of colour for the background panel and the strip for the stopper.

3) Using Peacock Feathers again, but this time in the oxide inkpad, I stamped the xoxo stamp from the Doctor Koala stamp along both edges.

4) To add a bit more definition I then added some of them using black, but stamped off each time onto scrap paper to create a lighter black impression.

5) After sticking those layers down I stamped the main image of Doctor Koala using archival ink and cut it out with the matching die set.

6) Once cut out I used Inktense pencils to colour the image.  These are a water reactive pencil but the colour is ink based so becomes permanent once dry.

7) The sentiment came from the same set and was backed onto black to help it stand out.

8) Foam was added to the back of Doctor Koala and then all the pieces added to the card.

All the Prickley Pear products are available on the website...

https://www.prickleypear.com/

The individual sets used can be found by clicking the links below...

* Doctor Koala Get Well Soon Clear Stamp Set

* Doctor Koala Bear Die Set

Thank you for looking.  

Do please visit the YouTube channel to take a look at the videos and it would be lovely if you could like and subscribe.

Happy crafting,

Jane xx