ARTploration's inspiration

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my June Mixed Media inspiration made for ARTplorations blog.

 This is a link to our Mixed Media monthly challenge.

This time it's a  double Mixed Media tag I made with Gelli print,  stamping, acrylic paints and ARTploration's stencil. The interesting thing are my embellishments that were deeply in my  " junk things" box and were just perfect for this tag's colors- the transparency and the chipboard flower.

ARTplorations stencils used:
Bloom Silhouettes,Weathered Wood
STAMPlorations stamps used:
Trendy Butterflies

You are invited to our Mixed Media challenge: non card anything goes Mixed Media and use a stencil.

The theme is always anything mixed media goes except a card and they must use at least one stencil (any brand) in their project. Linky closes at the end of the month.

Prizes: $15 gift certificate OR choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils to the winner

choice of 1 ARTplorations stencil to the top picks

Rubber Dance recycled tags

Hello my dear crafty friends! This is Irit from Rubber Dance International team here today and I made a very small tutorial that is all about recycling.

Most of us buy outfits. Outfits come with tags. Some of those tags are lovely and some are just tags with price and everything. So what  about to make your own art tag from those useless ugly things? Here is my way to make this kind of art.

1. Use stencil and inks to add some color to the old book page.

2. Take two tags with good shape and cover them both with this stencilled paper using gel medium.

Trim the edges and ink them around.

3.Grab some stamps from Rubber Dance that you love and stamp over tissue paper with black permanent ink. I used the following stamps from Rubber Dance:

ROUND IN CIRCLES , word Together from Nostalgic Couples and a post stamp from Collage mix

4. Stamp the word TOGETHER over the book page on the smaller tag. This  time make direct stamping and not the tissue one.

5. Glue tissue stamped images over the larger  circle tag  as shown.

6.Connect both tags with the add- on of one wooden tag with the word " Happy" with tulle on the top. Add some color with a few rhinestones.

 Your recycled beauty is done and can be added to any gift bag.

Use Irit2016 discount code to get 15% off your order and the shipping rates are great too! Check the shop and pick your own favorites!
You can also win some great stamps as we offer you our Monthly challenge in the blog!
So enter your project ( you can use any products to win, but for the Top pick  you do need to use Rubber Dance stamp) and maybe you can win some fantastic art stamps. 

Queen never gives up: art page

This month of June the Mixed Media Mojo theme is Queen. So I made this art piece as my understanding of a real Queen- the strong one, that never give up.

I used Gelli print board with DecoArt Fluid acrylics and Tando stencils as my base and then used black acrylic with StencilGirl stencil as the main  point of my  art piece.

I invite you to play with our Mixed Media challenge this month and every month and to see if you are your own Mixed Media Queen!

Two Paper Divas card

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my first June post for Two Paper Divas stamp company.

This time I use this sparkling TPD sentiment from the new Yes to Sprinkles 2 set with even more sparkling DCWV paper and Die Versions new Heart die. This stamp set has 4 different sparkling sentiments and I can't even pick the one that I love more than another as all four are just outstanding!

All together, with some sparkling mist and sparkling glitter cover of this gorgeous sentiment this is the most sparkling card ever!

I hope that you like it  and if you want this fantastic sentiment- go to Two Paper Divas shop and grab you this stamp and much more!

Rubber Dance card with Scrapmatts

This is my fancy new card made with a gorgeous Rubber Dance Night cat stamp and some chipboards as the frame and the sentiment.
 I colored the Rubber Dance image with my new Zig Real Brush markers and without any water, just plain color mixing and I really love the result . It's shiny and bright and the stamp is seen in the most perfect way.
The frame is heat embossed with black powder and glued over silver dry embossed card piece (SCRAPMATTS). The sentiment says it all: cats and stars and a good sleep are simple pleasures in life.
I love them all, including my very fat old cat. I hope that you love my card.

I also enter this to a couple of web challenges:

Anything goes- Simon Says

Scrapmatts May inspiration

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my May Scrapmatts inspiration.

After two months of scrapbooking I decided to move to some Mixed Media art and to my favorite Steampunk style.

So the first project is this Steampunk book cover I made using DCVW cardstock and Scrapmatts gorgeous stencil and Steampunk pieces.

The background cardstock was covered with letters from Scrapmatts Alphabet stencil using clear embossing ink and gold embossing powder.

Then I added another layer- using Sizzix die and Scrapmatts stencil on the non die cut part of this layer. This time I used Circles stencil  with the same heat embossing technique.

Now it was a chipboard playtime!

First I painted the Steampunk chipboard with DecoArt paints using Andy Skinners faux rust combo of dark grey and dark red  paints. 

Then I painted the Wings mostly with dark Turquoise paint with a bit of brown over it. The background  wings layer was painted with gold paint and I glued them one over another with Glossy Accents.

The small chipboard key and key hole were painted with gold paint and a bit of patina antiquing  cream over them, just same as the title words. 

 I added two chipboard hinges and arranged the whole piece over a kind of book folded leather look cardstock.

Two piece of washi tape were added to make this " book" to look real.

Scrapmatts products used:

CT1001 CIRCLES stencil

CT5017 ALPHABET stencil

CB1075 GEARS chipboards

CB1120 WINGS chipboards

CB1230 HINGES ETC chipboards

CB4051 ASSORTED WORDS 

I enter this to some web challenges too

Mixed media world- Grungy with shine

Country view challenges- use a stencil

Remember layout

Hello my dear crafty friends!
Today I want to share a new almost monochromatic layout I made for Scrapmatts blog with Prima May BAP sketch.
Those are photos of my dear daughter and her husband on their wedding day a year ago.
I loved those artistic  shots and decided to make a layout with two of them.
 I made this layout with Prima cardstocks, flowers, mediums, paints, dies , chipboard stickers, wood pieces, blings etc. The only non Prima products here are Scrapmatts chipboards.
 I enter this piece to some web challenges too :
Prima BAP
Berry71bleu- color inspiration
Country view challenges- use a stencil