This original design uses the main motif in an offset pattern – I found it easier to do each motif in turn as shown. Lots of shading opportunities to make individual motifs stand up against the others.
Swags – tangle pattern
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
ProMarker Storage
I’ve seen several ways of storing ProMarkers, but few of them seem to be easily portable. With my need to move my ProMarkers from workshop to workshop as well as from craft room to in front of the TV and back again, I decided to make my ProMarker storage portable.
Beanpodz – tangle pattern
A day at the allotment inspired this original design – dreaming of shelling my borlotti beans! The pattern also reminds me of metal straps that are used for reinforcing corners and suchlike.
Florem – tangle pattern
This is an original design, named with the Latin word from which the word ‘flower’ is derived.
Yellow ‘n’ Pink Birthday Girl
This week’s theme over at Passion for ProMarkers is the theme ‘Yellow & Pink’ [Week #94] – and here’s my submission. The image is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and is available from Kars stockists [Dawn’s Stamps/Nellie Snellen DAWN-003]. Pens used: Skin – Blush/Oatmeal/Apricot; Hair – Gold/Sunflower/Pastel Yellow/Caramel; Dress – Cocktail Pink/Baby Pink/Pale Pink; Berry Red; Flower -Lilac/Orchid; Ice Grey 1.
One Thousand Views
Wow – in just five weeks of live blogging, I’ve reached the thousand views milestone. Thanks to you all for your interest, and I hope you keep checking back from time to time.
Mop-up Tags
These two tags were part of a batch that I put together yesterday morning. I’d done the background colouring some time ago, dragging the tags through some dye overspray (mopping up) after I’d been colouring a cotton apron [Adirondack Color Wash: denim, cranberry and wild plum]. They’d sat on my desk for a while before I came up with the finishing touches: the flower is an Anita’s stamp inked with Stazon Opaque White, and the Laura Ashley [Dovecraft] butterfly and branch were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. These add layer and depth and form a lovely background for the white heat-embossed Penny Black letters and flowers [4035K] stamp. I used some as give aways and the rest I think will adorn cards or my art journal. Or possibly even some greeting cards.
ProMarker Butterfly Card
I’ve been busy this afternoon… I’ve finished this greetings card ready to enter into this week’s Passion for Promarkers Challenge (#93, ‘Bugs’). The butterfly [generic] is mounted onto a background [Personal Impressions Flower and Butterfly Background, PIRM002]. Both have been coloured with ProMarkers, and the flowers on the background have been decoupaged for depth. Paper Artsy Grunge Flower die used to construct the flower with Leone-Em punched shapes for the centre. Stamens were coloured with Gold ProMarker.
UPDATE: I was in the top five for the challenge 🙂
Embossed Metal Journal Faceplate
I finished this faceplate for my art journal this afternoon – I started it last night. The motif is an unmounted stamp from Paper Artsy, stamped onto copper side of Ten Seconds Studio’s double-sided metal foil using Stazon Black ink. I then used metal embossing tools to give the image some relief. The text was laid out in word processor before being printed out and traced through onto the metal. I then embossed the text. The embossed areas were filled with Ranger’s Glossy Accents before sticking the whole plate onto thick card with a smear of Glossy Accents over the flat surfaces. I let the plate dry overnight. Filling the raised areas with Glossy Accents stops them denting through wear at a later date as it dries to a structural solid – larger areas can be filled with lightweight DIY filler instead. The aging was a bit hit and miss, using black acrylic paint, a sanding block and lots of restarts. I also used Stazon Stamp Cleaner to remove the stamped outline. It’s stuck onto the Moleskine art journal with extra strong double-sided tape.