Just One Life

Over at the Color Hues blog they've got a black and white challenge going.

An idea began forming in my crafty little head and I sat down this morning to play...

I smooshed my background with black and grey inks then splattered with white paint, hoping for a kind of 'galaxy' effect. The man's silhouette was edged with white ink and white gel pen highlights his buttons. For dimension I cut two layers for the clock and three for the figure; I love the effect from all the different heights.

Materials used:

• card - basic black, watercolour
• dies (Tim Holtz) - Timekeeper, The Park
• distress oxide inks - black soot, picket fence, hickory smoke
• other - splatter brush, heat tool,  craft foam, Small Talk stickers (TH), Idea-ology clock hands and long fasteners, Idea-ology chipboard quotes, paper piercer, white gel pen, sponge dauber, mini black Dimensionals, black soot distress paint

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry

 

For the Guys

I recently had a play day where I just made a whole bunch of distress ink backgrounds, then had the fun later of turning some of them into cards - in this case, masculine cards. Always helpful to have a few on hand.

This one is twisted citron and cracked pistachio with a stamp from Tim Holtz's Theories set.

For this one I used antique linen and vintage photo on my background. Timekeeper, Umbrella Man and Tiny Type Upper dies are all TH. The man is cut from 'leather' cardstock and has great texture.

Here's peacock feathers and hickory smoke. I cut the main panel from the background then matted and raised it. The white dots are grit paste, so they have great texture.

These colours are squeezed lemonade, hickory smoke and black soot. Grit paste again on this one, coloured with squeezed lemonade for the lighter stencilled areas. 

Thanks for dropping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez

It's Beginning to Look Alot Like...

Christmas! 

Well, on this blog anyway, because this week I made my first Christmas card for the year. It was very much an experimentation with some new bits and pieces and I was more than happy with how it turned out.

Materials used:

• stamps - none
• card - crumb cake, cherry cobbler, basic black, very vanilla, whisper white, early espresso
• distress oxide inks - frayed burlap, spiced marmalade, festive berries, candied apple, hickory smoke
• Tim Holtz products - Holly collage paper, Timekeeper Bigz die, Feathered Friends dies, tarnished brass distress paint, distress collage medium, picket fence distress ink, black soot archive ink
• other - big Shot, sponge dauber, blending brushes, black rhinestone, branch die, large numbers dies, dimensionals

I did two layers of card for the numbers to give them more dimension and the branch is three layers, while the bird is raised. The collage paper is very thin, like tissue, so is glued to some whisper white to provide body. I cut the three layers for the bird from very vanilla then used inks and brushes to colour them. I'm really loving this little bird, so I think it's safe to say there'll be more showing up on cards again soon.

Usually I'd be starting Christmas card stamp-a-stack classes this month, so it feels rather strange not to be designing straightforward samples for my ladies. Mind you, some of them have already started on their holiday cards too - and one, in fact, has made her 30 already! That's what quarantine will do for you!

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez