Monday 17 August 2015

Here and Now

 Addicted to Art - Tim Holtz Butterfly Duo, Tim Holtz Mixed Media

Hi everyone... a quick post from me today. I spent the weekend with friends crafting so I got some proper craft playtime - hurray. Here is one of my makes from the weekend, a card combining the latticework die from Tim Holtz Mixed Media framelits with the latticework stencil. For the latter I used texture paste followed by distress sprays, scraped gesso and then some distress paint.
My background was a combination of distress sprays, then ink, then some spritzing and a little picket fence distress paint.





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24 comments:

  1. Beautiful textures and colours. Thank you for joining us at Try it on Tuesday Nikki

    Love Chrissie xx

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  2. Nikki! Your card is stunning! I'm drooling over the textured background! I really like your colour choices too! I'm so glad you could join our challenge at MMW! Thanks for joining! Big hugs,
    Ingrid xxx

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  3. Beautiful Nikki! I just love the way you always blend your colours into this whirlwind of splashy, splattery beauty! I would love to watch how you do this, I just love the way it looks! Stunning! hugs :)

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  4. Hi Nikki love the colours and textures here nothing better than a bit of play time. X

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  5. Beautiful Nikki! Such gorgeous texture and colours! So pleased you joined us at Try It On Tuesday! Chrisx ps I am not doing very well at visiting lately - trying to catch up with everything at the moment…so much for retirement!!x

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  6. Love the result of your play time Nikki the colours and textures look wonderful.
    Thanks for sharing your make with us at TioT
    Avril xx

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  7. A really fabulous textured background, I just love the colours you chose and the butterfly is beautiful - love this Nikki! Hugs, Anne xx

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  8. An AMAZING PROJECT Nikki!
    Utterly beautiful!
    Thank you for joining in at TIOT's this time - great to see you !!♥♥♥
    oxo
    Susi

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  9. Fab butterfly and thank you for joining us at Fan-Tastic Tuesday crafty hugs Judith DT x

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  10. Simply lovely - love how you've balanced the stencilled texture with the die-cut and the colours are gorgeous.
    Alison xx

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  11. i adore this ... its beautiful and brilliant and so glad you had a fun crafty time. hugs rachel x

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  12. A beautiful card Nikki. Thank you for sharing it with us all at TioT's.
    Yvonne xx

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  13. Gorgeous card Nikki, love the grunginess and so lovely to see you over at MMW too, yay ;)
    Big hugs
    Donna xxx

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  14. Didn't get to see the finished project at the weekend - fab, as always!

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  15. Gorgeous, I love the background, perfect for the butterfly. Lovely design. Tracy x

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  16. Absolutely stunning Nikki - I want to reach out and touch it!

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  17. Love how you combined the die cut and the stenciled image from the negative off cut Nikki, wonderful!

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  18. What a great mixture of inks, sprays and gesso Nikki! love the coloring and using both the die and stencil - thanks so much for joining us in the Mixed Media Card Challenge! Julia xx

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  19. Fabulous, I want to touch it! Thanks for playing along at the Mixed Media Card Challenge!

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  20. Nikki, what a fabulous use of the die and the stencil--oh, I want that stencil SO bad! I love how you have layered up your sprays and inks and then paints on the background--it gives so much depth and texture. I love that you used the gesso between your sprays and paints on the stenciled portion. I've done that with inks, but not paints on top and I'm loving the effect! You are going to see this on one of my projects in the very near future, because I have just got to give this a try! By the way, I've had this post open on my computer for a WEEK Each time I start to write a comment, I get interrupted! This is stunning, and pinned! Big hugs!

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  21. That's v creative use of stencil and dies together. Love the textures and details on this card. Thanks for sharing with us at MMCC

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  22. Hi Nikki, Congrats on your Top 5 place at TioT. Great to have you joining in our challenges.
    Could you please email me at avril_branthwaite@hotmail.com,
    Thanks, Avril xx

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  23. Absolutely Gorgeous Nikki. Love the textures. Love the colors. Yummy. And I like that lattice stencil. It's now on my must have list. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Mixed Media World.
    With smiles
    Laine K
    DT MMW

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Thanks so much for leaving a comment. Nikki