Wendy Vecchi art parts

Hi everyone - I am sharing a shadow box today I created using Wendy Vecchi art parts, lots of paint and splattering and texture paste!

I started with the background - a piece of card to fit the back of the shadow box. I did some random stamping, added texture paste through a stencil, used distressed paints and marbled them, splattered some white paint and distressed the edges. There was no plan at this point - I was actually at a crop and someone asked me how to make a painty background so I was doing a bit of a demo.

I took some different art parts and began painting again. I like to add one colour, heat dry and then add another - so building up layers which creates depth. I added some remnant rubs and chit chat stickers.

I took a  shadow box and added texture sand paste through a stencil and once dry added paint and a little treasure gold to highlight.

(Sorry about the reflections from the glass - lesson learned!)

I would like to enter the following:

We love to Create - Anything Goes 

That Craft Place - Anything Goes 

Thats Crafty - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today.

See you next time.

Nikki

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Extreme Masking on an ATC !!!

Hi everyone... so we enter Christmas week, I hope you are all looking forward to Christmas day and have lovely things planned. (If not - as it isn't great for everyone - it is just a day and normality will soon return!!)

Over at A Vintage Journey it is time for one of our Destination Inspiration posts, where 4 people each chose either a colour, a substrate, a technique or a product. Now sometimes when they come together they are a bit of challenge and this one was for me!

Love the technique and love ATC's - but it is quite a small surface to do this technique on!!! Anyway you can see how I came up with this over a A Vintage Journey today.

I would like to enter my starry ATC into
Our Creative Corner - Wish upon a star
Simon Says Stamp - Winter Wonderland

Merry Christmas

Nikki

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Say it with a snowman

A week till Christmas - are you ready? I'm not!

Here are a couple of cards I made using Tim Holtz Distress Glaze - for the details do pay a visit to the Country View Crafts project blog. 

I hadn't had chance to play with the glaze before now and it didn't go well the first time - but once I worked it out all was well.

I would like to enter
Take it Make it - anything goes seasonal

Nikki xxx

Giving and Receiving - it's AVJ Secret Santa!

Hello! Over at A Vintage Journey it is our annual Secret Santa - where we are each given the name of one of the design team to make a gift for, and then we receive one from someone else. I heard a few weeks a go, I was making for Astrid Maclean. At first I was stumped, didn't know what to make.

 Then I thought about Astrid's style and what she likes - 2 things came to mind - lots of texture and making books. So I decided to take my lead from Astrid - I went on her blog and downloaded and then got photos printed of some her designs for A Vintage Journey this year.

So I made her a book celebrating Astrid Maclean at A Vintage Journey in 2015. The photos on the pages are Astrid's work - not mine - and I have created and designed my pages to reflect her designs.

Here are the photos of all the pages.... please keep reading to the end to see what I received from Anne Redfern - it is amazing!

As I was finishing my creation for Astrid a couple of weeks ago the postman knocked on the door. Amongst the usual brown envelopes was a very neatly wrapped parcel. After initial curiosity I saw the postmark and guessed who it was from and that is must be my surprise Secret Santa gift. It still brings a smile to my face when I think about it. 

Earlier in the year I had the pleasure of meeting Anne for the first time and she had an amazing bag made from Tim Holtz fabric. I loved it. When I opened my gift I was so touched to find this gorgeous make up bag!

I confess this brought I tear to my eye - that Anne would have made me something so beautiful. 

Do hop over to Anne's blog for more details.

THANK YOU ANNE xxxxx

 It has been a difficult year, losing my mum. The team at A Vintage Journey have been wonderfully supportive and many sent me wonderfully crafted birthday cards for my 50th in September - a complete surprise. Anne's gift just added to this wonderful feeling. When life is tough, the kindness of others really makes a huge difference. Thank you all.

Nikki xxx

Quick cards for Christmas

Just a quick post today to share some very quick cards I made using Tim Holtz Scribbly Christmas stamp set - so handy for little cards and tags. I am over at the Country View Crafts Project blog today with a few more ideas on these.

Nikki x

Sparkly Christmas Scene

Hello and welcome! I am really struggling to get many posts out at the moment.... my first in a couple of weeks.  It is the first of the month so time for a new challenge at the  Country View Crafts challenge blog and the theme is Create a Scene - chosen by Rachel Fisher.

I thought I would go a little sparkly on this card -  a little unusual for me! My icy / snowy foreground being gessoed card, sparkly mod podge and some glitter jewels - oh and I threw in some weathered wood distress spray too...

My background was also gessoed (is that a word and how do you spell it!) card. Once dry I sponged various blue paints on it and once dry embossed with a dotty folder. I sanded back to reveal the texture (hopefully snow-like!)

Some stamped trees, deer and a Stampin' Up wooden greeting finish my card.

I will be back at the end of the week on the Country View projects blog - hope to see you there.

Nikki

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A little bit of ink and a Christmas Tree

Hello everyone.. today I am over at the Country View Crafts project blog with this Christmas card - do hop on over for a few more details and photos.
Have a lovely day

Nikki

Scribbling for Christmas

Hello everyone. Today I am sharing my second 'blue' themed creation for Country View challenges. 

This card was quite a quick one... I used Kraft core card for my base matt and to die cut the tree (Tim Holtz Festive Scribbles) and numbers. I love this stuff... cuts well, bit of sanding, add a little ink and hey presto!

I took some paper from one of Tim's paper stacks, adding a little stamping in the background and edged with vintage photo ink - and apart from the sentiment - that was about it!

Happy crafting - see you next time.

Nikki

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Butterfly Duo Canvas

Today I am sharing on the Country View Crafts project blog. Be lovely to see you there. This canvass uses lots of lovely distress paints!

Nikki

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Fireworks and Colour for AVJ

Today sees the start of a new challenge at A Vintage Journey. Our theme this month is Baby you're a Firework - think bold colours, add some sparkle or some paint splats!

I made this seasonal card using Tim Holtz Distress inks, a Stamposauras stencil and a Tim Holtz die.

I started by adding lots of colour to my card with DI's:

Once fully dry I added versamark through my stencil and clear embossing powder to 'seal' the areas of colour. I then added Hickory Smoke and Black Soot DI's over the card and wiped off from the areas I had embossed.

I die cut Tim Holtz Townscape die in black card and cut my words from some cardstock coloured in the same way.

Do pop over to A Vintage Journey for lots more ideas and inspiration.

Nikki

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Blue is the colour....

November is here and so a new challenge at Country View Crafts with the theme of blue - chosen my Doreen. As I write this I am now humming the tune, 'blue is the colour, football is the game....' you might need to be a football fan and in the UK to understand that! I am more of a Reds girl myself though. Less of the rambling and on with the craft....

Blueprint sketch - what a fab new distress ink colour - used here with a combination of other blue DI's.  I cut an oval from the centre of my square and added some patterned cardstock behind (highlighted with a bit more blue). 

I took some little stars and gave a coat of gesso before dabbing various blue distress paints on (drying in between layers).

A whole month to play along with our Blue theme at CVC - and I will be back later in the month with another blue project that may be a little more seasonal!

'Till next time

Nikki

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Christmas Tag for A Vintage Journey

I like months with five Fridays as it means we get a TAG FRIDAY over at A Vintage Journey. Here is my tag this month. I recently purchased Ground Expresso distress ink so had a good play with mixing the range of browns using the wrinkle free technique - I used tea dye, ground expresso and vintage photo inks here. 

I added some more ink to the based with stamping the snowflakes and to the top layer through a layering stencil.

 I die cut some stacked snowflakes and gave them a coat of paint before edging with a little archival ink. I punched and embossed a circle for my bauble.

 I might make this into a card for someone now.

I am looking forward to seeing what the rest of the team have created over at A Vintage Journey - hope to see you there!

Nikki

Butterfly Wall Hanging

Hi everyone. It has been a quiet month at Addicted to Art in October - only 3 posts, good grief what have I been doing! Here is a wall hanging I made a few weeks ago but didnt get round to posting. Luckily it fits into 3 current challenges:

Love to Create - Premium Art Brands - Anything Goes / Mixed Media

The Mirror Crack'd - Wall Hanging

Mixed Media World - Anything Goes on Wood

This is a 9 x 3 inch MDF panel - I used my brayer to to paint the base and then sponged some paint through a stencil. I die cut some hearts and used used a crackle medium to create the effect. The butterflies are die cut and embossed with Tim Holtz - Butterfly Duo and I added some treasure gold to them.

'Till next time...

Nikki

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Scibbly Christmas time

Time for a Richele Christensen inspired Christmas card using Tim Holtz new Scribbly Christmas stamps. There is a tutorial over on the Country View Crafts Project blog today.

Nikki

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Halloween for Try it on Tuesday

Hi everyone. Very pleased to be popping up over at Try in on Tuesday today as a Guest Designer. I used to be on the DT with this lovely group and what a great challenge blog and team of

crafters !

The theme is 'It's Frightening' so I made this Halloween card using a Tim Holtz layering stencil - 'Shatter' as my background. First I covered my card with wild honey and rusty hinge distress inks, I then added versamark through the stencil before adding thick, clear embossing powder. Once heat dried I added black soot distress ink over my card - but, of course, it only added colour to the non embossed areas.

A spider die cut, a chit chat sticker and my sentiment were added before a little ribbon and mounting on some embossed kraft core card.

I would like to enter:

Our Creative Corner - Halloween Horrors

The Mixed Media Card Challenge - Orange and Black

Have great day.

Nikki

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Fresco chalk acrylic backgrounds

Today I am sharing over on the Country View Crafts project blog. I made these two cards from the same brayered piece of card using Paper Artsy Fresco Chalk paints.... I love this technique for easy textured backgrounds. Do hop over for the details.

I would like to enter:

Frilly and Funkie - Chalk it Up - using Fresco Chalk Acrylic paints.

Have a lovely

Nikki

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Inky fun!

Hi everyone - today I have a tutorial over on the Country View Crafts project blog. I started by playing around with distress inks and watercolour card... do hop over For more details.

Nikki

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