Mixed Media Heart

Happy Sunday. I thought I would play along at a few challenges today. At Clarity it is Bingo time - I have used Clarity stamps (words and background text - but not sure this is visible anymore!), Clarity stencil (leaves) and grunge paste. Lots of distress paints and stains plus some die cuts for added texture and a little treasure gold.

I would also like to enter:

That Craft Place - Anything Goes - Mixed media

We Love to Create - Anything goes - Mixed Media

Nikki x

A little bit autumnal

Hello and thanks for stopping by. I hope you are not rushing around doing last minute preparation (if you are you probably are not reading this!).

A little messy card today (with a bit of a mistake too!) for the Clarity Challenge where the theme is trees. I thought I would go autumnal rather than Christmas.

 Here is a quick summary of the process:

1. Texture paste through clarity stencil onto card

2. Once dry added gesso and let dry

3. Add and marble various distress paints - allow to dry or heat

4. Sand back with paper or sanding block

All going well at this point!

5. Stamp trees and words onto tissue paper and once dry carefully glue onto background......still going well. At this point I got impatient and decided to apply heat  - not a good idea as the tissue under the words buckled and stiffened as you can see. 

I have a scheduled post tomorrow for my final Country View Crafts project of 2014 - I will be somewhere on the M25 travelling to family! 

So Merry Christmas from me, thank you for your visits and wonderful comments in 2014. It has been my first year as a crafter and blogger and it has been great fun and lovely to 'meet' (albeit virtually in most cases) so many people.

Nikki

xxx 

Feminine for Clarity

The challenge over at Clarity for August is 'Feminine' - not my natural style!

All Clarity stamps used on this one, the Clarity butterfly, Edelweiss, Gandhi quote and the foliage from the Clarity journalling set. 

I would also like to play along at Pan Pastel - Bold and Bright challenge!

Have a lovely Sunday.

Nikki 

xxx

Don't forget to Wave

Happy Sunday everyone. A little card to share with you today.

My Menu:

Background - Clarity Brick stencil and Distress Inks

Foreground - Clarity Stamp (sorry not sure it's name) - lightly coloured with antique linen DI then distressed with faded jeans and vintage photo. Dragonfly watercoloured with faded jeans.

Butterflies and flowers - punched from old book pages and coloured with Distress Inks.

Challenges:

Clarity Stamp July - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls - Anything goes

Divas by Design - Things with Wings

Close Ups:

Yes - the text is upside down on the bottom butterfly! Whoops

Can you guess the old book text I am using?

Thanks for looking

Nikki

xxx

A little wall art...

I am playing with textures! Here is a 9 x 7 '' piece with tissue stamping on corrugated cardboard mounted on .. mmm.... some card from the back of a pad of paper.

Really wish I hadn't used sparkly mod podge to seal the tissue though - think it is a bit incongruous with everything else!
It does hang with ribbon but it is stuck on my wall with blu tack at the moment...

Still love that Clarity 'today' phrase though .. I could use that a lot.

Just finishing my latest Charity challenge work - 'Love and Romance ' - will post soon..

Nikki