Alcohol and Paint Backgrounds

It is nearly the end of the month but there is still time to play along with February's challenge at Country View Crafts - where the theme is drips and drops.

This is my second project on the theme and quite different to the first! 

I used alcohol to create my drops which can give a really interesting background - but it can be a little random! I started taking watercolour card and painting it with baltic blue chalk paint. Once dry I took some ice blue and watered it down. You have to be quick at this point, so get whatever alcohol you are using ready. I used the ranger blending solution. Paint over the first layer with the watered down paint and while wet drip alcohol on it and watch the circles appear! You can leave it here but I added another layer of red paint and dripped again.

For my flowers and matt layer I took some paper artsy colours and did some brayering.

I stamped and punched my flowers before assembling and adding the sentiment.

We are back on Sunday with a new challenge for March so do pop back!

Thanks for visiting

Nikki

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Tim Tag - February

Hi everyone and a big hello to a few recent new followers - thank you so much for joining. 

Here is my take on Tim Holtz's February tag ... you can find his here.

I loved his techniques this month but as it is now nearly the end of Feb and I don't have felt - I decided against the Valentine theme and stuck with the stamp set of the moment for me - Bird Crazy. There are a couple of cards on my desk waiting to be photographed using the birds too - must move on to something else soon!

Have a great Wednesday wherever you are, whatever you are doing today.

Nikki

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His and hers

Hello again ... post number two today, but I did say they were quick ones!
.....just a sneak peak as I am sharing over on the Country View Crafts project blog. It's quick cards for him and her.

Nikki

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Tuesday's Texture Feature Project

I have two quick posts today, one a little later this morning.
 I was very excited a couple of weeks ago to be contacted by Marjie Kemper asking if she could feature one of my projects on her Tuesday's Texture series. 

Do take a visit to Marjie's website where you can find her own amazing work and other designers featured in the texture series. The project she asked to feature is 'Tweeting for Love'. (I have attached the link in case you would like to see more details.)

Thanks for stopping by as always.

Nikki

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Male cards

Just a quick post today to share some more of my small square cards - I shared three on Tuesday with flowers and swirls but I also used the same layout to create some 'guy' cards. Again all using Stampin' Up supplies. 

Have a great Sunday whatever you are doing. This is scheduled as I will be heading round the M25 to see my mum in Suffolk.

Thanks for looking

Nikki

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Lucky Number 7

Hi everyone. Today sees the start of a new challenge over at A Vintage Journey. I saved my Christmas present this year so I could buy some of the new stuff released at CHA so have included some of these newly acquired goodies in my tag today.

Now talking of goodies..... in two weeks time we see the 1st anniversary on A Vintage Journey! Do make a note of the date - 6th March.  It will be the start of our second year and we will be celebrating with some exciting goodies up for grabs.

So our theme today is 'Special Numbers' - interpret this how you wish - birthdays, house numbers - whatever is special to you. I don't personally have any significant numbers so decided to work with one of the conventional lucky numbers. ( It is true I do have a special birthday this year - eeeeek - but it isn't for 6 months yet - and not sure turning 50 is something I wish to celebrate - LOL!)

I started my tag by adding texture paste through Tim's new flourish stencil and once dry sprayed with victorian velvet and pumice stone distress sprays. I later distressed the edges and added some black soot.

I took the letters for LUCKY from Tim's new alphanumeric thinlets and carefully cut out the word from my tag. I took some card and lightly covered with cracked pistachio DI and lightly stamped the numbers stamp from the new perspective stamp set onto the card. I cut this to fit the back of the tag so you can see it through the cut out letters.

I stamped the numbers in black archival onto another piece of card and then stamped the butterfly from the same stamp set with versamark over the top. I clear embossed and then added milled lavender DI and black soot around the edges.

On another piece of card I had been playing with the new scribbles and splats die. I cut a scribble out of some card sprayed with victorian velvet with milled lavender DI added.

The Number 7, the seam binding and the chit chat stickers are all coloured with cracked pistachio distress ink. Before putting it all together I added some remnant rubs to the tag.

Thanks for visiting today - have a great weekend.

Nikki

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My first scrapbook page!

 

Just wanted to share my first ever scrapbook page with you - made at the weekend. I have happily attended crops locally for a few months now where everyone has been scrapping except for me and I finally succumbed to the pressure! 

I decided the best start point for me was plain white paper - I added tissue tape, texture paste through a stencil and some remnant rubs. I then got out various paints and just started playing.

I knew which photo I was using so took my colours from there. I added some die cuts (including scribbles and splats) and stamped some text.

I decided to tear all my edges and mount on some more card. I found the 12x12 pink sheet but needed to tone it down a bit so brayered some chalk paint on top.

The photo is of me, my sister and nieces taken on Christmas Day.

I would like to enter the following:

Our Creative Corner - Tic Tac Toe (Stencils, stamps, paint)

Crafty Cardmakers - Love

Artists Trading Post - Love is in the Air

Craft Stamper - Stencils
SSS Weds - Add a Little Texture

Thanks for visiting today.

Nikki

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