If nothing ever changed

Good morning sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts Believe you can fly stamp set.

I created the background by brayering blue and yellow ink onto a piece of white card. I then randomly stamped the paint splats from Chocolate Baroque's Butterfly mind stamp set using the blue ink. 

I stamped the sentiment directly onto the background.

I stamped the image on a seperate piece of white card, coloured with polychromos pencils and fussy cut it out. I then glued it to the background using glue gel. This was then mounted on black and then glued to a card blank.

February release from Artisan Design

Look at these fabulous stamps and stencils, available to pre-order from www.artisandesigngroupuk.com 

Dance to your own beat.

Good morning sharing a set of ATCs made using the floral stamps from the Ayva Butterfly Dancer stamp set with the Squareform background stamp both from Artisan Design.

May your Day

Good morning sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts Vintage Iris and Forget Your Troubles stamp sets.

I have added one of their small mdf fairies, which has been painted with black gesso and then glittered.

Reach High

Good morning sharing an art journal page created using Artisan Design's Rockform, Spotted a Stars Background Collection stamps with Taron and Ayva from the Butterfly Dancers Collection. 

Hello Sunshine

Good morning sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts Bloom Where You Are Planted stamp set.

I stamped yhe image using versafine clair onyx black ink. I used my Derwent Inktense pencils and a waterbrush to colour the image. I then used yellow to colour around the image and spritzed it with water to give a halo effect.

Love is like a flower

Good morning sharing a card made using Artisan Design's Keely's Garden Collection Rose stamp set.

I stamped the Rose with versamark onto black card and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I coloured it with my Inktense pencils and a water brush.

I added silver paint splats.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment die cut out and mounted on silver mirri card.

I mounted the image on silver mirri and glued to a card blank.

Steampunk Book

Good morning. Today I'm sharing an MDF book. The book, cogs and stamps I have used are all available from Bert and Gerts.

I began by painting the entire box and cogs with gesso. I used distress stain to colour thd inside of the box.

To paint the outside I used a set of verdigree paints to give a rusted effect. 

When the psint was dry I stuck the cogs onto the book and added detail using the music and paint stamp set.

I then stamped the balloon from the Creativity stamp set and coloured with watercolour markers and a waterbrush. 

I fussy cut this out and glued it in position using Pinflair glue gel.

I added a copper colour ribbon as a tie.

Let your Dreams Give You Wings to Fly

Good morning sharing a card made using Artisan Design's Butterfly Supreme 2 and Sentiment Banquet 2 stamp sets.

I created the background with watercolour paints, then stamped first, second and third impressions of the small butterflies. 

I stamped the large butterfly with red ink and heat embossed with a clear sparkle embossing powder and fussy cut out. I glued it to the card using glue gel.

I stamped the sentiment with black ink. 

It's not where you go

Good morning sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts Music and Paint and Enjoy the Ride stamp sets.

Scatter your world

Good evening sharing a card made using Artisan Design's Vine, Delicate Primrose and Sentiment Banquet stamp sets. The background was created using a gelli plate with a Leonie Pujol stamp set.

Geranium

Good evening sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts Geranium and Bloom Where You Are Planted stamp sets. I used red ink to stamp the image, then coloured with inktense water colour pencils and a water brush. 

Reach High

Good morning sharing  a card made using Artisan Design's licensed designed and created Buterfly Dancers Collection. For this card I have used Lorrena with the sentiment from Taron. I have also used the Stars, Speckle and Bark stamps from the Background Textures Collection.

To create the background I inked through an oval stencil, then used the background stamps with different inks to cover the remaining white card.

Artisan Design's New Stencils

Good morning. On Tuesday 21st January on Hochanda (Home of Crafts,Hobbies and Art) at 12 and 3 pm, Pete Simpson of Artisan Design will be launching his created, licensed, designed stamps, mdf and stencils, The Butterfly Dancers.

These four cards show the new range of stencils spirelli, raindrops, catherine wheels and sunshots, with the Butterfly Dancers Ophelia, Jorjie, Lorrena and Ayva.

Butterfly Dancers Lantern

Good morning. I have used some of the created licensed designed Butterfly Dancer stamps from Artisan Design to create this lamp. I have used Karris, Taron, Ophelia and Mason, with their associated worker stamps. I stamped directly onto the perspex with versamark ink and applied embossing powder, then heated with a heat gun.

Butterfly Dancers Collection MDF

On Tuesday 21st January on Hochanda (Home of Crafts,Hobbies and Art), Pete Simpson of Artisan Design will be launching his created licensed designed stamps, mdf and stencils, The Butterfly Dancers: The photos show the mdf range. Each is sold as a set.

Even the Most Fragile

Good morning, sharing a card made  using Artisan Design's created licened designed Butterfly Dancer Carlette stamp set with the sunshot stencil and mica powder on a watercolor background.

Reach High

Good morning, Pete Simpson of Artisan Design will be launching his created licensed designed stamps and stencils, The Butterfly Dancers on the 21st January.

This card uses the Taron stamp set with the catherine wheel stencil and squareform stamp to create the background.

Dance to the music of your soul.

On Tuesday 21st January on Hochanda (Home of Crafts,Hobbies and Art), Pete Simpson of Artisan Design will be launching his created licensed designed stamps and stencils, The Butterfly Dancers: Now available for preorder in either mounted and unmounted formats at artisandesigngroupuk.com.

This card uses the Kariss stamp set with the spirelli stencil.

You Are Loved

Good morning sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts hydrangea stamp from their hyacinth stamp set, with a sentiment from their forget your troubles stamp set. The background was created using watercolour paints.

Jorjie Express Freedom

Good morning sharing a canvas created with Artisan Design's Jorjie Butterfly Dancers with elements from their Butterfly Supreme 1 stamp and their Daisy Burst stencil.

Memories Last a Lifetime

Good morning sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts Hyacinth and Seize the Day stamp sets. I coloured the image with inktense watercolour pencils and spritzer them with water to give a haze of colour in the bavkground.

Butterfly Dancer Notebook

Good morning sharing a notebook that I have decorated using Artisan Design stamps.

I began by coating the cover with a thin layer of white gesso, allowing the colour of the cover to still show through. I then used their squares stencil to add texture from the top right corner down to the bottom left corner. I used the Primrose stencil with grey ink in the other two corners. I randomly stamped patches from the Speckle background stamp.

I added some clay beads, a pencil and other decorative items.

I stamped and coloured the Star Lily and added it to the cover. 

I then stamped and heat embossed Lorenna with clear sparkle embossing powder and added her to the cover.

Measure your Life

Good morning sharing a card made using Bert and Gerts Measure Your Life in Love. The background was created using a gelli plate and acrylic inks.