Friday, 25 July 2025

TIMESTAMP Creations

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing a set of three ATCs made using TIMESTAMP Creations newest releases.

To begin I cut 3 pieces of kraft card to 3.5 x 2.5 inches and 3 pieces of white card to 3.25 x 2.25 inches.

I smooshed stormy sky distress oxide on to a blending mat and spritzed with water. I then dipped all three pieces of white card in to the ink. I dried this with a heat gun.

I repeated the above step twice more, once with shabby shutters distress oxide and once with mustard seed distress oxide. Drying between layers.

Next, I blended shabby shutters distress oxide through the middle part of Dolly Dimples' square trio stencil.
Then,  I blended stormy sky through the film strip stencil from Dolly Dimples/Shady Designs. 
I, then, stamped the corner foliage stamp,  from the Bird Snapshot stamp set, using rustic wilderness distress oxide.
On seperate card, I used Versafine Clair nocturne ink to stamp the photo cell, from the Grungy Frames stamp set, six times. I then roughly cut them out.
Using the dotty stamp, from the Grungy Frames set, and rustic wilderness oxide I gave each cell a simple background.
I, then, used Versafine Clair nocturne ink to stamp different images, from the Friends are Always Together stamp set, in to each cell. I didn't worry if the went over the edge of the frames.

I cut each film cell out and glued 2 to each of the background pieces.

Next, I glued these to the kraft card.

Finally I added both the sentiments from the Friends are Always Together stamp set. 

Products used:
Kraft card
White card
TIMESTAMP Creations
Dolly Dimples
Film Strip stencil
Versafine Clair nocturne 
Distress Oxide - stormy sky, mustard seed, shabby shutters,  rustic wilderness 

Thank you for taking a look. 
Alison

Friday, 18 July 2025

Two company mash up!

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using two different companies products. I just love to mix up different companies products.
To begin, I cut the Bee Crafty Catalyst Collage paper to fit my art journal page. I used matte medium to stick it to the page.
Next, I cut out my chosen ephemera from the LuMania Meaningful Memories Mixed Media Book.
I then glued a small piece of corrugated card to the back of the bird. This raises it from the page, but squashes down when the book is shut.
I stuck the bird to the page using matte medium.
Next I added the other pieces of ephemera using matte medium. I cut out an extra piece from the book and added some off cuts of the reverse of the ephemera page.
I cut out and added two leaf transparencies from A5 mixed leaves pack.
Finally, I added a sentiment from the Wordy Stickers 3b which I cut down a little.
Here's another look at the finished page.
Products used:
Bee Crafty

LuMania/Ciao Bella 

Thank you for taking the time to have a look.
Alison

Friday, 11 July 2025

Enjoy the Moment

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created using a mixture of different companies products. I love having some me time to just play with whatever I grab from my crafty stash.
To begin, I sprayed the page with list shadow and pumice stone distress oxide spray. I left this to dry.

Next I blended weathered wood distress oxide through one of Bee Crafty's texture discs from set 2. 

On seperate card I stamped the large clock from Bee Crafty's Wasted Time  stamp set. I cut it out and lightly blended list shadow distress oxide over it.

Next, whilst using the clock to help with positioning, I stamped leaves and swirls, from Shady Design's building blocks, celtic square and celtic circles stamp sets, directly on to the page. 

I then cut out some ephemera and a sentiment from Ciao Bella's  LuManua Quintessential Mixed Media book. 
Finally I glued the click, ephemera and sentiment to the page and added three cogs.
Products used:
Bee Crafty
Shady Designs By Louise Sims 
Ciao Bella Papers
LuMania Quintessential Mixed Media Book

Thank you for taking a look and I hope I've inspired you to create something using all the different products kn your stash.

Aluson

Friday, 4 July 2025

JMC Designs Woodland Dwellings

Hi everyone, today I'm sharing an art journal page created using one of JMC Designs new Enchanted Forest release with some of their older stamp sets.
To begin I created a simple watercolour background, which I left to dry.
Next, I stamped the images I wanted to use and coloured them with my polychromos pencils. See product list for stamp sets used.
Then I cut all the images out.
Next I used matte medium to glue the images to my background.
I used distress watercolour pencils and a wet paintbrush to add shadowing and to blend cut edges into the page.
I added some of the grass stamp from the My Deer stamp set, usin peeled paint distress oxide ink. I felt this stood out to much so blended it more into the page with a damp paintbrush. 
Then, I added highlights with a white posca pen.
Finally I stamped and cut out the sentiment from the Woodland Dwellings stamp set and added it to the page. I added a border to the sentiment using a fineliner.
Products used:
Woodland Tots Collection.
Enchanted Forest - Woodland Dwellings
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolour paints 
Distress Watercolour Pencils 
Versafine Clair nocturne 
White Posca pen 
Black fineliner 

Thank you for taking a look. 
Alison

Friday, 27 June 2025

LuMania Urban Blue Denim

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created using the new LuMania range from Ciao Bella. For this page I've ussd the Urban Blue Denim mixed media book.
To begin, I used matte medium to glue one of the vellum papers to the page. As the matte medium I used was quite wet, I got several wrinkles in the vellum, but I'm not worried about that as it adds another texture to the background.
I then chose the ephemera I wanted to use from the Urban Blue Denim mixed media pad and cut it out. The bird came from one of the papers in the pad and I kept some of the bits of paper that I cut from around it.
Now the matte medium was dry, I applied ground espresso distress oxide through the Enigmatic Essence stencil and fadd jeans distress oxide through the Beaded Curtain stencil to add depth to the background.

Finally I added the ephemera to the page using matte medium.
I hope you like what I have created and here's a list of the products I've used.

Alison

Distress Oxide - faded jeans, ground espresso 

Friday, 20 June 2025

Stampers Anonymous Mixed Media Stamp and Stencil Set #18

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created with one of the new Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mixed Media stamp and stencil sets.

To begin, cut a piece of the Men's Jeans card to fit the journal page. Add scorched timber distress ink through the stencil dotty part of the stencil.

Using blue jeans distress ink and the numbers part of the stencil add to the background.

Next, take the row of stars and stamp it several times using Scorched Timber distress ink.
Add more to the background by stamping the stamp here words using Faded Jeans distress ink. 
On seperate card, stamp the man and two clocks using scorched timber and three light bulbs and the numbers using faded jeans. Cut the images out, leaving a small white border. Ink the edges with walnut stain distress ink.

Ink the edges of the background piece with walnut stain and glue to a page in an art journal.
Glue the stamped images to the page.

Stamp the sentiment with scorched timber and cut out. Edge with walnut stain and add to the page.
Products used:
Distress Ink - walnut stain, scorched timber, faded jeans 

Thank you for taking a look.
Alison 

Friday, 13 June 2025

Friends are Always There

Hi everyone,  today I'm sharing a step by step guide to creating this quick and easy card using Timestamps Creations newest release.
To begin I cut a piece of kraft card to 2.75 x 5.75 inches. I then pushe a small lucky clover ink pad directly onto this piece of card.
I spritzed this with water and dried it with a heat gun.
Next I chose the groups of people from the stamp set and stamped them and the sentiment with Versafine Clair nocturne ink. 
I then used a black pen to edge my piece of card.
Finally I glued my piece to a 3 x 6 inch card blank.
Products used:
Kraft card
Lucky Clover Small Distress Ink
Timestamp Creations - Friends are Always There stamp set
Versafine Clair nocturne ink pad 
Black pen

Thank you for taking a look 
Alison

Nature Prints and ZinskiArt

Hi everyone today I'm sharing an art journal page created using Art Inspirations Nature Prints,  Texture Backgrounds and their ZinskiArt...