A Christmas Card Experiment

 

As stated in the title this was a bit of an experiment, using a Clarity stamp and a stencil.   The candle image was stamped and coloured in with promarkers Spectrum Illustrator pens.   

It looked a bit lonely in the middle of the card, so I decided to use my free Clarity stencil and applied blue and yellow Artistry inks to the aperture.     I realised that the "holly" bit of the stencil needed defining so I went around the edges of the stencil with a micron pen.   I then applied some more Artistry inks to the holly leaves and berry.

As I said an experiment.  I shall use the stencil again, but in a different way.   I think if you turned it slightly it could look like a Christmas pudding!

Card for a Friend

A card for a male forum friend

The topper was created using a stencil for Clarity Stamp and one of Leonie Pujol's masks for "friend".

The background was inked with a brush in shades of green and brown distress inks  Then the word was outlined using Leonie's little stamps and one of the shades of distress ink from the background.  When dry the image was highlighted with the Spectrum Noir Overlay clear sparkle pen.

Image was then matted and layer on to pearl cardstock and then on to a pearlescent green card.

Retro Rustic Wedding Card

Card front

It's my Great Niece's wedding shortly, and I made this card for her.   I like to personalise a card as much as I can,   Her invites were quite rustic and involved a camper van, which I gather will feature at some point in the wedding.  I haven't put anything about "wedding" on the front of the card, as I have made it an 8 x 8 and am going to get a deep frame to go with it so that it can be put on the wall as a picture, should they so wish.  I also made a box for the card.

The background was created in Craft Artist.  I then placed a Clarity stencil over the top and brushed various distress inks over it in shades of green and blue.  It was then mounted on craft card  (her wedding invites were craft card). I then used a Spectrum Noir Overlay sparkle pen across the image.

I used distress inks in shade of brown to tone down the heart, and added some bought butterflies.   The card stock is a pearlised one.

The insert was created in Craft Artist and printed on Conqueror Effects paper in metallic champagne.

Insert

I then made a matching box from the pearlised paper with an acetate window, finished off with another butterfly, and some garden twine (to reflect the twine on her invites).  Thank goodness for my Hougie Board!

Card in presentation box

Just need to get a picture frame now to go with the card.   Hope she likes it.

Stencilled Wooden Heart

Front

Another little play with a couple of my newly purchased stencils from Clarity Stamp open day.

I had already prepared the background with blue/green DYNA iridescent paint.  Yesterday, I mixed green/blue DYNA with Pebeo modelling paste and stencilled through the Clarity Large Leaves stencil, and added some shading with the bronze DYNA and a green acrylic from my paint fusions paints, with a little distressing with a scourer around the edges of the heart.

I then used the Reeds stencil, from the Natural Accents set and applied Pebeo sand texture gel.  When dried this was painted with various DYNA colours.

The three butterflies were created from Hearty clay, painted with DYNA violet/.blue and then gold gilding wax applied to them.  The shells were painted with the same colour and a touch of bronze DYNA.  Gold gilding wax applied to edge of heart.

I intended hanging the heart, but having taken the picture with it sitting on a canvas, maybe I will mount it on that.

Back

Still undecided whether to mount the heart on card, I painted the back, which was already prepared with black gesso.  (just because I could! )

I used another of the stencils from the Natural Accents set and stencils DYNA yellow/green over it, and then added some more stencilled colour to the "non-leaf" section with green/blue.

Having found it's original cord, I decided to go with the hanging version rather than a mounted heart.

Abstract Canvas

Today in Maggie's Den. Playing with my new stencils purchased at the Claritystamp Open Day on Saturday.

I used a stencil from Natural Accents set, painted with Pebeo DYNA iridescent paints (all 11 of them) plus a pale olive green from my stash mixed with silver DYNA.

I then outlined the shaped with Pebeo Imitation Lead Cerne Relief outliner, and Pebeo black ceramic paint was then applied around the shapes.

Finally I applied resin  over the coloured sections, edged the board with some more black ceramic paint and when dry, mounted the board on to larger canvas.

I think I actually prefer the canvas this way - what do you think?