Topical Tuesday #89

Hi there! It's Tobi Crawford here with what I hope to be an informative tutorial using PanPastels and Annabelle Stamps!

Before I got to using the pastels I had to prep the base. 

1) I covered the area with Matte Medium. 

 

2) Cover the area with old book paper and seal with a layer of medium. 

 

3) Once the matte medium has dried, pull off any excess paper.

 

 4) Cover the area with some watered-down gesso. 

5) Mix some acrylic paint with acrylic glazing fluid. It will extend the paint.

 

6) Paint the area with the acrylic paint mix then wipe some away with a baby-wipe. The idea is that the paint will stain the area and provide a colourful base. 

 

7) Now we start with the PanPastels! I used VersaMark as a medium for the pastels. They will stick to the VersaMark.  

8) I used a really fluffy brush to dust on the PanPastels. Magic!!

So I just kept adding layers of PanPastels with VersaMark until I was happy with the background... Here's what I got: 

I used Backgrounds By Design 8 and Splat Attack. Perfect sets for art journalling!! 

Thanks for joining me today!

Topical Tuesday #88 - Mixed Media Christmas

Welcome to another Topical Tuesday!  This week I've created a Christmas card (always a good thing this time of year!) using a bit of mixed media and watercolouring! 

Here's my card :

I started by creating my background.  I cut a sheet of watercolour card to 11cm x 7cm then adhered a torn piece of designer paper using a gel medium.  The pattern in the paper just peeps through.

Then i covered the entire area with Gelatos and blended with my finger.  

Take a look at the video and I hope you enjoy!  Just yell out if you have any questions :)

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Topical Tuesdays - Picket Fence meets Kraft!

Hi it's Therese from Lostinpaper, back with the another Topical Tuesday's tutorial.  Today Picket Fence meets Kraft, and I just LOVE how it looks!

Here's my video....

Thanks for joining me today, Happy Papercrafting!

Therese

Other Supplies:  White & Kraft Smooth Cardstock, Anti Static Pad, Heat Tool, Glue Dots, Glossy Accents, Fiskars Stamp Press, Versamark Ink, Versafine - Vintage Sepia Ink, Bigshot, MFT's Die-namics - Vanity Licence Plate. Picket Fence Distress Marker - Tim Holtz.

Remember When (AnnaBelle Stamps)	Hemp Twine - Light Brown 1.5mm (AnnaBelle Stamps)	Toffee Sprinkles (AnnaBelle Stamps)
Opaque White Embossing Powder (AnnaBelle Stamps)	AB Mounting Tape 6mm (Xpress It - AnnaBelle Stamps)	AB Double Sided High Tack 12mm (Xpress It - AnnaBelle Stamps)
AB Kindy Glitz Gem Clear (Derivian - AnnaBelle Stamps)

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Topical Tuesday - Chalkboard Technique

Hi there,

It's Marion here for this week's Topical Tuesday. Today I have created a video for you using the chalkboard technique - a very trendy technique right now and oh-so-easy to do.

Hope you enjoy.

I hope this inspires you to create a project using the chalkboard technique. For a list of supplies please head over to my blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marion

Topical Tuesday ~ Triple Time Stamping

Hi Guys,

I hope you're all well and enjoying your week!

It's Kylie here for another Tropical Tuesday instalment and today I'm going to show you a super easy technique that I came across in my forever growing 'To Do' list that I jotted down about 18mths ago that I found browsing the net and I thought it was about time I do it lol!

You might of heard of it or even given it a go, today I'm doing 'Triple Time Stamping'

It's so easy and if you love layering like I do then this might be the technique for you!


First off cut all your cardstock...You will need
In coloured CS(I have used brown):
A5 card base 10.5cm X 14.8cm
8cm X 12.3cm
5.5cm X 9.8cm

Neutral cardstock(I have used vanilla)
10cm X 14.3cm
7.5cm X 11.8cm
5cm X 9.3cm

Layer all three of your neutral cardstock using a little double sided tape

Now for the fun part...

Using 'Butterfly Sunshine' Stamp randomly over all the 3 layers.  You will notice a tiny gap but don't worry this will not be see once you assemble your card!

I'm so sorry for the odd colour of the photo, I must off press a wrong button on the camera as I took it and didn't notice until I uploaded the pics, I would off redone it but I ran out of time!

The lighter butterflies are pink and the darker ones are brown, sorry again about the pic!


Now all you need to do is adhere your stamped panels onto your coloured panels!

To finish off your card,  layer all the mats up, trying to line the images up as close as you can

I finished off my card by wrapping some brown twine around my smallest panel before adhering it to the card and stamped 'Dream' onto a tiny tag and tied it onto my twine and for an extra touch I place some 6mm and 3mm Blossom Sprinkles onto the largest butterfly's body!

Supplies Used:
Annabelle Stamps:
~Butterfly Sunshine Stamp Set
~Dark Brown Twine
~3mm Blossom Sprinkles
~6mm Blossom Sprinkles

Other:
~Brown and Vanilla Cardstock
~Brown and Pink Ink
~Tag Punch


Thanks so much for joining me and I do hope you give this fun technique a go, the possibilities are endless with different combinations!

Till next time, Take Care,
Hugs,
Kylie X

Topical Tuesday # 84

Hello, 

Sue with you today for a little Topical Tuesday project.  I thought I'd share another way to use AnnaBelle's latest BBD #8. This fabulous pink rubber set is full of banners, polka dots, arrows and sentiments so lots of fun to play with.

How about making a paper bow.....no die required just stamps, ink and a sharp pair of scissors. 

• Stamp the striped banner 5 times to a 4" wide strip of card. The 5th strip needs only be 1.5" long as this sits around the centre of the bow.
• Cut the banners using sharp scissors or a rotary blade, as I did. Trim out the shaped V section on two strips.

• The loops are made individually, folding one end under the other. Securing with double sided tape.
• Adhere one loop over the other, using double sided tape.
• Position the shaped 'ties' beneath the loops, trimming off and excess. I slant mine down at a slight angle but they look equally nice sitting directly under the loops. Adhere using more double sided tape.
• Add a foam tab to the centre of the bow then wrap the last stamped strip around the centre of the bow, securing with tape at the back.
• Run the back of your scissors around the inside of the bow with your thumb on the outer side to shape the loops.

To complete my card I stamped the wide stripes to white card, trimmed and added this to the bottom of the card front.  The bold polka dots stamped in the same ink and die cut using ABS shapes 1 die with a sentiment popped up on foam tabs. Then to finish some bling with an ABS chilli heart.

I hope you might be tempted to give this a try   :-)

Products:  AnnaBelle Stamps
Backgrounds By Design # 8
Chilli Heart

Topical Tuesday #83 - Silhouette Shades

Hello all and welcome to a new Topical Tuesday!  This week I had to get a move on as it was my turn to put something together, and I haven't stamped in weeks!!  I had a 21st card to make last weekend which I did, but didn't have time to photograph would you believe lol!

This week I thought I'd go to one of our silhouette sets - Fanciful Flowers - and play with colouring and shading the silhouette images.

You can see the strokes of the pencils and I think it almost makes it look as though I drew the flowers...what do you think??  This is of course what a lot of stampers have done with character images, something I haven't tried as yet :)

To match my flowers I simply swiped the side of my white card base with DI Worn Lipstick then attached my top panels.

Here's my video for today, and I hope you enjoy watching!!

Have a lovely evening everyone!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Topical Tuesday #82: Adding Detail

Hi everyone, it's Marcia here. It's my turn to host Topical Tuesday and today I am sharing how I use my Copic Multiliner to add detail to stamped images before I colour them.

Most images are pretty amazing as they are, but sometimes I love to add some personal touches. In the case of today, it's adding in some clothing detail and extra embellishment.

I've used the Annabelle Stamps image called 'Lil Monster's Birthday' ... I've stamped it on blending card in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

He's pretty cute as is, but using my multiliner sized 0.1, I've added in the following details:

• Some jewels on his crown
• Big fat polka dots on the balloon
• A shirt seam with buttons
• Cuffs onto his sleeves
• Some ground for him to stand on

Once I did this, I coloured him up with my Copics, matching him to my printed papers - which in this case have come from Carta Bella 'Well Played' range.

He's now ready to make his appearance on the front of a card!

You can use your multiliner to add all kind of details to your images:

• Freckles
• Flowers
• Clouds
• Fences
• Roads
• Brick walls (a favourite of mine)
• Hair ribbons

The possibilities are endless. But you must use a Copic multiliner pen, otherwise your black ink will bleed once you colour over it with Copic markers.

Now here is Lil Monster in all his glory .... have a fab day!