Seaside - June Project 2 for for Country View Crafts

Hello there,

Here I am again with my second Design Team project for Country View Crafts and Challenges for June, with the theme 'Seaside' for the Challenge on Facebook this month.

I've made a tag this time using the mini fishes from Kate Crane Paperartsy and the little Bikini Girl from Janet Klein AALL and Create.

This project made me get out my Distress Spray Stains and have a play and was a lot of fun.  I hope it inspires you to do the same and also to join in our Challenge to win a fabulous prize - details are below.

First I created my background...

Using my Tim Holtz Splat Box to protect my workspace, I spritzed white watercolour card using the Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains - Salvaged Patina, Broken China and Mica Spray Wonderland. I also spritzed a little water here and there to blend.

 

 

 

Doesn't it look gorgeously inviting to dive into.

Once dry, I die cut my 'sea' tag using the inner die from AALL and Create Intricatags Die #29 and then the background die in black card to mount it on. I also cut out the 'tab' that goes where the top hole is, in black card and mounted this on the top.

I stamped the fish images from Kate Crane's Mini Fishes and the cutie from Janet Klein's #423 Seaside Bikini Girl and a sentiment from the same set.

 

I coloured these with the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils and then fussy cut them out.

When I assembled all the components onto the tag, I felt the background was missing something so I grabbed Janet Klein's AALL and Create Poseidon stamps and used the small fishes to add some interest to the background. I then coloured these in with the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolors too.

 

To finish, I added some Glossy Accents for 'air bubbles' and eyes, and then added a bit of coarse string to the tab, and here it is...

I hope you like my little project and will be inspired to try it for yourself. 

The Challenge is open until the end of this month and you can find it on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

The prize for this month is a fabulous bundle of seaside goodies from Art By Marlene. One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

 

Thank you taking the time to read my blog.

Have a great day

Carol :-)

 

 

Products used:

 

Tim Holtz Splat Box

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz---splatbox-by-tim-holtz-107353-p.asp

 

Kate Crane Mini Fishes

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/paperartsy---kate-crane-stamp-mini-007-on-ez-mount-173871-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-spray-stains-696-c.asp

AALL and Create Intricatags Die #29

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create-29---die-cutting-die-set---intricatags-172908-p.asp

AALL and Create stamps

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create-a7-stamps-1682-c.asp

 

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-glossy-accents-59ml-2-fl-oz-4799-p.asp

 

Seaside - June DT Project 1 for Country View Crafts

Hello Lovelies,

Here I am with my first DT project for Country View Crafts for June, using the chosen theme ‘Seaside’ for the challenge this month. 

 

You can find the challenge on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

The prize for this month is a fabulous bundle of seaside goodies from Art By Marlene. One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

So, my first project is of Miss Dee (Beached Dee by Janet Klein of AALL and Create), all glam in her bikini having been ‘snapped’ at the seaside where she loves to hang out.  

Using a template of a Polaroid that I drew from specs found on Google, I cut this out, ready to frame the ‘model’ herself. 

 I stamped Miss Dee with a Ranger Archival Jet Black inkpad on a piece of white cardstock cut to the size of Polaroid card. I marked the square area that would be the 'photograph'. Then I coloured her in with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils and lightly washed the background around her with different blue watercolor pencils too.

 

Next, in my journal, I randomly stamped the fishes from Poseidon by Janet Klein of AALL and Create, with a Versamark stamp pad and heat embossed them with WOW clear gloss embossing powder. 

I spritzed the page with a little water, then ‘puffed’ a little Cosmic Shimmer Copper into the wet area and moved it around with a brush until I was happy with the look and let it dry.

 

Using dies from Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Cookies and Vault Love Birds, I die cut ones that resembled beach life. 

I painted these lightly with my Tim Holtz Watercolor pencils to have a pastel look about them. I also drew and cut out a sun from a piece of paper in my stash, and also a couple of white clouds.

 

I decided Miss Dee needed a seagull for company too.

I added the wording ‘Bikini Body Ready’ from the Beached Dee stamp, but individually stamped them in a line to make it look hand written line onto the Polaroid, rather than how the stamp itself is made with the words in 3 lines. I used a stamping platform to line up the words.

I positioned and glued the Polaroid frame onto the 'photo', and then added it to the page, layering my beach life diecuts around it. 

 

And there you have it. Miss Dee at the seaside. 

 

I loved making this page and I hope you like it enough to maybe have a go at making one too. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog. 

Have a great day

Hugs

Carol 

Products used: 

Beached Dee by Janet Klein

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a7-stamp-set-701---beached-dee-by-janet-klein-150010-p.asp

Poseidon by Janet Klein

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a7-stamp-727---poseidon-by-janet-klein-152349-p.asp

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-archival-ink-pad-jet-black---90mm-x-62mm-1609-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Wow Clear Gloss Embossing Powder

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/wow-embossing-powders-15ml---clear-gloss-regular-t-171662-p.asp

Versamark stamp pad 

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versamark-watermark-stamp-pad-10481-p.asp

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Burst

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cosmic-shimmer---pixie-burst-1570-c.asp

Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Cookies Die

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/665566---sizzix-thinlits-die-set-14pk---christmas-cookies-by-tim-holtz-139666-p.asp

Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Lovebirds Die

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/666566---sizzix-thinlits-die-set-8pk--vault-lovebirds-by-tim-holtz-172105-p.asp

Make Me Smile - May DT Project 2 for CVC

Hello All,

Here I am today with my second Design Team project for May, for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook. The theme this month is 'Make Me Smile'. You can find the challenge on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393 You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open world wide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

The prize for this month are 3 of the new Versafine Clair ink pads. These are fabulous quality ink pads and a good addition to your supplies, so you would definitely want to win these. One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

 

I thought I'd make a card this time, that could be given as a Birthday Card, Friendship Card or just a card to cheer someone up. I like the sentiment "too glam to give a damn" and that's exactly how it should be.

To start, I stamped Miss Dee by Janet Klein from AALL and Create #704 onto card with Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink, and coloured her with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils - I used colours from Sets 1, 2 and 3. I then fussy cut her out. 

 

 

On a cotton cheescloth material I sprayed Distress Spray Stain and once dry, I stamped the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Crochet Trims with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink. I cut around the edges to make a 'scarf'.

 

On a 4.5x 4.5 inch card base, I masked the edge off and blended Seth Apter's Izink Ice through the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Labels THS178, keeping it quite subtle and then sprinkled over some fine gold glitter while the ink was still wet. I love how translucent this is and how it has a fairly gloss look to it.

 

 

I layered the elements onto my decorated backing card, adding the 'scarf' with some Inkssentials Red Tape. I then stamped my chosen sentiment, added some glitter glue to Miss Dee's eyelids and also some Ranger Glossy Accents to her eyes. From my stash I added some tiny diamantes for the necklace, earrings and bag clasp, but you could also highlight these with Glossy Accents instead.

I layered this onto a black border (measuring 5x5 inch) and finally I added this to the main card substrate (measuring almost 6x6 inch - it's an A4 card folded in half lengthways and doesn't quite reach 6 inches when folded so I trim it up to be equal all the way around).

 

And here she is! The glamorous Miss Dee...

 

I hope you like this idea and might be inspired to try it out.
And don't forget to enter the Challenge on Facebook - there's still plenty of time.
You could be the lucky winner.

Thanks for taking a look at my blog.

Have a great day

hugs, Carol x

Products Used:

Miss Dee by Janet Klein AALL and Create #704
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a7-stamp-set-704---miss-dee-by-janet-klein-150019-p.asp

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous CMS480 Crochet Trims
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/cms480-tim-holtz-cling-mounted-stamp-set---crochet-trims-173263-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-spray-stains-696-c.asp

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Labels THS178
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ths178-stampers-anonymous-tim-holtz-layering-stencil---labels-173548-p.asp

Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-archival-ink-pad-jet-black---90mm-x-62mm-1609-p.asp  

Izink - Ice by Seth Apter (mine was a lighter green but you could use this one too)
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/izink---ice-by-seth-apter---vert-menthe-frozen-peas-117650-p.asp

Inkssentials Redline Tape
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---inkssentials-redline-tape-and-sheets-14in-wonder-tape-39310-p.asp  

Stickles Glitter Glue
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-stickles-glitter-glue-05fl-oz---cayman-89762-p.asp

Ranger Glossy Accents
https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-glossy-accents-59ml-2-fl-oz-4799-p.asp

Make Me Smile - DT Project 1 for CVC

Hello all,

It's May and time for my first Design Team make for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook. The theme this month is 'Make Me Smile'.

You can find the challenge on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open world wide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

The prize for this month is 3 of the new Versafine Clair ink pads. These are fabulous quality ink pads and a good addition to your supplies so you would definitely want to win these. One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

 

Working in my altered book this time, I created a page using the fabulous Miss Dee from AALL and Create by Janet Klein. I also used some of Tim Holtz new Vault dies to create an 'old movie star' look to the page.

I first gessoed my page to give it some grip for the inks and stamps. Then I die cut out the film strip and picture wheel from Tim's Vault Picture Show 666602 die set.

I also stamped Miss Dee with Archival Jet Black Ink twice, on an inked background paper that I found in my stash. You could use Distress Ink Vintage Photo to make this.

 

 

OK, so this next bit was a little bit fiddly because I wanted to use Miss Dee in the film strip and picture wheel. I placed the square and rectanglar dies that fit into the 'strip and wheel' over areas of Miss Dee and die cut them out.

I coloured the picture wheel with Tea Dye Distress Ink and Tea Dye Distress Oxide, and then edged it with Scorched Timber Distress Ink. I assembled and added the small squares and rectangles to the film strip and picture wheel. I had to cut and glue on a separate piece of backing for the film strip so that I could slot in the stamped rectangles to it.

 

 From there, I smooshed some Vintage Photo and Scorched Timber Distress Inks to the gessoed page.

 

I added some stamping from Miss Dee 'Cougar Dee' stamp set, and some AALL and Create washi tape to my background. I edged and coloured the wooden star with Vintage Photo and Scorched Timber Distress Inks and stamped the sentiment on it from the same Miss Dee 'Cougar Dee' stamp set. This set really has such a funny quotes in it.

I assembled all the pieces and laid them out on the page to compose my design using the Miss Dee stamp to see where I was going to place her.

 

I decided the page needed some animal print, so I found a piece of printed card from my stash.I went round the edges with the Tim Holtz Sanding tool to further age it. I like how it gives that vintage aged look to it.

For the main feature - Miss Dee herself - I stamped her with black Archival Ink onto a separate piece of card, and coloured her with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour Pencils Set 4, keeping to the 'vintage' colours and then fussy cut her. 

To finalise the page I also added some of a builder's joint reinforcing tape, to give it some texture. I finished the star off with some ribbon and then glued all the elements down, and here is my make for my first May 'Make Me Smile' Project. 

 I hope this has made you smile.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope you'll maybe give this a try yourself, or something similar.

Have a great day,

hugs

Carol xx

 

Products used in this make:

AALL & Create - A7 Stamp Set #703 - Cougar Dee By Janet Klein

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---a7-stamp-set-703---cougar-dee-by-janet-klein-150016-p.asp

AALL and Create Washi tape

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---washi-tape-28---joyful-words-dark-135306-p.asp

Sizzix Thinlits - Vault Picture Show by Tim Holtz

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/666602---sizzix-thinlits--die-set-15pk---vault-picture-show-by-tim-holtz-173126-p.asp

Wooden star

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/stix-2---wooden-star-173329-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils Set 4

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-watercolour-pencils---set-4-172117-p.asp

 

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-archival-ink-pad-jet-black---90mm-x-62mm-1609-p.asp

 

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sanding Disks

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-sanding-disks-166332-p.asp  

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Oxides

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-oxide-ink-pads--reinkers-1049-c.asp

'Flower Power' DT Project 2 for CVC

Hello again,

We're flying through April and it's time for my second DT project for Country View Crafts and Challenges on Facebook, continuing with our theme this month 'Flower Power'.

You can find the challenge on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open world wide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.There's a fabulous prize of a Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour Pencil Set 6 to be won.

In my Dina Wakley journal, I first gessoed the page to give the paper some 'tooth'.

Stenciling with Distress Paint Lost Shadow, I used the Visible Image stencil -  'Off the Grid' and a stamp (with black Archival Ink) from the Creative Chaos set to add a bit of depth to my background.

Then using the Visible Image stencil - 'Distressed Brick' and Tim Holtz Distress Crypt Grit Paste, I created a raised background pretty much in the centre of the page and let this dry.

 I stamped out multiples of the main flower and smaller one from the Creative Chaos set, coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour Pencils, splattered with some gold paint, and then fussy cut around them. ( I ended up stamping a few more of the larger ones and didn't use the circle stamp in the end).

Once the texture paste was dry, I dabbed some Distress Inks onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and then transfered onto the page with a piece of cellophane cut up from my stamp set packaging. This way I had more control over where I placed the colours.

I assembled the flowers where I wanted them to go and stuck down, finishing with a sentiment from Tim Holtz Ideaology Smalltalk sticker book and added some glossy accents to the flowers for some extra texture.

I had fun putting this page together as I didn't have any clear idea what I was going to do with it, and am pleased with the end result. Hope you like it too and may try out some of the techniques I've applied here.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.
Have a great day.
Carol xx

 

Products used:

 

Visible Image Creative Chaos Stamp Set

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-clear-stamp-set---creative-chaos-102240-p.asp

Visible Image Distressed Brick Stencil

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-stencil---distressed-brick-147656-p.asp

Visible Image Off The Grid Stencil

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-stencil---off-the-grid-154721-p.asp

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor Pencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-watercolour-pencils---set-6-172121-p.asp

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Pads

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-ink-pad---picked-raspberry-149953-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-ink-pad---salty-ocean-16739-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-ink-pad---squeezed-lemonade-111961-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-ink-pad---spiced-marmalade-1910-p.asp

 

Tim Holtz Distress Paint Lost Shadow

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger---tim-holtz---distress-paint---lost-shadow-166285-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Blending Tool

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-tim-holtz-mini-ink-blending-tool---1-inch-round-2-tools-30474-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-mini-ink-blending-tool-domed-replacement-foams-134584-p.asp 

Tim Holtz Ideaology Smalltalk Sticker Book

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th93193---tim-holtz-idea-ology-sticker-book---small-talk-171869-p.asp

 

Dina Wakley Journal

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-dina-wakley-media--art-journal-10x1425-172129-p.asp

 

Archival Ink Pad Jet Black

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-archival-ink-pad-jet-black---90mm-x-62mm-1609-p.asp  

 

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-inkssentials-glossy-accents-59ml-2-fl-oz-4799-p.asp

 

If you find that something on my list is now out of stock, please do contact Susan at Country View Crafts as she's very good at replenishing stock and may already have it on back order. https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/contact-us-1-w.asp

 

'Flower Power' DT Project 1 for CVC

Helloooo,

And here we are in April already - where flowers are blossoming with the joys of Spring.

Our theme this month on Facebook for Country View Crafts and Challenges is 'Flower Power'.

You can find the challenge on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open world wide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You’ve got until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.There's a fabulous prize of the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour Pencil Set 6 to be won.

So here's my first Design Team make for the theme this month.

I created a page in my journal with the lovely Visible Image Stamps - Flower Power, Beautiful Soul and The World Needs Art.

I also used, Dina Wakley gloss sprays and paint, Tim Holtz Stencils and AALL and Create Washi Tape. Phew!!

 

In my Dina Wakley journal, I poured some of the gloss sprays onto the page and moved around with the dropper. Then I splattered some of the Turquoise spray.

From there I continued to build my page with Dina Wakley Sapphire paint mixed with white acrylic paint. Using Tim Holtz Stencils I continued to build layers and finally after adding some black splatters, I added some AALL and Create Washi Tape.

 

For my main focal image - 'Beautiful Soul' I stamped her head with Versafine Clair Nocturne and then painted her face and hair with Tim Holtz Distress Watercolour Pencils.

I stamped her 'dress' from the Visible Image Flower Power stamp set and loosely dabbed the watercolour pencils mixed with water onto the image. I also stamped some of the individual flowers and watercolour painted these too.

 

I cut her out with her 'dress' and then cut out the individual flowers.

I used some silver pen to add highlights to these flowers.

Then I assembled all the elements, found where I wanted them to sit on the page and glued them down.

 

I added the quote from Visible Image stamp set The World Needs Art, 'Art Has No Rules' as I always like to have some text somewhere on the page.

I hope you like my journal page and will be inspired to give it a try yourself.

Thank you for stopping by,

Carol xx

You can find the product brands I used, here:

 

Visible Image Stamps

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image---stamps-1357-c.asp

Dina Wakley Products

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/dina-wakley-641-c.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-dina-wakley-media--art-journal-10x1425-172129-p.asp

Tim Holtz Products

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-130-c.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-watercolor-pencils-1598-c.asp

AALL and Create Washi Tapes

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/aall--create---washi-tapes-1433-c.asp