Eyes Tested

Hi everyone!

     I am here with another challenge over at Sandee and amelies Steampunk Challenges 

Eyes Tested

I decided to make a tag for this and to experiment with inks for a background.

 For this tag I chose Rusty Hinge, Tumbled Glass, Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain distress inks. I used the blending tool like a stamp, inked it up and pressed it onto the tag. I 'stamped' lots of blocks of colour close together and sometimes overlapping. 

Then I spritzed it all with Copper Glimmer spray and let the colours run and merge

When dry I stamped the tag all over with a cracked paint stamp from the Andy Skinner industrial stamps 

 Then I splattered the tag with some Evergreen Bough Distress Paint

Then I stamped randomly with a french script stamp (that I found down the back of the stamp drawer while hunting for 'Eye' stamps)

A gears stamp from the Artistic Outpost set Industrial Backgrounds was used in the corner

 Then I began to stamp the eyes...various stamps were used inc -

Stampers Anonymous - Classics no 5

Flonzcraft - Gibson Girl 16 and Vintage Machines Engravings

Artistic Outpost - Generation Redux

 I stamped the eyes in Jet Black Archival ink and then cut then to size. I inked the card with Gathered Twigs DI and arranged them on the tag

I stamped the words "The Windows to the soul" on card and inked this with Gathered Twigs as well

I then stuck the words onto the tag and outlined them with Pumice Stone distress marker and added some rustic scribbled lines with a permanent fine tip marker

Dark brown hemp sting and a rusted rose was used to decorate the top of the tag

And so here it is - my 'Eyes Tested' tag.....

Hope I have inspired you to come along and dip your toes into some Steampunk....

Remember, if Steampunk isn't your usual style....we do love to see entries with just a hint of steampunk too!

Come over and see what the rest of the team have made to inspire you!

Happy Crafting!

Laura 

xxx

 

Lovers

Hi everyone!

Over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges the subject is...

'Lovers' 

  

I chose to make a Victorian style frame. I had some mount board and covered it with a texture paste through a memory box stencil. This was then painted with Americana Decoart Chalky Finish paint in Primitive.

Crackle glaze was applied and when this was dry Carbon Black Antiquing Cream was brushed over the frame before being wiped away

The picture was made by dabbing Frayed Burlap, Weathered Wood and Picket Fence Distress Paints onto the craft mat and then spritzing with water. The card was then swirled into the paint.

When dry I began to stamp some images - I chose a Flonz craft stamp from this set. I stamped it in Potting Soil Archival ink. I then began to add some text and crackle stamps around the edge of the picture to add texture.

I used a Tim Holtz bookplate and added a piece of card left over from making the main picture. I stamped the word LOVE onto it and added some swirls from  a flourish stamp

I added some lace, a rose and some die cut foliage that had been covered with Peeled Paint Distress Stain.

And here is the finished frame -

I do hope you like it!

I would love it if you came over to see what the rest of the team have made to inspire you at Fashionable Stamping Challenges!

Remember we are a stamping challenge so please feature a stamped focal image on your creation.

  

You could be the winner of $20 to spend at Flonzcraft Stamps! And of course you could be picked as one of our Catwalk Spotlights!

Hope to see you there!


Happy Crafting!
Love from Laura xxx

Reading in the dark

Hi everyone!

    Today I am bringing you the new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges. We would like to see your creations feature -

Silhouettes

I was a bit stuck with this one at first - mainly because I had no idea where to go with colour - then I thought why not just do a monochrome creation - forget colours!

I used a Flonzcraft silhouette stamp and stamped it in black Archival ink onto a book page (Northanger Abbey - if you are interested!) It seemed an appropriate background for a silhouette of a book reader!

I cut an oval from embossed card and then painted it with silver acrylic paint before dabbing with some french Roast Fresco paint - I always use this paint to add a distressed effect to surfaces, because it is transparent it doesn't cover the original colour and it adds such a gorgeous tarnished effect.

I then brushed the embossed card with Pewter Treasure Gold to highlight the embossing and really bring out the metal effect.

The stamped image was then stuck behind the oval frame

I used TH Tattered Florals die cuts to make the roses. Before constructing the roses I scrunched each flower to break down the card and make it more pliable. When they were creased and bendable I very roughly applied Brushed Pewter crackle paint. I wanted the petals to be streaked with paint so it was a very quick 'smoosh the paint on' job rather than a neat application.
 

When dry and crackled I dabbed Black Soot DI all over the flowers. The crackle paint resists the ink and the ink also darkened the cracks. Then I constructed the roses.

Because I had crumpled the card before constructing it was easier to fold and bend the petals and glue into place.

I painted some die cut leaves with London Night Fresco paint and then covered with Decoart Crackle glaze. When dry I rubbed French Roast Fresco paint into the cracks to highlight them before wiping the leaves clean.

Silver wire was used to make the hanger.

 Why not come over and join us this time at Fashionable Stamping Challenges 

 Remember we are a stamping challenge so please feature a stamped focal image on your creation.

  You could be the winner of $20 to spend at Flonzcraft Stamps! And of course you could be picked at one of our Catwalk Spotlights!

Anything your heart desires

Hi everyone!

 Over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges the challenge is -

Anything Goes

I decided to use a Gibson Girl stamp from Flonzcraft. I stamped it with Potting Soil Archival ink onto card that had been coloured with Vintage Photo DI. I had then used a script stamp around the edge.

Two other stamps were used with Potting Soil archival ink, again onto card that had been covered with Vintage Photo DI and then had some spritz and flick done with water to add some texture.

These were stuck onto embossed card that was spritzed with Snowflake Fresco paint that had been poured into a spray bottle and mixed with water.

After the paint dried I covered the embossed card with Weathered Wood DI and edged with Vintage Photo DI

A rose was dabbed with Vintage Photo DI and spritzed with water. 

 A leaf die cut was inked with Vintage Photo DI and then covered with Rock Candy glitter. 

 A chipboard heart was painted with Nougat Fresco paint and then covered with crackle glaze before being inked with Black Soot DI.

A twine bow, peach coloured button and ivory crochet lace was added to complete the decoration.

Why not come over and join us this time at Fashionable Stamping Challenges 

 Remember we are a stamping challenge so please feature a stamped focal image on your creation.

  You could be the winner of $20 to spend at Flonzcraft Stamps! And of course you could be picked at one of our Catwalk Spotlights!

Hearts and flowers

Hello everyone!

        I am here today to tell you about the new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenges. The first challenge of the new year is -

Hearts and Flowers

.....at the moment I am stuck in a sepia mood. I have been adding the occasional dabs of peach, pink or blue.....but for the next month or so expect a lot of Sepia tones here at Laurart!

      And so off we go....when I first heard about this challenge I imagined I would go for pretty vintage shabby chic pinks - but it became much grungier!

      I covered a tag with Vintage Photo DI and then did some spritz and flick followed by a spritz of a new spray I bought recently - Tsukineko 'Rich Cocoa'....I wasn't too impressed with this at first because when you spray it looks like nothing happened, but the colour and glimmer definitely gets stronger after it has dried.

    I stamped around the edges with a delicate flower stamp in Gathered Twigs DI and a script stamp in Potting Soil Archival ink.

    A Gibson girl stamp from FSC's sponsor Flonzcraft was used with Potting Soil Archival ink followed by Distress embossing powder in Walnut Stain.

    I covered some die cut flowers in Vintage Photo DI and then stamped some of the script stamp over the top with Potting Soil Archival ink. I blended some Walnut Stain DI around the edges of the flowers and attached a bronze brad to the centres.

   




   I dabbed some Walnut Stain DI around the edges of the tag followed by some Aged Gold Frantage Powder with some Tarnished Mica flakes sprinkled on too.

The hearts are the cardboard remains of some stencils my daughter got...she was going to chuck them in the bin and I grabbed them! I painted them with Vintage Photo DP and then dabbed along one edge with embossing ink before covering in Distress embossing powder in Tea Dye. I then wrapped some rusty wire around the larger heart and then stuck them together.

A bit of brown hemp string was looped around the wire at the back of the heart and tied into a loop.

Why not come over and join us this time at Fashionable Stamping Challenges 

 Remember we are a stamping challenge so please feature a stamped focal image on your creation.

  You could be the winner of $20 to spend at Flonzcraft Stamps! And of course you could be picked at one of our Catwalk Spotlights!

Thanks so much for visiting - Hope to see you again soon!