Nautical altered canvas

New small (card sized) altered canvas I made just for some challenges.
I used stencils from Tando and AtrPlorations; chipboards from Scrapmatts and " no name" nautical pieces I just got once and never used;paints and mediums from  Pentart.
I enter this art piece to a few web challenges:
Emerald Creek- land or water challenge
I KROPKA: Inspiration from sea and sand

Sea and colors inspiration for Creative Embellishments


Berry71Bleu- Inspiration - sea, colors, sea star etc


 Mixed Media world- inspiration


Scrapmir- Sea or Mountains

You are perfect card

Mixing the VLVS image stamp  with STAMPlorations sentiment and just to say that everyone is perfect in his own style.

And I enter this to some web challenges too:
Addicted to stamps- CAS
CAS mix up challenge- the matting are all die cuts

ARTplorations inspiration: Happiness tag

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my last ARTplorations post!
This was a great and fun year to design for this lovely company and I thank Shery  for all great stencils and stamps  I got and will sure use in the future.
I love ARTplorations/STAMPlorations designs for their versatility and simplicity and I think that this was fantastic company to design for. But with all my other obligations I decided  not to stay for another term and to move to new unexpected adventures.
So here is my new Mixed Media tag made with new, just released Big Bloom Factory stamps and the  matching Big Bloom Factory Large stencil.
The backgrounds were made with Gelli Plate and DecoArt fluid acrylics. The stamped flowers are heat embossed with black powder and hand cut. Some of the flowers were stamped inside the stencil flower with the same heat embossing. I added this fantastic sentiment from Fond  Expressions 2 stamp set and I do wish you all Happiness!

I also enter this tag to some web challenges:
Anything goes with embossing powders for WOW! Embossing Powders- and I used their products here

Special stamp release-Big Bloom Factory

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our new release blog hop on STAMPlorations blog.

Today we release a very new and adorable stamp set that is made to fit Big Bloom Factory Large stencil : Big Bloom Factory 

As you know you can win some great goodies too if and when you comment in each and every blog. So go for it!

Commenting closes on June 10, Friday, at 11:55 p.m. Pacific

Winner of the Big Bloom Factory set will be announced on Sunday, June 12

Until June 15 (one week), Big Bloom Factory is available at 10% off and this is your chance to get both stencil and stamps all together!

And now for my card made for this hop.

I made the background with Gelli Plate using simple acrylics and Big Bloom Factory Large stencil. Then I stamped the  Big Bloom Factory stamps with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with bold colors of embossing powders.
 The sentiment is from STAMPlorations Fond expressions 2 set and it's just a most perfect sentiment set ever!

And now go to other blogs and comment! You can be our winner!

Live, Love , Enjoy - ARTplorations tutorial

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new Mixed Media tutorial made for ARTplorations company.

Actually this is my last tutorial post for them as after a full year  with this great stencil/stamp company it's a time to move to another possible adventures . But as you know when I love products I use them. So most possible that you will see a lot of new projects made with this company's delicious products.

And now for my tutorial:

1.Use DecoArt Modeling paste over a chipboard door hanger (was covered with white gesso before this step). Use Merry go round  ARTploration's stencil and let it dry..

2. Paint the dry piece with two DecoArt Fluid acrylics' paints as shown.

3. Add orange paint over the yellow/bit of blue paint layer and mist with a bit of water for a nice effect.

4. Stamp a few  butterflies from STAMPlorations'Trendy Butterflies stamp set,  using clear embossing ink and heat emboss with black embossing powder. Then hand cut the stamped butterflies and mist them with yellow mist. 

5. Add white faux stitching with Uniball pen and adhere the stamped and hand cut butterflies as shown. Outline the edges  of the hanger with black permanent ink.

6. Stamp a couple more of black butterflies with the same technique.

Stamp the sentiment words with Trendy Butterflies stamp set over white cardstock with black heat embossing and mist with the same yellow mist. Glue the sentiment words and outline them with black pen.

Your bright door hanger is done!

I also enter this piece to some web challenges:

Wow! Embossing Powders- Anything goes and I used their powder here

Anything goes for Creative Artiste

Anything goes for Things to alter

Special stamp release- Trendy Birds 2 Blog Hop

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to STAMPloration special stamp release blog hop.
Here is the first stop for you to hop.
Please visit all  designers on this blog hop and leave them a comment. One of the commenters can win this stamp set!

Commenting closes on May 27, Friday, at 11:55 p.m. Pacific

Winner of the Trendy Birds 2 set will be announced on Sunday, May 29

And if you are not the winner- you still can get this trendy set at 105 off here for one week till June 1. 

And here is my project for this hop: altered envelope gift card  holder.

I made the bag from Kraft envelope and embellished the front using ARTplorations stencil with texture paste and paints . The stamped panel was stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. Then it was painted over to fit the matting. I added a clips with twine for the closure.
I really hope that you like my project and this totally perfect stamp set!

Now go to the next stop in your hop and remember that you can WIN!

Vintage book with ARTplorations

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my second  May inspiration made for ARTplorations with their stencils and stamps.
This time I made a book cover/mini book cover (easy to add some binding system and to add pages inside).
I decided to stay in this vintage monochromatic mood and worked with gold- black and brown color only. Yes, the  flower is yellow, but this is just the last second add- on  to add more interest.
I used Square links stencil and a sentiment from Trendy Butterflies stamp set with DecoArt texture crackle paste and Mixed Media line fluid acrylics over the thick cardstock cover  where I glued an old book page. Everything else was heat embossed with clear embossing powder over the black painted  with DecoArt chipboards. The stamped word was covered with glaze inside the chipboard frame. The book corners are die cuts (MFT) and again heat embossed with black powder. Some washi tape pieces were added on the book spine.

Products used:
Square links stencil
Trendy butterflies stamps

 And some web challenges- Letter B things- Book cover, Bird- for Emerald Creek
 Anything but cute- Celebrate your style- sure not  cute and my Steampunk/Vintage style
 Things to alter- Anything altered MM
Creative Artiste- Anything goes
 Berry71Bleu- Inspiration board- colors mostly
 Country view challenges- Use a stencil
 Anything goed with WOW! Embossing Powders- for WOW! Embossing Powders and I user use their powders as their past DT member.
 Books for Our Creative corner- I used  old book page on the top and made a book shaped cover

Life and beauty: ARTplorations tutorial

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new Mixed Media tutorial made for ARTplorations.

This time I made a up cycled  foam door hanger, the kind you buy for just a few cents in any  craft shop.

Step by step tutorial:

1. The foam door hanger was already painted when I decided to up cycle it in Mixed Media style, so I don't have any painting photos, but it was painted with acrylics only with a bit of copper acrylic over the basic paint. So I use ARTplorations Big Bloom Factory  large  stencil and DecoArt Modelling paste and cover the whole piece with a pretty thick paste layer. And as usual- let it be totally dry!

2. The dry paste was painted with two fluid acrylic paints (yes, blue and yellow make green shadows as I wanted). Then the wet paste was heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

On this close up photo you can see the great texture of  texture paste, acrylics and heat embossing. All surface was painted with gold acrylic paint and you can see the final result on the finished project photos.

3. For the next step I used STAMPlorations Vignette: Eclectic Florals stamps with Gold pigmented Clearsnap ink and heat embossed them with Gold embossing powder.

You sure can use clear embossing ink and gold powder, but with this double gold combo the colors are rich and no spot  left uncovered.

4.The flowers were hand cut and then misted over with light pink mist (Tattered Angels). 

I added the same acrylic paint that was used  for the stencil as my flower centres and added it to the edges too. 

 A couple of butterflies were made in the very same way (stamped, heat embossed, hand cut) using STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies set.All stamped pieces were glued over the door hanger as shown.

5. Puffy stickers words were glued over the bottom part of the hanger and painted with gold and blue acrylics.

And one last view of the finished Mixed Media project! Don't you think the STAMPlorations/ARTplorations combination is just GORGEOUS? 

I also enter this piece to some web challenges:

Butterflies and blooms for Mixed Media monthly challenge

SSSS- Home decor

 Butterflies- for Emerald Creek- Things with B

Anything but cute- Celbrate your style- and this one is sure not cute and sure my style
 Anything with WOW! products- on the photos- for WOW! Embossing Powders

Things to alter- Anything goes altered MM

 Country view challenge- Use a Stencil

Smile tag with ARTplorations

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to ARTplorations Mixed Media inspiration for MAY!

This is my very shiny and bright tag made with one single ARTplorations stencil  Rose Duet  using texture paste, embossing glitter, acrylic paints, mists and  as you can see this small tag has a lot of texture even this just one single tag layer.

I enter this tag to some web challenges too:
 SSSS- STENCILS
 Country view challenge- Use a Stencil

ARTplorations stencil Blog Hop

Hello my dear crafty friends!

You are invited to hop with us on this  Blog Hop with STAMPlorations /ARTplorations 

Just hop, comment and you may win some great prizes TOO!

And this is my small project for this hop: altered tag made with one single ARTplorations stencil 

Square Links , lots of background paints and DecoArt Crackle paste. 

First I made the background with DecoArt  fluid acrylics ; then added the stencilled texture with crackle paste; then I waited to see the crackles and added a bit more paint over. See the close up for the better view of the texture.

 I really hope you like my tag.

Charming treasure tag with ARTplorations

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new Mixed Media inspiration made for ARTplorations blog.
 This time it is a tag made with tons of paints, texture paste and three ARTplorations stencils. Two were used as background and the second as the main flowers image.
I used texture paste for flowers and a heat gun  to get this unique texture after it was dry.
ARTplorations products used:
Botanical lush,Happy flowers,Retro circles

As you know we have a great Mixed Media challenge on ARTplorations blog and you are invited to participate. Use any stencil and enter the challenge.

I enter this tag to Mixed Media Monthly challenge for Dimension
Quick Quotes Tag it challenge
AlterArt- Tags


Anything but cute- Earth day
Artistic stamper- Distressed