Garden Window - mixed media, stencil, alcohol ink, die cuts

A midnight visitor to the garden flits across the stained glass window of the castle. My mixed media canvas features a panel created with crackle paste and alcohol ink. a Tonic Studios fairy, Crafter's Workshop stencil, Tim Holz dies, paper flowers, Cosmic Shimmer, and Distress Oxides.

Colour - mixed media, die cutting

Tiles made with re-inker on wet gesso festoon my card with the lovely colours of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps hybrid inks.

Gel Press with Alcohol Ink

I have become addicted to the Gel Press. The gel plate can do amazing things. I wanted to have a unique background so turned to the Gel Press and alcohol inks to create some.

Bartholomew - Sheepski Designs, coloured pencil, decoupage, mixed media

My inspiration project for this month's Sheepski Designs challenge is a steampunk kitty with cogs on a transformed cigar box. Bartholomew is a new image now available in the Etsy shop that I've coloured with Prismacolour pencils on tracing paper and decoupaged along with a bunch of cogs.

The challenge for August 2018 on the Sheepski Designs blog is Animal Madness! You don't need to use a Sheepski Designs image, but we love to see her images. Come join us in the challenge.

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Ballerina - TTCRD, mixed media

This week's sponsor for the Through The Craftroom Door challenge is Gecko Galz!

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For my inspiration project, I decided to use the Ballerina Girls collage sheet to make a mixed media plaque using a Kaisercraft frame, chipboard filigree from Southern Ridge Trading Company, paints and waxes from Prima and Ranger, Nuvo drops, a Tim Holtz wing, and beaded stick pins.

Believe - mixed media

This project started with me just playing with stuff at a Crafternoon with a friend and evolved into a magical scene using stencilling, Marabu shimmer sprays, Nuvo Mica Mist, Prismacolor pencils, Finetec mica watercolour painting, embossing, stamping from Hero Arts and Lavinia, and other elements for a mixed media wall hanging.

Winter Magic - embossing, stencilling, die cutting, mixed media

Snow has always been magic for me. Snowflakes on my nose and my lashes really are one of my favourite things. I created a mixed media piece with die cuts, embossing folder, stencil, and a bit of crystal accent.

Keep Calm Popcorn Box - stencil, gel plate, mixed media

Keep calm and make cards! This popcorn box features one of the brand new stencils by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Beautiful Burlap, and a Spellbinders die with a gel plate technique.

Frosty Frame - die cut, colored pencil, stencil

A snowy village is perfect as a frame for a Christmas picture. The village is a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp set coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils. The snowflakes are BoBunny glitter paste with a brand new stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie, Sparkling Snowflakes, to be released on Saturday.

Another Year - gel plate, stencil

Another year has passed... Another birthday celebrated with die cut leaves and background decorated with inky techniques using a gel plate, inks, including a new one, and a new stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Krafty Retreat Badge - watercolour pencil

For the Krafty Kimmie Krafty Retreat last weekend we were asked to make our own badges. I made mine from a long retired stamp and a bit of ribbon.

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Hocus Pocus Frame - stencilling and die cuts

My project today is a frame which would be great to showcase a special Halloween costume. The frame features die cuts from Eileen Hull and Tutti Designs with a sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and an Echo Park stencil.

Take Flight - mixed media, stencil

"Black singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly..." My wall decor item features a stencil from Carabella Studies with Cosmic Shimmer gilding paste, Glitter Kiss, and Nuvo Embellishment Mousse.

Fairy Purse - die cuts

Pretty purple treat bag or gift box for a young girl or just someone who loves fairies, my project features a die cut party foil purse using a Spellbinders die and trinket tag using a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp set.

Framed - watercolour, embossing

Presenting... My frame project uses a long retired stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, a steel rule die from Sizzix by Eileen Hull, and an embossing folder from Spellbinders. The picture is me when I graduated from college (oh so long ago).

Fairy Box - Nuvo mousse watercolour

This jubilant fairy is on a small box with roses. The fairy is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and I coloured her with Nuvo Embellishment Mousse using a waterbrush with a little shadowing of Distress marker. I love the subtle sparkly of the mousse. The box is an Eileen Hull steel rule die by Sizzix coloured with an embossing folder from Taylored Expressions,  Nuvo Embellishment Mouse, and Prima Art Alchemy. The fairy is on a wobbler so she has dimension and bounce.

Wild Roses Friend - Sheepski Designs, watercolour pencil, mixed media

The challenge for July on the Sheepski Designs challenge blog is "For Someone Special".

For my inspiration project, I used Wild Roses. I coloured the roses with Nuvo watercolour pencils and paired it with a frame cut with two Movers and Shakers dies. I used an embossing folder, Nuvo Mousse, and Prima Art Alchemy waxes on the frame and embossed a Unity Stamp Co sentiment.

Book Fairy - Through the Craftroom Door, Distress Oxides and Glossy Photo Paper

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door blog challenge is Oddball Art!

Artist, Poet, Fruitarian............. Lizzy Love is a perfect combination of sweet and sour that glitters up the grunge! Easily lose yourself in her artistic realm of sometimes spooky but always delightfully cute, big eyed waifs and their animal friends. Lizzy’s whimsical, one of a kind dream world is easily recognizable by her signature style of creepy yet cute, all the way from the haunting darkness to the rainbowtastic, her original creations are lovingly sprinkled with a heartbreaking sweetness. Though she is completely enthralled by her Twinkling watercolors right now, Lizzy employs many different mediums when she creates, from drawing to painting, sewing and cutting, the end result always being the same; A gothic fantasy land painted in soft pastels and neon colors; filled with big eyed beauties, creepy little cuties and quirky monsters of all shapes and sizes. Lizzy Love’s artwork includes original paintings both acrylic and watercolor, giclee fine art prints, art dolls, digital and rubber stamps of her characters , hand painted merchandise such as bags, tshirts and more..... limited only by her imagination the possibilities are endless. http://www.oddballartco.com/

My project features Astrid the Fairy, a bookworm fairy perched on her stack of books. I used glossy photo paper with Distress Oxides for the main image and chipboard decorated with Nuvo Mouse and Art Alchemy wax to make it into a wall hanging.

Adulting - chalkboard, Prismacolor pencils, die cuts

My creation is a chalkboard for your To Do list, the list you need for your "adulting" decorated with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp showing an obstacle to getting laundry done, a so helpful kitty. The letters feature a Spellbinders die and Lawn Fawn paper on recycled card.

Flamenco - Sheepski Designs, mixed media, Prismacolor pencil

I recently went to see a performance of Riverdance for a friend's birthday and the first appearance of the Flamenco dancer inspired me to create a piece using the lovely Flamenco from Sheepski Designs as my inspiration piece for the May blog challenge with the theme "Favourite Colour". Red is one of my favourite colours, so the dancer in red under the sun sang to my soul.

My mixed media piece features Prismacolour pencils on canvas board with Distress paint and foiled die cut sun. The frame has been embellished with die cutting and colours to heighten the red.

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