Tuesday 6 March 2018

Stormy skies...

Something a little bit different from me today. A mini painting of a very dark brooding stormy sky which I have created for this week's Simon Says Monday challenge called "Whatever the Weather".

I used cotton wool and acrylic paint to create the cloudy sky. I love using cotton wool with acrylics for painting as you can get lovely soft edges that I find difficult to get with a paint brush.

The little birds are a stamp by That's crafty called Lynne's Affirmations-set 2.  And I added an Inkylicious branch stamp around the edges.

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That's it for today, see you soon xx

Sunday 4 March 2018

Floral grafitti abstract cards...

I love making a mess. Paint wise that is. And I certainly did with these cards...

floral grafitti 1 

 Lots of layers of acrylic paint with doodles and scribble grafitti...
 
 floral grafitti 2 
 
The gold paint is my absolute fave-DecoArt Fluid metallic gold, it is a lovely shade of gold and has an amazing shine.

The other colour which I feel really made these cards is Opera Rose acrylic paint by Windsor and Newton. It looks a scary vivid pink in the tube but is actually a lovely bright pink, and I think goes beautifully with the other shades of pink and grey I've used.

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The flowers are by Hobbycraft and sentiment stamps by Paula Pascale. 

 floral grafitti 8

To finish I added some slivers of white card which I ran between my fingers to make it curl.

 floral grafitti 9

I'm really pleased with how these turned out and how photogenic they are! I will be entering these into the Simon Says Wednesday challenge "anything goes".

See you again soon xx

Saturday 3 March 2018

Notebook cover with gold foiling...

Having made a notebook cover a few weeks ago I just wanted to try another.

This is a different style, more of a notebook wrap, secured with some washers and eyelets, and finished with some metallic gold cord...

notebook cover 3

The gold foiling looks quite subtle in the photos but in real life it really catches the light. I added lots of my own doodles but also the Andy Skinner Alphabet Spaghetti stencil in black paint. I loved the result...

notebook cover 2

And this is the back...

notebook cover 1

This will be my second entry for this week's Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything goes". I was thrilled to have made the designer spotlight for the Simon Says Monday challenge "grunge it up" and thank you to everyone who has left me such lovely comments, I really appreciate them.

Thankfully our snow is now melting and life is returning to normal. Hope you are all OK,

See you soon xx