Crazy Birds ATCs

Hello Everyone,

Shilpa here,

Today I would like to share with you my last post as a Guest Designer.

I've created ATCs with Tim Holtz Birds Crazy stamp set and Gelli Plate printing.

I love my Gelli plate... love to create prints with them. I use them in my Art Journals, to make mixed media canvas, cards...but today I wanted to use them to make ATCs.

Let's see the process..

I got prints on papers with Gelli plate, Acrylic Paints and Crafters Workshop Stencils.

Cut them into ATC size.
 For more layers in the background, I stamped on them with text and texture stamps.
Adhered butterflies,Tim's tissue tape and Trellis diecut pieces. Splattered distress stain colors.

Next I stamped Crazy Birds and colored them with Distress Inks. Fussy cut them and adhered on ATCs.

And here are my four ATCs .....aren't they cute?
Hope you liked them...


Thank you so much Kim for this opportunity to write at this wonderful blog.
I am grateful to you all readers as well for love and support.
You can see more posts at my blog - Neon Diary

Products used from Eclectic Paperie:
Gelli Plate
Acrylic Paints
 Crafters Workshop Stencils
Texture Stamps
Distress Inks
Archival Ink
Tim Holtz Birds Crazy Stamps

 



 

Be Strong

Good morning ePeeps!  Micki here with a colorful art journal spread using those wonderful, bright and vivid Dylusions Spray Inks AND Dina Wakley's new stencils.

I've been neglecting my art journal lately but when I got my latest eP package, I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to pull it out and play.  And play I did!  Considering I had no clear idea for the end result, I am really happy how it turned out:

I simply started by spraying Dylusions Ink Sprays in Fresh Lime and London Blue onto the pages.  Letting the ink sit for a few minutes, then mopping up any excess with a paper towel roll.

Next I grabbed an arm load of stencils.  First I used my Water Mister spray bottle and squirted some water over the inky goodness on the pages.  Waited a minute and rolled the paper towel roll over it.  Then I laid down Dina Wakley's Tracks stencil and sprayed Dylusions Vibrant Turqoise and Polished Jade through it, making sure to clean the stencil on the same page I was working on, which gave me the 'negative' stencil image: 

Next I decided to add Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic Paints through Dina's Mosaic Swirl and Spinners stencils.  I have to tell you guys that I absolutely LOVE Dina's brushes.  I used the 1" Stiff Bristle brush to pounce the paints through the stencils.  I usually use a sponge because I never had any good results using a brush, even a stencil brush.  But these brushes - awesome.

At this point I knew I wanted to use Dina's Stenciled Queenie stencil, I just needed to frame the pages.  I love Dina's Mod Mask and using the negative, created a border around the pages.  (Actually, I was too lazy to get up to walk across the room to get more stencils, :-) )  Again, using Dina's 1" Stiff Bristle brush and Lapis Heavy Body Acrylic, I painted through the stencil.  I did not worry about seepage and used paint strokes instead of pouncing the paint: 

By this time, I was in the "zone".  I grabbed bottle caps and started to add these to the border and randomly throughout the spread.  For some reason, adding those bottle cap circles was soooo therapeutic and fun.  Now it wouldn't be me if I didn't have a little goof-up, right?  Can you see it?

I do not know what I was thinking when I did the blob of paint. Definitely helped me decide where to place the Stenciled Queenie, right?

Before adding the Stenciled Queenie, I randomly stamped Dylusions Basic Backgrounds and Dina Wakley's Texture stamps using Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink in Forget Me Not and Leaf Green on both pages:

Next came the Stenciled Queenie.  Using Dina's Black Gesso (love the thickness of it) and the 1" Stiff Bristle brush,  Queenie was added to the left page, making sure to cover my blue blob.  Once she was dry, I added journaling with a white gel pen.

Final step was to add my title on the right side using Dina's You Can stencil.  I stenciled the words first in Ruby acrylic paint, then offsetting the stencil a little, in Black Gesso.  I used the back of my paint brush to add red dots in each bottle cap circle around the edge to help tie in the red of the title.

It's so much fun to use a stencil and create different images.  Here I just turned the stencil upside down which created an overlapping X, perfect for bottle cap circles.

So much fun and I had a really, really hard time stopping.  I kept wanting to add more doodling with the white gel pen.

Inks, paints and stencils - a no fail end result, don't you think?  I hope you enjoyed my inky journey and most of all, I hope it inspired you to get inky!

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Fall Leaves for the ePlay Challenge

Hello, everyone!  It's Broni here with you today to show you what I created for this month's ePlay Challenge: Fall.

I decided to go with one of the first techniques I learned way back when I first started stamping.  Before the days of alcohol markers.

I pulled out my Ranger alcohol inks, my alcohol blending solution, my alcohol ink applicator and some glossy paper.  And this is what I came up with:

 First I used my TCW Mini Onion Skin 6x6 stencil and my ink applicator to apply some Lettuce alcohol ink to my background panel.

 Then I applied some Cranberry and Butterscotch inks to my applicator with a little bit of the blending solution and dabbed it directly onto my solid maple leaf stamp and stamped it onto some more glossy paper.

I then proceeded to use a different applicator pad for each of my combination of inks.  (Colors: Cranberry, Butterscotch, Lettuce, Wild Plum)  Each time I applied a new color combo some of the dried color from the previous application to the stamp was reactivated. This resulted in many different varieties of color combinations.  Kind of what you'd actually find in autumn leaves!

I found that I couldn't stop myself!  I ended up with many, many leaves to use on future projects!  I really love the ones  on which you can see the veins!

Finally I used each of the previously used pads and coated some more glossy paper allowing all the colors to blend together.  I stamped my maple leaf outline stamp in Ranger Archival Jet Black ink several times.

Then I cut out a few of my favorite leaves and added them to my card front along with a simple sentiment and some sequins.

 

And that's it!   Pretty simple, but that's how I've been rolling lately.  I love the clean fresh look of this card!  Who says autumn colors have to be deep and dark??

Now it's your turn.  Let's see what you come up with for the ePlay challenge!!  I can't wait!

eP Inkssentials - Glossy Paper	eP Mini Onion Skin 6x6 Stencil	Ranger Adirondack - Alcohol Inks	Ranger alcohol blending solution
Ranger alcohol ink applicator	Ranger alcohol ink felt pads	Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

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