ICAD 2022 - # 26 Poem

Next card # 26 - Poem.  

Week 4 Theme is:  Patterns, Murals, Motifs &/or Wallpaper.

A quick easy one today!

Grabbed another Alice page, with a poem, of sorts.

A couple of stamps and some distress ink pads and all done.

No  need to explain this one, it is super easy.

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

ICAD 2022 - # 25 Portmanteau

Next card # 25 - Portmanteau.  

Week 4 Theme is:  Patterns, Murals, Motifs &/or Wallpaper.

When I looked up the meaning of "Portmanteau", it mentioned Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland. Well, seeing as I used a page from the book yesterday, it was within reach. I looked it up and decided to use the page mentioned.

I adhered the page and then grabbed some acrylic paint and a piece of bubble wrap and had a little play, avoiding the two sentences.

Here's where I decided to let my intuitive side take over.

I grabbed some white acrylic paint and using my finger, I smudged over the bubble bits to dull them a touch. 

Next was to use some washi stickers on the two opposite corners.

I got out one of my Bee Arty Stamps and ink pad and stamped off in a few places.

I thought it was missing something and found this rose sticker on my desk so I used that too.

Lastly, I grabbed my black gel pen and did a line around the two sentences to bring focus to them.

Wow, so happy with how it turned out. I love it!

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

ICAD 2022 - # 24 Print

Next card # 24 - Print. 

Week 4 Theme is:  Patterns, Murals, Motifs &/or Wallpaper.

I enjoy doing Alice theme projects so figured with the theme of "Print", it would be good to grab a page out of an old Alice in Wonderland novel I bought a few weeks back from the Bookfest for $2.00. 

So I ripped the page a bit to how I liked it and adhered. I then grabbed my Grunge Collection MASKSL55 stencil and used my Stormy Sky distress ink to go over it. 

Such a great pattern, like 4 Rabbit holes just there! I sponged the edge of my card wit Black Soot distress ink.

I then added my die cut Alice by Stamperia. 

Too much fun!

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

ICAD 2022 - # 22 Pineapple and # 23 Purple

Next card # 22 - Pineapple as well as # 23 - Purple 

Week 4 Theme is:  Patterns, Murals, Motifs &/or Wallpaper.

I used a dictionary page that had "Pineapple" on it and tore it into 3 strips and used as my background.

I than added some green and yellow acrylic paint to  my modeling paste and used my Tim Holtz film stencil to highlight the "Pineapple". I used my black liner pen to go around the inside and outside of the film strip. Finally using my Yellow Tombow Marker and Green Koi Colouring Brush Pen to add more colour - pineapple colours of course.

Now I will be honest - I then started to look for a pineapple to add to it - yes I quite often start something with only half a plan! So I was looking and looking, and came across these files I had printed off by Luise Heinzl and hadn't got to use yet. Well I saw the Pineapple Owl and knew she just had to go on my card!

Perfect! I love her, I did only finish her off this morning so am posting with today's as well.

Now for today, the prompt is Purple so that was pretty easy to get a background with my Grape Fizz Perfect Pearls Mist! So while I was waiting on that to dry, I looked through my stash and found some wallpaper that was part of a junk journal bundle I bought last year. Bingo! how cute is this wallpaper, and has purple in it as well. A bit of fussy cutting and she looks great on my background.

My saying is another Art by Marlene Sticker Book quote. I did go around the words with a white gel pen which is hard to see.

Anyway, back on course so to speak.....got to love when work and life get in your crafting way!

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

ICAD 2022 - # 15 Mix & Match

Next card # 15 - Mix & Match  

Week 3 Theme is:  Typography, found text, lyrics, poetry & lists.

Goodness, I had soooooo much fun with this!

For my Mix - 

I grabbed my little Asian Book - I do not know which dialect it is, but I found it at a Bookfest and loved it. I torn up one of the pages and adhered them collage style to my card.

Next was my Distress paints - Festive Berries, Rusty Hinge, Twisted Citron and Shaded Lilac. Dabbed it on my mat and sprayed with some water and then smooshed my card around on it. I got another card done by mopping up what was left, which I will use another day.

Now my Match - 

I grabbed out an old Shakespeare Novel (same Bookfest) and ripped out a page to use - I finally decided to use it! I stamped with Archival ink using a few Art by Marlene stamps from her Dramatic Dots set. Then fussy cut and adhered across the centre of the card.

 

I love how it turned out.

I mix and matched my Asian and English book pages with my Paint and Ink.

 

I would love to see what you create, if you are playing along, just tag me @8806angela  if you are on Instagram.

See you tomorrow!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Butterflies ATC's

This month's Sparkles Monthly Challenges #153 is Things with Wings.

This month I made a set of Butterflies ATC's.

 

I was cleaning up my desk - well, sort of, I was looking for something and came across a A4 Collage page I had created for a class a few months ago.....and I thought it would make for great ATC's and/or tags.

So I have already shown you the tag I made using this page, and now here are a set of ATC's as well using a different theme, but just as nice.

My collage page was made using a piece of 160 GSM Digital Paper.

Collaged with strips from music sheets, book pages and patterned paper scraps from stash. 

Black ink with stamps, and white gesso with stencils. Then cutting up to sizes for my projects,.

Now on each one I have used ephemera from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Curator Ephemera Pack Snippets for my cluster and Butterflies from his Snippets Ephemera Pack Ensemble. 

I then added extra stamping using Vintage Photo distress ink with a stamp from Unity Stamp's L.O.L JoJa Kit (2015) as well as one from Dina Wakley's Scribbly Circles. I then sponged around edges with same ink.

Lastly I added a sentiment from Uniquely Creative Cut-a-parts in my stash and used a black pen to go around the edges of them.

I look forward to seeing your take on the theme.

I am entering in the following Challenges:

Mixed Media Lovers # 14

Creative Artiste Mixed Media # 83

Pammies's Inky Pinkies # 2224

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Old page art

I recently got into the habit of wiping off my stencils, etc onto an old book page.

So here is one I had sitting aside with a bit of green ink and modelling paste wiped over.

What a great chapter heading!

I grabbed a few of my distress inks and rubbed over the paste image. 

I love how this turned out, sort of like its melted.

Not sure how I will end up using this page, but I am sure I will find a use for it in one of my Junk Journals for sure.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!