Jenny Mayes Card workshop

A few weeks ago I did a workshop with Jenny at the Worthing show, we made 2 but I've lost one
So here are three toppers ready to be put onto cards

All are water coloured with Marvey le plume but I have used chalk for the sand

This is the card we did at the workshop and I mounted and add the liquid applique at home

Crackle Paint Effect

When at Ally Pally I watch Sheena Douglas do this technique and she used the new acrylic paints from Julia Andrus which are eco friendly, but for the life of could couldn't remember how, so I have been playing and this is what I have come up with .You don't need much just card wood glue ( haven't tried it with PVA ) Ranger Dabbers and a heat gun. Apply the glue and while still wet brush over the paint


With no water you get more dramatic cracks and the more water you add the finer the cracks .The bottom has regular gold acrylic as a base ( I did try with that but it didn't work ) also the heat gun was put closer so got the blistered effect
Here are some backgrounds I have done some good and some not so good all waiting for just the right images

The top 2 from the left are sandal I used victorian velvet over the top and buffed off the excess humm not much of a contrast the next one was forrest moss good contrast :) next was cranberry over gold .
Bottom left I really like this was a peice all ready coloured and stamps that I didn't like, with the effect on the top and then aged mahogany I love the way that the paints are not fully opaque, the middle was with regular acrylic didn't work, the last one show the effects you can get by aplying the paint in different directions.
So you add a base if you want, the effect and then more colour or start with a bare base and add colour .
Oh and I forgot to say once dry you can buff it to a really nice sheen ... wonder why ?
Hope you will have fun with this

Opps here's one I forgot to blog

It's a wedding card for a friend .

You might recognise the stamp it was a freebie with the craft stamper I just didn't ink the bird in the middle just though it made a lovely frame for their names :)

The lace panel I cut on my silhouette and brayered with a big and juicy

With my blog candy from Neet I have made 3 atc's

Top left stamped onto brayed paper and white paper which was torn and stuck on top and the word smile stamped in the film strip .

Top right stamped onto an alcohol background and bits were picked out with gold perfect pearls, doesn't show up to well in the scan and the film strip was pick out with a sukra glossy pen

The bottom one is on brayed glossy card and splashed with water, spotlight stamped onto paper and stuck on as was the camera but then add glossy accents to give it a lence effect and drawn round with a white pen to highlight it and the finishing touch a strip of paper threaded in the film strip. Phew that was hard work lol and these are the ones sent with the house for the swap on UK Stamper

Lots to do Challenge

Finally I have done a challenge for Lots to do and I'm also using it as part of a swap on UK Stampers .

It's a house, the background is done with alcohol inks over a brayed glossy card I've used a spellbinders die to cut the building and punches for the butterflies and ferns with a little bit of stardust stickles and a glitter sakura pen .

Hope you like it :)

Whoo hoo

How lucky was I to have my name drawn to win the candy on Neet's blog .
Also included is the lovely peice of stampboard art work

and I know I have been quiet on the crafting front again but here's 2 birthday card for two different friends hope they like them