Tree Canvas

Good morning, peeps!

Did you miss me yesterday?  I'm sorry there was no post but I don't know what happened to the day, it just sort of ran away with me.  I'm sure we all have days like that.

Anyhoo, here is today's offering:

This is a canvas board on which I painted some random hilly shapes using white acrylic mixed with various shades of H2Os.  The basic tree trunk is one of wor Sheena's new stamps that are being launched on the Weekender event starting tomorrow at 9.00 a.m.  I filled the trunk shape with Modelling Paste to create the bark texture that isn't showing all that well in the piccy.  When that was dry, I painted the surface with H2Os.  The leaves, blossoms and sky were all produced with some of the special effects paints that are in the mixed media kit that's also being launched on the weekend shows.  The stamps that produced the flowers and leaves are also on the shows but the butterfly is cut from a Crafter's Companion die.

I do hope you'll all be watching over the weekend because I know there'll be some wonderful demos and some exciting products as well.  The show times again are:

Saturday 1 November at 9.00 a.m., 12.00, 6.00 and 8.00 p.m.

Sunday 2 November at 11.00 a.m, 2.00 and 7.00 p.m.

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

 

.... and now for something completely different...

Good morning, peeps!

I'm back again to tell you about wor Sheena's latest adventures in the land of paint!  She has a Weekender event on Create and Craft TV this coming Saturday and Sunday 1st and 2nd November and will be launching a yummy paint kit and some brand new stamps.  Here is one of the samples I made with them:

The black area in the middle is actually a mirror but I put the black card in there so you wouldn't see the reflection of my lights and the camera lens!...not a very artistic sight!!  Anyhoo, this mirror (from a certain well known Swedish Department store at a cost of about £1.50) has been covered with Modelling Paste into which were pressed some cut out pieces of black card impressed with some of the new stamps that were heat embossed with brass EP .  When this was all dry, the result was painted with Pebeo Vitrail paint (glass paint), which is part of the kit, and hey presto, you have a mirror that looks far more than the £1.50 that it originally cost - a nice Christmas present for someone, methinks!

Do look in at the weekend if you possibly can, I'm sure that the lovely Sheena will be showing us lots of lovely techniques with these new painty wonders.  At the moment the show times are:

Saturday 1 November at 9.00 a.m., 12.00, 6.00 and 8.00 p.m.

Sunday 2 November at 11.00 a.m, 2.00 and 7.00 p.m.

Watch out for changes to the schedule though as they do sometimes happen.

I'll see you tomorrow but thank you for looking today.

Hugs

Two today!

Good afternoon, peeps!

Well, wor Sheena's shows are getting very close now with the first one being tomorrow at 9.00 a.m.  so I thought I'd show you two cards today and they show two differing ways of using the elk stamp (at least I think it's an elk!).  This one shows the magnificent beast painted with the Aquatints then cut out and mounted on Collall 3D Glue Gel, as are the ferns also (from the Optimism plate).  The background is created with the Aquatints using the salt technique on Watercolour card.

On this card the elk is just a silhouette because I've painted over the image with Black Gesso.

He's standing on rocks made with torn black card and I've used the Silver Aquatint from the Essentials set to create highlights on the elk and the rocks from the effect of the Northern Lights.  The other image is from the Sheltering Tree plate.

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

Sneaky Peek at a Stencil

Good afternoon, peeps!

This post is a slight departure from the norm in that there are no rubber stamps involved, which is definitely surprising for me!

These deer relaxing in a glade at sunset (or is it sunrise?) were produced from one of eight stencils that will also be launched on wor Sheena's Weekender show starting on Saturday on Create and Craft TV.  The colourful background is of course the wonderful Aquatints that I've been waxing lyrical about (well I might just like them a teensy bit!) and the shadows were stencilled through with black pigment ink.

The show times again are:

Saturday 4 October at 9.00 a.m., 12.00 noon, 6.00 & 8.00 p.m.

Sunday 5 October at 7.00, 11.00 a.m. 2.00 & 7.00 p.m.

and I'll be watching/recording all of them - hope to see you there!

Hugs

Sneaky Peek the Third

Good evening, peeps!

Yes, I'm a bit late with today's blog post, it's been a bit of a hectic one but here I am finally with another example of what you can do with these lovely Spectrum Noir Aquatints:

Now you're probably thinking that I've used the pastel set here?  Wrong!  This is Sheena Stamping Card (brilliant stuff!) coated with Gesso then when it's dry, spray with water and start painting with your chosen colours.  The Gesso stops the Aquatints from soaking into the card so you get a softer effect.  I tell you these inks are really, really versatile!

Do watch the shows and see wor Sheena demonstrating some of what you can do with them.  The shows are:

Saturday 4 October at 9.00 a.m., 12.00 noon, 6.00 & 8.00 p.m.

Sunday 5 October at 7.00, 11.00 a.m. 2.00 & 7.00 p.m.

There'll be lots of other goodies to spend your money on as well, including a brand new range of stamps.

I hope you enjoyed today's sneaky peek and I'll see you again tomorrow.

Hugs