Artist Trading Coins Savanne

Today I got in my order from Simon Says Stamp, amongst them was the Creative Expressions On Safari stamp.

So I just had to ink it up for the Simon Says Stamp Monday and Wednesday Challenges.
The Monday Challenge is about  Vintage/past times and I thought the crackle glaze would mimic the age of the coins and the past times people went on Safari  to shoot animals,, I prefer photo Safaris by the way and cuddling lions instead of killing magnificent beasts....

The Wednesday Challenge is Anything goes, showcasing Pink and Main products, but I do not own any.

For the coins I used Mixed Media card and

traced three circles on it. I then knew where to apply my inks with mini finger daubers. I've used Memento dew drops this time (Rhubarb stalk, Love letter, Morocco, Tangerine and Dandelion for my sunset.

I stamped the silhouette image with Versafine Onyx black ink, twice to get a good dark impression. then applied a generous layer of clear crackle glaze. the thicker the layer, the bigger the crackle and if only start to appear when it's dry or there abouts, so be patient.

This is the third stamp I have in this style, Love them, might have to make a proper card with it too, just no crackle then...

Anyway

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this.
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.

Coloring Bear with Heart Balloon, from Lee Holland art, with video

Today I  made a coloring video for this cute little bear holding a balloon.

It's aptly named Bear with Heart Balloon, from Lee Holland Art.
This is one of the 8 images you can find in a value pack of 8UK pounds in his Etsy Shop

I have printed the digi onto the Crafter's Companion Marker paper and colored it using all the alcohol markers brands: Noir, Illustrator and Copic.
Rounded the bottom corners, for a nice effect and on the balloon I've added NUvo Shimmer pen and Aleene's paper glaze for shine and dimension.

Robocat

I colored up this robot chat from Katzelkraft with Polychtomos pencils for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (things with wheels) and the Male Room Challenge Anything goes.

There are actually robots on wheels,even the Wiener dog has wheels, but I like cats, so robocat it is. Inside there's many wears and such I imagine help the wheels go round...Also I thought it would add to the steampunk feel....

For the cardbase I applied Distress Oxides (Dusty concord and Seedless preserves) and splattered it with water.  I diecut the gears from black card and used  Rusty patina to age them adhered them on the cardbase. Mounted the cat with foamtape. Not sure what sentiment would go with this,so I left it until I will use the card.
I don't have a matching purple background,so excuse the pink, might not be as manly as it could be for the Male Room haha.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this.
For more information on the Male Room Challenge, see this.

Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers, English and Dutch video

Feestje

Feestje means, party, like a kids party, not a  party of lawyers or something ;-)

I made it for the Male Room Challenge: anything goes and do  not use designer paper...as if..hehe


I made a balloon stencil by diecutting a circle from acetate and then cutting out the "knot" bit by hand.

I've used Distress inks for the balloons and black splatters: black soot, worn lipstick, wilted violet, mermaid lagoon, cracked pistachio and mustard seed.

I've also added gold splatters with the Nuvo Shimmer pen Midas Gold.

the Feestje is from Karin Joan/Marianne Design KJ1728 and I've diecut it from black card

with double sided adhesive behind it, also Marianne design lr0014.

There's also a feestje stamp in the set, but it's rather new (came out today) and I didn't want to ruin my balloons with a fresh stamp, because it's 11pm and I didn't feel like cleaning it and conditioning it ;-)

For more information on the Male room Challenge, see this.

Save the date for my 3k subbies video hop

Glittered Hello

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is: No stamps allowed, showcasing the SSS own brand.

After a bit of a panic attack...no stamps allowed!...I thought I could use the SSS Big Hello die and a lot of glitter.

I diecut black craft foam, and stuck in on a cradbase. This type  of foam is sticky on one side, and so I removed the release paper bit by bit to add the glitter in rainbow order, making sure to burnish it well. Then Clean it up and fix it with spray fixative. The heart is also a diecut and treated the same way.

For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.