It’s been ages since my last crafty post, but this week I was inspired by 4×4 Fridays to make something from handmade backgrounds. The handmade background for this card was made with my favourite methods. I painted a piece of white card with blue paint, using a very dry brush, at various angles. Other times [...]
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10 Jun
4×4 Friday – Numbers
Being an Engineer, I LOVE numbers, so the 4×4 Friday theme is great. But where to start? I chose a rhyme that I’ve been reciting often with my boys, to distract them while walking home from the shops – it seems to work most times! This has been created with limited resources. We went away [...]
20 May
4×4 Friday – Masks
Such a great theme for 4×4 Friday this week – Masks have always intrigued me and the glamour of an old-fashioned masquerade ball sends tingles down my spine! The blue background was made by me – painted brush strokes with one colour and used the watering of the paint to give it different shades. Stamped [...]
15 May
MMM – Transparencies
Mixed Media Mondays has Femmy hosting this week and she made a piece around the theme of “Transparencies”. These are great for layering, creating depth and making see-through windows. I decided to make two cards, using transparencies I had coloured with Adirondack Alcohol inks. Using, normal “Overhead projector” transparencies, I added Adirondack Alcohol inks to [...]
13 May
4×4 Friday – Tickets
“Tickets” is the theme over at 4×4 Friday this week. If you haven’t been to visit yet, then get over there now (or at least, after you’ve left a comment!) Not only will you find an amazing group of talented artists showing off their work, you will also find the 4″ by 4″ format a [...]
8 May
4×4 Friday – Vintage Brides
Vintage Brides was the delightful theme for 4×4 Fridays this week. I often use vintage colours, so that wasn’t too much of a stretch. I used texture paste for the first time – I wanted the bride to blend into the background. Image from Art-e-zine (A great place for images!) Texture paste with paint over [...]
30 Apr
4×4 Friday – Florals
This weeks challenge for 4×4 Friday is Florals – not flowers, but florals. So my aim here was to do something “florally”, not just with flowers. I’ve just bought the “elegant butterfly” stamp, so I thought that was a good start; the right size too! Background painted purple and stamped with Flower Sketch by Rhonda [...]
15 Apr
4×4 Friday – Family
The lovely challenge site of 4×4 Friday has a theme of Family this week. Alphabet and children image by Collections. Keys from Grungeboard with Vintage Photo Distressed ink. Lace aged with coffee. Happy Creating! Michelle
8 Apr
4×4 Friday – Oriental
A quick piece made for 4×4 Friday this week. The stamps along the border are from a great set of Chinese symbols and characters (which my husband saw and bought for me! Who says 10 years of training isn’t worth it!). The fan stamp in Stamp Francisco. The shiny thing from a $2 shop, sold [...]
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