Summer Bling

Hi ya, I cannot believe it's been almost two weeks since I blogged.  I'm afraid most of it is due to lack of mojo which I think had something to do with my craft room not being finished, also trying to do videos while no mojo was difficult.  I did a practise video last weekend while doing some ATCs for swaps which took two days.  I haven't even worked out my editing yet.  Are you ready for this, I was shaking while videoing, seriously, I would be no good on tv lol.  Also I have been really bad with my back as my pain injections are late so struggling at the moment.  BUT the good news is my injections are next Friday, plus while feeling lack of mojo I finished the last bit of my craft room which was boring sorting out chipboard etc, but having to sit with my back it kept me busy, and at long last I am creating again.  There are still a few bits to do but that will now be in the new year.  I will show my craft room next Wednesday with lots of photos.
So I am showing this swap I did recently (end of summer) which we had to use a selection of photos to inspire us, I chose 4 which are near the step by step.  Now it's not the usual step by step as I missed some out as I remember taking it downstairs while I was cooking!!!
I would like to enter the following challenges -
Addicted to Stamps and more - Make your mark (I used paint, stamping, distress & stickles.
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes with twist add a hello (look further down to the packaging and I used a little label saying hello.
The ABC Challenge - Xtra Special - I like use special charms when doing swaps, plus doing nice wrapping with little gifts (further down is picture).
Creative Knockouts - Bling is the thing - I used stickles, pearl glue, silks glaze and sequins.
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Here is my tag, I am really really happy with how it came out,

I had lots of go's as I never do inspiration photos well but this time

I really am pleased.  I love the distress inks with the fresco paint which

gives lots of layers and depths, plus the sparkle and embossing.

I think I might make a journal page like this as it really does make me happy lol.

Here are the photos that I chose for inspiration.

And now for the step by step (ish seems I missed some lol).

I am terrible when it comes to choosing colours so I just went mad with

my distress inks picking lots of colours. (product details at bottom of page).

Splattering of water, I still love how distress reacts to water, I love to

splatter loads and watch the drops appear (ok I am a little sad eeek).

Next I stencilled some fresco paint, the amethyst is opaque so I mixed it with some satin

glaze to make it more translucent.

Some scrip stamping.

Some embossing.

I wanted to initially use the below stamp and had worked everything around it

so it would fit, hhhhhmmmmmmmm I completely forgot that

when I stamped it, it would be the opposite way so I had to go looking for another stamp.

I really love the one I chose in the end.  While I was cutting them out I made some circles out

of the leftover rubber for future use.

I did go a bit mad with the stamping and at one point I was going to

chuck it as it was too much, but with the bling it came out nice.

It's the background I still completely love.

Time to glaze it so I could add doodling later on.

I painted in the flower stems and then used a white journal pen and made

lots of dots, then I went downstairs to make dinner and took it with me to add

lots of Silks paint over the dots in the same colours of the tag.

Then all that was left was doodling with my journal pens, adding sequins and 

some stickles and liquid pearl.

Hope you enjoyed my tag today, I will be back Sunday with a wooden Christmas picture that has lots of grunge paste, paints, embossing, patterned papers and crackles.  Thank you so much for visiting and bearing with me during this time of lack of mojo.
Happy Creating :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx

Products Used
Paperartsy Fresco Paints - limelight, amethyst, satin glaze
Distress Ink - scattered straw, tumbled glass, seedless preserve, ripe perismmon, dried marigold, wild honey, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed
Paperartsy Stencils - Lin Brown PS002 and PS005
Stamps - Paperartsy (words 4), Indigo Blu (stylise flowers), Chocolate Baroque (big flowers)
Ranger Multi Medium and Perfect Medium
Cosmic Shimmer - detail bright gold embossing powder
Archival - jet black, dandelion, red geranium
Silks - pink azalea, apricot nectar, yellow rose
Liquid Pearls - gold pearl
Stickles - fruit punch
Treasure Gold - white fire
Promarker black
Montana black pen and Sharpie white pen.

Seasons ATC's

Hi ya, hope your well today.  Just popping on to tell you about the new challenge over at That Craft Place Challenge Blog which is Anything Goes.  I did a swap recently and used these ATC's for the challenge.  Still sorting and trying to work out how to edit, plus I have Paperartsy paint everywhere of course seems they are the pain products I use.  If I say errrrrrrrr and errrrrrrrmmmmmmm in every video I make I will have no videos lol :-).
I would like to enter the following challenges -
That's Crafty Challenge - Hot and Spicy (Summer ATC)
Try it on a Tuesday - Autumn Colours (Autumn ATC)
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Fall/Autumn Colours (Autumn ATC)
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Winter (Winter ATC)

I have also took step by step of each ATC, I have arranged them

as first close ups then the step by step pics for each one.

Any questions then please ask, all products are available at the

end of the post :-).

After the brayer of paint on each ATC I added distress ink and water splats,

there wasn't much difference but added a bit of texture.  I didn't add the pics of this though.

I also added Fresco Old Gold after, as you can see in the main images.

Right, better be off.  I need to be crafty this week, all the working out the videoing techniques and sorting the craft room has left me needing to splatter more paint everywhere lol.  Thank you all for visiting.
Happy Creating :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx

Products
Paperartsy Fresco Paints - Spring (guacamole, haystack, mermaid), Summer (yellow submarine, blood orange, tango), Autumn (plum, autumn fire, hey pesto, old gold), Winter (inky pool, snowflake, peacoat, pewter).  Leaves (plum, brown shed, autumn fire, chutney), Flower (haystack, tango, london bus, blood orange, hyde park, limelight, hey pesto), Bird (haystack, turquoise, bora bora, inky pool), Snowflakes (snowflake)
Gesso
Distress Ink - Spring (squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass, bundled sage), Summer (mustard seed, spiced marmalade, festive berries), Autumn (rusty hinge, seedless preserve), Winter (iced spruce, chipped sapphire).
Sizzix Alteration dies - tattered leaves, stacked stars, caged bird.
That Craft Place - Laser chipboard - Flower
Creative Expressions Stamp Set - Textures
Archival jet black
Promarker black
Versafine dazzle frost
Stampendous (tiny and small alphabet)
Crafters Workshop Stencils - punchinella mini, well rounded mini
Tando snowflakes
WOW embossing powder (nice ice blue, halloween, sparkling snow, clear hologram.
Cosmic Shimmer UTEE (tropic red, tropic yellow, lapis black.
Enchanted gold embossing powder (not sure where from)
Ranger Embossing powder (antiquities frosted crystal)

Unruly Paperarts - Make and Bake

Hi ya, I can't believe I haven't blogged since last Thursday eeeeek.  This is mostly to do with the fact that I am finishing off my last bit of sorting in my craft room and learning to video.  I wish I had Tabitha's nose from Bewitched!!! lol.  It would be great, wrinkle my nose and all my sorting would be done and wrinkle again and I would have a camera person to video and edit my up and coming YouTube videos lol.
Anyway today I am here to tell you about my article over at Unruly Paperarts Blog and this month we are doing tutorials on Make and Bake and I did mine on Fimo Clay in molds vr's Hot Glue.  Why not pop on over to have a nosy, I did two ATC's identical to show the differences :-).
I would like to enter the following challenges -
Crafty Catz challenge blog - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/optional holiday thanks
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Each ATC is the same except one is hot

glue and one is fimo, pop on over to Unruly Paperarts to see the tutorial :-)

Right I better be off, want to finish some sorting again this evening, mind you I fancy a bit of crafting as well.  Thank you so much for visiting.
Happy Creating :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx