Time for Love

Hi
Today I am here with my AJ page for the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge with the letter L, I have gone with the word Love not very original I know but while I was sorting out some stamps I came across a set of  Hearts and this beautiful verse and a page was born.

my page was firstly brushed with pink and lilac acrylic paint I then stamped with the various heart stamps in same paint (this doesn't show up in the photo, then using various distress inks I built the layers of stamping.  The verse was stamped in versafine black and lightly brushed with same paint as it was far to bright and clean for the page. In real life you can read the verse still the photo seems to have dulled the ink........sorry.  I added the definition from the dictionary and with a black fine line pen I have drawn some hearts and written the words LOVE and SWALK in various places over the page.  Together and Cherish die cuts were added to the page and brushed over with the paint.
Thiss page also fits in with the challenge at Our Creative Corner - Return of the Challenge.

I have chosen to revisit challenge August 1st 2013, Words Words Words, this is a great challenge, also great fun.

I would also like to join in the following challenges

Creative Artist Challenge - anything goes
The artistic Stamper Creative Team blog - Springtime
Mixed Media World - Love is in the Air
Our Creative Corner - The Return of the Challenge - Chosen - Words Words Words August 2013


until next time
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Cheeky Autumn Owl Trio

Hi
Today I would like to share a trio of ATC's. I used the  owl free stamp with November Craft Stamper Magazine, I will also be joining their October TIMI Challenge.
I love owls and really enjoyed making this trio. I started with the background using distress inks and stamps building up the master board until I was happy.  I meant to take photos of the master board in progress but I forgot as I got carried away in the moment :)  Below are the details.

Master board - I started with distress inks on white card, crushed olive, mustard seed, frayed burlap, dried marigold, vintage photo, applying them in a random way until I was happy. I cut this to size and then the next step was to use a TCW stencil with rusty hinge  distressed dots (at bottom of ATC's.) Stamps used are Sheena Douglass - Ageing Beautifully set,  a great set for distress effects.  I used the fabulous distressed corner stamp with black archival, the crackle was stamped in aged mahogany (behind owls), and script (at the bottom) in black archival


I made another master board with distress inks peacock feather, tea dye, frayed burlap. I dabbed the pads directly onto craft mat added water and swiped the card through the inks, stamped the owl in black archival 6 times to allow me to add layers to the wings and eyes with foam pads, which doesn't seem to show up in the photo. :(
Edges of each were distressed  and inked with aged mahogany.

Using Tim Holtz tattered pine die I cut leaves in kraft card and inked with distress inks aged mahogany, crushed olive, frayed burlap, vintage photo and added pieces of burlap and layered buttons. Lastly I added chit chat stickers - creating-altered-treasure.  words which fitted my creations perfectly for me as I love making these little treasures of art, they give me real pleasure not only to make but to keep.  I used to swap them but haven't done so for a very long time.

The challenges I would like to join are

TIMI Craft Stamper Magazine - Take a Technique - I used inks and stamping

MMW#7 -Anything Goes with Autumn Colours

Try It on Tuesday - Autumn

thanks for dropping by