Stampotique designers challenge: Stencils

Hi guys! Ive decided to join in on the stampotique designers challenge this week. I love my stampotique stamps  but have been neglecting them lately. So this was the perfect opportunity to get them out and have a play! This week is hosted by Corrie Herriman and here was the challenge:

"Hello and Happy Wednesday!  I love using stencils.  They add another layer to your background and lots of interest too.  Use them with paint, ink model paste or even gesso.  Show me what you do with stencils and have fun!"


I chose to work in my art journal for this challenge. This is a relatively new concept for me and I'm not used to the layout. Its a lot of space compared to the cards and tags I usually make! So I'm not too sure about how this turned out , but its my art. Its from my soul and it has lovely stampotique images So I decided to jump in the deep end and show it to you guys. Here it is:

There are so many layers I lost count! I just kept on working and working till I was happy with what I had. I used daniel Torrente's smushallaum and smushasha, all kinds of stencils with normal texture paste, and transparent texture paste. Then I used dylusions sprays, prima bloom sprays, and treasure gold (told you I worked it a lot). I finished off with moody song lyrics from one of my favourite Florence and the Machine songs. I liked how it said "ghouls" in the lyrics, as these mermaids remind me of "ghouls playing".

Hope you like it as much as I had fun making it! I hope to join in on more challenges soon.

here some more close ups:

                            I like the way the treasure gold makes it shimmer in the light!


                                   Thanks for stopping by!  see ya soon.x
                                                           
                                                                                     Always, -Kass

Second and third Halloween ATC featuring stampotique stamps and ranger distress inks x

 Hello you lovely lot. Just wanted to show you the other 2 ATCs I made for the stampotique facebook page swap.

 This first one was made by stamping "friend" stampotique stamp by Daniel Torrente on to the ATC. I used black versafine ink for this and then clear heat embossed him.Next I went in with festive berries distressink and flicked it to look like blood splats. To do this I pressed the ink pad onto my craft sheet, sprayed with water, got it onto a paintbrush, and flicked it at ATC. I stamped the sentiment with black versafine, and clear heat embossed it. Then, i stuck orange sequins onto theATC where i found it compositionally appropriate. For the last step I went back to the festive berries distress ink pad and scraped the edges of the ATC with it just to pick up a bit of colour and frame it. It was quite simple but effective, I think. Leaving the backround white really make the "blood splatters" pop.

This other "Trick or treat" themed ATC used 4 stampotique stamps. I stamped and cut out the witches hat, the devil, the pumpkin trick or treater, and the door stamp. (Masking off what was originally on door stamp to leave the door blank)

For the backround I pressed spiced marmalade, and dried marigold distress inks onto the craft mat repeating the process from earlier. Spritzed with water but this time ran it through the inky water, turning it back and forth to create intresting patterns.

Set that aside to dry whilst you colour in the door, the devil,the hat, and the pumpkin trick or treater stamps. I used copic markers for this but any good marker or coloured pencil will do. Go ahead and have fun experimenting with this. Half the fun for me is trying new products, and techniques. Just make sure if you decide on alcohol markers make sure you stamp the images in momento ink. It is water based so the colours wont bleed with the alcohol markers. I placed the devil stamp behind the cut out door and stuck that to the ATC.Then I stamped the trick or treater with black ranger archival ink directly over half of the door. I then took my coloured pumpkin trick or treater image (With missing arms and legs) and stuck it over where i stamped.  Stick on your hat, and your almost done!

The last step is on the computer. I typed out the sentiment in a word document, printed it, cut it up, and coloured the edges. Once you stick that on there, go around the edges ever so lightly with walnut stain....and your done! Easy peasy.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments for me. I really appreciate all the support from everyone. Now go out, have fun, and create!

Always, -Kass

Stampotique "halloween" ATC swap

Hi everyone. Hope everybody is enjoyed their weekends. We had a virus come through our house last week. Everyone was ill. one after the other. It was not fun at all. Hence why I have been quiet on the blog front for a bit.Thank gosh Im feeling better and I wanted to share with you my ATC for the Stampotique originals facebook page "halloween" themed ATC swap. Its hosted by Nikki Woodward. Check out her blog here. x I had so much fun making these! Thanks Nikki .x

Above is the front and back of the first ATC. I used shabby shutters and peeled paint distress inks. I tapped them straight onto craft matt, spritzed with water, and ran ATC through. I manipulated it around to make sure I got runs and splats. Then I heat dried it. I stamped the specks and specimen with Tim Holtz halloween stamps. The bottles are JOFY, and "freaky little thing " sentiment is wendi vecchi. The head in the jar is mothfab from stampotique, The ghost is Janet Klein for stampotique, and the skulls area halloween cube by Daniel Torrente for stampotique.


I have more ATC s to show you guys but this is all for now, I hope you enjoy...

                                                   Always, Kass