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Paints and inks by Dylusions

The Tiddly peeps over at Tiddly Inks have got all enthusiastic about art journaling with Tiddly images since my last post (see here), so much so that they changed the challenge this month to a two week art journal special! Have a look at their challenge blog here. You will see that they have gone art journaling crazy (and I mean good kind of crazy!)

The art journaling challenge is still on-going so get your paints and inks out and join in!

Yesterday I had a good rummage through some of my digital images and came across these little beauties by Land of Nod Studios and decided to make another ATC.You can find the exact sheet I used on Flickr here.

Images by Land of Nod Studios

I decided to make this ATC into a miniature hanging by adding a couple of brads and some rusty wire. This one has already been traded,  posted and is currently making its way across the Atlantic.......

Bye for now, have a great weekend wherever you are .................

Stampotique Designers Challenge Time!

Sweetmoves by Daniel Torrente

Daisy Daisy, Crown, Hearts Cubed by Jo Capper-Sandon

'What? Never seen a Diva before?' (inside!) from Carol's Collection

It's the Stampotique Designers Challenge time again, and this time Kaz has challenged us all to use black, white and just a hint of colour. I don't mind telling you that this was one heck of a challenge for me! Just a HINT of colour? WHAAAAT?! As you know I usually work in multiple layers of colour so this challenge s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d me just a little bit!

I used Sweetmoves from the new September releases, because I just love her :-) For my hint of colour I chose to use the new Bubblegum ink spray by Dylusions, because that colour just pops!

As this is the first challenge of the month, you may use any stamps (although of course we do like to see you use Stampotique!), and there will be a $30 gift certificate for one lucky winner. If you'd like to join us in this challenge have a look here where you will see all the details, as well as some fab samples from the design team.

Now, just to answer a couple of questions I have had recently ....

Seems like some of you don't know what 'feely boppers' are haha! If you were around in the 1980s then this was essential headwear at discos LOL. They were attached to a headband and bopped around as you were dancing (it makes me cringe just thinking about it!) My feely-boppers (shown again here) have large bundles of tinsel - can you see?! Actually I pinched them off my daughter but it seems I wear them more than she does .....

Recently 'M' asked me this question:

m said...Hello from France! every time I visit your blog I wonder what you work on; the colours are so transparent. Is it watercolour paper or glossy paper? 

Most often I work in  a Moleskine sketchbook which is a matt, cream coloured paper, about 160 gsm.  I think the transparency of the colours is more down to the paints that you use, and I've been using the gorgeously scrummy Dylusions from Art from the Heart, which are semi-transparent (great for layering) and come in a fab range of bright colours. Thanks for your question M.

And finally, I have had quite a few questions about whether I offer, or will be offering on-line classes. At the moment I don't have any plans to as my DVDs are currently available from Traplet, Art from the Heart, and The Stamp Attic. Can't say that I won't ever offer on-line classes, never say never, and all that....

Thanks for your questions, and if I don't get back to you, give me a nudge! I am often busy, and always forgetful :-) I can't always answer your questions directly as there isn't always a link back to you from your blog comment. If you like you can e-mail me, there is a direct link to my email in my side bar and also on my Google profile. 

Bye for now................

And the winner is .....

Many thanks to all of you who left a comment on my give-away post to celebrate 700 followers. I am delighted to have you all on this wonderful art journey alongside me :-)

I used random.org to select a winner, and the winner is ........



....wait for it .......


TA-DA!


Effie

The stamps will be on their way to you soon Effie, and I just know you are going to love them. Can't wait to see what you make with them.

By my reckoning, I am now 74 short of 800 followers, so watch this space...........!

An ATC and a bit of journal play ...

Sweetmoves by Daniel Torrente

Splatter long and French Text by Jo Capper-Sandon

Sun Design by Maryse Carrier

Ink sprays: Poppy and Sunshine by Dylusions

I haven't made an ATC (artist trading card) for ages but it is actually where my journey into art really began. I started making and trading ATCs back in 2008 and then moved onto altered art and eventually art journaling. I still like making ATCs - the size of them (2.5 x 3.5") is still appealing to me, and it's quite a challenge to work on such a tiny scale. I created this background with two of the new ink spray colours by Dylusions - Poppy and Sunshine. These colours are gorgeous and work really well together.

'Sweetmoves' is from the new collection by Daniel Torrente for Stampotique, and is available in the UK here. She is quite a large stamp but I didn't let that put me off adding her to an ATC - as long as the main features are present I think you can afford to lose a limb or two on the ATC :-)

The words are from an English Folk song ...

Dance to your Daddy

My little Lassie

Dance to your Daddy

When the boat comes in ......

Here's a journal page I did a while ago in my small journal:

Images by Dyans Downloads (head) and Rian Designs (body)

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments and for entering my blog candy give-away. I will pick a winner on Tuesday evening at 5 pm (GMT) so it's not too late to enter  ... have a look here.

Byeee for now .......

700 followers, a give away, classes and more!

Well, who would have thought it? 700 followers woop woop! I am absolutely delighted that so many of you want to tune in and see what I have been up to. Not only that, this is my almost 300th post LOL! I tried to time it so it would be 700 followers and 300 posts, but I'm only on 299 haha! In honour of this occasion I wanted to offer a little give-away as my way of saying thanks for all your visits and lovely comments, I really do appreciate all of your feedback and comments. 

For the give-away I chose one of my favourite Dylusions stamps from the new range to give away as I love this set, it is so useful. If you would like to be in with a chance to win this set of stamps just leave a comment on this post and I'll pick a winner using random.org on Tuesday 20th Sept at 5pm GMT. And that's all there is to it, no catches :-)  Feel free to spread the word.

Here are some of the stamps from the set on a tag I made with a class at the 10th Birthday Party of Art from the Heart at the weekend.

Inks and paints by Dylusions

Now, talking of the celebrations at the weekend .... it was fab, and a very good time was had by all. I taught two full 'taster' classes. These classes are just an hour long, and it is a bit of a challenge for a class to complete something in just an hour. No time for idle chit-chat! 

Here's another tag I made for the class:

Inks and paints by Dylusions

Here I am in action teaching, and yes I am wearing feely-boppers!!

(Thanks to Sue for the photo)

And here is the lovely Dyan in action teaching ... just look at the speed her hands are moving!

(Thanks to Sue for the photo)

I did a bit of demo-ing on the day too, and started this journal page which I later finished at home.

Do you recognise the words? They are from a song ... once sung by Nina Simone, but some of you may remember this as the theme music from the 'Film' series back in the 80s. 

I part-made a tag at the weekend as part of a class, which I then decided to add to my journal page when I got home (you'll see those stamps again!)

And I used two of the new paints,  lime and lagoon, from the Dylusions new releases for the background.

All of the new classes at Art from the Heart are now ready to view and book here. Here is a taster of the classes I will be teaching  this autumn, click on the links for more info.

Wednesday 9th November - More Art Journal Inspirations

Sat 26th and Sun 27th November - A weekend of Art Journaling

Sunday 11th Dec - Calendar Journaling

Friday 7th Oct - Mini house journal in a tote bag

If you'd like to see more details about classes click here. Maybe I'll see you there!

Now, just before I go, if you haven't got my DVDs yet but are thinking about it, you may like to hop over to Carin's blog here, and read her review. Thanks Carin!

Bye for now.........