Another card from Sue Carrington's Tag Screen

I so enjoyed making the previous card, using the techniques on the PaperArtsy Blog, from Sue Carrington's Tag Screen, that I made another one.

I have used the same Fresco Paints (Beach Hut, Limelight, Snowflake) plus I added some Pea Coat to the frame around the word Sanctuary.
The dragonfly is painted with Pearlescent Watercolour paints, so if you tilt the card it becomes electric blue (with hints of gold).
The stamps are from Hot Picks 1006 again.

Sue Carrington at PaperArtsy

Gosh, it seems like ages since I was last able to  join in with the PaperArtsy semester (I really did want to, I was just not able to)
I managed a card this week, using Sue Carrington's post #3, her gorgeous tags as inspiration.

I've used Fresco Paints in Beach Hut and Limelight (applied with a babywipe), with the stencil circles in Snowflake.
The stamps are Hot Pick 1006, with the overlaid saying from Lin Brown #3
The other saying, I'm afraid I have no idea what company it is from - I have a sheet of sayings that I cut up and mounted, and never wrote down who the company was.

Tim Holtz challenge - 12 tags of 2013 - June

I thought I'd have a go at Tim Holtz's challenge this week.
12 Tags of 2013 : June

It's been a while since I did distress, and I needed to use my new distress pens for watercolour painting. It was great fun!

PaperArsty Challenge - Sue Carrington

Sue is back for her next week at PaperArtsy.
I loved her altered pencil/sewing case, and decided to finish a project that has been hanging around my craft desk for ages : a wooden tissue Box.

I did have a go before, and hated the result so I stripped it down, and have been waiting for inspiration...

The top of the box is from the original attempt - it was texture paste that I stamped into. I just repainted it with Fresco Paints (Nougat, Irish Cream, Claret and Chocolate pudding)

For the sides I used metal. I embossed them, mounted them on black card then painted them with the same colours as the box.

Okay, it very subtle colour wise, but I like it :)

PaperArtsy challenge : Darcy Wilkinson

The amazing Darcy Wilkinson has burst onto the PaperArtsy semester, wowing us all with her outstanding creativity.
Her work is truly amazing, and well worth looking at!

I chose her first post for my card this week.

I created the background using her techniques (and Hot Pick 1009 stamps), then used Lin Brown stamps for the flowers and words.
Both the background and the flowers are all made using Fresco Acrylic Paints.