Two Birthdays

I had two birthdays with a couple of days

of each other & a new background idea,

that I really wanted to try.

Result, two cards but different colours & images.

Both cards feature an image personal to the recipient.

 

First up, my card for Karin, featuring

one of her gorgeous photos from Iceland.

The colours on the card were selected to match

the blue in the photo.

 

Next up, my friend (& old work buddy) Kate.

With this one, I went with pink to match her

Labrador's tongue.

I always think of two things when I look at this photo.

First it reminds me of the test screen on television

of years gone by & second I wonder if Skye is in

fact blowing bubbles with some gum!!

 



 

Both card began the same, 2 squares of 140lb

watercolour paper and gesso added randomly.

Book text paper from a purpose bought cheap dictionary

added & then one card spritzed with Blue Magicals;

TiffanyLou's Blue

& the other Pink Magicals:

Cotton Candy Pink.

(Both from  LSG Sweet Treats set)

While the Magicals were still wet, I added Brusho,

Ost Blue to the Blue card & Rose Brusho on the pink one.

Both were well dried and then Golden Light Molding Paste

was put through a Tim Holtz Stencil, Blossom.

I love how the paste draws up some of the colour in random places.

I dragged Gold Drawing Ink over some sections.

Brusho & Drawing Ink both by Colourcraft Ltd.

Photos were die cut using the Maggie Holmes Polaroid die.

Birthday - Tim Holtz Thinlits Script.

 

Sadly the photograph does not show the glimmer

made by the magical sprays.

 



Latest Art Journal Spread - Craft Life

When I began creating this page, it was using

a colour scheme I had used for something else.

I had used 140lb watercolour paper to blot off

excess colour.

The only idea I had for the page was shimmer.

Lots of glorious pearlescent shimmer...

I totally love the gold/pink combination and

I used this as my starting point.

Sadly, as we all know, cameras do not pick

up shimmer very well. So I included two close up

shots because the gold on the velum heart shows quite well.

 

 

 I also wanted a close up of this gorgeous

digital bird I purchased.

Now a photograph of the complete double page spread.

 

The base of this began life as Dylusions sprays.

First I spritzed with White Linen and then added Lemon Zest

Tangerine dream and Cherry Pie.

Spritzing them this way turned them pastel

(an idea I gleaned from Joggles)

I then used water & more white linen to

do the ghost technique using the Rosetta

& Love Post Stencils by C/Workshop.

Once dry I spritzed with Heidi Swapp Colorshine

GOLD! Yummy!

I added light molding paste through the Love

Post stencil. I also drew them hearts lightly on velum and cut out.

I added the Winged Heart TH die & the bird.

The paste soaked up colour from underneath.

I coloured the back of the velum hearts with Gelato

Champagne Gold and once on the page

spritzed with Gold.

Other products used;

Silk Acrylic Glazes.

Donna Downey stamp

Lime Citron Stamp - Amour

Love stamp - Hero arts

Crafty Secrets Bird Notes stamps

Galaxy Gold ink

LSG Magicals Cotton Candy Pink

Primary elements Rose Gold

Words are all "found Poetry"

from a purpose bought dictionary.