This is my sample for Robin's fun Free for All Challenge, the challenge can be found here .
I look upon my card making as a hobby, not necessarily a process that will result in a card. Spending money on a hobby is happy experience and far healthier than thinking every card cost $92.80
I don't have a typical art journal with gesso'd pages, lots of paint and gorgeous sticky out bits, mine is just an A5 (app 5.5" x 8") Monte Marte (el cheapo) visual art diary. They cost less than $4 so it is never a drama to rip a few dodgy pages out. I stick card fronts onto the pages so the quality of paper is not important. Having said that, the left hand page here was done by colouring directly onto the cheap paper and is not exactly as it would come out on cardstock or photocopy paper, but it is near enough. The whole idea of the book is to remind me about techniques and colours and to use a lot of the weird stamps and sentiments that I have.
I have been doing a lot of bright colouring lately on photocopy paper using Prismacolour Pencils, Distress Crayons / GelatoÂ’s (if you own GelatoÂ’s you already own Timmy's crayons) and alcohol markers. This sample shows how a bright and colourful card can be instantly aged by scrubbing the entire thing with Walnut Stain distress ink.
I often take the super bright look away by gently swishing a pre-stained Walnut Stain foam blending tool over the card, however to achieve this true vintage look I used the Smack & Squirt technique followed by very firm scrubbing of the blending tool over the whole card.
Smack walnut stain distress ink onto aluminium foil, squirt on a fair bit of water and use a foam blending tool to mop up the inky water. Scrub over the card. Give the card a blast with the heat gun before scrubbing on more watery ink, its best to build up the stain rather than inking up the foam blending tool straight from the ink pad.
To continue with the vintage theme, all garden stamping and crackle stamping was down with dark brown (ground espresso) distress ink. Doodled border was also done with fine brown micron pens. The background is from an 8" Graphic45 paper pad from a lifetime ago. I was surprised how much water the G45 paper could take, especially as the grass and sky were also done with the Smack & Squirt technique. The little clock is from a G45 paper and the big clock face is from a Prima set of embellishments. The clock hands were made by using a brad back to front.
Thanks very much for looking. I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
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Sun, Sep 11, 2016 @ 2:13 PM
Ha ha Susie every card costs just under $100, oh say it is not so... Shhh don't tell my DH. I love your page and showing the different variations on what happens when you mix this or that, that is a brilliant way to keep track of the craft to know what you want to do on an image or two. Super cute coloring on your mushroom house too.
Registered: April 13, 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 178
Sun, Sep 11, 2016 @ 7:14 PM
Oh Susie, you are SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still absorbing your narrative. This is my very Favorite of all your houses so far! I LOVE all that Beautiful detailed coloring you did on it! And the crackle finish and your Delicious rubbed Walnut stain just ooze vintage. Love it, Love it, Love it!!! You are an Amazing teacher and I bow to your talent. And I think now there's going to be a run on brads in all the stores. People waiting in long lines in the wee hours before the stores open. What a Marvelous idea for the clock hands!!! I'm thinking, too, that house is just too Spectacular to not have a very special Bird living in it! Do you know if Sassy Alana has been looking for housing? I haven't heard anything, but you know her better than I.