#183 Lets fly challenge.

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Hello, No tutorial today but a brief explanation.

I used these stamps for this card.

Daisy florish,

M raven2, 

Goth raven 

and 

Carmens Veranda Art wings to fly.

I also used 

distress oxide Iced spruce, 

Wilted violet, 

Picked rasberry 

Blueprint sketch.

And distress ink Black soot.

A black waterproof ink.

White gel pen.

Black fineliner.

I started by making a puddle with Iced spruce and some water and dabbing the paper into it.

Let it dry, then make stripes with the side of the oxide ink pads.

Stamp the ravens with the waterproof ink.

Color the ravens with pencil or marker.

Give them some accents with the white gel pen.

Stamp the text on white paper and draw a line around the words.

Cut the words in to pieces.

With the black distress ink and an ink blender we now darken the outer edge of the paper.

That gives it some mystery.

Glue the words on the card.

Now take a larger sheet of white paper,

 and stamp it completely full with the Daisy floral and black ink.

Now stick the raven card on top and matt with black cardstock.

This is a somewhat older technique, 

but as you can see, you can quickly and easily achieve an interesting background.

So now its up to you, and I hope you join the challenge.

It runs till end of the month, so still time to join.

There is new rubber to win, so thats nice.

Goodluck and dont forget to have fun with your craft.

Steampunk slimline card.

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 Hi stampers and other crafty people.

Do you love steampunk and vintage?

Than join the challenge and have a chance to win some rubber stamps.

Here's my DT example.

I made a slimline card, here is the step by step.

This is what I used:

LCD stp fly with bird.

stp Dirigible.

Pieces of calligraphy.

Gears 2.

CV art wings to fly.

Derwent Inktense pencils

Stazon Dove grey

A waterpoof black

Distress ink Wild honey,

Vintage photo,

Mowed lawn

Twisted citron.

Mica sheet.

White gell pen.

I started by stamping the Fly with bird stamp with black waterproof ink

on watercolor paper.

Color her in with the inktense pencils.

I chose green, yellow and gray,

 because I didn't want to use the traditional steampunk/vintage colors this time.

When you're done coloring, cut out the steampunk girl.

You can use sissors or a knife, what ever works the best for you.

Now we make the background.

Make with the 4 colors and some water ink puddles.

The main part with the distress ink vintage photo and wild honey.

And with the green colors we do some ink here and there.

I used a piece of mica, so you have more control over where the ink goes.

Leave some space to print the other stamps.

With the gears 2 background stamp and Distress ink Mowed lawn I stamped here and there.

Because I wanted to keep it very subtle I stamped second and third generation.

With the Stazon dove gray I stamped in the left under corner

and the right upper corner with the pieces of calligraphy.

And did the same with the dirigible stamp in the top left corner.

I stamped with black stazon.

The text "Art gives my soul wings to fly",

Now glue on the steampunk lady and mat with gray.

I hope you liked it,

and maybe you will also make something for the challenge.

If you participate you have a chance to win beautiful stamps.

You have until the end of the month.

You can find the rules here.

# 159 "Winged things" Butterfly mixed media portret.

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 Hello,  Riet here.

Yes there is a new challenge at, 

Lost Coast designs and Carmens Veranda stamps.

"Winged things"

I really like challenges, 

they put your brain to work and stimulate creativity. 

So if you're interested, come join the fun and join the challenge.

You have a chance to win new stamps, and who wouldn't want that. 

You can even participate with stamps from other brands, 

but you prefer our stamps.

Please read the rules to avoid disappointment.

Today my contribution to the challenge.

I drew a mixed media portrait.

 And with my red-haired granddaughter in mind, this came out.

I worked with Van Gogh watercolor paint and Derwent inktense pencils.

Everything has been done with the watercolor except her hair.

I colored it with the inktense pencils.

I stamped the background with 

LCD Brushstrokes, Pieces of calligraphy and Pieces of architecture.

And the butterflies are from LCD Butterfly set.

The beautiful text "Art gives my soul wings to fly" is from Carmens Veranda.

These are the inks I used for stamping.

Versafine onyx black for the butterfly.

Archivel ink coffee.

Distressink Rusty hinge, Twisted citron and Evergreen bough.

I hope you will join the challenge, it is for everyone and it doesn't matter if you are beginner or advanced.

That's it for now, I wish you a nice day.

# 152, Things with wings, art journal page.

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Hello everyone, Riet here.

Today an art journal page for the "things with wings" challenge.

I stamped it purely with ink.

Lost Coast Designs has released a great new sheet,

called "Brush strokes".

  I have enjoyed stamping with this new sheet.

Stamps I used:

Five stamps from the Brush strokes sheet

Praying angel

Crows border

Checkerboard rustic border

Goth raven

Pieces of calligraphy

Crackle background

Carmen's Veranda, Art wings to fly.

Stazon Jet black

Distress oxide

Wild honey

Bundled sage

Peacock feathers

Saltwater taffy

Watercolor markers

I started with Stazon Jet black.

I stamped the Praying angel with it.

I also stamped the checkered border and crows border with the Stazon jet black.

With the 4 colors Distress oxide and some water I made some ink spots on the empty spots.

I stamped the background with these five stamps from the brush strokes sheet.

All with the distress oxide colors.

With the crackle stamp and black stazon,

 i made some small prints in the empty spots of the paper.

With the long small stamp I stamped the edges with stazon jet black.

With the markers I colored the goth crow and the angel.

I hope you enjoyed it and that you also get to work on the challenge theme, "Things with wings".

You can also participate with other brands. 

But of course we prefer Lost coast designs or Carmen's Veranda stamps.

You have until the 30th to participate, and you can also win new stamps.

The team is looking forward to what you will make, so feel free to join us.

#138 Vintage/Steampunk challenge. Tag with dirigible stamp.

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Hi there stampers, Riet here.

 I just love this airship stamp from LCD.

So I made this tag with it.

This is what I used for it.

Click on the link if you want to go to the webshop.

Carmens Veranda sentiment,

Art wings to fly.

Pieces of calligraphy,

Gears 2,

STP Dirigible.

Furthermore you need.....

Distress ink Aged mahogany,

victorian velvet,

speckled egg,

walnut stain,

vintage photo.

Stazon Timber brown.

Start by applying vintage photo as shown in the photo.

Spray some water to make stains.

Dry with the heat tool.

Then fill in the space with Speckled egg.

Take one of the Galligraphy stamps and stamp here and there with Vintage Photo.

With Vintage photo and Aged mahogany you stamp the gears here and there.

Now we put on the edges with Aged mahogany and Walnut Stain.

With some paint or ink we now also make the splashes on the tag.

Now we color the airship with the Distress inks.

Stamp the airship on the tag with the Stazon Timber brown.

Cut out the colored stamp and glue it on.

Cutting out the ropes and fence on the ship would be much more difficult.

That's why we stamp the ship on the tag.

Stamp the text with the brown stazon.

Now its up to you to show us your Vintage/Steampunk art and join our challenge.

There are stamps to win.

So Join us and please read the rules, and have fun creating.

#133 Its a wrap challenge, wrapping paper, gifts and boxes etc

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Hello everyone, Riet here.

Today I have 4 delicious chocolate bars to show you.

Yes unfortunately only to look and not to eat, lol.

They are presents from my granddaughter for her kindergarten teachers.

She is celebrating her birthday,

 and in the Netherlands we give some treets to the teachers and children.

I decided to work with something with wings.

I've only worked with Distress Oxides.

I also used the beautiful stamps from Lost Coast Designs.

The sentiments are from Carmen's Veranda.

The mandalas are masks.

Would you also like to join our challenge?

There is a chance that you will win new rubber stamps.

You can participate with any stamp brand you want,

as long as you use real stamps at work.

click to go to the challenge......

These are the stamps I used.

Click on the picture for the webshop.

Butterfly Trio with Roni

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Hello Friends!

Today I wanted to share a card that was inspired by challenge #56 - "Things that Start with "B"!

I knew I wanted to make a butterfly card so I stamped 3 of the 5 butterflies from the "Butterfly Set" onto white cardstock using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.

I then scribbled Marabu Art Crayons onto my craft mat and began to play! I used a waterbrush to mix and pick up the medium to paint each butterfly.

After each butterfly had been painted and the paint allowed to dry I fussy cut them each out of the cardstock. 

I created a background for the butterflies, again using Marabu Art Crayons (for more information on how I went about creating this background, please see - B is for Butterfly).

Next I roughly placed the butterflies on the panel to determine correct placement. Once satisfied with the lay-out I stamped the butterfly directly on the green panel - by doing so I didn't have to worry about cutting around all of the little antenna since they are already on the card!

I stamped the sentiment (Art Wings to Fly) among the butterfly images then mounted the water colored butterflies over the stamped butterflies.  I gave them a bit of dimension by gluing their bodies directly to the panel but adhering the wings to the card using double stick foam tape.  

Hope this has inspired you to play along with our challenge!