Red Baron for AALL & Create

Hello Friends

As we are not too far away from Father's Day here in the UK,  I created a male themed card as my Guest Designer post for AALL & Create this week.  

I used Olga Heldwein's fabulous Red Baron stamp (Stamp #114) along with her Geometric stencil (#81). 

I started by using a piece of watercolour card and applied a layer of watercolour paint over the whole piece.  Before it dried I placed the stencil on top and rubbed gently over the stencil with a damp cloth to lift some of the colour.  The cloth needs to be damp but not too wet.

I created two backgrounds using the above method and also stamped a plain piece of card (which was used to fussy cut and colour the airplane element).  

I cut the rest of the elements from the darker of the two base pieces.  I also painted some screw head brads to use as embellishments.

I layered up each of the circles on foam pads to give them some height.  The airplanes were added without dimension.You can also see the brads in place here.  I stamped a sentiment from a stamp set by Tracy Evans.

To finish off I splattered over the whole card with white, black and red acrylic paint, mounted it onto black card and then onto a white card blank.

You can find a list of worldwide stockists of the stamps and stencil I used HERE.

Thanks so much for your visit, it is always appreciated!

Hugs, Anne xx

VW Campervan

Hello Friends

I hope you had a lovely Christmas and are now looking forward to the New Year!

I am sharing my weekly project as Guest Designer for AALL & Create, using Bipasha BK's beautiful VW Camper van stamp #141.  Having a holiday in a Camper van has been on my 'bucket list' for years and so I created a travel journal, just in case I ever get the chance!

The finished journal measures 5.1/2" x 3.1/2" by 7/8" deep.  I sized it so that the Camper van stamp would cover the front and back in one stamping.

The above is a view of the back.  I have a few steps to share with you, should you be interested in making a simple journal.

I cut three pieces of chipboard as shown above. 

I used a stamp platform and black archival ink to stamp my image onto a piece of calico cotton and coloured it with 13 Arts Watercolour paints.

I attached the painted calico cotton to the chipboard, leaving a small gap between the covers and the spine, to allow for easier closing.

The above is a view of the finished outside of the journal before adding the signatures.

The inside of the journal was finished off by adding card to cover the inside back, front and spine.  I added elastic for the closure and I also used elastic to hold the signatures in place.

The stamp set I used is available from AALL & Create Boutique, HERE.

Thanks so much for your visit, I will be back on 31st December with some exciting news!  In the meantime, if you are on holiday, enjoy your break.

Hugs, Anne xx