The Earth Laughs in Flowers - AALL & Create

Hello Friends

I am not really enjoying the heat here at the moment but it is wonderful to see all the beautiful flowers in our garden, they inspired me to create a mixed media board featuring AALL & Create stamp set #149 by Tracy Evans and stencil #51 by Autour de Mwa

I started gessoing a media board measuring 6" x 8.1/2".

I stamped Tracy's Checkered Nature stamp in the middle and added a little random stamping to each side.  I drew in two further flower stems using a black marker pen.  I also stamped several more flowers and fussy cut them.

I applied a wash of watercolour ink over the board, in blue and green, let it dry and then applied texture paste through the Batik stencil.

I used watercolours again to colour the front and back of the flowers.

After layering up the flowers (two on each), I added some Glossy Accents to the flower centres.  Finally I used gesso to apply some splatters in white and black.

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

Thanks so much for your visit, I really appreciate it!

Hugs, Anne xx

Ladybird, Ladybird, fly away home....

Hello Friends

I was so thrilled when Tracy Evans brought out a Ladybird stamps set for AALL & Create (Stamp #161).  I was immediately reminded of the rhyme I learned in childhood, there are many versions of the rhyme but my favourite was:

Ladybird, Ladybird fly away home,

Your house is on fire and

Your children are gone

All except one and her name is Anne

And she hid under the baking pan

I know, not the best rhyme but anyway, thank you Tracy for designing such a beautiful stamp!

I made two projects but this one was my favourite.

 I stamped onto watercolour cardstock with Ranger Black Archival Ink.

I stamped two more Ladybirds, coloured them in with watercolour pencils, and then split the wings on the larger one and mounted them with silicone glue to make her look like she is about to fly.

Each Ladybird was coated with Glossy Accents to give them a lovely sheen.

Next, I coloured the stamped base with Distress Inks in Mermaid Lagoon and Gathered Twigs, dropping a little water on top to create some watermarks.

I used some Ranger Texture Paste, mixed with some Gathered Twigs Distress Reinker and added some stencilling to the right hand side, using AALL & Create Stencil #51 by Autour de Mwa.

To finish off the top of the tag I added some Vintage Seam Binding coloured with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and some rusty wire.

I thought the bottom needed a little something and so I added a Tim Holtz Bingo marker.

The stamp and stencil I used can be purchased from AALL & Create Boutique here, where you will also find a list of worldwide stockists.

Thanks so much for your visit, I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Anne xx