A Splash of Colour
My Art blog by Helen Chilton
Saturday 20 April 2024
Gilded Oval
Saturday 13 April 2024
Brocante Mannequin
I’ve been
playing dress up this week with this mannequin that I cut out of one of the
12x12 Stamperia Brocante papers. I’ve added a pleated skirt made from a strip
of the same paper, some lace, some cut out spoons, some cut out flowers plus
ribbon and gems. You can really go to town. It’s all layered up on a size 10
tag.
Saturday 30 March 2024
A little bit of Chocolate!
All products from That's Crafty!
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/stamperia-collectables-coffee-and-chocolate-sbbv26.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/stamperia-die-cuts-assortment-coffee-and-chocolate-dfldc87.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/stamperia-stencil-brocante-antiques-mixed-patterns-kstd160.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/prima-re-design-chalk-paste-english-drapery.html
I hope you have a lovely bank Holiday weekend.
Helen
Saturday 23 March 2024
A Card for Spring
The
background is by Stamperia, from the Atelier des Arts calendar which is at sale price – even though
it’s for 2022, you still get the papers, so it seemed a good deal to me. I’ve
used some of Marlene’s stamps and layered pattern onto pattern, which I do like
doing just to see if I can get away with it!
All products from That's Crafty!
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/stamperia-calendar-2022-atelier-des-arts-ecl2205.html
Saturday 16 March 2024
It's today!!
At 2pm and 6pm Samantha Jane Laing will be on HobbyMaker TV with lots of lovely stamp designs so I thought I'd show you some of my makes in full.
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-clear-stamp-sets-by-melina-dahl.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-satin-inks.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-6ins-x-6ins-stencil-big-flower-tc66078.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-6ins-x-6ins-stencil-honey-bee-tc60055.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-surfaces-mdf-faux-embroidery-hoops.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-surfaces-mdf/page/3/
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-surfaces-mdf-cog-tags-pack-of-2.html
Saturday 9 March 2024
My Art...
A card this
week - I wanted to see if I could create something reasonably colourful on
kraft cardstock. Distress Oxides are good for this, so I stencilled a
background first, going over it several times. I then stamped over that and
also on another piece of card. I found the best way to get some colour on was
with pencils. The text is stencilled onto gold card in black paste.
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-clear-stamp-set-melinas-floral-backgrounds.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-oxide-ink-pads.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-a5-mask-all-circles.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-a4-stencil-words-tc40001.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-black-texture-paste.html
Saturday 2 March 2024
Be Creative…
I’m making a tag this week combining bright flowers with what was meant to be a snowy background – a bit quirky, but I really like it! The background is kraft card sprayed with Distress Oxides and then at some point I’ve used the tree masks – can’t remember when as I dug this out of my stash. The flowers and bird by Melina are painted with Satin Inks – I’d forgotten how much I love these – they mix and mingle and give a lovely glossy, quick drying finish.
All products from That's Crafty!
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-clear-stamp-set-melinas-floral-backgrounds.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-clear-stamp-set-melinas-sketched-birds-branches.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-a4-stencil-trees-tc40011.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-satin-inks.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/tim-holtz-distress-oxide-sprays.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/stamperia-create-happiness-contour-liner-white-katn03.html
https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-surfaces-whitegreyboard-tags-pack-of-6-10.html