Life in a Snapshot

Friday, 26 April 2019

The Spectacular StencilGirl(R) Squared Off Swap Hop

Hello and welcome! You have arrived at the StencilGirl® Creative Team’s Squared-Off Swap Hop.

We all created small pieces of art using StencilGirl products and then we swapped them with each other.I received pieces of art from Jill McDowell, Natalie May, Cheetarah Cheeda and Sandee Setliff.

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Dots2Lines, Aditi & Sunila Mahajan

Katie Lamb You are here !!

Art & Whimsy, Belen Sotelo

Louise Nelson

I wanted to use the largest sheet as a base so i cut it to A5 size and then started to cut out pieces from the other swap squares. I didn't want to cut them up but i couldn't fit it all on!!

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Tuesday, 23 April 2019

Craft Consortium The Herbarium Collection Jars Art Journal

Hi all

I am sharing an new journal page using the new collection by Craft Consortium called The Herbarium.

The Herbarium Clear Stamps Utensils

Paint pages with pale green paint and then apply a stencil.

Apply another two colours to the pages in patches and allow colors to blend a little.

Stamp on texture stamps using Red, Dark green and brown inks

Stamp on the jars using black ink and then add the herb names along the side of the pages to finish.

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Monday, 22 April 2019

The Blank Page Muse Tworki Boy Love Tag

Hello all

I have a tag made with this adorable little chap!!

The Blank Page Muse Stamps Tworki Boy Monster

The Blank Page Muse Stamps Background Grunge Set

The Blank Page Muse Stamps Chain Link Pattern Background

Take a blank tag and stamp the chain link background stamp over the top, apply ink to the sections of the stamp to create a faded effect.

Next take the rose stamps from the Background Grunge set and stamp them onto the tag using the different stamp sizes.

Apply a stencil mask onto the tag and let the modeling paste set.

Take some watercolour paints and using a water pen apply the colours onto the tag.

Stamp out the Tworki Boy stamp and colour in with marker pens.

I had to colour the main image again after realising that it got lost against the background.

Add Sisal to the tag and then glue the main image down.

Glue on a free beads and enamel dots before finishing off with a sentiment.

Saturday, 20 April 2019

Ephemoire Gothic Tag Set

Hello Crafty Friends

I am back with Ephemoire and i am making my entrance with the dark trio of tags. This is just a warm up while i flex my weirdness.

Products used

Bonafide Collection Vol 2

Creepy Closet

Human and Animal Bones Collection

Watercolour paints

Tim Holtz Tag dies

Embossing powder

paper flowers

pearls

Black glass chips

Print out the Bonafide papers onto card in grayscale. This was a happy accident !!
Place a large tag die or template over the papers so that you get the patterned part on most of the tag. then cut it out.
Colour in the patterned sections with watercolor paints
Apply a stencil mask to the plain parts of the tag

On the skull tag, glue on paper flowers and embellishments.
Then add a sentiment to finish.

For the other tags, stamp out a sentiment for each and then use embossing powder on the words.
Add the skeleton and skull images to the tags.

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Friday, 19 April 2019

Easter Blog Hop Art Egg-stravaganza

Hi all

It is our first Easter blog shop and my project is an assemblage. I was going for an Easter basket look.

The images are from Gecko Galz and come as collage sheets.

Here is the blog roll for you to hop along with.

Oddly Appealing

Paper Mache Patch

Psychotic ramblings of a Serial Scrapper  

Kelly Parker Designs:  

Georgia Girl In Maine, Amylove:  

Matter of  Crafts Jessica Larios

LeeAnn McKinney Mimis Crafty Abyss: 

The Crafty Moussekateer: 

Life in a Snapshot   You are here !!

Juli Loves Paper  

Scrap Savvy Creations:   

Whimsy Chic Paper Crafts: 

CMP Designs:   

Priya

The tart tins are painted with DecoArt metal primer and then miltisurface paint. I then used a long cotto

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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Craft Consortium The Herbarium Collection Herbs Journal

Hello all

Today i am sharing my first project using the new The Herbarium collection.

To create the background, i took 3 different shades of green acrylic paint and i covered the pages with the lightest colour first.

Stamp onto the pages with texture stamps, using brown ink.

Before the first colour dries, apply the other two colours.

Stamp over the pages with writing textures.

Take the herb toppers from the 12 x 12 paper pad and then cut them out.

Glue them onto the page to complete the journal.

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Monday, 15 April 2019

Bleeding Art Challenge April Add Stenciling Easter ATC set

Hello all

I am back with another make for The Bleeding Art Challenge. This month the theme is to use stencils and our sponsor is StencilGirl(R). Please join us here

I made a simple ATC Block set and stenciled on the blocks before painting them. The images are from the Gecko Galz Collage Sheets.

The top i decorated with mini eggs and other Easter bonnet decorations. I like to stock up when the sales hit ready for next year.

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Sunday, 14 April 2019

Gecko Galz Live Out Loud Art Journal

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I am sharing my makes for the Gecko Galz team and today i have a bright mixed media art journal spread to share.

I used the Pixie Dust Collage Sheet and Charming Words Collage Sheet

The background is created using layers of paint and then gesso with another layer of paint.

Then i added stencils and texture stamps.

The pixies i cut out and glued onto the pages.

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Saturday, 13 April 2019

The Blank Page Muse Under The Sea ATC Coins

Hello all

Check out my brightly coloured artist trading coins. using the nautical stamps set available at The Blank Page Muse. Get 15% off using code BPMDtKatie2019.