Monster Mash

 

These is today's post for Oddball Art Co - Our Oddball theme for June 2021 is 

HIP HIP HOORAY ~ SUMMER CELEBRATIONS

For my main project I am using the

 JUNE MEMBERS EXCLUSIVE CALLED MONSTER MASH

Zombie elephant plus sentiment

This is just a simple card but before I get on to this I would just like to share two more. For the last week we have been staying at my youngest son's place with our granddaughters.

In Spotlight I saw a We R Memory Makers Airbrush set and I thought we would all like to play with this! (We did!)

I had a few images and sentiments in my diary and Isabell (aged 9) enjoyed spraying these.

 We then put them together into a couple of cards.

Unfortunately the photos are quite dark as I didn't have a good spot to take them...

This one used CCC14 Bouquet of Love

Despite the skull she quite liked this image but she found the next one quite scary.

This is the image that Lizzy Love drew for the Clever Dexter Challenge.

By the way, you still have a few days to enter the current Clever Dexter Challenge

But back to my card....

Step ONE

Print the image and sentiment. Spray with marker airbrush using markers that came with the kit.  Add more colour with usual markers.

Step TWO

Cut to size and add a pink card mat and place on pale blue rectangular card blank.

Step THREE

Add an embellishment using another piece of pink card and some washi.

Step FOUR

Add some small pearls.

You will see a similar post on the Oddball blog Oddball Art Co

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Clever Dexter Challenge #18 2nd inspiration

This is my second inspiration for  CLEVER DEXTER CHALLENGE #18

These are the details of the Challenge:

START DATE: JUNE 1, 2021

THEME:  FAVORITE TECHNIQUE (whatever that means to you)

COLOR PALETTE:  Yellow, Orange, Peach, Tangerine, Gold(optional)

SPONSOR: This month we are sponsored by

SPONSOR: Oddball Stamps

Please visit the Clever Dexter Challenge Blog to find out more...

One of my favourite pastimes at the moment is making journal pages - and this involves lots of favourite techniques.

The image I have used is Gelato

I have used this image several times before - in ATCs

which then became part of a pocket letter...

ATCs and pocket letters are some of my favourite pieces of art... I also used this image to make one of my most favourite folds... a never ending card...

This is how it works:

But let's get back to today's make. I had prepared a very busy background in one of my art journals but then I decided I rather like the image just on black - so I turned to my black art journal.

Step One

I decided to do paper piecing and I wanted a paper that was ice-creamy. I used my Gelli plate (another favourite) with blobs of gesso and drips of alcohol ink on them. After brayering these out, I got a lovely muted pull. I put this through the printer and printed the image.

Step Two

I also printed the image on white and cut out the skull from that - using a craft knife for the eyes and nose. I distressed the edges with black soot to make sure there wouldn't be a white edge. 

Step Three

The skull is now glued into my black journal.

Step Four

Next I cut out all the 'ice cream' pieces and put them in place.

Step Five

Next a bit of colouring with markers.

Step Six

 With the left over background I stamped a lot of letters (with kid's foam stamps), scribbled around them with a black Micron pen and cut them out. Finally some white penwork to make a border.

Hope you will come and join us!!

 

Clever Dexter New Challenge for June, #18

This post is to announce  CLEVER DEXTER CHALLENGE #18

These are the details of the new Challenge:

START DATE: JUNE 1, 2021

THEME:  FAVORITE TECHNIQUE (whatever that means to you)

One of my favourite pastimes at the moment is making journal pages - and this involves lots of favourite techniques. But just now give me some gilding foil...

The image I have used is Cat Lady

The Cats are coloured in Peach, Orange and Tangerine, the sentiment in yellow and of course there's the gold foil...

COLOR PALETTE:  Yellow, Orange, Peach, Tangerine, Gold(optional)

SPONSOR: This month we are sponsored by

SPONSOR: Oddball Stamps

Please visit the Clever Dexter Challenge Blog to find out more...

My favourite techniques at the moment involve my journals - I am going to take you through my favourite processes making this page...

My background is pretty much blue and green but the images and sentiment involve all the other colours!

Step One

I love to smear paint across a page with a silicon brush. This gives such a thin translucent layer.

Step Two

Great fun to apply black and white paints through stencils.

Step Three

Always like to do a bit of stamping!

Step Four

Next a bit of colouring with my markers, for the images and the sentiment. And a bit of fussy cutting!

Step Five

Oooh - some gold foil...

Step Six

Finishing touches with pens...

Hope you will come and join us!!

 

My favourite fun fold...

My favourite fun fold at the moment is a multi panel accordion fold card. It's my 'go to' design for a special card... and so I made one for my grandson's 21st this week.

This is a pretty complex card which I have made a few times before e.g. for my son's 40th and my husband's 70th and for a friend who likes flamingos...

 

 I first saw the idea on

 You Tube here.

 I then transferred the dimensions onto my Cricut and cut all the pieces with that.

I made Aiden's card with black, white and grey card. I used stickers for the numbers, cars and flags. 

I will link this card to 

this challenge for your favourite Fun Fold at Secrets to Stamping with Debbie.

Happy Crafting!

P.S. If you are interested in how to make this fold I am adding a tutorial I wrote for 

Clever Dexter in December.

Step One

These pieces are the front and back - pieces of red card cut to  3.75 by 5.25 inches.

I decorated the front with the image Marshmallow which is pre-coloured. I added 'All is calm' stamped with letter stamps and a few stars.

Step Two

Next a series of panels 4 by 5.5 inches, cut in two pieces with a tab to stick them together. I cut out the windows and decorated them with the grey frames.

Step Three

This series of panels are made in a similar way, each panel being 2.25 by 3.25 inches.

I decorated these with letter stamping and stars and several of the image Chiribi Municipality

Step Four

The second panels are threaded through the first ones.

Step Five

The second panels are glued in place and dimensional are placed at the corners shown and the corners of the front and back.

Step Six

The ribbon is put in place and then the front and back adhered in place with the dimensionals.

Step Seven 

Then the ribbon can be tied...