Calling all Crafters!: September Virtual Retreat

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Wednesday, 16 September 2020

A Yellow Distress Oxide on white then black

This is one of the final workshops that I had a go at in the

September Virtual Retreat with Hillbilly Scrapping'

The idea was to make backgrounds on black and white using fossilised amber Distress Oxide.

Using the 'packaging technique' - smearing the Oxide onto a plastic bag. spritzing it with water and then dabbing it down on the surface - I added several layers of colour.

Next I stamped first, second and third generation stamps with a foam star in the yellow (and black on the white).

Finally I used a stencil with black soot Distress Oxide.

These are the two versions - I cut the black page into two sections to cover two pages of my A5 journal. I cut the white page to fit in my 10 in square journal. (This was the last page in here!)

I then collages a stamped image from Dyan Reaveley's Black Sheep with sections of stencilled card using the same two Distress Oxides, yellow card, black card and pieces of chipboard.

I then moved onto the black background in a similar way, this time using stamps from

Lost Coast Designs Mayan Heiroglyph stamps.

I will link this to Lost Coast Portal's The Man Cave Challenge

Happy Crafting!

Leigh SB's Stay Crafty at Home Blog Hop (Aug 7 through Sept 25) #41

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Because of this hop and the severe restrictions of lockdown in Melbourne, I have been trying to find myself different projects every day just to keep me going!

This is another post sharing makes from the virtual retreat with

Hillbilly Scrappin'

A few more completed projects.

This first one I just had on the go at the same time - I had the new Bee Artsy stamp to play with though, You can see it in the background along with a Tim Holtz mini stencil. The main image is a Dyan Reaveley stamp from Black Sheep.

The sentiment is a Tim Holtz chipboard.

I then had a go at this workshop - but I preferred my second attempt at one lady...

I am not sure if you can see the shine from the texture paste in the butterflies.

Finally this is a set of cards I made - another workshop using Dyan Reaveley images and sentiments.

The backgrounds are paint plus paint through stencils or the same with Distress Oxides.

I will add one of these to Leigh's Linky

Happy Crafting!

Monday, 14 September 2020

Leigh SB's Stay Crafty at Home Blog Hop (Aug 7 through Sept 25) #38

Stay Crafty @ Home Blog Hop 2020

Because of this hop and the severe restrictions of lockdown in Melbourne, I have been trying to find myself different projects every day just to keep me going!

However this weekend I have been taking part in a virtual retreat with

Hillbilly Scrappin'

These are my next few completed projects.

This first one I played along as the workshop proceeded... I used a lot of paint including neons, and stamps and stencils.

I then added pictures from my Collage book. (Extraordinary things to cut out and collage. Maria Rivans)

This next one was a challenge to use the chipboard and cut out flowers - I used a background I had been compiling as I went along.

Next - just some practising with watercolours...

Another journal page, joining in the workshop as it went along - using lots of paint, stencils, Posca pens and stamps fromn Dyan Reaveley..

I will add one of these to Leigh's Linky

Happy Crafting!

Saturday, 12 September 2020

Leigh SB's Stay Crafty at Home Blog Hop (Aug 7 through Sept 25) #37

Stay Crafty @ Home Blog Hop 2020

This weekend I am taking part in a virtual retreat with

Hillbilly Scrappin'

These are my first few completed projects - journal pages.

This first one just used things I had in my stash.

I watched the workshop and then had a go...

The second two used many products from Bee Arty

For these I joined in as the workshop progressed...

I will add one of these to Leigh's Linky

Happy Crafting!

Friday, 11 September 2020

Leigh SB's Stay Crafty at Home Blog Hop (Aug 7 through Sept 25) #36

Stay Crafty @ Home Blog Hop 2020

Today (Friday), Saturday and Sunday I am taking part in a virtual retreat with

Hillbilly Scrappin'

My goodies arrived - 5 kits (plus a few extras...)

The first pre-retreat challenge was to make a "Covid Mask" using papercrafting!

(Obviously wouldn't be any good outside!!)

Here's mine:

Firstly, I made a mask similar to the patterns I have been making in fabric in brown cardstock.

I then decorated this using a background paper I had made using spray through a stencil and paint. I think you can see the stencilling on this picture.