Cullercoats Charms and Curios

SEAHORSE PICTURE AND TAG CARD                  I am trying to incorporate recycling into my craft so used card from a packaging box.  I cut the cardboard to size and peeled of some of the top layer to expose the corrugated section in the middle. I then painted the front with white gesso.   Once the gesso had dried I stencilled over the front using sizzix structure paste and an imagination crafts stencil.  I also used another stencil to create some bubbles.   Once the paste had fully dried I painted over it using distress inks and highlighted the edges with a brown distress ink. I stamped some texture using forext moss distress oxide ink and some texture stamps. I stamped some seahorses in a brown waterproof ink onto some background paper I made a while ago using brushios. I then fussy cut these out. I also die cut lots of foliage which looks like seaweed and also an anchor and ships wheel. I arranged the sea horses and die...

March ATC Challenge Theme: Stormy                                 Enjoyed this theme as it needed a bit more thought to come up with a stormy image.  Cut an ATC and a card from white card and used post it notes to mask off a moon and the landscape. Used faded jeans and old paper distress oxide for the sky.  Rubbed some onto a mat and sprayed with water. Dabbed the card into the distress oxide to begin to get the appearance of a storm sky. Once this was completely dry I went around the edges of the sky using chipped sapphire and black soot to darken it and make it more stormy. Once I was happy with the sky I started on the landscape and began by smooching it with walnut stain distress oxide.  Once that was dry I smooched it with forest moss distress ink.  Forgot to photo this stage. I smooched old paper and mustard seed through a circle aperture to create the moon. I then used a visib...