Art Project

Many many apologies for the lack of blogging for such a long time, but life and college have just got in the way I'm afraid!

Anyway, I'm thoroughly enjoying this little access course and so glad I went for it!

Anyway, I digress.

The above piece was a project for Art! I had to design a piece of jewellery which somehow managed to end up as this massive collage! My lecturer knows how 'creative' I am so instead of drawing (which I'm terrible at) she suggested I go the collage route! Didn't expect it to turn out quite so big, but once I got started there was just no stopping! I thought it was a good way to 'tie all the ideas together'!

So here goes with the 'construction'!!

I printed off some clockwork images, cut some of them up and tore some up, then stuck them to the canvas, when dry, I mixed yellow, white and a smidgen of brown acrylic paint and painted over the whole lot! I didn't want to 'hide' the images but didn't want them showing totally. When dry, I used a Clockwork masking set and over prayed with some antique brown spray ink.

I used the eazi-score large and small alphabet templates for the phrase, just cut form plain and patterned paper, over stamped them with the Clockwork Roses stamps set from the Artistic Stamper and then distressed with matching ink.

The cogs and gearwheels are a Tim Holtz Alterations Die and cut from Grungeboard painted gold and Silver. I also used the Winged Heart Alterations Die for the wings on the pocket watch, which comes from the Time themeplate from the Artisitc Stamper.

Again, using the Clockwork Roses themeplate I stamped onto patterned paper and Grungepaper painted silver and constructed the Roses. The butterflies and Snail are also from the Clockwork themeplates from the Artistic Stamper! I just couldn't resist that little snail!....lol!



The 'Door' is actually a movers and shaper die and a keyhole die, I ran it through the big shot with the wood effect alterations embossing folder. The image behind it was to show off the shape that I used to make the pendant wrapped round the letter " O " ! It was made using Copper colour metal sheet from Ten Second Studio, a couple of eyelets, a cord and some watch pieces and jump rings!

The tall roses at the side of the door are from the Elusive Images Rose Script themeplate! (my ALLtime favourite stamp!)and are coloured using Inktense water colour pencils.

The "clear disc" is actually clear UTEE with some watch parts embedded and it actually looks like resin! I just scattered some watch parts around the canvas and stuck them down randomly just to kind of finish it off a little!

I must admit to being rather pleased with this piece because I just wasn't sure about the background colour, but when my lecturer saw it she was thrilled and ordered to me to hang it up in my livingroom because it 'deserves to be seen'! (her words, not mine)lol

anyway, so sorry for the 'novel' of a post but just thought you'd be a bit interested in how it was all put together.

Thanks for looking in and again many apologies for the lack of blogging.

Take care everyone,

Jackie x

more playing

Quick play with photoshop!

Been having a little play in my graphics class at college today!

First time having a go on a Apple Mac and I love it to bits! Must save hard for one of my own!!

Just a simple go at Photobooth though to get used to things a liitle,

Going to head off now now and will post again later.

Thanks for looking in,

Jackie x

Mahoooooosive Collage!!!

It's biiiiig this piece! 18 inches by 24 inches and it's a deep edge canvas!!

I started by dry brushing the blank canvas with two different colours of distressing inks on the two different sides of the canvas, then over sprayed it with some Glimmer mists. Set it aside to dry and got started on the 'prep' work!!

The branches are made using brown craft card and the sizzix decorative strip "Branches and Birds" die, which I then ran through the Big Shot with the Tim Holtz Alterations "Woodgrain" Embossing folder and then oversprayed with some antique brown spray ink.

The flowers are made with the "Flower Power" Themeplate from the Artistic Stamper! I adore this stamp set, you can make soooo many different types of flowers with it, it's beyond belief!! Anyway I digress....I just stamped them out on different patterned papers, distressed them with 'matching' inks and then ran the leaves through the Big Shot with the "Text" cuttlebug embossing folder to give them a bit of texture!

The Butterflies are done using Elusive Images Patchwork Butterfly themplate which is absolutely gorgeous!!! I just adore that 'half' butterfly and have used that a lot!! anyway...I digress...again! lol.....They were stamped and heat embossed with black embossing powder and then coloured using the Inktense watercolour pencils!

The wording is done using the Eazi-Score Large Lowercase Alphabet templates, and it comes from the Elusive Images "Text Rose" themeplate. The word "earth" is edged in gold and then run through the "woodgrain" Embossing folder, I used the "Text" folder for the words " Laughs" and "Flowers" as I wanted to make certain words 'stand out'!

I then went over the flowers, and words with some clear Stickles glitter glue to give it a kind of 'magical look'!

Here's a couple of close ups of the flowers and butterflies...









I really enjoyed creating this piece! It was fun seeing the blank canvas being transformed into this!!

I'm not really quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but I'm sure I'll come up with an idea sooner or later.

Thanks for looking and take care everyone,

Jackie xx

8 x 8 " canvas collage !

Many apologies for the lack of blogging, I've been struggling a bit lately with depression so not really felt like doing too much.

But I've managed to complete this piece! It's hopefully going to be a present for someone and I'm hoping they will like it, because I'm not really sure what I was trying to achieve here and i seem to have got a little 'lost'!

Anyway, I used blue and white acrylic paint to give the canvas a 'wash'! After it was dry I used the Large upper and Lower case Alphabet templates from Easi-score as a 'stencil, then dry brushed around them with Faded Jeans Distress ink. I then distressed the edges of the canvas with the same colour, then oversprayed with a 'Fireworks Blue' spray ink, this gave a gorgeous iridescent finish.

I drew around the plastic letters on some patterned paper and cut them out then embossed them with the Cuttlebug 'Text' embossing folder. I also used the Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles to add some glitter to the letters.

The flowers were made using the Flower Power stamp Themeplate from The Artistic Stamper and also using a technique I found over the Artistic Stamper blog in the videos section. They were then backed by some Stewart Gill Glitteratti.

Here's a closer look






The butterfly is from the Elusive Images Patchwork Butterfly themeplate and is stamped using clear versamark ink and then embossed with black embossing powder, i also used the Clear rock Candy stickles to give it a bit of 'sparkle'!The 'Buttons'and 'Lace' are also an Elusive Images themeplate, 'Collage' i think it's called, I've had that set for so long i can't remember! lol.

I'm not really too sure if I like this piece or not yet, I think because I got a bit lost while putting it together is kind of putting me off it slightly. but I'll just put it aside for the time being. I'll make my mind up later maybe.

For some reason I can't seem to get any 'links' working today so please accept my apologies for not being able to let you see the products I'm talking about.

Thanks for looking in, take care everyone

Jackie x

Grungepaper cuffs!

I FINALLY managed to get my sitcky mitts on some Grungepaper!! Every time I went for this stuff it was sold out! Like goldust the stuff! Anyway, I've been having a little play and came up with these!

I bought the Tim Holtz winged heart die in a sale! lol..and as soon as I saw it I knew what I was going to do with it!

The cuffs are painted using the Blonde moments Gold acrylic paint (yes again! just love that paint lol) then over stamped using my favourite crackle background stamp with stazon ink. The top heart is stamped using clear versamark ink then heat embossed with black embossing powder, the bottom one is just stamped but the photo sadly doesn't show it very clearly. The wings are overstamped as well, I just added some clear Rock Candy stickles to give them a glitter effect. I added some gems to the crown to give it a wee bit of 'bling factor'!

Really quite pleased with the way these have turned out as it's my first attempt at having a go a these cuffs! Think I'll try and do some earrings and maybe try a pendant to match!

Watch this space!

Thanks for looking in and take care everyone

Jackie xx

Surprise in a suitcase!

I fell totally and utterly in love with these papier mache suitcases when I was browsing the other day and just had to have them!! They are just adorable!!

I also wanted to try my hand at using some grungepaper,and wanted to have a go at making some flowers. So I decided to just go for it! lol Here's what I used...


Papier Mache suitcases (pack of two) and the Flower Power rubber stamp themplate purchesd from www.theartisticstamper.com/, I also used Elusive Images Patchwork Butterfly stamp. Blonde Moments Metallic acrylic paints in Bronze and Suet Black,Distress inkpad Fired Brick, Distressed stickles Clear Rock Candy and a Black Archival ink pad. Inktenses Watercolour pencils. Some small paper flowers and some silicone glue!

First of all I made the grunge paper flowers following instructions from here http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/06/grunge-it-up-jennie.html
Then while they I was waiting for them to dry I painted the suitcase with the Bronze and Suet Black Acrylic paint! I stamped the Burtterfly onto grungepaper and coloured it using the Inktense Watercolour pencils. I just glued them all to the inside of the suitcase when they were all dry! It's truned out pretty nice for my first attempt and I just love it to bits! I was going to give this as a gift but think I'll keep it for myself! lol...how many times has that happened to you?...lol.

Thanks for stopping by, take care all,

Jackie x