Relaxing by Suzy Loudon

Hi everyone. I was very excited when I got my hands on some of the Love & Grace Paper range. I just LOVE it. So first opportunity I grabbed one of my favourites & this is what I came up with.

To begin with I tore the edges of "Lucinda" & stuck it down on some black card.

Using the 'Imagine' Stencil I first spread Just Blue Colour Paste then lightly spread Singin' The Blues Colour Paste over the top.

  

Then using one of the earlier Colour Blast Stamp sets I did some random stamping.

Using Duke Shimmer Dust I activated a small amount with water. Using plastic I stamped it on my page.

Using Navy Shimmer Dust I lightly sprayed some cheese cloth with a spray I have made up. I gently dried it with my heat gun.

I embossed my chipboard with Jet Black Embossing Powder.

To colour my white flowers I used Marine Artist Ink. I varied from dipping the flower into the pot to mixing with various amounts of water to give various shades.

Using Snow White Colour Paste I used a mould to make flourishes.

Assembling my page I added art stones, butterflies & a flair. Keeping it pretty simple. Here's some close-ups.

Thanks for looking.

xxx Suzy

Live Out Loud by Michelle Henderson

Happy Fri-Yay everyone!

I have a little taster for you to start 😀

I'm still playing with my Colour Artist Inks while I'm stalking the Courier for my watercolours 😉

It was time to break out the Border punches - blast from the past...

I brushed some Colour Artist Ink in Marine straight on to Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock, I didn't bother with Gesso (that's why it looks a little mottled) because I knew I was going to be cutting it all up. I used one punch across the full width, with a total of 3 different punches. 

Once I had plenty of border strips, I played with them until I had them the way I wanted, with different tones and punches repeating, then I stuck them together into one big strip. I had already cut circles into another piece of cardstock and they were to back the cut file.

I wanted to put some more colour on the background, so I did this before I backed it, using Colour Artist Inks in Oasis and Mermaid, and the packaging technique. I outlined the circles with Masking Fluid before I started. It needs to be totally dry before inking, and the ink needs to be dry before removing the masking.

I also did a few layers of stamping on the background before I backed the circles.

I coloured some muslin with Marine Colour Artist Ink and set it to dry, then started assembling other layers and embellies. Once it was dry, I placed it under my photo.

Last things to add - the photo cluster and then finally a little journaling 😁

These definitely seem to be my go to colours!

So crack out those old punches and have a go 💙💚💙

You & Me Always by Michelle Henderson

Hi all!

I have a fairly simple layout for you today, but still quite effective I think.

I had seen a page in an old mag where the drips from spray looked like they ran up rather than down, and I thought "That's just wrong" but it stayed in my head and I thought I'd try it myself.

I used the Colour Artist Inks diluted down by about 20:1 as they're so strong.

I first used Calypso,  building up in layers, then a little Marine to strengthen it.

I used gessoed cardstock on the left, and watercolour paper on the right to give you an idea of how different it looks.

Once it was dry, I splattered a little bit of Cider around for a contrast.

After that, I stenciled in the general area of my photo with Colour Paste in Snow White. I heated it so that it puffed up, just love that effect. 

That's really it, just a few little stickers, ephemera, and thread to finish it off 😃

Oh, and I'm a convert  - my drips can run whichever way they please😆

Discover by Suzy Loudon

Hi everyone. I hope everyone is doing well. 
I'm back to share another layout.

To begin my layout I used Heavy White Gesso spreading it though a stencil.

Using Walnut  Colour Artist Ink I put some on my craft mat. Then using scrunched up plastic I transferred the ink onto my page.

I repeated this process using Grass  Colour Artist Ink.

Using Marine  Colour Artist Ink I splattered it over the inked area. A little hard to see as it's quite subtle.

I forgot to take a photo but at this point i splattered some water onto the ink to give water splotches.

I embossed over some metal elements using Leather Colour Embossing Powder.

I also embossed some more metals using Envy Colour Embossing Powder.

I also embossed with Leather onto some corrugated board.

I embossed my title with Stormy Weather Colour Embossing Powder.

I embossed my chipboard with Leather but before it set I quickly sprinkled Envy onto it & then heat set.

I sprayed some cheesecloth with Coffee Colour Spray then dried it with a heat gun.

Then the same spraying with Rainforest Colour Spray.

Using my finger I dabbed Stormy Weather Colour Paste on some chipboard.

Using my finger I ran Heavy White Gesso around my photo.

I put all my elements together & glued everything down. I added some art stones then when the glue was dry I dripped some Walnut  Colour Artist Ink over the stones.

And then I was done.

Here's a few close ups.

Thanks for looking.

XXX Suzy