All Things Dawn Till Dusk: Altenew

Monday, 1 June 2015

Handmade Bliss Colour Challenge

Well hello Thanks for joining me on my second post of today. It's the start of the next new monthly challenge over on the Handmade Bliss Blog . This month we have a fun colour challenge for you, with lovely warm colours that remind me of Summer. Especially as its more like Autumn here in Lancashire. Anyhows. I'm waffling on. Onto my inspiration for this challenge.

I've used the ever so useful Altenew Hennah Elements stamp set.
Here's how I made it.

I've coloured a background piece with acrylic paints and a sponge in all the shades of turquoise from the colour palette and stamped the corners with Teal Stazon ink using a variety of the small stamps in the set.

Next I've used the Orange and yellow colours on a tag again with acrylic paints and a plastic spreader and I've added some yellow grunge paste through a spinning tops stencil and using another of the small stamps with orange Stazon ink.
I've layered these two pieces onto a matt of white card coloured with silver gilding wax. Just on the visible edges, it's cheaper than a whole piece of mirror card.
I've stamped the flowers in Grey Stazon and coloured with Distress Markers and pencils using grey and white for the petals cut them out and glued to the tag. Embellishments of lace, ribbon, and an altered children play button have been added along with my must have bling of some clear gems.
All is adhered it to a dark teal card base.

Do pop over to the Handmade Bliss BLOG to see the rest of the team's amazing samples and inspiration and also our weekly posts showing off the fabulous products available to buy from the Handmade Bliss Website Shop.

Before I go, I'd love your comments are they really to make me smile. Also keep an eye out for upcoming blog candy to celebrate my daughter Katie's 5th Birthday this month.

Happy Crafting
Luv Dawn

I'm entering this into the following challenges;
Stamping Sensations Flower Power May Challenge

Crafting When We Can Challenge 95 Bling It Up

We Love 2 Create Challenge #11
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #13 I've chosen MMMC #6

Friday, 1 May 2015

Handmade Bliss Anything Goes

Hello Crafty Friends, today is the launch of the brand new monthly challenges at Handmade Bliss.
This month we have a super easy theme, Anything Goes. So do pop over and check it out. See what you could win and how to enter. There's inspiration from the Design Team waiting for you and more ideas each week.

For my project, I've made a wall hanging. It started off as a piece of corrugated cardboard box. It's had layers of gesso, Decoart Crackle Paint and Media Misters to create the background. Then I've applied Grunge Paste through a homemade raindrop stencil. This has then been heat embossed with a mix of powders whilst paste wet and then highlights of more wow platinum sparkle powders added by using versamark ink and a paintbrush to get the powder where I wanted it.
Then the main event. Hand drawn Rainbow and an umbrella with stamped decoration and stamped flowers all coloured with Pro Markers and finished off with twine and sequins.