Art and crafting by Rebecca Davies-Sandall. Art journaling, Spectrum Noir Design Team, Crafters Companion, paper crafting, mixed media, stamping and more.
This pretty and delicate looking page has been drawn freehand and coloured with Faber-Castell Gelatos and Pit Brush Pens. I wasn’t going for perfection I just wanted to capture the moment.
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As promised, this year I’m going to follow along with the Tim Holtz tags of 2016 but recreate them art journal style. This month there is some stencilling (although I chose to go for regular stencil techniques) and heat embossing onto texture paste which gives such an incredible melted metal look. I’ve also included *gulp* my handwriting!
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I finally bought the Guilty Pleasures collection by Craftwork Cards which comes complete with paper pad and die cut sentiments, etc. Below are my finished cards after just one session. I love the colours and the “fun” of this collection. I also enjoyed adding to the biscuits and doughnuts from my stash of liquid pearls, stickles and glossy accents. To have the most fun from this kit cut out half a sheet of biscuits and half a sheet of doughnuts to play with as you go.
Look ^ I made an ice-cream cone 
This next card is a handmade shadow box card. The doughnuts were cut out and arranged individualy then topped with glossy accents, liquid pearls and sprinkles… I mean, Stickles!
I am sharing with you how I created another felt heart – this time in the style of Disney's Princess Rapunzel. Feel free to follow along to the long videos below and adapt for your own projects. I have used various bits and pieces from my stash including felt, ribbon, scrap fabric, sequins, flowers and ric rac.
PART 2 TUTORIAL
I’ve just grabbed myself a complete set of the newly re-branded ColourBlend by Spectrum Noir pencils but all of the colour charts refer to the original numbers instead of the new colour names. So I’ve made my own chart to share with anyone else who is looking – enjoy! All the tins contain the same colours but Nature is now called Naturals and Marine is now called Shade and Tone.
This is a twist on the quote as I wanted to subtlety express awareness of heart conditions for personal reasons. The background is a reverse stencil or resist stencil technique with acrylic paints and the secret to easily merging the stencils together is choosing ones with similar and complimentary shapes. The focal image is done with the gel medium transfer technique and was printed on a laser printer (that is important as I couldn't get it to work with my inkjet) but before I copied it to Word and flipped it horizontally. That way when you rub away the paper it will be the right way round.
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