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Editor’s Pick – Page 39

I just adore this project by Tracy, such a

fabulous way of using a shadow box!

Welcome to our February issue!I hope you have all started having a play with any creative stash you received at Christmas? My plan this year is to make sure I actually USE the items that make their way into my craft studio… it can get embarrassing when I open a drawer and find a whole heap of stamps that I absolutely love, but have never ever seen an ink pad! Use what you have, that’s going to be my motto for 2016!

What do we have to inspire you this month? Lots! Please join me in welcoming the super talented Michelle Webb to the CS team, she has created a fabulous layout using Gelatos (page 16). So many fabulous tips, this has inspired me to get out my (unused, told you I was bad!) Gelatos and have a go!

Keren Baker has outdone herself with her amazing book bag project on page 6. I’m still struggling to fathom that that super cool bag started life as a book! Amazing work!

We also welcome back Lin Brown, our cover star in this issue. I’m sure you will agree that her journal cover is truly amazing, there's so much detail! Have a closer look on page 45.

We also have canvases, fabric makes, pigment powder ideas and an amazing masterclass on Micro Glaze in this issue, so lots of variety for everyone! Have a wonderfully crafty month!

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On the coverAmazing Artistry p.45

3D Challenge p.37

Issue 189 February 2016

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In Every Issue14 First Impressions Keep up to date with the latest stamp designs and new tools and enter to win our giveaways!

26 Subscribe to Craft Stamper Take a look at our fab subscription offer and make sure you never miss an issue of your favourite mixed media magazine!

77 All in the Details A mini gallery of all the exciting details that you might have missed from our amazing projects.

82 Take a Peek We give you a sneaky peek at what’s coming up next issue! What will the next free stamp be?!

Regulars & Features8 Subscription Gift Project with IndigoBlu Get inspiration on how to use your fabulous IndigoBlu subscription gift.

23 Card Art By Mona Pendleton Mona Pendleton layers up beautifully delicate paper cuts to create elegant cards.

28 Free Stamp Makes Some gorgeous artwork has been created using Jennie Boxall’s macaron design stamp.

32 Café Chat Check out the latest reviews, creative spaces and Design Team Q and A!

34 Creative Upcycling Ana Kavcic crafts wonderful assemblage art using photo frame stands.

37 3D Challenge Six designers have crafted a selection of delectable house shrines for you to enjoy.

45 Amazing Artistry Lin Brown has created a gorgeously intricate mixed media journal cover with so many hidden details!

55 Ready, Set, Stamp! We showcase a magical collection of shimmering cards inspired by the ‘All That Glitters’ theme.

64 Stamping Contrasts Our designers use the cute ‘Trendy Birds’ stamp set by STAMPlorations to create stunning projects.

70 Masterclass Anna-Karin Evaldsson will show you how best to use Distress Micro Glaze.

80 Take It, Make It Challenge Winner We find out more about October’s challenge winner, Esther Peck.

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On the coverAmazing Artistry p.45

3D Challenge p.37 Projects6 Book to Bookbag By Keren Baker Transform an old hardback book into a gorgeous canvas box bag!

10 Bonny Bookmarks By Jean Hardy Craft lovely colourful bookmarks using white embossing on Distress inks.

16 Gorgeous Gelatos By Michelle Webb Collage with gelatos to craft a beautifully personal journal page project.

19 Colour Your World with Nuances By Hermine Koster Use Nuances to create bold, multi-coloured effects.

41 Whimsical Faces Part Two By Tracy Scott The second in our series of tutorials on drawing the perfect face.

48 Crow Old Along with Me By Riikka Kovasin Riikka creates a gorgeous alternative, mixed media Valentine!

51 The True Book of Love By Louise Crosbie Hinge together two deep canvases to create a whimsical art book.

60 Pocket Poetry By Sarah Anderson Make a mini pocket art book with coordinating origami felt case.

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Book to BookbagCreate a statement bag using this simple but effective upcycled book tutorial! By Keren Baker


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I decided to put an old, battered book to good use and create something brand new. The hinged opening motion of books gave me the idea of creating a cute little box handbag.

In order to add artistic elements to my project, I decided to use a durable canvas material that I could easily decorate and would hold its shape well. My upcycle is minimal in design, as I chose to decorate the canvas using an elegant tree slice stamp that allows me to introduce several accents of different colours.

MaterialsStamps Keren used…• Winnie & Walter: Winter Woodland• PaperArtsy: Hot Picks HP1103EZ

Other Materials...• Stazon ink: Black • Old hardback book• Canvas• Thermoweb: Double sided adhesive sheets• PaperArtsy Fresco paint: London Bus; Yellow Submarine; China; Bora Bora; Guacamole; Amethyst• Fabric

Meet the designer:Keren Baker“I’m lucky enough to be involved with the craft industry, creating as a freelancer. I love incorporating texture and dimension; if I can make a 3D card including acetate, then I’m very happy.”

Explore her work online: www.kerenbaker.wordpress.com

DESIGNER TIP…

If your book cover is particularly

beautiful and undamaged, show off the beautiful imagery

and decorate the other bag parts

instead.


Project: Upcycled Book Cover Bag


Go Shopping!PaperArtsy Stamps and Fresco Finish Paint are available from PaperArtsy, www.paperartsy.co.uk, 01277 212911

Winnie and Walter Stamps are available from Make The Day Special, www.makethedayspecial.co.uk

Thermoweb adhesive sheets are available from Fred Aldous, www.fredaldous.co.uk, 01612364224

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1 Remove the pages carefully from the spine using a craft knife, leaving just the cover remaining.

2 Create a side panel template using the spine width measurement and the height of the book cover. Double the width and add a seam allowance of 1cm to edges. Cut two from canvas.

3 Measure canvas the same size as the book and add 1cm to each edge. Fold over edges and secure with glue.

To finish the project: Decorate the bag. I’ve stamped and coloured using paints and some Velcro pieces to secure the strap.

Step–by–step... Creating a Bag

4 Add the side pieces by folding top, side and bottom edges and attaching with glue to the sides of the book.

5 When the side pieces are attached, the completed side will look like this.

6 Fold over fabric pieces for handles and a strap. Adhere to the sides of the bag. Attach a piece of fabric inside with strong double sided adhesive sheets.




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“I really enjoyed making these bookmarks, they would make a lovely little gift just to

let someone know you care. They’re a great alternative to a card, or you could also make

a matching card to go with them!”


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Bonny BookmarksCreate delightfully detailed bookmarks for your loved ones. By Jean Hardy

I decided to use one of Crafty Individuals’ most recently released stamps, a beautiful extra large floral design. It looks really lovely here when embossed in white and coloured with pens. You will need to stamp it twice

on the bookmarks, but it repeats nicely.

As my main focal images I have used other detailed Crafty Individuals stamps and again embossed in the white, but this time on vellum, and the effect is very delicate and pretty, particularly when the vellum is fussy cut and mounted again on coloured card. Mounting the vellum on a coloured background helps the detail to really stand out. A little coordinating coloured embossing in the centre of the vellum detail and appropriate wording just finishes the bookmark off nicely when assembled.

MaterialsStamps Jean used...• Crafty Individuals: CI-443 Floral Festival XL; CI-342 Delicately Detailed Hearts; CI-437 Butterfly Pairs; CI-206 Flower Heads; CI-438 Words and Wishes

Other materials... • Stix2: Plain White Bookmarks; Clear

PVC Bookmark Sleeves

• Vellum 180gsm

• Ranger Distress inks: Seedless Preserves; Shaded Lilac; Crushed Olive; Peacock Feathers; Picked Raspberry

• Stencilling and blending brushes

• Ranger Distress Pens: Assorted colours

• Stampendous Fine Detail embossing powder: White Opaque

• Versamark Watermark stamp pad

• Embossing Anti-Static bag

• Archival coloured stamp pads

• Pearlescent card

• Coloured card

• Ribbon

• Buttons or embellishments

Meet the Retailer:Crafty Individuals“Jean Hardy is one of the creative talents behind Crafty Individuals, a wonderful web based store here in the UK. The store features a large range of unique, top quality, designer, Art Rubber Craft Stamps, made in the UK, plus Miniature Crafting Books, Image Sheets, Craft Cutting Dies, Masks/Stencils and lots more!”

Explore their products online: www.craftyindividuals.co.uk

DESIGNER TIP

You can use an Xyron stickermaker

or gel medium to glue vellum

invisibly onto your background.


Retailer Project: Crafty Individuals


In the Details...

The Stampendous powder picks up all the detail found in the stamped image and looks lovely against the vellum.

Using a pretty button embellishment is a nice finishing touch.

The fine white detailed embossing stands out nicely

against the slightly textured and coloured card of the bookmark.

Go Shopping!All stamps, bookmarks and many other products mentioned, are available from Crafty Individuals, www.craftyindividuals.co.uk, 01642 789955

WHY NOT TRY?…

Adding ribbon to the bottom of the bookmark as well

as the top.




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Lose yourself in this wonderfully magical woodland themed adult colouring book that encourages you to sit back and unwind, as you draw, doodle and colour to your heart’s content and meet the fairies, fl owers and folk of Tangle Wood.

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Flora and Fauna

Embrace the beauty of the natural world! ‘Lesley’s Flowers’ by Lesley Matthewson, ‘Small but Beautiful Birds’ and ‘Honeycomb Background’ can be used to create stunning stamped projects. We just love the tiny details in the little bee stamps that help to really bring them to life!

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The gorgeous ‘Better Than a Princess’ stamp features cute themes of sibling love, with sentiments such as ‘Sometimes being a SISTER is even better than being a PRINCESS’ and ‘Best Brother’. The ‘Flower Heads 2’ stamp can fi nish off those special sentimental projects perfectly.

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Gorgeous Gelatos Layer up Gelatos stamping to create beautifully subtle effects and stunning artwork. By Michelle Webb


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1 Lightly mist stamp with water. 2 Lightly rub the Gelatos stick across the stamp.

3 Stamp onto porous card to finish.

Technique 1:

Step-by-step… Stamped Gelatos Scrapbook Page

Faber Castell Gelatos are very versatile, their creamy texture can be rubbed onto your mixed media projects for a hit of intense colour or spritzed with water to give you a beautiful watercolour effect. You can

create perfect backgrounds by blending colour with your fingers or removing colour with a baby wipe and a stencil. In this technique I’ll be stamping with Gelatos.

To achieve the best results, use stamps with larger, more open designs rather than stamps with fine details. Rub the Gelatos stick lightly onto the stamp and mist with water, creating a pool of colour on the stamp. Mixing different colours works really well too. I also like to find other things to stamp with like bubble wrap, because they give an alternative, organic stamp effect.

MaterialsStamps Michelle used... • Dylusions: How Does Your Garden

Grow; Fancy Florals

• Inkylicious: Honeycomb

Other materials... • DecoArt: Media Modeling Paste

• Fabric

• Lace

• Book pages

• Water spray bottle

• 12” x 12” Scrapbook page

• Faber Castell: Gelatos

• Tim Holtz: Ephemera

• Cosmo Cricket: Rub-ons

• Fancy Pants Design: Rub-ons

• Stampendous: Fran-tage Embossing Powder; Aged Silver

• Bubble wrap

Meet the designer:Michelle Webb"By day I'm a geologist getting muddy, by night I get messy with ink and paint. I teach regular mixed-media workshops when I can. I love texture, layers, and colour!”

Explore her work online: www.thehobbyroomuk.blogspot.co.uk

“I made this scrapbook page using a photo of my brother and me in 1988. The 80’s were all about bright colours, so Gelatos

were the perfect media.”


Project: Stamping with Gelatos


Go Shopping!Dylusions stamps and Faber Castell Gelatos available from Art from the Heart, www.afth.co.uk, 01423 873739

DecoArt Media crackle paint and Americana paint are available from www.countrylovecrafts.com

To finish the project: After creating a background, I added modeling paste through a stencil and coloured with Gelatos and a spritz of water. I layered up ephemera, mounted my photo and added embossed splatters at the edges of the image.

For the mounting page, I used book pages and with a layer of blended Gelatos with a spotty pattern achieved by using a stencil and baby wipe. I then added rub-on text and flowers to finish.

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1 Rub the Gelatos stick onto craft mat.

2 Mist with a water spray. 3 Pick up colour with stamp and stamp onto card.

Technique 2:

Technique 3:Follow the same steps as shown in technique 1, but use bubble wrap as a stamp instead.

Further Ideas Creative Friends Matchbook You could stamp Gelatos onto white cartridge paper and use it to make other things like card backgrounds or little matchbooks for your friends.

I’ve made a matchbook with pages that show the lovely subtle watercolour background. I’ve added bright Distress inks around the edges of the card for a hit of colour and DecoArt crackle paint, mixed with neon paint, Tim Holtz chit-chat words and rub-ons to make a little quote book. To finish, I used a cute little charm with a brad to close the matchbook.

Additional materials...• Hoogie Board• Watercolour Card• DecoArt: Crackle Paint• DecoArt Americana Acrylics: Sizzling; Thermal Green; Torrid Orange; Fiery Red;

Electric Blue Neon • Tim Holtz Remnant Rub-on: Botanical• Brad fastener with charm

Why noT Try?…

Making a background of

Gelatos and using a stencil with a baby

wipe to remove areas of colour.



Colour Your World with NuancesExperiment with Nuance colours to create magical compositions and bold forms. By Hermine Koster


Project: Colouring with Nuances

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Go Shopping!Stempelbar stamps are available from Stempelbar, www.stempelbar.de/29010212020/gummistempel

Carabelle Studio stamps are available from Carabelle Studio, www.artstamp.fr/index.cfm

Darkroom Door stamps are available from Darkroom Door, www.darkroomdoor.com

Viva Las VegaStamps are available from Viva Las VegaStamps, www.vlvstamps.com

Katzelkraft stamps are available from Katzelkraft, www.katzelkraft.fr/en

Nuances are so versatile, you can use them in a variety of different ways and techniques. You could use them as watercolours, for making your own spray mists or as stamping ink. They work great for cards but also

make great, quick little gifts.

MaterialsStamps Hermine used... • Finnabair: Dreams; Net & Wire

• Stempelbar: SB-UM0991-K; SB-UM0900-HH

• Carabella: Dreams SAS0004; Joy SA60170E

• Darkroom Door: Smile DDWB009

• Viva Las VegaStamps: Wildflowers Silhouette 19464; It’s Your Big Day 19475; You Color My World 19344

• Katzelkraft: KTZ151

Other materials... • Magenta Nuances: MNU008; MNU010; MNU007; MNU001; MNU009

• Memory Box Die: Bianca Snowflake

• Sheena die: Victorian Floral Poppy

• Hearty Craft Stencil: HCE7960-04

• Old book page

• Brads

• Little notebook

• Mini mister

• Bakers twine

Meet the designer:Hermine Koster“I have been into arts and crafts as long as I can remember and I still love it! It’s fun, relaxing and awesome to do.”

Explore her work online: www.herminesplace.wordpress.com

Hermine created these projects to demonstrate the

potential of Nuance Pigment Powders by

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for pricing and details.

“You can work the gorgeous Nuance colours by splashing, splattering, painting and stamping at your hearts content, there’s no such thing as too

much colour in your life!”

DESIGNER TIP…

A craftsheet can be used not only as

protection but also as your palette, a very easy

way to pick up some colour and paint

with it.



In the Details...

Instead of sprinkling the Nuances on first and then adding water, as the instructions suggested, I used water first. This made it easier to control the colour and prevent creating brown areas. Leave white space on your card to enhance the colourful part even more.

This notepad was created with leftover colour. The colour was splattered and sprayed onto the pad and a three dimensional stamped butterfly was painted and added as an embellishment.

Spray your homemade spray onto a craftsheet and sponge colour directly onto your stamp. When stamping your image onto cardstock, it creates bright and bold colour. It acts like regular stamping ink but with a slightly watercolour effect.

I added Nunances to water in a mini mister to make my own spray ink. It gives you instant colour and works great with stencils. Using different kinds of paper, like regular cardstock combined with old book paper, gives it an extra dimension.


Project: Colouring with Nuances



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“Distressed paper edges, layers, textures, beautiful embellishments and a soft colour palette were my source of inspiration to create a trio of vintage shabby chic Valentine’s Day cards.”

Card Art


Regular: Card Art

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I wanted to create multi-layered vintage shabby chic Valentine’s Day cards using a mixture of media. I started each card with a pretty piece of patterned paper. I then started the layering process with

an application of clear gesso to the entire piece of paper, creating a transparent barrier. Once dry, I applied texture paste through a stencil to add a surface pattern design to the background as well as a subtle texture. I then randomly applied white gesso to the background and left to dry.

To add more interest and colour to the background, I applied colour spray and misted with water, causing the colour spray to dilute and create a beautiful, inky background. I gently dried with a heat gun, being careful not to overheat, which could cause the texture paste and gesso to bubble. Although, bubbling the paste and paint can add another unique textured finish.

This technique could be applied to a vast number of paper crafting projects such as tags, scrapbook pages, art journal pages as well as a canvas.

Vintage Valentines Craft delicately textured cards with a soft wash of colour. Your Valentine is sure to be thrilled! By Mona Pendleton

MaterialsStamps Mona used...• Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection: Simple Sayings

• Prima: Coffee Stains

Other materials...• Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Vintage Photo

• Ranger Texture Paste

• Ranger Dina Wakley Media: Heavy Body Acrylic White

• Prima Art Basics: Heavy White Gesso; Clear Gesso

• Prima Color Bloom Spray: Berry Wine

• Prima A4 Paper Pad: Butterfly Collection

• Prima Flowers: Butterfly Collection

• Prima Shabby Chic Treasures: Hearts

• Prima Junkyard Findings: Lace Heart

• MFT Die-namics: Double Scallop Border; Decorative Doily Duo; Pierced Traditional Tags STAX; Jumbo Fishtail Banner STAX

• Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits Die: Mixed Media

Meet the Designer, Mona Pendleton“When I’m not working as a Registered Nurse, I enjoy creating exciting projects, from cards and home decor, to scrapbook pages. I love to use a variety of mediums and anything that allows me to be creative!”

Explore her work online: www.cupcakescreations.blogspot.co.uk

DESIGNER TIP… To create a uniform

textured background, start applying texture in the left upper corner of your project and realign

once the design has been applied.



Go Shopping!Ranger Archival Ink, Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Ranger Texture Paste, Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits Dies, available from Country View Crafts, www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk, 01767 262 304

Prima Cling Stamps available from www.thatscrafty.co.uk, 01708 344146

Prima A4 Paper Pad, Prima Flowers, Prima Shabby Chic Treasures, Prima Junkyard Findings available from Joanna Sheen LTD., www.joannasheen.com, 01626 872405

MFT Die-namics dies available from My Mum’s Craft Shop, www.mymumscraftshop.co.uk, 01305 257912

With LoveCreate a background as explained, but this time adhere and layer distressed strips of patterned paper, Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Mixed Media honeycomb design, and MFT Die-namics Decorative Doily Duo die cuts.

From the HeartCreate a background as explained earlier, but instead adhere and layer Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Mixed Media lace design and Pierced Traditional Tags die cuts.

Further Ideas

Top Tool… Stencils. They are

versatile, economical and easy to use.

Stencils offer so many design and texture

possibilities.


Regular: Card Art


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Free Stamp Makes

Box of Love By Jennie BoxallI made an Artist Trading Block using Eileen Hull’s Block/Cube Sizzix dies on heavy chipboard. I painted it with gold paint, paint the inside first and glue the box together to paint the outside. Leave one side unglued, so it opens. I painted the card side squares with London Bus red and gold embossed the stamp on each one.

Add an edging of gold embossing to help blend the red card into the box. I used a Ranger Emboss-it Dabber. I also lightly stamped over it all with Calligraphic Mat #4 from The Artistic Stamper in red Archival ink. After gluing all the sides on, add gold painted self adhesive pearls to the corners of the card sides and add red painted beads as feet. I added a few UTEE hearts inside.

“My husband will be getting this as his Valentine’s present!”


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Inspired by this romantic time of year, Jennie Boxall from The Artistic Stamper has designed this beautifully graphic sentiment stamp. Complete with three different style hearts, this stamp is just perfect for your secret

love messages and gift projects. Our talented designers show you how.

We always love to see how you have used your free stamp so please share your goodies with us via our Facebook page – www.facebook.com/craftstamper

Lovely ValentinesThis month we have a sweet ‘love’ sentiment stamp designed by The Artistic Stamper designer, Jennie Boxall to include in all your special Valentines this February.

Our Angel Policy: You are free to use these stamps in any handmade projects, including those for commercial sale, provided images are hand-stamped. Jennie Boxall/The Artistic Stamper owns copyright over the original artwork so you may not use the artwork to manufacture stamps or other products for personal or commercial use.

Winged LoveBy Jennie BoxallThis was the simplest of my projects, and all I used was a papier mache heart, a wooden spool, and a set of papier mache wings. I painted them in gold and Quinacridone Red and stamped Calligraphic Mat #4 in the same colours onto the wings and heart. I stamped and gold embossed the ‘love’ stamp onto a piece of red painted card, and cut it out. To finish, I adhered the ‘love’ sentiment and a little painted ceramic crown topped it all off!

Designer

Tip…If you have trouble

balancing and gluing your heart on the

spool, gently drill out a bigger hole with a dremel to allow it to

sit better.


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Love Your Art CanvasBy Jenny MarplesUsing the base from an old ring bound paper pad as a canvas, I attached a small paintbrush as the main feature of the piece. Using string through the back of the base card, I tied the brush in place. A coat of gesso over the brush and canvas then acted as a primer.

Faux drips were stencilled underneath the brush with texture paste. I added Postbox Red paint to the area above the brush and Pink Iced Gem paint below, dragging my brush between the two to blend the colours. Coordinating acrylic paints were mixed with water to allow them to run down the canvas. To finish, I stamped under the brush using the free stamp and St Valentine StazOn ink.

Love That AlbumBy Jenny MarplesThis album started with basic card covers which were covered with gesso to prime them. After applying a coat of Townhouse Teal paint, I dry brushed and splattered them with coordinating acrylic paints. Having die cut basic paper pages for the inside, the album was bound with sticky back canvas and trimmed with an offcut of sheer ribbon. The free stamp was used with St Valentine StazOn ink to apply the sentiment to calico. This was cut to size and layered over a combination of sheer fabric, book pages, gauze and tissue, sewn together and hand-stitched around the large central heart. An extra mini heart was added to the bottom to balance the design.

Designer Tip…When layering up

different colours of acrylic paint, make

sure you dry each layer completely before applying the next to keep each one

distinct and prevent the colours blending

together.

“This free stamp has been cleverly designed to allow you

to use the word and mini hearts separately on your projects.”




We asked our Design Team some questions about their practice. We’ll be sharing their answers over the next few issues.

This month’s question: Do you have a favourite style of music or artist you listen to whilst creating?

“My guilty pleasure is 80’s dance music…turned up loud!!” – Jaine Drake

“I’m a metal head, so I mostly listen to heavy metal while creating. Turisas, a Finnish folk metal band, is one of my loves.” – Riikka Kovasin

“No music for me, craft time is my quiet time. Although I do talk to myself, just when I need some expert advice.” – Lydia Brooke Evans

“I’m a bit of a music magpie, so it can be anything from Debussy to whatever is in the current charts. Music can calm you down or cheer you up!” – Jenny Marples

We connect with the crafting community and find out more about online tutorials.

A very talented reader, Louise at Louloupurple, shared a fabulous YouTube tutorial on our Facebook page. She has used the free stamps from our October and November issues to create this wonderful journal spread. We just love the colour and all that detail! The tutorial is a brilliant way to inspire fellow art journalers. Thanks Louise!

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‘‘’’Our new Café Chat feature: sharing reviews, classes, ideas and a sneaky peek into the creative world of our designers!

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Check out Louiseʼs fab tutorial for yourself by visiting www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFawxsi6gU&feature=youtu.be

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Do you sometimes wonder where other people create? This month, we take a peek into the creative space of Birgit Koopsen.

“I LOVE my studio! Firstly because of all the daylight my roof windows let in and secondly because of the amount of space. I have more than enough space to work on several things at a time, plus teach workshops to small groups. And finally, I love my studio because of the wooden beams and red polka dot wallpaper, they just make me happy!”

This issue, we’ve reviewed the pretty party decoration book, ‘Paper Pom-Poms and Other Party Decorations’ by Juliet Carr.

Jam packed with step-by-step tutorials, this book is perfect for creating show stopping paper decorations and garlands for parties and around the house.

In this book, Juliet Carr shows you how to create a variety of exciting party decorations using a few simple, but incredibly effective techniques. Learn to create gorgeous garlands, hanging honeycomb balls and over-sized paper flowers to name but a few.

Using just a mixture of papers (including upcycled cupcake cases, newspapers and vintage book papers) with a few basic tools, you can widen your paper craft skills and create delightful treats for your party guests. With wedding season on the horizon, this book is perfect for any bride-to-be looking to add a little extra special touch to the scene of the big day. All templates for projects are helpfully included at the back of the book, ready for you to get crafting!

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techniques. Learn to create gorgeous garlands, hanging honeycomb

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Adorable AssemblageDesigner

tip… When I use photos

in my projects, I try to make frames that allow

the images to be replaced with more personal ones; this means the projects can be given as gifts.

Using picture frame stands, create miniature altered art pieces to gift to friends and family. By Ana Kavcic

“It feels so good if you can make someone happy with a handmade gift. Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion for handmade gifts and I thought little recycled ornaments would make my friends happy.”

Creative Upcycling

MaterialsStamps Ana used... • Viva Decor: Flowers & Butterflies

• Tim Holtz: Mini Halloween 3; Curiosities Dina Wakley: Lonely Girl

Other materials... • Liquitex: Basics acrylic paint

• Ranger Archival ink pad: Jet black

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress ink pads: Vintage Photo; Fired Brick

• Ranger Perfect Medium Pad: Clear

• Ranger: Rich Red Embossing Powder

• Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel-Utee: Clear

• Ranger: Glue N’Seal

• Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Monocles

• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk Sticker book

• Vintage image

• Mini bottle

• Cardstock

• Vintage book pages

• Plastic heart beads

• Wax

• Wire

• Sandpaper

• Black fine marker


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Like many crafters, I am always looking for inexpensive materials for my art. Sometimes I am a bit ashamed to ask people if I can take their trash, but it gives me pleasure when I can transform that trash

to something beautiful.

Here I will show you how I transformed the backs of ordinary picture frames into Valentine’s Day ornaments.

If you hang the frame on the wall, the wooden stand of the frame is not in use, so it is perfect for use in assemblage artwork. The shape of the backs gave me the idea of creating little houses. However, there are so many other ways they can be used. For example, as tags for gifts or garden plant identification markers… it’s up to you and your imagination!

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1 Remove stand from back of frame. If needed, correct shape with scalpel or saw and sand surface with sandpaper.

2 Rub candle wax over all sides. That will prevent paint sticking to the surface and after sanding you will get a nice distressed look.

3 Paint with acrylic paint and leave to dry. Don’t dry with a heat tool, this will melt the wax.

Step–by–step... Altered Picture Frame Stands

To finish the project:Add embellishments. I made a heart made from cardboard, embossing powder, Utee and a Tim Holtz stamp, a vial filled with heart beads and a monocle turned into a frame with a photo and twine. I also added words from Small Talk Sticker book.

Go Shopping!Viva Décor stamps are available from Buddly Crafts, www.buddlycrafts.com/shop, 0800 033 7651

Ranger Archival ink pad, Distress ink pads, Perfect Medium Pad, Rich Red Embossing Powder, Utee, Glue N’Seal, Tim Holtz stamps and Idea-ology are available from Country View Crafts, www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk, 020 7993 5479

Dina Wakley: Lonely Girl stamp is available from Stempelfee, www.stempelfee-shop.de

Liqutitex Basics acrylic paint is available from Crafty Arts Ltd, www.craftyarts.co.uk, 0207 993 5479

Vintage image is available from LunaGirl, www.lunagirl.com

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4 Randomly stamp surface with permanent ink. I used an Archival ink pad.

5 Once ink is dry, lightly sand surface with sandpaper. Paint will peel off on places where wax was applied.

6 Decorate the base with old book pages and stamped images. I used flower images, outlined with fine black marker and cut out.


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This issue we have a wonderfully diverse collection of mini shrines for you to enjoy.

3D Challenge

For the Love of ArtBy That Craft Place Designer Kerry HicktonUse grunge paste through stencils to add a pattern to the front, sides and back. Add paste to the centre and use cling film to create texture. Apply clear gesso and paint with Magenta. Add PVA glue to the outside and add cream paint on top of the wet glue. Using glazing medium with Magenta, paint over crackled areas and wipe off. Repeat with Crimson paint.

Drill a hole through top of the shrine. Paint wood hearts and on the central heart, stamp the Flourish stamp into embossing powders. Add gold leaf to all hearts. Stick wire to backs of hearts. Cover sides with layers of micro beads, glitter and dashes of paint. The five small heart wires push through the hole and loop through a loop on the large heart. Add rub on words.

MaterialsSTAMPS: IndigoBlu – Dinkie Vintage Flourish; PaperArtsy – LPC014. INKS: Ranger – Archival Jet Black; Potting Soil; Tsukineko – Versamark. OTHER: Acrylic Paints – Quinacridone Magenta; Crimson; Primary Magenta; PaperArtsy Paint – Vintage Lace Paint; High Solid Gel Medium; Clear Gesso; Glazing Medium; Soft Touch Varnish; Flake & Glitter Glue; Grunge Paste; TCW Mini Bliss Stencil; Tim Holtz – Flourish Stencil; glitter; micro beads; beads; glass glitter; gold leaf sheets; Treasure Gold Classic; That Craft Place Wood – Hearts; plaster of paris angel; Tim Holtz – Remnant Rubs Words.


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Love You MoreBy Jaine DrakeI made the decision to paint my shrine completely with black gesso and go for a black chalkboard style finish. Black gesso may be scary stuff, but if you’re brave enough to take it on, the results are amazing.

With my base painted, I used a Posca pen in white to create chalkboard style doodling which is really popular right now. I stamped Romek and Agatha on watercolour card to make them more robust and arranged them on the shrine which by now was glued together. To finish the project I gave my shrine feet by attaching black wooden dominos to the base.

Six amazing designers were asked to create one-off art pieces using the house shaped mini shrine by That Craft Place Ltd. Made from versatile 4mm MDF,

these cute little house shrines provide the perfect base for a mixed media project and can be styled in a variety of different ways. Each section can be individually decorated and then slotted together to create a refined project every time.

The House Mini Shrine is available to buy from That Craft Place Ltd for only £2.99. Visit www.thatcraftplace.co.uk for more details.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Stampotique – Romek and Agatha Moon by Magda Polakow. INKS: Versafine – Black.



The Princess and the PeaBy Tracy EassonThe joy of being given a miniature house to work with sparked my imagination into the whimsical land of fairytales, where anything is possible! With the use of clay, stamps, paints and a few bits and bobs, the princess and the pea was born.

The bed legs were made from twigs found in the garden, patterned mattresses were made from clay adorned with the impressions of stamps and lace peeks out from the layers.There’s a tiny ladder to climb and scrunched up book papers create curtains. The all important pea was created from air dry clay, painted and popped under the second mattress to finish.

On a Winter’s DayBy Claudia NeubacherTo create my wintery shrine, I primed the kit with white gesso. Once dry, I stamped barbed wire, birds on wire, roots and branches (using sections of the tree stamp) onto the front and side pieces.

I used washi tape to stabilize and cover the frame. The background panel’s outer edge was covered with masking tape for protection. For a fog-like effect I stamped a tree and then painted a thin layer of white gesso over it before I stamped the next tree layer. I collaged tiny book page bunting at the back of the shrine. The crow was stamped on white cardboard, cut out and then mounted to the background with stacked sticky foam pads. Part of a die cut tree was glued to the back of the front panel before final assembly. Splatters of orange and yellow were added to finish.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Finnabair – Rust and Dust; PaperArtsy – Eclectica ESN15; Unity – Phyllis Harris Happiness Is. INKS: Ranger Archival ink pad – Jet Black. OTHER: DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics – Titanium White; Quinacridone Red; Hansa Yellow Medium; Blue Green Light; Phthalo Turquoise; Green Gold; DecoArt Media – Patina Green Antiquing Cream; Crackle Paint; Modeling Paste; Matte Medium; Hobbycraft Air Dry Clay; Old book pages; patterned paper; trim; twigs; Signo White Uni ball pen.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Crafty Individuals – The Crow Plate; Birds on a Wire. INKS: Ranger Archival: Jet Black. OTHER: DecoArt Decou-Page – Matte; DecoArt Media Gesso – White; DecoArt Media Misters – Primary Yellow; Orange; Sizzix Alterations die – Branch Tree; 7 Dots Studio Word Stickers – Nature Walk; washi tape; Faber Castell PITT artist pen – Black; wide tip black permanent marker; old book page; heavy black and white cardboard; sticky foam pads.


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BFF Style ShrineBy That Craft Place Designer Sandie GoughGraphic 45 paper is the perfect covering for an MDF mini shrine; I have used the papers both whole and fussy cut to add feature details. To add dimension, some areas have been raised using layers of card; I prefer this method as it provides more stability than 3D gel or foam pads. Inside the shrine I have applied mirror card to the sides to reflect the images and light.

Additional MDF pieces were inked, sealed with matt medium and then crackled glazed and finished with gilding wax before being added to the shrine. To finish, I made individual mini books, and added journal cards to the tiny glass bottles.

Dearly BelovedBy That Craft Place Designer Angela RadfordApply Grunge Paste through Crackle Stencil and seal the shrine with gesso. Blend paint on to the shrine and coat with Orchid Pink. Paint inside Black EcoGreen. Prepare the wings, paint Orchid Pink, and add Fresco Finish Crackle Glaze. When dry, paint with China Pink and watch the cracks appear! Seal with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Matt Finish Glaze and colour angel with Saffron and Orchid Pink and harp with Southern Skies. Highlight with Olive Bronze Treasure Gold. Paint MDF embellishments with gesso then with EcoGreen Gold Acrylic paint. Stamp with PaperArtsy Mini 76.

The pitted texture on the heart was created by heating with a heat gun until the paint bubbled. Prepare the backdrop. Spray card with Pink and Bronze Crafty Notions Colour Spray and stamp with Ditzie Cracked Up stamp, Paper Artsy Eclectica3 and Sam Poole Newsprint Flourishes using Onyx Black Versafine. Clear heat emboss and to finish, attach embellishments and gems for added glam!

MaterialsSTAMPS: Ditzie Designs – Cracked Up; PaperArtsy – Mini 76; Eclectica3 ESN05; Sam Poole – Newsprint Flourish. INKS: Crafty Notions Creative Colour Sprays – Pink; Bronze; Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Victorian Velvet; Versafine – Onyx Black. OTHER: PaperArtsy – Grunge Paste; Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic paint – Southern Skies; Crackle Glaze; Treasure Gold Olive Bronze. That Craft Place Ltd – MDF embellishments; plaster angel; metal embellishments; cotton reels; Crackle Stencil; Cosmic Shimmer – Clear Matt Finish Glaze; Matt Chalk Paint – Orchid Pink; China Pink; Saffron; EcoGreen Acrylic Paint – Gold; Black; Stamps Away – Clear embossing powder; Pebeo Gesso; gems.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Little Darlings Rubber Stamps Creativity – BFF Karaoke. INKS: Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Frayed Burlap; Brushed Corduroy. OTHER: Deco Art Matt Medium; Deco Art Crackle Glaze; Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue; metal findings and frames; paper flowers; tiny bottles; craft pearls; Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Wax – Autumn Bronze; Enchanted Gold; Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder – Blush White; twine; MDF word stack mini; MDF butterflies; MDF mini hearts; MDF mini body form; MDF dominoes; Graphic 45 8x8 paper pad – Artisan Style; black 300gsm card; Art Board.



Face up to Your Fears!

Through our series of drawing tutorials, learn to create a whimsical face with Tracy Scott.

Materials…• Sketchbook

• HB Pencil

• Eraser

• Acrylic Paints

• Coloured Pencils

• Black Fine Liner Pen

• White Gel Pen


Project: Whimsical Faces Part Two

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1 A quick recap:Once you have the shape of your face, you need to divide it into four by drawing a horizontal line halfway down the face and a vertical line halfway across the face. Our eyes are approximately one eye width apart, so next draw a rough oval eye shape across the centre points and two identical ovals either side.

2 Draw in a refined line over the top of the oval, and bring it down to a point in the corner, nearest the centre of the face; this will create the tear duct area. For the bottom of the eye, follow your sketched oval and bring the line down to meet the upper eye line at the tear duct point. Draw a second line up over the top of your eye shape to denote the eyelid. In the corner of each eye, draw a small line across the oval to indicate the muscle that holds the eyeball in place. For the iris and pupil, draw a cut off circle. If you draw a whole circle your eyes will look shocked, try to imagine the circle disappearing into the eyelid.

Step-by-step… Faces Tutorial Part Two: It’s All in the Eyes1

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3 Now we are going to create a cohesive base colour for the face and around the eye area including the eyelids. I have chosen Titan Buff for this, as I have decided on tones of brown for my shading. If you have chosen a different colour scheme then you would start with your lightest colour for your base.

4 Now we can start shading, starting with the Yellow Oxide (the medium shade) I painted a small amount of colour above and below the eye using a small, flat, stiff bristle brush (a stiffer bristle brush makes it easier to blend the colours together). Make sure to keep the brush as dry as possible, don’t worry about making it neat and tidy! Next, I painted a layer of white under the eye indicating where light would hit the face, above the cheekbones and a layer of white above the eye to denote where the light hits under the brow bone.



5 Next, add darker shading to the eye area and start to build up more depth of colour, for this I started by using Raw Umber (the dark shade). I added a small amount to the inside corner of my eyelid and a thin line across the top of the eyelid to denote a crease. A thin line across the top edge of the eye was also added, this will indicate where the eyelashes will be. I added more Yellow Oxide (the medium shade) and white and started to indicate where the side of the nose would be.

6 I decided on green eyes, so I chose Green Gold. I painted the iris, then brushed a small amount of green across the eyelid and onto the brow bone. I added a small amount under the eye. This shading technique helps to bring out the colour of the eye. For the cheek colour, I mixed the Quinacridone Magenta and White to make a paler pink and added it to the cheeks and to where the brow bone would be (don’t worry if it looks too dark, you can go over it with more white to tone it down).

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7 Once you are happy with the colour of the painted layer, start to add in the details with coloured pencils. The colours I have chosen are Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber and Black (keeping the same colour family as my original paint colours). Using the coloured pencils will help to define all the details and add more depth to the shading.

8 Using the Black pencil, I coloured the pupil, defined the iris and added a dark line to the top edge of the eye to indicate the eyelashes. Use Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Raw Umber to create more shadow on the eyelid and inside corner of the eye (the inside corner and crease of the eyelid is where it should appear darkest and shading should get lighter towards the centre and outer edge of the eyelid).


Project: Whimsical Faces Part Two


Go ShopingDecoArt Medialine Fluid Acrylic Paints are available from The Craft Barn, www.thecraftbarn.co.uk

Caran D’ache Pablo Pencils are available from Ken Bromley Art Supplies, www.artsupplies.co.uk

Next time... Learn how to create the nose and mouth, and colour them to perfection! Part three of Tracy’s Whimsical Faces series will feature in the March 2016 issue, on sale February 5th!

Meet the designer:Tracy Scott“When I am not at the ‘day job’ as a Finance Officer in East London, I’m obsessed by all things bright, painty, inky and messy!”

Explore her work online: [email protected],www.facebook.com/myjournallingjourney

Top Tips:

1 Work on both eyes at the same time, it is much easier to make them match up if you do each step simultaneously to each eye rather than trying to complete one and then trying to match up the other.

2 Play around with shapes, sizing and spacing of your eyes, try different colour options or try adding individual lashes, some things will work and some won’t but you won’t know until you experiment and you could discover your own stylised look.

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9 To add shading to the iris I used another coloured pencil (choose one that is a slightly darker tone than your eye colour). I chose Olive Green for this step. The top of the iris directly under the eyelid is slightly darker, as the eyelid casts a shadow onto the eyeball, so I have added darker shading to the top half of my iris using the Olive Green pencil. I also added pencil lines to my iris to create further detail (draw these lines from the outside in and don’t hit the centre for a more natural look).

10 For the finishing touches I enhance the colour of my pupil with the black pen. I define the outside of the iris and the thicken the top edge of the eyelid, to indicate the presence of eyelashes. I use a white gel pen to add some highlights to the pupil and iris, creating a sparkle effect. White is also added above and below the eye and around the inner corner to create highlights.



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Doorway to Memories

This issue, Lin Brown explains some of her delicate details and techniques used to create a beautiful journal cover.

Amazing Artistry


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I love how the delicate texture of Bead Gel on the pediment is accentuated beautifully with tiny touches of Copper and

Classic Treasure Gold.

“This project was originally destined to be a wall

hanging with the intention of using up some of my

stash of fabric gelli plate prints. I collaged the piece together on a background of tissue paper adhered to

calico. During the process of decorating this base layer

with stamps, stencils, paints and glazes, I realised that it would actually make a brilliant journal cover.”

Meet the designer: Lin Brown“I have worked in the craft industry for over 20 years and following my retirement from owning my own craft store, I completed a couple of City & Guilds courses in Textiles. This new found love of fabric coupled with my passion for working with paint, has influenced most of my latest projects. I also design stamps, stencils and paint colours for PaperArtsy and often feature my work on the PaperArtsy blog.”

Explore her work online: www.yoursartfully.blogspot.com

In the Details...



The orange tones of my gelli plate printed fabric made a great surface for the door image which I stamped and coloured on Transfer Artist Paper. Ironing this onto the fabric produces a sharper image than stamping directly on the fabric.

Grunge Paste through an alphabet stencil added some great texture to this project. Adding gold paint gave the piece a lift.

Stamping the keyhole on tissue paper and gluing in place with matte medium is a great way to achieve perfect placement.


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Crow Old Along With Me

Create an alternative Valentine’s Day gift using transferred imagery on old crockery. By Riikka Kovasin

“My Valentine’s Day inspired project follows a darker theme than you’d normally expect but

with a strong sentimental message.”


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1 Print picture mirrored and cut out. Spread Soft Matte Gel on plate and smooth image face down.

2 When dry, rub paper off with water. Dry off and finish with a layer of Soft Gloss Gel.

Step–by–step... Image Transfer Plate

I love opportunities to include found items. It’s fun to turn unloved and forgotten items into something new. It gives it a new life and tells a story from another time. The best materials for these projects are household

bits and bobs which you don’t use but just can’t throw away either.

In this piece the special touch isn’t the plate itself but how I’ve adorned it. When my husband and I were getting married we searched for the perfect wedding song. Finnish custom is to have a waltz, but as neither he nor I are the dancing type, we wanted to have something else. He came up with the perfect song, originally created by John Lennon but the version we had was sung by Damian Wilson. The chorus line of the song is, “grow old along with me”. Crow Old Along with Me is a homage to our special day, this piece will always be a special one for me.

MaterialsStamps Riikka used…• Prima Marketing: Messy

Other materials…• Archival Ink: Jet Black

• Prima Marketing: Soft Matte Gel; Soft Gloss Gel; 3D Matte Gel

Scrap FX: Steampunk Flourish Border

• Prima Marketing: Mulberry Roses; Rodanthe Blooms; Shabby Chic Treasures Hearts

• Prima Marketing Heavy Gesso: white

• Ranger Dina Wakley Heavy Body Acrylic Paint: White

• Prima Marketing: Oil Pastels

• Prima Marketing Color Bloom: Precious Stone

• Talens: India Ink

• Prima Marketing Mica powder: Vintage Pink, Pink

• Ranger Liquid Pearls: Onyx Pearl; White Opal

• Printed crow image

• An old plate

• Found objects: Old key; light bulbs; brush; ring

Meet the designer:Riikka Kovasin“I was hooked when I first opened a gesso jar. I am a mixed media influenced scrapbooker and a mother of two. I enjoy creating layouts, canvases and altered pieces the most.”

Explore her work online: paperiliitin.blogspot.com

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3 Add embellishments using 3D Matte Gel. Cluster flowers, found objects and chipboard pieces.

4 Cover embellishments with white gesso to provide a base for colour.

5 Add colour. Mist, paint and draw. I created the bottom layer with mist and India Ink and then added Oil Pastel and Mica.

6 Finish the plate with stamping and Liquid Pearls. Leave to dry thoroughly.


Project: Altered Plate

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The True Book of Love


Project: Hinged Canvas Book

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Discover an alternative use for box frames – hinge them and create an art book! By Louise Crosbie

I used the lyrics, “I never promised you a rose garden”, as my inspiration. The project takes the form of two books in one. The fairytale version ‘The Book of True Love’ and ‘The True Book of Love’.

‘The Book of True Love’ was covered in crackle paint, stencilled with crackle texture paste and then given a soft white and pink wash of colour. I then added DecoArt Interference paints to create a lovely Mother of Pearl effect that shines in the light. I also aged it with antiquing cream around the edges. The Calico Craft Parts were coloured using acrylics and metallic lustres before being glued into place.The inside follows the same soft and romantic theme, with layers of cheesecloth and embellishments.

The True Book of Love’ has a more mysterious styling, with metaphors for real life love. I used a snakeskin stencil in Interference paint on top of a dark base to create a shimmering, scaly finish. Just like real life love, this book can look interesting and dark at times but become a rainbow when the light hits it. The inside is covered in thick crackle texture with a wash of black. Extra Texture Medium was tinted red with acrylics and used as a bold highlight. The gates to the ‘rose garden’ are open, but the way is partially blocked by a thorny rose bush. At the gate is your frog prince.

Materials• Two deep frame canvases

• Stencils

• DecoArt: Crackle paint

• DecoArt: Crackle Texture

• DecoArt: Crackle Varnish

• DecoArt: Media Fluid Acrylics

• DecoArt: Media Interference paints

• DecoArt: Metallic Lustres

• DecoArt: Chalky Finish paints

• DecoArt: Antiquing cream

• Calico Craft Parts: Words; gates; cherubs; hearts

• Paper flowers

• Prima embellishments: Frog; Cherub

• Wooden heart

• Empty perfume bottle

• Paper ephemera

• Lace

• Hinges

Meet the designer:Louise Crosbie “I started card making 11 years ago. Over time, I’ve found that I prefer creating larger altered items, but I still like to make cards around Halloween and Christmas time.”

Explore her work online: www.zuzuspetalsstuff.blogspot.co.uk

TOP TOOL…

Old loyalty cards and membership cards can be used

as glue and medium spreaders (and for drawing lines in texture paste).

“Following the February theme of love, I decided to compare the fairytale version of love with a

more realistic, down to earth version.”

PENNY SAVERS…Apothecary

type bottles can be costly from craft suppliers, so I often use empty perfume bottles or spice jars.



In the Details...

By using a wash of black over the crackle paste, the cracks are accentuated, leaving the surface clean and bright in contrast.

To help make the canvases look more like books, I used texture paste along

the edges. While it was still wet, I used a card to make lines in the texture to

represent pages. When it was dry, I aged it with a wash of colour.

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DESIGNER TIP…

Be patient and let your crackle mediums dry naturally. Rushing them with a heat tool or radiator can often disrupt the process

and ruin the crackle effect.


Project: Hinged Canvas Book


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Love to CreateBy IndigoBlu Designer Elizabeth RobinsonFlitterGlu can be used through stencils as well as in stamping. I’ve used Yorkshire Dales Megaflakes to foil my pattern. I cut out the square pattern and adhered to the distressed 6” square green background on foam pads. The Chariot of Fire Megaflakes are fabulous for sentiments and they also co-ordinate with the other mixed colour pots. Butterflies were cut from patterned paper and coated in watered down Goldfinger paint to add extra shine; they now compliment the Megaflakes beautifully.

MaterialsSTAMPS: IndigoBlu – Vintage Flourish; IndigoBlu – Discover Your Passion. OTHER: IndigoBlu – Texture Stencil; IndigoBlu – Flights of Fancy Mixed Media Card Stack; IndigoBlu – Goldfinger Metallic Cottage Garden Paint; IndigoBlu – Chariot of Fire Megaflakes; IndigoBlu – Yorkshire Dales Megaflakes.


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All That Glitters This issue we have a sparkling gallery of dazzlingly gorgeous ‘All That Glitters’ themed cards to feast your eyes upon!

Runway GirlBy Shirley BamptonTrim watercolour panel to fit card. Lightly stamp Distress Ink Minis directly onto panel and paint over each one with water to make a block of colour. When dry, overstamp with the text stamp in Smoky Grey. Adhere the panel to the card and scribble a border with a fineliner. Trim the second panel to a tag size, to fit on the front of the card and stamp the Runway image in Onyx Black. Colour with Seedless Preserves and Weathered Wood using a wet paintbrush, then scribble a border with a fineliner. Stamp the sentiment on the tag, punch a hole at the top of the tag and add ribbon, then attach the tag to the card. Cut the ‘happy’ from glitter foam and adhere it across the tag. Add glitter dots and gems to finish.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Tim Holtz – Runway; Papillon; Hero Arts – Happy Stamp & Cut. INKS: Distress Ink Minis – Weathered Wood; Broken China; Seedless Preserves; Dusty Concord; VersaFine – Onyx Black; Smoky Grey. OTHER: Watercolour panels; self-adhesive glitter foam; self-adhesive gems; self-adhesive glitter dots; black fineliner pen; die cutting machine; blending tool; wide paintbrush; hole punch; narrow ribbon.

Take Your Brain with You By Rikka KovasinAs it’s February, my thoughts turned to Valentine’s Day, so I made a card with a heart. But it’s not your typical Valentine.

To follow the theme, I used glitter and sheet of adhesive to make my own glitter paper and also added glitter in the form of embossing glitter. I coated cardstock with the adhesive sheet and then poured the glitter on top. I then sewed this piece to my card base. I layered a stamped piece of patterned paper, stamped heart and the quote on top of each other and added this to the card using foam dots. Lastly, I finished the card with a few rhinestone hearts.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Carabelle Studio – Follow Your Heart. INKS: Archival – Jet Black; Tsukineko – VersaMark; Distress – Picked Raspberry. OTHER: 7 Dots Studio – Destination Unknown Walk the Plank; 7 Dots Studio – Verano Azul 6" x 6" Pad; WOW! Embossing Powder – Persian Indigo Embossing Glitter; Prima Marketing – Glitter Set Crimson; Prima Marketing – SIIC 551544; Sakura Gelly Rolly – Black.

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Hip to Be SquareBy Rachel FisherThe theme made me think about parties and the colour scheme came across to me as very retro. Using Distress inks, I created a base using four different colours of ink on a square piece of card. I then overlaid the Joggles stencil and worked with the Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry in different areas on the card. Next I applied sparkle medium through part of the Andy Skinner stencil. Once dry, I stamped the Visible Image stamp in VersaMark then heat embossed. To make the images and words pop, I applied white pen and black pen. Finally, I matted and layered using Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry to blend in with the main card.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Visible Image – Smile, Sparkle, Shine. INKS: Distress – Picked Raspberry; Wilted Violet; Weathered Wood; Salty Ocean; VersaMark. OTHER: WOW! Embossing Powder – Opaque Blue; Joggles Endless 9" x 12" stencil; Andy Skinner Stencil – Hippy Chic; Imagination Crafts – Blue Sapphire Sparkle Medium; white outline pen; black fine liner pen.

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Filled with ThanksBy Lydia Brooke EvansFirstly I stamped the jar image with VersaMark and embossed in silver glitter embossing powder. I then stamped the lid image with blue ink and the inside of the jar image in pink ink. I then stamped the beetroot image dark purple ink to look as if it is inside the jar. To add sparkle, I used the Wink Of Stella pen all over the images and then added Glossy Accents over the top.

I stamped a label shape and sentiment onto vellum, cut it out and added it to the Stick-It sheet. As vellum is transparent you can see adhesive through it but if you use the Stick-It sheet it is not noticeable at all. Once the Glossy Accents on the jar was dry I added the label and finished the card with a few sparkly sequins.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Waffle Flower – Good Stuff. INKS: VersaMark; Hero Arts Shadow Ink – Pool; Grape Juice; Simon Says Ink – Doll Pink; StazOn – Jet Black. OTHER: Clear Wink of Stella Pen; Ranger – Glossy Accents; Stick-It sheet; vellum; Copic Markers – C1; C3; WOW! Embossing Powder – Silver Sparkle; Pretty Pink Posh Sequins – Sparkling Clear.

All That Glitters




Never out of StyleBy Giovanna ZaraStamp the image of the lady in the centre of the card using black Archival ink. Colour with several shades of Gelatos, picking the colours from the stick with a waterbrush. Add the sentiment from the same stamp set. Using a glue with a nib, put some glue on the eyelids and on the bags of the stamped image and pour glitter over the top. Cut out several strips of diamond mesh and adhere to the border of the card with glue.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Scruffy Little Cat – Ashleigh. INKS: Archival – Jet Black. OTHER: Faber Castell – Gelatos; Vintage Sparkle Glitter – Gemstone; diamond mesh; glitter.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Kaisercraft – Confidence Texture Sentiments. INKS: Archival – Jet Black. OTHER: Hot Fix Crystals – Fuchsia; Amethyst; Rose; Aquamarine; Black Diamond; Clear Kandi Kane Crystal Wand; Sizzix Bigz L Die – Square; Xcut – Square Nesting Dies 5 Piece.

Sparkle and Shine By Georgie ConnellyA fabulously easy card, clean and simple but with lots a sparkle and shine! I knew when seeing this theme I had go for one of my favourite craft supplies – gems!

I started by die cutting ivory card, one each from the dies listed. On the smallest square, I stamped the sentiment in black ink. Mat the ivory squares onto the black card and layer up. Randomly affix the crystals, filling the space around the three dimensional sentiment. The gem colours add a much needed pop of colour to the simple, light background. The Kandi Kane tool is a must have if you love gems, as the adhesive on the Hot Fix crystals is much stronger than regular craft gems.



*Call for DesignersWould you like to see your work in print on these pages? We have always featured a few reader creations here, but we’d like to extend that and offer more space to see what amazing things you create, now really is the time to get ready, get set and stamp!

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Dark Rustic EleganceBy Samra LeshinskiI used a piece of chipboard for the base of my cover and created a crackled background by applying gesso, weathered wood paint and one step crackle paint. I applied glass glitter to the die cut frame and hand dyed seam binding ribbon with Dylusions ink. The flowers were cut using the Spellbinders Rose Creations die, inked with Seedless Preserve ink and decorated with glitter, micro beads and gemstones. I stamped the sentiment and then arranged all the embellishments around it, creating a gentle flow of flowers and ribbon.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Tim Holtz Visual Artistry Clear Stamps – Urban Grunge. INKS: Distress – Seedless Preserves; Ranger Archival – Jet Black. OTHER: Gesso; Distress paint – Weathered Wood; Deco Art – One Step Crackle; purple glitter, gemstones, micro beads, Silver Glass Glitter, Frost Shimmer Spray; seam binding ribbon; Dylusions Ink Spray – Crushed Grape; Spellbinders – Rose Creation Die Cuts; Memory Box – Chloe Die Cuts.

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Pocket Poetry

Make miniature masterpieces using bookbinding and origami techniques. By Sarah Anderson


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1 Cut a 22cm x 5.5cm piece of felt. Fold into quarters and open. Run fingers over fold to create visible creases.

2 Fold fourth quarter diagonally and pin in place. The paper version illustrates this more clearly.

3 Fold second quarter down diagonally and pin in place.

Step–by–step... Pocket Art Book

I love books – reading them, collecting them, making them, and taking them apart and using them in my artwork. When making my own, I use Alisa Golden’s books, as they are full of different forms with clear instructions.

In her book ‘Expressive Handmade Books’ she outlines how to create a little origami pocket envelope and I’ve adapted this to make a felt pocket for my tiny book.

The book itself is a simple fold from Daler Rowney’s mixed media paper, decorated with paints, stamps and stencils. I filled it with images related to sentences I snipped from an old book of Tennyson’s poetry. It was falling apart and heading for the recycling bin, but I saved a few words, so that Tennyson’s words can still be enjoyed – albeit in a different order to those the esteemed poet placed them in!

MaterialsStamps Sarah used... PaperArtsy: MN68, Hot Pick 1508

Lavinia Stamps; Flower Border

Other materials...Pink Felt: 22cm wide

Sewing Machine

Cotton thread: Green

Tiny beads

Versafine ink: Onyx Black

Daler Rowney Mixed Media paper

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics: Inky Pool; Limelight; Zesty Zing; Spanish Mulberry

Martha Stewart: Hydrangea Punch

Old book papers

Self adhesive gems

“A spacious garden, full of flowering weeds; some dropping low, their crimson

bells half-closed, and others studded wide. The breeze of a joyful dawn.”

Meet the designer:Sarah Anderson“A primary special needs teacher by day, I love playing with paper, paint, inks and odds and ends to relax and have fun.”

Explore her work online: sarahanderson1.blogspot.co.uk


Project: Mini Art Book and Cover


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4 Fold first quarter up, covering up the diagonal you’ve just made, and use the pin from step 3, to pin in place.

5 Fold layered square across so it sits on the third quarter. Press down on the fold to define it.

6 Open the fold, turn the piece over and stitch down each of the folds. Use free machining to draw three flowers and add beads by hand.

To finish the project: Making a book like this gives the opportunity to add hidden pages within the folds. I used paper from an envelope, a scrap of book paper and a sheet stamped with flowers. These were secured using pamphlet stitch.

Penny savers…

Envelopes containing bills or bank statements often have interesting printing on the inside. I use these a lot in my

collages and tiny books.

7 Turn the piece back over and fold as step 5 and fold the embellished triangle over the top.

8 Stitch along the bottom of the envelope, and along the top.

9 Cut a 10cm x 10cm piece of mixed media paper. Fold into quarters and cut along one of the quarters into the centre. Decorate and fold into a booklet.



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This month, our lovely Design Team have been creating sweet bird designs using the gorgeous Trendy Birds stamps by STAMPlorations.

Stamping Contrasts

In this month’s Stamping Contrasts, we challenged three fab designers to craft unique projects using the Trendy Birds stamp set by STAMPlorations.

Featuring four sitting bird silhouettes and two flying birds covered in delightful floral and text designs, this set is perfect for a whole range of mixed media stamping projects. Get excited for Spring with us… a few cheery little birds can put a smile on anyone’s face!

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MaterialsINKS: StazOn – Black. OTHER: Glass jar; moss; paper flowers and leaves; driftwood twigs; sheet music; wooden door knob; DecoArt – Media Misters; DecoArt – Crackle paint; Papermania – self-adhesive lace trim; Calico Craft Parts – Bird cage; broken jewellery; metal charms.

Tantalizing TerrariumBy Louise CrosbieThis is a very simple but effective and fun little project. It’s a nod to the Victorian penchant for collecting stuffed creatures in glass display cases and jars. I stained my card first, using DecoArt misters and stamped my little bird on to it. I filled my jar with moss, flowers and driftwood, adhered my bird onto the driftwood and decorated the jar with sheet music and lace. To finish it off, I added an old wooden door knob to the lid of the jar, which I painted to match with the tones of the bird and the flowers.

Captured BirdsBy Louise CrosbieMore captured birds. For this project, they have been freed from their cage! I have attached them to a lovely Calico Craft Parts wooden bird cage which has been painted with crackle paint to give it a shabby chic look. I have added some bits of broken jewellery to it to add a bit of glamour. The birds were simply stamped out onto card I had coloured with misters, then cut out and glued into place.

Designer tip…

With hanging projects, it’s important to

decorate the back in order for the

piece to look good from all angles.


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Blue Bird TinBy Lydia Brooke EvansI covered a small tin box using turquoise Inka-Gold, when this was dry I then used gold Inka-Gold to stamp one of the birds from the stamp set onto the lid to break the solid colour up a little. For the foiled bird, I stamped one of the bird stamps onto some kraft card with VersaMark and heat set this using WOW! Bonding Powder. I added teal foil to the image and ran it through the Minc machine. To give height to the foiled bird I added flowers edged with more Inka-Gold and burlap leaves underneath it. The leaves were made using burlap paper cut using the leaf dies and Inka-Gold was added to the bottom of them to tie the look together.

Pillow BoxBy Lydia Brooke EvansI took a kraft pillow box and stamped all of the bird images onto it using VersaMark and heat set with WOW! Bonding Powder, I then added some teal foil and ran it through the Minc machine.

I added a strip of burlap around the box, and then layered a kraft doily die-cut, paper flowers, burlap leaves and a gold foiled bird. The elegant piece was then finished with a twine bow.

MaterialsINKS: VersaMark. OTHER: Inka-Gold – Turquoise; Gold; Copper; Green; WOW! Embossing Powder – Bonding Powder; Heidi Swapp – Minc Machine; Deco Foil – Teal; Gold; DCWV – Burlap Paper; Lawn Fawn – Stitched Leaves Dies; paper flowers; twine; burlap; Die-Namics – Decorative Doily; anti-static bag.

Designer tip…

When using the WOW! Bonding Powder, make sure you prepare the

surface you wish to foil with an anti-static bag or tool, this will help to stop

the powder sticking where you don’t

want it.



Swooping SwallowsBy STAMPlorations Designer Shirley BamptonI swiped Distress Ink Minis across an artist trading card and then polished with a tissue, which helps to blend the colours. With a wet paintbrush I removed some colour from the stamped images and then sealed the inks with Distress Glaze to minimise bleeding into the white paint. I drew a chequered frame with a black Posca pen, filling the gaps with white acrylic paint. A trail of machine stitching adds movement, and helps to fill blank space.

Birds on a SwingBy STAMPlorations Designer Shirley BamptonThose gorgeous birds needed a swing to perch on, so I made one by square-lashing some bamboo skewers together with twine, sealing the knots with Glossy Accents, then once dry, covering it all with gold paint. I stamped the birds onto mixed media paper and coloured them with a palette of Distress inks used as watercolours. I then used tufted wired fibre from my stash, to create the hanger. The birds were adhered to the swing with narrow red liner tape and Glossy Accents.

MaterialsINKS: Distress Minis – Seedless Grape; Picked Raspberry; Squeezed Lemonade; Twisted Citron; Wild Honey; Mermaid Lagoon; Abandoned Coral; Versafine – Onyx Black. OTHER: Mixed media paper; Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber – Gold; twine; bamboo skewers; Glossy Accents; wired tufted fibre; red liner tape; Distress Glaze; Posca pen – 3m black; acrylic paint – white.

Designer tip…

You can find step-by-step instructions on square-lashing on the internet.


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“Ranger’s Distress Micro Glaze is perfect for developing both interesting resist techniques and exciting textures. It’s great to play around with.”


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Distress Micro Glaze is a water resistant sealer for use with Distress ink, markers and stain, and watercolours. It lends itself well to resist

techniques, as it resists many mediums, and protects what’s hidden underneath. It’s this effect in particular that we are going to look at here.

I used watercolour paper and Distress ink, but you can experiment with other surfaces too, such as manila and Specialty Stamping paper. Only apply the glaze to porous surfaces. Just as the glaze resists Distress ink, it will also resist watercolour paint, water based markers, Distress stain and spray and a whole range of other products.

It is easiest to apply the glaze with your finger and you only need very little. You can buff off the excess with a paper towel. Don’t worry about being too precise, it often looks nice if some of the glaze gets outside the lines.

Distress Micro Glaze Resists

Masterclass:

Refine your resists with Distress Micro Glaze. By Anna-Karin Evaldsson

MaterialsStamps Anna-Karin used…• Stamper’s Anonymous: Classics #1; Classics #17

• Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz: Graph & Croc

Other materials... • Watercolour paper

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Hickory Smoke; Cracked Pistachio; Blueprint Sketch; Black Soot

• Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Picket Fence; Hickory Smoke

• Sizzix Tim Holtz: Big Ticket Bigz; Butterflies Duo; Bubble & Honeycomb Texture Fade

• Ranger Dina Wakley: White Gesso

• Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz stencil: Splotches

• Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Botanical Remnant Rubs; Life Quotes Remnant Rubs; WordBands; Typed Tokens; Long Fasteners; Screw Eyes; Bare Mini Burlap Industrious Stickers

• Sizzix: Big Shot machine

• Canvas board 5" x 7"

Meet the designer:Anna-Karin Evaldsson“I started papercrafting in 2002 and I am so happy that I discovered the joy of making art with stamps, paper, dies, ink and paint.”

Explore her work online: www.layersofink.blogspot.com


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1 Apply Micro Glaze with finger around edges, and here and there on the background.

2 Smear Distress ink onto craft sheet and mist with water.

3 Press paper into the ink.The glaze will resist the ink and create a border as well as texture.

Technique 1: Basic Texture ResistThis is an easy way to create a frame for your project, as well as added texture.

DESIGNER TIP…

Use the glaze to create highlights

and textures, such as on waves, snowy

ridges, and as clouds in the sky.

Distress Micro Glaze Resists

Masterclass:



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1 Stamp an image with Jet Black Archival Ink.

2 Apply Distress Micro Glaze with finger on areas you want to remain white.

3 Smear ink on craft sheet, mist and press paper into ink. The glaze resists the ink.

1 Stamp an image and watercolour it with Distress ink.

2 Apply Distress Micro Glaze with finger in areas you want to keep the same colour.

3 Smear ink on craft sheet, mist and press paper into ink. Glaze protects the Cracked Pistachio.

Technique 2: Preserving WhitesStamp an image and coat it with glaze in order to preserve white areas when applying colour.

Technique 3: Protect the Colouring of an ImageYou can also use the glaze to protect colour from subsequent applications of colour.




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1 Emboss the paper in an embossing folder.

2 Apply Distress Micro Glaze with finger, avoiding the recessed areas.

3 Smear inks on craft sheet, mist with water and press paper into ink.

1 Apply a small amount of glaze through a stencil, aiming for an uneven result.

2 Colour. If glaze collects in areas of the stencil, wipe when dry.

3 Stamp with a darker Distress ink. The glaze will resist the stamping, so it won’t stick to the dots.

Technique 4: Dry Embossed TextureApply Distress Micro Glaze over a dry embossed surface, to get a wonderful, textured fi nish. Use an embossing folder with less open areas.

Technique 5: Glaze and StencilsUse the glaze with stencils. It works best with stencils that arenʼt too detailed.



Go Shopping!Ranger products are widely available from good craft retailers worldwide. For more information on Ranger products visit www.rangerink.com

Stamper’s Anonymous stamps, Tim Holtz idea-ology products and Sizzix Alterations are available from Country View Crafts, www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk, 01767 262 304

Sizzix dies are available from www.sizzix.co.uk, 0844 499 8181

Butterfly Burlap PanelSmear gesso on a small burlap panel. Prepare a background using technique 1 with Hickory Smoke. When dry, stamp the graph stamp with the same ink. Add a few rub-ons to the background.

Die cut two butterflies and emboss them in the coordinating embossing folder. Use technique 4 on the butterflies, giving them a great texture. Layer with foam dots in between the wings. Finish by splattering Black Soot ink on the background and embellish with a metal sentiment.

Dragonfly Canvas Prepare a canvas board with old book paper and paint with Picket Fence and Hickory Smoke paints. On watercolour paper, stamp the large dragonfly and two small dragonflies with Jet Black ink. Use technique 1 on the dragonflies, and 5 on the rest of the background. Stamp the large dragonflies two more times on watercolour paper, use technique 3 and then cut out and apply with foam dots for dimension.

Add stamped and rub-on words to the background and splatter everything with a little Black Soot Distress Ink. Embellish with Idea-ology pieces.

Further Ideas

Penny savers…

Since you only need to apply tiny amounts

of Distress Micro Glaze, the jar will last

you a long time, even if you use it often.





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Art Journaling is a wonderful way of releasing the artist inside

you and producing a permanent and precious illustration of

your innermost thoughts as well as the events, people and

places that mean the most to you. But like any artist, you may need

a little help to overcome the fear of a blank page, and Kate Crane is

the perfect guide as she shares the tips, techniques and skills that

will energise your pages and let your imagination soar.

Kate begins with the equipment you need to start mixed-media art

journaling, with a guide to the journal itself, as well as paints, inks,

pens, stencils, rubber stamps, useful ‘junk’, and anything else you

may need. She shows how to prepare your journal pages for mixed

media, and how to handle and blend acrylic paints. There’s also a

handy guide to colour theory where you’ll learn which colours go

together and which don’t. Lastly,

Kate shows how to add depth to

your backgrounds by adding layer

upon layer, with more acrylic paint,

colour washes, ink sprays, stencils

and rubber stamps.

Relax while you can, because

Kate’s infectious enthusiasm for this

fascinating art-form will soon have

you reaching for your paints and

inks to create vibrant, colourful and

inspirational backgrounds for your

journal.

Join Kate again in ‘Art Journaling –

There are No Mistakes in Art!’ to learn

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journaling to your backgrounds to

create busy and yet cohesive pages.

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In ‘Art Journaling – Right from a Blank Page’, Kate Crane showed how to overcome the fear of a blank page and create vibrant and colourful backgrounds for your journal. Now it’s time to add focal images and journaling to the backgrounds so that your pages can appear busy and yet cohesive, creating a wonderful journal in your own unique style.

Kate begins with a guide to fi nding digital collage images on the World Wide Web, and you join her in an Internet search as she shows where to look, how to download and how to print images that will bring your journal to life. She then explores different ways of adding focal images to your pages including digital collage im-ages, rubber stamped images and collaged borders. Using simple but amazingly effective tips and tricks you’ll fi nd how to ground your im-ages and make beautifully unifi ed pages. Finally, overcome the fear of writing as you discover where and how to journal on the page, including ideas for daily journaling, the use of quotes or lyrics, and responding to journal prompts, including websites and books.Whether you’re new to art journaling, or want to fi nd new ways to let your imagination and creativity fl ourish, you’ll fi nd Kate’s enthusiasm, skill and knowledge inspirational. Join her in an enriching journey as you discover that there are truly no mistakes in art.

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Following the success of her Art Journaling 1 and

2 DVDs, Kate Crane presents another superb

set of DVDs to take your art journaling into

an exciting new world of multi-layered colour and

texture.

In Art Journaling 3 – Bold Backgrounds, Kate

creates seven stunning backgrounds using her

trademark bright and vibrant colours. Shown step-

by-step in real time, with details of the equipment

and materials used, you can easily follow along.

Kate explains her thought process as she uses

acrylic paints, ink sprays, stencils, rubber stamps,

gesso and pastels to create balanced, cohesive,

yet uncluttered backgrounds. Simple, but effective,

mixed-media techniques include blending,

sponging, spraying, stencilling, spritzing and

scraping and rubber stamping.

By the end of this DVD Kate fi nishes the

backgrounds she needs for Art Journaling 4 –

Personalised Pages, where she then adds the layers,

details, images and journaling to make each page a

deeply personal piece of art.

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Following the success of her Art Journaling 1 and 2 DVDs, Kate Crane presents another superb set of DVDs to take your art journaling into an exciting new world of multi-layered colour and texture.

In Art Journaling 4 – Personalised Pages, Kate continues the pages from Art Journaling 3 – Bold Backgrounds and explores ways to add fi nishing touches, adding more colour, doodling, rubber stamping, digital collage images and even some hand-drawn elements, maintaining unity and cohesion on the page.

Perhaps the most interesting, yet most challenging feature of any page is the journaling itself. Kate shows how to add prompts to encourage even the most reluctant journaler, such as making a monthly art calendar page to get you journaling on a daily basis. Browse through Kate’s gallery to see how the variety and beauty of her page designs merges with personal, heartfelt journaling.

Together, let’s make something very, very special!

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Kate Cane is back with another

inspirational two-DVD set that introduces

a whole new set of techniques for

creating beautiful and original art

journals.

In Mix up the Media, Kate shows how all

kinds of hoarded and recycled materials

can be used as to create pages for

a Junk Journal – one that, as well as

containing journal pages, can include

photos, letters, mementos – almost

anything that you treasure and want to

keep safe forever.

To create the mixed media backgrounds

for her Junk Journal pages, Kate gets

busy with the familiar inks and paints,

and adds lots of depth and texture

by adding deli paper printed on a

gelli plate and using her own hand-

cut stencils. Watch her backgrounds

come alive with colour, texture and

contrast as Kate completes them with

lots of added detail to create beautifully

balanced pages ready for completion in

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In Art Journaling 5 – Mix Up the Media, Kate Crane created beautiful pages to be used in her Junk Journal – a journal that combines art with the special memories locked up in photographs, letters and anything treasured.

In Junk It Up!, Kate uses doodling, images made from scanned backgrounds, rub-ons, collage, stamps, quotes and many other techniques to complete beautiful and highly individual journal pages, as well as pages with pockets to keep all those special mementos safe.

Kate then shows how to bind the pages together using front and back covers and a canvas spine to produce a very special Junk Journal – a book of memories just for you or to share with friends and loved ones.

But a journal need never be completely fi nished, and Kate shows how you can keep on adding more pages and elements whenever you want. Junk It Up! fi nishes with a gallery showing even more of Kate's inspirational journal pages.


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Card Art p.23

By smoothing texture paste through a brick wall design stencil, Mona Pendleton added subtle texture and a surface pattern to her layered cards. To create a dreamy finish, she used muted pinks with intricate die cut doilies completing the romantic look.

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Lydia Brooke Evans’ Stamping Contrasts on p.66

We loved Lydia Brooke Evans’ lovely layers on her ‘Pillow Box’ project. She has used a gorgeous combination of rustic, natural brown materials with hints of vivid colours coming through on the paper roses (tipped with luxurious gold) and glossy blue foiling.

Pocket Poetry on p.60

These beautifully fine, botanical-shaped book paper cuts work really well against the colourful mixed media background. By using numbered paper, Sarah Anderson has created a striking surface pattern that makes the fern-like leaves really pop.

Louise Crosbie’s Stamping Contrasts on p.64

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Esther Peck is the winner of our October Take It, Make It Challenge! We loved the rainbow effect created by Brusho pigment powders. The stark black embossing of the trees is a perfect contrast to all the vibrant tones of the background, such a wonderful way of showcasing two techniques together. Esther has created a beautiful card, suitable for any season!

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TiMiLearn more about our latest Take It, Make It challenge winner!

Q: How long have you been a stamper, and how did you get started?

A: I have always dabbled in one craft or another since I was a child. I started off buying my first stamps at a craft fair to make Christmas cards nearly twenty years ago – I still have them!

Q: What are your favourite kinds of stamps, and do you have a favourite stamp company?

A: I think background stamps are my favourite, especially any kind of script or manuscript as I love masking and layering with stamped images. I�m not sure I could pick one favourite stamp company, but I particularly love IndigoBlu, Stamp Addicts, PaperArtsy and Crafty Individuals.

Esther Peck, Suffolk

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“I created my project for a challenge theme of ‘Changing Seasons’, just as Summer was moving

into Autumn. I am lucky enough to live in a beautiful rural area and the changing trees and sun setting earlier as I drove home from work made me

appreciate the gorgeous colours of the seasons.”

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Q: What kind of projects do you like creating the most?

A: I enjoy Art Journalling, especially at the end of a stressful week. I find it very therapeutic to express thoughts and feelings in this way. I still enjoy card making and also using my stamps and mixed media on scrapbook layouts.

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The March issue features this tasty little macaron design stamp for free!

• Gorgeous shadowbox projects in 3D Challenge

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