BRAYER WASH BACKGROUND & COLOUR Q 138

These shoes! Not for me to wear but I love the colours.

This brayer wash background started with more mustard and then I added a little pool party which of course, gave me green here and there.

This works best on regular card stock (washes out on glossy) is easy and only a little messy. Ink up the brayer and spray it lightly with water. Then roll it across the cardstock. Repeat until the card stock is covered in colour. You can add other colours or keep it all one colour. Stamp over it, emboss it, the possiblilities are there for lots of play time.

Here is the sample tag:

All in blue-love it!

Don't forget to go have a look at the Colour Q entries. Lots of beautiful eye candy.

Have a wonderful weekend!

BANDANA IN BLUE

The bandana technique is another easy peasy one and not messy at all. Like zentangling, it is doodling with purpose and very soothing.

Choose a card stock colour that will show well with black  and white ink. Stamp the images in black and once dry, draw just outside the black lines and add dots here and there with a white gel pen. That's about it- as much or as little as you want.

A little brighter here as it faces the window more squarely.

Thought I would start including my sample cards/tags as well.

Another B-technique tomorrow.

Thanks for looking!

BACKGROUND WHIMSY

In keeping with the challenge I made myself to do a technique or use new rubber, I am showing the background whimsy technique. Usually, it stays in the background and a focal image covers part of it but this time, I made the garden the image.

On glossy card stock, stamp with stazon ink and once dry, sponge on dye inks. Use a white gel pen to draw over the lines. A little or a lot, it's up to you. As with most techniques, you decide how much and where.

Like the bandana technique, it can be addicting. Up tomorrow, hopefully, the bandana technique. Another B.

Have a marvy day and thanks for looking.

AGED TILES

Aged Tiles can look so different every  time simply by changing the colour or image.

Basically, once you've stamped your card stock you cut it into strips, then cut the  strips making sure no two cuts meet. Then, sponge ink around the edges, reassemble the pieces, ink the edges a little more if you need to then add a few smudges to 'age' the 'tile'.

My friend Yvonne made me a birthday card using all blue ink and it's stunning! It also resembles Blue Delft ware.

Tomorrow, I hope to show a technique starting with a 'B'.

Thanks for looking!

BOOK BUILDING BINGE

There are so many ways to make books and I have a made a few over the years, from post-it note books to small photo albums to funky art journals. This book was inspired by a youtube video. Type Jennibellie into the search bar and you can see lots of the great stuff she does. She recycles!

I liked the way she bound the signatures- she was using greeting cards- so decided to give it a go.

I used a heavy weight card stock for my pages. This will become an art journal so the weight will withstand the paint and glue quite well. It's about 6x8 inches with a 3inch spine.

I enjoyed making it so much and had lots more card stock and decided to recycle a bit too.

These are 4x6 inches with a 1inch spine. The covers and spine are made from cereal boxes that I first used as scratch paper under other projects. All kinds of paint and inky goodness there.

I hope you get some playtime today or at least some youtube time.

Have a GREAT day!



ROUND ONE CHALLENGE

You may remember this card from my first attempt at the recent Colour Q challenge and how I liked certain elements but not together. My friend Jutta gave me a little push to do the challenge I set for myself-thanks J! Now one "fail" becomes two cards I like. See?

Challenge completed.

I hope you are enjoying the long weekend.

Bye for now!

COLOUR Q-TRY IT AGAIN

Once again, the great colour combo. My second attempt...

Mono embossing is a fun technique layering the same colour on itself, having the embossing break the colour up and give it tons of tactile and visual texture. Butterflies. They have been a popular design element for years and they probably always will be. They're like flowers or geometric shapes, a good 'go to' for designs. The light sheen on the butterflies comes from the crystal effects that I brushed on after  I completed the card.

Here is another look without the shine...

 Just a reminder to you- you can click on a picture on any post, for a larger version.

Have a ridiculously amazing day! (read that on Pinterest and I love it)