Oriental Card # 3

Hi everyone

so.. while searching for 'freebie' printable Oriental/Asian images.. I came across this awesome, ultra sexy siren... and just had to make a card with her....

background paper is also a freebie I found on line

I loved the cherry blossoms and just added some stickles to the centre of the flowers for some bling

My sexy siren in all her glory. The sentiment is the same Hero Arts set as per the previous card . added a small flower as detail in her hair and some glossy accents with tumbled glass distress glitter

A metal fan to embellish

the little bead in the centre of the flower is also a bit from a broken necklace.

I realised after I had posted off the card that my camera setting had been incorrect... so sorry for the poor picture quality of some of the images.... I think its been sorted now.. thankfully

as always... I wish you a wonderful evening

and don't forget....

Remember to......

Keep it Krafty

Hugz

Shamela :-)

ps tomorrow brings a trio of canvasses I made for my friend who recently opened a coffee shop... so keep em peeled  mwah :-)

Oriental Card #2

Hi Everyone...

today I am sharing the second of 3 Oriental cards I made over the last few weeks as part of a 1-4-1 Oriental card exchange... its the same image as per the previous card... just a different sketch...

this image was also coloured in with a mixture of ProMarkers and Spectrum Noir Alcohol pens.
the diamante flower behind her ear is a bit of a broken necklace.
I used my oval nestibilities to die cut the image.

the sentiment is from an old Hero Arts set Poetic Prints LL530 Chinese wishes. I fussy cut it out and added some glossy accents to it.

Cardstock is black 250gsm plain card, some Bazzill off cuts, a free printable  and a flower which I had sprayed ages ago for another project - it didn't work for that one, but I thought it worked here. center of the flower are flat backed pearls and to the right my makeshift chopsticks (a toothpick broken in half and tied with gold chord.)

and that's it.... 

until my next post....

Remember to .......

Keep it Krafty

Hugz.....

Shamela :-)

Asian / Oriental Card

hello all

just a quick one today... I recently made this card using free digital downloads from the internet for both the image and the background paper...

sorry.. I downloaded it but can't remember where they came from.. so best bet is just to google free Asian/Oriental digital images and printables... its sure to come up.

I coloured the image with a mixture of Spectrum Noir and ProMarkers - fussy cut the image and layered it onto an Oval cut out in Curious metal 300gsm cream cardstock with my petite scallop Nestibilities.

the base of the card is white linen card . I edged the image, the Oval and the background paper with dusty Concord distress ink . the sentiments are from an old Hero Arts set LL592 Tiny Chinese Wishes - had it for ages and only just opened it... yep I am that bad!!! but at the time it was a had to have... LOL.. knew it would come in handy some day....lol

edged sentiments with Dusty concord too... to blend in with the background.

and that's it...

until next time.......

Remember to..............

Keep it Krafty.....

Hugz

Shamela :-)

Art Journal Challenge page 2 - its all about feet

Hello fellow crafters...

I know, its been ages since I blogged, but its been busy as usual on my side... I am busy finishing off a wedding album for a client.... and have subscribed to an Oriental card challenge.. so this has been keeping me on my crafting toes so to speak... the Oriental challenge hasn't been easy... I haven't really made many Oriental cards before... and have limited supplies for it.. but that's a story for another day.

 A few weeks ago I started an Art Journal Challenge on Facebook - it runs for 15 weeks.. with 2 challenges per week... I finished the first one fairly quickly, but this challenge "feet" had me literally stumped.

I initially envisaged a page with my grand daughter's baby feet... printed the pics, started the page, but it wasn't 'talking' to me.... if you know what I mean...

then I remembered Wisaal, my daughter had taken a pic of my two grand kids walking hand in hand in the distance... to school one day... and this is what sparked my interest.

anyway... too much talking, lets get to the photos...

its a double pages layout.. I started by scraping gesso over both pages with a palette knife. then added random blobs of white, red and yellow acrylic paint. used a credit card to blend them over the pages... I didn't like the bright colors, so I added a thinned out layer of gesso randomly over the pages.

Used Tim Holtz THS025 Arrows layering stencil for the arrows and sponged it in Archival jet black ink.

the photo was printed on my computer as well as the wording which reads:
"holding hands they stride into their future, step by step, step by step....."

i added some random stamping, rub ons, and used a Stencil for the live, laugh love quotes - this was added with texture paste a mix I had left over from another project.

a close up of the flowers I cut out of one of my Tim Holtz paper pads.. the pink and blue one... sorry cant remember the name.. cover has been used up ages ago already :-) and in the centre of the smaller flowers I have added bits from a broken necklace....(yes I keep everything...LOL) and the big flower has a sentiment stamped from an old Hero Arts set....which I just love!

I finished off the page by spraying the top of the page with Dylusions funky fusia and Adirondack color wash butterscotch sprays...and adding some water to allow them to drip down the page. finally I added my phote of my two adorable grandchildren who are the centre of my universe... almost nothing beats being a Gran!!

and here is the full paged spread.... I hope it works....

until next time..... sending much love

and always remember to.........

Keep it Krafty....

hugz
shamela :-)

Arabic Acrylic Canvas

Hi everyone

I've been wanting to try my hand at an Arabic canvas for a while now. Making my brother a gift seemed like the ideal time to take the plunge...

I started out by painting the canvas with white gesso and then added some texture paste randomly on the canvas...unfortunately it was a process of many layers...cause I was experimenting  until I had the texture and 'look' I wanted so I didn't  take any progress photos....in hindsight I should have, cause now I won't be able to replicate it again....maybe that's a good thing....so that it will remain unique...😬

Here are photos of the completed project.

Here you can see a close up of the Arabic script I painted it black and then filled it with orange seed beads....I was seeing skew after this ...lol

I used a butterfly stencil with texture paste on the canvas and I think because my background wasn't 100% dry...the color seeped into the texture paste..an accident which worked out quite well...lol..

I used  bronze and gold acrylic paint and also used orange and butterscotch 

 Dylusions and Adirondack sprays. Final flourish of glitter sprinkled across the butterflies.

Hope you enjoyed browsing through my first Arabic Art attempt.

Until next time.....remember to........

                                               Keep it Krafty...

                                                             Hugz

                                                     Shamela 😉😀

     

Easel Card Tutorial

Hello everyone

Today I would like to share a card I made inspired by Bronwyn Eastley from AddInktive Designs - she comes up with some amazing ideas... so I thought I would create a little tutorial with my measurements in case you wanted to re create this card.

here we go....

Step 1.  I cut my card about 297 x 155mm

Step 2.  Score in half - about 5 7/8" 

Step 3. Score 1 1/4" on either side of the card leaving a centre panel of about 3 7/8"

Step 4.  Cut along the score lines on either side until the centre score line

Step 5.  Score the centre panel down the middle to create your centre easel. about 2 7/8"

Step 6.  Glue down the two side panels as shown above.

Step 7.  Fold down centre panel on score line and embellish as desired.

I used FabScraps  Vintage Mannequin C68 005 and Vintage Buttons C68 006 Patterened Paper for my DP 

I coloured the image with a mixture of Spectrum Noir and ProMarkers

I added some glossy accents and glitter to the dots on her dress, the circle on the wings and the frosting on the cake.

this is the card folded flat - so it can be posted in a 160x160mm envelope

I added some pearls on the side panels, used a LOTV circle sentiment and some cream roses which I coloured with Victorian Velvet distress ink.

Here is my completed card. I cut out the image with my oval nestibilities and used the petite scallop ovals as a layer. In addition to that, I used my Tim Holtz Distressed Doily Die #667496 and cut out my patterned paper to create the extra layer.

and that't it....

I do hope you'll give this a try... its a different spin on the conventional easel card and quite easy to finish.

until next time....

Remember to........................

Keep it Krafty.....

hugz

Shamela :-)

Reaching for the stars @ Outlawz

Hi all

happy Monday to you all... I had a jam packed weekend filled with crafting... how wonderful is that!!

I managed to finish a card for the Outlawz CAS Challenge this week... the theme is 'Space' - 
I didn't have any 'Space' images so I had to call on my friend "google" to find a free printable...

I found an adorable FREE Printable at Picklebums and this is what I came up with.

Card is 15x15cm square. I cut the card to size and printed the sentiment using Craft Artist 2 directly onto my card.

I used Harrington font for the wording Reach for the & Candlescript for the word 'Stars'

the space ship was cut out by hand and layed partially over the circle cut out with foam tape to create 3D 

I added some glitter and glossy accents to the 'fire' at the bottom of the rocket and some glossy accents to the circle window.. in my impatience to photograph... I moved the card and the glossy accents shifted slightly... one of my problems...'impatience' - I hate waiting for stuff to dry...

stuck a square sheet of scrapbook paper to the background of the card which hopefully simulates 'space' :-)

and here is the completed card... added some 'star' rhinestones which I've had  in my stash forever... and yes! they finally were needed.... I knew it would come in handy one day...LOL

and thats it for the moment... I finished a simple journal cover yesterday.. .will hopefully post those pics soon... completed it as a sample for a possible school project for quite a few young ladies...the key here was to keep costs down... so I had to rack my brain 'cause scrapbook paper and the like is by no means cheap... its gone for approval so as soon as I get it back I'll take some pics and post.

until next time...

don't forget to .....

Keep it Krafty...

hugz

shamela :-)