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Sunshine Background Stamp - Project Ideas

Hi there stampers! It's time to bring you a little sunshine... so today we are sharing projects using the Sunshine Background Stamp!

This is a fun and bold stamp! But don't be fooled by the black on the header card... this stamp can be very subtle when used with soft inks just like this:

This is a super quick and fun card to make! Start by folded a light yellow or cream piece of cardstock as your card base. Then stamp the Sunshine Background using Archival Chrome Yellow inkpad. The light and dark areas of the stamp will now show up as different tones of yellow, giving it three different shades. Fun!! The hello circle is from the Simply Circles stamp set. Punched out using a circle scallop punch and layered into the card using 3D adhesive to make it pop up.

Here's what Godelieve has created:

 

I stamped the Sunshine background with Archival ink French Ultramarine, the quote and butterfly with Cobalt.

The background and butterfly were inked with Distress Ink #Crushed Olive & Broken China.  A few pearls, made with Viva Decor's Pearl Pen as finishing touches.

Darkroom Door stamps: Sunshine Background, Butterflies, Bright Blossoms Vol 1

Ranger Archival Ink #French Ultramarine, Cobalt

Ranger Distress Ink #Crushed Olive, Broken China

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Here's another idea:

A New Home card I made with the new Sunshine Background stamp!

I started with a Distress Ink Background, cut to card size.  I used the leftover pieces to make a tree and some shrubs.  The house was stamped with Ranger Archival ink, and inked with Fired Brick Distress ink.

The Sunshine stamp was stamped with Ranger Archival Ink #Saffron.  I love how crisp this ink stamps.  It shows every little detail from the stamp. To add some texture to the tree trunk I used the Scratches Background stamp.  The sentiment on the card was stamped with Darkroom Door's Alphabet Medley.

Darkroom Door stamps: Sunshine Background, Scratches Background, Home Sweet Home Set, Alphabet Medley Set

Ranger Distress Inkpads:  Pumice Stone, Mowed Lawn, Fired Brick

Ranger Archival Inkpads:  Coffee, Saffron

Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Here's an idea from Teresa:

 

 

I've combined one of the hottest trends (neon) with my favourite alphabet, the Alphabet Medley set to make this encouragement card.

And here's a couple of cards from Connie:

 

Details: I created a set of card/tags using the new and fabulous Sunshine background stamp!  I have to be honest, I loved it at first sight. I used it on some high gloss pattern paper and love the effect!! I also  have a thing for butterflies so that made it an easy choice as to what to add to the center of the Sunshine design. I also used the Butterflies and Wings set.

We hope you enjoyed these ideas! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Crackle Background Stamp - Project Ideas

Today we have some fabulous projects from the Creative Team using the new Crackle Background stamp!

First, Godelieve has created some tags:

Details: I stamped the Crackle background with Distress Ink #Old Paper on white cardstock.  Then I overstamped the crackles with 2 large tags and two small ones from the Tags Rubber Stamp Set, using Ranger Archival ink #Coffee.  The background stamps are large enough to cut these 4 tags.

I inked the tags with Distress Ink #Vintage Photo.

I stamped the tags with stamps from the Foliage, Butterflies and Wildflowers Vol 1 set.

To finish off these labels I used gingham ribbon, twine and a Viva Pearl Pen.

Darkroom Door stamps: Crackle Background, Tags, Foliage, Butterflies, Wildflowers Vol 1,

Inkpads:

Ranger Distress : Old Paper, Vintage Photo

Ranger Archival : Coffee

Viva Decor Pearl Pen

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And a quick card, made with a Distress Ink background, stamped with the Crackle Background stamp.

I decorated the card with the gorgeous filmstrips from the Bright Blossoms collection.

Darkroom Door stamp :  Crackle Background
Darkroom Door paper :  Bright Blossoms Vol 1 Filmstrips,  Bright Blossoms Wordstrips
Ranger Distress Inkpads :  Wild Honey, Barn Door

 Next up is Hels with a fabbo canvas!

The canvas is an 8" square, coloured with Claudine Hellmuth Studio paints, using my fave Traditional Tan for the base and then using Sable Brown mixed with Traditional Tan to make an in-betweeny colour and then the Sable Brown on its own for the darker colour on the top layer.  I used the scraped paint technique to apply the paints, I loves this technique and it goes perfectly with the new Crackle stamp.

To add the stamping to the canvas, I first got a Kleenex tissue and de-plyed it so it was a single layer.  The crackle was stamped using Jet Black Archival Ink and zapped with a heat tool to dry the ink off.  I then tore pieces of the image and applied it to the canvas using Glue & Seal Matte to collage over it.  The reason I use a cosmetic tissue is that when it is torn on the edges, the Glue & Seal kind of melts it into the canvas so it doesn't just look like it has been plonked on there.

I set about adding some texture, using a Claudine Hellmuth stencil and some 490 Embossing Paste (black) and once this had dried I went right over the top of the whole canvas with more Glue & Seal to provide a nice waterproof coverage to it.  Out came the old Stabilo All pencil to add some shading to th textured parts and once I had blended this part, I painted my two-tone edges - yep, I am a smidge addicted but hey, there's nowt wrong with being addicted to paint right?

I added a pile of flowers (coloured with Dylusions sprays and Cosmic Shimmer spray) and then set about embellishing the canvas.  The large metal butterfly is actually a Graphic 45 embellishment, I simply jazzed him up by stamping the crackle background over him using the Black Archival Ink and then heat setting it - remember, you needs to heat set Archival Ink as it is oil based... but totally waterproof when set... perfect!   The word is actually one of the new Sizzix Alterations Stacked Words dies from Tim Holtz... the whole word is ARTIST but I only wanted the ART bit so I snipped into it and then used Treasure Gold to color the black card it was cut from.   I also added Treasure Gold (liberally lol) to the rest of the embellies and textured bits.   The finishing touch is the little orange butterfly which is also a Darkroom Door stamp - he is from the Wings set.  And there you have it... one finished mixed media canvas... and pretty simples to create at that :o))

Sephi has also had a bit of a play with the Crackle Background. Here's her project:

Stamps: Crackle Background, Window Frame Stamp

Ink - StazOn timber brown, Brilliance graphite black
Paper - Blue Cardigan, K&Company
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - mulberry paper roses
Other - acetate, sandpaper, craft knife, glue, mounting foam

Method

1. Stamp the crackle background on acetate using brown ink.
2. Stamp the window frame on cream card using black ink. Use a craft knife to cut out the individual panes and affix the stamped acetate behind the window. Tear a few holes in the acetate "glass".
3. Adhere a Love Letters photochip behind the window frame and then attach it to torn patterned paper using mounting foam. Glue flowers along the window sill and add the Love Letters wordstrips.
4. Finish by layering on a second piece of patterned paper and then on the green card front.

Here's another project by Sephi...

Darkroom Door products - #DDBS031 Crackle, Paris Photochip
Ink - Versa Mark
Paper - GCD Studios
Card - Bazzill
Embellishments - K&Company copper brad, Cristina Re pearl brad, lace, ribbon
Other - verdigris embossing powder, heat tool

Method

1. Stamp the crackle background on brown card using watermark ink. Sprinkle the wet ink with embossing powder and heat set.
2. Crumple a Paris photochip into a ball, smooth it out flat, and affix it to the embossed card.
3. Attach the card to torn patterned paper. Embellish with ribbon, lace, brads, and a Paris wordstrip.
4. Affix to card front.

And... Belinda shows us how the Crackle Background can be used on a scrapbook page:

 

Details: Today I have a layout to share with you using the Crackle Background Stamp. My layout background was influenced by the super talent that is Louise Nelson.

 

 

I started with a kraft cardstock base and then added VIVA DECOR Croco Crackling Colour in White. Once that was dry and beautifully crackled, I applied some acrylic paint with a palette knife. I also splashed on some Glimmermist before repeatedly stamping on some sentiments from the Home Sweet home Rubber Stamp Set.

 

 

My next step was to place some sheets of iron strategically over my layout. I stamped the Corrugated Iron Background Stamp onto some specialty stamping paper, added some white crayon for crayon resist and then coloured with Distress Markers. I blended the markers with a water brush pen and flicked over some Glimmermist.

 

I then created a rustic window using the brand new Crackle Background Stamp and the Shadow 12 Up Frame Stamp. Firstly I inked up the Frame Stamp with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. Next I applied Broken China Distress Ink onto the Crackle Background Stamp. I then stamped the Crackle Background onto the frame stamp as per the stamp kissing technique. I then applied the frame stamp onto my stamping paper thereby transferring both images.

 

While the ink was still wet I applied Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel and heat set. I did this about 4 times to create thick panes of glass for my window. The embossing powder didn't take evenly so when I rubbed over some Walnut Stain Distress Stain it created a really rustic effect.

 

To create the rustic wooden frame, I stamped the Scratches Background Stamp onto cardstock. Then I applied the frame stamp over the top and simply cut out the panes of glass leaving just the frame. I layered the frame over the top of my previous embossed piece to create the complete window.

 

 

 

Darkroom Door products used:

 

BACKGROUND STAMPS: - DDBS012 Scratches - DDBS026 Corrugated Iron - DDBS031 Crackle **NEW**

FRAME STAMPS: - DDFR012 Shadow 12 Up **NEW**

RUBBER STAMP SETS: - DDRS025 Butterflies - DDRS026 Alphabet Medley - DDRS041 Home Sweet Home

PHOTOCHIPS: - DDPC005 Viva La Flora

VIVA DECOR: - Croco Crackling Colour White

RANGER Archival Inks: - Coffee - Jet Black

TIM HOLTZ Distress Inks: - Walnut Stain - Tumbled Glass - Broken China - Antique Linen

TIM HOLTZ Distress Markers: - Tumbled Glass - Broken China - Pumice Stone

Thankyou for stopping by today and checking out our projects!

Bright Blossoms Vol 1 stamp set projects by Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Hello again! I had so much fun with the Bright Blossoms Vol. 1 stamps. The flowers are gorgeous and the sentiments fit lots of different projects.

First I made an ATC box and eight little cards:

 

The Bright Blossoms stamps are just the right size for the Sizzix Artist Trading Cards Box die. I die cut it from white mat board and stamped one of the flowers on the front and the second at the back, with Archival Jet Black ink. The flowers were watercoloured with Distress Ink. Smear two or three ink pads on your craft sheet, mist with a little bit of water and apply with a paint brush. The amount of water determines the darkness of the ink. I coloured the surrounding area the same way. The box was embellished with Bright Blossoms Wordstrips and die cut butterflies which were coloured with Viva Decor Inka Gold Platinum.

 Here you can see the back of the box, with the second stamp in the set.

I stamped the sides and the lid with one sentiment from Bright Blossoms Vol 1, one from Bold Blossoms, and one from All Occasions. The little flowers come from Wildflowers Vol 1 and were stamped with Broken China.

 The second side of the box, this is a Bright Blossoms sentiment.

The box is a little thank you gift to someone and contains eight cards that the recipient can give away to others. I might give it to my mom, because she will love these flowers. I made chunky cards, by using mat board instead of cardstock, for something a bit different. You can fit eight mat board cards into the box if you don't add bulky embellishments. I used an ATC die to cut the cards and a stamp positioner to make sure the flowers were stamped right in the centre of each card.

I wanted to make the flowers really bright and happy and used different Distress Inks to watercolour them and the borders around them. All the cards were embellished with a butterfly and a wordstrip. I picked words that worked together with the sentiment stamped on the back of each card.

To use up all the ink, I misted it a bit more, and smeared the backs of the cards into the left-over ink. When dry, I stamped sentiments on the cards, using all the sentiments in the set. I also added some texture by stamping the Stone background with one of the inks used to colour the backgrounds.

Supplies:
Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Bright Blossoms Vol. 1, Wildflowers Vol 1, Bold Blossoms, All Occasions, Stone Background Paper products: Bright Blossoms Wordstrip Paint: Viva Decor Inka Gold Platinum Other: Surfaces: Sizzix Little Sizzles white mat board 6x13; cream cardstock Dies: Sizzix: Artist Trading Card Box, Butterflies & Flower Vine, ATC & Corners Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black; Distress Ink: Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord, Broken China, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass Embellishments: pearls; lace trim

I also made two cards, which have a more vintage look:

 

Here I stamped the flower with Versamark ink on vellum and embossed with white powder. A bit of Gathered Twigs Distress Ink was sponged at the back of the flower, making it darker in the centre. The flower was layered on top of an old book paper, with the title showing at the top ('The Paper Palace'). I loved how it turned out.

The Bright Blossom flowers fit so well inside the Regal Frame. The frame was stamped with Archival Coffee ink on cream cardstock, cut out and inked a bit. A sentiment from Bright Blossoms was stamped on a tattered banner and stapled to the card.

As a background, I embossed a piece of cream cardstock and smeared Viva Inka Gold Old Silver on top of the embossed areas. It is hard to capture the shimmer on a photo, it looks really nice in real life. The die cut butterflies got the same treatment.

The second card:

I made a second version of the card too. Here the frame was embossed with Verdigris powder and the flower was stamped with Coffee ink on manila cardstock, which had been inked with Distress Stains. The frame was cut out and inked with Black Soot around the edges. For the background, the Sheet Music stamp was stamped on vellum with Stazon Jet Black. I inked the vellum at the back with Gathered Twigs and distressed it around the edges. The sentiment was stamped on another piece of inked manila cardstock die cut into an oval. Love this sentiment.

 

The butterfly was die cut from cream cardstock, coloured with Viva Inka Gold Old Silver and stamped with the French Script stamp using Timber Brown Stazon. I placed foam dots under the wings to give it some dimension.

Supplies for both cards:
Darkroom Door products: Stamps: Bright Blossoms Vol 1, Sheet Music, French Script, Regal Frame Paper products: Paint: Viva Decor Inka Gold Old Silver Other: Surfaces: Ranger manila cardstock; Core'dinations Distress color-core cardstock; vellum; old book paper; cream cardstock Dies: Sizzix: Butterflies & Vine, Tattered Banners, Sized Ovals, Mini Flourish, For the Record 2, Embossing folder: Sizzix: Fancy & Floral Frames Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Coffee; Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Black Soot; Versamark; Stazon: Jet Black, Timber Brown Stain: Ranger Distress Stain: Tumbled Glass, Brushed Pewter, Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap Embossing powder: Ranger Seafoam White, Verdigris Embellishments: pearls; lace trim

Thank you for looking!

Happy Stamping!!

Anna-Karin

Teeny tiny mini book by Teresa Abajo

It was wonderful to see an Australian city in the new release of Darkroom Door products! Missed the mark by about 1000 kilometres, but it's still wonderful. Maybe that's just the born and bred Melbournite talking LOL ;)

Sydney has so many iconic structures to feature, I decided to make a teeny tiny miniature book using images from the Sydney Montage Sheet.  Here's the Opera House on the cover:
 

 

The covers are made from thick chipboard, which I painted with some new 3D Stamp Paint. I love the rough sandy texture of this paint!  I cut out the image and placed it over some tea-stained gauze on the front cover, and added a word from the Wordstrips, mounted on thick chipboard.

 

Here's a look at the inside:

 

I used some of the tiny images on the Montage sheet, over scraps of old dictionary page.  I even used some of the 3D Stamp Paint as ink for my rubber stamp. It has dried slightly raised, adding some interesting texture.

This book really is tiny! Here it is in the hands of the smallest person in the house (7 year old Elouise):

Thanks for looking!

Teresa

Creating Texture with Viva Decor Ferro Paste

Have you tried using the Viva Decor Ferro Texture Paste? It's a lot of fun to use and you can get some amazing results and textures - perfect for adding a little dimension to your projects!

Here's a couple of postcards I created using Ferro Texture Paste, Precious Metal Colour paint and Darkroom Door rubber stamps:

I started with a thick piece of chipboard and covered it with Copper Ferro. I just use a paddle pop (popsicle) stick to apply the Ferro. You could use a palette knife if you had one. You want the layer to be around 1-2mm thick.

Next I stamped into it using the Darkroom Door Weathered Stripes Background Stamp to add pattern and more texture. The one thing you need to remember before stamping into Ferro is to spritz your rubber stamp with water first. Not to the point where it's soaking, just a few spritz's so it adds a barrier so the paint won't stick to the rubber. Wipe off your stamp immediately after stamping just to make sure no bits of Ferro have stuck to your stamp.

After I stamped the Stripes, I stamped a few small Hearts to add some extra fun to the postcard :)I love how the different depths of Ferro picked up only bits and pieces of the stamps, so you get a real mixture of texture.

Hot Tip: If you feel like you messed up your stamping, that's no problem! Just grab your palette knife or paddle pop stick and wipe over the Ferro to smooth it out again to start fresh! Then just start stamping again!

When you're happy with your stamping, set the postcard aside to dry. Usually takes around 20 minutes for it to be touch dry, but longer for it to be fully set, depending on how thick the Ferro is.

Once it's dry, I used a small sponge to lightly wipe over some Ice Blue Precious Metal Colour paint, which highlights the textures even more!

This technique can be applied to all sorts of projects - chipboard pieces, canvas work, wood etc!

Another Hot Tip: You can also use this technique with Viva Decor Terra as it's also a texture paste and has a great terracotta gritty feel to it once it's dry.  

If you'd like to see a video on how I used it on die cut chipboard, check out this segment of Scrap It TV:

Hope you enjoyed thic technique! Thanks for stopping by!

- Rachel

Christmas - Altered Candy Tin

Godelieve has created a cute little Christmas tin which could be used as a storage container for small gift tags, or a great idea for gift wrapping small presents! Here's all the info from Godelieve:

I used a little candy tin, painted over the words with Viva 3D Stamping paint. The paint sticks very well to metal.

I stamped the Christmas Inchies with Ranger Archival ink #Olive and cut them out.  Glued the inchies onto red cardstock and attached them to to tin.

I stamped "Happy Holidays" from the All Occasions set to put on the lid and wrapped some twine around the tin.

Ho... Ho... Hope you enjoyed todays project! Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Inchies Card

Godelieve has created a gorgeous card using the Christmas Inchies stamp set! Here arethe details from Godelieve on how she created the card:

I stamped the Christmas Inchies with Ranger Archival Ink #Jet Black.
To color some of the inchies I used an inchie stamp I carved myself a while ago and Distress inkpads (Fired Brick, Bundled Sage, Rusty Hinge, Broken China).  You can use an eraser cut to size too.  Quick and easy!  I used Viva Glitter Liner to add a bit of glitter to the berries and stars.

You can find all of Darkroom Door's Christmas related products in one category here!

Guest Artist: Lindsay Mason Part 3

We have some more beautiful projects created by Lindsay Mason to share with you today! Grab yourself a cuppa, sit back and enjoy these amazing creations...

Details from Lindsay:
This card combines my favourite colour combination with two DD stamp sets: Trees DDRS018 and Love Birds DDRS057. I keep trying to escape my purple and blue obsessions but it draws me back time and again!

I used a heavy white card to work on, spritzing with water first, followed by Adirondack Colourwash Dyes in Purple Twilight, Stream and Denim. Wetting another piece of card and laying it over the inked one before pressing gently and lifting away gave me two coloured backgrounds to choose from. I like it if the colour doesn't quite reach every edge as it gives a more watercolour painted effect.

I painted water in a circle at the top right and heated this area to remove some of the colour and give a pale moon effect. A few dots of water gave some simple stars as well.

Next I stamped rows of the trees across the card, as well as the bird flying over the moon...it's a great bird image, simple but with enough detail to make it more than just a regular flying bird silhouette!

I used a black Le Plume pen to add the ground and the fine point of the same pen to sketch some grassy tufts to break up the flatness. I mounted the image onto white and then black card and attached to a card blank. I then used one of the quotes on white card, tore roughly around it and smudged some ink around the edges before attaching with 3D foam.

The trees in this set are really finely detailed and I like the fact that the quotes are in a simple font and small enough to include on a card without overwhelming it. They draw you in to read them and the sentiments could suit many occassions.

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Butterfly Canvas
I've mixed afew products and techniques on this romantic canvas which measures around 4" x 4" and 1.5" deep.

I painted the canvas with white acylic paint and, once dry, I stamped the DDBS014 Postcards Background randomly over the surface in black ink - I used it without an acrylic block so that I could use finger pressure where I wanted to apply it. Once fully dried I then worked layers of pale aqua acrylic paint over the surface so that the postcard images were overlaid for a very soft effect. Note that stamping onto a canvas leaves a hit and miss image unless it's primed with a smooth gesso surface first.


I then used Viva Decor Precious Metal paint in Crimson, applying it with my fingers and blending it softly over areas of the canvas. It gives a lovely pearly finish that's quite subtle when applied this way.

I used one of the small images from the Love Letters Montage sheet and edged it with a little Bundled Sage Distress ink before stcking to the canvas using Multi Matte Medium. I stamped the sentiment from the DDRS091 Wings set onto white card, tore round it and blended pink and green inks over it before glueing above the image.

The flowers were created from white card which I inked with Victorian Velvet Distress ink. They are torn circles with five cuts that, when scrunched, give the petal effect. I have to thank my friend Paul for this technique which you can see by visiting his blog here.  I made three various sized flowers and attached them to the canvas using Glossy Accents.


I next stamped a selection of the butterflies, from the Wings set, onto white card using Archival Jet Black ink. I blended a selection of colours of Distress inks over them and heat set them to make the inks more stable so that I could spritz a little Perfect Pearl Mist in Perfect Pearl (white) shade. Once dry, I bent the wings up from the bodies and gently curled them around a pen to shaped them before adding to the canvas. I drew the antennae back in with the fine end of a black Le Plume pen - life's too short to cut around antennae in my opinion!


Lastly, I cut a selection of words from the Love Letters Wordstrip, edged each with smudges of ink and stuck rnadomly around the canvas sides and peeking out from one of the flowers.

I love the vintage images on the Love Letters Montage sheet - full of Victorian melodramatic charm! I know I'll be using the Wings set over and over again as you can't have too many butterflies!

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I used a few alcohol inks on this card, along with the new Etched Flowers DDRS088 stamp set and DDBS012 Scratches Background Stamp.

I started with some white cast coated gloss card. I added snakey trails of Stream, Purple Twilight and Sailboat Blue Alcohol ink across my craft sheet in an area about the same size as my gloss card. A few sprinkles of Blending Solution were added and I then swooshed my card, gloss side down, into the inks to pick up the colours. I love that you never know quite what you'll get!

Next I spritzed a little Tsukineko Stazon stamp cleaner onto the inked card and heat set it. The stamp cleaner is a solvent based one, so it draws the colour out to leave a subtle speckled effect.

Next I stamped the flower panel over the inked card using a Jet Black Archival ink pad, and did the same with the sentiment. Archival ink is the best one to use with alcohol inks as it's an oil based permanent pad so won't effect the colours. However, you do need to heat set it before you move on or it will smudge on gloss card.

I cut the sentiment into a panel, matting onto white and then black card. THe flower panel was cut round and set aside. I tore a white card bigger than the flower image and then tore into the edges to create a shabby look. I rubbed a glue stick over the torn areas and dipped into silver embossing powder and heated. This was then layered onto black with the flower panel on top.

On the card blank I stamped the Scratch background in black then blended Distress ink over it - Brushed Corduroy and Broken China. I rubbed the black ink pad around all four sides to edge the card. I stamped the panel of smaller flowers a couple of times onto white card using black ink and smudged the same colours over these. The individual flowers were cut out and set aside.

To assemble the card I stuck the flower panel to the left and added the sentiment to the right with 3D foam. Next I put a little Glossy Accents to the back of the little flowers and tucked them behind the word panel.

The final touch was to highlight the flower and words using an Inkssentials white pen.

A simple card but I really like using reverse silhouette stamps over inky backgrounds as they look different every time.

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I do love making tags! I had no idea what this one was going to turn into when I started it, which is often the way I prefer to work - I really enjoy seeing how something develops.

Here I cut a large Grungeboard tag and painted it with two colours of Viva Decor Croco in Turquoise and Gold. I splodged a nice amount of the Turqouise in the top right and a little less of the gold at the bottom left before swooshing them over the tag with a brush, vlending the colours slightly where they met. This was a reasonably thick coating but dried pretty quickly in my sunny workroom, giving a really dramatic crackle effect.

After looking at the crackled tag I then went through my DD stamp collection to see what inspired me. I plumped for the DDRS055 Seashells set which I thought would be perfect with the colours that made me think of sea and sand.

I stamped the shells and starfish onto white card using either Coffee or Jet Black Archival ink so that some would look more faded than others. Each was then cut out and smudged with Distress inks, with stronger colour around each edge.

I stamped the two words with Jet Black on white card just adding a little Distress ink around the edges to soften them. After a bit of moving things around I decided on the position of each image and attached them to the tag with a mix of Glossy Accents and Silicon Glue.

I stamped the seaweed/coral onto heat resistant acetate with the Archival ink, dried the images and coloured them on the reverse with Promarker pens - alcohol ink could also be used of course. I cut them out (easy being acetate as you can leave a border!) and tucked them in around the shells using Silicone Glue.

The whole thing was finished with a few toning fibres.

I so enjoyed making this and the colours are just me! The sheen and crackle of the Croco paint is so vibrant and contrasts with the soft, matt colours of the shells.

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We've had so much fun sharing Lindsay's projects with you this week!! Her creations are always so colourful and full of great techniques and textures!! A big thanks to Lindsay for sharing how she created each piece too, I'm sure you have all been able to learn a few new tricks!!

Please help me thank Lindsay by leaving a comment here for her!

Don't forget to check out Lindsay's blog so see more of her artwork and check out where she is demoing and teaching.

Thanks Lindsay!!!!

Wishing you all a creative weekend!

Skater stamp set project ideas

Happy Friday everyone!! We have some great inspiration to kick start your weekend... who's up for a little Skater action? Check out our Skater stamp set:

I'm always in need of some hip stamps to use for cards suitable for young boys or teens and these stamps are perfect! With three different poses along with a bunch of words in graffiti style, there's lots of different ways they can be used. Let's take a look at some projects...

Details from Teresa:
The card front for this card came from a 12 x 12 sheet from the Kaiser 'Attitude' range. I simply stamped a skater onto kraft cardstock, cut him out and mounted him in the centre of the white circle. I then added a length of chain for extra interest. The word is stamped with white ink - love that it looks like graffitti!

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Details from Rachel:
There's so many colourful skateboards out there these days so I wanted to create a card with lots of different coloured boards. I know my son always loves checking out the different colours in the skateboard store - who wouldn't love a card showing the possibilites!! I used Archival inkpads for the skateboards (L-R: Vermillion, Monarch Orange, Saffron, Manganese Blue, Emerald Green). The background texture was created using the wrinkled distress technique - just crumple the paper, swipe some Distress Ink over the top, spriz with water and blend the colour out. Lots of fun! I added a stamped tag with a ball chain to finish it off.

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Details from Teresa:
I stamped the words onto the cardbase, and then cut a circle above it in the patterned paper. All edges are distressed and sponged with brown ink.

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Details from Rachel:
The chipboard tag was covered in Orange Yellow Precious Metal Colour paint, then I stamped over the top in Achival Jet Black. I stamped the 'Skater' word several times on the bottom of the card, sometimes not re-inking so it gave a lighter shadow effect.

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Details from Teresa:
The strip of numbers was mounted onto a strip of chipboard, and where it overhangs the card I strung some ball chain with some tags. This makes the card a little more tactile and interactive.

I absolutely LOVE the cards Teresa has made with the Skater set!! Sure, mine aren't so bad too - but Teresa definitely rocked this set for sure!! I'm sure it's inspired all of you too!

Hope you all have a creative weekend :)

Kimono Canvas by Godelieve

Thank you to everyone who has stopped by the blog this week to check out the Kimono Collection projects! We have loved showing all the different ideas the Creative Team has come up with! We have another project to finish off the week... this one comes from Godelieve. Check it out:

Details from Godelieve:

I used Viva Terra and a Crafter's Workshop stencil to add texture to the canvas.
After it dried I painted with Viva paints Inka Gold & Precious Metal Colour.

I created a frame using chopsticks and glued it onto the canvas.









I stamped some butterflies from the Wings set, cut them out and glued them onto the canvas.

The lantern was made with a Nestabilities die cut and my good old crimper.
I decorated the rest of the canvas with images and wordstrips from the Kimono Collection.

So beautiful Godelieve!! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!

Thanks also to everyone who has left comments this week on our blog! We have some winners who will be receiving the Kimono Photochips, Montage, Filmstrips and Wordstrips. Congratulations goes to:

Dorothy C. said... The Kimono Collection is one of the most beautiful I've seen for creating Japanese artwork.I'm a big fan of Teresa and have enjoyed viewing her work this past week. I live in So. Cal. USA and would love to purchase locally. Thanks so much for the chance to win. I would create cards and ATCs.

Lovely Linda said... Thanks for the opportunity to win this gorgeous Collection - love the DT cards, they are always so inspirational!! I would love to create and Altered Album with on Oriental theme!! Thanks again! {{{hugs}}}

Gemma Maggs said... Thanks for the chance to win this gorgeous collection.I would most probably make either a trinkets box covered in these papers, or an art journal/altered book or maybe even a tote bag, using the image transfer technique. I may even do all three! I love your products and projects, they blow me away every time I see them.

Winners - please email your contact details to us at info@darkroomdoor.com and we'll send out your prize!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!