Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday #360

Good morning to one & all .

Not a lot going on at my desk this morning .

There is a box of distress inks & three die cut puzzle pieces which I've already put some distress ink on them. I'm going to add each piece to an atc once they have been inked a little more & decorated .

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Scrapbook Lo , Razor 360

Every week on  http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/  someone will set a challenge to help give you ideas & hopefully some inspiration to make a layout.

This weeks challenge was to use this sketch & add Spring colours or spring flowers
Bling for diamonds (April birth stone)
Flag/bunting/banner to celebrate and for some of us it's also St George's day .

It was this sketch that gave me my inspiration to make my layout.

The papers I've used are old ones by Junkiz's called Extreme Boy.

The blue circles I cut using blue card & X-cut nesting dies. The star is a wooden one colours blue to match everything else with this years date wrote in white.

Whats on your work desk wednesday #359

If you'd like to know why I share my work desk on Wednesdays then hop over to Julia's place to find out more http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/

Now my desk today has a  scrapbook layout I'm working on .

I've got the things ready now that I intend using for my layout & a sketch that was put up on http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/  for this weeks challenge that I like.

The box at the top has some atc's I'm working on for up coming anniversary swap on the 25th of  May week 364.

Some my think that's ages away but I like to get started early .

April Showers Journal page

Using the Tim Holtzs die cut of the man holding his umbrella I'd thought I'd used this one my time on a journal page now.
Looks like April's weather is going to be changeable from Sun, rain,& cold nights, so really nothing new there really for our weather.
I first coloured my page with paperartsy acrylic paint Limelight .
I used a large crafters work shop stencil & went over that with another colour from Paperartsy called Pansy.
My boarder was made using a Dylusions stamp which was coloured using a purple & white Posca pens.
The rain drops is a stamp deep red stamp . I have used Archival aquamarine ink pad & some glossy accents on some of the rain drops but its not showing up to well on this photo.
The clouds were cut using a die from First Editions & the letters are a sizzix die .
I cut on set of letters in purple & the other in yellow. I layered  the yellow letters over the purple with them slightly to one side to get this result.

Colour My World Journal Page

Now this page is quite bright & bold for me .

I had seen a video on YouTube by Dyan  Reaveley giving a Demo showing how to do this patchwork look using her Dylusions paints.

 I've a lot of acrylic paint by Paperartsy which is what I've used to get just about the same results.

 I started by picking my four colours & made patches of colour over the page & it doesn't matter if the colours over lap.

I then used stencils to make the patterns in each patch using one of the colours from a different colour patches.

Now i had intended to do a thin black line to highlight each patch of colour  but i didn't have a steady hand & every time i tried to sort it out the lines got thicker , so i thought what the hell lets just have really bold black outlines & to my surprise i like the out come. 

all that was left was to add a title to my page & a few other little bits. The Pencil was a stamped imaged   my friend gave my & i just needed to add a little colour to them.

I'll list all the things used below the picture.

I'm so pleased with the out come i'll be using this design again on something else . 

Products used
Paperartsy acrylic paints, Smoked Paprika, Smurf, Limelight , & Butternut.
Stencils - Dylusions, & Crafters work shop.
Posca paint pens, Black & White.
Face stamp Tim Holtzs.
Sizzix die for letters.
Tattered Floral die for small flowers.

April Tag Swap

The theme for Aprils tag swap from http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk  was to use an embossing folder.

I've gone with mainly die cutting & embossing for my tag for this months swap.

 Using coloured card I cut my tags out them put them through the big shot in a brick embossing folder. & then lightly sanded over the top of the embossed side to distress the bricks.

 I've used the rain man by Tim holts die & a die from First Editions for the clouds & rain drops.
With a fine nib journal pen I did an outline around the die cuts .
I've used foam pads to under the man &umbrella, one of the  clouds & a few rain drops to lift it from the tags to give a bit of dimension .

 Around the outside of the tag I used Viva Inka-Gold which gave the tag a bit of shimmer to the outer edge & with a Dylusions splash stamp I stamped on a piece of acetate using blue Stazon in to make it look like a wet puddle.
I had to stick it under the mans leg because I don't think there is a way of sticking down acetate without  adhesive showing .
With some scrap red card i cut out the letters April Showers.

 

The wall Garden , journal page

 

I've recently brought some Gelato's & used them for my back ground colour. I'm not sure if I like them or not so will play about some more to get use to them I think.
Using a  Crafters workshop brick stencil & Paperartsy Pumpkin soup Acrylic paint I made the brick wall.
Also with the same stencil I used a little of the Viva Terra which highlights a few bricks & gives them some texture & roughness that you would get from a real brick.
The flowers & leaves growing against the wall is from a stamp set by JOFY , & coloured using the  Gelato's as used for my background & Limelight acrylic paint from Paperartsy.
I've stamped plenty of the Dylusions little caterpillar to use on my page & is favourite stamp to use with its fun little face.
The face is another Dylusions stamp which I've used quite a lot on different project & added leaves to give the lady some hair.
The bucket & spade have been cut using a first editions die & felt they would fit in well with my page .
 

Postcard Swap

This is my postcard for the postcard swap over on ukstampers.co.uk

The theme for April was use a face .

I've gone with a Dylusions face stamp & for the hair I've used a stamp by Paperartsy.

Using a boarder stamp around the outside it makes a nice frame for the postcard.

The letters I cat using a sizzix alpha die.

Here is a list of the different things I've used to make my card.
Paperartsy Acrylic paints Butternut, Pumpkin soup, & Limelight.
tamps used are Paperartsy & dylusions.