2020 #14 All Made Up with Tracy Scott stamps {by Lucy Edmondson}

 2020 Topic 14: Fused

We're always looking out for new ways to use our stamps, and pencil colouring on fabric is such a great idea. The softness of the blending and colours is really lovely and yet, the vibrancy of colour Lucy has attained makes it a real standout project.

~ Keren

Hi everyone, it's Lucy from Lucy's True Colours with you today, and I'd like to share with you a make up bag I have made using a fusion of the vibrancy of Inktense pencils with the softness of a wash of Fresco Finish chalk paints, finished off with a matching Brilliance ink shrink plastic charm.

I like to make make-up bags as they make great postable presents which can also be used to store paint brushes and small crafty items. I adore Tracy Scott's stamps and I feel they suit a very vibrant medium, and I also of course wanted something that would work well on fabric, so I thought I would try Inktense for the first time, as they are permanent when heat set. Here's a close up of the dangly shrink plastic charm.

I learnt a lot whilst making this project as I had used Inktense before and had struggled a bit with them, and had never used them on fabric. I'm not sure actually why I made life so difficult for myself! I found the secret was to use the Outliner which was part of my main set. Over the years I have added supplementary colours, as I am colour obsessed, which were in odd tins. I also found I had to try out the colours on a spare piece of card, as the end of the pencil isn't a very good indicator.

I started off by stamping Tracy's butterfly from ETS39 in Versafine Clair Nocturne onto the make up bag. I think a lot of us are in love with this stamp! I also stamped the flower from ETS17, masked it, and stamped the end of the leaf sprig from the butterfly around the edge of it. I heat set the Clair as it's a very wet ink but it gave a good image even on fabric. Both a good ink and a good stamp! I then went around everything with the Inktense Outliner with a sharpened point.

For the background, I used a wash of Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints in Limelight, Banana, South Pacific, Zesty Zing, Cherry Red, and Coral. The Outliner prevented these seeping into the design.

 I then used a dark grey inktense pencil to add my shading.

I then coloured the butterfly and flower in using a selection of brightly coloured Inktense pencils and a water brush, heatsetting with my heat tool at intervals as I went along. To add the white centres, I used the end of a paintbrush dipped in Snowflake to create dots. I also dry brushed a little Snowflake to create some white highlights.

I used Fresco Finish Snowflake through a stencil (Kim Dellow PS034) around the edge of the bag to frame it and to break up the background colours. I also used the Snowflake around the edge of the design as a highlight.

Now for the charm, which will hang from the zip. I used white shrink plastic and I wanted a medium that would adhere to the shrink, so I used Brilliance inks. For the leaves, I applied the ink with cut n dry foam in Pearlescent Ivy and Pearlescent Thyme straight onto the plastic and then stamped using Brilliance Graphite Black (or you could use Jet Black StazOn), punched a hole, then cut them out and shrunk them.

For the flower, I wanted the colour in specific places, so I stamped it first, then painted using a fine brush using the reinkers in Pearlescent Poppy and Pearlescent Orange, to perfectly match the flower on the bag. I then attached them to a mobile phone clip using jump rings.

Here's a close up of the final bag charm.

On reflecting on the finished project, I am torn between being thrilled with how it turned out, and frustrated with feeling, well it just looks like I stamped something and coloured it in! I seemed to spend ages highlighting, shading, and back again. I would have made life much easier for myself if I had used my usual Prismacolour pencils, but I was determined I wanted something really intense for Tracy's stamps, and I found the Inktense pencils quite hard to control, particularly when using the dark grey. I think I learned more about the technique by giving it a go and would definitely use Inktense on fabric again, as I think I got my wish of a truly vibrant project!

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2020 #13 We grow great by Dreams with Tracy Scott Stamps {by Lynn Good}

2020 Topic 13: Lines

Lynn created a seamless contrast of hard and soft lines and a wonderful vertical line of stamped images that draw your eye through the wonderfully coloured piece.
~ Keren

Hi everyone, it's Lynn Good (Memories on the Page) with you today, and I'd like to share with you an art journal page that I have created for this week's topic - Lines.  
My Interpretation of lines, well for this one, I have created butterfly images in a vertical line and there are manually added pen lines around the background leaves.

I had no idea what I was going to do but I had just received this gorgeous Tracy Scott stamp and wanted to use that, and I wanted to challenge myself and use some cool colours with the warm colours.  I am not a cool colour person but loved how this came out.

I first applied white gesso to the page, I often do this when I have no idea what the page is going to do and at least I have some 'tooth' to play with.  But I decided to apply Paper Artsy Paints - Gumboots and China with a make up sponge through Stencil PS123 - this created the leaves in the background.

I then stamped the butterfly image from Tracy Scott's stamp ETS39 onto tissue and adhered it to the page at the top and bottom in a line.  I was not fussy; a little ripped here and there but that was fine.

I then painted around the area of the butterfly in Snowflake Paper Artsy Paint to blend it all together.

I have used a black marker to roughly highlight around all the petals and stamped around the images with Tracy's mini stamp EM57 in black ink.

Now I was happy with the background - onto the focal point.  I have used the same stamp (ETS39) and stamped it onto Heavy Smoothy cardstock and fussy cut out.

Using Paper Artsy paints - Cherry Red, Coral, Yellow Submarine, Slimed, Orchid and Bubblegum I have coloured the image.

I have added highlights with coloured pencil - both fluorescent and plain.  I find the Paper Artsy Paints and coloured pencils (I used Prima Colour) blend beautifully.

Finally I added the title from Stamp ESN45 - again stamping on tissue and then adhering to the page. Here are some close ups:

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I hope that you have enjoyed this process; one of my favourites, stamping onto tissue and when it doesn't come out right, that is fine, it blends to be part of the page.
Til next time - happy crafting.

Lynn

2020 #11 Handmade Pocket Journal with ETS {by Autumn Clark}

2020 Topic 11: Calming Colours

Can you have a calming feast? Well I reckon Autumn has brought one for us. Just using the photos alone, there are so many fabulous ideas and plenty of inspiration to make your own soothing journal.
~ Keren

Hi everyone, it's Autumn Clark from SewPaperPaint with you today, and I'd like to share with you a great way to use up a day's worth of gelli prints by making a useful little pocket journal.

I decided to stitch together a few prints, mainly because I needed a new journal to work though some thoughts and I was sure that our calming colors topic would be a perfect place to start!  Using light colors for your prints give a great backdrop for handwriting and layering, so lets get to the details.

I simply cannot put this journal down!  I've been adding new thoughts daily and look forward each day to revisiting it.  The concept is easy to replicate.  I picked out the thinnest cardstock in my stash and cut it in half, then used my 8x10" gelli plate with a beautiful array of PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Finish Acrylics in Taupe, Blush, Concrete, Hint of Mint, Sage and Waterfall and made a batch of two-sided prints.

This palette conjures the essence of escape for me!  My half-page cardstock pieces were about the same size as a particular book I use to brayer off my paint during the gel printing process.  I love using a book for this purpose so I can incorporate the text, as well as the color, into my finished work, in this case as full pages in my journal.

I kept some prints with solid color and also used several stencils and masks to get a variety of patterns/textures.  Those include PS095, PS106, PS108, PS092, PM006 and PM007.

 

I carefully decided on the order of my prints, mixing in the book pages, then used the three-hole pamphlet stitch to group them all together.  There are many advantages of this stitch for a journal.  1. The pages all lay flat when opened.  2.  The stitching can easily be removed if pages need to be added or taken away.  3.  It is incredibly simple to achieve, but the result is quite a strong binding.

As if gel printing and playing in paints isn't fun enough, the best part is adding the stamping, journaling and ephemera.

I focused on PaperArtsy Eclectica³ {Tracy Scott} Collection ETC39, ETC31, ETC27 and ETC25, all over-sized insects and flowers, perfect to make a big impact on a small journal.

I have always loved making art from "junk", so turning my least loved cardstock, an old book and a few drops of paint into a journal I can treasure brings me so much joy.

I have found that journaling even the most mundane thought can clear my mind to make room for more important things.  I find myself picking up one of my bottles of Frescos and finger painting here and there and love that I can continue to build layers and interest as I go.

This will not be the last of this type of journal for me!  In fact, I am inspired to continue in this size and colorway and make a group of these journals to use as inserts in an even larger journal.  Perhaps this lofty goal will encourage me to continue with daily journal entries and promote better mental health, and in return more creativity.  Do you find that you are more creative when you've actively reducing stress in your life?  I think it may true for us all and hope you will try this process for yourself.  I just know you will find the practice a rewarding one.

Until next time,
Autumn Clark

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