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Saturday, 7 September 2019

2019 #14 Inchies & Twinchies: 'Cultivate Kindness' with Hot Picks {by Corrie Herriman}

2019 Topic 14: Inchies & Twinchies


Corrie is proof of the saying 'if at first, try, try again and you'll end up with something fabulous!' Well, it might not quite be the saying, but this lovely piece of art with a Victorian styled vibe is a great example of going with the flow when the first ideas don't quite work out, plus look out for her extra rainbow project!

Hi everyone, it's Corrie with you today, and I'd like to share with you my project which I made for this fabulous topic. It was a bit of a struggle because what I made in the end was not what I had in mind. But sometimes that is how it goes.
After I had two attempts to execute my plan and both landed in the bin, I got a little desperate, lol. So I browsed the internet and found an example of a project that spoke to me. I based my piece on that. In the end I think it worked out OK.  


The process of making this was very enjoyable. I learned that PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic paints are a fantastic base to colour on with coloured pencils. I will now show you how it came together!  


First I painted a piece of paper 7" x 7" with PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics in the colours {Chalk} and {Eggshell}. I used the 7 x 7 because it was meant for the project that didn't work out. In the end I cut it down to 4" x 6". 
 


Next I stamped the flower of the stamp set Hot Pick {HP1109} with a very light ink. I found stamping it in black would make the leaves almost a solid black which I didn't want. I then set to work with my coloured pencils and coloured the image.  



This is what I ended up with.  Next I stamped the background a little, added some paint splatters and some dictionary pieces. 


I doodled around the panel and actually quite liked it. I then got all my courage together and cut it into inchies ! 


I was really scared that I would mess this up. Maybe cut the inchies not straight or something but luckily it all worked out in the end. Now for the base; I needed something to put them on. 


I decided to go with a gel print. I used Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics in the colours : China, Smurf, Blue Oyster and a tiny bit of Magic Moss. I also used a Paperartsy Mask {PM008} by Emma Godfrey and stamps from Hot Pick sets HP1109 and HP1110 to add more interest. 





This is what I ended up with.I added some more stencilling with the Chalk paint and the same mask. I thought it needed a bit more white. 




So, this is it. I roughed up the edges of the gelli print, added a white doodle line and then adhered it to a piece of thick card stock {Smoothy Heavy Card Stock}. I arranged the inchies on top and glued them down using dimensional tape. I then stamped the moth {HP1109} and coloured him with my pencils and cut him out. I think he looks great there. Lastly I added a chit chat sticker by Tim Holtz. 

I was quite disappointed still, that I couldn't do what I wanted to do so I made a bonus project with Twinchies; it is a little accordion book. I love how this turned out, in fact I like it better than my main project! 





I cut and folded the black book first, I used a normal card stock. I then cut 11 twinchies out or white card stock PaperArtsy Smoothy card and gel printed them. I used lots of colours of the Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics for this: Smurf, China, Blue Oyster, Magic Moss, Cheesecake, Zesty Zing, Tangerine Twist, Autumn Fire, London Bus, Wisteria and Purple Rain.   I also used the same stamps and stencil as for the main project to add interest to the squares.


This is the front of the book. I decided to use some of my Tim Holtz rub-ons which I have had in my stash for ages. I used a variety of stamps from the Hot Picks HP1109 and HP1110 again to decorate the squares with. 


Some were left quite plain because I didn't think they needed much more then a sentiment. 


Others I coloured in the stamped images and added some doodling too. 


This handsome chap was stamped on book page paper and coloured with coloured pencils. 



I went with rainbow colours for the backgrounds because they always work, I think. 


This was a fun project to make and I think the rainbow colours look so good together. 



Making Inchies and Twinchies is great fun and what I learned is that it doesn't really matter what size your stamps are, you can still use them, or parts of them, on these tiny projects. Because the are so small they are not as intimidating as a large journal page for instance. I also still really enjoy gel printing and must do it more often ! 
I hope you enjoyed my post and will have a go yourself at making inchies and/or twinchies. Think of 4 inchies as a focal point on a card for instance ! Or, make an inchie or twinchie a day for a month and put them all together in a frame. So many ideas ! 

Thank you for stopping by the blog today and I hope you will visit me in my other locations too; I would love to see you there ! 


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Monday, 8 April 2019

2019 #5 Maps & Plans: Embrace the Journey with Hot Picks {by Corrie Herriman}

2019 Topic 5: Maps & Plans


Corrie has used different parts of maps to great effect with two fabulous projects that have the theme of journey too. Love the way that she's used the index part of the map to create a tag.

Hi everyone, it's Corrie from MadeByCHook today, and I'd like to share two projects  with you. I enjoyed the topic so much that I had to make a second project! I have used the same  map of Florida for both projects.

In my first project I have used the map as collage material in my background but also to stamp the main image on. I really like collaging and use lots of different materials to do this, mainly in my art journal spreads.


The first project is an art journal spread. I do all sorts of things but art journaling is still my firm favourite! It is so nice to just create and when you finish put the book away and feel better for creating something. I'll show you how I did it :


I started with gluing down some pieces of my Florida map and then started painting the pages with Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics. I used Limelight, Turquoise, Zesty Zing, Snowflake and Little Black Dress for this project.

    


Here are the finished painted pages. I didn't take too much care to paint them as this background is not finished by far and you won't see much of it once I am finished !


Next step was to add stencilling with white paint Snowflake and stencil PS034 by Kim Dellow. This is the third layer of one of my favourite ways of doing backgrounds...



The fourth layer involves brayering white paint over the whole thing to tone it down but also to add more interest. I love this effect and now the background is ready for stamping.


So I used stamps from Hot Picks HP1207 and HP1110 with Archival Inks Leaf Green. Aquamarine, Jet Black.

 


Next I added stamping with Distress Oxide (Carved Pumpkin) and I also added some black Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic paint {Little Black Dress} around the edges with a palette knife.


The focal image is part of a stamp from Hot Picks set HP1207. I stamped it on a piece of map, tore it out and then stamped it again on white card stock. All I wanted was the car to colour and adhere over the map. I then added the whole thing onto the edge of the page and cut off the excess.  The last thing was the sentiment; it is made from the text chips by Tim Holtz. I did tear some of the layers off because they were so thick! I added some paint around them and then adhered them to my pages.


I thoroughly enjoyed this process and could just go on and make another one and another one...  I love art journaling and can't say enough how relaxing it is and because I felt I wanted to do something more, I made another project but this one is a small one. You could do this in a journal too if you'd like. 
For my tag I used the index of place names of the map as a background. I cut a tag shape out of heavyweight  {Smoothy Card} and glued the map on the top, cutting off the excess. 
I made sure to use translucent Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics: Hey Pesto, Zesty Zing and Tango  so that the place names can still be read.


This little bonus project was fun to make and not too difficult. Here's how:


After the glue dried, I added these three colours of Fresco Finish to the tag with a brayer, making sure to blend them into each other. Because the paper wasn't all flat the orange paint went on a little blotchy which in this case I love !


I used two stamps from Hot Picks set {HP1207} for this. I stamped both on my tag and the girls with the car were also stamped on white card stock, coloured and cut out.


For the colouring I used Distress Ink and a waterbrush and some coloured pencils. I then cut it out and adhered it on top of the stamped image on the tag. I added some more shading with a dark green marker under the girls and the car.


I finished it off with a Small Talk sticker by Tim Holtz which I cut in three pieces before adhering to the tag. Lastly I used a pencil to go around the bottom left and top right edges and some Archival ink (Potting Soil) to age all the edges.


I hope I didn't bore you with my long post but I had so much fun making these two projects that I had to show you! I hope I inspired you to have a go yourself with this topic of using maps or plans; I could think of a few other things to use them for. What about die cutting flowers, choosing where to cut to get the right colours? Or just use them to stamp on, as a ready made background for cards and tags. Above all, have fun with the topic! 
Thank you so much for stopping by and bearing with me today. Please come and see me in my other locations too!

Corrie.

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