Eclectica³ Nicci Battilana Set 03 (ENB03)
I
have used this stamp set on sooo many areas of these journal pages. If
you scroll back up, you will see that I used the damask stamp repeatedly
on the first page & then the pumpkins, gravestone, cat and haunted
house on these two tag samples.
Fun
fact, the song 'Another One Bites the Dust' was played at my wedding
years ago right after our ceremony...lol... a little tongue in cheek
joke as we entered into the reception. I also added this Anhk to the
gravestone, as my husband loves them. 😍
I
think it would be fabulous to create a POP-UP page using the haunted
house and the gravestones. If you create one, please share it in our
facebook groups, as we would love to see it!
New Stencils
Large Size: 6.25" x 9.5" (16 x 24cm) Price: RRP €6.28 +VAT
PaperArtsy Stencil 286 (PS286)
I
just love how my little spiders turned out on this stencil. You may
notice that a couple of them have little skull shapes on their backs
where you just need to add in the eyes 😉😉 .
I
created this stencil, as I know that some Artists have a hard time with
adding shading, therefore I created these templates to lay overtop
your stamps bones and small skull to help guide you. They are so fun
& quick to use.
I
did end up using that wobble after all, under this skull head. Wobble
action pieces are great for animating parts of your projects and no one
can resist giving them a little flick...lol.
PaperArtsy Stencil 287 (PS287)
I
love this stencil! It is so useful, what with the variety of cats, the
fabulous stained glass window and oh my stars, the stars! I don't think
we can ever have enough star stencils. NOTE: some of the stars do line up perfectly with the star stamps in set ENB02.
I
actually used the stained glass window stencil on the cover of my
journal, but I would love to try using it on some acetate next as a cut
out window in a page.
Our
little Back Alley Cat looks fabulous stamped in black ink and embossed
with WOW clear hologram sparkle (WS12R). I am such a sucker for
sparkles!
PaperArtsy Stencil 288 (PS288)
Bats, bats, they're everywhere! These spider webs are actually big enough to catch the bats...lol.
On this page I thought the bats would be a great background accent to my candy corn school of fish. NOTE: some of the bats do line up perfectly with the star stamps in set ENB03.
You
may even see a few spiders and a skull hidden in the purple background
and stars in the green background. Would you swim in a river filled with
candy corn?
Imagination
is beyond amazing. That is what I love about creating with others and
Teaching. We all have a river of this CREATIVE JUICE just flowing
through us. Sometimes it gets blocked up, or runs a bit dry, but
spending time with others, such as yourself gets that river flowing
again or broadens the banks with new ideas and possibilities. I cannot
wait to see what you all create and I hope that we can create together
one day soon. Flow my little candy corn fishies! Go play!!!
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Hi
everyone, Leandra here! So how much fun are Nicci's stamps!? I was itching
to have a play with these beauties, and so happily I got to
be Nicci's wing-woman for this release!
Arched Window
This little guy is pretty funny, deffo the cool cat in town. The hat was a late addition, but if it fits the cat....
For
the cat, I prepared an ombre green BG using Yellow Ochre and Pea Coat.
The Pea Coat was also mixed with Buff to make the other softer blues under
the eyes and on his chops/ tummy.
Love
, love , love this stencil (PS287), I bumped with Navy under, then a mix of
Buff and Vintage Lace on top and some watercoloury shading. The BG was a
bit of a struggle to be honest, so I decided to journal with my hand-writing in
both black and white to add some interest.
The background was stamped with the Gothic script phrase to make a easy Halloween-esque background to layer onto. Love how that works around the edges and could be used as wallpaper and more so easily.
She's a Gonna
Poor
Erma, sadly no longer with us. This sample was supposed to be super-simple (not sure I can do that vibe) but then intention was there.
However, painty fingers make accidental painty smudges - so I had to go
into full on blobby (repair??) mode. I think its a bit of a mess behind
the lamppost, but at a stretch, I'm sure you can see it was the spooky, misty shadows I intended all along!
Nicci
does have a 'star cluster' stamp on ENB02 that fits perfectly over a portion of the stars from the
star stencil (PS287), but I didn't think enough in advance to do that (might be
smart to use a stamp positioner). Next time! .... In the meantime... I really
love those shadow cats from stencil PS287, simply stencilled in the Pea
Coat navy blue Fresco here, but I love how Nicci embossed hers in
sparkly black!
The
texture in the torn 'embellishment' at the bottom left is infusions
sprinkled into Grunge paste that I stamped with fine script (MN61)
Actually its a sample I did at a show many years back, and kept
squirreled away. I tore small sections kind of de-laminating the GP
section from the card backing and glued it down with matte medium.
The Bats are Swooping
I
started this by masking off a 'moon' area, then brayered the shades of
Blue and Purple (Electric Violet, Purple WIne, Pea Coat).
The
background seemed to need a little extra, so again, my scribbled
illegible handwriting came in handy, along with some starry-night
splatter.
LOVE.
THIS. HOUSE. Onto scrappy paper painted with Buff, Gold Rush and
Vintage Lace, i added watery colour, it was quite important to accent
those stones to get the old feel. I used the damask stamp to give an
impression of a wrought iron gate in the background.
