Summer 2016 #3UP {Ink and the Dog}

Good evening everyone, Leandra here to welcome you night 2 of a week of #3UP.

Each night this week, 3 people are UP on the PaperArtsy blog to showcase their crafty skills. They were all randomly selected a few months back, were sent specific stamps and colour products to use however they choose.

All of tonight's bloggers have featured FULL STEP OUTS on their own blogs, so if you would like to find out more, please follow the links, and go and leave a comment here on the PA blog and on their own personal blogs for them; feedback is so important, these bloggers are itching to hear from you!

It a bit of old and new tonight! Our group was sent stamps from our first ever stamp collection Ink and the Dog. Started in 2004, there are over 100 A6 (quarter) stamp plates in this collection, across 28 themes. As they are Vintage in style, they simply do not date. We also have Ink and the Dog Minis (over 100 of those little credit card size beauties), and the Vintage Ink and the Dog, is 10 plates (half plate, A5 size) of some of Leandra's most favourite images, slightly larger in format than the originals.

Tonight's #3Uppers are also using our newest product: infusions. Infusions are dye powder pigments mixed with walnut crystals to create a perfect vintage tone. Sprinkle and activate with water, or try one of the many methods explored by tonight's clever experimental crew!

Enjoy, you are in for a treat!!
~Leandra

First up this evening we have Bryan Evans.

Hello, I am Bryan and I am on a journey of discovery to try and find my own style and uniqueness with inks and paints mixed with stamps, found objects and different substrates.

I am really pleased with the end result, Lemoncello and Royal Blood work well together. I used them with water and gesso, just a small amount, the effects are different all of the time.

The infusions performed really well on tissue paper, I was really impressed how the walnut crystals are visible next to the colour. I will be try different colour combinations next.

I like the style of the stamps, highly detailed and remain crisp even on 2nd generation stamping. Ink and the Dog and Infusions, a great mix!! 

To see the full project please visit my blog posts HERE. 

Places to find Bryan. 

Blog: .Geezer Crafter

Next up this evening we have Siobhan Brignull

I have been stamping since about 2003, and at my first visit to Ally Pally for a stamping exhibition, I caught sight of the Paper Artsy stand, my first impression was who would want those weird looking stamps, fast forward a year and I couldn't buy enough of them and this has been true ever since, money being the only things that stops me buying more.

My feature stamp is from the Wings series of ink and the Dog. I really enjoyed discovering the sheer amount of different techniques and effects that you could use with Infusions, my piece includes using infusions with water, white paint and metallic glaze, I tried many things and my only failed experiment was with crackle glaze. (I guess crackle needs opaque layers to contrast properly, and Infusions, being a dye, are not opaque)

Initially the technique didn't seem that to have done what I wanted, as it bled under the stencil, but in the end it worked out just right for me. A happy accident. 

I love the variation in colour that infusions brings, also my happy accident of using texture gold and find it recoloured some of my embossing, love that effect ! 

To see the full explanation please visit my blog post HERE. 

Places to find Siobhan. 

Blog: Ink Blots

Facebook: Siobhan Brignull

Instagram: Shiv63

Finally this evening we have Rebecca Harris. 

Hi everyone, Rebecca here, I am a craft addict (time allowing LOL!) I have been crafting for ever, love to try everything with an open mind and get a lot of inspiration from colour!!

First of all my stamp came from the Eclectic family - there is so much on the one plate!

Well what can I say about these little jars of colour infusion; very versatile, everything on my wall hanging has been coloured by infusions, from water spritzing, to painting with and colouring fabric, LOVE UM!

This is a close up of the tissue paper and bias binding coloured with A Bit Jaded, love the variations in colours and bits of walnut that crop up

The versatility continues by mixing the infusions with fresco paint and stamping with it and when painted created a lovely background for stamping a focal image.

To see the full project please visit my blog posts HERE. 

Places to find Rebecca. 

Twitter:CraftinCoates

FB: Rebecca Harris

Blog: Craftin-Artasia

Instagram: craftin_coates

Wow doesn't it look like our guests had so much fun with the Infusions! Tissue paper seems to be a common thread here, but to use them on fabric and with stencils looks awesome! Make sure you take a look at Leandra's pinterest board for more ideas with Infusions.

~Darcy