Cards and Tags with EGL {by Liesbeth Fidder-de Vos}

Hello everyone, Liesbeth here with you today. 

As soon as I saw this lovely stamp set, I knew I wanted to make some cards this time. The small squares are little paintings in themselves, and they look so beautiful in the grid, without adding much extras. Sleek and clean, perfect!

I used two of the wonderful PaperArtsy Eclectica stamps by Gwen Lafleur: EGL24 and EGL16 .(A great font in a perfect size..and more!) For my techniques I  searched for a series of bright colours and I ended up with PaperArtsy Fresco acrylic paints London Bus, Banana, Slimed, Caribbean Sea, Glass Blue, Berry Nice and Lily the Pink. As a surface I chose the PaperArtsy Smooth card, heavyweight. I love the thickness of it, for my tiny squares

Using the thick smooth cardstock and the paints, I made several backgrounds in different ways. I just played,  it was so much fun and later on  I decided how exactly I was going to use them

It creates a wonderful effect when you use a natural sponge for dabbing the paint

I did this sponge technique with all seven chosen colours paints and created a very colourful marble-like background

I also created some background papers using Leandra's amazing brayer technique. See HERE everything about how she does it

And another one: with a small round applicator I ,turned'  three colours of Fresco paint onto the surface

The final one was just painting a kind of rainbow, small stripes applied with a paintbrush

I stamped some of them, and a white paper, with the squares and ticket from stamp set EGL24 wth black waterproof ink. I used Tsukineko StazOn-Jet Black.. At this stage I still don't know exactly how I'm going to use them, but it really inspires me already!

 

To create a bit more interest I heat-embossed some of the small squares with golden embossing powder. I used the three bigger square stamps for it. (EGL24) 

After that I cut out every little square :-)

 

Time to create some cards. As you can see I used the grid stamp just the way it is...I think it's nice to let the tiny square ,paintings' be the focal point and let them shine. So I just glued them onto the stamped grid

I finished this card with layers of white, purple and brayered cardstock. I stamped the beautiful circle from EGL16 onto the brayered paper with yellow ink (Versafine Clair)

Another card: Here I use the painted purple/pink circle background, again with some gold embossed squares. This time I stamped the grid stamp onto one of my brayered backgrounds instead of white

This applies to every card: I sponge all the sides of the small squares with black ink, so that no white is visible anymore at the cutting edges

Here I used the rainbow-painted cardsstock, the small grid stamp and the three bigger squares from PaperArtsy EGL24. I stamped the grid three times onto a white card

The size of the letters from stamp set EGL16 is really perfect for the squares of the 3-compartment grid stamp! I stamped the word ART with three matching colours of Versafine Clair and decorated the cut out squares with a golden gel pen

This card was a bit to clean so I decided to decorate the letters and the grid with the golden gel pen.

These were the techniques I used for all of the cards, I'd love to show you the finished cards and some extra ideas here down below

25 tiny miniature paintings!

And again! I also love the fact that the small squares  are not completely equal and straight. A very natural look

I love the effect of the rainbow striped card, how the colours blend

A detail of the rainbow card

Some small tags, a mix of the backgrounds and the techniques I did. For the ,Hug-tag' I used black ink and a white gel pen. 

Who knows more nice three-letter words?? :-)  Someones name will be nice too....Tom, Liz...

For this card I just mixed up the rainbow strips and added three times the nice ticket stamp. I cut it a bit smaller to let it fit perfectly. The letter background of this card is made with one of my brayered backgrounds. I stamped it randomly with some of the letters from EGL16 and yellow and red ink

A closer look

The Art Card

Some other details to show you how nice and detailed this beautiful stamps are

 

PaperArtsy EGL16 and EGL24 are great to create all kinds of backgrounds of course, but for this cards I tried to show them just the way they are. 

I loved to create this blogpost and I hope I inspired you, have fun!

Have a wonderful day,

LiesbethXX

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'Z' Fold Card with Zinski Art {by Martha Ponsanesi}

Hi everyone, it's Martha (@CraftingMartha) with you today, and I'm here to share with you a funny double Z fold card using some Zinski Art Stamps.

Looking through my stash, I found some Zinski Art Stamp Sets, specifically ZA06, ZA13, and ZA40, and I got the idea to create something where all the elements from these stamp sets would be visible... and I almost succeeded! If you look closely, there's only one stamp missing, but other than that, I used them all on a single card :).

Having chosen these stamps with funky houses and  flowers, I thought of creating a sort of landscape background using PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics in shades of blue and green, used along with a 3" x 5" gel plate to create a sort of patchwork look and some found objects to add texture.

For the base of my card I chose PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics in Hint of Mint (FF87), Caribbean Sea (FF94), Aquamarine (FF153) and Aqua Duck Egg (FF199).

For the "Z" element of the card I chose PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics in Limelight (FF48), Slimed (FF137), Verdigris (FF191) and Parakeet (FF225).

Now we can fold the cardstock using the measurements shown in the picture. The blue piece measures 13 × 29 cm, and the green one measures 6 × 18 cm, with the small insert measuring 6 × 6 cm.

To add more interest to the background, I stamped some small circles from the Zinski Art Set 13 ( ZA13 ) tone on tone using Distress Oxide Ink.

And here is the card base assembled and ready for embellishments.

 

So far, I've used the PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics with the Gelli Plate, one of my absolute favorite techniques that I often use. But I also like Mattints, so for the stamped images, I grab some of my favourites Mattints: Glow (MT01), Fern (MT03), Shark (MT04), Dragonfly (MT07), The Pink (MT08), Greenstone (MT09), Ladybug (MT12), Mojito (MT13), Acid (MT14), High Viz (MT15), Bellflower (MT17) and Foxglove (MT18).

After stamping the various elements from the Zinski Art Stamp Set ZA06, ZA13, and ZA40  onto white cardstock, I roughly cut them out.

I love colours, but since I’m not very skilled with traditional colouring techniques, I decided to colour the stamped elements in a very ‘free’ way. I placed drops of Mattint on an acrylic block and then pressed the previously stamped and roughly cut cardstock pieces onto it to pick up the colour. Because Mattint is a tinted glaze rather than an acrylic paint, it allows me to achieve nice, subtle results.

Once my image is mostly coloured, I can pretend to be a skilled artist and finally use a brush, even if only to add colour accents.

I have to say, I’m quite happy with how the cut-out images turned out.

Now that we have the card base and all the decorative elements, it’s time for the most fun part: assembling it all.

What I love about this structure is the possibility of having multiple layers for the embellishments, allowing you to create a sort of landscape.

This is the finished card. Seeing it so full of colours and elements makes me happy. I already love it when it’s closed, with the two houses and the sentiment, but when you open it: an explosion of colour and fun! :)

The beauty of these funky houses is that they can be 'shortened' and elements can be swapped between them, using this approach, you can make a fun, varied village scene.

I had so much fun creating this card and diving into this super colorful little village. I hope you enjoyed it with me… and did you spot which stamp I didn’t use? LOL

Have fun.

Martha xxx

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