tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36008797837246173662024-03-05T22:05:01.325+00:00So Much TO Learnmassofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.comBlogger298125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-5284418428358292882015-05-28T18:40:00.002+01:002015-05-28T18:41:21.549+01:00Darcy's May Calendar Challenge
Hello everyone, this is Mo’s Partner. She has asked me to post
on her behalf as she is quite poorly at the moment.
Mo completed her May page for Darcy’s
Calendar Challenge a couple of weeks ago and just needed to add one word,
under her direction i stamped and added the word and took the last two images of
her completed page in her mop up journal.
Darcy’s May prompts:
1. Keep a part massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-17838702155618910062015-05-15T13:22:00.001+01:002015-05-15T13:22:17.645+01:00Reverse CanvasHi Everyone, a share today from last weeks workshop with the very lovely Lindsay Mason. We made a reverse canvas using DecoArt Media Paints and other media. We were all give the same kit and with Lindsay’s guidance we glued different embossing folders onto some thick grey board, next job cut our pieces into tile shapes. When we were happy with our tile shapes we painted all of them black. The massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-41319996362397469582015-05-15T10:59:00.001+01:002015-05-15T10:59:33.316+01:00Art It Friday–Show Your FaceAnother Friday is upon us and this week i can show a face i created yesterday. I am linking to the lovely Kim Dellow’s blog where she is hosting a Face Share every Friday, the link goes live at 10.00 am. Hope you can find the time to come and play along. Be gentle with me this week as this is the first time i have painted a face on an A4 sized page. Added some Gesso onto a piece of A4 white massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-45369080261221452192015-05-13T19:04:00.001+01:002015-05-13T19:04:27.161+01:00SDC 195 Human With Animal HeadThis week it is the turn of the very talented Arwen to choose the theme over at Stampotique Designers Blog, this is what she has to say: I love to combine designs together. This time I want to see something funny. Combines a human body with an animal head. I'm looking forward to your creations. The background is from a workshop i attended last year and is made from massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-6101110366925087192015-05-13T01:36:00.001+01:002015-05-13T01:36:32.516+01:00SDC 194 StencilsHi Everyone! A very quick post today as i want to enter three challenges with the same project and the deadline for one is very close. Stampotique SDC 194 Stencils Glitzcraft – Bespoke Andy Skinner – Industrial Stamps and Stencils – 3 of a kind Three 3 x 4 inch tags Three in a Round from Stampotique Paper Artsy – Words I made the background for the tags from some left over DecoArt Crackle Paste massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-32166316415266301632015-05-11T16:56:00.001+01:002015-05-11T16:56:30.856+01:00Art It Friday–Show Your FaceI am late posting this week to the fantastic community share the lovely Kim Dellow hosts on her blog which she calls Art it Friday – Show Your Face. My faces this week are from late April 2015. I haven’t managed to draw anything from May 1st due to life getting in the way and house repairs going on. This will definitely be remedied very soon… This is the largest face i have ever drawn, it is A3 massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-7927742606675522632015-05-10T14:01:00.001+01:002015-05-10T14:01:33.832+01:00Challenge 3 MMW - VintageHi Everyone and welcome to our 3rd challenge at Mixed Media World. This time the theme has been chosen by our Lovely Deborah Wainwright and she has chosen: VINTAGE Our sponsor for this challenge is Glitzcraft. The prize is a £15 voucher to spend in their online store. I must apologise for the pictures in my post, i have been poorly for the last couple of days with food poisoning and massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-66753131280128005382015-05-05T17:04:00.001+01:002015-05-05T17:04:09.033+01:00Old, New & digital Too, a new Challenge BlogHello everyone a HUGE welcome to my first post as the owner and creator of this new Challenge blog. I am very excited that my idea for this blog has at last been realised. I have been working on my idea for over a year but it was in January that i decided to go ahead and make it happen. Old New and Digital Too. I have to give a shout out to the very talented Pamellia from My Little Craft Thingsmassofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-83635119498644626952015-05-04T10:43:00.001+01:002015-05-04T10:43:14.819+01:00Spray Away, Spray Away, Spray Away…Not been able to get the Enya song out of my head since i started thinking about sprays! I am entering two challenges with this post, one for Paper Artsy and their challenge of sprays and one for Rubber Dance where Bibi has chosen bright summery shades of purple, hot pink and sunshine yellow. I love purple but not so keen on pink or yellow. For the Paper Artsy plaque i made a wash from massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-3561122161474350152015-05-03T17:02:00.001+01:002015-05-03T17:02:35.436+01:00MMW Star Designer #2Hi everyone we are very lucky to have the wonderfully talented Marjie Kemper as our Guest Designer this month. Congratulations to Ingrid for another wonderful and inspiring Star Designer joining us. Marjie can be found on: Pinterest Twitter You Tube and more places if you visit her web site. There is a new online class called Inventive Ink – colourful Mixed Media Effects that Marjie has massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-32989064096968372332015-05-01T12:16:00.001+01:002015-05-01T12:16:17.816+01:00Art It Friday week 3Hi everyone, i am so pleased i have found a home for sharing the faces i draw each week. Kim Dellow has a weekly link called ‘Art It Friday’ so you can share yours too, please come and play along and share your journey. Being a beginner i am inspired by seeing all the different faces that are being drawn right now! Enjoy drawing whimsical characters as there are no mistakes and they can bemassofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-91311722252597269122015-04-30T21:57:00.001+01:002015-04-30T23:06:39.112+01:00DecoArt Ink EffectsFound time to play with DecoArt Ink Effects this week, i struggled to find the Base Coat that i needed to add to the 100% cotton dust sheet i was trialling. I recently got my hands on a couple of bottles and started to experiment. For the first experiment i printed out three heart shapes onto 80 gsm copier paper from Vera Lane Studio and painted the Red Ink Effect over the top. Left this massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-25784934607370193342015-04-29T20:30:00.001+01:002015-04-30T12:12:51.675+01:00Playing with Deli PaperWondered into Lakeland and found some Double Sided Wax Paper which i thought needed some exploring. I made sure that i could return the roll if it didn’t work for me and was guided to their returns policy which said yes. I have some of AFTH Deli Paper both waxed and unwaxed and have done small test pieces to see which one i like best. Today i printed some images from my inkjet printer that Andy massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-73003881203875698052015-04-26T14:03:00.001+01:002015-04-26T14:03:04.924+01:00MMW Challenge 2 - Bright coloursOver at Mixed Media World our challenge is all about Bright Colours. The theme was chosen by our very talented Amanda. I attended an Anne Brooke workshop over at Creative Threads in March where we learnt how to make a wall hanging by printing, collaging then stitching. It was great fun, here is my nearly finished piece. I need to add a few beads to the houses and then it’s ready for the massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-36875241138013501242015-04-24T11:17:00.001+01:002015-04-24T11:17:30.547+01:00Art It FridayThe lovely Kim Dellow started Art It Friday last week on Friday April 17th. If you pop over and read her post you will see that Kim has been bitten by the drawing faces bug and she wants us to share our faces with her. For my contribution this week i am going back to when i first started drawing so brace yourselves lol. I decided to start a drawing journal in February 2013, it was a struggle and massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-47063176604073516422015-04-22T01:05:00.001+01:002015-04-22T01:05:53.336+01:0030 TechniquesI attended a workshop at The Artist Trading Post last Saturday where we got to play with different types of Gels, Paints and more. Our tutor was the lovely Kasia. The purpose of this workshop for me was to try to new Prima range by Finnabair, the Gels etc not the stamps and stencils. I have to say i was not bowled over, I have other makes of Gels and beads and glitters that work just as well andmassofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-78031040451579904402015-04-17T14:37:00.001+01:002015-04-17T14:37:43.210+01:00Art It FridayThe lovely Kim Dellow is asking us to join her for some Friday face drawing/painting, here is what Kim has to say: Do you fancy joining in on this portraiture journey? It can be any type of face, realistic, stylised, whimsical and you can use any materials you like, pencil, paint, pastels etc., just as long as it is your own work, i.e not a commercially available stencil or stamp. Are you up tomassofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-82926511280353192072015-04-17T01:37:00.001+01:002015-04-17T01:37:04.408+01:00Using Transparent Inks from DecoArtI have used a technique that i watched by Andy Skinner. Here is a link to his technique using DecoArt Weathered Wood Crackle Medium. First time trying this technique, some bits worked and some didn’t so a good learning curve. I hope you get time to watch Andy’s video, he makes it look so easy! All the Media paints, Weather Wood Crackle the Matt Decou-Page Glue and Media paints are from massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-91779739713196710272015-04-15T19:13:00.001+01:002015-04-15T19:13:02.192+01:00BibliogamiSorry for lack of commenting over the last few days i have been a tad unwell, today i spent catching up on all your wonderful blog posts, some amazing inspiration out there. I have found something else i love to relax with, book folding also known as Bibliogami. It is difficult to find free patterns so i played with the only paper back book i had available and started folding pages. Here is my massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-58532582359998247122015-04-01T13:22:00.001+01:002015-04-01T13:22:11.663+01:00Darcy’s Calendar Challenge–April 2015Hi it’s time for Darcy’s April Calendar Challenge, hope you can find time to come and play! This months techniques are: 1. Keep a part of the original picture and incorporate that into your design 2. Technique - use drips and splatters 3. Add - a repeating shape or word as many times as possible 4. Blog your calendar page and link up from April 1st 2015. Printed off my page onto 80gsm massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-66017018244895437742015-03-21T08:18:00.001+00:002015-03-21T08:18:05.472+00:00SDC 187 NeonStampotique Designers Blog challenge for this week is to use neon. This is what the host Astrid Stulemeijer has us say:At first I was a bit afraid of these intense colours, but after using them, I really love them. They give your work such a nice "pop". I challenge you to use at least one neon colour. Can't wait to see your eye popping work! A challenge indeed as i wasn’t sure massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-19788486860271598332015-03-20T10:57:00.001+00:002015-03-20T10:57:01.087+00:00Darcy’s Calendar Challenge for March 2015The wonderfully talented Darcy Wilkinson runs a monthly calendar challenge here. I do hope you can find time to come and join in! Here are the techniques Darcy wants you to use this month: 1.. Keep a part of the original picture and incorporate that into your design 2, Technique - use a candle or wax crayon as a resist 3. Add a title, using letters or words cut from a magazine/leaflet in massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-71980147550455906472015-03-17T18:56:00.001+00:002015-03-17T23:26:22.896+00:00Pisces TileHi Lovely followers hope you are all well today! Over at the lovely Deborah Wainwright’s blog she has a Zodiac challenge and my tile has been made specifically for her but i would also like to join in with the following Challenges: A Sprinkle of Imagination Rhedd’s Creative Spirit The tile is 5 x 5 inches and is from my stash, i have had them around 5 years. I have a need for a larger tile massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-19623923705564481862015-03-13T15:32:00.001+00:002015-03-13T15:32:17.185+00:00Too Late for CoffeeThe lovely Keren Baker got me all excited about some Hero Arts stamps when she posted the fab card in the above link, i had to order them as i am a coffee drinker, even though it does look dreadful to most people as i have it so weak lol. I received my stamps a couple of days ago and made this card only to find i am far too late to join in with the challenge that Keren had posted. Instead i willmassofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600879783724617366.post-69848362772443942342015-03-12T19:16:00.001+00:002015-03-18T23:31:15.353+00:00SDC 186 Stars
The Stampotique Designers Blog theme for this week is STARS and has been chosen by Carol Fox, Here is what Carol has to say:
“Feature stars this week, one or more on your arty creation. As part of your background or a main feature, it's up to you. Just have fun with the challenge”.
I have really enjoyed looking at all of the DT’s creations this week, some of the quotes are so massofhairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705859200397699568noreply@blogger.com27