Little Outbursts of Creativity: DT

435 posts categorized "DT"

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Foil and sparkle butterfly

The reactive paint from Heidi Swapp is really fun to play with, I made a bunch of cards using foil for my posts at Design in Papers the last few weeks. This one was made with a stencil, pink foil and watercolors. The lovely stamp is by Sheena Douglass and I double embossed it and colored with Spectrum Sparkle pens. I made a bunch of backgrounds at once when I had the foil and the Minc out, and this was the last of them. I might experiment some more and make a few more. This is super fun.

I will start working on some special projects for October soon. I can't tell you more than that I'm super excited about this. You will definitely want to pencil in a visit to the blog then because you don't want to miss this :) Fun times ahead!

Aug 24, 2016 4:00:00 PM | Cards, Crafter's Companion, Design in Papers, DT, Spectrum Noir

Friday, 19 August 2016

I made this Art Journal page Inspired by (ok, totally CASing) this page from the Spectrum Noir blog. I must admit that I almost never use stamped images in my journals but the page was so cute and I had some Gorjuss stamps that I wanted to ink up so I went for it. It was great fun, I have neglected my art journals this spring and summer. I miss messing around and experimenting in it.

Supplies:
Spectrum Noir AquaBlend Pencils: Squash, Coral, Antracite, Petunia, Deep Forest, Oak and Brunette.
Stamp by Gorjuss

Aug 19, 2016 4:00:00 PM | Art Journal, DT, Spectrum Noir

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Last week I blogged this card for Design in Papers, I made a background using the eBrush and spectrum noir, splattered it with some cleaning solution to make it a bit motley. I added dots of glue that turned to blobs of glue when adding foil on top but I kind of liked it so I saved a corner of the original background and made this mini card featuring a Mermaid by Lawn Fawn. I love those stamps <3

This card is blogged today at Design in Papers. The team got to create from the same sketch and I made a card inspired by the rectangles and circles on the sketch. It was more of a scrapbook sketch so in the end my card looked nothing like it but inspired was the operative word. I used the minc machine with reactive paint and masking tape and created a shaker. I looooooove foiling everything now.

Aug 17, 2016 4:00:00 PM | Cards, Design in Papers, DT, Lawn Fawn, Spectrum Noir

Friday, 12 August 2016

One of a kind

I love this unicorn set by My Favorite Tings. I tried stamping in grey and coloring with colored pencils by Spectrum Noir. I'm trying different papers for my pens, pencils and markers now to see if there is a difference. I wasn't very happy with this choice though. The pencils like a surface with a bit of tooth, but this was a bit too uneven so the pigment didn't reach all the places even though I was blending with blending solution. And I did a ink blended background that was a real struggle but the card is kinda cute. It just took a lot more work to get there.

Supplies:
ColourBlends 118, 53, 45, 9, 44, 47, 94, 92, 85, 15, 65, 17
Stamps by My Favorite Things

Aug 12, 2016 8:00:00 PM | Cards, DT, Spectrum Noir

Friday, 05 August 2016

August challenge at Spectrum Noir

I hope you are having a wonderful summer. Maybe you have some extra time to spend on crafting? If that is the case then I would love it for you to take part in this months challenge at Spectrum Noir. It could not be any easier than this months theme. Anything goes. Easy, right? All you have to do is to use Spectrum Noir products for coloring and post your work here and you have a chance to win some great prizes.

I used Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers for my card. I used shades of red, yellow and pink and let them dry between layers to create this card. I Have done a similar sy before and it's so fun to keep adding layers and see if you like it.

Supplies:
AquaMarkers in Gold, Amber, Crimson, Sunset, Blossom.
Stamp by Crafters Companion, dies by Lawn Fawn and Gummiapan.

Aug 5, 2016 11:40:00 AM | Cards, Challenge, DT, Spectrum Noir

Monday, 18 July 2016

Stamping with alcohol markers

I was browsing through the tutorials on the Spectrum Noir blog for inspiration and found this by Linda Hill that looked like fun. Did you know you van stamp with your markers? I tried it and it turned out pretty cool. I used some mixed media style stamps by Crafters Companion that I wanted to ink up for a while now.

As you know the markers dry too quick to stamp after you color on the stamp, but if you fill a sprayer with clear alcohol you reactivate the ink (alcohol solves alcohol). I used some cleaning solution but you can use colorless blender or rubbing alcohol too. I also used it to clean up my stamps after that, I think that even if I didn't get it off it wouldn't stain unless you use some other solvent based ink but I got my stamps pretty clean using the cleaning solution. I wasn't brave enough to try it on clear stamps, I'm not sure if the alcohol and photopolymer will play nice but my rubber stamp didn't get hurt as far as I could see.

Spectrum Noir markers CG2, CG3, CG4, BT4, BT8, BT9
Stamps by Crafters Companion.

Jul 18, 2016 9:02:00 AM | Cards, Crafter's Companion, DT, Spectrum Noir

Monday, 04 July 2016

July Challenge at Spectrum Noir - Summer love

This months challenge at Spectrum Noir is all about summer. I used my AquaMarkers to create a water color card with white embossing, using an old Simon Says Stamp stamp that is super cute.

Aren't those scribbly flowers super cute. I mixed pinks and yellows to get a warm color with some variations.

Spectrum Aqua markers: Begonia, Gold, Evergreen, Aquamarine, Moss and Leaf Green. Spectrum Sparkle Pen in Clear overlay.
Stamps by Simon Says Stamp and Winnie & Walter.

Jul 4, 2016 8:45:00 AM | Cards, DT, Simon Says Stamp, Spectrum Noir

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Stencils and AquaBlend pencils

For my tutorial at Spectrum Noir this month I did a video on how to use AquaBlend Pencils with stencils for a hand colored look. I had a lot of fun with this technique and made three cards.

You can find the whole tutorial over at the Spectrum Noir blog. Here's the cards I made.

Pencils used:Petunia, Papaya, Rose and Pineapple.
Stamps by Mama Elephant

Pencils used: Spinach, Parakeet, Aegean Blue, Opal Blue.
Die by Winnie & Walter

Pencils used: Bright Green, Verdant Green, Aegean Blue, Opal Blue.
Stamp by Lawn Fawn and die by Winnie & Walter

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and will be back again soon :)

Jun 29, 2016 8:19:00 AM | Cards, DT, Spectrum Noir, Winnie & Walter

Friday, 24 June 2016

Spotlight feathers

I have been seeing a lot of fun projects using the spotlight technique lately. This tutorial by my Spectrum Noir teamie Brianna Loeffelbein made me want to try it. I wanted to put my own spin on it and used a die to cut a leafy circle around my colored piece of the image. I'm not 100% sure it was a good idea, it would brobably have been lovely with just a regular circle. The word die cut covered in Spectrum Sparkle (Clear overlay) and glossy accents was perfect though.

Supplies:
AquaTints: 06 and 70.
Spectrum Sparkle pen Clear Overlay
Stamps by Kaisercraft and dies by Winnie & Walter and Lawn Fawn

Jun 24, 2016 10:10:00 PM | Cards, DT, Spectrum Noir

Friday, 17 June 2016

A little panda note

I have this new pad of lovely woodgrain paper, I always get new patterned papers when I see them but I rarely use them for other things than backgrounds for photos maybe. I was thinking it would be cool if you could color the wood so I had to try. I white embossed a stamp by Pinkfresh Studios and then I colored it in using my Spectrum Noir Colorblend pencils and it turned out really fun. The darker/brighter shades was the best for this if you wanted it to show up clearly. This paper pad is really smooth and the colored pencils works best on a paper with some tooth that grabs the pigments. So one dark layer was fine on this smooth paper but the paper did not grab enough pigment using the lighter colors to make it stand out much.

Supplies:
Spectrum Noir BG1, IG1, CR2, Blender and CR9.
Blendable Pencils: 063, 071, 043, 038.
Stamps by Mama Elephant and Pinkfresh Studios.

Jun 17, 2016 10:02:00 PM | Cards, DT, Spectrum Noir

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