Little Outbursts of Creativity: Spectrum Noir

119 posts categorized "Spectrum Noir"

Wednesday, 01 February 2017

Lawn Fawn fairies

I made this card while crafting with some of my favourite people last weekend. I was there for a full day and only managed to finish two cards. But it's just as important to sit and talk all day, right? It was a great day actually and I got a lot of inspiration and energy with me home. Never underestimate the power of crafty friends, they are truly the best!

So this card is also blogged at Design in Papers today. I really loved the Winter Fairies stamp set so I had to get the original one too, even though I'm way after everyone else. I colored them using my Spectrum Noir ColourBlends, I really have grown to love colored pencils lately. It's so relaxing to color using them. Of course I added some shimmer to the wings with Spectrum Sparkle pens.

There's a new challenge up at Spectrum Noir now by the way. I will blog my inspiration for that later this week but you can find it on the Spectrum Noir facebook page if you want to start create right now.

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon again!

Feb 1, 2017 11:37:23 PM | Cards, Design in Papers, DT, Lawn Fawn, Spectrum Noir

Thursday, 03 November 2016

November challenge at Spectrum Noir

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Spectrum Noir. This month theme is anything goes, but if you use the bonus theme that is Christmas/Winter then you are in the drawing for $30/£30 in Spectrum Noir or Spectrum Aqua products.

I made this shaker card with Lawn Fawns Faery Christmas. I have been playing a lot with the ColourBlend pencils lately and I have discovered that I really enjoy putting down a simple layer of Spectrum Noir markers and then do shading with the ColourBlend pencils. For this card I gave no line coloring a new try, I really like the look but I've had such a hard time to get it to look good. With this technique it was so much easier!

I really loved Jennifer Macguires trick on how to suspend some things in a shaker card and still let them move around a bit, by using thread behind the image. I didn't have any clear thread so I used a gold thread. I don't mind the thread being a bit visible. I had to do some card surgery because after putting it all together one of the fairies looked like she was about to crash land, but I managed to save it using a tweezer and some curses. ;)

Supplies:
SN Markers: CR2, CR10, FS1, HB1, EB2, BT3, IB1, IB2, IG4, IG5, IG7, LY1, EB3, EB8, TN5, GB9
ColourBlend Pencils: Pink Violet, Peach, Raspberry, Seafoam, Verdigris, Mulberry, Cider, Coconut, Bark.
Spectrum Sparkle pen: Clear Overlay
Stamps by: Lawn Fawn.

I would love it if you joined the fun for this month! Have fun and see you soon again. Remember there is still time to comment on any of my five Leading Lady posts for Winnie & Walter to be in the drawing for a gift card in the Winnie & Walter webshop. A winner will be picked on Saturday. I can't give an exact time for the announcement because I'm at an event and will do it when i have a moment but as long as you don't see the announcement post you can still leave comments and have the chance to win. Good luck!

Nov 3, 2016 2:00:00 PM | Cards, Challenge, Christmas, DT, Lawn Fawn, Spectrum Noir

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, 11 July 2016

Just breathe

I went to a crop and had a great day, meeting a lot of my crafty friends and had a lot of fun. I even won a challenge so that was super fun! I also had some time to shop so I got some new stamps to play with. I got two of Gummiapans drink stamps because I really love the style of them. Gummiapan is a Swedish company who makes rubber stamps and apparently dies too, I got a nice scribbled circle die too, it's super cool.

Anyways, I made this card using one of the stamps with my Spectrum Sparkle pens using some water on a brush to pull the color out like with regular watercolor in marker form.

SpectrumSparkle: Emerald Green, Red Berry, Moonlight and Aquamarine

Jul 11, 2016 8:52:00 AM | Cards, CAS, 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

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