Working with alcohol ink on backgrounds

We are inspiering you with alcohol inks at StampARTic today. Alcohol ink is always an interesting to use. It gives so many oportunities to colour different materials and backgrounds and inspire me to test out new ways of using it. 

Today, I am showing an acetate based card. The edge is made from Prima's - Seashore - Seahorse paper. The motive is from Pion, but most of the other papers and embellishments are from Prima.

I have used alcohol ink to create some background colour on the acetate, at the edge of the motive. The background has been built up with layers from paper, wood icons, metal, flowers, beads and glitter. At the end, some of the background was also coloured with alcohol ink

The back of the card. The card stand is a free cutting file from Birds Cards.

Prima PPP

I am entering these challenges:

• Prima PPP - March
• Picture and scrap - Lag på lag
• Kreativ scrapping - Bingo - Blomster, perler, tag, papirpynt, maling/mist
• Papirdesign - Hell og lykke (bursdag)
• Craft your passion - Anything goes
• The shabby tearoom - Blooms
• The paper shelter-  Blooms
• Fussy and fancy challenge -  Girly
• Inkspirational challenges - Image of a woman
• Cute and daisy - Add a sentiment
• Creatalicious challenge - Anything goes
• Crafty calendar challenge - Add metal
• Creative fingers challenge - Anything goes

A Prima Center Step Easel card with tutorial

Today, I have created a tutorial for a Center Step Easel card for StampARTic.

This is an example of the card, finished decorated. The paper is a mixture of Prima's Butterfly-Vintage ATC and papers from old Prima collections. The Chipboard diecut is from Wycinanka. Roses are from Wild Orchids. I have also used different dies from Marianne design, Prima and Memory box. The leaf stamp and punch is from Nellie Snellen.

The step card is locked in place with the easel part of the card.

The back of the card is decorated with a flap, with space to  write a message.

How to create the card:

Here is the template for the card. Cut and score in bazzill, after the template in bazzill.

Glue the two parts together. This is split in two because of the short length of standard bazzill.

Cover the bazzill with panels of patterned paper.

Fold the Center step card.

Fold the Easel/ back side of the card around, and under the step side of the card.

The little flip at the end of the Easel card will hold the step card in place.

To fold the card flat, to send it, fold the Easel part of the card up, and into the middle of the card itself.

You are now able to fold the card flat.

Have fun

Send med an e-mail if you would like the Silhouette file for this card.

I am entering these challenges:

• Picture and scrap - Perler og bling
• The shabby tea room - Pop of pink
• Crafty sentiments - Spring colours
• Cardmania challenges - Spring
• Stamp and create - Is it spring yet?
• Whimsy inspires - Use a sentiment
• Lisa somerville - Travel
• Cute and daisy - Add a sentiment
• Bunny zoes crafts - For the girls
• Pennys challenges - Female cards
• Crafts and me inspiration- Flowers
• Crafting by designs - Anything goes
• 7 kids challenge blog - Anything goes
• Craft your passion challenges - Anything goes
• Paper take weekly - Anything goes
• Clear it out challenge - Anything goes
• Party time tuesdays - Anything goes
• Crafting from the heart - Anything goes
• Creative fingers challenge - Anything goes

A turning Pion Merry go round

Today, we are using sponsored  Pion papers over at StampARTic. I have created a Merry go round box with papers from Pion.

The Merry go round is on a circular box and it does turn around.

I have used papers from  My Beloved son collection.

The horses have been cut from photos of some horses out of Pion papers. The supports are straws with washitape.

The box is also covered inside with Pion papers.

Here is a little film to show the box and how it is turning around.  

I will be holding a class in creating 3D constructions like this in Larvik

I am entering these challenges:

• Creative fingers - Anything goes
• Picture and scrap - Alt er lov
• My bestie Norge. - Alt er lov
• Craft your passion challenges - Anything goes
• Whimsy inspires - Use a sentiment
• The paper shelter - Animal magic
• Brown sugar challenge - Boxes
• Fussy and fancy challenge - Tic, tac, toe - Lace, pearl and sparkle

The little house in the forest

We have a new challenge over at StampARTic. This time, the challenge is flowers. 

I have designed a little house, with room for a treat or an electrical candle inside.

The house is made from papers from Prima; Sundried - Sun Kiss Collection. The roof tiles are made of an old sheet of Prima paper.  

Flowers are from Prima and Wild Orchid. Some of the charms are from Korthobby.

I have used a chipboard bird and lamp from Wycinanka.The butterflies are from Prima.

The top of the house can be lifted out of the bottom part of the house, to give room for a little treat or for an electrical candle.

The house with an electrical light inside.

I am entering these challenges: 

• Prima - January PPP - Winner
• Crafting from the heart challenge  - Anything goes
• Craft your passion challenges - Anything goes
• Crafty boots challenges - Butterflies
• Dream valley challenges - Anything goes
• Love to scrap challenge - Anything goes
• Cute and daisy - Anything goes
• 2 creative chicks - Anything goes
• Scrap creations - Favorite embellishments (flowers)
• Allsorts challenge - Spring flowers
• Korthobby utfordring - Alt er lov
• Papirlosjen - Bokstavutfordring (K= Kartong, Kronblader, Kuttefil (eget design))

A Christmas tag

StampARTic is showing 24 tags of Christmas. I have created a Prima based Christmas tag.

I have used papers from  - The Seashore collection - Seahorse from Prima. I have used a stencil, Gesso and Colour Bloom spray (Soft Teal)to create effects on the background. The leaves are diecuts - made with dies from Prima. The Crincle ribbon is from Tim Holtz. It is embossed with white and silver "Snowflake" embossing powder.

I am entering these challenges:

• Crafty sentiments- Christmas
• Scrap-creations  Holiday/ Christmas
• Whimsy inspires - Anything goes
• Dilly beans challenge - Winter holidays
• Hiding in my craftroom - Super Scrap Saturday.

Christmas tag

StampARTic's Design Team had a tradition of showing youis showing you 24 tags of Christmas in December.

It is the 5.th of December, and today it is my turn to shown a tag.

I have created a tag with Prima - Seashore collection - Seahorse. I have used a stencil and Gesso to create effects on the background. I have also used  Colour Bloom spray (Soft Teal).  The leaves are diecuts - made with dies from Prima. 

I am sharing a sweet, little Christmas song; 

Christmas Time Is Here, with Daniela Andrade 

I am entering these challenges:

• Prima - 12 tags of Christmas - dies
• Hobbygarasjen - Pakkelapper
• Trel blogg - Blå eller hvit vinter
• Incy wincy designs - Christmas - non traditional colours
• Sugar creek hollow - Vintage Christmas cards in non traditional colours
• 7 kids challenge blog - Anything goes
• Trimmies craft challenge - Christmas

Prima's 12 days of Christmas cards - day 3 and StampARTic challenge.

We have a new challenge at StampARTic, This time, the challenge is Christmas.

I have made a Mixed Media Christmas card with inspiration and products from Prima and Finnabair.

I have used paper from the Epiphany collection from Prima and Stars and Jump Rings from Finnabair.I have also used pieces from an old clock, a computer and a sewing machine. I have created background effects with distress ink and my own stencil. The Merry and Bright stamp is from Bo Bunny.

I am entering these challenges:

• Prima - 12 days of Christmas day 3 - Finnabair
• Hiding in my craftroom - Any holiday
• Sugar creek and hollow - Vintage/Chabby chic Christmas cards - not traditional colours.
• Acreative romance - Something old (Pieces from an old clock, a computer and a sewing machine)
• Daring card makers - Something old  (Pieces from an old clock, a computer and a sewing machine) and something new (Finnabair stars and Jump Rings and Prima paper pad)
• Picture and scrap - Julekort
• Papirlosjen - Metall
• Scrappegarasjen - Jul
• Scrappehjertet - Jul

A stationary box with Pion

Today StampARTic is showing you creations with papers from Pion design. 

I created a Stationary box filled with cards and tags with my papers.

I fell so lucky to have got the entire collection of  My Beloved son, with 12x12 papers, 6x6 papers and memory notes - 21 sheets of gorgeous papers!

So I created a Stationary box. The tutorial is made by Henrikke in 2012 and can be found among . StampARTIcs old tutorials.

The stationary box opens and reveals the cards and the tags

The stationary box with the cards and tags. The papers are so nice, that I deiced not add to many embellishments and flowers to the box and cards.

Tags

Five simple tags, using the tags in the set of papers. I have added som Crinkle ribbon from Tim Holtz and colourd it with distress ink.

Miniature cards

The small cards are simple, using the memory notes. The heart is is cutting file from Birds Cards.  The stamp "Thank you for beeing the one you are" is from North Star Stamps. The stamp "De beste ønsker" is from Kreativ Hobby.

Napkin fold card

I have also made a Napkin fold card  after an old tutorial from 2010, made by Marianne Skjelstad. The edge of the card is a cutting file from Birds cards.

The card can be opened after taking of the band.

Revealing the message inside the card.

Card with swirls

This swirls in the base of the card is made with a cutting file from Bird cards. I have added blank acetate inside the card to stabilize it. I have added Pieces from the Pion paper ad half pearls.

The back of the card. There is space to write a message inside the card.

Folding card

This is a folding card with an old StampARTic tutorial by Marianne Skjeldtad from 2009. I have used Crinkle ribbon from Tim Holtz to close the card. The ribbon has been coloured with with distress ink.

The pattern on the half circles is a cutting file from Bird cards.

I have tried to use the differen Pion papers in different ways. This is the memory notes that are used. The stamp is from North Star Stamps.

The back of the folding card.

I hope you got inspired by these cards. I certainly got inspired by the Pion papers. Remember that we have a lot of tutorials over StampARtic and there is also a lot of tutorials and templates in this blog.

I am also entering these challenges:

• Scrappelyst - Creative gift 
• Crazy challenge- Favorite technique (folding)
• Ooh la la creations challenges - More than one fold
• Crafty sentiments - 2 or more design papers
• 7 kids challenge blog  - Anything goes
• Brown sugar challenge - Anything goes

What you see - Art Journal

Some time ago I started an art journal. The art journal is a Mixed Media journal with art photos.Today, StampARTic's design team are inspiring you with doodling and writing in your art journal.

The photo is taken in Noosa (Queensland - Australia).

The paper is from Prima - Stationers desk collection. I have also used chipboard, buttons, metal, resin faceted cabochons and lace.

I have used distress ink and stencils to create the background effects. The brick background is chipboard from Wycinanka.

The metal and buttons has been coloured  with alcohol ink and MetaMica. The text "It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see" is written with black pen on the page. I have also doodles some lines along the edges and written some words randomly on the background.

I am entering these challenges:

• Prima BAP - November
• Crazy challenge - favorite technique - Stenciling
• Crafty sentiments - Anything goes
• 7 kidschallenge blog - Anything goes
• Paper creators crafts - Anything goes
• Fussy and fancy challenge - Two or pair (Double Art Journal Page)
• Cute and daisy - Layers
• Papirlosjen - Metall