New Year, New Pad....

Happy New Year Everyone

Hope you have all had a lovely time over the holiday period and that you are ready for the next 365, ok 363 given we are 2/3 days in depending on your geographical location. 

I'm over at That's Crafty today with my first weekly post of 2019. I always like to start the New Year with a new note/ sketch pad so I have made myself one using Alcohol inks with Yupo® paper and That's Crafty surfaces.

If you would like to see and read more you are very welcome to join me over at That's Crafty. 

All you have to do is click here to be redirected over to the blog where I will be waiting to happily greet you . 

Hope to see you soon 

Amanda
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I would like to enter this into the following challenge 
Mini Album Makers Challenge- January

Art washes away from the soul......

Hi Everyone and Welcome 

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are feeling all refreshed and ready for the week ahead. In between a few sunny summer strolls this weekend I have spent some time 'playing' with my much neglected of late alcohol inks. It was great to remind myself how much I love working with this fabulous product. Usually I veer towards the blue/ green tones of Tim Holtz Alcohol inks but this time I went with a whole kaleidoscope of colours and here's the result .

I worked on Tim Holtz Yupo, adding drops of alcohol ink straight from the bottle, letting them bleed and blend with each other.

 I stencilled using black acrylic paint through a couple of stencils, added some white highlights around the stencilling and some black pen dots and lines here and there.

I heat embossed Picasso's quote using black Archival ink and clear embossing powder and although  in the photo below the camera lens hasn't picked up the lovely sheen the embossing creates

it has in this one 

 this one

and this one.

 I also added some paint marks and splatters and embellished the corners of the quote panel with gem dots. 

Though this could be used for a greeting card or as an art panel to display I am thinking it will make a great art journal cover, maybe a black paged journal....mm even better! So that's the plan just have to decide now whether to buy or make ......... 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge :'All Things Bright and Beautiful'

The Craft Stamper Timi Challenge : June 2018 

Country View Crafts June 2018 Challenge : The Written Word (add text in some form) 
Crop Stop June link Party #40 'Anything Goes'

Thank you as always for stopping by today. Your visits, follows and kind words are very much appreciated.
Hope you all have a lovely week and until the next time take care
and keep on the happy side
Amanda
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Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016= September - Take Two

Hello and Welcome Everyone

Some of you maybe meeting me having just seeing the first tag I have blogged  for Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016- September and for others of you it maybe your first stop by my blog today and you won't yet have seen the first tag. So for those of you who haven't seen Tag 1 here's the link and you will see the post and tag I am referring to.
So this post is all bout my take 2 version of Tim's September 2016 tag . As mentioned previously Tim's September tag and tutorial can be found here , well worth the extra click to see the master himself creating this months fabulous tag .
Following the same format as the blog post for Tag 1 here is my Tag 2 version of Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016- September this time using the other of the two stamps from the stamp set 'Evolution' .

The distress paint patina tag using the same distress paints as for Tag 1: Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China, Twisted Citron, Forest Moss, Tarnished Brass and Antiqued Bronze.  I love how you never get the same results twice even when using the same combination of colours .

The alcohol ink resist panel again using the same alcohol inks as for Tag 1 - Pitch Black, Mushroom and Stream .

and just a few close ups of all the ideology embellishments- long fasteners (hammered) mini gears and an Alpha part word - 'Remember' ! (no shrivel this time hahaha)

some film strip, eyelets, a sprocket gear, a vial sticker, remnants rubs and some stitching.

and once again here is my Tag 2 version of Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016 September

Just as I always do I have thoroughly enjoyed creating both tags (tag one can be seen here). I echo the words of thanks to Tim that I express on my previous post - thanks to you Tim for providing the continual creativity and inspiration that you do - it really is priceless!

Huge thanks goes out to all of you too who have spent time with me today and endured not one but two posts . I really do appreciate it .
Look forward to seeing you all again soon but in the meantime
take care
and

 keep on the happy side

Amanda
xxx