Tuesday, 3 September 2024

Make it colourful at TIOT

Hi everyone, it's been great to get back to my desk. I have cleared a space at the moment as I still have a lot to take out!

We have a new theme at Try It On Tuesday - 'Make It Colourful' and as you will see the Design Team has certainly used a rainbow of colours

A few weeks ago a friend took me to a craft show in Leigh. I bought some Paper Artsy stamps designed by Kate Crane. Kate was at the show demoing and I picked up a handy tip!

I used some new stamps and some from older sets. I stamped then masked some of the images before using watercolour pencils to colour in.

The tip? The black marks at the bottom are overlays of acetate that have marks added through Kate's stencil before cutting into strips - its a really quick way of adding marks to a page as they can be cut up and kept in a box ready to use.

We hope you can join us at TIOT this time and 'Make It Colourful' please. 

I am also adding this to Aimeslee's Art Journal Journey theme this month - 'Anything Goes'

Thanks for looking, Chris  
 

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9 comments:

  1. Mrs.B3 September 2024 at 10:09:00 BST

    A lovely colourful page Chris, love the quirky houses and trees which look great in those bright colours.
    Avril xx

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  2. Bleubeard and Elizabeth3 September 2024 at 10:31:00 BST

    I love the use of your watercolor pencils to make those unique houses. They certainly have lots of color. That's a great tip and it looks like you put it to good use, too. Thanks for also joining us at AJJ using Aimeslee's theme, too.

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  3. My name is Erika.3 September 2024 at 12:24:00 BST

    You have some great colors on your page Chris. I think you've hit the whole rainbow without using a rainbow. Very cool. And I love using acetate. Your black lines really pop off the bottom and they do ground your page a lot. I hope September is going well for you and you're not too busy. Missing you at AJJ but glad you could join Aimeslee's challenge. hugs-Erika

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  4. Rita3 September 2024 at 17:08:00 BST

    Paper Artsy has such fun stamps!
    That is an interesting idea using watercolor pencils.
    Glad you are feeling better. :)

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  5. Meggymay4 September 2024 at 09:21:00 BST

    Super new stamps Chris those houses look a fun set to use, its a great colourful page.
    Yvonne

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  6. Viv4 September 2024 at 14:23:00 BST

    Can't believe I missed you at Leigh Chris - I took one of my star pupils(!!) who has now added card making to her already impressive list of pastimes!
    These are fab stamps and a lovely page. x

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  7. Empire of the Cat4 September 2024 at 20:19:00 BST

    How fun you got to meet Kate and buy new stamps! She is teaching at Stamper's Grove this month but I'm not able to go, I would have loved to though. I also have that house set and also the mark making set, that one I really use a lot. Love what you did with the houses, beautiful colouring and the acetate tip. Happy new month!

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  8. Joan6 September 2024 at 20:45:00 BST

    What a fun quirky page Chris, lots of colours too

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  9. Aimeslee Winans9 September 2024 at 11:55:00 BST

    Hi Chris! Hope you are happier now having a little spot to create in while tackling your destash project. You've created a delightful page, so colorful and so Kate Crane! I took an online course from her once and enjoyed it a lot. She's a character for sure. Thank you for sharing with us at AJJ! XOX

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