art brings to life...

what the mind can only imagine...

happy weekend friends!

as promised...

here's a fun little project using some of my fav products...

clearly for art (aka...CFA)...

art parts...

tim's adirondack color washes...

and new distress stains...

Ranger's Adirondack pigment inks...

some stamps...

and more...

I'll show you how to make this...

sometimes I don't want my (clearly for art) CFA pieces to be clear...

but I do want the embellishment to be strong & unbreakable...

there are several different ways to change the look...

from clear to opaque...

today I'll show you how to use pigment ink...

start with a piece of CFA...

the size is determined by what you are stamping...

this is a good way to use up scraps...

this mini butterfly is perfect...

ink the CFA by tapping the Adirondack pigment pad onto the surface of the CFA...

I used butterscotch for the butterfly...

lay it on the craft sheet & dry with the heat it tool...

apply a second layer of color with the pigment pad...

then dry again...

ink the butterfly with jet black archival

& stamp onto the butterscotch inked CFA...

dry again...

so the image doesn't smear...

then cut out the image...

because the pigment inks are opaque,

if you heavily apply the pigment ink over the stamped image it would cover it up...

you can get a very clear crisp image by inking the surface first...

then stamping...

with jet black archival...

now lay the butterfly back on the craft sheet...

heat until it softens, then pick it up & shape it...

don't like it?

lay it back on the craft sheet & heat it again...

and again...

and again...

clearly for art goes completely flat every time...

shape it until you are 100% happy...

the background was really fun...

I covered the art parts base with this manila card stock

it's the same clay coated material as the tags,

but it now comes in larger pieces for larger backgrounds...

it's a great durable surface...

it's lightly misted with red pepper, sailboat blue, lettuce & butterscotch color washes...

I used snow cap pigment ink to stamp this background,

dried it...

then over stamped it using coffee archival with the circle background...

I distressed the edges with walnut stain distress ink & the blending tool...

the polka dot border & the saying

were stamped with jet black...

the tiny attacher holds the film strip ribbon in place...

and a closer look...

the colors blend & look great!

next...

the heart was inked with barn door distress stain & then stamped with my fav medicine label, using jet black...

I lightly sanded the edges with the sanding grip & added a bit of walnut stain with the blending tool...

the scroll/leaf art part was inked with meadow color wash, dried & stamped with this background, using olive archival...

the mini art parts flower was inked with faded jeans...

and the art parts scallop trim was colored with vintage photo distress stain...

now just assemble the pieces to look like this...

don't forget the spider!

and add a foliage leaf under the mini flower...

the new distress stains & color washes are both PERFECT for laying down the base coat of color on art parts...

it's VERY fast & oh soooo easy...

I always blast them with the heat tool to dry...

after inking them...

then just go back & add distressing to the edges with the blending tool & distress ink...

STOP THE PRESS!

I just got an email from Heidi that the NEW STAMPS, NEW ART PARTS & Clearly for Art BLACKOUT have arrived.

and...

Preorders have shipped...

YIPPEE!!!

THANK YOU TED & Michelle &

all the folks @ STAMPERS ANONYMOUS...

we appreciate your hard work & quick shipping...

CHA was less than a month ago!

AWESOME!

have a wonderful weekend...

I plan to...

make art!

wendy