Distress Ink painting..

So here is the card I made with the image from my last post, as you will remember the Tilda image has been coloured in using distress ink re-inkers. The colours I used are as follows;

Skin; Old paper and Tea Dye

Hair, Tights and sleeves; Tea dye and Vintage photo

Dress; Spun sugar, Worn lipstick and Fired Brick.

Hope you like the card

Maria

I love colouring with Pro markers and copics but sometimes it's nice to use something a little different to get a different effect. Something I use for a different effect sometimes is Distress ink re-inkers. These give a lovely watercolour effect and you can make your image as subtle or as bold as you want simply by adding less or more water to your ink. Here is an image I have been colouring today. She is not finished yet, but I thought I would show you my work in progress. Plus I am still deciding what colour to do her dress and shoes. Here's a close up. Well I will be back to show you the finished image tomorrow. Why not give it a try yourself. Thanks for stopping by
Maria

Here is a simple card I made last week using a stamp from a set I got free on the front of a magazine (sorry I can't remember which one). I used some paper from my scraps draw to make a strip across my card and with the little bit I had leftover I paper pieced the jumper to match. The image has been coloured in using Pro Markers.
I then cut a white piece of card with my nestabilities Decorative circle die and stuck it to the front of the card. I then mounted the mouse image to the card using 3D foam pads.

The birthday sentiment on the bottom of the card is from My Favourite things. Hope you like it. Have a good day

Maria x

More Storage

Here is another wall of my craftroom. This is where I store some of my most used tools. The baskets and rails are from Ikea and I use them for storing some of my sprays and stains and also my heat tools and punches.I find this storage idea really handy and you can see where everything is and it is all to hand. Hope you like it.
Maria.

Finally a card!

And finally here is the card that made all the mess lol, I have made this card well in advance for my friends daughter's birthday in May. She is going to be 1. I am going to add a number and a greeting when I can decide where they are going. The banner at the top of the card spells her name, this is mounted on pop dots to make it stand away from the card as is the little girl sitting in her bed. I have paper pieced the image with several different papers. This is one of my favourite techniques.

And here is a closer look. I hope you like this card. I know it is very pink, but having 2 boys I don't get to have much pink stuff in the house! Enjoy what is left of your weekend.

Maria x

Ink pad storage

Here is how I stote all my ink pads, tools and some pens and brushes. The ink pad rack was purchased from Storage solutions. The shelves are removable. The pots and rails are from IKEA and these are great for storing pens and things that you can just reach for whilst you sitting crafting at your desk.


Another view

Hope you are all having a good weekend

Maria x

Order has been restored!!

Well the mess has gone and my craft room is I store some of my things, but blogger will only let me upload photos 2 at a time for some reason so the card I made and some other pics will have to go in seperate posts.Here is my desk where I do all of my crafting. I have a large cutting mat that cover the whole desk to protect it and then a small one on top to work on.

And here is a view of my Expedit unit that I got from IKEA. My craft room is quite hard to photograph due to the size and layout but I will add more photos in another post straight after this one. Will be straight back with another post.

TTFN

Maria x