Imagine the Possibilities

Hello! Katy here with today's tag project. I decided to create an inspiration tag using Susan's stamps and inks.

Here's how I made it:
1 Pat an acrylic block with Colorbox Color Pop Ink in Sky. Spray the block with water then 'stamp' onto a tag made of mixed media or watercolour paper. This create the washy watercolor-effect background.
2 Stamp three clouds in Sky and over-stamp in Ice with the Grunge Fun dots stamp. Cut out and add to the tag, overlapping.
3 Stamp the kite onto the tag in Cocoa ink and again onto card in Kiss ink. Colour with markers and cut out and layer the kite head and he bows.
4 Stick a quote (freebie from Mixed Up magazine) and outline it in black pen. Add faux stitching to the tag edge also with black pen.

Imagine the possibilities and reach for your dreams!

Katy x

Susan K Weckesser products used:
Susan K Weckesser/Unity Stamps: Fly Away
Susan K Weckesser/Jillian Vance Stamps: Grunge Fun
Susan K Weckesser/Clearsnap Colorbox Color Pop Inks: Sky, Ice, Kiss, Cocoa

Mixed Media Journal

Hi folks, Katy here with my project for this month's mixed media theme. I chose to alter an inexpensive notebook with paints and stamps and a stencil by Susan.

This piece is definitely inspired by a class I took with Kate Crane where we focussed on mark making techniques. Susan's stencil is perfect for this as it contains a ton of different shapes.

How I made it:
1) Paint the cover roughly with magenta, yellow and white paints, mixing as you paint.
2) Work magenta paint through the flower part of the stencil and through some sequin waste.
3) Add zigzag stencilling with yellow paint, circles with white gesso and numbers with black gesso.
4) Add dots in blue. Stamp with lids in white and blue.
5) Stamp the dots in black and the stars also in black.
6) Create a white/blue circle and outline with black pen. Glue a metal butterfly and pen nib to the focal point.

I used these Susan K. Weckesser products:
TCW Doodle Stencil 
Jillian Vance Grunge Fun stamp set

Hope you like my journal!
Katy x

Grunge Hearts Art Journal Page

Hi all

I have a new Journal page i created using DecoArt products and Susan K Weckesser Inc Stamps. I am still experimenting with textures and layering those textures up.

I wanted to show you haw to create layers using different stencils. So to start with i used a background stencil such as DecoArt  Pixleated and applied DecoArt White Modeling paste over the top which gives a lovely raised pattern when it dries. I then used the Doodle Stencil  and i applied white modeling paste to the number strip.

Next i used DecoArt Black Modeling paste with a Tim Holtz distress stencil and let it dry.

I stamped the In Circle Me  stamp down the center of the page and I then used a black marker pen to doodle on  some circles which i colored in using the Color Pop Mini Inks. I the used DecoArt Fluid Acrylic  Cobalt Teal Blue to pain over the background. I mixed it with water so it covered the pad easier. 

I then took the In Circle Me stamp and partially inked sections of the stamp before stamping it over the page.

I used the Grunge Fun Stamp set and stamped the stitching randomly around the page. 

I used Teal Metallic Lustre and rubbed it over the stenciling to bring out the detail and then i used the A Little Grunge Love and stamped the small arrow around the page and used the two hearts and stamped them onto smooth card. I inked around the edge of the stamp with Black Archival Ink and then colored them in with Color Pop Mini Inks.

I then used glue to stick the hearts down and once dry i added a mini stencil mask over the large ones and stamped the smaller ones with the Grunge Fun background stamp. I then took the little heart stamp and stamped it in between the larger hearts.

I used the Painted Sentiments stamps to add a couple of words 

Thank you for visiting

Sunny Journal Page

Today I've created a journal page that's a homage to our wonderful Creative Team leader, Susan K. Weckesser herself. Susan is quite the most positive, upbeat and optimistic person I think I have ever met. So my words on this page remind me that she always sees the good in every single day including the bad, hard ones; even on the darkest days, the sun still rises. Thank you Susan for being an inspiration!

It's quite pared down (for me anyway!) as I wanted the beautiful stamps to take centre stage here. I really love both sets I used here!

Susan K. Weckesser Inc products used:
Fly Away stamp set by Unity
Grunge Fun stamp set by Jillian Vance
Colorbox Color Pop Inks: Ice, Sky, Mystery, Snow

Here's how I made it:
1) Repeatedly stamp the dots from Grunge Fun in Ice ink onto a journal page. Apply the stamp randomly without using an acrylic block, as you don't want full coverage. Repeat using Sky ink, but more sparingly, and using the second impression to get variations of colour tone.

2) Ink a piece of card with Ice ink and stamp two clouds with Sky ink. Cut them out. Stamp the sun onto painted card with Mystery Ink, heat set, cut out and add some additional colour with an orange pencil. Sponge the clouds with a little bit of Snow ink to make them look 'fluffy'.

3) Stamp the clouds and sun onto the background with Mystery ink and glue the cut out images over the top. Extend the strings with black pen as necessary.

4) Hand write your journaling as desired (tip - I can't write nicely so I pick a lovely font, print it off on thin printer paper, trace it with pencil onto my page then go over it with permanent pen. It looks like I wrote it! Yep, I cheated folks!)

I hope you like my journal page and that you've had a sunny day today :).

Katy x

Fly Away set

Grunge Fun set

Home Sweet Home Canvas

Hello everyone! Katy here making my debut on this fabulous Design Team! My first project is a small canvas which would make a great new home gift. I used a mix of paper piecing and stamped images onto a background created with inkpads. I really like the whimsical feel of this piece with it's naive style.

Susan K. Weckesser Inc. products used:

• Patterned paper: Color Burst, Bouquet, Live In Color
• Unity Stamps set: Fly Away
• Jillian Vance Designs stamp set: Grunge Fun
• Colorbox Color Pop Dye Inks: Fresh, Cocoa, Ice, Kiss
• Colorbox Color Pop Pigment Ink: Snow
• Colourbox Color Pop Dye Archival Ink: Mystery

I've created a quick process video showing you how I used the Color Pop Inks to make a background on my canvas.

My little houses are paper pieced from Susan's gorgeous patterned papers. The doors and windows use stamps from the Grunge Fun set and I used the same set to add texture to the houses and roofs. Each is finished with a tiny stamped heart.

The clouds are stamped onto white card with Ice ink, patterned with the Grunge Fun spotty stamp and cut out. Similarly, the sun is stamped in Kiss ink onto an area of one of the patterned papers.

I finished with some letter stickers and little brad doorknobs to embellish. The sides are decorated using just part of the kite stamp from Fly Away to create a repeat pattern.

I hope you like my very first project! It was a lot of fun to make.

Best wishes,
Katy x

Created by Katy Leitch
For the Susan K. Weckesser Creative Team

Fly Away stamp set

Grunge Fun stamp set

Mixed Media Card

Hi everyone!!

Here Noe to show you my newest project using Susan´s products... As you know,  this month our theme is "Mix Media"... one of my favourites themes together Cardmaking... I LOVE them !! .. So I did a combination of both in this project:

I have also used different bases and textures ... cardboard ... paper with black velvet ...  embossing resist with watercolors and finally Canvas Pennant painted with Gelatos and stamped with Susan´s stamps, specifically with "Grunge Fun", "In my Garden" and "Love ya whole bunches".

Girl was painted with my watercolors brushes from Kuretake and I added this heart on which I glued microbeads and glitter. 

In the background in which I used embossing resist technique I stamped sentiments from "Love ya bunches whole" stamp set and then erased slightly with a help from a wet wipe for babies.

Products used:

Hope you like it!!

Happy crafting!!

Noe I.G

Susan K. Weckesser DT Member

 

Mixed Media Friendship Card

Hi all

Katie here, I am back with a new mixed media card for  our February blog theme which is Friendship. So i made this simple mixed media card to share with a friend.

I started of by taking a 12 x 12 sheet of  Bouquet paper and covering a 5x7 card blank.

I then applied texture using a stencil mask and texture paste before spritzing it with Paris Pink ink.

I took the texture stamp from the Grunge Fun set and added another layer of texture using the A Little Bit Washi set.

I stamped out the kite from the Fly Away set onto smoothe card and coloured it in using alcohol markers before cutting it out.

I stamped the kite stamp into the centre of the card and then cut out part of the coloured image and layered it over the top.

I finished the card off using the smile stamp from the A Little Bit Washi set.

Thank you for visiting

Katie xx

Bunny Loves you!

Hi everyone!!

Noe here on one of my favorite months of the year, not only because it´s my birthday month, but because is the month of LOVE!!! And precisely that is theme of the month! Here is my card:

Love this new Susan K.Weckesser Set Stamp... It´s sooo cute and sweet!!

I made my background using other stamps sets from Susan, specifically "Love ya Whole Bunches" and "Grunge Fun" that I stamped on blue background... the frame is painted with a maroon ink and I added some details with the Doodle Stencil.

I show a close up of the card ... I have decided to use a Shaker format as they are much more fun and interactive!

Produts used:

 

 I hope you like this card!! Happy Month of LOVE!!

NOE I.G

Susan K. Weckesser DT Member

Live, love, create... Tags of love!!

Hi everyone!!

Here Noe and first of all I would like wish  a Happy New Year!! Would that  this 2016 comes loaded with love, health, peace and lots of creativity and fun for all !!

This month our theme is "Tags of Love" so here we go with my first project!

I created my background using my Distress inks and embossing resist  technique  with the "Whole Love Ya Bunches" stamp set.  

Then I splashed black ink and stamped a small red hearts from "Grunge Fun" stamp set. 

To paint this beautiful girl I used my Spectrum Noir and finally to complete my tag I used a tag from "Live in Color Tags" Susan k.Weckesser paper that I cuted to place it.

Products used:

 Thanks for popping by today!! I hope you like my project!

Have a great day!!

Noe I.G

Susan K.Weckesser DT Member

Thank you for popping by today

 

Live in full color!

Hi everyone!!

Here Noe... How are you? I hope you had a fantastic entry into November month... I'll tell you a secret about me ... I love bright colors, convey me much joy ... So today I come with a notebook to write down all my thoughts , my projects and my memories ... A notebook that gives me, just looking, positive energy!

Another secret that I will tell you about me is that I love to do my own backgrounds for my projects, whether cards, LO's, mini albums, etc ... and this time would not be otherwise ... Let's do it!

The first step was to play with my inks and a roller to apply them on a piece of watercolor paper ... for this, I pulverized and mixed various inks and colors on an acetate sheet... Then, I inking my roller and applied it on paper.

I added textures with different embossing powders and some stamps on the sheet, without any order, leaving out creativity!

Finally, I cut sentiment of one of the fantastic papers designed for Susan, and I added them some relief outlining the contours with an embossing pen and gold embossing powders.

I had so much fun designing this project that I could not resist use my new notebook nothing more to finish !!

Products used:

Some close ups:

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Noe I.G.

Susan K.Weckesser DT Member.

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Susan K. Weckesser DT Member

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