Tutorial - Mixed Media Halloween

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a Mixed Media Halloween scene. I chose to use 3 super cute Halloween stamps sets from the Kraftin' Kimmie Store - MINI MONSTERS, HAUNTED HOUSE and HARVEST BLESSINGS. I stamped elements from the Mini Monsters and Harvest Blessings set in Wicked Black Ink, did some fussy cutting and colored them in Copics.

Bonjour à tous! Je partage aujourd'hui un tuto sur une scène Mixed Media :) J'ai utilisé 3 sets de tampons Kraftin' Kimmie - MINI MONSTERS, HAUNTED HOUSE et HARVEST BLESSINGS. J'ai tamponné mes éléments à l'encre Wicked Black Ink, découpé mes images et je les ai mises en couleur au Copic.

Skin/ Peau: E21, 50, 51

Purple costume/ Costume violet: V09, 15, 17

Red Costume/ Costume rouge: C7, R35, 37, 39

Horns/ Cornes: E41, 43

Balloons/ Ballons: G28, YG01, 03, 17

Pumpkins/ Citrouilles: Y35, YG95, 99, YR04, 07, E08, 19 

Cat/ Chat: C2, 4, 6, R20

Now to the background:

Et maintenant le fond:

I used a square grey board and covered it in red, orange and yellow paints applied with a sponge.

J'ai utilisé un carton carré que j'ai recouvert de peinture rouge, orange et jaune, appliquée à l'éponge.

To add a bit of interest to my scene and really have a Halloween feel to it, I stamped the HAUNTED HOUSE in Versafine.

Une fois le fond sec, j'ai tamponné la maison HAUNTED HOUSE à l'encre Versafine.

I then coloured the house using Pitt pens and gel pens. I also created a hill using acrylic paint and a sponge so the house would not be floating in the air ;)!

J'ai colorié ma maison au feutre Pitt et j'ai aussi créé une colline avec mes peintures acryliques pour éviter que ma maison ne flotte dans les airs ;)!

Next, I decided to add a bit contrast to the sky, so I added a bit of Ruby Red Hybrid Ink with a sponge dauber on the edges of my sky, then some Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. I also stamped a little ghost and 2 stars, coloured with Posca pens.

J'ai ensuite tamponné avec une mousse de l'encre Ruby Red sur les bords de mon ciel et de la Distress Chipped Sapphire. J'ai aussi tamponné un petit fantôme et 2 étoiles, coloriés au Posca.

I then glued my elements on my board. The only character which I put on foam squares for a bit of dimension is the little purple monster.

J'ai collé tous mes éléments sur mon fond. Le seul élément collé sur mousse 3D pour avoir un peu de relief, est le petit monstre violet.

And lastly, I added a bit of gold to the edges of my board and some gel pen touches here and there. And voilà :)!

Enfin, j'ai rajouté du doré sur les bords de mon carton et des touches de stylo gel - et voilà :)!

Thanks for stopping by, have a fab Monday everyone! Hugs,

Merci de votre visite, bonne journée à tous! Bises,

Delphine xx

Dreaming of the Sea - Glimps DT

Hello everyone! With the extreme temperatures we are having at the moment, who is not dreaming of WATER ?!? Hence my post today, featuring the ocean and one of the super cute mermaids available from the Glimps store, called Sitting Mermaid. 

I printed my sirene, did some fussy cutting and coloured her in Copics.

Bonjour à tous! Un peu d'eau et de fraîcheur aujourd'hui avec une adorable sirène de la boutique Glimps - Sitting Mermaid. Je l'ai imrpimée et découpée, puis mise en couleur au Copic.

Skin/ Peau: E21, 50, 51, 71

Hair/ Cheveux: BV08, V04, 06, 17

Body/ Ecailles: B04, 06, 26, 29, 69

Rock/ Rocher: W5, 7, 9

I decided to create a background for my sirene on a grey board. I used Fresco acrylic paints, applied with a sponge, for my sky and sea.

J'ai créé un fond sur un carton avec des peintures acryliques Fresco, appliquées à l'éponge, pour faire le ciel et la mer.

To add more interest to the background, I drew some land, palm trees and birds using Pitt pens. I also added touches of white to the sea with a Gelly Roll pen.

Pour agrémenter un peu le fond, j'ai dessiné des palmiers et des oiseaux au feutre Pitt. J'ai aussi ajouté quleques touches de blanc à la mer avec un stylo gel Gelly Roll.

I then glued my sirene to my sirene to the background - and here is the little scene:

J'ai ensuite collé ma sirène sur mon fond - voici la petite scène finale:

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bises,

Delphine xx

Art Journal Page for Tiddly Inks Challenge

Bonjour à tous! Nouveau challenge chez Tiddly Inks and le thème est SOUS/DANS LA MER! 

Hello everyone! I'm back with our new challenge at Tiddly Inks and this time it's UNDER THE SEA! You can see lots of inspiration on our challenge blog HERE :)

J'ai décidé de créer une page sur le thème marin - avec des sirènes - dans mon journal, ça faisait longtemps - et ça fait beaucoup de bien!! J'ai utilisé des tampons du set Mini Mermaid Fun, disponibles aussi en digis sous les noms Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends et Octopi My Heart :)

I decided to create an art journal page, it has been a long time and it felt soooo good to dive into my journal! I used stamps from the Mini Mermaid Fun stamp set, also available as digis in Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends and Octopi My Heart :)

Image: Tiddly Inks Mini Mermaid Fun stamp set (Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends and Octopi My Heart in digis)

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card and acrylic paint, gel pen on Moleskine journal

J'ai créé le fond avec de l'acrylique principalement - Fresco et Distress Paint - et fait le sable avec du papier imprimé collé et recouvert d'acrylique aussi. J'ai ajouté un rocher au marqueur acrylique et des algues au stylo gel Pentel. J'ai tamponné, découpé et colorié tous mes personnages au Copic avec quelques touches de crayon Polychromos et je les ai ajoutés à ma scène. 

I created the background in acrylics mostly - Fresco Paint and Distress Paint - and I used DPs for the sand which I covered in acrylics too. I added a rock using acrylic markers and weeds using Pentel gel pens. I stamped, fussy cut and coloured all my elements in Copics with a few touches of Polychromos and I added them to my scene.

Rejoignez-nous avec toutes vos créations maritimes ;)! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bises,

We hope you will join us for this challenge! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,
Delphine xx

Quixotic Paperie Spring Sale... and NOT a card ;)!

Hello everyone! The HUGE spring sale is still going on at Quixotic Paperie with tons of bargains on your favourite brands of stamps and now is really the time to shop before the little Easter break and stocktaking starting on April 1st! So if you would like to order, get your orders in by the end of March 31st... TOMORROW!!

I have done a little mixed media scene today featuring my favourite Some Odd Girl stamp - Geisha Kaylee who is currently on sale :)

Stamps: Some Odd Girl Geisha Kaylee, Artemio, Kaisercraft, Kesi'art, PaperArtsy

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

and acrylic paint and Pitt Artist Pens on grey white board

I stamped SOG Geisha Kaylee on Make It Colour Blending Card and coloured her in Copics then cut her out. For the base, I used a PaperArtsy Heavy Grey White Board, covered it in liquid Acrylic Paint and stamped several background stamps in paint, Versafine and white ink. To make a few elements stand out, I used Pitt Artist Pens and added details. The sentiment and flower come with Geisha Kaylee set and the little butterfly is from a Tiddly Inks set. 

Challenges I am entering:

Mixed Media World - Anything Goes

Some Odd Girl - Linky Party

Thank you very much for your visit, have fun shopping ;)! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Art Journal Page - Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #8

Hello everyone! And welcome back to a new challenge at Paperbabe Stamps!!! This time we are back with an awesome sketch for you! You can use it for a card, scrapbook layout, mixed media, whatever you like - have fun! AND we would love to see your Paperbabe Stamps in action, BUT you can now use any stamps you like!

I've been feeling a bit blue these past days and felt the urge to do an art journal page - this is the 4th page in my journal, you can see the others HERE - and so I kept the shapes of the sketch in mind to create it. Here it is, featuring the gorgeous MayLeeDee I love so much!

Stamp: Paperbabe Stamps Mayleedee mounted rubber stamp (also available as clear stamp and digi)

Colouring: Copics and Prismacolor pencils on Make It Colour Blending Card for Mayleedee

Background: Distress Paint, Gelatos, Pitt Artist pens

Other: Stencils, Stickers, Toga DP, text stamp

I stamped Mayleedee on Make It Colour Blending Card, coloured her in Copics plus some Prismacolor pencils, and cut her out. For the background, I used a piece of Toga DP for the hill, stamped text on it and used Pitt Artist Pens to add shading. The sky was made with Distress Paints, Pitt Pens and Gelatos and I used two stencils with ink and embossing paste. I added Gold stickles for a bit of sparkle. I finished by the stickers and little golden heart.

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It Challenge - Stencilling (#2)

Simon Says Stamp - Add A Little Texture

We hope you can get creative and join us at Paperbabe Stamps :)! And for gorgeous ideas with the sketch, please visit the blog to see my teamies' fantastic makes! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Art Journal Page with CC Designs

Hello everyone! I'm posting another page from my art journal today, the second page I did actually - although I have shared page 1 here and page 3 here. I'm using one of the latest CC Designs stamps released, the adorable Cupid :)

I stamped Cupid on Make It Colour Blending Card, coloured her in Copics then cut her out. For the background, I used mostly acrylic paint; for the sun, a stencil, modeling paste and gelatos, and I used 2 different stamps for the flowers (stamped several times) and went over the heart flowers with Pitt Artist pens. The letters are stickers.

Skin: BV20, E000, 00, 01, 11

Hair: 100, B41, C5, 7

Dress: C5, R35, 37, 39, 89, Y11, 21, 26, 28

That's all from me today, thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day.

Hugs

Delphine xx

New Beginnings at Tiddly Inks... and art journal:)

Hello everyone! It's our first challenge of the year at Tiddly Inks and the theme is "New Beginnings"! So grab your favourite Tiddly Inks stamp or digi and think along the lines of new year, new babies, new job, new home etc!!

I had new baby in mind and thought I would create a page in the art journal I started during the holidays. This is page 3 - page 1 is HERE and I'll post page 2 on Thursday ;)

Images and stamps: Tiddly Inks Lullaby and Moon, Artemio text stamp

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

Other: Gelatos, gold acrylic paint, Pitt Artist pens, Hero Arts stencil, stickers, gold stickles

I love Lullaby and had great fun creating a page for this image! I coloured my image in Copics and pasted her at the end. The background was done with Gelatos and Pitt pens and the letters are stickers covered in acrylic paint and stickles:). 

Challenges I am entering:

Sweet Stampin' - New

Anything But A Card - New Beginnings

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! 

Hugs

Delphine xx

Very first journal page for KKS #261!!!

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday! There are 2 Saturday Challenges running at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - The Anything Goes Challenge has been extended to January 2nd giving you plenty of time to join and the current challenge #261 is SING ME A SONG also running until January 2nd! So you have 2 Krafty Challenges you can play with!!!

We always enjoy seeing your creations so be sure to submit them so you can WIN a $10 gift card to the Shop! You can create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp, just be sure to use our theme as a starting point for your creation!

For today, I wanted to do something special to thank all the Krafty Girls for having me as Krafty Guest for December and I played with an idea I have had in mind for some time, inspired by fantastic videos by Vicky which really helped me dare try - my first ever journal page! 

Stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Rock Star

Colouring: Copics on Make It colour Blending Card

DPs: Bo Bunny, Kaisercraft, MME

Die: MFT Star

Other: Pitt Artist Pens, Gelatos, Acrylic paint, Gesso, Wink of Stella, Stickles, Toga Stickers

I wanted to create a stage for my star and made all the background out of pieces of paper following Vicky's technique . I have always been interested in backgrounds and filling my blank card, so I was very excited to try a new type of backgrounds. It all took me about 10 hours, but that's what holidays are for ;)

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 11, 23, 70

Hair: 100, C5, 7, Y21

Dress: C5, R35, 37, 39, 89

Stars: Y11, 21, 26, 28

Challenges I am entering:
Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes
Stempelsonnen - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Thank you very much to all the Krafty team for having me and I hope you will be able to join our challenges:)! Have a lovely weekend!

Hugs

Delphine xx

Mixed MediaING;) with SCACD

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday and Happy Easter! I have been playing with the new SCACD Elements Collection, a collection of four stamps I am in love with! They come as a collection of four, but Water, Fire, Wind and Earth can be bought individually too. They can simply be coloured and used on cards and are also great to play and be a bit "artistic" if you fancy too! I have wanted to try new things for some time and have been very inspired by Elaine's amazing art, and the gorgeous SCACD Water seemed like the perfect stamp for what I had in mind.

Bonjour à tous! Je me suis amusée avec les tampons SCACD Elements disponibles chez Quixotic Paperie, une collection de 4 tampons que j'adore! Ils peuvent être achetés comme set de 4, mais Water, Fire, Wind et Earth sont aussi disponibles individuellement. J'ai voulu essayer quelque chose de nouveau et je me suis inspirée d'Elaine et de ses créations toutes plus belles les unes que les autres. Voici ce que j'ai fait avec le tampon SCACD Water.

Please note: US readers - find the Elements Collection at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design
International Readers - find the Elements Collection at Quixotic Paperie

I stamped SCACD Water in Versafine Majestic Blue Ink onto watercolour paper and started by watercolouring the background. Then I coloured my whole image using Faber-Castell Polychromos and added a bit of Pitt pen around my image. Next I tried to add some texture to my background, so I stamped text in Versafine Majestic Blue Ink, then dots in Colorbox White Ink, and then various circles in blue, white, and using a gold Pitt pen. At last, I wrote "believe" and "dream" and added gold with my Pitt pen on the borders of my card. 

J'ai tamponné SCACD Water à l'encre Versafine Majestic Blue sur du papier Aquarelle (Montval) et j'ai d'abord fait le fond à l'aquarelle. Ensuite, j'ai colorié mon image avec mes Polychromos et j'ai ajouté un peu de feutre Pitt près des contours. Puis, j'ai tamponné du texte en bleu, des points à l'encre blanche Colorbox et des cercles en bleu, blanc et au feutre Pitt doré. J'ai écrit "believe" et "dream" puis j'ai ajouté du doré sur les bords de ma carte au feutre Pitt encore. 

Challenges I am entering:

Cute Card Thursday - Splish Splash

Crafty Catz - B is for... (Blue)

Paper Crafting Challenge - No Designer Paper

Kit And Clowder - Something Blue

All the SCACD Rubber Stamps are available in rubber at Quixotic Paperie HERE for International, and for USA at SCACD! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Easter weekend! 

Tous les tampons SCACD sont en vente chez Quixotic Paperie ICI, et les lecteurs US peuvent les trouver chez SCACD! Merci de votre visite et bon dimanche! Bises,

Hugs,

Delphine xx

Tilda's Town #99

Hello everyone! If you are looking for my CC Designs Birthday Hop post please click HERE! 
I'm back to tell you about the new challenge at Tilda's Town and this week's theme is Fussy & Fancy or Clean & Layered! As always you can win a $10 Gift Certificate to the store!

Bonjour! Si vous cherchez ma carte pour le blog hop de CC Designs, cliquez ICI! 
Me revoilà pour vous parler du nouveau challenge chez Tilda's Town, et cette semaine, le thème est "Fussy & Fancy ou Clean & Layered" soit une carte avec plein d'embellissements, ou une carte toute simple - à gagner, un bon d'achat de $10 à dépenser chez Tilda's Town!

 Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

I have chosen to do a clean card... Surprised;)? For this one, I have combined different things for my colouring - watercolour, watercolour pencils, Pitt artist pens...

Une carte forcément simple;)... Et de l'eau cette fois ;)... Aquarelle, crayons aquarellables et un tout petit peu de Pitt...

Stamp: Magnolia Pisces Tilda

Colouring: Watercolour, Watercolour Museum and Supracolor Pencils, Pitt Artist Pens on Canson Montval

Embellishments: Dutch Doobadoo Paper Art Corners, pearls

I have only added little corners, which are Dutch Doobadoo Paper Art Corners, coloured in Copics and 2 pearls.

J'ai juste ajouté deux petits coins - Dutch Doobadoo Paper Art Corners - coloriés au Copic, et deux perles. 

Thank you very much for your visit, enjoy the rest of your day! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bises,
Hugs
Delphine xx