Lynne Perrella and a brayer....

What more could you ask for? Some of my favourite stamps and favourite techniques.

I'm teaching a class for the Craft Barn next week (well The Inky Fingers Club) and they wanted to try out things with brayers, so here we go:

I'll show you some more samples, using completely different stamps, later in the week.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Demo at The Craft Barn

I had a lovely time on Saturday demoing at The Craft Barn - I was using the new Lynne Perrella stamps and Distress Markers. Here are a couple of easy cards that I made:

These use the Lynne Perrella LPC032 set, which are lovely fine line, quite tall stamps. Very versatile and easy to use.

Talking about The Craft Barn , I've got a class coming up making a Quirky Clock using a Tando kit and, by coincidence, Lynne Perrella stamps! 

It's on Saturday 21 February and uses paints, acetate and lots of staples! Come along and join me if you fancy some fun and a real working clock at the end:

I've also got the second session of my Inky Fingers Club coming up shortly after on Wednesday 25 February in which we're going to be trying out Brushos and when I say trying out I mean just that - every which way but loose. You'll go home with a selection of projects and sample cards with all the techniques. Here's a sneak peek:

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Mixed Media Class

.... at The Craft Barn on November 9th, which is a Sunday.
The picture on the website is actually a prototype - we decided to do a slightly larger 12x12 canvas art board using lots of the Pebeo mixed media products.
So, if you fancy coming along and having a go at lots of different techniques, this is the sort of thing you'll be making:

Thanks for looking!

Helen

More Gelatos....

I had such a great time demoing these at the Craft Barn Extravaganza, I thought I'd show you a couple more of pieces I made. This was my Lynne Perrella day and they worked really well.
This one uses paint behind the acetate:

but you don't have to - you can just stamp on the acetate and place it straight onto the background and let that shine through:

In all of these I've added in stencilling and then stamped with the grey Gelato that's in the 50's Diner kit.

Everybody was having a go with the Gelato sticks to see what they felt like, as they're quite difficult to describe. After a lot of discussion, I decided to try fixing them with cheap hairspray (a bit like fixing pastels) and, guess what, it works! So thank you to the lady who suggested that one.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

A Right Dog's Dinner....

It's my turn over on the PaperArtsy blog this evening and believe me, this title fits perfectly! Here's a sneak peek:

To see the drama of my project, head on over there!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Lady in Blue....

with a distinctly green hue!
This one turned out a little bigger.

I used 7 Dots Studio paper and the same stamp, the acetate again mounted straight onto the paper, no paint or anything.

I used some paper from the same collection and stamped all over it in black with a quote from Hot Picks 1007 just to fill in the white spaces (I'm a bit allergic to those!).

Then I dug out a doily, lots of lovely buttons and braid and made up a flower with a die cut - never tried one of those before, but they're really effective!

That's the last of my ladies - working with the patterned paper has been great fun.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Lady in Beige...

That sounds awful, doesn't it! It looks a bit better than it sounds though!

Here I've gone shabby chic and used some of the Santoro Mirabelle 6x6 papers - just love those hearts:

Same Lynne Perrella stamp but I didn't paint on the back of the acetate this time, just stuck it straight on.

Version 3 tomorrow!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Lady in Green....

I've been having a little play with the Lynne Perrella stamps Collection 027 and acetate.

Usually when I'm working with acetate I create a painty, stencilled background and lay the acetate on top but this time I decided to try them out on patterned paper.

I've stamped them onto acetate, painted on the back and then waded through my scrapbook paper stash to get some different looks!

Today's version is bright and breezy using some chevron paper (I think Bo Bunny?). I was going to add embellishments but decided it didn't need it:

I'll post the next one tomorrow!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Extravaganza excitement....

Now, I know you might think it's a long way off, but for those of us demoing and taking classes, The Craft Barn Extravaganza is getting closer and closer!
I'm demoing on the Saturday and Sunday and also, for the very first time, taking a Master Class, which I'm very excited about. This is what we're going to be decorating:

I'm planning on using the latest Lynne Perrella stamps, Fresco paints, real copper metal and some chipboard pieces from Tando that Di's making up especially. This is a big project and going to be great fun as well as functional, so if you fancy coming along, my class is on the Friday 6th June.
When I've actually made the project, I'll post a (very) sneak peek.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

New Lynne Perrella....

Hooray! The new Lynne Perrella stamps from PaperArtsy are fantastic and I've been lucky enough to have a play with them before the Stitches Trade Show this weekend. These are the sets that I used:

Here are some of the samples I've made - these all use Portfolio crayons, acetate and Fresco paint on the back. The colour scheme was orange and blue:

These next samples use stencilling and Distress inks:

I haven't overdone the embellishments as I wanted the stamp images to stand out. I think you'll agree, these

stamps are wonderful!

They'll be available in stores after the Trade Show along with lots of other new PaperArtsy products: stencils, Fresco paints, JOFY stamps, Darcy stamps, Lin Brown stamps plus a new stamp designer, Ellen Vargo. Lots and lots of lovely stuff!

Thanks for looking!

Helen

A little bit of LP...

Lynne Perrella that is!
This is just a piece of work using LP010 and Distress markers - it's the same technique that I used in February's Craft Stamper :

A little bird tells me there'll soon be some new LP stamps coming out, along with JOFY and Eclectica. Keep an eye on the PaperArtsy website.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Down by the Riviere....

This is just a little arch I made (love that shape) using tissue paper, paint and Lynne Perrella stamps. 

It's very simple but the detail of the stamps makes it look more complicated! I painted the arch first and then blocked out the reverse of the building in Snowflake white.

I felt it needed a little something at the bottom so added some ribbon and the crown brad which I painted gold.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Lynne Perrella Gorgeousness!

Well, the Extravaganza is over and I had a great time, meeting lots of people and seeing all the demonstrators again.  The marquees were lovely - very roomy - and I promise I behaved myself, even if I did get covered in paints!
So, thank you to all who came to the event and to everyone at the Craft Barn who looked after us all so well.

Here I've made a card out of one of the PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella samples I made - it's coloured with Pebeo glass paints:

I'll show some more stuff later in the week.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Extravaganza extravagance...

Well, I'm just getting the last things ready for the Extravaganza, trying to make sure I don't forget anything (fat chance of that!) and wondering what I'm going to put it all in!
The hardest thing is to work out how to display the artwork so that it doesn't take up too much room on the table, 'cos those who've seen me demo know that I need lots of space as I make a lot of MESS!
Anyway, thought I'd post a few more pics of what I'm doing - Lynne Perrella, Crafty Individuals and lots of Pebeo products:

I've also got a couple of things that I'm not demoing but have just decorated for fun - you'll have to come along to see those!

I hope you can come along - looking forward to seeing you.

Helen

Oriental Lynne Perrella...

In my previous post I said I was going to be demoing these new stamps at the Craft Barn Extravaganza along with Pebeo glass paints.
I've used the glass paints to colour in the background (the DD method - Dropping and Dabbing!) and then also used them to add highlights by painting on thicker.
Here's one of the samples I made:

It's great to have another way of adding colour to your project. You can actually 'colour in', as on the leaves here, by dropping on the paint with a cocktail stick and then drawing it out. Come along and see it all in the flesh.
There's going to be 25 demonstrators so there's something for everyone.

Thanks for looking!

Helen

Orange and Turquoise makes....

a Lynne Perrella tag!

I had this castle lady already stamped on glossy card, so thought I'd add it to a tag. I've used a mixture of Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, Broken China and a touch of Worn Lipstick markers and inkpads and added some Snowflake paint chips.
It's my last week of posts as a Guest Designer for PaperArtsy, so if you hop on over to their blog, you can see what I've been up to!

Thanks for looking!

Helen