Stampscapes Meets Black Ice Technique + WOYWW.

Well, very sorry indeed for lo-o-ooong silence from Downunder. Things have been incredibly busy thus far in 2018, it shows no sign of slowing. Still making cards, just not blogging! (Am sure 2018 is short-changed on its length of each day! Will probably do a whole lot of catch up eventually - so many unshared cards.)
(For WOYWW, as tis Wednesday, pop over to Julia’s Stamping Ground!)

This Black Ice technique I first heard about over in the playground, (See here!). Guest designer, Kathy of the Purple Princess Diaries shared her card with it and Kathy also linked to this Video here!

Anyways.. I just couldn’t start simple and use a single image, like most others! I mean easy-peasy!!! NO! I just had to jump into the deep end and do this slippery technique as a scene, inking up with Stampscapes. Now a scene with multiple stamps on on slippery sheet of silver is not for the faint-hearted. If I'd not had a cheap source of silver cardstock (bought in poster size sheets for few dollars from the newsagent or cheap shop) I would’ve quit. But thankfully I did have such a source here in Oz ... also this was a special card for my darling dad’s 89th!
So persevering was aim of game!

 Am happy with technique, finally... One thing puzzled me though - why nearly everyone did their cards in funereal colours, black, silver and grey?
Liked the combo, and could see its purpose, but very drab for dad’s birthday.

I was determined to try another colour slant... so took out some stencils, I dry embossed the stencil then inked it up with DI Oxides.
I do like them now, wasn’t sure at first. They’re great on stencils. Also I bought the Distress glaze to seal Oxides. **Unless you want waterproof work, don’t waste pennies. A good hairspray works just as well and to be honest with stencils you don’t get the chalk residue .. or I didn’t with these colours.
Also the glaze needs to be refrigerated if you’re in high temps with humidity like we have at present. I overdosed my piece, sadly, rather a waste. Just polish off excess. I had ordered it before had the hairspray brainwave (at night, as you do)! It’s an excellent sealant.

Inky colours on stencil were Faded Jeans, Blue China and Green Pistachio DI Oxides, mixed and blended. Stencil is Darkroom Door "Mesh", small one but I extended it as wasn’t deep wide enough. (Bugs me the way things are based around US sizes even for Australian product like Darkroom Door. Guess it’s market population.) Used DI sponge applicators, washed the foam out after use - that way you don’t need one for every Ink you own. Nice, VERY! but not practical nor economical.

The next card was for my uncle's 82nd Birthday so used the Penny Black Terraced Lane - one of scene ones. Stamped in Versafine. Used ink dusters + dye inks, happy birthday is again Lawn Fawn, stamped with Versafine.

The piece on the right is a small coke can, FIRST die cut with SB Deckled rectangle die, and then dot EF dry embossed, inked with various Alcohol inks.

Now to the Aussie shots .. not by me, by another very clever family photographer. All are up at Cathedral Rocks - see here!

A Skink above, one of Scale tale lizards. Below a Scarlet Robin.
Gorgeous ... God's creation is quite breathtaking to see!

Thanks so much for popping over for a peek, especially if you stay for a chat!

May God bless your day wherever you maybe!

Shaz in Oz.x 

Joining up with following challenges: 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-322.html
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes    http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au  
PBSC March - Anything Goes...Optional Easter or Chocolate Brown - More Inspiration! 

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=11899   Road trip - second card - PB Terraced Lane.

Butterfly Challenge (x 7) + WOYWW

Popping in very quickly, for two reasons! It is Wednesday, so over to Julia’s Stamping Ground. Also linking up for another Butterfly challenge entry!!! 
Over HERE #95 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with the letter P.

P is Pearls, Pink, Peach Purple, Paper Piecing, Patterned Paper and requisite butterfly.. yes, I used the lot! However you only need two!

To my desk, or desk 1!

 

 For some reason I'm into stencils for moment.. rediscovering them. This is a NBUS - Hero Arts "Glorious Petal". The inks were smooshed peach, pink through to mauvy purple. Curiously, I did add purple (not shown) but it was muted to mauve.
After smooching inks on craft mat, I added the embossing paste, and layered them on stencil blending in as I went.

 Finished card - patterned paper (free digi download) is paper pieced onto bottom layer of die cut, you cant see it clearly but there are several layers on die cut. MB Pippi butterfly was snippet of card painted with shimmer paints in peach pink purple-mauve.

 Greeting stamped is wet embossed Crafter's Companion ,Popcorn bear set. Pearls added to flowers (MB Lavish Branch) + Butterfly.
Snippets used in making of this card!

EDIT: This card -Top 3  on Butterfly challenge :D

 

 Desk 2: TOP TIP - discovery! for Distress oxides. I'd watched a video on sealing Oxides to make colours pop, they used a glaze by Tim Holtz. Thinking on it later (in my prayer time if truth be known, wandering mind) it came to my mind - Hair spray!!
You see when I set Pan pastels I use hair spray, rather than buying tin of setting spray.  
Sorry didn't think to do a before and after shot - BUT before bottom rows of spots were virtually invisible and other tones not so definite. They popped!

Stamp is Penny Black Terraced Lane - one of scene ones. Stamped in Versafine. Inked with ink dusters + dye inks, happy birthday is again Crafter Companion, stamped with Versafine, and on cork.

Thanks so much for popping over for a peek, especially if you stay for a chat!

May God bless your day wherever you maybe!

Shaz in Oz.x 

Joining up with following challenges: 
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/pixies-snippets-playground-challenge-320.html 
Word Art Wednesday - anything goes    http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au 
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/pbsc-february-anything-goesoptional-use_17.html scraps both cards

Penny Black Terraced Lane - Male 70th + RE-SUBSCRIBE + WOYWW

 Well, shock, am blogging again, three time in bit over a week! 

First of all if received by email, you need to resubscribe, unless already done so. SEE previous blog post HERE!

 Also added on that post the actual direct email address to your own blogger feedburner. 

It took me 20mins+ to find it,☹️ Google search can’t even take to you to it! 

Well, as it's WOYWW (What is On Your Workdesk Wednesday over here at Julia’s Queen of desks), so here is my desk... in photo collage!

Another male birthday card, this time a 70th! Showing a step by step.. as it was a fun technique! I use the video technique by Jill Foster, showcasing the technique with another PB stamp - see YouTube, by Jill Foster. I really was happy with the end result, but did take patience in building up the layers of colour on multiple stamping. I used Tombows and DI .. a base of light Distress Ink to start with then layers, did trees first and steps last. Then when all the varied depths of colours were done to my satisfaction, I added first the embossing buddy over it once dry. Had kept stamp the whole time in my stamping platform, so it was easy to stamp over with Versamark and EP.

I did find I neeed to tape down my Bristol smooth heavy cardstock as it moved first time around with magnets, thankfully it has two sides! I used her colours for the background inking, and ink dusters, too. The white chalk pencil was used to add the moonlight down the stairs with it, then reheated the embossing powder, so it would settle like it was there all along and not rub off! And when not exact inky colours available, substituted like all good crafters do! 😆

Here’s the finished card. I used a Herringbone CB folder(disc.) extended, on base grey green card, yes not this colour photographed. It was much softer grey-blue green shade, tried to edit colour but it insisted on staying like this.

 

The lime green was done in SU Lattice EF, also Disc. Most of my EF are disc. these days. Numbers "70" aren’t on there, but added today before mailing. Though think prefer it plain, ie no numbers, in hindsight. 

Here is a link HERE to my previous two cards with this stamp, quite different as you’ll see. Love them all, but think is my favourite stamping technique. 

Now to the Aussie photos.

Firstly a local one on my walk. The rest are courtesy of travelling family members, as it’s autumn Downunder, and such stunning sunsets.

This one on coastal river NSW on the north coast.. reflected beautifully.

Two in the outback of Far-west Qld, almost on the corner of three borders of Qld, NT and SA... campfires are the go on these cold nights, but some nights are too cold even for that.

That’s it, dear friends, I really appreciate you, am so thankful you’ve popped over and even more so if you’ve had time to say hi.

May God richly bless you today and praying His watchcare upon you and all those whom you love,

Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x 🙏🤗

Thought for the day:

Today in the midst of the ongoing COVID crisis we are anxious to have all the essentials of life to hand, food and... yess! Including that toilet paper 😂 that seems universally to be the thing that goes first or is limited in purchase as a consequence. 🤔

However in reality the very most essential thing is Christ. 

Jesus said, “He that believes on the Son (Jesus), has life, AND he that believes NOT the Son; shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on Him.” John 3:36

There’s no big fence outside of heaven waiting for us to sit on.. we can’t sit on the fence in the next life, even if we try unsuccessfully to do it in this life. We’re either one side or the other.

 I was only 12 years old when I found the right side of the fence and the salvation promised in my wonderful Lord Jesus, He’s been by my side through thick and thin. 

We live our lives getting ready, for school, for work, for the Drs, for the shops, to visit folks, if we’re able to etc. 

This life is a life of getting ready.. however are we really ready for the life to come? Which may come for us at any time.

I most earnestly pray so. 🙏

To be sure... read this post here. 

Linking up with the following challenge:

1. Used lots of snippets .. so off to the playground..Over here! Wooho, bags first go on the swings please!, pretty please!

2. Word art Wednesday Anything goes!  http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

3. Penny black Saturday challenge- anything goes (optional CAS) http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/pbsc-may-anything-goes-optional-clean.html

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