STAMPlorations Found Fragments mixed media canvas

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm back to share a mixed media canvas I made

using the new Found Fragments #2 stamp along with

other products from STAMPlorations!

I started by painting three colors of paint on my canvas,

deliberately making streaks of color.

Once dried, I used the Dragonfly Waltz stencil with the dark

pink paint I used for the background. I had too much paint on the

brush and the bottom left got too goopy. But it's ok, as I

covered that up later. The next step was stamping the

Found Fragments #2 stamp in Iris Staz On ink

around the edges. I put the dragonfly stencil back and went over

where I first stenciled with a white gel pen. After that, I

mixed up some embossing paste with white acrylic paint

(to make it more opaque and less transparent) and used that

with the Faces: Gorgeous stencil.

While that air dried, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment

from the Simple Expressions: Glow stamp set onto vellum

and fussy cut around it. At this point I sealed the canvas with

matte gel, also using it to 'glue' the sentiment in the bottom corner.

As that dried, I fussy cut a couple images from the

Floral Parade Ephemera Cut-Outs. After everything was

dried, I adhered the flowers with foam squares.

I'm so happy with how this turned out!

These Found Fragments stamps are so versatile

to work with and I love all the images!

You can check them out here at the STAMPlorations store,

and if you feel the need for some retail therapy while

there, you can use my discount code for 20% off:

You made it to the end!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Substrate - Hobby Lobby 5" x 7" canvas

Golden Gesso

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints - Cotton Candy, Dragon Fruit, Brilliant Purple, White

STAMPlorations - Found Fragments #2, Faces: Gorgeous and Dragonfly Waltz stencils, Simple Expressions: Glow stamp, Floral Parade Ephemera Cut-Outs

StazOn ink - Iris

Dream Weaver - Embossing Paste

Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen

Liquitex - Matte Gel

Michael's - vellum

Inkadinkado - black embossing powder

heat gun

MISTI

Various paint brushes & pallet knife

Introducing Found Fragments stamps by STAMPlorations!

 Hello and welcome!

I have a couple projects to share with you

using the new Found Fragments stamps

at STAMPlorations!

This first card uses both Found Fragments #1 and #3:

After die cutting the main panel, I randomly water colored it using

four colors of Derwent Inktense Blocks. Once dry, I stamped the

butterfly from the Trendy Butterflies 2 stamp set. I stamped another

image onto masking paper, fussy cut, and covered the first

butterfly with it. I stamped over that with

Found Fragments #1 & #3, along with additional stamps from

the Art Marks 2 and Mixed Media Elements (retired) stamp sets.

I mixed some blue acrylic paint with water and splattered the panel

before removing the mask. I triple cut the Happy Birthday die, two from

teal and one from black cardstock, offset stacked and glued to the card.

This was a fun, messy card to make but I also wanted to

try making a grungy CAS card. (I didn't know if that

was a thing, but I found this card (thanks for the inspiration!),

and came up with this:

I started by stamping Found Fragments #3 then fussy cut

a snippet of paper from Lavender Pocket Backdrops, glued it

and stamped again. After stamping the Happy Birthday

(from A Snarky Birthday to You set, sold out), I triple cut the

outline dragonfly from the Dragonfly Layering dies, stacked and

adhered to my card.

I love how the lavender matte brings out the flower behind

the dragonfly. And who knew that grungy cards could

look so clean! 😊

I have another project that features the Found Fragments #2 stamp,

but I'll put that on a separate post as I did a mixed media piece

and I took process photos. LOL!

I hope my cards show you how versatile these new

Found Fragments stamps are. From super grungy to CAS,

they work like a charm! If you feel like shopping the

STAMPlorations store, feel free to use my discount code

for 20% off your order.

Thanks for visiting!

Other products used: Card 1

Strathmore Mixed Media paper; Taylored Expressions cardstock; Penny Black - Elegant stitching die;

DecoArt Americana Sapphire acrylic paint; Inkadinkado masking paper; Derwent Inktense Blocks; MISTI

Card 2: 

Neenah and Darice cardstock; MISTI

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #278 L is for Leaves

 

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

Can you believe that it is already September?!

I know that it's still technically Summer, but I've

felt that slight turning of the season in the early mornings.

Since we are currently trying to survive the near 100 degree

weather, I'm ready for cooler days for sure.

It also looks like Edna is ready for some cooler days and

 changing leaves, which is the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS.

Here's my take on the challenge:

I used a stamp/stencil combo for the background panel using

Autumn colors. I added that adorable scarecrow along

with the sentiment and a few more leaves.

I hope that you'll join us in our Leaves challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. For more inspiration,

do check out what my teammates created, along with our

newest Queen, Anne.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Autumn Grooves; Taylored Expressions - Fall Foliage Background stamp/stencil combo

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Taylored Expressions - Mango, Honey, Pumpkin, Cherry Pop, Lime Zest, Dill Pickle

CS: Spectrum Noir; Taylored Expressions; Thunderbolt; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Taylored Expressions - All Planned Out dies; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares