SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #158 - U is for Upcycle

Hey all and welcome!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

With Earth Day approaching on the 22nd, Edna and the Sisters

are looking for projects with UPCYCLING on them.

My paints have been sadly neglected as of late, so I pulled them out

to make some ATC's:

Here's a close up of all five of them:

My upcycled items? That would be the cardboard I cut down to use

and also the shells. (from Topsail Island, NC!)

Here are some process photos:

14" x 14" cardboard with a layer of gesso:

I cut out 12 ATC's and painted them:

Stenciled this fun image in coral paint. I got to the fifth

one and decided to stop there. LOL! 

Added some gold paint around the edges.

Glued shells (from my collection):

Added the texture pebbles:

The last thing was to add the sentiment stickers then doodle around 

them with a white Gelly Roll pen.

Ok, you lasted to the end of this photo heavy post. Congratulations!

Now it's your turn to re-purpose something and use it to make 

something else! Upcycling! Be sure to link up at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it!

For more ideas, do yourself a favor and check out the blogs

of my Sisters, and our reigning Queen, Tristan. You won't

be disappointed!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you are staying safe, and haven't

gone ape-shit crazy yet! ☺

I'd like to enter this at Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge - make your own background

Supplies:

Upcycled items: cardboard and shells

DecoArt Americana acrylic paints: Indian Turquoise, Bluegrass Green, Irish Moss, Coral

DecoArt Dazzling Metallics paint: Glorious Gold

DecoArt Media - Gesso

paint brushes: Plaid, Lowe-Cornell

StencilGirl - ATC Mixup Daley stencil

Imagine - InkBlushers

Beacon 3 in 1 glue

Art-C: texture pebbles

Tim Holtz: Small Talk stickers

Sakura - white Gelly Roll marker

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #98 - I is for Industrial

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

I hope those who celebrated had a happy Thanksgiving, and

that those who braved the Black Friday sales

made out with some excellent deals.

Our next challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

is one of my favorites: I is for Industrial 

It's time to get your Steampunk on!! YAY!

I went all mixed media and created this canvas panel:

(grab your favorite beverage, this is gonna be a photo heavy post)

This baby has sooooo much texture!

There were some new to me techniques I tried out, one being how

I created those large cogs. I found some round chipboard frames in my stash

and decided to turn them into cogs using a hole punch!

They originally had a flowery pattern on them, but a couple coats of

gesso fixed that. Then I simply punched around the frames, being sure to

punch off the edge and not make a complete circle.

 I also rediscovered a chipboard album, and used parts from that also. On the cogs and

frame, I used another new to me technique called the Faux Rust Technique by Andy Skinner,

using texture sand paste and DecoArt Media fluid acrylics.

Holy crap, I had a blast making rusty cogs! LOL!

The wooden butterfly was a gift from my E.D.M.T., Jessi.

(Evil Double Mint Twin)

I gave it a coat of gesso, then crackle paste, and then painted it.

(air drying between each process, of course)

Ok, so here are a bunch of close ups of the canvas:

 One last view :

I hope that this inspires you to unlock your inner muse and create

something steampunk! We'd love to see it in our gallery at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Need more ideas? Well then, do yourself

a favor and go check out what my Sistahs of Snark, 

and our guest designer, Corrie, have created for your viewing pleasure!

Yay! You made it to the end!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a fantastic day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Mixed Media World challenge #31 - AMMG/mood board

Mix It Up challenge # - ATG/stencils

 

Supplies:

substrate: 7" x 9" canvas panel, a gift from my neighbor

various paint brushes

Golden gesso

DecoArt Media - Crackle Paste

pallet knife

My Favorite Things - brick wall stencil

Maya Road - chipboard keyhole album

Golden matte medium

DCWV - Tattered Time Stack - script paper

X-Acto knife

Colorbok - round chipboard frames

Fiskars hole punch

DecoArt Media - Texture Sand Paste

DecoArt Media fluid acrylic paints: Paynes Grey, Quinacidone Gold, Primary Yellow, Green Gold,

Phthalo Turquoise

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - Natural Buff

Beacon 3 in 1 glue

SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

Scotch - foam tape

Tim Holtz - sprocket gears, typed tokens

Art-C - gears, key

found sprocket

Wooden butterfly from Jessi

Darice - galvanized wire and wire cutters

Studio G - alpha stamps

Staz On - Jet Black ink

white card stock

Ranger Distress ink - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo