ICAD 2017 - Day 46 - Love

Hi everyone!

Another ICAD today. 46 down 15 to go!

I had planned to use crackle medium for this card but again it didn't work for me. So I just used a black and white theme with embossing powder.

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Derivan Matisse 'folk black' coloured gesso
Unknown heart foam stamp
Versamark clear embossing ink
White embossing powder
Stampin' Up! 'buddies' wood mounted stamp
Stampin' Up! 'good greetings' stamp set
Prima heart border (item #541996)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 45 - Night Sky

Hi Everyone!

Still playing with the distress oxides, I can't seem to put them down. The sky didn't really turn out the way I'd planned but it still works.

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Canson 200gsm Watercolour Paper
Tim Holtz 'black soot' distress oxide
Tim Holtz 'faded jeans' distress oxide
Simon Says Stamp 'Lots of Dots' stamp set
White Portfolio Water Soluble Oil Pastel
Tim Holtz 'Fossilized Amber' distress oxide
Tim Holtz 'Antique Linen' distress oxide
Lindy's Stamp Gang Hawaiian Islands 'Plumeria Pink' Flat Magicals
Lindy's Stamp Gang Hawaiian Islands 'Aloha Avacado' Flat Magicals
Lindy's Stamp Gang Hawaiian Islands 'Magical Mai Tai' Flat Magicals
White fine point Sharpie paint pen
Black Stabilo All pencil
Liquitex Professional gesso

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 44 - Denim or Blue

Hi everyone!

As soon as I saw today's prompt I knew exactly what it was I was going to do, and it turned out exactly how I'd planned! Amazing! That rarely happens LOL

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous 'bitty grunge' stamp set
Ranger 'cobalt' archival ink
Tim Holtz 'faded jeans' distress oxide
Tim Holtz 'black soot' distress oxide
Black fine point Stabilo pen
Black POSCA pen
White fine point Sharpie paint pen
Tim Holtz paper piercing tool
Silver Francheville brads

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Smiles
Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 43 - Lyrics

Hi everyone!

As soon as I saw today's prompt I knew which song I would work with. I knew because I had a stamp of the song's title, Imagine.

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Tim Holtz 'faded jeans' distress oxide
The Crafters Workshop 'sheet music' stencil
Tim Holtz 'walnut stain' distress oxide
Black uni-ball Signo pen
Heidi Swapp 'imagine' stamp
Ranger 'turquoise' embossing powder
Tim Holtz 'walnut stain' distress ink

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Smiles

Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 42 - Onomatopoeia

Hi everyone!

Yep, had to google today's prompt LOL. Decided to go the quick route today and also used red paint - do not like working with red paint! Anyway this brought back memories of old TV shows back in the day LOL.

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Mont Marte 'scarlet' acrylic paint
Global Colours 'white' acrylic paint
Liquitex Basics 'cadmium yellow medium hue' acrylic paint
'nougat' PITT artist big brush
Black POSCA pen
Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

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Smiles

Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 41 - Roots

Hi everyone!

Playing with the distress oxides again with this card, blending over the top of each colour I use. I like how the background turned out! I was trying to achieve the layers of soil. The addition of the 'mother earth' stencil helped with the roots.

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Tim Holtz 'black soot' distress oxide
Tim Holtz 'walnut stain' distess oxide
Tim Holtz 'frayed burlap' distress oxide
Tim Holtz 'vintage photo' disterss oxide
Tim Holtz 'antique linen' distress oxide
iStencils 'mother earth' (28-00083) stencil
Emboss It clear embossing ink dabber
Adirondack 'espresso' embossing powder
Stamp It 'black' embossing powder

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Smiles

Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 40 - Steampunk

Hi everyone!

A not so quick card today, you can tell when I actually like a prompt because I tend to use a lot of products and spend a fair amount of time on it LOL.

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Ranger 'coffee' archival ink
Ranger 'cobalt' archival ink
Memento 'peanut brittle' pigment ink
Tim Holtz 'spiced marmalade' distess oxide
Tim Holtz 'frayed burlap' distress oxide
Tim Holtz 'walnut stain' distress oxide
7 gypsies 'steampunk' stamp set
Crafty Secrets 'cherubs' stamp set
Darkroom Door 'steampunk' stamp set
Stamp-it 'black' embossing powder
Ranger 'princess gold' embossing powder
Versamark clear embossing ink

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Smiles

Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 39 - Ampersand

Hi everyone!

The first thing I thought of when seeing today's 'ampersand' prompt was what two objects to put together with the & between them. Didn't take long to come up with another quick card for this one, black & white!

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Creative PL 'mars black' acrylic paint
White medium point Sharpie paint pen
Black POSCA pen

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Jen

ICAD 2017 - Day 38 - Charcoal

Hi everyone!

OMG! How do you portray charcoal when you cannot draw or shade if your life depended on it???

Well this one stumped me so I decided to just start with a wipe-off card and add some charcoal pencils using a charcoal pencil. Done, move on!

You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Products used:

Liquitex Professional gesso
Mont Marte hard charcoal pencil

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Smiles

Jen

Notebook Journal Cover

Hi everyone!

Something different today!

I have been watching my friend Janet's Ustream recordings on how she creates her notebook journals, in particular I have fallen in love with how Janet embellishes/covers them! I will add Janet's YouTube and Ustream links below for you to check her out, she is awesome!

Anyway, I decided to go ahead and try my hand at what Janet did to her journal covers. So I got out my Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks and Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Magical powders and created a background on some watercolour paper. It looks so yummy!

Then I went ahead and just randomly cut rectangles in various sizes (no real measurements) and started adhering them Tetris-style! Leaving a small gap between each piece. It just looks so effective! I couldn't stop!

Then I came across another awesome technique where this lady (Abby) fused a napkin to plastic wrap! Ingenious! Abby does mention that she didn't come up with this technique but does mention the artist she saw do this technique and I will add the links to all below.

I couldn't find my travel iron (I use this for craft) so I brought out my mini iron and tried to fuse the napkin to the plastic with it, but I don't think there was enough heat so I went to my laundry cupboard and grabbed my good iron (shock horror!). Anyway, it had the heat needed to fuse the napkin and plastic (dry iron only, no steam) and it turned out amazing! Imagine the possibilities now!

I then decided that not everyone has access to a lot of the products I used so I decided to also show how easy it is and how effective it looks to add just plain old scrapbook paper to the covers!

This is my first 'voice over' YouTube video (that I can recall) so please check it out and let me know how I can improve on it. You can watch the full process video on YouTube by clicking HERE.

I have a pdf document with the measurements and products/supplies used on google docs and you can open it by clicking HERE.  Please note that I give an incorrect measurement on the video for the black cardstock mats, the correct sizes are in this document.

Janet's Ustream Channel - click HERE
Janet's YouTube Channel - click HERE
Janet's Magical Paper Journal Cover Assembly YouTube Video - click HERE

Abby's YouTube Channel - click HERE
Abby's Paper Napkin Transfer Tutorial YouTube Video - click HERE
Alison Russell's Paper Napkins Transfer STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL - click HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Smiles
Jen