Magazine Scrunchie

Trish has come up with a new challenge - the magazine scrunchie background. I stuck a magazine page onto card using PVA then lightly painted with gesso. I then inked using dye inks and finally used a glue pen to add some embossing powder to the ridges. Haven't decided what the next stage will be

Father's Day countdown

Lisa has a new countdown for Father's Day here.

Watercolour wash over text

Door ATC

This week's challenge from Trish is Open Sesame - an ATC with an opening door/window. Here's my version. Closed and open.

Not Stazon ATCs

Tried it again with adirondack ink pads.

Stazon technique ATCs

I have made some stazon technique ATCs for a swap that's coming up. I don't like the colours in the end ones as much as the middle one. Will try using different ink pads to give a more blended look maybe.

Progressive ATCs

I have joined a swap where an ATC is worked on in turn by 6 people. These are the two sets of backgrounds I have created to start off a set. I used twinkling H2Os on the pink/yellow ones wetting the watercolour paper first so that they blended better. I used small pigment inkpads direct to paper on the blue/purple ones and used some cheap watercolour paper to give a texture to them.