Daily Art Practice – Day 5

Hello and happy Thursday! Here is my daily art practice post again for DAY 5 with the Artist Almanac 2022.

I did a big mess with Distress Paints, so most of the beginning of my video comes from that. The actual creating process would have resulted on a much shorter video. But these things happen, so I am not going to dwell on it.

On this piece I wanted to leave most of the almanac page as it is and just more some parts around / cut only small pieces out of it. I adde some sticker alphas and again a Klartext “Denglisch” stamp sentiment onto the page. A little feather and a shell button decorate the tag also.

This was a fun one to do, although the paint accident. See you again tomorrow with more mixed media fun! Can´ t wait to play more!!
xxx, Sanna

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#tuac5minchallenge – Day 11

Hello and happy Wednesday! Mid week – yay!! Here is my take for Day 11 at The Ugly Art Club´s #tuac5minchallenge. Now that you already know what this is about I´ll just add the finished piece and the video every day to save time.

You can find all the steps in the video anyway, so no need to write them down and I also try to find alternative products (similar to the used ones) linked to the product list, just in case you want to create something similar yourself.

I again ran out of time. I would have wanted to add more, but forced myself to stop, because the challenge is about keeping the time frame in about 5 minutes.

It´s good practice to try and do only short periods. Usually, when I sit down and work on a project, hours just run by without me noticing. So it´s good to set a timer and show myself that sometimes only a little time is enough. And then there is plenty of time for other stuff too.

Have a great evening!
xxx, Sanna

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Spring Fling, vol. 2 – STAMPlorations

Hello lovelies, today I´d like to share my second STAMPlorations Spring Fling project with you. For today´s post I´ve prepared a happy flower tag with lots of various STAMPlorations products. Here we go:

Here is a peek o the finished project, but let me share the steps with you first:

Step 1: Apply orenge toned Distess Ink onto the Daisy Dance stencil and add a slight layer of water mist on top. Now press the stencil with the wet ink surface onto a piece of white paper. That creates the above look.

Step 2: Stamp flowers using the Blooming Buds clear stamp set with watermark ink and white embossing powder onto a piece of white paper. Stamp first, then pour a layer of embossing powder over the stamped image, dab the residue off and heat set the powder with a heat tool.

Step 3: Color the stamped flower images with two to three tones of Distress Ink using a water tank brush. Start with a lighter tone and move towards darker tones, creating shadows and depth.

Step 4: Die cut the stenciled paper piece using the Stitched Nesting Tag die set. Next take a Leaves 2 stencil and place it onto the die cut tag. Dab green Distress Paint thru the stencils onto the tag surface and let dry.

Step 5: Apply ink splatters in orange and green Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist tones onto the surface and let dry. Now fussy cut the colored flower images and adhered them onto the tag surface with paper glue. Add a stamped sentiment from the same stamp set. Stamp with black ink for contrast. Decorate the flowers with silver sequins and add a piece of ribbon to the tag. Finish off with a few black Glimmer Glaze droplets.

This is how my finished Spring Tag looks like:

  I hope you enjoyed todays tag tutorial and got inspired to create a fun tag yourself!! 

Here are a few detail shots of my tag :). 

And now, be sure to follow the STAMPlorations blog for even more fun Spring Fling projects every day until April 12th!!! Wishing you lots of luck with the giveaways!!!

Happy crafting,
xxx, Sanna

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Stencil blog hop, part 2 – STAMPlorations

Hello lovelies and welcome to the STAMPlorations stencil blog hop – part two – featuring more projects, created with my new ARTplorations stencils!!! I am very excited to have another set of stencils out with the STAMPlorations store and cannot wait to hear what you think.

I´ll share a few tags, ATC´s and cards created with some of the stencils from the new stencil line:

On this ATC set I´ve used the “Fairytale Forest” stencil on the background in combination with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists. I really like this stencil as you can use the outer parts to create a leaf frame or choose to use only the inner parts for random flowery patterns or just combine both.

For this tag I´ve used the “Rag Rug” stencil with an iridescent paste on a pink/purple misted background. As a fun detail I added some Japanese magazine page pieces (I have no clue what it says tho…). I found the patterns work so well together that I took a risk :).

This particular tag features the “Convallaria” stencil. I love, love, love this patterns so much. It´s one of my very favorites from this release. I´ve just added some blue ink thru the stencil onto the tag, then stamped the stentiment and decorated with wood elements.

For this card I used a green-blue misted background paper and added a layer of white texture paste thru the “Rosegarden” stencil. Finishing the card off with a stamped sentiment.

And finally, for this card background I used the “Dream Flower” stencil pattern with red and pink Distress Inks on a light purple/pink misted background paper.

I am really excited to see what you guys will be creating with these stencils. You can find all my stencils at the STAMPlorations store, HERE. Note that there will be a special offer from October 8 to 21 at the STAMPlorations store!!! All stencils are 15% off during that time – no coupon needed. The discount is automatically applied in the shopping cart. PLUS, if you additionally use my discount code, there will be an ADDITIONAL 20% off your order!!! How cool is that???!!!! Now´s the time to buy some stencils, lovelies :-).

And now to the prizes:
1) One winner will get a $20 gift certificate to the store
2) one winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store
3) finally, 2 winners will get three (3!!!) Sanna Lippert Designs stencils of their choice

Commenting closes on October 21st. Winners to be announced on November 10th in the October Winners post. Good luck everyone!! These are some amazing prizes!!

What do you need to do to win?? Hop along and comment on every participants blogs!! You will find the full hop list OVER HERE.

Happy hopping,
xxx, Sanna

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Stencil blog hop – STAMPlorations

Hello lovelies and welcome to the STAMPlorations stencil blog hop – part one – featuring my new ARTplorations stencils!!! I am very excited to have another set of stencils out with the STAMPlorations store.

I´ll share a few tags and a card created with some of the stencils from the new stencil line:

On this tag I´ve used the “Lupinus” stencil in a very random way – as you can see, it´s quite a versatile stencil, which is not designed to be only used as a flower image, but can be used to create random background patterns.

For this tag I´ve used the “Lattice” stencil with green ink and created a pattern that repeats itself throughout the whole background.

This particular tag features the “Abstract Oats” stencil on a blue background. I really like the fact that the stencil is quite abstract in design, so it can be used for various purposes.

I am so in love with the “Whale´s Tale” stencil.  Just cannot get enough of this pattern :). I can see it being used also for girly mermaid cards, even.

And finally, for this card background I used the “Dots ´n Beans” pattern with white texture paste on a light purple/pink misted background paper. It´s also perfect for coffee themed projects, or could be used as ladybugs even.

I am really excited to see what you guys will be creating with these stencils. You find all my stencils at the STAMPlorations store, HERE. Note that there will be a special offer from October 8 to 21 at the STAMPlorations store!!! All stencils are 15% off during that time – no coupon needed. The discount is automatically applied in the shopping cart. PLUS, if you additionally use my discount code, there will be an ADDITIONAL 20% off your order!!! How cool is that???!!!! Now´s the time to buy some stencils, lovelies :-).

And now to the prizes:
1) One winner will get a $20 gift certificate to the store
2) one winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store
3) finally, 2 winners will get three (3!!!) Sanna Lippert Designs stencils of their choice

Commenting closes October 21. Winners to be announced on November 10 in the October Winners post. Good luck everyone!! These are some amazing prizes!!

What do you need to do to win?? Hop along and comment on every participants blogs!! You will find the full hop list OVER HERE.

Happy hopping,
xxx, Sanna

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