Speshink DT - Louise - The Gent steampunk style.

Afternoon all, 

I hope everyone is keeping well? Today the Dt is back with Louise who has created this beautiful Steampunk style card using my 'The Gent' stamp. I love all the patina effect Louise has created on the cogs. Here is what Louise hase done xx.

Hi All its time for Cogs " Colours must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel" Han Hofmann Quote i rather like. 

So here is what i did to make this card 

Taking a square of card i painted it in a shade of ochre and then embossed it a few times with a Xcut Cut and emboss folder called Steampunk Cogs xcu 503812

To highlight the cogs i used Ocean Teal Gilding Polish and buffed it up and then added some black distress crayon to tone it down in places 

The Gent was coloured in wax pencils and cut out adding an extra flower for depth 

Bronze paint was flicked over the background for more interest 

The embossed card was mounted onto silver and black card hey presto completed thanks for looking.

Speshink Design Team - Saadia - The Gent

Morning all, I hope you all had a good weekend, Today Saadia is sharing an art journal page she has made using my The Gent stamp  avilable from my web store.

Here is what Saadia has done. 

Sharing with you an art journal page. 

I used 300 gsm watercolor paper and glued book pages to it with gel medium.

Next, I applied a thin coat of Heavy white gesso by Prima marketing Inc. Added a bit of texture with sand paste by Prima marketing. 

After drying the texture paste, I applied washes of Paynes Grey color by Winsor and Newton, Quinacridone/Nikel Azo Gold fluid acrylic by Golden. 

Next I applied home made rust pastes to brick chip board shape by Blue Fern studios. I added the same pastes to some metal gears.

After that, I stamped 'The Gent' stamp on watercolor paper and colored it with Kuretaki watercolors.

Then, I glued everything with 3d Gel medium.

Lastly, I glued a chipboard quote over a piece of twine.

That's it for today. 

I hope you liked it. 

Thank you. 

Speshink DT - Jane- The Aviator

Morning all, and thanks for stopping by, I am sorry there was no post last Monday, sometimes life just gets in the way.x But we are back this Monday and today Jane is sharing a beautiful card she has made paying tribute to Mary Ellis.

Products used...

The Aviator Stamp by Mark Gould/Speshink

Memento Ink - Desert Sand

Copics - E21,33,35,37,50,51,53  W1,3,5,6,7,8  Y21,23,26  R11,21 C4,5,6,7,9  B91,93,9597

Copic Multiliners - Black and Sepia

White, blue and red Cardstock 

Hi everyone,

Here is my project for this week!  It’s not what I had planned to show you but after the lovely lady Mary Ellis passed away last week, I felt this Stamp was perfect for her.

I grew up close to RAF Kenley, an active station during WW2 although only gliders fly from there now.  I spent many hours playing in and out of the old air raid shelters (wouldn’t be allowed today) and was very aware of their important use during the war.  My dad loved the the old aircraft and one day  I intend to have a flight in a Spitfire for him as he would have loved it. 

This year is the Centenary of the RAF and last week we lost a lady who was one of a number of women pilots responsible for flying the aircraft around the country to different airfields.  She reached the great age of 101 years and had many stories to tell!  An amazing lady who flew all sorts of aircraft during and after the war finished.

So my project this time is a tribute to her and the RAF.  Hope you like it!

I started by stamping the image with Memento Ink and colouring with Copics....

What we do without google!  Lots of RAF images gave me what I needed to make a background collage....

Start building up your collage.  My mounts were blue, red and white although the blue hadn’t come out very well in the photo!

Finish by adding your image and text...

Jane x

Speshink Design Team - Louise - The Aviator

Morning all, Today we have a clever card made by Louise Using the Speshink Aviator Stamp.

                                                            Stamps available HERE.

Masking stamps and over stamping can leave great results and add extra depth to a project.

Here is what Louise has to say xx.

Well i thought i needed to start using a lot more colour so here are my rainbow helmets 

1. Taking a A4 sheet of white card i folded it in half and using the Aviator stamp and black versafine stamped her down on the right hand side of the card leaving off the collar

2. taking a mask made from a post-it note of the aviator I covered up the first image. Then dropping the stamp down again, Stamped  to the right of the image, overlapping the first image.

3. I continued overlapping and dropping the stamp using the mask to achieve 4 images of the aviator along the card.

4. I used prismacolour pencils and blended with a blending pen keeping to rainbow shades

5.The phrase "NEVER WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO FEW" was stamped onto paper with dovecraft apha stamps DCVWOOSO  cut out and modge podged down.  

Speshink Dt Gloria. Gypsy Rose.

Morning all, and thank you for stopping by for another Speshink Design Team post. Today Gloria is sharing a make using my Gypsy Rose stamp.

I'm back again with a new Spesh Ink project

using the Gypsy Rose image available here. 

I like the term fortune teller better, 

but that's just me being difficult.

In an attempt to use a different technique for each of these projects, I decided to

give the no-lines technique a go with this lovely lady.

I started by stamping her with Antique Linen Distress Ink using my Misti.

I began coloring her flesh first just in case it was harder to do the no lines

technique than I thought. Not too bad. It's been quite a while since I've colored

with Copics this way. 

The hair is the bane of my existence, but I think it worked

out in the end.

I decided to leave her pearls out of the equation entirely.

I just felt she didn't really need them at this point. 

Much like the print on her head scarf. Gone. 

I colored the background in with Copics, and then dropped blending fluid

onto it to give a bit of a bokeh effect.

Using an art journal insert page, I sprayed it using Dylusions sprays

and stamped some gold embossed stars. 

I matted her onto black card stock and added some words watercolored

to match the image.

Lastly, I added some sequins to really make her happy.

What's a gypsy without sequins?