Dragon skin from a pour

 Hi guys,

Our new challenge has started today over at I Love Promarkers. I wasn't able to join in this week due to lacking time to create a card, however do pop along to the blog to see what the DT have created - there is some fabulous inspiration!

I do have a new fluid art to share with you that I made when my parents came to visit, whilst doing some with them (they have never done it before and their creations are quite amazing!).

For this canvas I put ribbons of purple and blue acrylic paint (Artiste paint in Electric Blue and Metallic Amethyst) down onto the canvas, then layered some cheap black and white onto these. I placed white at the top and back at the bottom. I then swiped down from the top using damp kitchen roll. Using the same roll I swiped back up from the bottom. I then dipped a comb into silicone and pressed this into the paint to create the scale-like effect.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges:

craftycatz-Anything Goes

allsorts - Anything Goes

SimonSaysWednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Hugz Tinz

Fluid in the blue

 Good evening,

I thought I would share a few of my most recent creations with you. This time I went for a colour palette of blue, yellow, black and white for my paintings. All of these were layered the same way - white, yellow, black and blue, with 3 layers of each.

This first one was a dirty pour, where I just poured from the cup straight onto the canvas in a wavy line. Once the cup was empty I simply stretched the paints over the canvas. The ribboning created the interesting effects in the paint pattern.

This one was a flip cup. As can be seen the blue and the yellow largely mixed to give a central area that is a dark greenish-yellow with a blue tint. To me this one looks like an angler fish, with the areas where the blue has remained at the corners being the water it is swimming through. There is a beady yellow eye!

this final one is a tree ring pour - the first one that has created actual tree rings rather than a rose :D. I do love the effect that this one has produced, with some lovely knotted areas. To do this I did change direction of my circles a couple of times whilst pouring. It is also interesting how the blue is all on the one side and the black on the other.

I would like to enter these into:

Craftycatz #713 Anything goes

Do let me know what you see in the flip cup, and which one is your favourite of the three!

Hugz Tinz

Make it Masculine

 Hey guys,

We have a new challenge just started over at Creative Moments, with our optional theme for the month being Masculine. The lovely Alyce from Kit and Clowder has sponsored us this month (my emails were playing up and I got my class late, so watch out for that on the reminder post, 1st June). I used one of her older images for my first card.

I coloured this sweet little bear using a mixture of pencil crayons and alcohol markers. I am currently colouring the bear from the previous class, so do come and check out the reminder post on the 1st June!

I would like to enter this little bear into the following challenges:

ABCChristmas - J for Just enough/K for Knitwear (both themes)

TIOT - Keep it simple

ATSM #517 Christmas

PFP #837 Masculine

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Special Birthday Lilies

 Good evening,

Our new challenge has gone live today over at I Love Promarkers. Our optional theme is Special Occasion, and we are sponsored by the lovely Sheepski designs.

I coloured the image with Promarker pens, then die-cut the image using M&C stitched square nesting die. The same size die was used to cut a piece of patterned paper from a 3x3 paper stack from the Range. The smaller square was used to cut the music note paper in two squares. A larger square was used to cut the pink card mat. This was adhered to the blue base card and then diamantes and a peel-off '50' were added to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - May Flowers

dragonflydreams - Use Die-cuts

SimonSaysWed - Use Craft Dies

Thanks for looking and do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the DT creations.

Hugz Tinz

Open Cup - Galaxy

 Hi guys,

I have some more fluid art pictures to share with you today. I did another experiment using the same focal colours but with different base colours, with the open cup pour technique. This technique involves laying a base pillow down and placing some form of open container into this pillow. You then fill this container with your paints, slowly lifting occasionally to allow the paints to move out into the pillow (if your container is light enough the paints will move under it themselves without you having to lift the container. Once there is enough paint on the canvas, you lift your container. I lifted mine slightly off to the side to drag the paint and not leave a large splotch of one colour in the centre of the canvas.

The main paints used were Crawford and Black Deep Red, Mid Yellow and Ultramarine. Silicone oil was used in these primary colours only and not in te base colours. The first one is on a 12x9 inch canvas and used white as the base layer. The layering pattern was red-blue-base-yellow-red-base-blue-yellow-base-red-base-blue-base-yellow-base-red-base-red-blue-base-yellow-red-base-blue-yellow-base.

This has been named Galaxy in Pink, as for me it really looks like a galaxy! I did heat the canvas after stretching, which made the star-like cells throughout (which I am sad about - I personally preferred it before heating). I do really love this painting! I love how the primary colours have interacted so delicately and the white has stopped them from being too vibrant.

The second canvas was done with a black base on a slightly larger canvas. This time the layering was red-blue-base-yellow-red-base-blue-yellow-base-yellow-base-red-base-blue-base-yellow-base-yellow-blue-base-red-yellow-base-blue-red-base-yellow. This time the paints did not really come through the black paint, but stayed underneath, therefore heating was required to bring the colours through the base. Less black would have allowed the colours wo be more vivid. However, where the container was lifted has allowed the yellow to really pop against the black.

I have also done a video for this one to show the detail, as the light wasn't great.

The last canvas was a flat 10x10 inch canvas with Metallic Silver Atriste Paint as the base. This time the layering was slightly different - red-blue-yellow-red-silver-blue-yellow-red-blue-silver-yellow-silver-red-silver-blue-silver-yellow-silver. As the canvas was flat I needed less paint, so I made the layers slightly thicker and fewer.

For this one I again moved the container to the side while lifting to spread the paint colours. This was also heated, to keep the consistency between the paintings. The silver allowed much larger cells to form, but the layering caused the paints to become more muddied than in the previous canvases/ However, there is still some bright pops of the primary colours throughout the canvas. This one is my least favourite of the three if I am honest. I wish I had done the layering exactly the same way as the previous canvases.

I would like to enter these canvases into the following challenges:

Polkadoodles - C5, wk2, feminine

AYLI - brights or pastels - I think this set shows that it depends on the rest of the design - the pastels work really well for the first painting, but the black base would not have worked without the bright colour pops

Thanks for looking - and don't forget to say which is your favourite and why :)

Hugz Tinz

In remembrance of IkesArt

 Good evening,

We have announced our winners for the Bunnies and Blooms challenge over at Creative Moments, so do pop over to take a look. Our 'gone but not forgotten' theme is still going until the 14th, so if you have stash from artists that are either no longer with us, or just no longer produce, then share this with us in our current challenge.

Here is my DT reminder card for the challenge using an image from IkesArt.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - 4 legged friends

ATSM #516 Make your Mark

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Butterflies

 Well we are now in May - happy May Day! Our new challenge started today over at Moving Along with the Times, with the theme of  butterflies.

Here is my creation:

For this card I die-cut a butterfly from X-cut self-adhesive glitter paper. I then used metallic and translucent X-cut self-adhesive card/paper with the solid butterfly dies that were free with a magazine. To finish I used a fluid art dipped strip of card at the bottom and added a sentiment sticker onto this.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

SOS #572 Up, up and away (dies and papers from my stash)

AlphabetChallenge - A for Air

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creation.

Hugz Tinz

Girl in the Summer Garden

 Hi everyone,

We have a new challenge started today over at I Love Promarkers. Our optional theme is Summertime and we would love to have you joining in. Our sponsor is the fantastic Polkadoodles, and here is my creation.

I coloured the image using my Promarkers and then fussy cut her. I simply added her to a green base card and then added a rub-on sentiment and border.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Inspirationstation - #84

ATSM #516 Make your mark

SimonSaysWed - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Spring Plant Pot

 Good evening,

I wanted to share the plant pot that I made using fluid acrylic pouring methods that created the bird in the dawn canvas painting. There was glitter in the yellow paint that didn't come through. The colours reacted really well together, but the yellow is mainly down one side.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

CRAFT #778 Anything Goes

craftycatz #712 Anything Goes

Thank for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Bird in the sunset

 Hi guys,

I have another fluid art piece to share with you today. This was created when I did a flower pot (to be shared soon) with the excess paint that dropped onto the canvas. the same paints were used as I put in my previous post. When stretched the lines become very delicate a wavy, and the cerise created a flying bird towards the top of the canvas, which added a very unique and unexpected focal point to the whole design.

You can see the lovely waviness of the lines between the different colours, with an overall sunset effect.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges:

SimonSaysWednesday - Make it Feminine

SOS - up, up and away (using an old canvas pack, and cerise paint)

AYLI - Brights or pastels - I really like the delicate effect that pastels can produce, especially when used as a background colour

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Pastels flip cups

 Good evening guys,

I decided to do a little experiment with layering the same colours in different orders to create some flip cup canvases. I chose to use Artiste paints in Canary Yellow, Tea Pink, Dusty Rose, Sage mixed with a little Soft Green and Pearl Frosted Mint. I also used Hobbycraft ready mixed Cerise and added gold glitter to the yellow. All of these were mixed 1:1 with Floetrol and then made to the same consistency with water. The exception is the Hobbycraft cerise which ended up being way too thin, so I used this mix and added a single pipette to a cup of floetrol to get the thickness I needed.

The yellow was in the middle of the layers for this one, but you usually expect the top layer to be the main colour on the canvas, so this was unusual. The colours made a really cool background and the yellow looks like some form of animal reaching through the canvas. The cerise made some interesting cells in the top end of this yellow streak.

In this one the layering allowed more mixing of the yellow with the pinks, so instead of yellow we have a lovely peach through the background. Again the pastel colours have made for a lovely dream-like background, and this time we have an orange and green streak through the middle. Unfortunately the cerise has once again caused the formation of quite a few cells. To me this looks like some form of fungal sprouting body with spores.

This layering allowed the tea pink to really stand out, which once again was in the centre of the layering. the yellow has really popped through the blue, but there was a cell forming when the flip cup was poured, and initially this looked kinda cool. By the time the painting had dried the following day this cell had become much, much larger and now looks like a slice of orange has been placed on the canvas, which was upsetting. The cerise has only made small cells through this canvas which has created a much more delicate look (if it wasn't for the alien orange slice).

I would like to enter these into the following challenges:

SimonSaysWednesday - Quite Quirky

SundayStamps (I couldn't see rules that stated I needed to stamp on my project so apologies if I did need to) 384 Pastel Portraits

InspirationStation #84 Springtime (took inspiration from the colours)

Thanks for taking the time to look and your feedback (and which one of the resulting canvases is your favourite) would be much appreciated.

Hugz Tinz

Add a banner with calm

 Good evening all,

We have a new challenge started today at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of add a banner. We are sponsored by Dr Digi and here is my creation.

The image was coloured using promarkers and then fussy cut. I added the image to a 3x3 square of purple patterned paper from The Range. I then added the panel to a KRAFT base card. To finish I added the birthday banner to the top.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

PFP #833 Spring Colours (purples, greens and pinks)

AYLI - Simple or fussy - I have for simple as simple keeps the cards calm and quiet

dragonflydreams - CAS

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Gone but not forgotten

 Our new challenge has started today over at Creative Moments and this month we are remembering those designers who no longer create for whatever reason. It is time to get those papers, digital images and products out and put them to use!

I have lots of Bugaboo images in my stash and I think they were a great company with images for literally every occasion and style - all with a bit of fun added. Therefore, I decided to use one of these images.

I coloured the image using Promarkers and then fussy cut closely to the outline. I used a patterned paper than came from with a craft magazine quite a few years ago to back the image. I layered this onto a peach base card, to match the wooden plinth of the image. I then used peel-offs to finish the design.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Dragonflydreams - CAS

TheMaleRoom #209 Vehicles or Transport (a sleigh is definitely transport)

Thanks for taking the time to look - and do pop along to our main blog and enter our challenge, showing some love for those designers that no longer design.

Hugz Tinz

Four Seasons

So I have been doing some more fluid art recently and I decided I wanted to do a four seasons set using a flip cup technique for all four. I decided to mix the paint with floetrol first to assess the consistency and then use floetrol and water to ensure this was consistent across the paints.

A flip cup involves placing the colours into a cup in layers, taking care which colours to put together. You then place the canvas on top of the cup and flip it so the cup is upside down on top of the canvas. The paint is then stretched and the composition created.

This was the Spring themed flip. Besides the blue, green and white that can be seen, there was also pink and yellow in the cup. Unfortunately, the pink and yellow disappeared completely on this one, so it is not as Spring as I was anticipating.

For the Summer one I used Cobalt Blue, Spring Green, Cerise, Christmas Green and Buttercup Yellow. Once again the yellow has almost completely vanished from the pour, however the other colours are still present. This turned out darker than I was anticipating, but it does have the feel of summer holidays to me.

This was the Autumn flip, which used Raw Sienna, Antique Metallic Gold, Brick Red, Umber and an orange (I cannot remember which orange I used). This one kept the definition between the colours well, and gave a woodgrain-like effect due to the cells that formed with the flip. This one really does represent Autumn to me.

This final one was for Winter and I used Pearlescent White, Metallic Black, Silver, a small amount of Christmas Green and Pearlescent Blue. All the colours are visible, with the green being diluted by the silver that was at either side of it in the layering. This has given an icy landscape.

I would love to hear your thoughts on which of these represent the season they are supposed to be for you.

I would like to enter them into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - Not a card

CRAFT #777 Seasons/Weather

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Fluid art magnets

 Hi guys,

I thought I would share some more of my fluid art with you today (even though my first post didn't get much interaction). So this time I am sharing my magnets from my recent creations.

So first up is a magnet that was dipped in a set of silvers, black and pinks, to create this lovely effect. This one has already been requested and will be personalised before sending off to its new home.

This next one is a little mini canvas that I used in the same way. This one was dipped into turquoise, cobalt, black and white drippings.

These next 5 were done after each canvas in my 4 seasons collection (coming soon). The first was pinks and whites, then came in a little spring green. Next we see the cobalt, bronze and yellow coming through. Then we have the lovely silver and grey tones mixing with the pink and finally I managed to make a magnet that combined the colours in a much more 'fluid' outcome.

I would like to enter these creations into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - Not a Card

Colormyheart #698 Shades of pink + 1 colour (1st circle has a slither of green added to it, alongside the free colours)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Fluid Art

 Hi everyone,

Any of you that are friends with me on facebook may have already seen that I have started to do some fluid art. I wanted to share some of my makes with you here today. These are not finished with varnish and have not had any further paint added to them once dried.

This one is a magnet that was dipped in the run-off paint from some of the pink pours.

This was my first attempt at a feather pour, and I really like the fact that is does resemble a peacock feather in an abstract way.

 absolutely love the colours on this and the cells that formed are absolutely amazing! This is definitely one of my favourites so far.

This was the very first pour that I did. The black paint has glitter in it that came to the top as it driend, which looks really cool. I am planning on surrounding this with little mirrors as a focal point for one of my walls.

This one was a straight pour, again using the turquoise, black and white colour scheme. The cells on this are much larger than the flip cup one above, simply because of the variation in the movement of the paint.

This was my second attempt at a swipe, which I think worked quite well. I love the neon pink shining through the white, and the 'rivers' of lava through the centre.

This was an experimental swipe that did not work as the pearlescent purple was too light with the orange, so I took some darker purple and used that to swipe over the orange creating this great laced effect that looks like ink in water.

This was a ring pour with white, neon pink and red. I love the definition in the centre creating the rose and the pops of bright pink around the edges.

This was my first ring pour. While it hasn't kept the shape of a ring pour this is still one of my favourites (it was the second piece I did) simply because I think it looks like a whale (white area at the top) sitting in the ocean and creating a ripple as it is turning.

Again this one with the turquoise, white and black created a stunning effect due to the formation of the cells throughout the piece. These pieces did have silicon oil in the turquoise paint.

This one I cannot take credit for - this is a piece that my partner created, but I love it so much I had to share it. It looks like an amethyst geode to me!

Thanks for looking at my new craft obsession. I am sure I will have more to share with you.

Hugz Tinz

Whimsical Fantasy, Springtime Birds and Floral Bunnies

 Welcome to another new month and we have a new challenge at I Love Promarkers where our optional theme is Cute and Whimsical, with Dis Digi Stamps as our sponsor. Here is my creation for this challenge, using Pretty mushroom house:

I coloured this image with my Promarkers and then fussy cut the image. I have a paper stack of fairy patterned paper so I chose one of these that worked well with the mushroom house to give a whimsical feel to the card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

CraftyCatz #710 Anything Goes

Next up we have the new challenge at Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT), where the theme is Anything Spring.

For this one I used a decoupage set, that I think is a papermania set but I no longer have the packaging. I layered the decoupage image and then used the remaining pop-outs to decorate the edges. Finally I added peel-offs for the sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

AYLI - Fav Embellishment - One of my favourite embellishments are peel-offs as they are so easy to use in a variety of ways to suit the card you are creating.

Allsorts #846 Springtime

Finally, we have our winners post over on Creative Moments, where my DT inspiration for our current challenge is below, using Party Bunny from our sponsor Polkadoodles.

I tried to spray various Tim Holtz distress inks (including one of the mica ones) through a stencil, however the ink seeped under the stencil, hence the abstract effect. Therefore, I used a fineliner pen to draw the basic outline of the flower. I coloured the rabbit with pencil crayons (something I am starting to experiment more with) and then fussy cut her.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

TheCardConcept #225 Spring Flowers

TIOT - Make it cute

Thanks for looking at my creation, and do check out our blog posts.

Hugz Tinz