Getting Peacocky With Jessica Sporn Stamps!!!

Many moons ago, Jessica Sporn, had asked me to use some of her new stamps from Rubber Moon Stamps in a project. Of course I said yes, but alas, it took me a while to use them...sorry Jessica. 

I just love the curlycue shape in these stamps...something I am always drawn to. I wanted the peacock to have lots of color and in no particular pattern, so I decided to watercolor it and use Ken Oliver's Color Burst to do it.

I stamped the peacock on tissue paper using Jet Black twice, as I know the tissue paper will be see through on the paper once I adhere it with Ranger's Multi Matte Medium. I cut these out and used only the tail portion on the second stamped piece. I adhered that to the bottom of the whole peacock to elongate the tail area.

I added all the Color Burst to a palette, and mixed each with water. I can blend colors this way, and once it dries just put it up for the next time. I love that about Color Burst. I took a piece of Watercolor Cardstock, and misted it with water. Then I just loaded a paintbrush with Color Burst and started making blobs of color.

I added the colors of the peacock where I wanted it to go. Once dry, I placed Multi Matte Medium over the colors, and added my tissue paper peacock. It just melds in.

I stamped the tree using Tim's Distress Paint in Walnut Stain, and the leaves, now bushes, in Pine Needles and Peeled Paint. I also added Mermaid Lagoon Paint to some of the areas of the peacock.

I added more and more color to the background, again just in long globs, then I tapped the paintbrush making spots and splashes of color.

I used a white and black gel pen to define a few things, and then decided I needed some stamping. I used Wendy's Script stamp and her Sky Blue Archival in the sky area. I also used Tim's grassy looking lines stamp in the meadow area with Fern Green Archival.

Then I stamped the Lots of Leaves image from Wendy in the meadow area using Buttercup.

I wanted circles in the meadow area, but couldn't find anything small enough, until I found this tiny pen cap. I used it to stamp circles here and there with Orange Marmalade Archival. Once I was finished, my peacock and trees didn't pop enough for me, so I gave them a coat of Glossy Accents, and liked that pretty good. Then I tore the edges of the watercolor paper...I love that look, and and adhered it onto a birch wooden panel that I watercolored with the same colors as the paper. Finally, I added the sentiment words that were inked with the same inks mentioned before, as well as highlighted with more Color Burst.

 

 

 

 

Thank you Jessica for providing me with these gorgeous stamped images! Many kudos to you for making all these goodies, and I hope to see much more in the future!

Supplies:

Ranger Surfaces Watercolor Paper	Tim Holtz Ranger Ink Palette	Ken Oliver Color Burst Bundle - Six Colors	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer	Dina Wakley Media Brushes Four Pack
Jessica Sporn Peacock Motif Stamp	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Multi Medium Matte 4 oz.	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Mermaid Lagoon	Jessica Sporn Tree of Life Stamp
Distress Paint in Walnut Stain	Jessica Sporn Ornate Leaf Stamp	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Pine Needles	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Peeled Paint	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Script Background Stamp
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink In Sky Blue	Creative Textures Stamp Set	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Fern Green	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Lots of Leaves Background Stamp	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Buttercup
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink In Orange Blossom	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen	Black Glaze Pen	Idea-ology Small Talk Stickers
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Big Chat	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Black Soot

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Jessica Sporn Framed Me?!?

Well...she didn't frame me in the criminal sense. I just wanted to grab everyone's attention! Instead, Jessica Sporn asked me to be apart of her Stencil Test Drive Blog Hop using her "Frames" stencil from Stencil Girl Products. I am sure you can imagine my excitement just at the asking, but then I received her fabulous stencil and I was elated! There are so many uses for this smart design...just look at all the different frames to choose from! WOW! Thank you Jessica for asking me! I am truly honored.

Since I have so many photos of my children laying all around my crafting cave, I decided to use the stencil to frame some. 

I used Wendy Vecchi's Embossing Paste in Gold through three of the stencils.

I cut them out of this repurposed cardboard after they air dried.

I put the frames back under the stencil and reapplied another layer of the Embossing Paste. I have never done this before, and did not know if it would work, but it did. The height of the paste was impressive. It made for great depth.

I cut out the centers, and misted them with Ranger's Cappuccino Color Wash. It resisted the Embossing Paste wonderfully. Then I inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink.

I had a wood plank that needed tending to, so Red Pepper Color Wash gave it some life. The water helped it coat evenly.

I thought it needed aging, so Snow Cap and Gold Paint Dabber helped. I used the Speckled Stamp as well.

I used lots of stamps with Archival Ink and Pitch Black Paint Dabber too.

I wanted to give this some sheen now, so I coated it with Glossy Glue N Seal. HOWEVER, my jar was a little old and clumpy, but I decided to use it anyway. Instead of the glossy sheen, I got muted color and milky streaks. It's not a bad look, and it provides for a great vintage look, BUT it wasn't the look I wanted. Live and learn.

I loved the 'corner frame outs' on this stencil, and used them with more Gold Embossing Paste for each corner. I love this design feature of the stencil.

 

Now go see what the other Artists did with the Frames stencil!  But before you do, be sure to leave a comment here because Jessica is giving away one of these stencils to one lucky winner, and EVERY comment in the test drive will be eligible to win.  The more times you comment, the more chances you have to win!

Linda Kunsman

Maria McGuire

Nathalie Kalbach

Kristin Van Valkenburgh

Janet Joehlin
Valerie-Jael 

Jessica Sporn

Good luck, and I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!