Featured tutorial at Unruly Paperarts

 

Hello everyone. Wow is it hot today here!!!

 

So today sees my final guest artist spot over at Unruly Paperarts blog and this time I have created a journal page along with a tutorial of how I did it.

 

As you can see there is a painted background with added elements and a collage feature.

 

I would love for you to go and check it out and let me know what you think!!

 

I have really enjoyed being featured on this blog and thank you all for your comments you left on my interview piece too!!

 

Here is the link to my tutorial today:

 

Unruly Paperarts blog-Artist spotlight

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon

x catherine

Hello at last!!!

I am sorry for having been so absent lately from my blog as I have just been so busy .
I will come and visit you all again and hopefully things will quiet down somewhere so I can keep blogging at times. For the next 8 weeks things are busy in my household and blogging will be as and when I can!!

However I do have a recent project to share with you all. I was lucky a couple of weeks ago to attend Art From the Heart in Harrogate and attend a workshop with Jim Hankins from USA(well known as The Gentleman Crafter)

One of the classes I was unable to attend(The Spray Ink Holder) I was however lucky to be able to purchase a kit for myself to make.

The instructions inside the kit were fabulous and so well detailed and the quality of the pieces was excellent.
I used papers from Graphic 45 (The Magic of Oz )collection as inside the kit for the side panels were two metal embellishments of Lions. I thought they all went so well with the papers.

 

All put together and the papers added

 

 

Side panels with metal Lion Head embellishments

 

 

Top Panel as there is a mechanism on the bottom which when turning this handle allows the box to spin around to the other side.

 

Complete with my Dylusion Ink sprays

 

 

 

I really enjoyed making this and it is such a useful item to have on my desk holding my sprays together in one place !!

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and not forgetting I am still here(lol)!!!!

See you again soon

x catherine

My Final week with Stampotique and it's been so much fun!!

 

Hello everyone and hope your all having a good week so far.

 

Well today sees a new challenge starting over on the Stampotique blog and it is my final week as guest designer for the month. Although sad my time has finished I have had a fabulous time being part of the team and really enjoyed joining in with them. Thank you to all of the design team for being so welcoming.

 

Anyway onto this weeks challenge and Astrid Stulemeijer is our host. This weeks theme is:

"Give Wings"

Astrid is challenging us to add some wings to any character stamp which doesn't already have any.

 

I have chosen "Kamona" by Daniel Torrente and added wings from Kate Crane's "Guardian".

I have made a journal page using a sheet of deli paper and printed on my gelli plate. Some more stamping and paint doodling added and the quote is from France papilon "Comfort Zone"

 

You can find all the details to the challenge blog and this weeks challenge here:

Stampotique Designers challenge blog -SDC201- give wings.

 

Thanks for visiting today and see you again soon

x catherine

Big celebrations at Stampotique and my third week !

Hello everybody and hope your all having a good week so far.

Today sees a new challenge starting over at the Stampotique Designers challenge blog and this is my third week as Guest designer for the month.

And... it is such a special week for them as it is their 200th challenge and is hosted by Kim Howard.

This weeks challenge is to create something to celebrate an occassion.

You can find all the details to the challenge here:

Stampotique Designers challenge blog SDC 200- celebrate

I have used Daniel Torrente stamp "Heart Throb" alongside another of Daniel's stamps "Piling Thing" which I have masked and repeat stamped three times to give the idea of lots of presents.

The quote stamps are from France Papillon "Barcode Text" stamp.

Please pop over to the challenge blog and help the team celebrate their special challenge and it would be so great if you would like to join in with us.

Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon

x catherine

Featured Guest interview -EEEEK!!!

Hello everyone and hope your all having a good weekend.

No actual project from me today but some very special news to share with you all.

This month over at UNRULY PAPERARTS blog the theme for June is "Journal it".

Today sees an interview with me!!!! Yes I am todays featured guest artist. You can read all about my journalling experience and a little bit more !

I feel so proud to have been asked and able to do something like this .

Here is the link to the blog and my interview:

http://www.unrulypaperarts.com/2015/06/artist-spotlight-catherine-carter.html

I have been busy today as I have just finished a regular journaling class at Art From The Heart with Kate Crane. These workshops are just so invaluable to me for learning and confidence and I do feel so lucky that I do live close enough to be able to attend.

Well thanks for stopping by and letting me share this good news with you. Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend

See you again soon

x catherine

Dragons Dream challenge #193- Green and Quotation

Hello everyone and welcome to a new challenge starting over at Dragons Dream Tag It On challenge.

This week is being hosted by our team mate the lovely Gabrielle.

Gabrielle has chosen for us all:

"Green and a Quotation"

I am disappointed with the way mine is photographing as it is a lot more greener than it looks!!(maybe time to treat myself to a new camera!!!!)

I have used distress ink -Crushed Olive which is one of my favourite green colours. I have also used it in the stains on the flowers but it has blended a bit too much for me to show that.

The quote is from a Sheena Douglass stamp and I have also added a Kanban stamped ticket.

You can find all the details to this weeks challenge here:

Dragons Dream Tag It On challenge #193- Green and a Quotation.

Please pop over and see the wonderful inspiration from the Design team and we would so love for you to come and join in with us !

Can I also say thank you to anyone who joined in with my challenge there last week. There were all fabulous entries.

Please scroll down for my earlier post today with the new Stampotique challenge

Thanks for stopping by today. See you all later

x catherine



Stampotique Guest designer Week 2

Hello everyone and hope your having a good week so far.

So today is a new challenge day over at the Stampotique Designers challenge blog and this is my Guest designer week 2 spot.

Our challenge today is being hosted by Kathi Rerek and the theme is:

" SHIMMER AND SHINE"

I have chosen to use all of these Stampotique Stamps:

( "Big bee and Giant Shroom" stamps by Jo Capper - Sandon and the quote by Maria Sabina Raita. In the background is the large stamp  "Journey Collage"by Amy Wilson Wellinstein).

The background is made using Distress inks and there are lots of stickles glitters in the same colours .

You can find all the details of the challenge here:

Stampotique designers challenge blog -SDC199-Shimmer and Shine 

Please pop over and have a look at the fabulous inspiration from their Design team and they would so love for you to join in with the challenge.

Thanks for visiting today

x catherine

The Archivist Album

 

Hello everyone and hope your all ok.

Apologies for not having been around much lately but I have been really busy. I will catch up with you all.

 

On Saturday I was lucky to be able to attend a workshop at Art from the Heart in Harrogate with The Gentleman Crafter - Jim Hankins from the USA. I had a fabulous time and this is such a brilliant project we made. This is the Archivist Album.

It is now a bit picture heavy but wanted to share the pages I made with you:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon

x catherine







Gelli print background

 

Hello everyone.

 

So I have been playing this week with my gelli Plate and have so many backgrounds to play with.

 

Here is the piece I started with here:

Looks lovely doesn't it ! I loved the texture created with the paint being put on a bit thicker than I would usually do.

So what do you do with a piece like this? You make tags!!!!
Yes one background piece cuts into three tags. I have stamped and stencilled onto the backgrounds and then added some collage elements. Stitched around and put on black card to finish them of..

I am joining in with:
Stamps and Stencils challenge - small is beautiful

See you again soon

x catherine

Exciting News to share

hello everyone and thanks for stopping by.

Today I am sharing with you the most exciting news for me!!!

Stampotique designers challenge blog are kindly hosting me as there guest designer for this month-and my followers will know that this is a challenge blog I so regularly join in with and I am feeling very honoured to be a part of it for a while.

Today we have a new challenge starting there for you all and this week Gez Butterworth is hosting it and the the theme is:

"Your Favourite Stamp"

You can find all the details about the challenge here:

Stampotique Designers challenge blog -SDC 198-Favourite Stamp

We would all love for you to come and join in with us and check out all the fabulous inspiration from the design team.

So I have so many favourite Stampotique stamps (as I am sure many of you do !) but one of the most recent ones is from the new range by Kate Crane. This one is called "Boots"

The quote is also a Stampotique stamp from Carol's collection.

See you all later

x Catherine

ICAD- with Daisy Yellow Day 1- Chevrons

 

Hello everyone and hope you are having a good start to the week.

 

I recently attended a workshop with Tracy Scott where I was introduced to anew challenge. ICAD_ index card a day-with daisy yellow.

 

The idea is to create something for 61 days using an index card and prompts are given for you daily to use.

You can find all the details here:

 

ICAD 2015 - Daisy yellow

 

For my fist card the prompt was "CHEVRONS" and I have used some Gelli plate deli print scraps for mine. They had chevrons printed on them.

 

See you again soon and thanks for stopping by today

x catherine