Monochrome 1

 A project for Country View Crafts 

August Challenge Monochrome Part 1

Monochrome: A noun or description for an image, painting, or photograph that consists of a single base hue along with its various tones, tints, and shades. 

Monochromatic: Is the specific technique of building a color palette using only one base hue, modified by adding black (to create shades), white (to create tints), or grey (to create tones). For example, a "monochromatic blue" painting uses only light sky blues, deep navy blues, and everything in between.

Page 1 in my Creative Sketchbook that I have been using for my workshops.

For those people who have taken part in my workshops recently they will have created colour palettes for mixing paints, created palettes to show tints and shades of different colours, and made their own little swatch tabs for arty embellishments. 

I have also now created a grid  to record palettes of tints, tones and shades ....... 

..... and completed them using walnut stain distress paint as the main focus colour with Paperartsy, black, white and grey paints and here are some of the different variations of colours I made.

I took out these colours of distress inks, distress oxides and distress sprays - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso, and Scorched Timber to use as my monochromatic distress palette......

.... and made three small panels to produce monochrome projects. Later when laying out the elements on the page I decided to add another one.

I love experimenting with colours and products so decided I would use the monochromatic palettes, swatches and small designs to put together two pages in my Creative Sketchbook under the heading of Monochrome. You can see the finished page 1 above.

The long horizontal and wide stamped border at the bottom is good old fashioned parcel tape that you wet the back of and stick down.

Here are close ups of the elements used. I created the words myself.

Thanks for stopping by.

xxx

Supplies

Alison Bomber stamps - PaperArtsy ---  Fodder Berry Edition.EAB52, Pressed Grasses Edition EAB40,

Tim Holtz stamps - Flower Jar CMS297, Nature's Moments 001, Entomology CMS328, Field Notes CMS396, Lattice and Flourish CMS257, Bird Feather CMS180, 

Tim Holtz Distress Inks ---  Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso, and Scorched Timber, Picket Fence

Tim Holtz Distress Oxides - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso, and Scorched Timber

Tim Holtz Distress Sprays - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso, and Scorched Timber

Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Remnant Rubs, Photobooth, Found Relatives

Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, distress vintage photo, distress ground espresso

Tim Holtz Stencils  - Mini Deco Floral set 60

Arden - Makers Series - Field Notes Meadow

Versafine Clair --- Pinecone

Tint,Tone and Shade panels - designed by me

By The Sea - collecting shells

A project for Country View Crafts 

July Challenge 2  -  Summer Holidays

Sea shells collected in a tin.

Creating a clay seashell and sand dollar.

Take a piece of air dry clay and roll it out to a size that will accomodate the stamp. Using a stamp block press the stamp into the clay to get a good impression and remove. Use a sharp knife to cut around the shape and remove the waste clay. Using a blending tool and distress ink gently blend your first colour over the image pulling lightly and gently from the edges, this will give you some raised areas around the edges. 

Leave the clay to dry. I turned the first shell over after an hour as it was drying on top but not underneath - thickness about 5mm.

In the making.

Background - A5 Arena 300gms

Dipped, dripped and dried with salvaged patina, salty ocean and water drops, them stencilled through speckles stencil and spritzed what was left on the stencil with water and mono printed it over the surface. 

Next I took the bubble stencil and used chipped sapphire distress ink.

Followed by some stamping of rings and text and some swirling of blue and white pens round the stamped rings. I grunged one card and left the other cleaner.

Cut to size they have become the backgrounds for the other elements to sit on.

The tin lid

I used the blue alcohol inks to create a watery background for the sea.

The photo

I used some distress crayons to colour up the photo.

Put everything together.

Thanks for stopping by.

xx

Supplies

Tim Holtz stamps - Nautical Blueprint CMS194, Halftone & Rings CMS260, Ledger Script CMS241, Classics #12,

Tim Holtz Sizzix dies - Vacation words script 661288

Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge (All used on the Found Relatives photo)

Distress Inks - Tea Dye, Rusty Hinge, Salty Ocean, Salvaged Patina, Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire, Ground Espresso, Abandoned Coral, Saltwater Taffy, 

Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks - Mermaid, Sea Boat Blue, Stream, Indigo,

Archival Ink Ranger - Night Sky, Watering Can

Ideo-ology - Found Relatives Occasions

Card - A5 Arena 300gms

Permanent ink pen Blue, white posca pen

DecoArt Americana - white gesso, 

DecoArt  media fluid acrylic paints - Diarylide Yellow, Quinacridone Red, Cadmium Orange Hue, Burnt Umber   This link is to the Americana range by Decoart.

Sun, Sea and Sand

 Summer Holidays for Country View Crafts 

July Challenge 1

Dip, drip and dry three separate layers of distress inks, 1, Old Paper. 2, Spiced Marmalade. 3 Crackling Campfire.

Take the blue distress oxide pads and rub them over the Sparkler Fade stencil, spritz with water and monoprint over the top of the hot colours and heat dry,

Lay down the Burst stencil and use Rusty Hinge to blend through the rays.

Add some extra dip and drips using Crackling Campfire at the bottom of the card to create more of a sandy look.

Stamp some second generation text with the grey permanent ink.

Stamp the Post Card at the top in black.

Use the grey to stamp the post mark only (rub off any ink that got onto the postage stamp.

Stamp the postage stamp itself using spiced marmalade onto a spare piece of card and cut out, overlay it onto the post mark.

Cut out the couple having fun on their holidays and adhere.

Diecut the words you want to use and also add.

Blend brown distress ink round the edges and mount the finished project onto the teal paper.

Thanks for stopping by

Brenda xxx

Supplies

Alison Bomber stamps - Poppy Edition EAB37 (Postcard). Pressed Foliage EAB39 (Postage stamp) https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/alison-bomber-by-paperartsy-1731-c.asp

Sizzix Tim Holtz dies  - Vacation Words, (As far as I'm aware these are discontinued)  https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-by-sizzix-152-c.asp

Ranger - Core-dinations paper (discontinued)

Tim Holtz stencils, Burst, Sparkle Fade                                https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/layering-stencils-523-c.asp

Idea-ology Tim Holtz Found Relatives (first edition)                https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/idea-ology-102-c.asp

Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire, Old Paper, Rusty Hinge, Ground Espresso https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/distress-ink--re-inkers-103-c.asp

Distress Oxide - Salvaged Patina, Mermaid Lagoon                              https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/distress-oxide-ink--re-inkers-1049-c.asp  

Versafine Clair - Morning mist, Nocturne                                    https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/versafine-clair-ink-pads-and-re-inkers-1311-c.asp

Nature themed with altered patterned paper

This is a CVC inspiration challenge project.

I've focussed on using flowery paper page from 79 & Market and altering it so it is distressed and has become a more muted and subtle background for the added elements to sit on.

For the background I used a bought panel made of greyboard and a page from the paper pack cutting it to the right size.

Brayer a light coat of gesso randomly over it and when dry add some splatter areas (I used a small stamp block and dipped it in a watery puddle of magic moss paint and got some nice speckles).

 I also used the paints to bring back some of the plant details higher up, by painting them in lightly myself I felt this gave it a nice mixed media effect.

Gather die-cuts and transfers, stamp, colour and fussy cut the flower.

Create a small collage of the elements.

I love these colour swatch transfers created by Katie Pertiet.

xxx

  

Supplies

Tim Holtz - distress oxides -  Walnut Stain, Scorched Timber, Gathered Twigs, Hickory Smoke, Cracked Pistachio, Bundled Sage, Evergreen Bough,

Gesso - White

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Foliage                                            https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th92788---tim-holtz-idea-ology---foliage-179530-p.asp

Paperartsy Fresco Finish paints - Magic Moss, Midnight, Haystack, Snowflake

49 & Market Paper pack 8 x 8, Die-cut Elements --- Botanical Buzz. Krafty Garden Rub on transfers,

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber EAB48 Stamps - Summer Poppies Edition

Arden - Katie Pertiet - Garden Chronicle Transfer set

Tim Holtz punch - Butterfly

Nature in June with Floral Outline by Tim Holtz

 Stamping and masking

The new Country View Challenge for June is 'Nature' and I decided to use the Tim Holtz Floral Outline stamp set.

1. Take a TH patterned panel and stamp flower with permanent ink.

2. Use the distress watercolour pencils to colour in the design. 

3. I also painted in one of my palette and swatch colour cards ro add to my book pages.

4. Stamp image onto masking paper and lay on top of the original.

5. Stamp some text in random areas.

Pull ephemera elements together .....

..... and trial the composition. I chose a piece of patterned paper by Tim Holtz for the background.

xx

Supplies

Tim Holtz Ephemera panel from paper stash pads and page from 8x8 paper pink palette collection

Tim Holtz - Distress Watercolour Pencils - Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, Forest Moss, Bundled Sage, Scattered Straw, Gathered Twigs, Speckled Egg, Iced Spruce, Picket Fence.

Tim Holtz stamps - Floral Outlines CMS430, Ledger Script CMS241, Field NotesCMS396

Tim Holtz - Sizzix- - dies - Brushstroke Flowers mini.

Distress inks - Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Ground Espresso, Bundled Sage, Fired Brick

Miscellaneous - masking paper, my own swatch and palette record cards, paint brushes