This seems like a good place to expand on my St Patrick`s
day spread information for you. I find Instagram useful but not brilliant when I have `stuff` to say. I have had lots of questions about this
spread so will endeavour to answer them here.
So here goes, the leprechaun was an image I found on Etsy by
a company called Aurora Wings, the artist was somebody called Mitzi
Sato-Wiuff. I really love this image,
the face is just gorgeous…I am attracted to all things myth and magic although
not all of them lend themselves to planner stamping. I do not have a huge array of stamps at home
and many that I like are quite expensive, as they have to imported. Like Lindsay Ann Duyck I like the Stamping Bella designs but they are not readily available here in the UK. However, I do have two sneaky ones on order.
In order to keep the costs down I have been buying digi
stamps from Etsy and have downloaded some free line art from Deviant Art…I am
quite fond of the designs by Jade Dragonne and YamPuff. Anyway I digress. Once the digi stamp images have been
downloaded and saved to a computer they can be imported to any suitable
programme and resized. I am using word
for this….the leprechaun is one of the bigger images I have used and this has
allowed me to achieve more detail with the alcohol markers. In this instance I used Copics, although I do have Flex Markers
and Chameleon pens. The image has been
printed direct to sticker paper. Using
the alcohol marker direct in to your planner is not to be recommended as they
will stain through the subsequent pages.
The background for this design was created direct on the
planner page using dye based inks…for this I used Stampin` Up inks in soft sky
and marina mist for blues, so saffron and daffodil delight for the yellows and
garden green for the green, as I really wanted the clear colours for this
design, and I already had them. I used
a make-up sponge for blending these inks…I am a great lover of cheap and
cheerful. You can also use a product
called cut`n`dry foam, but it is far more expensive.
In order to get the
colours in the right place I traced around the leprechaun design with a pencil
so that I had an idea where things would go.
It was supposed to be very simple, green for the grass, blue for the sky
and the yellow was supposed to be a glow from the gold. However, I didn`t think the yellow worked
that well although it looked OK in the overall design.
The stars and the leaves are from a company called Laviniastamps here in the UK. They make fabulous stamps…not necessarily for
planners but do go and have a look. I
really love their stuff and am fairly sure the
quotation stamp also came from this company, they have some fabulous quotes.
The stars have been applied to add a little definition, but also if I am honest to cover a few inconsistencies in ink blending. There are also some white dots in there that I applied using a white stamping chalk marker from stampin` up. It is a very useful tool to add a little highlight to images.
The raccoon is a lawn fawn stamp from the `party animal` collection. On reflection I should have swapped him out for another animal as I am not entirely familiar with raccoons and the colouring maybe a little dodgy. He was stamped direct to planner with black versafine ink and coloured using three shades of grey pencil from Faber Castell (polychromos). I also used a black pencil from Lidl...which should make the European planners smile.
The stars have been applied to add a little definition, but also if I am honest to cover a few inconsistencies in ink blending. There are also some white dots in there that I applied using a white stamping chalk marker from stampin` up. It is a very useful tool to add a little highlight to images.
The raccoon is a lawn fawn stamp from the `party animal` collection. On reflection I should have swapped him out for another animal as I am not entirely familiar with raccoons and the colouring maybe a little dodgy. He was stamped direct to planner with black versafine ink and coloured using three shades of grey pencil from Faber Castell (polychromos). I also used a black pencil from Lidl...which should make the European planners smile.
I have used a variety of planner stamps, most of which I am
sure you will recognise and they were stamped with Versafine Olympia green.
Studio L2E; I have the` plan it` and the `list it` set. They were the first stamps I got and are so versatile.
Technique Tuesday; because they are readily available here in the UK. I love the circle `work` and `day off`…it is a shame they do not do a matching `sick` stamp as I am sure I would have use for it. The circle also lends itself well to colouring in.
Tiny StampsBig Plans; these stamps are
amazing…they really are tiny and the line work is so fine and detailed. I particularly like the planner for planner
day and the flower shaped hydration tracker.
The scales are lovely but they remind me that I need to track my weight,
something I am not keen on facing up to J. Best of all shipping to the UK from Australia
is very reasonable.
Some of you asked about the black cat…he is a pencil sharpener
and a source of great amusement.
Hope this helps you all in some way
Enjoy
Great post. I love all the bits you've used. Your colouring on the leprechaun is fab. Thanks for all the links too.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your blog, Jo, this first entry is awesome. Cannot wait to see, what comes in the future.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Kirsten