Then she went far out man!!!
Hi there!
Saturday’s blog a new technique.
Well, I have recently noticed a few beautiful pieces of artwork floating round on Facebook, which looked like outlined splats,
but very lovely. I think the new Brusho powder paints may have been used, but I don’t have any, and if I did, I doubt I would be able to find them in here anyhooze.
So I decided to set myself a challenge and figure out a way of getting a similar effect, using what I’ve got to hand.
Ready?
It all started with a black piece of white card
– a piece of the 8.5″ x 11″ Gelli Card cut back.
I folded another piece of the card in half
and tore some shapes out on the fold.
Then I got my Stencil brushes out,
and a number of Distress ink pads,
and started brushing through the tear holes.
The colours I went with were
I alternated the holes and the ink pads,
overlapping the shapes as I worked my way across.
Wasn’t entirely convinced I was on the right track, but hey!
Who knows what I may figure out along this way..
It’s important to keep the stencil brushes for the right colours,
and not muddy them up – especially the yellow.
So now I decided it was time to outline the shapes with a
black Micron pen, but respecting the overlaps.
Actually, this looks pretty funky…
Time to add a stamp. The Treescape was at the top of the pile!
Black Archival is best, a permanent ink pad,
because I want to flick some water around later.
What a stroke of luck! I found a mask!
Yay, because I hate cutting out.
So I added a few more shapes around the edge,
and dusted the top corner with the Wild Honey.
Do you ever wonder where I am headed?
Me too.
So when in doubt, tear a piece of copy paper and make a hill!
I went in with the brushes and the fine black pen,
and made a link between the landscape and the background.
This is nothing like the artwork I saw recently,
but I have to say it’s got potential.
Time to cover up the centrepiece and flick some water at it.
Blot with a paper towel. Mmm.
Maybe over-cooked it.
Next thing get out the Word Chains No. 1!
They will fit with this funky artwork beautifully.
And why not add some journaling splats, too,
from the Journaling Set
Splats in second generation red and blue,
and then bold black.
Mount on white card,
then on a matching blue.
Happy with that. Yep.
That Chipped Sapphire is a lovely colour blue.
TODAY’s BLOG SPECIAL OFFER
So let’s have a Blogsale!
I shall keep it very simple.
The Treescape. Instead of £11.95, let’s make it £10.
The Journaling Set. Instead of £16, let’s make it £12
The Word Chains. Instead of £10, let’s make them all £9 each
If you buy the bumper set No. 1 you get a free pack of mounts too.
If you buy the bumper set No. 2 you get a free pack of mounts too.
add your Club membership, and you save an additional £10.
Which Word Chain do I use most?
I couldn’t say. I love them all. I do love No. 8 .
In fact , I am putting together the third set at the moment.
TODAY’s BLOG CANDY
The winner of yesterday’s Blog Candy is ..
Diane G.
(Email me your address and I will get it sent next week!)
Leave a pleasant message today,
and I will pick a lucky winner tomorrow,
to receive a £20 Gift Voucher
So have a great Saturday!
much love,
100 thoughts on “Then she went far out man!!!”
Oh i love this the trees work so well with it and fab colours.
Well I absolutely love this Barbara
You are such a creative talented individual I stand and watch you demonstrate at shows and I am just transfixed by your creations something from nothing it amazes me
Brilliant blog
Love Theresa. X
Fab idea, very resourceful, there are no mistakes just Happy accidents when crafting, its lovely to be able to go with the flow and see where it takes you. Must try this, lurve my stencil brushes 🙂 x
Wow I did find the brusho paints here in the US and they are fun, but this is fantastic, super job! Thanks
Love this and will have a go at something similar later today I think. Wonder if you'd get a similar effect with acrylic paint or watercolours or….who knows?
WOW this turned out super fab…I may just try this today…I have the inks and all but need to find what the gelli plate paper is….have the gelli plate but not used it yet as not sure of the papers…will have a squizzy in a minute.xx
Hello Barbara,
My, you were up late. Did you enjoy your day? Bet you got something beautiful for Evie
Today's offering is very different, but beautiful.
Love, Roz.x
Good Morning Barbara!
I love your take on this as I know what bits of art you are on about as I too had a go the other evening !
Love the colours you have used here and the stamp you have chosen – autumnal look just like the weather!
Hope the Jazz festival was great – Rye is such a lovely town, nice coffee shop there near the cathedral!
right I'm off to look at yesterday's blog now as I was a bad Kimmy in not finding the time to leave a comment!
much love
Kim x
Good morning Barbara. Bet your still fast asleep at this early hour ! Wish I was. I love the colours in this artwork so warm and inspiring on a dark early morn. I must give this a try . Have a lovely weekend I've got a family canoeing day for all the grand kids then we are having a packed lunch in a big tent that we have hired . Love when we are all together x
What a great effect, and very arty too, you always inspire to try something new, thank you
Good morning Barbara. I love the way this turned out. The treescape sits lovely within the colours you chose.
I hope you actually get this comment today as I seem to have a problem of the other comments I have left during the week not being published. ( I know the prob is at my end)
Have a great day in your new creative space.
Emma xx
Oh wow this is fabulous. Now if I tried this it would look like a holy mess on a piece of card. Lol. Practice practice practice I guess. Xx
Oh where do I buy a black piece of white card? Sorry Barbara. the finished result is fabulous.
Hahahaha!
Good morning Barbara, hope you had a nice day yesterday and that you've enjoyed the Jazz Festival.
I absolutely adore your card. The colours are stunning, the treescape goes perfectly well with it, and the drops of water just add anither dimension.
Have a great Saturday.
Laurence xx
Love this!!! Can't wait to try it out. But even better is the good news that you are bringing out the next lot of word stamps. They are so versatile. I love the fact that you can make new words up by masking off the letters, and they always look great because of all the different fonts. Pure genius!
Amazing! How do you think of such things. I must try and be more adventurous and just give it a whirl, the colours works so well as does the tree scape. Love it thanks for the inspiration x
Love this new technique Barbara, it looks so effective. Can't wait to give it a try!
Katrina x
Well that is just gorgeous!!! And very arty in a controlled sort of way!!!
Chipped sapphire is my new favourite colour!!! It can give such a range of shades from the palest to the deepest blue!!! And those shapes you tore out of paper…..stencil maybe???
Hope you have a great weekend. Love and hugs! Xxxx
Good morning Barbara. I just love this technique and plan on having a go at it later. I must admit it stopped me in my tracks for a mo (mouthful of ginger nut!) when you said 'a black piece of white card!'
Spello . Made me crack up when it was pointed out to me. Have to leave it though!!! X
Love that effect Barbara. So much new stuff out there it's difficult to know what people have used sometimes, so thanks for sharing your techniques as always. I had been holding back on the word chains but now I might have to purchase, lol! And I was trying to be good…… Have a great weekend all. Nikki A xxx
This is just fantastic and I now want to try, not sure about the outlining though as it looks like one of those Escher drawings. Working out which piece would be on top of which.
Wicked! Love it Barbara xxxx
Barbara, you are an inspiration! I don't know of anybody else who can splatter paint about and come up with such beautiful artwork! I love it! Jo x
Thats great – no really knowing where it is going, and then a result like this. Very arty love it! xxx
Hello Barb, this is amazing artwork, splats of paint, some flicked water and some stamping. It is so inspiring but totally different. would make a lovely picture on any craft room wall. Well done Diane. Have a lovely day all. Bx
Had to read this several times as I kind of lost The plot with the mask
You really have created art with this one Barbara-you just can't help yourself!
Love it,
XxRuth
Beautiful Barbara. To think you weren't sure where you were going when you started and you end up with a lovely piece of artwork. How was the Jazz festival yesterday? Hope you have a lovely day. xx
What a beautiful cart and such a versatile stamp. Next on the shopping list me thinks x
Beautiful piece of artwork yet again xx
Hi Barbara. I had a giggle at the "BLACK piece of WHITE card slip up near the top of the post : )
What a great way to create a background, we used to do something similar as kids, without the micro pen outlines though) And the hills make it all blend together beautifully. ( I must admit that the journaling splats wouldn't ever make it onto any work of mine. A friend ruined a beautiful pen drawing she had spent ages doing several years ago by putting her coffee cup down on it in a moment of madness and I have never forgotten her distress, bless her, and journaling splats always remind me of that!)
I hope you had a lovely day yesterday and have a good long weekend. Take care.
Hi Barb,
Pure art, pure genius. I love it, and I'll be able to do the "splat" thing no bother without a stamp!! I'm going out today to find the "special" card you used!!
More goodies on offer today, oh decisions, decisions.
Now, come on, spill the beans, what did you buy for Evie? I bet your bank balance is seriously depleted!! xx
Hi Barbara wow must get some of that black white card it makes a great background lol this card is stunning Barbara what a fab new technique and the trees fit perfectly with it. What a lovely play you had. I had great fun with the shaving foam and made some wild backgrounds for some thank you cards. One was a little disjointed once I had stamped so out came the micron pen and a few wiggly lines to join everything together and hey presto it worked! Thank you for sharing that tip. Well how excited am I, I had to go back and check it was me!!! Thank you so much of choosing me now I can spoil myself. I will email you later. Off to visit universities next week in Scotland so will try to catch up with the blog as we go. Enjoy your bank holiday weekend Barbara. Love Diane G xxx
Just shows what you can achieve with a torn piece of paper ! Have a lovely, long holiday weekend
Wow! Lovely effect. Maybe it's time I bought the tree stamp! Looking forward to the new wordchain set and hoping its a Christmas one!
Genius! I love the way that you manage to transform a blank piece of card into a stunning piece of artwork using simple items that we all have at home. This has a really autumnal feel to it and would be perfect for a card for a man. Love it – thank you!
Karen x
Lovely! X
Funky i like this xx
Another fab card and a twist on techniques – love it.
New word chains you say , can we have thinking or thoughts and something for sympathy and achieve or similar for graduation ???? ( I love the word chains )
Christmas word chains ?
I am all want want want but when you keep inspiring me as you do I have more I want to try lol!
Hope you have a fab day x
As to your black piece of white card that's much better than my spelling error on putting a date in my mum's diary for her anal (annual) health check … She was quick to point out that if she had a prostate it would not need checking lol!
Hahaha! That's funny.
I don't know if you'll receive this as my previous two seem to have disappeared into the ether. Love this one, you certainly are a genius. I am waiting now for a delivery of different papers from you, in the hope that my attempts will more resemble yours. My daughter is coming today for a play so I'd better go and sort my craft room before it gets worse.
Another stunner – I don't know how you do it! I swear you could make a piece of art out of dust – now there's an idea!! Lol.
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for my 'candy win' from Wednesday's blog – I have e-mailed you, hun.
Have a great bank holiday weekend, with lots of baby cuddles I hope.
Hugz, Jan xx
Gorgeous result. I love the word chains. Any chance we could get an anniversaries one? Silver, pearl, ruby, golden, diamond?
Another lovely piece, Barbara! I love making things from whatever is nearest – it makes me more creative, I think. You said earlier in the week that the sale things would stay up all week. When do they revert back to normal price? I want to do a bit of an order, but don't want to miss new sale things!!
Alana x
End of the month prices go back to normal 31st August xx
Absolutely fabulous !
lovely artwork and liking the black white card,xx
Wow Barbara, you might not have been able to create what you saw, but I love what you did with the torn holes! You never cease to amaze me with your inventiveness.
Beautiful artwork and I love the way you created the background – inspired! Happy Saturday! We have sunshine here today. xx
Morning Barbara,
WOW, what a creative piece! The colours so perfect.
You have such a talent and I think I will give it go.
Lorna D
Like you, I have seen lots of artwork on facebook using brusho's, some of it really is amazing. I have not got any, as yet anyway, but not sure I would get good results. I will give it a go your way for now, which by the way looks fantastic. Did wonder to begin with but as usual end result is beautiful. xx
Just love that funky art piece. My favourite wordchain (so far!?) is number 3.
Amazing piece of artwork. Thanks for the step by step tutorial as well giving us all a chance to have a go
Hi Barbara … Love the card today .. Have a lovely weekend .. x
.morning barb. well you did have me wondering today where we were heading but i shouldn't have worried. keep the faith. brilliant! love it xx have a great day barb. hugs rachel x
Hi Barbara, I've seen some cards using brushos. I love this card and will have to have a go. It won't be as good as yours.
Love it barbara have been seeing them to and wondering how can do something similar so will try this know home and washing done bob has done ironing he is good just got to put it all away then done enjoy your day xxx
Hi Barbara wonderful piece of art work such lovley colours your so talented always something new to inspire us have a lovley day xxx
Wasn't sure where you were going at first but I didnt need to worry as usual the end result is stunning. Though did think you had a new line of card that I hadn't seen before until the the grey cellls started working and realised it was a typo. Look forward to reafing your blog everyday, you are an inspiration. Have a lovely day. xxxx
Thanks for reafing ! I shore doo up reesh he ate tit!!!
I wondered where you were heading to begin with but the end result is fantastic I love it
Jackie x
A nice peaceful card which means a lot to me today, my Dad is currently sleeping peacefully at the end of his days and when we're not with him we are just waiting for a phone call. These colours and the trees sum it up for me for some reason. x
p.s. I was wondering about the black piece of white card and wondering if I had a piece, I really hadn't thought of it as an error but I've had a read through the replies – why didn't I think it was a typo!!
You are truly a mind reader Barbara – I have been wondering how to achieve this sort of technique without spending a fortune on yet another set of kit to put in my already overcrowded craft room – THANK YOU!!! Hope you had a wonderful day yesterday shopping and bopping (not sure if you bop to Jazz but you know what I mean!) Having just about got the ink off my fingers from my first attempt with shaving foam, I can now feel a card tearing session coming on :o) Susan x
Hi Susan try imperial leather soap it seems to get the ink off really quickly ( apart from the stuff under your nails but that's the secret sign of a crafter 🙂 ). Diane xxx
Thanks for the tip Diane – I'll put it on my shopping list! X
Spectacular piece of art work. Got to give it a try. Can't now – my 45 wedding anniversary and off for afternoon tea and then a splash in an electric boat! Hope he does not throw me in the river.
Will be back crafting on this piece tomorrow.
Best wishes
Anne
Beautiful technique, reminds me of overlapped tissue paper. I have to give this a try, I have said that so often lately! Had my first go at shaving foam the other day – I now have enough backgrounds to cover a wall…………………. hmmmmmmm………………;) Hope your music gig was enjoyable. XX
2nd try as my comments seem to be disappearing! Fab technique, Barbara. Now to try and get some sort of similar result with my new Brusho set. Need more time to play 🙂
Love, love how this turned out! I'm def. going to give this a try!
Hallo liebe Barbara,
ich bin immer wieder begeistert was dir tolles einfällt. Die Karte ist grandios geworden. Ein wundervolles Farbspiel und die Bäume passen perfekt dazu. Meine Bewunderung für deinen Ideenreichtum. Ich wünsche ein wunderschönes Wochenende. Ganz liebe Grüße Silvi
Wow I really like this and have the tree stamps and mask, It's inspired me to have a go, maybe it will clear my crafting block! Hope you had a good day yesterday have a great weekend. Thanks Jx
Afternoon Barbara, what a brilliant twist and great results…it is so good to have a real play and see what you come up with….even if it is the ' black piece of white card ' lol…now that is the sort of thing that I do…….enjoy your evening….hugs…Jo. XX
Lovely idea for trying something different I have been playing about trying this with distress reinkers and brushos the only thing is I get a bit carried away when I spritz my brushos and find bits of paint over the kitchen tiles microwave and somehow the biscuit tin, I do love making a mess. xx
I don't know how you develop so many fantastic blog posts every day. I love how you have taken ideas from a product you (or I) don't have and worked out a way to develop a project inspired by those items but made using things we have in our crafty stash.
Thanks for the daily dose of inspiration
Tracey
Hi Barbara,
well you have really got me thinking with this project today – I wasn't sure at first where you were headed (though I think you had your doubts too!) but I really love the finished design. I sometimes wonder when you splash things with water (I'm not that adventurous … yet!) but this time I can really say I love it, and I may just have to have a go with whatever comes to hand when I finally unearth the desk in my crafting space!
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend (despite the weather forecast)
Wow I do not know how you keep coming up with such gorgeous art. I must try this idea. It's fab, have a lovely weekend x
Very cool piece of art! I must give it a go! I have just received a set of the stencil brushes for my birthday! I am so pleased to have them at last! xxx
How cool is that background – love the colours. Fabulous creation as always. Pat x
Hi Barbara, you have done it again – an amazing piece of art work from such simple beginnings! Two blank pieces of card, ink pads plus imagination and you have created a very modern, funky picture! I sadly lack in the imagination stakes and am full of admiration. Really tempted by the blog candy though. 🙂
loving this randomness and that Chipped Saphire is indeed a gorgeous colour. Love all the word chains too. Need to practice with my stencil brushes, sounds like a plan for tomorrow x
This is so lovely! The colours work great together, another fab technique to try.
Happy bank holiday weekend everyone!
Kind regards
Amanda
I thought when I saw it this morning, how Autumnal this piece looked, particularly with leaf shaped 'blobs' of colours. I did initially wonder where you were going with it, but as always, another stunning result. And I did have read your 'black piece of white card' bit several times over this morning before it registered with me! 🙂 I blame it on the fuzzy head I currently have from a cold. Congratulations to Diane G. x
Just back from a few days away and the first thing I did was go on line to check out your blog, Barbara. What a wonderful piece of art today… original and refreshing, funky and fun. Wonderful as usual! Gill xx
Ooh, lovely new technique, so many different colour combos to try! Brilliant results as ever from you. Xx
Lovely art work today. Hope you have a good relaxing weekend. Regards AliJ x
Really lovely, so effective.
Good evening Barbara,
which is again a great technique, a wonderful effect. Your ideas are unique. I think it's great that I can read it all over again. I have already many articles in my head that I still have to order from you so I can rework everything.
Greetings
Jutta
Jutta
Barbara,
Stunning, stunning, stunning!
Today's piece of art is an absolute cracker.
Will need to research 'Brusho' as I used a medium from this brand name whilst teaching in Warminster in the late '80s and can recall being able to apply the product to all sorts of different techniques.
Shelagh ;~)
I read your blog daily but I don't always leave a comment, but today this inspired me so much I just had to let you know, thank you x
I love the way you did the background Barbara, it is a really interesting technique. I wasn't too sure about the trees but after you added the hills and extra colour to that too the whole thing was instantly tied together. x
Lovely card. Great technique. It may be inspired by something you saw but I'm sure your take on it is unique. Hope you enjoyed Rye and all that jazz……
Loving the colours and 'splat' technique you've produced here, must have a go myself as it's very effective, thank you for the great ideas.x
I had a go at this earlier, got my background with quite a few white gaps but I like it, not sure what to do with it next but so far have stamped the boy flying with the birds ….. not sure what now so will sleep on it. It might just be a practice piece but I'm glad I had a go! Not sure I've respected all the overlaps correctly though !
Love it Barb, it looks amazing. May have to have a go at this sometime lol!
Love & Hugs
Jacquie J xxx
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Genius! I was wondering how others had created that effect but hadn't had chance to have a go. As I'm in a little cottage in Cornwall this week with a small crafty Clarity stash I will have time to play at last, I might even share what Ido .if I'm happy with it!Wxx
Amazing Barbara as always – cant wait to try it – I have the stamps,inks ,brushes and words so no excuse
– not sure I have a black piece of white card tho ? lol
well i think it is a pretty good brusho cheat! looks great, hugs xx