Stars and Stripes

Another Monday with a brand new challenge.

This week we would like to see STARS and STRIPES on your projects,

As always you can win a $50 voucher and spend it at

Simon Says Stamp Store.

I made a simple and colorful card with lots of stripes 

randomly ripped from the amazing Stamperia collection. 

I love Stamperia papers a lot but my favourite collection is Patchwork.

The mix of colors is just fabulous and the projects are so easy to make.

I have made several cards with this papers and I am so happy Simon carries Stamperia from some time hoping there will be more items soon,

Products used:

Stamperia PATCHWORK 12x12 Paper	Simple Stories SAY CHEESE 4 Tags And Frames	Tim Holtz Occasions Small Talk Stickers	Tim Holtz Sizzix CROCHET Thinlits Dies	simon says stamp really like you stamp set	Inky Antics The Queen′s Quips Clear Stamps
Jet Black Stazon	simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Studio Gesso White	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons SET 3	Prismacolor BLACK WATERCOLOR PENCIL WC2935
Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI FOAM ADHESIVE	Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen

  

My Dad

Specjalnie na dzisiejszą okazję powstał ten projekt, 

z najlepszymi zdjęciami mojego Taty jakie kiedykolwiek powstały. 

Zdjęcia zrobione zostały rok temu na imprezie rodzinnej, 

kiedy wraz z kuzynką przebrałyśmy go za pseudo cygankę, 

wciskając w przyciasną bluzkę mojej Mamy. 

Ubaw był na maksa a model wyjątkowo wdzięcznie pozował do zdjęć

 będąc całkiem zadowolonym z nowego wdzianka. 

Uwielbiam te zdjęcia, pełne radości i luzu.

The project was created especially for today's Father's Day

with the best photos of my Dad ever made.

Pictures were taken a year ago at a family party,

when we changed him to be a pseudo Gypsy lady,

pushing him intp my mother's tight blouse.

The all laughed like crazy and our model was gracefully posing 

for photos being quite happy with the new dress.

I love these photos, full of joy and chill.

 

Czyż nie jest uroczy? 

Isn't he just cute? 

No to teraz duuuuużo zbliżeń technicznych projektu.

Faktury, nierówności, struktury, przestrzenne kompozycje, 

odlewy z żywicy, rdzewienie, patynowanie - to co lubię. 

There are a lot of close-ups of the project.

Textures, structures, dimensions, resin castings, 

rust, patina - that's what I like.

Jeszcze bardziej osobistego charakteru pracy nadają elementy metalowe, 

które wspólnie z Tatą jakiś miesiąc temu wygrzebaliśmy z zasobów działkowej piwnicy, mam tego trzy wielkie słoje: śrubki, sprężynki, nakrętki, zardzewiałe części łańcuchów rowerowych, blaszki, przeogromne gwoździe i całe mnóstwo rzeczy, o których zastosowaniu nie mieliśmy pojęcia. To podobno jeszcze zbiory mojego dziadka z lat młodości, nie dość że wartość historyczna to i sentymentalna. Ale jakże pięknie wkomponowały się w projekt, prawda?

The metal elements give an even more personal character to the work,

cause we gathered them together  with my Dad a month ago 

from their summer house basement. 

I have now 3 large jars: screws, springs, nuts, rusty parts of bicycle chains, badges, huge nails and a whole lot of things that we had no idea about. 

It's supposedly still my grandfather's harvest from his youth, 

so it's both historical and sentimental value. 

But how beautifully they match with the design, right?

A to my. Wszystkiego dobrego w Dniu Ojca!

And this is us! Happy Father's Day!

Projektem podzielę się w wyzwaniach:

Wyzwanie Czerwcowe w 13 arts

SASPC June Challenge

Coś nowego ze starego w Zielonych Kotach

Mixed Media Efekt Patyny w Art Piaskownica

Transport It

Hello crafters! Here we come with another 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

and this week's theme is TRANSPORT IT.

As always you can be a random winner of $50 voucher

and spend it at Simon Says Stamp Store!

Since any of the transportation stash didn't convice me enough

I decided to build up my own transport, lol. 

I thought rather about a car but I guess it recalls more a buggy :-)

Whatever, I like it and I'm quite proud of it!

Just take a look at the steps I made to do the car/buggy:

I took castings made out of a resin and covered them with black gesso.

The second layer was the metallique black berry paint 

and the third - brass hardwawe paint. After all the layers dried

I covered the peaked parts with white paint by dry brush technique.

I added some waxes to give more depth, too.

The background was made on a canvas panel with two stencils and 

modeling paste with some touches of crackle paste. I sprayed the surface

with distress oxide sprays and then used vibrant dark paints to accent 

some parts of my canvas. I made splashes of the paint randomly. 

I assemblied my transport and glued it down with gel medium.

I applied black paint through a stencil to make speckles.

I stamped my sentiment on a tissue paper and glued it with gel medium. 

Then I highlighted some parts around the car with a black pencil and 

make a black frame by painting the edges of the canvas with black paint.

Products used:

Prima Marketing COGS AND WINGS Mould 966614	Prima Marketing MECHANICA Mould	Visible Image COUNT ME IN Stencil	Visible Image GEOMETRIC MAZE Stencil	Visible Image BUTTERFLY INK Stencil	Prima Marketing BEAUTIFUL STORY Cling Stamp
Dina Wakley Black Gesso	Ranger Texture Paste OPAQUE CRACKLE	The Crafter′s Workshop MODELING PASTE	Prima 3D Matte Gel	Prima Marketing METALLIQUE BLACK BERRY Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint	Prima Flowers METALLIQUE BRASS HARDWARE Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint
Prima Marketing HEATHER HILLS Art Alchemy Metallique Wax	Prima-Marketing-FIREBIRD-Art-Alchemy-Metallique-Wax	Prima Marketing OLD SILVER Art Alchemy Metallique Wax 963996	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray ICED SPRUCE	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Spray-FADED-JEANS	Prima SNOW WHITE Impasto Paint
Tim Holtz Distress Paint In Black Soot	Jet Black Stazon	Prismacolor BLACK WATERCOLOR PENCIL WC2935	Gel-Press-4-INCH-BRAYER-Gelcessorie	simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Heat it Craft Tool