Stamping, Painting, & Coloring make me Giggle

Deep Blue Sea

Sharing an underwater scene using Encaustic Painting.

1. Inked up image and stamped onto card stock.  I actually stamped this one at the May Stampscapes retreat. :o)  I only used a portion of the complete image.  I liked this Coronado Island image so much that I ordered it.   After I mounted it on EZMount, I cut it in pieces so I can easily use a portion or the complete image.
2. Use iron and waxes to create water background.  See here for post on tips and Encaustic video.
3. Holding card stock in mid air, lightly touch and pull away the iron to create the ocean bottom.
4. Using the tip of the iron pull the wax up for underwater foliage.
5. Adhere layers.

Stamps: Coronado Island  
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Stampin' Up! black, Neenah Classic Solar White
Inks: StazOn jet black
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Mountains

For our June StampscapesII Yahoo Group trade, the theme is mountains.  Rather than use one of the Stampscapes mountain images, I'm using wax to create the mountains.  The leafy branch and the loon images are two of my favorites from Stampscapes - oh, who am I kidding?.... Every Stampscapes image I have is my favorite. :o)  Click here to see another scene I created with this technique and links to helpful videos.

1. Choose three colors for your mountains. I chose a blue and two shades of brown. Melt 1st color wax on iron and then spread on two-ply tissue. Repeat for two more colors, overlapping the colors.
2. Lay the wax down on glossy card stock and use the tip/top part of your iron to create a peak. Pull partially away to check how it looks. Repeat for number of desire peaks.  Remove the tissue, and immediately use your finger to spread/blend  the color.
3. Use iron, waxes, and crayons to create remaining background. I colored various waxes directly on paper then melted and little clear wax on my iron and spread over the sky to give more of a subtle look.  
4. After it dries, buff it with a soft towel. 
5. Ink up  images and stamp. Allow it to dry.
6. Use white pen to whiten the area below the loon's necks.  Allow to dry.
7. Assemble layers. 

Stamps: Stampscapes  261C, 277F  
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Stampin' Up! black, Neenah Classic Solar White
Inks: StazOn jet black
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons, two-ply tissue, Inkssentials opaque pen

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

In the Tropics

I am really enjoying the cool backgrounds I can create with the technique of Encaustic Painting. I watch my Micheal's Learning Skills DVD often. :o)  Here I used orange, red, and yellow waxes for a tropical sky.

1. Ink up palm tree image with black and stamp onto card stock. At this point, you could also stamp your other images if you know where you want them placed. I chose to paint the background first and then stamp the other images.
2. Use iron, waxes, and crayons to create sky and water.   Click here for tips,  and a link to a teaching video,  I learned when working with the iron.
3. After it dries, buff it with a soft towel. 
4. Ink up bird image and stamp. Ink up boat image and stamp. If you want any area darker, use a black permanent pen to darken. TIP: Lightly tap color onto the area. Coloring back and forth may remove the ink on top of the wax. 
5. Ink up water image with gray and stamp off onto scrap paper before stamping onto card stock. Repeat several times to give motion to the ocean. Repeat with the orange ink pad.  Be sure to leave areas for light. 
6. Assemble layers. 
7. Stamp a couple images on the inside to carry the theme in.
8. Remember to sign your art work!

Stamps: Stampscapes  100D, 164A, 302A, 231C 
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock, Neenah Classic Solar White, Stampin' Up! basic black
Inks: StazOn jet black, pumpkin, stone gray
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons, Fiber-Castell black artist pen

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

In Flight

In our Michael Strong Yahoo Group, we have a bird challenge this month. I used wax to create my scenery beneath my bird in flight.

1. Use iron and waxes to create background, hills, foliage and sky.  Click here for tips,  and a link to a teaching video,  I learned when working with the iron.
2. After it dries, buff it with a soft towel.
3. Ink up bird image and stamp. Allow it to dry.
4. Use paint brush and acrylic paint to add color to the bird.  If you get paint some place you don't want,  gently wipe it right away with a clean paper towel.  The wax surface is easy to wipe clean. Do this immediately when the paint is still fresh.
5. Assemble layers.

Stamps: Michael Strong's Mini Cloisonné Wings MS336EZ
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Neenah Classic Solar White, Stampin' Up! basic black
Inks: StazOn jet black
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons, folkArt acrylic paints wicker white, metallic periwinkle, light periwinkle, floating medium, #6 filbert paint brush

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Arizona Sunset

More Encaustics! I can not help myself. Once I get started, I just get caught up in all the colors and the surprise of the design.  :o)  When I finished this piece, it reminded me of an Arizona sunset.

1. Ink up image with gray ink pad and stamp image for placement on glossy A2 size piece of  card stock. NOTES: (1) I stamped this image upside down   (2) Since stamping for placement I only inked up a part of the image as a guide for the painting.  I also planned not to use the handles.
2. On a scrap piece of card stock, ink up image with StazOn and stamp.
3. Use iron and waxes to create back ground.  Click here to see a post with tips and Encaustic tutorial video link.
4. Use your stamped guide to show where the leaves will come out of the vase.  Add a little wax just below the top of the vase and then use the tip of the iron to pull and shape the leaves.
5. Use the stylus with the drawing tip to add gold wax to accent the leaves and also the vase on scrap  card stock.  Follow the pattern of the vase.  TIP: use a little bit of clear wax with the gold to reduce the strength of the color.
6. Cut out vase.
7. Adhere layers & colored  image over guide.  Stamp portion of image on the inside of the card (Encore gold metallic ink) and use a metallic pen (Sakura) to draw in leaves.

Stamps:  Mini Cloisonné Containers MS334EZ
Inks: StazOn jet black, Memento london fog
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Neenah Classic Solar White, Stampin' Up! basic black
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, stylus, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Underwater Scene

This week I will be sharing a card featuring Michael Strong's images each day. For this underwater scene, I chose Michael Strong's mini fish - such a cute image!

1. Ink up image with StazOn and stamp. Repeat for two more images.
2. Use iron and waxes to create water background.  See here for post on tips and Encaustic video.
3. Holding card stock in mid air, lightly touch and pull away the iron to create the ocean bottom.
4. Using the tip of the iron pull the wax up for underwater foliage.
5. Use the stylish with the hot brush tip and clear wax to reheat the wax inside each fish. Wipe away color with a tissue or paper towel.
6. Use pencils to add color to each fish.
7. Adhere layers.

 Stamps:  Michael Strong Mini Creatures
Inks: StazOn jet black
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Neenah Classic Solar White, Stampin' Up! basic black
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, stylus, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons, Prisma Pencils

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Mountain View

Here's another scene where I combined my joy of using Stampscapes images with my new favorite technique of Encaustic Painting. For mountains I used another cool technique I learned from Micheal's Learning Skills DVD. There are so many!  I also found another great teacher of this technique, John. Click here to see one his videos.

1. Choose three colors for your mountains. I chose a blue and two shades of brown. Melt 1st color wax on iron and then spread on two-ply tissue. Repeat for two more colors, overlapping the colors.
2. Lay the wax down on glossy card stock and use the tip/top part of your iron to create a peak. Pull partially away to check how it looks. Repeat for number of desire peaks.  Remove the tissue, and immediately use your finger to spread/blend  the color.
3. Use iron, waxes, and crayons to create remaining background, spring hills, foliage and sky. I colored various waxes directly on paper then melted and little clear wax on my iron and spread over the sky to give more of a subtle look.  Click here for tips,  and a link to a teaching video,  I learned when working with the iron.
4. After it dries, buff it with a soft towel.
5. Before inking up the buck image, I masked the lower portion. I wanted  to make it look like he was standing in grass. Ink up image, remove mask and stamp. Allow it to dry.
6. Assemble layers.  Remember to sign your art work!

Stamps: Stampscapes  008A  
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Stampin' Up! close to cocoa, taken with teal
Inks: StazOn jet black
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons, two-ply tissue, low tack sticky paper

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Another Encaustic Scene

This time, no stamping. :o) It's all iron and wax.  I have taken over part of the counter space in my kitchen. I'm so fortunate to have a supportive husband - who is actually the chef at our house, and working around my wax set up.  Click here to see a video on Encaustic painting a landscape scene.

Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Neenah Classic Solar White, Stampin' Up! basic black, tempting turquoise
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

ATCs for June

This month our theme is weaving - something I have never done. :o)  So..... as I thought about my project and looked at my supplies, I decided to use yarn. As I learned, not a good weaving material - too many fibers. ::o)  I had fun. I just hope they stay together long enough for me to trade.

1. Used my new favorite medium of wax to create bright backgrounds, ironing on 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of card stock.
2. Cut them into slightly smaller ATC sizes  and adhered them to black background layers. 
3.  After I viewed a couple Youtube videos, I was ready to weave. I laid out several pieces of yarn horizontally on my desk and then taped them at both ends.
4. I then cut several layers of yarn and started weaving it through. Oops, that cute strawberry paper is in the photo accidentally. It's from Papertrey Ink and will be used on a project I'll be posting in a few days featuring a new Hambo Stamps digi image.
5. I used my Xyron to create a double sided adhesive piece of card stock.  I peeled back one side and laid a sticky side onto my long weaved piece.  I trimmed the extra card stock away.  I cut up the weaved yarn into small pieces and set aside.
6. Inked up basket of yard image and stamped onto card stock. Repeated for several images.
7. Used 2 or 3 markers from the same color family to add color to the image. Cut out each image and ran through Xyron.
8. Assembled each ATC.  Used glitter pen to add a little bling.

Stamps: Lockhart  
Paper:  Cryogen White,  Sunday International ATC cards, Peddler's Den Glossy
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Accessories: Copic Markers, Xyron machine, Sakura gold metallic & clear glitter pens, tape, Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares,  Crayola Metallic FX Crayons, yarn

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena

Springscape

For last month's StampscapesII Yahoo Group swap, we made spring scenes. For this scene, I combined my joy of using Stampscapes images with my new favorite technique of Encaustic Painting.

1. Use iron and waxes to create background, spring hills, foliage and sky.  Click here for tips,  and a link to a teaching video,  I learned when working with the iron.
2. After it dries, buff it with a soft towel.
3. Ink up images and stamp. Allow them to dry.
4. Assemble layers.

Stamps: Stampscapes  151E, 293C, 277F
Paper: Encaustic Creations glossy card stock,  Neenah Classic Solar White, Stampin' Up! basic black, tempting turquoise
Inks: StazOn jet black
Accessories: Encaustic Creations iron, wax squares, Crayola Metallic FX Crayons

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Trena