Happy Birthday Jenny...

This is a card I made after the fab work shop I did last Saturday.  Jenny was one of my friends on the course and so it seemed appropriate to try to create an 'Encaustic Art' card for her birthday.  I do hope she likes her card and that it has arrived safely.

The sea horse is a new stamp I bought on the course and was stamped on to acetate and then attached with brads on to the encaustic art seascape.  I like using this method to add a stamped image to a scene as it means that you can position the image really accurately and protect the wax from scratches at the same time.

The black gems were clear gems coloured with a black Promarker and the sentiment is a rub on by Letraset.  I really love their rub ons as they have never let me down.  If anyone knows of a supplier please let me know as I only have a few left and I can't find them on the Letraset website for some strange reason.

Have a great day everyone especially Jenny.

Ann xxx

Encaustic Art Workshop Day...

Oh yesterday was just brilliant.  I went with some forum friends to an Encaustic Art workshop at Elsecar Heritage Centre.  It was run by a very talented artist called Brian Nelson and the course was one of the most fun day courses I've been on for some time.

As you can see in the photo as well as being creative we also had a good laugh and as an added bonus were treated to the most scrummy buffet too.  Talk about being spoilt - we certainly were.  If you are interested in exploring Encaustic Art do check out Brian's website Encaustic Art Plus and if you live in the South Yorkshire do let me tempt you to try out one of Brian's workshops.  You won't regret it.

Here's some more of the work I did on the day.  Please bear in mind that I'm still very much at beginner at this art form and there is some reflection on the photos too.  They are much better in real life - honestly!

These pieces were mounted and framed by Brian's team while we were on the course.  I also made a snow globe which has disappeared into my daughter's bedroom so she must like it.  Tons more to show and a finished card that I must keep secret until Wednesday. 

Of course there has to be at least one challenge involved so my Encaustic Art work is also for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Around the World (framed card is Yorkshire Moors, black monochrome is Loch Ness and blue monochrome is -answers on a postcard please?!)

Hope everyone has had as good a weekend as I have.  Even with the worst sore throat ever it's been brilliant.

Ann xxx

Oh my goodness..,

A whole week has flown by in whirl of work, work and more work and now when I can finally relax I've been struck down by the 'plague'.  Well okay it might only be a nasty sore throat and cold, but I'm not a happy bunny about it and that's for sure.

It's also my excuse for my super fast to make contribution to this week's challenge at Bah! Humbug! where the Humbuggers want everyone to dig out their vellum and get creative.  I was going to make a card, but my project kept shrinking and finally became a bookmark to use during the festive season.
I must admit I do like the effect you can achieve using peel offs on vellum and then cutting them out before mounting onto card.  On my book mark I've got a double layer of the image where the dove and the poinsettas are.  Thought this gave a nice effect as where there is only one layer you can see the gold mirri shining through, but where the image is double the vellum shows up pure white, which is perfect for the dove.

If I didn't feel so awful I would have liked to experiment with colouring the back of the vellum with Promarkers as I think that could work well.  Another time maybe?

Meanwhile do pop over to Bah! Humbug! and take a look at the stunning card by our Guest Designer Jenny and the work of my teamies Irene and Max.

Ann xxx