Whale Hello There - Mixed Media and Distress Oxide Inks

Hi everyone, it's Dot here with a fun tutorial for you using the Whale Wishes and Playful Penguins stamp sets and having a play with masking.



I started with just stamping out onto a piece of copy paper how I would like the penguins and the whale to look, aiming for a playful scene with them ... doing this gives me a rough idea of whether an idea will work or not.  I made a mask for the penguin and one for the whale.



As I was going to mask the images, I worked out which one is closest to me as that is the image that would be stamped first.  I've stamped it with Stazon ink as it doesn't bleed when wet products are used. 



I've used Distress Oxides on my craft sheet and applied them with an acrylic block to add some colour to the whale. This is a really quick and fun way to add ink.


Then I've used my water colour pencils to finish off the colouring. I wanted the whale to be a slightly different colour to the penguins, so the pencils were handy to help with this.


For the background I've kept it really simple.  Lots of brayering with paints and a little stamping.


I wasn't really happy with the bubbles - so plan B - more brayered paint for a bit of a border and some modeling paste through a stencil.  The stamping under the paste showed through which was a nice surprise.


Now the whale and penguins look right at home lol.



Stamps used are:



Thank you for stopping by and seeing the penguins and whale playing together in their watery wonderland.

Dot x

Comments

Bibi Lindahl said…
Gorgeous, Dot! I love seeing the whale and penguins play together like this. Adorable! Great tip about stamping on copy paper first, and also how you added colours to the stamped images!! Love your background, too. Thank you so much for sharing! ♥ ♥ ♥
Thursday, December 07, 2017
Craftyfield said…
What a lovely scene! The background is great too and the animal pod is fun!
Thursday, December 07, 2017
Inky and Quirky Designs said…
Wonderful, such a happy vibe to it Dot,gorgeous creation
Hugs
Donna xx
Friday, December 08, 2017
Susanne Rose said…
This is a wonderful spread Dot!!! Thanks for the tutorial! xx Susanne.
Friday, December 08, 2017
Shilpa Nagaonkar said…
Beautiful art piece Dot, love it!
Saturday, December 09, 2017
ionabunny said…
Blubb blubb love this scene. Fabulous. Hugz
Monday, December 11, 2017
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rubber Dance June Challenge

Image
Hello everyone and welcome to a new month and a brand new challenge here at the Rubber Dance blog!  For most of us up here in the north, June is the first month of summer and with summer come flowers in bright and happy colours. So, here you go - our three challenge colours for June and a not-so-very surprising (although optional) theme: We need to see you using all three colours for your entries. Please check  our simple rules  before you link up You must use stamping, but you do not have to use stamps from Rubber Dance in order to participate. The challenge runs till June 30th. Our randomly chosen WINNER   receives a voucher  worth 20 Euros   to spend in the Rubber Dance  web shop ! The DT's Pick of the Month will be an entry  where stamps from Rubber Dance have been used.   No prize other than fame and glory - and of course a bragging badge  to display on your blog's sidebar if you like (and we're sure you do!) Win
Read more

CASology Challenge #213: Stitch - Card by Bibi

Image
The cue word at the CASology challenge this week is STITCH, so without further ado - here's my card: Stamps used (all from Rubber Dance): Giraffe , Mannequin from Sew Sweet ,  X stitches from Stitch & Frame . Stamped with Archival Ink (coffee), coloured in with Distress inks (tea dye and mermaid lagoon). Giraffe head cut off from the rest of the stamp and popped up with foam tape: I'm entering my card to this challenge: Thanks for stampin' by!  Love, Bibi ♥ Edited : I've entered this challenge once more - here's the post for my 2nd stitch card .
Read more

April Challenge Winners

Image
Hi everyone! It's Susanne here with the WINNERS for our April challenges! Many thanks to those who joined our April challenges! It is always exciting to look at all your lovely creative entries. I love that inspiration. The votes from our Creative Team are in, and our DT Picks of the Month for April are ........ (insert drum roll here ....) Judy she made this amazing card for our colour challenge and Granne who made this beautiful card for our theme challenge Thank you and congratulations, Judy and Granne!!! You have won Fab Rubber Stamps from Rubber Dance ! Please email us your shipping address to RDSusanne@gmail.com and we will send out a nice selection of stamps. We would also like to invite our winners as Guest Designers, and feature their next challenge entry amongst the Creative Team makes when we announce our June challenge. We will email you with the details. We would also like to show you all these fab entries,
Read more

Blog Hoppin' Superpowers

Image
Rubber Dance has gained a following of stampers that love our Sarcasm Superpowers sentiment stamps. These aren't exactly our best seller stamps (not very surprisingly), but if you love them, you'll LOVE them! And this particular group of followers certainly do - not very surprisingly at all with a group name like theirs .... namely the  Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! (I know, right? Too darn cute!) These fine ladies have bullied me and some of my designers into a blog hop featuring our Sarcasm Superpower stamps. It didn't take much persuation, nor any bribes to speak of. Just mention  "challenge", and we'll be all over you like underfed fruitflies on a brown banana. And that's what the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is all about - a challenge blog with new challenges every other week. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy the bumpy ride! Of course there will be a prize.... if you make it to the end. Here's what I've made for our hop:
Read more