See no evil, Speak no evil, Hear no evil.

Morning, hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We have another fabulous challenge for you over at the Love to Create Challenge Blog where the theme is Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes.

 This week I decided to alter an Artist Trading Block which I have die cut from mountboard using Eileen Hull's Block Cube Die. I then cut pieces to fit all the sides of my block and coloured each one with a layer of PanPastel Turquoise Tint, to lay down a first layer of colour.

I then placed the Tim Holtz Splotches Layering Stencil onto the background and then applied Turquoise Shade and touches of Turquoise Extra Dark PanPastels over the stencil and then sprayed with a light spray of hair spray to fix the pastels. I added touches of background stamping using the 'Rugged Edge' stamp set, stamping with Watering Can Archival Ink, using first and second generation stamping.  I then stamped the fabulous 'Jane' image from IndigoBlu with Black Archival Ink.

I repeated the stencilling and colouring with PanPastels around each side of the ATB and again stamped 'Jane' but this time only stamped half her face to this side. I added text to all sides of the cube, see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil. I also added delicate splatters and scratchy paint lines with Cadmium Red Hue DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic. I love the pops of red against the background.

On a couple of the sides I have added circles applying DecoArt Carbon Black Fluid Acrylic to a lid and stamping onto the background, then painting the circle with Titanium White Fluid Acrylic and drying with a heat tool. I then coloured the larger circle with Gelatos and blended using my finger. I stamped ART (a Wendy Vecchi stamp) with Black Archival Ink.

To add a touch more texture I also applied DecoArt Crackle Glaze to each of the panels.

I stamped 'Jane' onto a piece of scrap card and then die cut pieces using Tim Holtz postage stamp thinlits label and added shading with PanPastel Turquoise Shade.

I added two broken paintbrushes to the top of the ATB and added drips of paint and rusty wire for added interest.

I would also like to enter my ATB into the Craft Stamper October Take it, Make it Challenge which this month is:

October Challenge:
'Take A Technique' 
Use one or more of the following processes in your art:
Ink Stitch Paint Collage Print Paper
(and include stamping somewhere!)

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x

PanPastel Turquoise Shade

PanPastel Turquoise Extra Dark

PanPastel Turquoise Tint

Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels

Soft Tools