Sparkly Tree for Tando Creative

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This week the theme for our projects on the Tando Creative blog is Sparkle!  So I wanted everything on my project to be sparkly and as it is almost December there could only be one theme...Christmas!

I love everything to do with snowflakes at Christmas so decided to decorate my Christmas tree mini printer tray with that theme in mind.
I started by painting all the main tray pieces using sparkle paints in shades of blue and then used the darker shade with the mini snowflakes stencil on the back piece.  Then I stuck them all together using an acrylic wet glue.  Once dry I spritzed it with the Decoart white shimmer spray...

To create the snow drifts I added some white puffy paint to the corners and sprinkled on glamour dust.  The snowflakes and stars (which were from the middle of the larger snowflakes) were painted with a pearl sparkle paint then some clear drying glue and iridescent glitter was added.  The gem centres were found in my crafty stash, and I couldn't resist adding them for just that little bit more bling...

Finally I used a sentiment from Bee Crafty to stamp and add to the middle section of the tree...

Here are the links to some of the products used...

* Christmas Tree Mini Printer Tray
* Snowflake Minis
* Decoart White Shimmer Spray

Thank you for looking and happy crafting,

Jane xx

Brusho Butterflies for Bee Crafty

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It is my turn today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty blog, and I hope you have had a chance to take advantage of the great Black Friday prices over on the website!

Today I am slightly cheating as I have felt unwell this week so am posting a card that I made a while ago but have never shared on a blog...

I love brushos but must admit that they do tend to sit in their box on a shelf quite a lot, but every now and again I do remember them!  For this card I wanted a rainbow theme so sprinkled some of the colours with that idea in mind.  I focussed on the heaviest area of colour being on the left, then used water to spread the colour but tried to be quite controlled...

I stamped the butterfly out 7 times using Versafine and clear embossing powder.  I do tend to clear emboss my stamping as I don't always know exactly what I will be using to colour my images, but if they are sealed with the powder then it doesn't matter.  Once the butterflies were cut out and coloured I went over the top of them with a clear sparkle pen...

After the sentiment had been stamped onto the card I matted it onto black then placed onto a card blank.  Finally the butterflies were stuck into place.

To make this card I used the following products from Bee Crafty...

* Winged Things - Butterflies Set 1
* Wordage Stamps - Wake Wonderful
* Brusho Powders

Thank you for looking and have a lovely weekend.

Happy Crafting,

Jane xx

Wizard of Oz for Bee Crafty

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Today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty Blog I thought I would share my samples from the Inspired by the Wonderful Wizard of Oz collection as brought to you by Bev on HOCHANDA this week...

For this art board I used one of the d'inkables with structure paste plus some of the texture stamps to create pattern in the background.  The yellow brick road can easily be extended so for this I used 3 pieces and matched up the bricks to create a longer path.  All the characters were coated with glossy accents to make them stand out even more.

For this diorama card I wanted to create the lion with no colouring, so stamped him onto a lion coloured cardstock with brown ink.  The background was created using distress ink, which I then wiped away through the sunset stencil with a baby wipe.

The line drawings on these stamps are so lovely that I wanted to show them off on this card by leaving the majority of the stamping black and white.  I also love the combination of black, red and white, so stamped extra of the poppies to build a couple of them up then coloured them in red.  This was my favourite sample in the end!

With this card I wanted to make Dorothy a bit different so coloured her hair blonde this time, but that is what I love about stamps, they allow you to do whatever you want!  The background was again created using distress inks and a variety of the d'inkables and texture stamps.

My final sample is another art board, this time one of the little ones.  I wanted to show how you can cut down the sentiments if you only want a part (one of my favourite things to do), so chose the bits I wanted and coloured them with a brushing of distress ink.

The products I used were...

* MDF Art Boards
* Inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz stamps
* D'inkables stencils
* Texture Stamps

Thank you for looking, and if you want to see any of Bev's demos they should still be available on the HOCHANDA website for a while longer as part of rewind.

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

Shrine or Bird House?? For Tando Creative

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A few weeks ago I was meant to be sharing my shrine on the Tando Creative Blog as part of the Same but Different week, unfortunately due to other events I didn't get my project finished and wasn't able to post in time, so I thought I would share it now as part of the Anything Goes week!

As soon as I received my shrine I thought it would make a perfect little bird house and wanted it to have a colourful feel.  Usually I stick my projects together then decorate, but as I wanted to have decoration both inside and out I decorated all the pieces first.
I used cobalt teal hue fluid acrylic with tinting base to create the main house colour and then stencilled through the numbers mini stencil with the darker shade.  To match in with the numbers I used a number stamp from Wow! with archival sepia ink and finally added some white gesso using bottle tops and an old gift card.

To decorate the roof I first applied structure paste through the criss cross mini stencil and then once dry added burnt umber acrylic and some patina gilding wax...

The house of course needed some birds to live in it so I put together 2 birds using the Whimsical Birds sets 1 and 2.  These were painted using cadmium red, pyrole orange and hansa yellow light then stamped with the number stamp to match the house.  I also wanted to tie in some of the white so used a white Pitt pen to add some extra details.  I decided to add some googly eyes instead of the ones in the set as I just love googly eyes!!...

I put most of the house together and attached the inside bird using large foam pads to make it stand away from the back, then put on the front and roof and then attached the other bird.
To add extra decoration I stamped some flowers from the Dylusions set 'How Does Your Garden Grow?' and the sentiment from Dina Wakely's 'Scribbly Birds' set.  These were all cut out and then coloured with distress inks before being attached...

This is why I love Tando Creative products so much, as they can become whatever you want them to be and take many different mediums so well!

The products I used can be found on the Tando Creative website by clicking on the links below...

* Shrine 1
* Whimsical Birds 1
* Whimsical Birds 2
* Mini Stencil - Numbers
* Mini Stencil - Criss Cross
* Decoart Fluid Acrylics
* Decoart Tinting Base

Thank you for reading and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Nature in ATC's for Bee Crafty

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It is my turn today on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty Blog and I thought that today I would share with you some ATC's that I made this week.

For anyone who does not know, ATC stands for Artist Trading Card and is a piece of art work created on a substrate measuring 3 1/2 " x 2 1/2 ".  The original idea was that they were a form of business card that artists could swap with each other, but they seem to be making a resurgence at the moment as mini pieces of art or craft.

I love making them as it is a great opportunity to try out products or techniques without needing to use anything too big, and I tend to use ATC's made of greyboard or other thicker substrates so that I can throw all sorts of mediums and layers at them!!

I am enjoying creating themed sets of ATC's at the moment so decided to begin a little series using Bee Crafty stamps and stencils with a nature theme.
The idea was to have a go at using some acrylic inks and alcohol that I acquired a while ago to create a background I had seen on the internet.  However my backgrounds didn't end up looking anything like I had planned but I still liked them so carried on creating with them.
Once the background had dried I used the honeycombe d'inkable to add some stencilling using acrylic paint.
To add more detail to the background I used the XL script stamp with sepia archival ink in patches across both cards.
I then stamped my main foliage feature on both using Versafine black then embossed over the top with clear powder (teasels and ground elder).
Then more stencilling was added, this time using sparkle paste to add some texture.
Finally I stamped out the butterfly twice in Versafine black again and chose parts of 2 different sentiments.  My original idea was to colour the butterflies to match the background, but once I saw them alongside the monochrome sentiments I left them plain as I felt they made a nice contrast to the backgrounds...

Here are the links to the products I used...

* D'nkables - Honeycombe
* D'inkables - Sunset
* D'inkables - Cracked Glass
* Beautanicals - Teasels
* Beautanicals - Ground Elder
* Art Stamps - Birds and Butterflies Set 1
* Wordage - Ticker Tape Sentiments Set 1
* Wordage - Dreams Come True (small)
* Backdrops - XL Script

I am definitely going to add some more to this collection using other Beautanical stamps and I hope this will inspire you to have a go at some mini art works too!

Happy crafting,

Jane xx

Steampunk Cover for Tando Creative

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I am back again today using one of my favourite products, embossing powder!  Seeing the magic of heat embossed powder was one of the main reasons I developed a love of stamping and I now have many different types in my crafty stash for various effects.

I decided at last to get around to decorating my Tando mini mask binder which I use to keep all my mini stencils safe but has been looking very plain for quite a while...

The binder was first prepared using white gesso then structure paste was put through the distressed diamonds mini stencil.  Once dry I used Decoart paint and salt to recreate an Andy Skinner rusty metal technique.  Some gilding wax was also added over the stencilled texture and some versamark ink put through the cogs mini stencil and embossed with a patina coloured powder.  I also added some of the same ink and powder across the corner of the folder...

A number stamp from Tim Holtz was used to stamp versamark in areas of the cover then embossed with silver detail powder.

The ink from the versamark pad was then used to cover the larger cog and the winged cog.  Gold powder was added and heated, then whilst the powder was still melted I sprinkled in some of the patina colour as well.  All the other pieces were painted using Payne's Grey and Quinacridone Gold, then on the word some embossing powder was added to the edges...

Finally some more gilding wax was rubbed onto the pieces and then some metal embellishments added to parts of the cover.

I used the following products from Tando Creative...

* Mini Mask Binder

* Industrial Elements Kit

* Steampunk Wings and Cogs

* Create Word

* Distressed Diamonds Mini Stencil

* Cogs Mini Stencil

* Decoart Fluid Acrylic Paints

Thank you for reading and I am now thinking that I need some more mini stencils to add to my decorated binder!

Happy crafting,

Jane xx





Heraldic Samples for Bee Crafty

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I am over on the Buzzy Goings on at Bee Crafty Blog today sharing my Heraldic Collection samples that I made for yesterday's live NEC show...

I love using my stencils and stamps to create backgrounds and often find it more difficult to keep things more simple, so I purposely went for a cleaner look with my monochrome card.  One of my favourite style of cards is the pop up box card, so when I saw the mini crowns I really wanted to create one of those cards!  The panels were also created using the stamps and some of the d'inkables stencils.  The lion is such a striking stamp that I wanted it to be the main feature of an easel card, and went for a kraft card base to make it a bit different.

As well as the techniques that stamps can be used for in card making, I love stamps for their versatility for using in a variety of projects so used them for the background on this art board, as well as to create some dimensional features.

For this MDF tag I added 2 extra holes to the top to be able to create a hanger, and used parts of the background stamp by cutting them out and adding them with 3D glue gel.

These stamps were lovely to work with, and the alphabet is ideal for personalising your cards and other projects.

I used...

* Heraldic Collection - Art Stamps
* D'Inkables Stencils
* Backdrops Stamps
* MDF Tags
* MDF Art Boards

Thank you for looking and happy crafting!

Jane xx

Creative Artiste: Butterfly Plaque

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Another new challenge begins today over at the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog, click HERE to go straight over to check out the rules and see the rest of the design team projects.  You can also see who won the fabulous Decoart prize from last month!

This month the challenge is being sponsored by Lindy's Gang, and I have used some of their fantastic sprays on my project...

I made a vintage feeling butterfly plaque for this month...

 

 

 

I started by using a large media board from Tando Creative and some smaller ATC sized pieces of board as well.  Once these had been prepared with white gesso I applied structure paste through the distressed diamond stencil by Tando and then applied some Decoart crackle paste to areas using a palette knife.

 

Once these had all totally dried I used a selection of sprays from Lindy's Gang to add the colour.  For the background I used some different greens and for the smaller pieces a selection of golds...

 

 

I then used some sparkle paste through the Tando numbers stencil and also added gold gilding wax.

The butterflies were die cut from crafter's companion luxury matt cardstock using the butterfly from Sheena Douglass and one of Sue Wilson's butterflies...

 

 

 

The final touches were to add some gems and a sentiment from 7 Dots Studio.

 

Thank you for reading and I hope you will enter the challenge this month to have a chance of winning the prize!  The theme is always anything goes as long as it is mixed media.

 

Happy crafting,

 

Jane xx







November Colour Theme for Tando Creative

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I am over on the Tando blog today with my take on this months gorgeous colour theme...

I loved this colour palette and here is the project I made...

I decided to use some of my Tando arches in a different way, so put holes into the sides using a
crop-a-dile to turn them into a triptych.

The boards were all coated with white gesso first to create a base then some structure paste was added through the mini distressed diamond stencil to create texture.

Once dried I used quinacridone magenta, quinacridone violet and tinting base to create my background colours and then used the same colours with some more stencilling with the mini criss cross stencil and some extra marks using the paint with some plastic lids and old cards to create circles and lines.

To complete the background I used watering can archival ink with the 'Des Ronds et du Text' stamp from Carabelle.  Then I used the same ink to rub over the diamonds in the structure paste.

The wings were all painted with 2 coats of paynes grey and then sprayed with some pearl diamond sparkle varnish.  The hearts were coloured using sparkle pen and the largest heart then stamped onto.

Once these were added to the arches some words were used from Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers and finally the pieces joined together using wire.

Here are the links to the products used...

* Straight Edge Large Arches
* Mini Hearts
* Wings Set
* Steampunk Wings and Cogs
* Industrial Wings Kit
* Criss Cross Mini Stencil
* Distressed Diamond Mini Stencil
* Decoart Fluid Acrylic Paint

Thanks for reading and happy crafting,

Jane xx

Altered Eclectics: Angelic Lightbulb

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The first of the month means a new challenge starting over on the Altered Eclectics challenge blog.  Please click HERE to go straight there, where you can join in with the challenge and also read the rules for entering.  Every month is anything goes, altered items or mixed media just no cards or ATC's.

This month I altered a light bulb glass that my husband bought from a charity shop and as soon as I saw it I knew it had to come to me for altering!!

 

I started by preparing the surface with a couple of coats of white gesso, then added crackle paint, crackle paste and sand texture paste all from Decoart.  At this point I also added some Powertex art balls into some of the paste...

This was left to dry overnight then washes of Quinacridone Violet, Quinacridone Magenta and Quinacridone Gold were added (Decoart Fluid Acrylic paint).  To create some contrast I also added touches of patina and gold coloured gilding wax. 
Microbeads were then mixed into some 3D gel medium and added to various areas, mostly around the top of the bulb.
I used some gems, sequins and flowers (mainly from Craft Box by Anna Hersom) to add some sparkle and interest...

Finally I stamped a sentiment from Watercolour Inspiration by Mama Makes Stamps and the Wings by Bee Crafty.  These were all stamped using Sepia Versafine ink then coloured with some worn lipstick distress oxide...

This has been really enjoyable to make as I loved the shape of the bulb and using so many different mediums!

Do please enter your own creations into the challenge this month, we love to see them.

I will be entering my project into the following challenge...

* Mixed Media World - Anything Mixed Media Goes (Twist: Use or imitate glass)

Happy Crafting,

Jane xx