La Mode for Creative Expressions

 La Mode

 

 

 

You will need:

CSMCPVAN             Cosmic Shimmer Matt paint Vanilla

CSMCPSHALL          Cosmic Shimmer Matt Paint Shallow sea

CSASPPPRU             Andy Skinner pigment paint Prussian Blue

CSASAPPUMBER    Andy Skinner pigment paint Raw Umber

CSASAPPGREY        Andy Skinner pigment paint Payne’s Grey

CSASAPPYEL           Andy Skinner pigment paint Yellow Iron Oxide

CSARESPAST          Andy Skinner resist paste

CSASGGLUE            Andy Skinner Quick grab glue

ADHA4                     Creative Expressions double sided card

CER017                    La Mode Sam Poole 

CER019                    L’alteration

41002                Creative Expresions primrose card

40980                      Creative Expressions Coconut card

KRAFTCARD            Creative Expressions Kraft Card

CSSERUST               Cosmic Shimmer Special Effects Rust paint kit 

CESMOOTH            Creative Expressions Smoothies

 

Other Tools needed

 

Black Archival ink 

Stamping block

Scissors

Lace

Buttons

Cream card

Sewing Machine

Foam backed sticky pads

Stick on Pearl seed painted with Prussian blue

 

 

 

Step 1

 

Cut your coconut card to size 4.25 inches by 6 inches then give it a base coat of Payne’s Grey and Raw Umber 50/50. Once dry use Andy skinners resist paste where you wish the base to show through. Follow this with vanilla matt chalk paint and heat set, then take a soft cloth and rub back over the resist areas to remove the paint in the resist areas.

 

 

Step 2

 

Ink up the le mode stamp with Black archival Ink taking care to miss the edges you could mask them out if you wish, I didn’t as I don’t mind the odd hint of the boarder showing through. Once dry give a watery wash of Shallow sea matt paint and heat set reapply till happy making sure it is very watery. At this stage I added some stitching on the righthand side.

 

 

 

Step 3 

 

Once you have stamped the main image stamp out again along with the top part of the L’alterations stamp on Primrose card then fussy cut the images out. Run a distress tool around the edges to create an uneven edge.  Use your smoothie to apply a mix of Yellow iron oxide and raw umber together 70 yellow / 30 umber and apply to the edges of the base card and your cut out images follow with Prussian blue. Tip test out how to on scrap card so you don’t overload it.

 

 

 

Step 4

 

I found 3 black buttons in my stash and thought I would give them a rusty finish. I applied Cosmic shimmers special effects rust to them. This product us amazing as it has quite a textured finish to it, I dried each colour before applying the next colour and I used a stipple brush to apply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 5

 

Apply the double sided card to your project and mat to the kraft card, using a distress tool and repeat the process that you used on the main project. Apply a strip of double sided card to the left hand side of your main image and stick down the lace. Follow this by attaching your buttons and the tittle piece from the L’alterations stamp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 6

 

Finally attach your corsets with the double sided pads so they sit proud of the base image and your 3 painted seed pearls.