Proud to Announce My New Design Post

Hi everyone I have some news to share with you I was very lucky to be 

chosen to join the DT @ Sandee & ameilie's 

Steampunk Challenges.

So if you love steampunk and want to show your art pop over 

and check out the challenges on the blog.

sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.com

A Beer Matt Called Compass

Hi everyone I have for you today a beer mat from my local 

micro pub which is called the compass and as I 

LOVE compasses and clocks

I offered to alter their 

beer mat.

OK for this I used Stone Fresco Finish paint mixed with white acrylic.

Next I sprayed it with Distress Stains spray in Iced Spruce, Faded Jeans

 & Gathered Twigs.

Next I brushed on matt multi medium and dried 

with my heat gun.

I had some scrap triple embossed card so I used the New flourish stamp from

The Artistic Stamper and pressed it into the hot embossing powder.

Next I  coloured the embossed card and the die cut cogs with 

Deco Art antiquing cream.

The compass stamp is from Indigo Blue I think the other 

one is a small Tim Holtz clock stamp.

Stencils and lots of Ferro graphite was used. Tommorow

I will be returning their beer mat to them I

hope they like it! let me know 

what you think?

Cheers Dee 

x

Neil Walkers Trio Of Hearts

Hi everyone I have a sneaky peek for you of my latest post over at 

The Artistic Stamper creative team blog

Why not pop over to see how I made these lush hearts.

Please feel free to leave a comment or two.

Cheers Dee x

Love

The Artistic Stamper Challenge for this month is LOVE

and as its Valentines I have done a heart using 

Deco art media range and the fabulous 

Artistic Stamper Swirls stamp.

1. Papier-Mache heart

2. Deco Art Media line Gesso & Crackle paste.

3 Deco art Americano Jack O Lantern Orange, Burnt Orange & Deep Burgandy

4. Media fluid acrylics Quinacridone Gold, Carbon Black Antquing cream.

5. Treasure Gold Spanish Topaz and White Fire.

6. Fimo black clay.

7. Glass Micro beads. 

First I covered the heart with Gesso and put on the crackle paste

 with a pallet knife.

I pushed the micro beads into the wet crackle paste, I allowed it to dry 

naturally.

I painted the heart with Jack O lantern Orange, then Burnt Orange, next 

I painted the entire heart with Deep Burgandy.

Once the paint had dried I then used the Quinacridone Gold.

I rolled out the Black Fimo clay and wet the swirl stamp and stamped 

it into the clay three times and cut out. I baked

 it in the oven once I took it out I bent it 

round the heart.

Once cooled I attached it with a hot glue gun and gilded

 it with treasure gold. 

When I had completed the heart it reminded me of the apple in

 Snow White as it has a beautiful sheen to it.

What do you think?

Cheers Dee x 

The Amazing Colours Of Rust

Hi every one hope you are all ok and busy crafting away, Today I have 

been trying to recreate rust as I think it is truly beautiful from it's 

aqua's and turquoise through to russet and copper tones.

So here we go lots of photo's

This was created with Deco Art's media range.

I have a collection of photo's of rust on my Pintrest page under inspiration.

from these photo's I have tried to recreate the natural effects of rust

I am very pleased with them.

more photo's just in case you missed any crackle!!!!!

More

On the second panel i introduced crackle gaze in places

now

With alcohol inks

more

& last one

more photo's

I would love to know what you all think!

Cheers Dee

Shiny Stuff Paper Artsy Challenge

Hi everyone hope you are all well! Thank you for popping over to see my work.

 Last week I made some home made tissue paper with grease proof

 paper after watching the Paper Artsy tutorial brayered backgrounds.

Please see previous blogs well I thought that for this challenge I would use them. 

So here is the paper in its original state prior to me stamping the 

script stamp on it.

Covered a beer matt with the home made paper and stamped the (barometer

I think!) from one of the Paper Artsy plates.   

Various texture pastes and stencils.

more embossing

Two clocks one a Paper Artsy stamp and one from my stash.

A bit of black antiquing cream and more treasure gold.

Lots more! 

Please let me know what you think?

Cheers Dee x

Neil Walker's Butterfly

This is my sneaky peek at my latest posting over at The Artistic Stamper

Creative team blog.

Pop over to see how I created this piece 

Here's another photo as I am really pleased with it!

Please feel free to let me know what you think of it.

Cheers Dee x

Home made Tissue paper

Hi everyone! just a quick post to show you the home made tissue paper I have 

made using kitchen grease proof paper and 

Fresco finish paint.

With the aid of paperartsy blog/ youtube and their theme

of fragile papers.

I hope you like my efforts.

Just need a project to use them on now.

Please feel free to let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Fragile Paper Challenge

Hi everyone I have been off for a couple of days as I mentioned on my last

post yesterday I think wow you can tell by the number of posts that

 I am publishing.

I did this one for the PaperArtsy Challenge it was to be 

very simple but just didn't get there.

I used torn paper from a second hand book onto a distress

stain sprayed tag.

I used Deco Art Media line white crackle paint over a random 

streaks of fresco finish stone. 

I used Tim Holtz Visual artistry stamps with black archival ink. Once the 

Media crackle paint had dried I used a tiny bit of watered 

down Phihalo turquoise over the top.

I filled in the clock face with Media liquid glass. Highlighted area's 

with oil pastiles.

Ok thats it I am going to enter it now I have enjoyed this project.

don't forget to leave a comment or two.

Cheers Dee x