Deco Art and Finnabair Stamp

Hi everyone I hope you are all well and enjoying the weekend.

I have been having lots of plays with my lovely Deco Art 

products and watching a lot of Andy Skinner tutorials!

I also was finishing my next project for 

SanDee & amelie's steampunk challenges.

I know what has Andy got to do with Finnabair. Just that once I had finished with that 

and all my lovely rusty bits and pieces, I thought i would use

the Deco art products with the stamp.

More rusty pieces my copy of Andy's example on you tube.

 I had this stamp on my craft desk.

Some lovely Deco Art texture paste.

Some washes with  Deco Art Prussian Blue, Grey 3, 

quinacrine Gold, gold, micro beads, glass glitter,

& black antiquing cream.

I have really enjoyed my days play it has been quite a varied day.

I hope you all enjoy looking at what I have created.

Let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Raise The Curtains!

Hi everyone hope you are all well! The challenge this month over at SASPC

is Raise the curtains! why not pop over and join in the challenge.

I have never tried anything like this before I had an idea

and tried it out but wasn't happy.

Then I put the lady in her undergarments beneath the curtain 

and it made it stand out.

Where as before the curtains got lost

in the background.

I used a lot of Tim's classics Stamps  & the lady is an Indigo Blue Stamp.

I started with a very neutral base of pumice stone & frayed burlap distress stain 

swiped on a craft mat and water sprayed white card swiped through it.

Once dry I stamped the script onto the card with black Archival ink.

I used a torn bit of an old tag to add texture & interest to the base card.

The compass is an indigo blue stamp and the one under it is a Tim Holtz stamp.

With the curtain I made it out of tissue paper that I had sprayed with distress Stains 

in iced spruce and frayed burlap.

I hooked it back with a cog and arranged the folds. It was then

 rubbed with treasure gold. 

The permit of the curtains is lace that i had swiped with distress stains but it was quite pale

so I then used Deco Art Media paint in Raw Umber and a touch of turquoise.

This was then rubbed with treasure gold.

The indigo Blue stamp was then stamped onto black card with versa fine black

and clear embossed. Rubbed gently with treasure gold and the face and arms

 painted with perfect pearls and water. Then it was wiped back.

I hope you all enjoyed my post although I did go round the houses to get 

there. I Would love to hear what you think & don't forget to join in

over at SASPC.

Cheers Dee x 

3UP @ Paper Artsy

Hi everyone I have been UBER excited about taking part in the 3UP@ Paper Artsy.  

Our colour theme was A:-  stone, concrete, slate & green lichen (hey pesto with

touch of limelight) My Theme is:-Shiny Things

The colours were what dictated my project as they conjured up stone walls, crypts &

old iconic things, moss, old buildings etc. "Weird! I know, what can I say" personally I 

blame my parents.

So I used a Tim die to cut the top and bottom pieces, I used Grunge paste through a stencil to

the main body of the piece, once it had been painted using a brayer & the paint

from my colour pallet omitting the green.

 I cut out an arch and painted it with both stone and concrete.

I then used Lynne Perrella LPC028 main image and stamped in watering can

archival ink. Next I sanded the image back so it looked faint and weathered.

I applied Vaseline to the parts of the image that I wanted to show through &

then painted over it in a mix of Hey pesto & limelight. 

I knocked back the paint once it was dry and reapplied Vaseline where I wanted the 

Lichen to show through. I then painted it all with slate and allowed to dry 

before knocking back. I applied crackle paste around the entire arch

& allowed to dry before painting with slate.

The top and bottom plinths were painted with slate then dry brushed slightly

with green. I rubbed slate over the stencilled areas with my finger and then used

hey pesto over the whole piece. This was then highlighted with treasure gold 

to turn - shiny.

A few crystals were attached and golden rain done with a glue gun - see

  here to take you to the link for how to make it. I hope you have all

 enjoyed reading about it as much as I have taking part.

Let me know what you think!

Cheers Dee x

Last lot of photo's from workshop

Hi everyone I have the last lot of photo's from Andy's workshop.

I am not going to write anything just let the photo's do the 

Talking!

Vintage Motor

Hi everyone over at The Artistic Stamper I have my next post 

for you to view.

It involves a lot of Distress products and Artistic stamper 

Stamps. 

Why not pop over and see how I created it and be sure to let me 

know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Day II of Andy Skinners Online Workshop.

Well here are today's makes from my online workshop with 

Andy Skinner.

I have to say it is amazing I am really enjoying it.

Move over Tim!!

I can not tell you how amazing Deco Art Media range is. I absolutely love 

it and now I have a better understanding 

of how to get the best from them I 'UBER' love them!!!

I have used a lot of Tim's texture fades in my makes as they show case 

the techniques that you learn during the workshop.

I made two of these.

& two of these.

I have really enjoyed today and am looking forward to tomorrow.

I would like to offer a warm welcome to my new follower's.

That's it for today as always look forward to your feedback.

Happy Easter everyone.

Dee x

An afternoon's workshop & Play

Hi everyone and hello and a warm welcome to my new

followers!

Unfortunately I am unable to tell you how I made 

my afternoons work.

What I can tell you is that it involved Deco arts 

Media range of paints & mediums.

As you know I am off work at the moment and as I

am getting better I decided to enrol in a 

online workshop.

I enrol in Andy Skinners Time worn 

workshop.

These pieces were done using the techniques shown

in this workshop.

more pics

 

I must admit I am really happy with the results 

let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Flora & Fauna

Hi everyone I hope you are well I have for you today my challenge post

 for The Artistic stamper the topic for Aprils challenge is Flora & Fauna.

Firstly I stuck torn pieces of Tim Holtz die cut paper onto a craft tag

with cut out gold embossed boarder stamp from The Artistic Stamper.

I then coloured the tag with distress inks in the following colours

Wild honey, Vintage photo, mahogany & Walnut Stain. This was backed onto 

black card and cut with a wavy blade

The flowers were made using card that had been coloured with Distress 

stain spray in the following colours wild honey,frayed burlap, 

mahogany & faded jeans. 

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The Artistic Stampers flower power stamp was stamped nine times onto 

the distress coloured card and then cut out & assembled into the flowers.

Once the flowers were made and stuck together I sprayed them 

with Perfect Pearls Heirloom gold.

To finish off I backed it all onto scrap cardboard.

Products used

1. Artistic stamper stamps:-  Flower Power & Boarders 1 plate
2. Distress inks :- Mahogany, Vintage photo, Wild honey & Walnut stain.
3. Distress spray stains:- Brushed corduroy, Mahogany, Iced spruce & Faded jeans.
4. Perfect pearls mists:- Heirloom gold.
5. Gold embossing powder

 I hope you have enjoyed this post and that you want to join us in the challenge over at 

The artistic Stamper this month.

Please let me know what you think as this challenge is well out of

 my comfort zone.

look forward to looking at all your entries,

Cheers Dee x