Eyes Tested

Hi everyone hope you are all well its time to play over at SanDee &Amelie's
Steampunk challenge,

This months the theme is eye's tested although you would need your

eye's tested if you think you will be able to see 

through my glasses!!

The base is a pair of my son's sunglasses that I covered over with my

home made leather.

Various clock and compasses were stamped on distress coloured card 

& used for each lens then cogs and wings 

attached.

I Attached a glass fuse across the nose with wire.

Die cut card and coloured it so that it looked like the patina from rust.

It is amazing what you can create when you put your mind to it I nearly gave

up with this but my husband and son wouldn't let me.

I am glad I didn't please let me know what you think?

Time Birdz

Hi everyone I have a sneaky peek at my new post over at

 The Artistic Stamper.

Be sure to pop over and see the full post on how I created this

wall plaque.

Let us know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

May's Challenge over at the Artistic Stamper.

Hi everyone I hope you are all well in here in crafty land. 

I have my first ever journal page for you.

Jennie asked us over at the Artistic stamper to create a journal page 

this is not something I have ever done before as Off I went!!!

I used Ariondack colour wash sprays mine are very old and they have 

changed the names of the colours but I used butterscotch which

they still do, Denim and Currant (Cranberry Color Wash).

I had painted the page with a cream chalk finish acrylic paint.

then used the colour wash sprays. I used the three colours 

then sprayed with water and heat set.

I applied ultra mat medium over the top. I put clear texture paste through

the Artistic Stamper Swirls stencil. 

The clock face was covered in crackle accents.

I used the various stamps with white acrylic paint and stazon black.

I coloured some white card with distress stain sprays rusty hinge 

chipped Sapphire and red brick.

I stamped the butterfly of the insects plate numerous times 

then heat embossed it.

I attached beads and sequins to the body's of the butterfly's.

I cut them out and fixed them to the page.

I wrote a few words here and there using a black gel pen.

The Artistic Stamper Stamp's and stencils that I used.

1. Neil Walker, Alphabet Soup.
2. Insects and Butterflies the main butterfly.
3. Calligraphic mat 12
4. Background Stamps Trellis & C75 Lace
5. The small clock face off Time and keys plate.
6. New Artistic Stamper Mask's Swirl & Splats and swirls.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about how I created my first journal page as much as I have enjoyed making it. As always let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x 

Gothic arch's

Hi everyone here is a sneaky peek of my latest post

over at the Artistic Stamper why not pop

over and take a look,

Don't forget to let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Deco Art & A Steam Punk Heart

Hi every one! I hope you are OK and enjoying the lovely sunshine

 if you reside in the south of England

it seems like so long ago that it made an appearance.

Since doing my Andy Skinner online workshop I have wanted to have

a play, & put my own slant on what I learnt which was amazing.

I used the amazing Deco art products which are just divine and I just keep 

learning more & more about them. 

Anyone who knows my work knows that I am just addicted to texture and layers

so the media line just lends itself perfectly to it. The textures and mediums

 I am still learning about.

This was created using a beer mat that I covered in Media Gesso, Media texture

crackle paste. I pushed micro beads and glass glitter into the wet crackle paste 

and allowed to dry in the sun.

I used washes of Naphithol red, Burnt Umber, Quinacridone Gold 

& Prussian blue.

I used gold gilding wax to highlight the texture. The heart was painted with 

 a cream acrylic stamped with Artistic Stamper lace stamp. 

A bit of distress inks Walnut stain and Black Soot around the edges.

A bit of rusty wire wrapped round the heart some die cut cogs

given a patina rust treatment.

Voila! all sealed with Deco Art Media ultra matt varnish.

hope you all enjoyed reading this posts much as I have creating it.

 be sure to check out the Deco art Media range.

Let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x 

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