Junes post over at SASPC

Hi everyone I have a post for you today which was 

inspired by the work of Seth Apter.

I used a mix of chalky finish paints from Deco art and 

different pastes stencils etc.

Old pieces of art work that was lying on my desk became

part of the layout.

I used a couple of his stamps which i love but haven't 

had time to play with properly.

Carabelle Studio XL Mask - Chiffres & deco art's black 

modelling paste .

I made a little pocket to pop a couple of tags in that are 

very grungy and can be pulled out to jot notes on.

Some old texture fades pieces that were lying on my desk.

Again one of my favourite stamps a clock face.

I really enjoyed making this piece and building up the 

layers.

A close up.

That's it for today thank you for poping by and 

don't forget to join in with us and have 

a chance to win amazing goodies.

Cheers Dee x

Black modelling paste over at Tando creative

Hi my latest post over on the Tando blog pop over to see how

I created this tag with black modelling paste and 

the Deco art products.

feel free to leave a comment or ask any questions.

Cheers Dee X

Anything goes over at tando

Hi everyone its my turn over on the Tando blog today

I have for you a mixed media board.

Pop over to the Tando site and check out this interesting
man.

Cheers Dee x

Anything Goes over at SASPC May challenge

I have a media board for you today as my inspiration

for this months challenge.

I started with home made tissue paper which I made by

stamping directly onto plain tissue paper with black

Stazon ink with various stamps.

next I glued this onto the media board with Deco Art Matt Medium

which was followed with DA modelling paste put through

a distressed harlequin stencil (Tando mini's)

 I used a watery wash of DA Gesso once dry follow 

with a second coat.

 

Next came water colour in greens and greys apply them 

very watery and dry between coats. Once happy

I attached my triple embossed heart and crackle 

paste.

Lastly a trickle of Deco Art crackle glaze with a little green

mixed in was applied to the top of the media board.

At the bottom I typed the word ART & mat it 

onto black card.

I hope that I have inspired you today and that you will

come and play along with us today.

Cheers Dee x

Steampunk week over at Tando creative.

Hi its my turn over at Tando creative blog to show my steampunk Tag I nearly missed

 it as I have just got back from holiday and thought I was scheduled for 

tomorrow EKK so sorry for the late posting.

I hope you feel curious enough to pop over to take a look.

as always feel free to ask questions or leave a comment if you wish all feed back welcome.

Cheers Dee X

January Catty Pink your life Whisper friends

Hi Everyone I have a project for you that I did for the 

 Stampendous's  January Catalog.

I Started with cutting the plaque from the foam board what 

I would say is I would use Tando substrate next time as it

doesn't buckle although this effect did add to the piece in 

the end. Crackle paste was used around the edges with

a palette knife.

I then painted the board with gesso followed by the crackle paint.

this was followed by the Prussian blue hue, along with titan buff,

&  phathio turquoise. This was randomly applied along with the 

wax I kept knocking it back until I was happy with the result.

A final wash of quinacridone gold pains grey and ultra matt 

medium (Andy Skinners dirty wash) was put over the top to 

age it all. Translucent paste was put through the Picasso

tool and sprinkled with chunky gold embossing

powder, and heat set.

The pink your life people, houses and mushrooms were 

stamped onto black card then clear embossed and 

coloured in using the prisma pencils.

These were all attached to the plaque so that they stand 

slightly proud not flat against it.

Products used 

1. Stampendous products used :- Pink Your life stamps used were Mushroom rubber stamp,Whisper friendship rubber stamp, Whisper houses clear stamp. Picasso shield/stencil tool Dream weaver translucent paste, & crackle paste, dream weaver palette knife, Gold chunky & clear embossing powder
2. Deco Art:- Media white gesso, Crackle paint, acrylic paint in the following colours Prussian blue hue, Colbolt turquoise, Quinacridone  Gold, Paynes gray,  titan buff, white tinting base, ultra matt varnish.
3. Prisma colour pencils along with Sansador and paper stubb, Foam board A4 sheet cut 1/3 of the bottom cut to make the plaque, hair wax, mod rock, and some gold handmade paper & black card.

Introducing Andy Skinners new Creative Team

Hi everyone - so excited to have been asked to take part in Andy's new Creative Team and to have been selected to work along side such talented Artists. 

That being said there is nothing like jumping in at the deep end as I kick it all off today over on 

Andy's blog. So here we go with a little teaser of my first post for this exciting 

new Team.

So pop over to see the full piece and don't forget to let me know what you all think of 

my first piece for this very talented team.

Cheers Dee x

Guest designer over at a Vintage Journey

Hi everyone! I am very proud to have been invited as a Guest designer over 

@ A Vintage Journey and this month Challenge is

"The Magic of Three" 

Here are the challenge details :

"Using Three of something adds more interest and power whether it is a conversation, art or numbers. Let us see you use three of something in your challenge project (numbers, techniques, stamps, colours, words, products - the list is endless!) 

Let us know what your magic 3 components are and ensure your project is in our vintage; shabby; mixed media; art journaling; industrial, timeworn or steampunk styles that we favour".

If you pop over to the blog I have done a full tutorial 

over on the Vintage Journey blog.

There is also more photo's of my interpretation of this months 

theme.

I hope you all like the piece that I have created and as always please feel
free to leave me your thoughts and any questions that you
may have.



Cheers Dee x

Anything goes over at Tando skulduggery

Hi everyone I have a post gone live on the Tando creative blog today 

why not pop across and take a peek.

Thanks for popping by
Cheers Dee x

SASPC Aprils challenge

Hi everyone I have for you today a piece of steampunk

art that I did for a retreat weekend at (MOM)

Ministry Of Mixology

As you all know I love my Steampunk and I love 

Deco Art products. 

So I used my Steampumpkin stamp from Stampendous

to stamp into my gold embossing powder.

 The tag was gessoed with black gesso followed by

crackle paint.

 The edges of the Tando tag were scraped with texture

Sand paste.

 Distressed harlequin stencil and modelling paste were 

used along the left hand side of the tag.

 Washes were used to age it all with burnt umber and 

Quinacridone gold really watery

The wings were made from paper clay and a mould

then painted gold and patina antiquing cream

applied and knocked back.

 Various embellishments from my stash were used to

finish off the piece.

Same stamp and technique different shaped 

heart.

I really hope you all enjoyed my tag for you today

and hope that you all have a great Easter.

Please feel free to ask any questions and

let me know what you think.

Kind regards Dee X

Embossing crystals

Hi over on the Tando blog this week embossing crystals are

 being explored by the team.

 Today is my turn and i have a few samples of the effects you can
achieve with them.

Cheers Dee x