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

A Colour Explosion!

Hi everyone I have a sneak peek at my latest project

over at The Artistic Stamper.

Why not pop over & see the step by step on  how I achieved this.

Cheers Dee x

Anything Tim

Hi Everyone! I would like to say a warm welcome to all my new followers

 and to say that I am very flattered to all of you who follow 

me old and new. I still find it all very humbling. 

I am still convalescing and not getting much sleep so doing a lot of 

blog hopping. I came across the challenge at A Vintage Journey  

and thought I would enter this piece.

I made my own little canvases by wrapping canvas paper round cardboard

and priming with gesso, then swiping with texture paste.

Once dry I sprayed with distress ink in frayed burlap and Iced spruce.

Next I stamped the boy from Tim's Stamp in black archival ink .

Where the texture paste hadn't dried fully you get a slight imprint,

I quite like this effect.

On the slightly bigger canvas I prepped it the same as the first

but put the texture paste through Tim's layering stencil.

Once dry I painted it with pumice stone distress paint

& brushed vintage photo and black soot across

the surface as  well.

The ruler was made using a wooden garden seed stick which I 

stamped with the Tim's Ruler stamp in versa fine black ink

and clear embossed it. I then  coloured it

vintage photo with distress ink.

A fuse wire, metal clip, die cut cogs, small clock, larger clock, crackle accents &

 a stamped ruler from my stash complete the top canvas 

Close ups

More 

Finally a old bit of twisted wire from my stash complete

the picture.

Gear It Up

 Hi everyone! 

I am super excited to have been lucky enough to have been chosen to become 

a member of this amazing team so with that in mind I have for you

my first post for SanDee & amelie's Steampunk Challenge.

Why not pop over there and join in with the Challenge,

this month it is Gear it up.

Well as I love cogs this one is easy I had some handmade paper and had 

already tried to create a piece that I wasn't that 

happy with.

The picture below is prior to spritzing it lightly with faded jeans, salty ocean  

distress inks and water to activate.

 I used Fresco Finish paints and a brayer then Tim's flourishes,

grunge paste through crafters workshop stencil. Not to

sure you need to do this bit now as I sprayed it all.

I used La Blanche stamps for the centre panel this was done onto 

recycled card board.

Tim's Embossing folder (small bingo card ) was used on black card 

and highlighted with treasure gold.

Clocks were from my stash I just collect clocks I am not sure where they are

all from.

The cogs are made from a memory box die that has been rusted up with

Deco Arts Multi media Paints.

I added cogs from my stash to enhance the die cut ones.

A close up of the clocks I used crackle accents on the clock faces.

I mounted the entire piece onto foam board to give it more dimension.

 I hope you all like my first piece for SanDee & Amelie's Steam punk challenge, & 

are now feeling inspired to pop over and play along with us. If you would 

like to know more or let me know what you think

just leave me a comment.

Cheers Dee x