Wednesday 29 June 2022

Industrial

 


Hello again creative friends.
I am sharing my new project as Design Team 
member for 13arts with you all today, 
a standing wooden canvas using paper 
and embellishments from the 
INDUSTRIAL ZONE collection 
and, of course, 13arts products and mediums.

I must admit, as you can see from previous projects, 
I am always drawn to the steampunk and industrial 
elements of this collection and tend to 
use it more than the others.
I love the browns and greys of this collection
which allow you to create anything
you desire.

I prepared this canvas by adhering paper 
from the collection to my canvas with gel medium 
and then gave it a generous coating of clear gesso.

Once the gesso was dry, I diluted a combination of 
Tiger Eye as well as Andalusite Color Glow with 
liquid acrylic medium and added the colour 
around the edges of my canvas, spraying it 
with water to allow the colour to move 
on my canvas.

I then stenciling along the left and right sides 
with modeling paste, allowing it to dry completely.

Once I was sure that everything on the canvas 
was dry, I stamped around the edges with clear 
embossing ink and then added white embossing 
powder, shaking off the excess before heat 
setting with a heat gun.



I painted my resin pieces with black gesso, 
drying it completely before applying the 
same two Color Glows to it.  Once it was all dry, 
I dry brushed everything with white gesso.




I adhered all my pieces to my canvas together 
with ephemera and cut-outs from the collection 
as well as metal cogs and gears.



Some splashes of brown and white completed my project.



Thank you for stopping by.























Tuesday 28 June 2022

Live life today

 


Hello creative friends.
I am sharing a new project as Design Team 
member for 2Crafty Chipboard with you all 
today using some of the beautiful chipboards 
in the collection.

This time I altered a wooden panel with some 
stamping and stenciling.

I adhered my paper to the panel with 
gel medium and gave it a good covering 
of clear gesso.
When the gesso was dry I added stenciling 
around the edges of my panel and then, 
when the modeling paste was dry, I added 
diluted paint, spraying it with water 
to allow the colour to move along the panel.
Once the product was dry, I added Tiger Eye 
Color Glow to gel medium and added 
stenciling in brown, dragging the product 
onto my panel as well with my spatula.



I painted the clock faces in brown paint 
and then lightly dusted them with white gold 
embossing powder and heat set the powder 
with a heat gun.


The wings, title and geometric arrows were heat 
set with the same embossing powder.





The 2Craft chipboards which I used on 
my project are


I hope that this project inspires you in some way.


















Friday 24 June 2022

I am so blessed

 


Hello creative friends.
I am sharing a new single layout as Brand Ambassador 
for Penelope Dee using the gorgeous new 
YOU-NIQUE collection.


I love the bright bold colours in the collection 
which match my photograph perfectly.

I prepared the background of my layout by layering 
some of the papers and then stenciling around 
my main composition with crackle mousse, 
allowing it to dry completely to bring out the cracks.


I layered cut-outs from the collection around my 
photograph together with flowers and chipboards.



I diluted some of the crackle mousse 
for splashes to complete my layout.


I hope that this layout inspires you.










Thursday 16 June 2022

Life is short. Take the journey.

 


Hello creative friends.
I am sharing a new layout for 
2Crafty Chipboard with you all today 
using some of their beautiful chipboards 
as well as paper from Penelope Dee's 
ESSENCE collection.

I prepared my chipboard pieces by first 
painting them with green metallic paint 
and then lightly rubbing them with orange wax.




I gave the title a generous coating of 
orange wax and then painted it with 
copper glitter acrylic ink.


Of course, my layout wouldn't be complete 
without layering cut-outs from the collection 
together with some flowers.



The 2Crafty chipboards which I 
used on my layout include the following ...


Thanks for stopping by.




Tuesday 14 June 2022

Fill your life with adventure and stories to tell

 


Hello again creative friends.
I am sharing a new double layout as 
Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee with you all 
today using the new WILD AND FREE collection.


I created this layout using photographs 
of a very special, fun family holiday a while back 
which go really well with the papers 
in this collection.

I layered the different elements and 
cut-outs from the collection on my layout, 
raising some pieces to give depth.



Chipboard pieces were painted with
green paint.



So many leaves to cut out to create depth 
and an outdoor feel for my layout.


I hope that this layout has inspired you.






Monday 13 June 2022

Memories

 


Hello creative friends.
I am sharing a new layout as Design Team member for 13arts
using the soft and romantic MAGNOLIA DREAMS collection.


I prepared the background of my layout by coating the paper
with a good covering of clear gesso.
Once the gesso was dry, I mixed Rose Quartz Color Glow 
with gel medium and stenciled
onto the paper using two different stencils.



I also applied the gel medium along the sides and top 
of my layout using a spatula, dragging the product 
in a downward motion.


I painted the resin piece with Amber Color Glow 
with liquid acrylic medium and then, once dry, 
I dry brushed it with white gesso.
I dry brushed the gesso onto the flowers
as well.



Splashes of white ink completed my layout.



I hope that this layout has inspired you.