Saturday 31 December 2022

Back in time


 Hello creative friends.

It's a new day, a new month and a new year!
I would like to wish you all the very best for 2023.
May the new year bring you all your heart's desires.

I am sharing a new project as Design Team member
for 13arts created as inspiration for the
January Mood Board Challenge.


The 13arts challenge is a fun way to
explore different colours/themes that you
might not always choose and so give you
an opportunity to venture out of your
comfort zone.  Be inspired by this
new mood board, create a project of
your own and then submit it onto
INSTAGRAM only using 
the #13artsJan23.  There is an 
amazing prize for the winner who will 
also be invited to Guest Design 
for 13arts.

I created this canvas using ephemera 
from the BACK IN TIME collection 
as well as 13arts amazing mixed 
media products and mediums.

I prepared the background of my canvas by 
diluting 13arts Color Glows with water and then 
painting them onto the canvas, spraying 
with water to allow the product to move.  
Once it was dry, I combined 13arts Texture 
Powder with modeling paste and applied 
this to my canvas using a spatula, 
leaving it to dry to allow the 
cracks to form.  I used the same product 
to stencil around my canvas.
I also added some stenciling with a 
combination of gel medium and Tiger 
Eye Color Glow.



I painted the resin pieces with the Color 
Glows combined with Liquid 
Acrylic Medium, leaving them to dry 
before lightly brushing with white gesso.



I added metallic foil to the centre of my 
canvas and then layered the resin pieces 
with ephemera and transparent foil from 
the BACK IN TIME collection, 
adding the Tiger Eye Color Glow 
around my composition to create depth.



I hope that this project has inspired you to 
join the 13arts challenge this month.






























Wednesday 28 December 2022

Christmas Time

 Hello creative friends.
It is so hard to believe that another Christmas
has come and gone and that a brand 
new year is fast approaching.

I am sharing a new Christmas layout as
Design Team member for 2Craft Chipboard
with you all today using some of the
beautiful chipboards from the collection.

I prepared the clock face by colouring it with 
a burgundy ink and then lightly dusting it with 
gold embossing powder before heating 
with a heat gun.



The corner crackle was painted with green 
paint and then also lightly embossed with gold.


I love the little Santa gnomes and 
they were perfect for my layout!
I coloured one with burgundy ink and painted 
the other two with green paint.
These were also lightly heat embossed in gold.



The leaves were covered in the gold embossing 
powder before heating with a heat gun.



Some flowers, cut-outs and splashes of 
green paint completed my layout.




I hope that the new year is a good one for you 
and your families and that you find the 
time to be creative.






















Friday 23 December 2022

Summertime


Hello creative friends.
I am sharing a new double page layout as 
Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee using the 
beautiful SUNKISSED collection.


I prepared the background of my layout by layering 
papers from the collection to form the backdrop 
for my photographs and embellishments.

I stenciled onto my layout using the 
co-ordinating stencil, a soft brush and a 
green metallic wax.



I painted my chipboard embellishments, 
including the title, with red ink and then, once dry, 
I lightly rubbed them with the green metallic wax.




I then layered my photographs together 
with the chipboard pieces as well as cut-outs 
from the collection.




I hope that this bright, summery layout has 
inspired you to create one of your own.
















 

Monday 19 December 2022

Tis the Season


Hello creative friends.
I am sharing a new mixed media Christmas 
project as Design Team member for 13arts 
using paper from the CHRISTMAS STORIES 
collection as well as some of my favourite 
13arts mixed media products 
and mediums.

I prepared the wooden panel by first painting it 
with white gesso.  I then applied gel medium 
along the edges before adding Rusty Bronze 
powder to the medium and then applying the 
rust reagent to the powder to allow the rust to form.

Once these products had dried, I mixed 
Texture Powder with white gesso and applied this 
medium onto the wooden panel, over some of the 
rust and allowed this to dry so that the 
cracks would form.




The little chipboard houses and trees were painted 
with brown as well as black watercolour powder 
paint diluted with water.


I also added some of the diluted black 
powder to the crackle paste on the wooden panel.


Chipboard pieces were painted with white acrylic 
ink.  I gave everything on my project a light 
dusting of white gesso and then, once dry, 
some pieces were lightly painted with 
gold glitter ink.





I hope that you all have a blessed Christmas.























 

Every summer has a story

 


Hello again creative friends.
I am sharing my new layout as Brand Ambassador
for Penelope Dee with you all using the 
bright and beautiful new SUNKISSED collection.


I tore papers from the collection to form the 
backdrop for my photograph and embellishments.
I added an avocado green paint to gel medium 
and stenciled around my main composition.
I painted my chipboard pieces with diluted 
green paint, dabbing off the excess.
Once dry, I added chipboards and embellishments 
from the cut-out sheet to frame my photograph.

Here are some closer-ups of the details 
on my layout ...






Thank you so much for stopping by.