Saturday 29 April 2023

Gorgeous


Hello again creative friends.
I am sharing my new layout for 2Crafty
Chipboard with you all today using a
photograph of one of my beautiful nieces 
who recently competed in the Miss Universe 
competition.  I couldn't resist doing a
layout with her in that red dress!

I stenciled onto the background of my layout 
using shiny powders mixed together with 
gel medium. Once this was dry, I added 
additional stenciling using white 
modeling paste.


My chipboard pieces were painted with 
the same shiny powders mixed together with 
liquid acrylic medium.  


I painted the title with white ink and then 
lightly brushed it with white gold glitter ink.


The dangling bit was painted with 
white gold glitter ink.



I added flowers and other embellishments 
to complete my layout.




I hope that this layout has inspired you.

















Sunday 23 April 2023

Timeless


Hello again creative friends.
I am sharing my new project as Design 
Team member for 13arts with you all today ~ 
a mixed media, vintage mini album cover 
using the beautiful MEMORY LANE collection.


I prepared the album using grey board 
and Kraft cardstock.
I then covered the front and back covers 
with light floral paper at the top and 
burgundy floral paper at the bottom.
The spine was covered 
with burgundy paper

I stenciled onto the papers with a 
combination of Golden Calcite Color Glow 
together with gel medium, leaving it 
to dry completely before lightly 
brushing with white gesso.



I then ran ribbons and lace across 
the centre of the album to cover 
the join of the papers.



I painted chipboard pieces with Golden 
Calcite Color Glow and liquid acrylic 
medium and then, once dry, I added 
it together with elements 
from the cut-out sheets and ephemera 
pack to decorate the album.




I hope that this project has inspired you.
I will post pictures of the inside of the album
sometime soon.





















 

Saturday 15 April 2023

Live life in full bloom

 


Hi everyone.
I am sharing a new double page layout as 
Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee using 
the gorgeous new CAFE BLOOM collection.


I prepared the background of my layout by 
joining two pages from the collection and layering 
papers and strips from the collection on top 
of my base pages.

Using a blending brush and Weathered 
Wood Distress Oxide, I stenciled around 
the edges of my layout.



I painted some of the chipboard elements with 
diluted Rose Quartz paint, rubbing off the 
excess to reveal the chipboard edges.
Other chipboard elements were coloured
with Weathered Wood Distress Ink.



I added elements from the cut-out sheets to
surround and complement the photographs
on my layout.



I hope that this layout has inspired you.








Friday 14 April 2023

Journey

 

Hello creative friends.
I am sharing my new project as Design Team 
member for 2Crafty Chipboard with you 
all today ~ a mixed media canvas using some 
of the chipboards from the collection.

I prepared the background of my canvas 
by adhering velum from a 13arts collection 
and then stenciling along the edges with 
brown metallic paint as well as gold 
paint, mixed individually with gel medium.


I painted the chipboard pieces with 
a combination of both paints.





The large chipboard circle frame which I used on 
my canvas was the outer ring from the
2Crafty clock set of chipboards.  
I painted this black for my project, backing 
it with clear foil as well as paper from 13arts.

I added resin pieces, ephemera as well as 
other embellishments to complete my project.





I hope that this project has inspired you.
Thanks for stopping by.




















Wednesday 12 April 2023

Memories

 


Hello again creative friends.
I am sharing a new project as Design Team 
member for 13arts ~ a mixed media canvas 
using the beautiful, romantic MEMORY LANE 
collection as well as the amazing 13arts 
mixed media products and mediums.


I prepared the background of my canvas by 
painting the bottom half with brown 
watercolour powder diluted with water.

I then combined Old Gold Shiny Powder 
with gel medium and applied this to my canvas
 with a spatula, downwards from the centre half.  
Once this was dry, I did the same with 
Bronze Shiny powder and gel medium, 
applying it over and between the layers 
of Old Gold, adding stenciling 
as well to give texture.

Once all gel medium was dry, I applied 
white ink onto the product, spraying 
with water to allow the ink to run.  
When it was dry, I applied chalk pink 
spray over the white with a paintbrush.




Once all product was completely dry, 
I tore paper from the collection and 
adhered this to the top section of my canvas, 
stenciling onto the sides of the paper with a 
combination of bronze shiny powder 
and gel medium.



I completed my project by adding elements 
from the cut-out sheet together with 
flowers and resin pieces together with 
splashes of ink and paint.





I hope that this project has inspired you.