Discover

Hello again creative friends.
I am sharing my new layout as
Design Team member for 2Crafty Chipboard
with you all today featuring some
of their beautiful chipboards.

Before adding my chipboards to my
layout, I altered them as follows ...

Viney page frame ~

I painted my frame with pink paint, 

lightly dusting the leaves with diluted green paint 

and then adding white gold wax to the leaves 

and some of the stems.

Iron fence ~

I painted the fence with green paint 

and then lightly rubbed with white gold wax.

Field mushrooms ~

I heat embossed these cute little 

mushrooms with Platinum 

embossing powder, applying pink crystal 

drops to some of the circles on the tops 

of the mushrooms.

Title ~

I painted the "Discover" title with 

pink paint and then lightly rubbed it 

with white gold wax.

I then added cut-outs, flowers and 

lace to my layout to frame my photograph.

I hope that this layout has inspired you.

Wedding day

Hello again creative friends.

I am so happy to share a new project as 

Design Team member for 13arts ~ 

a romantic wedding layout using one of the 

absolutely stunning new collections, 

BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS, together with the 

gold foil papers co-ordinated 

with the collection.

I prepared the background of my layout

by combining Tiger Eye Color Glow

with gel medium and then stenciling

onto the right and left sides of my layout.

I cut flowers out of the floral foil sheet and 

layered these around my layout to frame 

my photograph, together with flowers, 

an envelope from the cut-out sheet 

as well as some other embellishments.

I hope that this layout has inspired you.

Embrace today

Hello again creative friends.

I am sharing my new project with you all today
as Design Team member for 2Crafty Chipboard ~

a fun layout using some of the beautiful

chipboards from the collection.

I altered the chevron strips by painting 

them with turquoise and yellow paints.

The frames were also painted with 

the same paint.

I also lightly rubbed a peacock blue wax 

onto the blue pieces and a vintage gold 

onto the yellow ones.

I layered paper frames together with 

the chipboard frames around my photograph 

as well as flowers and other embellishments.

Splashes of blue and yellow paint 

completed my layout.

I hope that this layout has inspired you.

Use your wings

 

Hello again to all my creative friends.

I am sharing my new project as 

Design Team member for 13arts ~ 

a mixed media canvas using the 

beautiful MEMORY LANE collection.

There were a few processes which I 

used to prepare the background 

of my canvas ...

I first cut and adhered paper from the 

collection to my canvas using 

gel medium and then gave all paper 

a good coating of the same product, 

drying it completely.

I then stenciled around my canvas 

using modeling paste, allowing it 

to dry completely before applying 

a combination of modeling paste 

and texture powder using a spatula.

 Once all product had dried completely and 

allowed the cracks to form, I added 

Chalk Lilac and Patina Bronze from the 

co-ordinating set of watercolour sprays 

onto my canvas, one colour at a time, 

spraying with water to allow the colour to 

move on the surface of my canvas and 

drying each colour before 

the next application.

I painted my large metal frame 

as well as the resin door with black gesso 

and then, once dry, dry brushed them 

with a light application of white gesso.

I then applied the rust effect by 

first brushing with gel medium, 

secondly adding the rusty powder to the 

product and then applied the reagent 

to the powder, leaving it to work 

its magic! to produce the brown, rust look.

Some of the rusty liquid ran onto my 

canvas and I left it there because it

gave my canvas an old, vintage look.

I painted the chipboard swirls with 

diluted Golden Calcite Color Glow.

I adhered all elements to my canvas 

together with cut-outs from the collection, 

flowers and other embellishents.

I hope that this layout has inspired you.

Wild at heart

 

Hi everyone.

I am sharing my layout as Brand 

Ambassador for Penelope Dee using the 

beautiful new WILD KIND collection.

I prepared my layout by layering paper 

and elements from the cut-out sheet 

to form the background for my photograph.

I then stenciled onto the background 

with Avocado paint combined with 

gel medium, allowing it to dry completely.

I added cut-outs as well as an 

acrylic flower to frame my photograph, 

colouring the cheesecloth by diluting

 Marigold paint and rubbing the cheesecloth 

in the paint, allowing it to dry 

completely before adding it to my layout.

I coloured my chipboard embellishments 

by painting them with diluted Avocado paint, 

wiping off the excess paint.

I lightly brushed white gesso around 

some of the papers and added splashes 

of diluted ink to complete my layout.

I hope that this layout has inspired you.