Love this

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a canvas which I created using inspiration from the 13 Arts mood board challenge for March, being inspired by the colour palette or the individual elements.

http://13artspl.blogspot.com/2020/03/wyzwanie-challenge-88_1.html

I loved the colours of this palette, including the old stone look so wanted to create a project with the look of an old stone wall.

To prepare the canvas, I stenciled onto the background, and then painted it with an olive green paint and then with dark brown chalk mist, spraying with water to allow the colour to run down the stenciling and drying between each colour.

Once everything was dry, I lightly painted some white gesso across the stenciling.

I made some of my own rust paint by mixing Cinnamon Latte and Matte Mahogany paint 

together and then adding craft sand to it to give it texture.

The chipboard clock was first painted with this rust paint and then some of 

the brown chalk mist.

When the paint was still a little wet, I added some puffy white embossing powder 

to the clock and heated it until the powder had melted.

I applied a layer of gel medium to the bottom of the pebbles and then 

coated it with grey grit.

The chipboard swirl was also heat embossed with a white puff embossing powder.

The chipboard title and the resin wings were coated with Mineral Pearl alcohol ink and then 

lightly brushed with a silver wax.

I hope that you like this canvas.

Why not take up the challenge and participate as well.

Until next time!

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Set your mind on things above

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a recent round canvas created as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee

using the beautiful, new Lily Bees collection.

I prepared the base of this canvas with the beautiful striped paper and then stenciled 

with "Black Ash" Nuvo Embellishment Mousse.

I then added diluted "Black Soot" Distress Oxide Spray, adding water 

so that the spray moved through the stenciling. 

I also added some diluted "Tarnished Brass" Distress paint here and 

there to add some colour.

The heart was painted with black gesso and then stenciled 

with "Indian Gold" Nuvo Embellishment Mousse.

The resin embellishments were painted with brown acrylic paint 

and then rubbed with gold wax.

The dome pebbles were painted underneath with the brass paint 

before securing to the page.

Some splashes of colour and the canvas was complete!

I hope that you enjoyed the project.

Until next time!

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Let's do this together

Hi everyone.

This is a single layout which I did for our National Scrapbooking Day 

as part of my teaching demo to show the use of Icing Pastes with moulds.

I loved the bicycle on this Prima Marketing "Georgia Blue" paper and had to use a pic of my 

dad and mom taken many years ago on their honeymoon in the Eastern Cape.

For this layout I used the "Mystic Turquoise" Icing Paste together with 

a Stamperia mould to make the doily and lace edge strip and I loved the result!

The bird, wing and bicycle were painted in a royal blue and then rubbed with gold wax.

Lots of layering with flowers and ephemera and the layout was complete.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

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Beautiful Bravery

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a double page layout which I recently created as Brand Ambassador 

for Penelope Dee using the beautiful new Renaissance collection.

For this layout, I used some of Finnabair's "White Gold" Icing Paste and, 

using a silicone spatula, ran it along a floral cake decorating mould, 

leaving it to dry completely before lifting it from the mould.  

The paste has an elasticity to it once it sets which gives it the appearance of lace.

The chipboard pieces were painted with Nuvo Stone Drops and left to dry.

This creates a hardened texture on the chipboard.

A combination of gold and red Icing Pastes were also added to the layout using a stencil.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

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Spring is the best moment to start over

Hi everyone.

This is a layout I created using inspiration from the 13 Arts mood board challenge for February.

It is all about new beginnings ... new love, new start, new home, new you.

We all start afresh with something, sometimes more than once, at some or other point in our lives.

We always look forward to new things in our lives, never looking back ... 

only learning from it and moving on.

http://13artspl.blogspot.com/2020/02/wyzwanie-challenge-87-new-beginnings.html

 Spring is always a season for new growth and I decided to create this on my layout 

based on a video which I saw on YouTube a while back of techniques to draw trees, 

branches, leaves.

The branches for this layout were created by placing droplets of ink onto a 

white sheet of cardstock and then blowing them with a straw in the direction 

that you would like them to go.

Excess ink is blown in an opposite directions to create thinner branches.

I did this with black and green ink and then splashed some diluted red paint and dark brown 

chalk mist around the branches to look like berries. 

Some stamping, flowers, berries, resin pieces as well as 13 Arts dirt and stars were added.

Finally I added a sticker title to the layout which I feel depicts what the mood board is all about.

Remember, new beginnings are a time to celebrate!

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

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Lifetimes are made of moments just like this

Hi everyone.

I would like to share a recent single page layout, my first layout for 2020 

as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee using the beautiful Renaissance range, 

the first for this year.

This layout features a picture of one of my beautiful nieces having tea with 

some of her newfound friends 😉

I prepared the background of this layout by painting some stripes onto white cardstock 

using a combination of Crimson and Red Impasto paints.

The chipboard was prepared with the same combination of paints as well as some black paint.

The leftover pink and red paint was diluted with water and then splashed onto the background 

to create effect.

Leaves were stamped onto some of the patterned paper and fussy cut, together with some flowers and added to the layout.

Some of the diagonal shapes were cut out for the layout and some diamond

chipboard shapes were painted in black.

I hope that you like this layout.

Go ahead and follow Penelope Dee on Facebook or on Instagram @PenelopeDee.ZA 

to see what the Brand Ambassadors have for you this year.

Until next time!

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Penelope Dee Brand Ambassadors 2020

I am so excited, thrilled and honoured to be included as Brand Ambassador for Penelope Dee again this year and to be creating with their beautiful products together with this group of incredibly  talented ladies.

Look our for some brand new products coming this way soon.

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Life is better with you

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a recent single page layout from a class which I taught in early January

using the beautiful Rosabella range from Penelope Dee.

I prepared the page by first coating the paper with clear gesso and then stenciling onto the paper.

I then applied ink to the stenciling by first spraying with water and then adding a green 

and then a pink ink, making sure to dry between the two colours.

I added strips of paper to the left hand side and behind my photograph.

The lacy detail was added by using a thin (cake decorating) mould as well as product which, when dry, becomes rubbery and can then be removed from the mould.

Otherwise pieces of a floral lace will do.

I drew a heart as a stencil and then traced it onto two pieces of patterned paper.

These cut out and added to my layout.

I hope that you like this layout.

Until next time!

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Live for those who love you

Hi everyone.

Today I am sharing a recent double page layout from a class which I taught in 

early January using the beautiful Rosabella range from Penelope Dee.

The picture above really doesn't do this range

enough justice. These papers are absolutely beautiful in real life and so very easy to work with.

I used a few moulds on this layout which I used together with airdry clay.

Once the clay elements were dry, they were sprayed with water and then painted with 

pink and green inks, allowing the ink to move with the water to create 

light and dark tones on the petals of the flower as well as on the wing.

I rubbed both embellishments with gold wax, once the inks were dry, to bring out the details.

The chipboard was also painted with the inks and then randomly coated and heated 

with gold embossing powder.

Lots of flower fussy cutting and the layout was complete.

I hope that you like this layout!

Until next time!

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Remember

Hi everyone.

I am sharing a mini album with you from one of my recent classes which I taught

using the Blue Magnolia papers from 13Arts.

This was a very easy album showcasing the beautiful papers.

I love the blues with the black and white and I added yellow as an accent colour.

Below are some pics of a few of the pages ...

I hope that you like this mini album.

Until next time!

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