Just for Fun

Morning all, I hope you are all keeping well this Sunday?

I had a quick play yesterday with some of my new Stampendous goodies and the Decoart Media Misters.

I used a Media Board from Tando-Creative and added some Stampendous Embossing Enamels, Twilight, Aged Marine and Verdigris.

Using Black Stazon ink I stamped one of the new Stamp releases 'Chilling'.

I decorated a wooden plaque with Decoart Media Misters, Red and Yellow.

If the Media misters are new to you, they are a permanent acrylic paint in a spray bottle much like the water based ink sprays that are out there, the advantage the Media misters have is that once dry they will not be reactive with varnishes or other layers of paints etc unlike the water based sprays.

You can even spray them over metal,painted and sealed surfaces and they will dry properly and keep their colour intensity unlike some of the ink based sprays that look vibrant for about 10 mins ;)

I added started with the red mister and then swapped to the yellow straight away, this allows the colours to mix and blend naturally and bellow you can see the close up of the kind of effect you will be left with,

The plaque was finished by giving them a coat of Satin Varnish and the Media Board was glued down.

Thanks for stopping by, Ill have a full post with the Details of my upcoming California trip in the next few days.

xxx.

The Grinch Does Christmas

Afternoon all, sorry for the two post day, it's boom and bust round here at the moment.

And as most of you probably know, I'm not really one for the traditional Xmas stuff, Que grumpy old man syndrome ;)

I have decided to go against my baser instincts and give into a little bit of Xmas.

I started with three plain white baubles that I picked up at B&Q.

I have used Decoart Media Fluids and products to decorate my baubles.

This one was given 3 or 4 coats of Quinacridone Magenta to get a nice rich colour built up.

A Heavy dry brushing with Prussian Blue Hue brought out all the edges.

I finished off with a couple of coats of Satin Varnish.

This Baubles was done with the Media Misters. I started the Baubles spinning slowly on its string and built up the layers by lightly misting the spinning ball from all directions. Just make sure you . I mainly used Yellow, Red and Orange with a little black thrown in.

I sprayed each colour whilst the previous colour was still wet, this layering of colours gives a really nice blending effect and I built up enough colour to get the misters to run. Constantly spinning the bauble and giving it a blast with the heat gun to set the paint before repeating the process till I got the effect I liked.

I used the Decoart Triple Thick aerosol spray to finish the Bauble, the triple thick gives an almost laqured finish and a high gloss that makes the colours come alive.

My final Bauble was first painted black.

The ridges were swiped with some Versa Mark ink and some Stampendous Stamp n Bond was applied so I could add some Gold Leaf. The stamp n bond is like an embossing powder but acts like a glue for things like gold leaf.

A generous coat of Decoart Crackle Glaze was added, this was tricky as it wanted to run of so I had to keep turning the bauble and spinning it. Whilst the Crackle Glaze was still wet I added droplets of Decoart Interference paints. you will see the paint disperse into really cool patterns and they meld around each other. over the black back ground you can really see the colours in the interference paints pop and it leaves a nice effect as it plays in the light.

All the strings were replaced with thin black leather cords.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing my little Xmas cheer ;)

Simon says stamp are having a Christmas challenge this week.  



Time Waits For No Man - De Stempelwinkel 6x6 Canvas

Thanks for stopping by this morning. Today I am sharing my De Stempelwinkel make as part of the 31 Days Of Halloween Blog Hop. I have painted a wooden canvas using Decoart Media Fluids and Misters, Stencils from Artist Cellar and Andy Skinners limited edition Grim Reaper by Tando-Creative.

The Stamps are of course from De Stempelwinkel.

You can find the full project on the De Stempelwinkel Blog it wuld be great to see you over there.

Simon Says Stamp are having a throw back challenge where you can pick any past challenge theme for your entry.

Like their dt member Andrea I have also gone for the Spooky Halloween theme from 2013.

When 3 Become 1 an Experiment With Multi Layering An Atc

 

Morning all, I'm over on the De Stempelwinkel blog today and it's day 9 of the 31 Days Of Halloween Blog hop.

I am playing around with ideas at the moment for a new class I am putting together based around Mixed Media Atc's.

This is my first play with multi layering some acrylic Atc's.

You can see more of what I did over on the De Stempelwinkel Blog x.

I have used Atc's from That's Crafty. Decoart Media Fluids and Misters and stamps from De Stempelwinkel.

Although I have not quite captured it in the photo I am loving the depth created and learnt a lot from making this Atc.

Stay tuned for more ;)

Thanks for stopping by. xx



De Stempelwinkel - Le Chat Noir Shabby Bottle

 

 

Morning all, Thank you for stopping by. I'm posting my little shabby chat noir bottle today on the De Stempelwinkel blog.

I have used stamps from De Stempelwinkel and Paints and misters from Decoart.

I'm posting from my travels today as I'm up in Whitley Bay teaching a weekend of workshops at PaperCuts with the Lovely Jo and Shirley.

If you are looking for a new challenge De Stempelwinkel are now running a new challenge every two weeks, you can find the details at the top of the sidebar on the De Stempelwinkel blog and check out the current challenge theme.