A Little Peek of my Shabby make on my New Blog.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are all keeping well, I would like to thank you for all the lovely comments and support I have received.

Just a very quick post this arvo as I have just blogged a couple of tables on my New Shabby Chic blog Spesh-chic.blogspot.co.uk 

If you have some time I would love to see you over there where you can see more pics and the other table xxx.

Stampendous Stack Art with Decoart Media Line

Thanks for stopping by. After the Stampendous blog hop a couple of weeks ago that the Decoart International DT took part in we were kindly asked back to play along in their Stack Art week.

You can find all the details HERE with a list of the Blog Hoppers.(this will be up a little later as I am on UK time and they are USA) 

There are prizes on offer for those that hop through the list and leave comments.

You can find the Stack Art Kits HERE, In short they are kits that work together, there are several to choose from and they are interchangeable, You start with the Kraft board packs, You get enough for 4 stacked cards (about ATC Size), there is also a stamp kit for each pack that is designed to fit the pieces in your kit. Finally there is an elements pack with glitter, fragments and frantage embossing powders to decorate your Stacked ATC's

All Products used are from the New Decoart Media Line, You can sign up for Our new Media News letter HERE, The news letter should be startting in August.

For my Stacked ATC I Used the New Crackle paste on the base and used the fluid acrylics to paint, These new paints are pretty much 100% pure pigment with no fillers or bulking agents, this basically means a little goes a long way, a couple of drops is enough for something like this.A coat of the black Antiquing Cream helped make the cracks stand out.

I used one of the back ground stamps and stamped over the top of the cracked surface with archival black ink.

I used the frame section from the kit and used Decoarts decoupage glue to stick the mica fragments to the surface, a coat of Gesso and some paint effects left a nice flakey rusty look.

The Heart,Wings and Sentiment were also painted and given a worn cracked effect with the crackle glaze and the ATC was finished by adding a couple of screw heads from Prima, Thanks Susan ;) an old Fuse and a Dragon fly charm that has been aged with a little paint.

Thanks for stopping by, It means so much to have you spend your time here, If you have some more time please check out the other artists taking part in this week long hop, there are new artists and projects every day. 

xxxxx

I would like to enter this ATC into.....

Try It On Tuesday are having a Things With Wings challenge.

De Stempelwinkel - Media line heart

Morning, I hope you are all keeping well, Thanks as always for stopping by xxx.

A quick sneak peek today of my make over at De Stempelwinkel using products from the new Decoart Media Line.

If you have time it would be great to see you over there x.

Calico Crafts Guest Designer Spot - 3 Trays

Morning all, Sorry things have been a little quiet recently.

I am back this morning with a quick post, I am over the moon to have been asked to be the guest designer for Calico Crafts, you can see my make HERE, They are a great on line craft shop with a plethora of crafty goodness and an amazing DT.

If you have time it would be great to have you join me over there. xx

De Stempelwinkel - Flying High Again

Sorry I have not been very active recently, I am still crafting out of boxes as we search for a house to buy. 

Today I am sharing a quick little fat book page over at De Stempelwinkel. If you have time it would be great to see you over there xxx.

De stempelwinkel - vintage Atc step by step

Morning all, thanks for stopping by, I sharing over at De Stempelwinkel a simple vintage Atc step by step using the new Decoartt Media line.

If you have time it would be great to see you over there. Xxx

Decoart/Stampendous Blog Hop - Mixed Media Canvas. The New Media Line Is Here.

 

 The excitement continues as we conclude our grand tour of amazing artists playing with Stampendous, DecoArt, and Princeton Artist Brushes via inspired by Willow Wolfe products! The inspiration has been amazing, and today you'll be even more astonished! If you missed the beginning of our journey, be sure to go back and check it out! MONDAY - TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY Of course, there are prizes! DecoArt is sending three sets of their Media Fluid Acrylics, Princeton Artist Brushes via inspired by Willow Wolfe is donating Select 3750 Brushes and some Catalyst Wedges, and we'll be adding a Stampendous Creative Palette so you can practice all the techniques you'll see this week. We'll be sending three prize packages to commenters with U.S. Mailing Addresses, and DecoArt will be sending three generous sample packages to international commenters, so all our friends can play. This week we've shown you how to use Stampendous Rubber Stamps to transfer a terrific pattern for painting. Did you know you can sell your projects made with our images? As long as you hand stamp each one, you can sell as many as you like of any kind of project anywhere you want. You can find our detailed Angel Policy on our website. One of the terrific prizes is a Catalyst Wedge from Princeton Artist Brushes and inspired by Willow Wolfe. These wedges are terrific for using with our Creative Palette and DecoArt paints. In this video Stampendous owner Fran Seiford demonstrates how easy it is to make amazing backgrounds with these tools. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7UqUFDrTXg&w=560&h=315] Wait until you see what our other artists have created!

Visit each blog, leave a comment! • Like Stampendous, DecoArt, Princeton Artist Brushes, and inspired by Willow Wolfe on Facebook! • We've also got a Pinterest Board started!

Please repin our projects on to your boards and be sure to tag us when you do (#Stampendous, #DecoArt, #PrincetonArtistBrushes, #byWillowWolfe) - we'll be tracking. Your comments on the blogs are your entry into the drawing! AND I have a few bonus goodies hanging around my office for some lucky people who SHARE our Facebook posts and Pinterest Pins! Ready for your trip around the world??? Pack your bags, get a cup of coffee and a kitten, and get comfy. You have until the end of Sunday, June 29 PDT to comment on all the blog posts.

Louise Crosbie (Scotland, UK)

Lea Kimmel (North Carolina, USA)

Claudia Neubacher (Vienna, Austria)

Asia King (Oxford, UK)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Suzanne Czosek (Illinois, USA)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Kristine Reynolds (California, USA)

Angelica Stark (Hudiksvall, Sweden)

Mark Gould (West Sussex, UK)

Debbie Cole (California, USA)

Jamie Martin (Oklahoma, USA)

Tobi Crawford (BC, Canada)

Wendy Price (New Jersey, USA)

Jessa Plant (Arizona, USA)

A few of the bloggers this week are new to hopping, so if you have an issue with any of the links, here's a little tip! If you get a page that says "Sorry that Page is not here" or something similar, try clicking on the header of the blog, or look for something that says Home.

Morning all, thanks for stopping by, as you can see there is something a little different going on today. With the launch of the new Decoart Media line the Decoart International DT are very pleased to be taking part in the week long blog hop held by Stampendous,we are also joined by Princeton Artist Brush Co.

Today is the last day of the hop, if you have missed out on the beginning of the week you really have missed out on some amazing creativity.

I am sharing a  canvas this morning. Here are the Products I have used.

Using the Decoart modelling paste I gave some texture to the canvas leaving a central panel around a section of text tissue paper that was glued down.

Once the modelling paste had started to dry out I used the Circle image from Stampendous and stamped gently into the surface, I also used the circles stencil from their stamp set and applied more modelling paste.

Some Burlap was also pushed into the paste as were some half pearls. I added some of Stampedous's mica fragments to add even more texture.You can see a couple of them in the pic below.They add a beautiful flaky look.The edges were finished of with some texture sand.

After a coat of Gesso the colour was built up with washes. I am amazed at how little of the fluid acrylic is needed, One drop of each colour was needed to get the blue tones, using a wet brush I picked up a little colour and started to apply randomly mixing the shades together varying the intensity of colour.

The spots were painted carefully with white and the hand was added as the focal point.

To tidy everything up the edged of the canvas were painted black and the whole piece was given a coat of the satin varnish.

Thanks fo stopping by, Hopefully you have liked what you have seen and will be eager to get to the next blog. 

Happy Hopping ;)

xx

De Stempelwinkel - Mixed Media Board Tag

Morning All, Thanks for stopping by, It's my turn over at De Stempelwinkel today and I have a little mixed media board tag I made using the new fluid acrylics and mixed media products from the new media line by Decoart.

If you have time I would love to see you over there where you can see the full tag x

Thanks for stopping by xx.

De Stempelwinkel - Fat Book Cover

Afternoon Another little teaser pic for today's make over at De Stempelwinkel.

I picked up a kids Postman Pat book from the charity shop as I thought the chunky pages would be great for a new Fat Book.

If you have time I would love to see you over there where you can see more pics and the whole thing xx.

De Stempelwinkel - Simple Wedding Invites

Afternoon all, I am running late today with my share over at De Stempelwinkel.

My make today are these wedding invites that I some how got roped into making for one of our friends.

Thanks for stopping by. x

De Stempelwinkel - Book Stationary Caddy

Morning all, thanks for stopping by, another quick post today as I am sharing over at De Stempelwinkel.

If you have time it would be great to see you over there, You can see the full project and more pics. 

xxx

Two Become One Rescued Shabby Table Tutorial And A Demo Day In Burnley

Just a little post to share my latest blog post over on my new Shabby Chic blog Spesh-chic.

If you have time it would be great to see you over there, I have lots more Photos and a step by step of what was done x

I am also very excited to share that I will be demoing the chalk paints at The CraftRange in Burnley as part of their Big Craft Event, there are several other artists demoing products including Andy Skinner and Lindsay Mason.

If you have the day free I would love to see you and if you do make it up come and say hi.

xxx

De Stempelwinkel - June Calendar Pages Kate Crane style ish ;)

Morning all, here is a little teaser post form my June Calendar pages over at De Stempelwinkel, I have used Decoart Chalk Paints for the background, to see the full images and a little what's what it would be great to see you over there xx.

Thanks for stopping by.

Altered Note Book

So, Slowly slowly things are getting back to normal and it really helped to get the mojo back on board by attending a class at my local store held by Andy Skinner.

A short sweet post today with a few pictures of what we made in class using Decoart mediums and paints.The cover was finished of with some Tim Holtz rub ons and some ideology.It was great catching up with some lots of familiar faces and meeting a few new ones too.

Sneak Peek of a Spesh-Chic post

Ok, so I am back in the land of Blog, Sorry for the absence I have been moving house and it has been a nightmare, I am finally getting settled and finding some of my craft stash.

I have just blogged this News Paper Caddy over at Spesh-Chic and if you have time it would be great to see you over on my new Shabby Chic Blog xx