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Saturday, 16 March 2019

"BEE STILL" VINTAGE SHABBY CHIC SUITCASE

Spring is just around the corner.

The birds know it and I can hear them singing outside even though the skies are grey and the wind chill is ridiculously cold at the moment.

I am anticipating the warmth and sunshine of Spring and it is invading all of my creative thoughts these days. Thus, I created this lovely shabby chic vintage style wooden suitcase.

DecoArt is releasing a new product called Chalky Gesso. It comes in several colors including White and Beige. I chose White Chalky Gesso as the basecoat on my wooden suitcase. This Chalky Gesso is amazing! It is a cross between Gesso and Paint; thinner than gesso but thicker than paint. It goes on smoothly and doesn't leave a lot of brush strokes or a need to sand. It works on all sorts of surfaces: wood, metal, paper and the results I have had with it are amazing!

First I removed all of the inexpensive bright fake silver "metallic" hardware and replaced it with my own antique bronze hardware at the end. Where I had removed the hardware, I used wood putty to fill the holes and then I sanded everything down to create a smooth surface.

Next I brushed the DecoArt White Chalky Gesso over the entire suitcase and let it dry. Then I lightly sanded again to get a really smooth finish.

I wanted a darker color basecoat as I intended to crackle the surface. So a coat of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Umber was applied followed by a generous coat of DecoArt Weathered Wood. Let the Weathered Wood air dry so that the crackling will work correctly.

This petite suitcase was screaming "PINK!" for the top color. So I mixed DecoArt Fluid Acrylics Quinacridone Red and Titan Buff to create a soft pink that I then brushed over all of the exterior and the interior walls and edges of the suitcase. It did not take long at all for the crackling effect to begin. Let the paint air dry.

I did some sanding around the edges and randomly on the surface to scuff up the suitcase and give it a real weathered, worn, vintage look. I then poured more DecoArt Chalky White Gesso onto my craft mat and randomly wiped it onto the surface of the suitcase to tone down the pink and allow the wood grain, crackling and texture to really be revealed.

DecoArt Media Matte Medium is an excellent glue and sealer. It dries clear and quickly. I added some cardstock and dictionary torn scrap onto the top of the suitcase and brushed Matte Medium under it and over it to seal it. You can heat set this.

One of my favorite Andy Skinner Stamp sets is Industrial because I love all three of the background texture stamps. I stamped this one in a darker brown permanent ink randomly on the top of the suitcase. Then I added a little bit of water to some DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Umber, dipped my fingertip into the paint wash and rubbed it along the edges of the suitcase; blending it into the pinkish tones of the suitcase basecoat. This defined the edges as well as added more of an aged appearance.

I then added a few more white highlights using the DecoArt Chalky Gesso and a baby wipe and randomly adding it to the top of the suitcase.

The next layer on the top of the suitcase was added with more stamps from more of my favorite Andy Skinner stamp sets; Shabby Chic and Textures. I stamped the cafe stamp in the dark brown permanent ink. The script stamp was stamped with a combination of black and dark brown ink.

Color! Color! Now we need a POP of color! I mixed DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Teal Hue and Titan Buff to create a soft teal color and stenciled it randomly onto the top of the suitcase through Andy Skinner's DecoArt Halftone Stencil. I then used this paint to edge the suitcase top using my finger just as I had done with the Burnt Umber Paint wash.

The teal pulls everything together. It frames the top of the suitcase, give a real "upmf" to the top and provides the perfect contrast for the embellishments that I will now add to the top.

Time for the fabulous Matter Medium again! I added some antique lace, washi tape, German Scrap, a big cut out bee (I had found while surfing the internet), paper scraps, scrunched up cheese cloth, and even some of Andy's Rusted Wire underneath the bee. All were held in place using Matte Medium!

I had a little plaster frame in my stash of stuff. I painted it with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Cobalt Teal Hue followed some light wiping of DecoArt Chalky White Gesso to soften the color. Next, using my finger I highlighted the raised areas of the frame using my finger to apply little touches of the DecoArt Metallic Gold Paint. Then I added the rub on "B" to the frame and this embellishment was ready to put in place.

Just as I had done with the "B", I altered the appearance of the rub on letters by scratching some of the black lettering off. This makes the letters look even more worn and really does change their appearance. I love this technique!

I applied antique bronze metal corners to the top of the suitcase using DecoArt Media Matte Medium. I've seen crushed glass in some mediums you can buy. It's expensive. So I decided to try mixing some Silver Crushed Glass with some Matte Medium and brush it onto a couple of places on my suitcase top to see if it would stay and be a neat way to add some subtle shimmer and light to the top.

IT WORKED PERFECTLY! I wish the camera could catch the sparkle of the Crushed Glass better but trust me, when the sun catches it, it's awesome!

Here is the hardware that I installed in place of the original fake silver "metallic" hardware. This is so much more vintage looking and gives a wonderful, warm shabby chic vibe.

The interior was finished off much in the same was as the basic exterior. Then I added appropriate card stock to the bottom and top of the suitcase.

This project was so much fun to transform from a plain little wooden suitcase into something beautiful and fun and worth to hold lovely little vintage laces, handkerchiefs or other prized trinkets.

For this project, you will need the following supplies:

Stampendous Frantage Silver Crushed Glass

Miscellaneous Supplies

Paint Brushes
Baby Wipes
Small 1 3/4 x 2" Plaster Frame
Rub On Letters and something to scratch them with
German Scrap
Washi Tape
Bee
Cheese Cloth
Antique Lace
Metal Corners
Metal Hardware Hinges and Handle
Sanding Block
Craft Mat
Permanent Dark Brown and Black Ink Pads

About the Artist: Candy Colwell

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Friday, 18 January 2019

Winged Heart Tag

Hi lovely readers, it's Brenda here with a mixed media tag for you today. I really enjoyed making this as my first team project for 2019.

I focused on the background first with three layers of gesso to build texture and used glazing medium with paint to create the grey layer. Of course next came some quinacridone gold and paynes grey and some stencilling.

I love to create mostly with a focus on using timeworn, vintage, mixed media and collage on my projects. I gathered some bits and pieces to build up a collage band to sit across the tag .....

.... and I used one of Andy's stamps to create my focal element.

I finished off with the specimen number as I felt it needed a little more balance to the left hand side.

I have a step out at Bumblebees and Butterflies if you's like to see the process of how I built up the layers and textures.

Happy New Year to you all and thanks for stopping by.

hugs Brenda xxx

Supplies

Andy Skinner - Stencil - French Elements

Andy Skinner - Stamps - Handle With Care and Skuldoggery

DecoArt - Media white gesso, Americana glazing medium, Media white modeling paste

DecoArt Media fluid acrylics - dark grey value 3, quinacridone gold, paynes grey

Tando Creative - Size 8 greyboard tag

Wednesday, 31 October 2018

A Feast for Crows- Fiona Randall

Happy Halloween.

Today I'm sharing my latest project with an eerie feel befitting the occasion. I wanted to create something different for a change and decided upon a painted canvas called

A Feast for Crows.

This piece came together with Andy's Stamp sets and DecoArt Media paints and mediums.

I started by applying DecoArt Media tinting base to the main substrate and when dry applied DecoArt Extender Medium to the whole canvas. Whilst still wet I applied DecoArt Premium Acrylics in Titanium White, Medium Grey Value 3 and Carbon black with a flat brush. This was then blended with a mop brush to create an ethereal feel to the background. and set aside to dry. Next up I created the pumpkins by applying air dry clay to some Tando Creative grey board circles and sculpting the shape. Once dry these were given a coat of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic. Once dry, DecoArt Media Antiquing cream in black was applied and wiped back.

The Crow from Andy's Birds and Bones Stamp set was then stamped and fussy cut and set aside. Time to create the moon which was a Tando Creative grey board circle which was given a coat of DecoArt Media Tinting base. Watering Can Archival Ink was then applied to an acrylic stamping block, spritzed with water and applied to the Grey board circle to create the effect of moon craters and dried with a heat too.

Some stamping of gravestones was then applied to the canvas base using Andy's Illusionary Artists Gothic Grunge Stamp Set. All elements were then applied to the canvas base To finish birds in flight were painted on the canvas and black wire curled around the pumpkins to form the roots.

Close up Detail shots.

Thanks for stopping by today

Fiona.

Products used.

Andy Skinner Birds and Bones Stamp Set.

Andy Skinner Gothic Grunge Stamp Set.

DecoArt Media Tinting Base.

DecoArt Media Antiquing Cream- Carbon Black.

DecoArt Premium Acrylics- Carbon Black, Titanium White,Dark Grey Value 3

DecoArt Remium- Extender Medium.

Grab Bag of Grey Board Circles.

Monday, 29 October 2018

THE SACRED SECRETS SKELETON SHRINE

Happy almost Halloween, my creative friends!

I love Halloween because it's a time you can really use your creative thought to create all sorts of wonderful home decor pieces. It's so easy to do that with the combination of Andy Skinner products and his Tando Creatives fabulous line of grey board kits!

Today I am sharing my latest ghoulish creation with you. I call it the "Sacred Secrets Skeleton Shrine". Say THAT three times really fast!

This really came together beautifully with the aid of a few of Andy's stamp sets and DecoArt Media products. Let's get started on this instructional journey and then I'll list all of the elements you'll need to make something like this.

Here are just a few of the pieces in this kit. I first gave all of them a light coat of DecoArt Media White Gesso and then mixed DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Carbon Black with DecoArt Media White Crackle Paste. It gave me a lovely stone grey color that I promptly stenciled onto two of the shrine pieces through a brick image stencil. Once dry, I stenciled the back sides of these pieces as well and allowed them to thoroughly dry. Next I brushed a layer of Crackle Paste onto the arch inset adding extra with my finger here and there and on the edges of the arch. This needs to AIR DRY for the crackling to work properly.

Here are these pieces at this point. Just look at the lovely texture and crackling!

To further "age and weather" the stone look, I rubbed DecoArt Fluid Acrylics Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide all over the stone pieces. I wiped off the excess with a baby wipe and repeated this step until I was happy with the results. Then I added some DecoArt Medium Grey Antiquing Cream to bring back more of the grey tones. Here you see one piece that is finished and the other is not. Quite a difference!

For an even "eerier" appearance, I DRY BRUSHED some DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Paynes Grey over the stones (front and back) and then added a light DRY BRUSHING of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Titanium White. Finally, I added more of the dark grey dry brushing in random areas. I love how these walls turned out! Creepy but very cool!

I loved the heart on the door of the shrine but for this piece, that heart was just not going to work! So ...

I found the perfect solution to cover the heart in Andy Skinner's Curiosity Stamp Set from Stampendous. I stamped four of the triangles onto heavy card stock using Black Permanent Ink. Then cut them out, glued two of them together (to make two triangles), slit at the top of the eyelid and slipped in dimensional eyeballs I found at a local craft store. I glued them in place and then covered them with DecoArt Media Liquid Glass. This seals them with a clear coat and also gives them an eerie dimension. The triangles were then colored using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide mixed with a little water to create more of a water color effect and leave all of the black stamping fully visible. Then I added a bit of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Umber using the same method.

Next I stamped Andy's wonderful "wheel of fortune" from the same Curiosity Stamp Set. I colored it using more DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics in the same manner as above; mixed with a bit of water to make them semi transparent. The colors I used were: Cereluan Blue, Primary Magenta, Primary Yellow, Yellow Green Light, Metallic Gold and a mix of Titan Buff, Hansa Yellow Light and Cadmium Orange Hue to create a fleshtone for the little hands in the center of the wheel. I painted the grey board gear from the Sacred Secrets Kit with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Metallic Gold. I cut out the wheel and glued it onto the gear and added a large brad in the center so that the wheel can turn. In the center, I added another dimensional eyeball and topped it with DecoArt Media Liquid Glass.

Finally, I added the sacred heart piece. This was painted using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Cadmium Orange Hue and Primary Yellow for the "flame" above. The heart base was painted with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Carbon Black. I used my finger and some DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Metallic Gold to highlight the exterior of the heart shape and compliment the "wheel of fortune". The face in the center was a Bottle Cap Image cut to fit the heart.

Here is the new and improved shrine door. The triangle image is glued onto both sides of the door and the "wheel of fortune" is glued onto the inside of the door.

Here is the back side of the main portion of the shrine. It is enhanced with more grey board elements from the Sacred Secrets Kit. The ray of gold was painted with DecoArt Media's Fluid Acrylics Metallic Gold. The smaller gear is given a rusted effect using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics' Metallic Silver, Carbon Black and Quinacridone Gold rubbed randomly onto the grey board piece. Finally, I added another eyeball in the center and added the DecoArt Media Liquid Glass to give it a more clear, dimensional lift. "Unexplained" is a wonderful added stamp image from Andy's Unexplained Stamp Set from Stampendous. It was stamped using Black Permanent Ink and heat set.

To join the shrine body and door together, I added a large decorative metallic piece I had in my stash to use as a "hinge". I also added a small metallic handle on the door using a good glue to hold them in place.

Finally for the star of the show; the black clad skeleton. He is from Andy's Birds and Bones Stamp Set from Stampendous. I stamped him onto heavy cardstock using Permanent Black Ink and cut him out. I added the black mesh cloak using a needle and thread around his neck. I also added the chains and handcuffs using a bit of scrap chain and two jump rings. "FEAR" is stamped in Permanent Black Ink right onto the right side of the stone wall. This is from Andy's Skuldoggery Stampendous Stamp Set. Perfect spot for it! I added little black eyelets onto the arch front and the black slips on the golden rays are the remnants that were removed from the gear on the backside of the shrine door. They are painted black and glued in place. Don't throw away what you think might be grey board trash! You never know when it will come in handy!!

This project is finished! So fun and really came together easily with Andy's Tando Creative Sacred Secrets as my inspiration.