Ancient Jungle Drawer with Andy Skinner kit manufactured by Tando Creative

Hello all, today is Phoebe here to show you an altered drawer using the new Andy Skinner kit manufactured by Tando Creative, Compendium.

This gorgeous and very versatile kit will soon be in store. Stay tuned at Tando !

I used the biggest gear from the kit to create the main focal point of this piece. One of the greatest things of Tando 's greyboard is that, they are thick enough but also very flexible. I only needed to spray a little bit water and then it bent easily to fit the shape of the drawer.

There are many different shapes of parts in different details of the kit. I kept most of them as they are. I enjoyed using the negative part of the kit (the left over after you cut the parts out from the kit) as the background, and also a few here and there adding to the whole build up.

After putting DecoArt Media Texture Sand Paste on random areas of the whole piece, I coloured the piece using the colours listed below. Remember to use only small amount of paint when putting them on the surface. If you feel it is too heavy, spray with water or lightly pad with tissue and then add more layers until you are happy with it.

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Transparent Yellow iron Oxide

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Vermilion

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Viridian Green Hue 

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Green Gold

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Carbon Black

I used Andy 's new Illusionary Artists stamp set for the name plate.

The crackle is made with DecoArt Weathered Wood.

 Since this is a square shaped box, so basically it can shrift to another direction depend on which way you want to see it.

Please go look up the new kits from Tando and also the new stamp sets !!

Until next time !

A5 Word Up & Numbers Stamp Set by Illusionary Artists

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Transparent Yellow iron Oxide

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Vermilion

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Green Gold

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Viridian Green Hue

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Carbon Black

DecoArt Media Texture Sand Paste 

DecoArt Media Gesso White

DecoArt Weathered Wood 

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Drift….. Faux Wood Tag

I managed to spend an hour yesterday doing a bit of blog hopping which is rare these days, on my travels I saw a few tags made using the Tim Holtz Texture Fades Wood grain Embossing Folder.
I have had this folder for a while but never felt inspired to use it until now so I combined a few techniques together on Personal Impressions 300 gsm plain white card to produce my take on it!


Paints and mediums used are from Decoart.
Before I go, here is My Grungeboard heart that I shared on Facebook yesterday.


Have a great weekend everyone,
Andy

Weathered Wood

Unfortunately I have no artwork to show on this post, I have done lots this week but it all has to be kept under wraps at the moment so instead I decided to make a little video on Decoart weathered wood crackle medium, as I get asked and also receive many emails concerning this product.

In the video I explain different ways and ideas in which to use and control the medium so hopefully the email questions will start to decrease :)

 

 

Andy

Faux Weathered Wood

Hi all,

It's soooo quiet out there in internet land at the moment, so many of you are on holiday… Hmmm holiday…. maybe next year!… are you all still out there?? lol
Anyway, last week I posted a scrapyard challenge mirror on here, this unfortunately failed to go out via my feedburner email subscription, but you can always view it here if you missed it.
Using the same basic pine mirror I have distressed and weathered it using Americana acrylic paint.

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The basic technique for this can be found HERE, in a video I made a few months back.
I have been busy experimenting with this technique over the past couple of days and it is really starting to come together.

There are approximately seven stages to get to this result on wood, all fairly quick but I wanted to give it a go on cardstock!
Now the only cardstock that I have found to withstand this sort of abuse is the one recommended to me by the wonderful Lindsay Mason, I absolutely love it!
It's 300 gsm and is the only cardstock I have used which can hold up to what I chuck at it :)

Here is a small tag i have made to resemble old painted floorboards, this is using just the 300 gsm cardstock and acrylic paint.

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(Dream stamp by Lindsay mason  Fly Soar Soul Dream)

Next are a couple of book markers using my Antiques stamp set.
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And finally I attempted a faux wooden clock. 
Again this is just a circle cut from the 300 gsm cardstock, absolutely nothing else has been added other than paint.
Next I will glue it to some thick cardboard and fit a clock mechanism.

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Clock numerals were stencilled on using a Tando Mask which is available from the Craft Barn
To find your nearest stockist of this fantastic cardstock visit the stockist locater at the link below. code number is PIP 300 CWH
http://www.personalimpressions.com/

Andy

Asian Tea Caddie

Hi all,
apologies if you are receiving this post for the second time but blogger deleted it yesterday!

Here is one of the latest projects I have been working on.
An Asian box from Decopatch as pictured below.


I decided to turn it into a tea caddie using products from Decoart & Ranger.

I will attempt to give you a quick run through of what I did.
Detail was first added to the lid with a gold Americana writer to give the appearance of rivets.

The lid was then base coated with Decoart Dazzling Metallic Emperors gold followed by a coat of their Weathered Wood medium.
Once dry, one coat of Americana Buttermilk was applied on top. As it starts to crack the gold will shine through.

Two coats of Buttermilk Acrylic were then applied to the base.
Once dry, Weathered Wood Distress ink was then blended onto the lid, edges and the bottom of the base.
The box was then sprayed with a coat of Americana Matte sealer to set the distress ink.
Versamark was then stamped onto the base using a Tim Holtz stamp from the Floral Tattoo set and Bronze Perfect pearls Dusted on top.

Decopatch Jewels, tea labels and charms were then glued on with Ranger Matte Glue and Seal and a Fimo ball painted with Emperors Gold placed onto a cocktail stick, pushed through and glued into the centre of the lid.

Phew….Tea anyone?

Andy

Boys Toys!

Hello all,

Below are a couple of bisque pieces aimed more for the boys. The first an old motorbike followed by an old steam train moneybox.
Now, I was tempted to steampunk them but held back the temptation and decided to give them an old aged look with Americana acrylics.

Here they are…Ok admittedly a little steampunky but not full on
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Hope you like them!
Andy

The da Vinci Project

I wanted to share with you this birch wooden box from the Craft Barn I made yesterday using the Americana spray image transfer technique shown in my earlier video.
In the video I was using it on bisque and cardstock so yesterday I had a go onto wood.
I printed a few copies of Leonardo da Vinci's study of a woman's head on a laser printer and transferred the larger copy onto the box lid and the smaller onto a tag to match.

I used distress inks with my blending tool to create a background and age it. I then used a crackled background stamp with Frayed Burlap Distress ink and stamped Object d’ Art from my Antiques set with Black Archival. I finished the top with a few coats of Americana Matte spray which gives a slightly satin finish and added a pendant from Calico Crafts Steampunk metal range.

For the base I have used Decoart Americana acrylics with there weathered wood medium for an aged and worn cracked effect. These products are also available from Calico Crafts.


A quick note on using this process on wood;
I so far have only tried this on birch and have found the smoother the wood the better the transfer, although I want the image to be slightly imperfect I would recommend sanding the wood first.

Andy

And The Winner Is?

Hello everyone, here is the prize!

Americana Matte Spray Sealer. 5 bottles of Americana acrylic paint, Weathered Wood Medium, Texture Paste, Triple Thick (Like Glossy Accents) Maya Road Fibres, Adirondack  Blending Solution, Adirondack Alcohol Inks, Brilliance Archival Inkpad, Treasure Gold Gilding Wax, 3 pottery heart plaques ready for decoration and the featured Tag.

All names were placed in a hat this morning,,well a bag actually! and the first name to come out was?? ………………….SID!!  Congratulations Sid the goodies will be posted to you this week. Sid if you could let me have a delivery address by filling in the contact form on the tabs at the top of this blog that would be great.

Tag No 7 proved to be the most popular so I have completed a tutorial for that tag.

Many thanks to everyone who posted there comments. I may run a few more competitions in the near future and ask the lovely people from Decoart to sponsor them.
Details of how to get the tutorial are posted below

Tutorial

I have added a new Page located on the Tabs at the top of this blog called  PDF Tutorials. The tutorial for  tag 7 can be found there.
I have decided to produce tutorials in PDF format as I think it is much more user friendly and easy to print out and work from. Please let me know if there are any problems.
Tag 7 is probably the hardest out of all the tags to explain the technique but hopefully it will make sense.

Have a great day,
Andy

Altered Box Part 1

Hello all,
I was given a Diesel perfume box a few weeks back shaped like a book and decided I wanted to make an altered box with it, I was asked lots at Stitches about the stamped Gesso technique but rather than use gesso for this I have decided to use a product from Decoart called Modeling Paste because its flexible when dry and more like fabric and would be perfect for this box.as it is flexible at the hinge.
Below is a picture of it applied to cardstock and it bends without cracking!


This tutorial is part one of two, and the technique is exactly the same if you were to use Gesso. In part two I am going to transform it into a shadow box. Here is a picture at the end of stage one..

Ok I understand if you are going to try this method you will be using a different type of box, if its wooden I recommend that you prime it first.

The box has a glossy paper finish so I first sanded it to give it some tooth for the modeling paste to adhere to and cut out the plastic window.


Apply the modeling paste approximately 2mm thick using a pallet knife, you don't have to worry about it being perfect as it is going to be stamped into.


Once the box is covered start to dry with a heat tool, this will dry the surface of the modeling paste but you still want it to be spongy. I recommend trying this on a practice piece before attempting it as it takes a little practice. Once the paste is ready spritz your stamp with a little water to prevent it from sticking.


Start stamping into the modeling paste using a variety of stamps, make sure you have a bowl of water to hand as there will be the odd stamp that sticks and you can clean the stamp immediately.


Continue to stamp into the modeling paste until completely covered. Allow to air dry or if impatient like me use a heat tool but be carful not to blister the paste.


The colour options for the base coat are up to you, I have used Red, Yellow and Blue with a different brush for each colour, blend them slightly but avoid muddying them.


Once dry I like to add a few metallic colours randomly onto the basecoat.


Next I have picked 4 shades of blue along with buttermilk, starting with your deepest shade load a flat brush but not to heavily and start brushing over the surface allowing some of the basecoat to show through. Allow to dry.


Repeat this process using less paint on the brush with each shade until you get to your lightest two colours. Now load the brush and wipe of onto a kitchen towel and dry brush the the stamped surface, finishing with your lightest colour.


Here are some close-up's after the final dry brushing, you can click any of the pictures to enlarge.


I then applied gold to the sides, once dry I applied one coat of Decoart Weathered wood and dried with a heat tool followed by a coat of buttermilk, almost immediately the cracks start to appear.


Finally I finish of with two coats of Americana Matte Sealer.