Rice Papers & Rust - by Nikki K

Morning everyone,

Today I thought I would share a tag I have made with Andy's new Rice Papers, and fab Strata Paste.

I started with the Vintage pack of papers, and took the wood effect paper and glued to an mdf tag with matt medium.  On top of that I took a piece with a vintage lable on, and wet the edges to tear the paper easily.  This was glued on top of the first.

I gave the tag a wash of very watered down Raw Umber paint, to blend the colours of the rice papers better, and then added a little quinacridone gold in a wash.  It just toned it all down.

With a palette knife, I added Strata Paste roughly around the edges of the tag, more in some places than others.  This was then given a wash of  Raw Umber, and some Quinacridone Gold in places. 

The mdf butterfly and scroll were first painted in neat Raw Umber, then I used the new Stonewash Stamp to give the background some detail.  Over that I painted Quinacridone Gold to add the rust effect.  The top layer of the butterfly was also given the rust treatment.

A piece of wire was threaded through the Tag, and curled round a paintbrush on each side to finish.

Have fun crafting, 

Nikki

xx

Products Used:

Stonewash Stamp

Artists Acrylics, Raw Umber, Quinacridone Gold.

Vintage & Floral Grunge Rice Papers

Strata Paste

MDF Tag

Industrial Altered Dolls Head

Hi all
Todays weird steampunky piece is made from a tatty, bald dolls head. I wanted to try out Andy's new Creative Expressions Paints so it seemed just the thing!

 To start with, a layer of black chalky finish paint, then Rust paint all over, topped with a Lava Paste face pack!

Stubby hair stumps covered up with a plaster wrap skull cap, which I then painted with layers of Quinacridone Gold, a hint of Rust and a smattering of the Cobalt Teal, The face is painted with layer upon layer of Quinacridone Gold, Cobalt Teal, Rust and Yellow, first using a brush, then a sponge to just highlight the texture.

I made a metal headband by threading metal nuts onto wire, added feathers and metal embellishments over the eyes. Then I took a very old battered cake time, turned the push up base part upside down and threaded wire through the air holes.

A bunch of feathers added to the top for a bit of fun, once the wire frame was finished and another metal embellishment on the top of the feathers to hide the feather stems and match the eyes.

Thanks for looking. For a bit more detail, visit my blog here.
Suz x

Products used:

Creative Expression Lava Paste, CE Paints: Rust, Quinacridone Gold, Cobalt Teal, Yellow
DecoArt Chalky finish paint and Heavy Body Gel

Other: Tatty dolls head, metal embellishments, wire, cake tin base and Feathers from my stash.

'Tagtastic' Eternal Tag by Nikki K.

Good Morning all,

I'm really happy to be on Andy's blog today sharing a tag I made in blues and greens, with just a touch of Rust.  The tag is from Andy's Tagtastic Kit, and I wanted to give it a different look.

I embossed the tag with a script embossing folder firstly, then painted it white.  On top of this I added several colours of blue-greens, in layers and washes, to build up the background.  Some Patina Antiquing Cream was splashed over to give a matt aspect.

I used one of Andy's stamps, Texture, to stamp the background with, and also some script.

The Heart was given a similar treatment to the background, layering colours and stamping, and then each piece was edged in white to give definition.

The bolts, screws and book plate were given a rust treatment, and then antiqued.  I ran some white round the edge of the tag with my finger.  A bit of rusty wire was added as a little hanger, which I kind of bent into the top of a heart shape.  The label was stamped and aged with a wash of colour.

I hope you like it, don't forget to check out the rest of Andy's team's work on the blog.

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.
xxx

Products Used:

Texture Stamp Set
TagTastic 2 Tando Tags set.
Andy Skinner Industrial Elements (bolts/washers, bookplate)

Andy Skinner DecoArt Media Line:
Pthalo Green Blue
Pthalo Turquoise
Quinacridone Gold
Antiquing Cream - Patina
Tinting Base
Raw Umber
Yellow Iron Oxide

Other Products:
Archival Black Ink
Rusty Wire.