This week on the Tando Creative blog the theme is 'Frames'.
I was inspired to use one of the technique tags that Di brought to HOCHANDA yesterday as my base, but wanted to use a range of other greyboard pieces from my stash as the frames. What I added to my tag are some of the mini frames and also washers and other pieces that have a frame like appearance...
I started by putting my pieces together, sticking the frames where I wanted them. Then once these were set I added texture using Decoart Texture Sand paste to which I added art balls and micro beads to create different sizes of grains...
After this I also added some of the Decoart crackle paste and then once all of these were dried I painted over with white crackle paint as this added a much finer type of crackle.
To create the colour I decided to use Brusho powders as I wanted all the crackle to be able to show. I sprinkled a selection of yellow, gamboge and brown powders then spritzed with water. These were then added again in different amounts, gradually building up the layers of colour until I was happy with the final effect...
Next I stamped out the butterflies and sentiment from a Finnabair set and coloured with some distress ink. To create more definition to some of the edges I used an archival inkpad and sponge to make them a bit darker. Finally the pieces were added to the tag, using some of the circles as frames for the butterflies...
Here are the products that I used to create my tag:
* Tando Creative Tag
* Tando Creative Mini Frames
* Tando Creative Industrial Elements
* Decoart - Texture Sand Paste; Crackle Paste; Crackle Paint
* Brusho Powders
Thank you for looking and happy crafting!
Jane xx
Wow, gorgeous Jane xxx
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