Tando Creative: 3D Week by Jan

Thursday, 22 October 2020

3D Week by Jan

Hello folks,

This week we are all a-buzz on the design team! We might look like elegant swans, but below the surface we are paddling like crazy, tweaking our tutorials, testing our live feeds, testing our setups, making sure the sound levels are right, furiously re-checking and testing (well the newer members of the team are anyway 😂) and its all looking good 👍

If you are signed up to the Comfy Pyjama On Line Retreat and have seen my intro (Unit 13), I mention that I'm a mixed media creator and I describe that as 'I stick stuff to other stuff'! As this weeks theme is 3D, and there might be new creators in our audience, I thought I'd show you some of the stuff I'd stuck together recently... Did I mention we'd been really busy with testing and re-testing ☺. I cant even begin to tell you how much work and brilliant co-ordination Di and Lesley, and everyone has put in. The response from all the delegates has been wonderful.

Did I mention we are buzzing? 😀.

Back to my little project: here I've used a 2.5' square of Tando greyboard that came in a mixed bag in the 'Happy Box' we normally have at the Mixology Retreat.

I coated the greyboard with light to dark washes of green and gold, drying each layer as i went, then a layer of Decoart crackle glaze and when that had dried applied a wash over the whole piece of Decoart prussian blue, adding a darker wash around the edge with the same blue.

I chose a Tando heart that has had Decoart modelling paste applied roughly, painted red and then covered in black Decoart Antiquing Cream, wiped back with a damp baby wipe. The tando clockface simply had a covering of embosssing powder - i love how simple and effective embossing powder looks. I then added some metal mineral powder in random spots to give it a more grungy feel and delved into my stash for some bits that I thought would go together - I think the proper term is 'to audition' pieces or 'to offer up' the pieces to see how they look together, before you get to glueing them down. I like the way the different metals, resin, textures and colours work together. I really like making smaller pieces, it allows you to experiment with your stash of treasures, without completely emptying out your collections.

I hope to see you over the weekend, in one or more of the classes, have fun and join in as much as you can for maximum enjoyment. Dont forget to keep those raffle numbers to hand as the prizes are really fab... Being the last class of the weekend, Di has reserved an especially wonderful prize 😙

Thanks for popping in, and don't forget to check out the posts from the rest of the design team in the blog.