Texture Paste Cog

Hi there, it’s Celia here with a look at texture pastes. They lend themselves very well to rust effects, and I find they're so useful to add interest to a project.
I decided to use four different pastes together, because why just use one! I used DecoArt Sand Paste on the cogs and stippled some Andy Skinner Lava Paste on the big MDF cog. This needs heat setting to make it puff up. If you stipple it on finely it creates a nice pitted rust effect.
For the base, I used a 6x6 greyboard sheet and stuck on some Tim Holtz Abandoned collage paper. I discovered that the big cog is the same size as the cut outs in Fiona’s new Layered Tags, so I cut one out to put behind the cog. I just sprayed this black.

I used a spatula to apply Andy Skinner's Strata Paste and DecoArt Crackle Paste randomly around the edges of the base board.

When this was dry I stippled on a mixture of DecoArt media fluid acrylics to roughly match the colours of the paper (Burnt Umber, Green Gold, Pthalo green yellow, Transparent Iron Oxide). I also stippled some rusty colours on the big cog. Then I dry brushed the texture pastes with Titan Buff to highlight. I also coated a couple of small cogs from the minis cogs tag with some Ferro.

Then I added a couple of washes to tie it all in together before assembling. I added some silver Gilding Paste to the cog to highlight the rusty texture. The combination of the different texture pastes produces all sorts off yummy crunchy goodness!

And here's the finished piece - 

Thanks for stopping by!

Celia x

LOVE.. canvas..

Hi everyone, Gez here, I am delighted to share with you today my little canvas using the fabulous August colour theme..

My canvas is a little more green in real life I promise!

The base of the canvas is one of the 6"x6" chipboard sheets

from the 5 pack.. you can find them {HERE}

These sheets are lovely to work with, no buckling or bending 

no matter how wet they get and can be easily punched with holes for hanging.. 

 

I worked straight onto the chipboard with acrylic paints, no Gesso!

The paints didn't sink in too much and mixed lovely..

While the board was drying, I painted a couple of the little birds

from the {Mini pack of Birds and Branches} 
with white Gesso then watercolour paints..

so sweet!

I also painted a couple of hearts

from the {Grab Bag of Hearts} 

 

Lovely!

Thank you for calling, I hope you can join us for the colour challenge this month.

You can find the August link up at the very top of the blog

or

 click {HERE!} 

Happy creating, Gez

Anything Goes with Gez!

Happy Saturday!

I am delighted to be sharing a chunky mixed media journal page with you today. This was so much fun to create!!

For the base of my chunky page I used a {sheet of chipboard} from a 6"x6" pack.

 

I played around with acrylic paints until I was happy with the background!

And then applied a thick layer of medium gel through the gorgeous {Giovanna - Spiral} mask.

What a very pretty mask!

While everything was drying, I set about concentrating on my focal image and decided to use the {Hippy Chick} stencil from {Andy Skinner}

 

I traced one of the girls onto a piece of journal page, cut and glued it to the page. The sentiment was embossed using white embossing powder. And stars were added to the journal page using gold acrylic paint.

I hope you like my art journal page.

Thank you for calling and leaving a comment if you get the chance.

Happy creating, Gez 

 

My book of Tando Session 8

Today is the last session in My book of Tando over at our Tando Creative Online Class.   Would love you to visit and join in, if you do below is a list of the products used.

a 6" x 6" sheet of Tando
Tando bird and branch
Tando flower frame
Text stamp
PVA glue
Acrylic Paints
Modge Podge
Viva craco
Viva Gloss Gel
Paper naplin
alcohol inks and mixative
Archival ink pad

    


Have you seen our challenge?   Its a fun monthly challenge this month you do not have to use Tando just follow the theme worth having a go the prizes had us all wishing we were not part of the design team!

My book of Tando Session 7

Today at Tando Creative Online Class we have something a little different to share with you, and yes it involves an iron!   If you fancy joining in these are the materials used.

Tando 6" x 6" Sheet
Tando Bird, from Bird and Branch set
Tando Leaf Branch
Tando Cogs Mask
Iron
Wax Crayons
Grease proof paper
Artist Pastels
Various rubber stamps
Various ink pads
Clear Embossing Powder




      

My book of Tando, Session 6

Here is a teaser for this week's page from My book of Tando and today's session over at Tando Creative Online Classes.    As usual I'm giving you some advance notice and a list of materials used.

Tando 6" square Sheet
Tando Bird (no branch this time!!!)
Tando Block Flourish
Brayer
big and Juicy ink pads
Viva Inca Gold
Stampin' up Rubber Stamps
Creative Expression's Stamp
Memento Ink Pad
Versamark ink Pad
Gold Embossing Powder
Various Promarkers pens

      

My book of Tando, Session 5

You'll know by now that every Friday over on Tando Creative Online Classes I'm sharing a page out of my book of Tando with you.   This is just to give you a taste of this week's page and list the materials used, if you are following along you'll need

6" x 6" Tando Sheet
Tando Wavy Dominoe's
Tando Bird and Branch
Distress Inks
Tim Holtz Blending Tool
Nail file
Adirondack felt dry pad
Big Shot
Texture Fade embossing folder
Distress Stains




      

Mosaic madness

Do you ever start something crafty and then get totally carried away... well I think that's what I just did so apologies in advance for a long post lol.  The Tando chipboard sheets are brilliant used cut up to use as mosaics.  They are fairly easy to cut with sharp scissors but if you prefer,  a metal ruler and craft knife works quicker although it can be fiddly if you use small pieces.

I glued a sheet of none porous paper  that I had covered in encaustic wax to the front of the bare chipboard sheet... (only because the chipboard is porous... although I will experiment later directly onto the board itself) before cutting it into approx 1cm squares.

It doesn't matter if the shapes are slightly uneven... I think this adds to the charm of the finished piece.  You do need to ink all of the edges of each tile though which is time consuming but very therapeutic  In this case I made a bookmark using a shape cut from stiff card as the base, covering it with black acrylic paint before sticking the tiles in place with pva glue.  A bit of chain and pretty beads completed the look.

I was totally bitten by the bug by this point  and used left over squares to create a pair of earings in the same way.

Although in this case I used another square of covered chipboard as the base for the mosaic instead of card.  They are really lightweight and they will make a statement as they aren't small. 

Finally... and because I can't throw anything away I used the leftover pieces to make this easy peasy necklace.

Again using a piece of chipboard as the base for the tiles....

So that it could be reversible if I wished.

Wow that really WAS a long one...lol Congrats if you made it to the end and I hope you will have a go yourself.

hugs

Chris xx

Large picture magnet

Mums always deserve gifts at any time of year and after my own was poorly recently I made her this large picture to display on her fridge.  I used a sheet of 6" x 6" Tando chipboard as the base and covered it in acrylic paint and glitter (although unfortunately my photography doesn't show up the shiny glitter very well ) before adding the decoupaged image.

I cut a large piece from a magnetic sheet I had and glued it to the back of the bare chipboard and then I painted this beautiful piece to add to the top, also adding glitter before coating with diamond glaze and adding a teardrop gem.

As I didn't have the letters I needed I used the 'Mum' part from the Tando heart shown below and added it to the bottom of my piece.

It took a while but I think the result was worth it :D

hugs

Chris xx