Gothic Arch Frame- Fiona Randall

 

Morning All it's Gothic Week here on the Blog.

I love a Gothic theme and I love Arches so this little project ticks all the right boxes for me.

I have used one of the Tando Gothic Arch Layered frames for my project. It consists of five frames to layer on top of the base and gives real depth to your project.

I covered the base in some Tim Holtz Halloween paper as this gives a real Gothic feel to the background. next I glued and layered all five frames together and then gave them a coat of DecoArt Chalky Finish in Carbon. I then inked up the frame with versamark ink and applied sticky stuff embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool. This makes the frame sticky for the next step which is foiling.

I pressed a piece of pewter foil to an area of the frame  and rubbed lightly and lifted straight away.

 This gives a random distressed aged effect.

 I continued this step all around the frame until I was happy.

I then went over the foiling with a coat of Black DecoArt Antiquing cream and wiped back back to age the frame further.

I then gave a resin frame, cast from a Finnabair Mold a coat of DecoArt Media Black gesso and heat set.

 I then swiped over the raised edges of the frame with some DecoArt Metallic Lustre in Silver Spark.

I stamped the skull in Black Archival Ink and applied clear embossing powder and heat set. 

This was then cut and glued to fit in the frame as shown.

DecoArt Chalky Finish in Carbon was then applied to a Tando Bookplate From Andy Skinner's Industrial Elements set and the edges swiped with the Metallic lustre as used on the small frame.

I inked a scrap of white card stock with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and then applied a sentiment from one of Andy Skinner's Mixed Media Transfer sets.

The small resin frame was then applied to the Gothic Arch Frame using an off cut of grey board to raise and give depth and dimension.

The bookplate was then added to finish.

A quick and easy project and I love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by today

Stay Safe

Fiona.

PRODUCTS USED.

Tando Gothic Arch Layered Frame

Andy Skinner Mixed Media Transfers- Alchemy Plus

Andy Skinner Stamp- Skull of Spades

Andy Skinner Industrial Elements by Tando Creative

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Carbon

DecoArt Media Black Gesso

DecoArt Metallic Lustre- Silver Spark

DecoArt Media Antiquing Cream- Black

OTHER PRODUCTS.

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Pumice Stone

Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper- Halloween

Judikins Sticky Stuff embossing powder.

Deco Foil- Pewter.

Prima Finnabair Mold- Grungy Frames.

Two Part Casting Resin

Stampendous Clear Embossing Powder

Versamark Ink Pad.

Neil Walker Book Cover

Hi there!

Today I've made a video to show how I decorated one of the Tando book covers. It's Neil Walker's Mechanical book cover kit. He has a whole range of covers available. If you look on his blog neelz expressionz he has some more ideas on how to decorate the covers. 

Here's the link to the video 


If you search the Tando blog for book binding or mini books, there are some other methods of binding the journal. Here is a simple method from Karen (mini book). I stuck my calico inside instead of outside, and then simply painted the inside covers and the calico. 

Thanks for watching!

Celia  x

Anything Goes with Brenda

It's an Anything Goes week here again at Tando Creative and I'm starting the week with this little stencil set. When Di designed and cut some new stencils for Andy Skinner she also cut two covers  for them so they could be kept together as a set. I did a simple background and made the covers fairly flat so they could sit in my drawer.

Process steps
1. Take tag and give it a random coat of white gesso.
2. Paint cerulean blue acrylic paint mixed with a little water over the whole tag and dab with some kitchen paper to remove some of it from the gesso. It will of course soak straight into any greyboard that is left exposed.
3. Use a small palette knife and scrape some white gesso lightly and randomly over the surface keeping the flat of the palette knife level with the tag. Dry.

 4. Seal with a coat of decou-page.

5.  Mix a little prussian blue hue 50:50 with glazing medium and paint over the tag and gently rub back with dry kitchen roll and a babywipe keeping the dark blue to the edges.

 6. Mix a little quinacridone gold with water, dribble on one place spritz with water and move around and dab some off with dry kitchen paper before drying. Repeat in another couple of random places.

7. Mix a little paynes grey with water and dribble around the edges, spritz with water and dry. I worked on about a 2 inch spread at a time.
8. Use the two different stencils - similar to American car number plates and with a palette knife spread black modeling paste through them and leave them to dry naturally.

9. For the inside covers, use a palette knife to spread a smooth coat of everlasting chalky finish paint over the greyboard, give them a watery wash all over of cerulean blue and dry. Mix a watery wash of prussian blue hue and dabble, spritz and dry around the edges. Heat dry and finish with some stamping and some colouring and a light quinacridone wash to tie it all together..

10. Seal both the insides and outsides of the overs with a coat of ultra matte varnish. 

These are great for altering and are useful to use to cover the stencils. You pick them out in an instant when they are with other stencils in a drawer.

I hope you'll be able to pop back during the week to see what projects some of my lovely teamies are showcasing.

Thanks for stopping by.

hugs Brenda xxx

Supplies 
Tando stencils and stencil covers. 

DecoArt media fluid acrylics - cerulean blue, prussian blue hue, quinacridone gold 

DecoArt mediums - white gesso, black modeling paste, ultra matte varnish, decou-page sealer

Monochrome week- by Fiona Randall

 

 

Good morning,

it's Monochrome week here at Tando and I have decided to make a quick and simple tag as my inspiration for you.

 

 

I started by  applying DecoArt Chalky Finish in Primitive to a Tando Long Tag. I then stamped the edges with the Large decorative stamp from my Favourite Andy Skinner's Textures Stamp Set with black Versafine ink.

 

Next step was to take a piece of corrugated card and  cut to a tag shape to layer on the long tag base. I stripped back areas on the top and bottom to expose the ridged. This was then given coats of DecoArt Chalky finish in Relic, Primitive and Everlasting and blended to the desired effect. Stamping with Watering Can Archival Ink and Andy Skinners Illusionary Artists Word Up and Numbers  stamp set followed by my favourite Textures Stamp set again to the edges. Stenciling using Andy Skinners Children Stencil came next With DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic in Carbon Black. A word chip was created by stamping a title using Andy Skinners word up and numbers set and applying to a strip of greyboard then attached to the tag. The finished Tag was then mounted onto the long tag base. A washer from Andy Skinners Industrial Elements kit was given a coat of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic and then glued to the tag before threading through a piece of black leather cord to finish.

 

 

Close up Detail.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed this project.

Fiona.

 

Products Used.

 

 

Tando Long Tags.

 

 

Children Stencil.

 

Andy Skinner Industrial Elements Set.

 

StampendousTextures Stamp Set.

 

Andy Skinner Word Up and Numbers Stamp Set.

 

 

 

 

Chalky Finish - Relic, Primitive, Everlasting.

 

Media Fluid Acrylic- Carbon Black.

 

 

 

 

 



 



Anything goes week- rusty tag by Monika

Hi!

I hope you are well.

It's anything goes week and I have decided to make a quick and easy tag as my inspiration for you :)

I'm using Andy Skinner Tagtastic 1 kit by Tando

Firstly I have painted the background using brayer and Decoart medium acrylic paints in Carbon Black, Metallic Silver, Paynes Grey and Quinacridone Gold

Once it was dry I have randomly stamped the background using black archival ink and embossed the ''Have Faith'' sign on the side.

Using puncher I have made two holes in the heart embellishment, I have also distressed the greyboard around the holes a little, then painted all over with Metallic Silver paint, stamped and added few washes to make it look rusty. Before attaching it to the base I have  wrapped it with rusty wire.

I hope you enjoyed this post.

See you next time

Monika

x

Texture Week with Brenda

Welcome to a new week on the Tando Creative Blog and this week we have the theme of TEXTURE.

A few months ago I had one of the Tando Steampunk clocks published in the Craft Stamper magazine so I thought I would share some photos of it with you as it is full of crackle texture and I have added the process steps at the bottom of this post.

This is my clock shabby style.

 

 

Here are the steps for you to follow.

I used DecoArt media acrylics and mediums available in the shop.

1. Take the front frame and prepare it by scraping over some modeling paste with a palette knife and adding some sand texture paste in random places. Push the clock numbers into the surface and let it dry.

2. Give the textures and numbers a thin layer of white gesso before adding random patches of white crackle paste around the whole frame. Try to keep the patches almost joining up so it has continuity.

3. Mix washes of the colours used on the background. Use a paint brush to add small amounts to the frame drying between each wash. When dry paint over white antiquing cream and let dry again before buffing it all with a soft cloth.

4. Take the background piece and cut yourself a circular piece of card for the clock face and paint them both with a coat of white gesso to seal the substrate.

5. Mix a watery wash of Cobalt Turquoise mixed with Titanium White on a craft mat and dip the backgrounds into it and heat dry. Keep the clock face lighter than the background.

6. Repeat the dip and dry method with washes of blue/green light, green gold and prussian blue. If after you have finished it still isn't dark enough go through the four colour washes again.

7. Stamp the diagram and text stamps randomly on the background and patterns on the clock face using watering can and coffee archival inks mixed on the same stamp.

8. Using Titanium White and a stencil add some random patterns over the background and heat dry. This adds greater depth and interest to your background.

9. Splatter some watery Prussian Blue and Raw Umber over the background and cobalt mixed with titanium white over the clock face.

To finish the project:
Paint the clock numbers with pewter paint. If you intend to display your clock give everything a coat of varnish before you stick the panels together. I used Soft Touch from DecoArt. Use sandpaper to distress some of the edges and rub in some ground espresso distress ink. Take your chosen embellishments, use the pewter paint and gesso to alter some of them and adhere to the project.

Thanks for stopping by.

hugs Brenda xxx

Crackle - Decorated ring binder - Brenda

Di has a fabulous selection of Ring Binders in stock of different sizes and I'm sharing the shabby vintage pink one you can see in the photo below.

Paint the binder in a vintage mix of pink both inside and out using the DecoArt Premium Acrylics.

Glue some tissue wrap on the front and back panels and when dry dip them in watery titanium white, titan buff and primary magenta several times drying between each dip.

Mix a dirty glaze using premium matte medium, burnt umber and dark grey together with some water and paint it all over.

Make the oval vintage lady embellishment by applying some titan buff acrylic paint to a craft mat and squidge the oval and rectangle chipboard shapes to get a bit of texture to it. Stamp them with one of Andy's IA Tech Trauma texture stamps.
Ink the edges of the photograph with brown distress ink, adhere it to the oval and then add a layer of clear crackle glaze. When dry I rubbed in some white and brown antiquing cream. Repeat with the label and use Tim Holtz label letters to make your word.

Add a magnet beneath the flap to keep the binder closed when not in use.

Now it is ready to be filled with journal pages, stencils, envelopes for collecting things together or whatever takes your fancy.

This is another of Di's creations that would make a fabulous gift for someone.

Until next time.

hugs Brenda xxx

www.bumblebeesandbutterflies.com

Sea life is good - an acrylic pour and faux encaustic tag - Brenda

Welcome everyone

I have used one of the 'long tags' today and on it I did my first acrylic pour - woo hoo. Take a look at how I started off and then brought it together with some Andy Skinner and France Papillon stamps.

I used DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics .......

..... and mixed them with the DecoArt Pouring Medium. I had watched Andy demonstrate these at Stitches back in February and recently on Hochanda and there are lots more informative videos on YouTube - I have put some links on my blog.

This was the result - not bad eh? You can see why I went for the 'sea' theme, the colours are perfect.

I stamped and masked on the bottom of the tag ......

... to create this design and then mixed some media acrylics with a little tinting base and carefully dabbed some onto the fossil shells.

I found a painty piece of card, stamped the octopus and highlighted it with a white paint pen and then gave it a dirty wash of paynes grey media acrylic.

I inked the edges of the octopus with ground espresso distress ink and gave the tag a layer of clear modeling paste using a palette knife. I encapsulated the octopus and added some small glass cabochons.

 I finished by carving the word sea using a pencil and went over it with black posca pen and also added some remnant rubs, a painted vintage brad and some bakers twine.

I'm really pleased with the look and although I debated with myself to add another coat of clear modeling paste I decided against it.

If you pop over to my blog, you'll see a couple of extra photos and also a giveaway of some stamps - take a guess at which ones?????

Thanks for stopping by.

hugs Brenda xxx

www.bumblebeesandbutterflies.com

Layers week with the mini book storage kit

Hi again, it's Brenda here following up on my post from Saturday where I showed you how I put one of the mini books together. In fact you can see it on the top shelf of the storage unit below.

This project was one I did for the DecoArt Media blog and thought I would show you here as the paint is all laid down in lots of layers with stamping over the top.

If you would like to see the full tutorial you can see it on the DecoArt blog HERE and I am also transferring it to my own blog where I keep a record of all my makes. There are lots of photos and a full explanation of the steps to take to create this shabby look right from the base layer .....

...... to the finished effects.

Thanks for taking a look, I hope you have enjoyed your visit.

hugs Brenda xxx