Product Focus- Steampunk Journal Cover- Fiona Randall

 

Morning all Fiona here with a Product Focus project.

The DT will focus on the vast array of products available on the Tando website and hopefully give you some ideas and inspiration to try something new.

For my project I have focused on the Tando A6 Binder and Cover Pack. I t comes with two A6 Binders and 4 pairs of covers. I used a pair of the covers to create a steampunk themed journal cover.

 Air drying clay was pressed into a mould and once dry glued to the front cover.

I also used for decoration the Tando Steampunk Parts Small and also the medium sized Bee from the Tando Bee panel. The covers were given a rusty and patina treatment using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics. The embelishments were given an aged brass effect with hints of patina also. Am quite pleased how this turned out. 

A spine was created from a piece of Tando Grey Board cut to size and attached to the journal covers using book binding tape.

To finish elastic was added to the spine so little notebooks can be slotted in.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and read.

 Do stop by the rest of the week to see more inspiration from the DT.

Fiona xx

PRODUCTS USED.

A6 Binder and Cover Pack

Steampunk Parts- Small

Bee Panel

Das White Air Drying Modelling Clay

Construction Book Binding Tape

Tando Grey Board Sheets

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Carbon

Media Fluid Acrylics- Raw Umber

Media Fluid Acrylics- Burnt Sienna

Media Fluid Acrylics- Quinacridone Gold

Media Fluid Acrylics- Quinacridone Violet

Media Fluid Acrylics- Cobalt Turquoise

Media Fluid Acrylics- Blue Green Light

Media Fluid Acrylics- Gold Metallic

DecoArt Media Ultra Matte Varnish

DecoArt Metallic Lustre- Burnished Brass

OTHER PRODUCTS.

Stamperia Soft Mould A5 - Time Machine.

March Colour Theme Week- Fiona Randall

 

Morning all Fiona here with a project and here is the colour theme for this month.

What a wonderful colour pallette for the begining of spring.

So here is what I created using the colour pallette for inspiration.

I used a Tando Media board mounted onto a Tando Tag and added one of the new Bees recently released. I went for a spring feel feel for this project as the colours are so uplifting.

Products Used.

Tando Mixed Media Boards

Tando Size 8 Tag

Tando Bee Panel

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Carbon

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Keepsake

Other Products

Arteza Metallic Paints.

Tim Holtz Distress Rock Candy Glitter

Tim Holtz Faded Type Stamp Set and Tiny Text set

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink- Ground Espresso

Archival Ink- Garden Patina

White Posca Paint Pen

 

Anything Goes - Honey Bee Arch

Hi friends! Dana here today sharing an arch I created for the Anything Goes theme this week. I created a honey comb from the Gothic Arch Layered Frame and a piece of Round Grid. I covered the back panel and four frames of the Gothic Arch and a piece of Round Grid first with DecoArt White Gesso and then with a coat of DecoArt Primary Yellow Fluid Acrylic Paint. Once dry, I distressed the pieces with DecoArt English Red Oxide Antiquing Cream.

Next, I added some stamping, embossing and some acrylic paint highlights in blue. I then glued the frame together and wrapped the edge with floral fabric tape.

I added some Tom Petty song lyrics with Dymo tape, some teal star sequins and a real bee that my friend found in her yard. (I hope I'm not the only person who loves to be gifted with insects to use on my art projects!) I finished this piece by filling in the frame with resin.

You can find the chipboard I used for this project, and a wonderful selection of DecoArt products, in the Tando Creative Retail Store.

Yellow and Black - Bee Happy Arch

Hi Tando fans! Dana here today sharing an arch for the Black and Yellow theme this week. I've been wanting to use this set of embossing folders for some time and this color palette was the motivation I had been looking for. I started with an inside cut from the Arabian-Style Layered Arch Frame.

I added some small flowers from the Floral Grab Bag. I primed them with several light coats of gesso and then dabbed on some pale yellow ink and finished them with some doodling and a metal pearl.

I chose a small cloud from the Grab Bag of Clouds to add to this arch for a touch of whimsy. I just used a simple coat of gesso to color this piece that I topped with an embossed bee.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Black and yellow with Irit

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to Tando Black and Yellow week.
Irit is here with my black and yellow project.
This week I finally used  this darling Bee set- so much fun to use it with this  week's colours.

I made this small octagon printers tray deco painted with my latest love: chalkboard paint.
The background was made with a Distorted Harlequin Mask
 with coloured to yellow texture paste .
Then I heat embossed all chipboard parts  with bright yellow embossing powder and finally added some glitter glue over the bee. I made hand written BEE HAPPY sentiment over the lower frame corner.

Here are the products used for this  project

See you soon with more of my projects

Bzzz.... A wooden frame of bees in Summer !

Good morning all ! That's the end of week on Winged Things, and my turn (Coco) to illustrate this theme very inspirful. As soon as I read the theme, I knew exactly which products I wanted to use: BEES !
I was really excited, I love bees and had already beautiful Bees stamps on purpose... but now I can say that I love even more Tando's ones !!!
I had for a while a pack of Bee Set Large, but no precise idea of what to do with them. Then I received the Bee Set Small, and things became obvious. I chose altering a wooden frame bought for 1 Euro in a discount shop a couple of months ago... So happy with this recycling... cheap, trendy and soooo funny!!!   

Here are some step by step instructions if it can help. I will not give them all the times but I love sharing my experience and I think it's well worth doing it today ! Hope it will inspire you something similar with these wonderful bees and honey jars !! Maybe to decorate a kid bedroom for example... (or keep it for yourselves like me hahaha).
I first covered the plain frame with a light coat of Gesso at every place visible. Then I added a bit of texture using Grunge Paste on my Tando Leaves 2 Mask and another honeycomb mask. Once dry, I started to paint the background and all sides with opaque paints (I used Dabber Willow and a bit of Dabber Lettuce). I then added layers of translucent paints afterwards here and there, and also some Treasure Gold directly using my finger on the textured parts and on the edges. I played with several shades of green paints, especially my Fresco Finish Hey Pesto and Zesty Zinc colours that are translucent - nice effect guaranteed ! -. 
To add interest, I also covered some parts with a darker green colour (Espresso Dabber), and added a thin coat of Crackled Glaze over it before painting these parts again (but let's well dry before !..) in Willow + Zesty Zinc paints... You can see the light and nice crackling effects at the bottom near the jars in particular, I love this technique that I learned from Leandra Franich during a class she made in Paris. 
  

I used one small butterfly of my Butterfly Mask and I inked it with a cut'n dry and my Distress Peeled Paint ink (you can see it on the top left side), and I also stamped some Nature words using the same ink for a tone-on-tone effect. To highlight the edges and the textured parts, I put some Treasure Gold with my finger over them. At this stage, I naively considered my background as finished !! :)

 So... I could start painting my bees and the lovely combined elements. I chose one big and two small bees, and one large honeycomb and hive from my two Tando's Bees grab bags. I used lots of paints again (mainly Haystack, Smoked Paprika and Vanilla) + Distress Pumice Stone for the shades and the funny eyelids around the eyes (aren't they cute ?!..).  I drew the wings with a thin black marker and slightly painted them, then highlighted them using a white pen for a bit of transparency. I also added the word "Honey" on the two jars in Archival Coffee and small wooden alphabet stamps.  

My Stampotique flowers and small bees were stamped in Archival Jet Black on scraps of paper, and then painted (the bees) in Haystack and Smoked Paprika - a bit watered down -, with some extra stickles for the finishing touch !     

  

I used the following Tando products:-

Bee Set Large

Bee Set Small

Leaves Mask Set of 2

Butterfly Mask

Please pop on over here for more photos and details, and the list of all supplies. You could also be surprised by the verso of my recycled frame LOL !! Hugs, Coco xxx