Crackle Week - Stamped Button Card

Hi friends! Dana here today sharing the card I created for the Crackle Theme this week. I had a lot of fun with colors and patterns for this project. I assembled a simple layered card base and wanted to create a fun focal point.

I used the Valley Road Positive and Negative Foam Stamp Set from Nathalie Kalbach with ink on white cardstock and vellum to create a 2-layer circle piece for the center of the card. Next, I filled the holes in the middle of the stamping with jeweled brads. Finally, I stitched a Button that I painted first with DecoArt Cadmium Red Fluid Acrylic and then with a mix of Primary Yellow Fluid Acrylic and White Crackle Paste. I finished this card with a sentiment sticker.

You can find the products I used for this project in the Tando Creative Retail Store. We'd love to see your creativity! Share your work with us in Tando's Creative Zone on Facebook.

April Color Theme - Mini Lion Canvas

The page this image was linked to was no longer available. I think I found the original source on Zazzle. No contact information was available for the artist, so I borrowed this image for personal use only.

Hi friends! Dana here today sharing a mini canvas for the Color Theme this week. I found this lion image online by accident while I was helping my daughter with her homework. This beautiful image popped up in a search that was totally unrelated to lions and I'm so glad it did. The geometric image caught my eye and it matches the color palette perfectly.

I cut the image out and glued it to a Square Button from the Buttons Grab Bag that I colored with Tattered Angles Turquoise Blue Glimmer Mist and Plain Jane Baseboard Leaf Mist.

I glued the button onto a 3x3 inch Canvas Corp canvas that I colored with Tattered Angels Fully Purple Glimmer Mist. I hand-dyed a piece of seam binding ribbon with the same colors of mist previously listed and tied it around the edge of the canvas. I finished this piece with a sticker sentiment.

You can find the chipboard I used for this project in the Tando Creative Retail Store. We'd love to see your creativity! Share your work with us in Tando's Creative Zone on Facebook.

Anything Goes - Secret Door ATC

Hi Tando fans! Dana here today sharing an ATC for the Anything Goes theme this week. I had some fun with a Small Straight Edged Arch, an Artist Trading Card, small elements from the Tando Mini Range, and some digital collage images and papers to create this Valentine's Day Card for my sweetheart.

I covered the front of the Artist Trading Card with the Huntsman patterned paper from the Gecko Galz Ever After Digital Paper Pack. I then covered a Small Straight Edged Arch with a door from the Gecko Galz Behind Door #1 Digital College Sheet. I carefully cut a door opening between the base arch and the arch frame so that the door can open, revealing a secret message.

I used a piece of clip art from the new Gecko Galz Valentine Wishes Digital Collage Set. I made a "door knob" out of a Heart Button from the Buttons Grab Bag and a girl from the Mini People Set. I colored both pieces with acrylic paint, glued them together, and then glued them to the front of the door as a small handle.

I finished this card with a black pen and some gold dimensional paint.

You can find the pieces I used for this card and more in the Tando Creative Retail Store! We'd love to see what you create for our Anything Goes! To be in with a chance of winning some great Tando goodies of your choice, please make a piece based on our weekly themes and link your project, not just your blog, using the inlinkz tool located at the top of the Tando Blog. You don't have to use any Tando product, but, if you do, you will be entered into the draw twice! There are no limits to how many times you enter, however, we do request that you only enter your piece for 5 challenges. We look forward to seeing your creations!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Anything Goes Quick Card

For this week's Anything Goes I've gone for another quick and simple card:

I put some of DecoArt's ~{White Modelling Paste}~ through the centre of the ~{Tornado Stencil}~ and when it was dry, added a little gelato with my finger for a slight colour.

I painted one of the flowers from the ~{Floral Grab Bag}~ with DecoArt's ~{Quinacridone Violet Fluid Acrylic}~ and then added some of the White chalk paint to the centre. Once this was dry, I added some white pen doodles.

The centre of the flower is one from the ~{Button Grab Bag}~ painted with white chalk paint and ~{Cobalt Teal Fluid Acrylic}~. This is finished off with some twine and a greeting stamp.

You can join us with our themes to be in with the chance of winning some Tando goodies. All the details are in the May Link Up button at the top of this blog.

Kaz xxx

Peeled Scallops

For the peeling back technique I've made a card:

I soaked a ~{Scallop}~ and a ~{Button}~ in water for about 5 - 10 minutes - make sure it's completely submerged - and then carefully separated a couple of layers. Mine was actually whiteboard so the white layer came off and I've saved that to use for texture on a journal page.

Once they are separated, leave them to dry completely. I'd recommend splitting them in the evening and letting them dry overnight unless you live somewhere warm. If they are damp you run the risk of them becoming damaged.

I then painted them using DecoArt's White chalk effect paint mixed with ~{Quinacridone Violet}~,  ~{Cobalt Teal}~ and ~{Napthol Red Light}~ fluid acrylics. Once dry I used Gelatos to add some shading, stamped on the button then gave everything a coat of ~{Clear Liquid Glass}~.

I've used 2 stamped birds that I watercoloured and cut out. Once everything was dry, I added a ribbon, some doodling, glued everything in place and finished off with a greeting.

Keep checking out the ~{Blog}~ this week to see what the rest of the team comes up with.

Kaz xxx

Inchie Thank You Card

Hi Tando fans! Dana here today sharing a card and wrapping up the Inchie Theme this week. I used the circle stencil from the Trees and Leaves 3-Part Stencil Set with brown ink to add the circle pattern to the base of the card. I then stamped and painted five images for the focal point of the card. I colored a small Square Button with chalk ink and attached it over one of the images. I finished the card with a simple stamped sentiment.



Thanks for stopping by today!
~Dana

Free For All - Vintage Arch

Hi Tando fans! Dana here today sharing an arch that I created with some of my favorite pieces of chipboard for the Free For All theme this week. I usually split apart the Arabian-Style Layered Arch Frame and use the individual pieces separately. I do so here and used an outer frame for the base of my piece. I filled the back of the frame with patterned paper and then piled a vintage image, stickers, ribbon and chipboard on top. I dressed up my chipboard with stamps, acrylic paint, clear and crackle glaze, paint and ink.

I paired the vintage image with a favorite Anne Taintor quote. I love my girls, but I'm only half way through Summer break and I'm beginning to miss my 30+ hours of alone time each week! I know I have said this line more than once and I'm sure to repeat it before school starts again. ;)

You can pick up all the pieces I used here from the Tando Creative Retail Shop. Also, there is still time to submit applications for the Design Team Call!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Yellow and Black in the trees...

I decided to make a page with a grid pattern, and then use a mix of photos and embellishments in the little squares - which Tando chipboard is great for. 

 I used a couple of flowers from the flowers grab bag and painted them in 2 different shades of yellow  acrylic paint, then added a little white too, as well as a touch of black gel pen once it was dry to add a little more definition.  I used the same 3 colours of paint on the butterfly and square button - with the butterfly I then added some silver stickles to highlight the wings and I drew a bark pattern on the large square chipboard button too.

Free for All - Masks and layers

It was lovely to receive some of the newer masks to have a play with, and the first I tried out was Andy Skinner Sunburst mask which is a great size for 12 by 12" pages.

I started by scrapping texture paste through the mask and it gives a really nice clean finish, I also like the way the mask draws your eye into the photo too.   I then added some green and brown mist, allowing some of the green to drip down the page.  Next I added layers of paper and then a chipboard star and hexagon button.  I covered them in a thin layer of gelato (pastel) and then added some glossy accents on top with a sprinkling of glitter which just adds a little more sparkle.

Katherine

Family - My 2

Hello, this weeks theme on the Tando blog is Family, so here is a little bit of mine - I love documenting them growing up and looking back at pictures like this.

For this page I started by tearing a piece of card in half and then making a v-shaped piece on my page, which I filled with the tangled yarn mask and then misted layers of black across the page.  I piled up lots of paper, card, gauze and lace behind my photo, stapling it as this holds tricky things like the gauze better than glue.  I finished it with a little Tando star button that I covered in yellow, gold and silver gelatos, then threaded it with twine and used the rest of the twine as a little pile behind the star.

Katherine

Buttons on the Beach

Another beachy page from me, I used some Tando Stars and layered my buttons on top of them for embellishments.  I recently got some gelatos (a pastel that you can use with water if you haven't discovered them yet), so I used them to draw and then paint the circles, printed smaller circles and then smudged them in on my stars and buttons, the colour takes really well on the chipboard and I like that you can add 2 colours on top of each other without them running into each other...so the heart has some silver and red on it.  As the buttons are the top layer of my little stack I also added some rock candy on the top to add a little extra sparkle.

Katherine

Buttons Away - Glass Bottle Assemblage Piece

Hi Tando fans. Dana here today sharing a glass bottle assemblage piece for the Buttons Away theme this week. I thought I'd take my button off the page for this project! The scallop circle button from the Buttons Grab Bag was the perfect size to create a small halo around the doll head.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gedanken - Thoughts

Hi, Caro is here. Today I have a card for you with some buttons of the Buttons Grab Bag. I have covered them with washi tape.

Hair clips with lots of buttons: Buttons week

Hello my dear crafty friends! 

Irit is here and this time with some wearable art: hair clip made with  some ribbons and a lot of Tando Creative buttons.

All buttons were heat embossed with a lot of powders and arranged with a hot glue gun and this is a piece you can use if you are like 7 years old... Or less... and have a long hair.

See you in a few days with more TANDO inspiration!

Pretty in Pink Mini Album

Hi Tando fans! Dana here today sharing a mini album for the Pretty in Pink theme this week. I had a lot of fun creating this little scene with a Small Wrought Iron Gate, and heart from the Buttons Grab Bag and a couple of Mini Butterflies.

I added a light coat of paint to the gate and colored the heart and butterflies with Gelatos and watercolor pencils.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Proverbs, Sayings and Quotes - ATC Set

Hi Tando fans!  Dana here today sharing a set of ATCs for the Proverbs, Sayings and Quotes theme this week. I chose to use some love proverbs and and set of my favorite stamps for this series of cards. I love the strength of the Tando ATCs!  I applied several layers of mediums and plenty of heat to these cards and they didn't peel or warp.

I chose hearts from the Grab Bag of Hearts and the Buttons Grab Bag and colored them with bright red ink for a pop of color.

Thanks for stopping by today!