Tando on Create & Craft tomorrow 4th March 2022 - by Zoë Sanderson

Good morning, don't know if you have heard but tomorrow at 9am Di, Mrs Tando herself will be live on the newly combine Craft Shopping channel.  She is taking some absolutely brilliant samples from the team to show what can be done with the products and will of course be demoing herself.   Hope you can tune in or catch up later Di's presentations are always popular.

Thought I'd share a step by step with you by way of a teaser, using just 1/2 of the Tando Hexagon kit.  This is a 3D mixed media wall hanging.   The starting point an A4 size sheet of Tando Grey Board.

This is the humble board that all the wonderful shapes, designs and kit parts are cut from.  You can also buy just these bare sheets.  Believe me this stuff will take a battering, what ever you throw at it this board will take it.  

First Layer in this case a mix of Modelling paste and some Mica Powder.

Before you spread it, it looks quite yucky but once applied the textures and tones in the mix can be seen and are interesting.  While it was still wet some Brushos were sprinkled over for added interest.  Sadly as the project progressed this background did not fit in and was covered.  Thought I'd show you the process as it is something you want want to try for yourself.

Back to the elements that I did use and which can be seen on the finished project.   As mentioned I've only used 1/2 of a Hexagon set, that in turn was split into 3 groups.

1st group

 

 These were sprayed first with DecoArt Media Shimmer Mister in Yellow.  Then again with the just their Mister in Orange.

The glass work surface was first mopped up with a couple of journal pages for future use.  There was still paint there so a baby wipe cleaned up the rest, more about this later.

For the next set the frames are reversed and it is the middle hexagon that has a frame.  The base one has been covered with kitchen foil.   The middle one painted with Silver Modelling Paste, a black fluid/paste used on the frame.  The top hexagon has a star attached, it was also going to be covered with foil but the pre-used foil (not used for cooking but hair colouring) was to fragile and later on that idea was abandoned.

For the third set it was back to the shimmer spray, this time in Violet.  First the Hexagons were covered in part with the modelling paste to give more texture and an uneven spray finish.

Once again the over spray was mopped up with both journal pages and baby wipe.

Hexagons will put you in mind of bees and their honey combs, for this project the inclusion of bees felt right.  An AALL and Create stamp provided just the right sort of image and fussy cut details I wanted.  First the entire image was stamped once onto each of the now dry baby wipes.

It was also stamped onto a scrap of white card and the 3 main bees fussy cut from that.  Time to start finishing.  Everything laid out on the A4 board, the baby wipes glued in place with gel medium and a piece of AALL and Create tape placed across the middle.  the tape is in fact torn so that the two pattens show each side of the middle Hexagon set, without the next patten on the roll creeping in.  I just love the almost jarring effect this use of the tape gives.

I needed to find another way to decorate the middle hexagon and decided to cover the star with a silver and gold gilding flake mix.  The actual hexagon was painted in with the same medium as the frame.

All finished the various pieces were glued into place.  On the reverse is a hook, it came with a bra from a well known high street store that sells cloths for all genders and ages along side some rather tasty food.  Fixed it in place with Silicon glue.

Now don't forget tomorrow 4th March 2022 at 9am our Di is on the telly with among other things lots of the teams different Hexagon samples.  Enjoy.

Products Used

Tando Hexagons

Tando Star

Tando Grey Board

DecoArt Modelling Paste

DecoArt Mister Shimmer Yellow

DecoArt Mister Orange

DecoArt Mister Shimmer Violet

Stamp, Baby wipes, Mica Powder and anything else from my personal stash.

Butterflies- Use Your Wings- Fiona Randall

Morning all Fiona here with my project for this weeks theme on the blog BUTTERFLIES......

Yay I love me a Butterfly in all sizes shapes and form . These Beautiful creatures are a an absolute joy to create with.

 

 

I used one of my favourite Tando Long tags and gave it a base coat of DecoArt Tinting Base. Next up I sprayed the tag with DecoArt Media Misters in Turquoise Shimmer and Yellow Green spritzing with water to make them move around and blend.Once dried with a heat tool I stamped all over the Tag with a script Stamp from Chocolate Baroque's Eccentric Edwardian Stamp Set in black archival ink. I then created a master board with DecoArt Media fluid Acrylics in Primary Magenta and Pyrrole Orange blending the colours together to get an ombre effect. I then stamped onto the masterboard using the butterfly stamps from Chocolate Baroque's Butterfly Mind set in black archival ink. These were then fussy cut and the edges inked. The tag was then edged with black archival ink and some doodle lines added with a black posca paint pen. A piece of tando grey board was then cut to size to create a plaque and this was given a coat of DecoArt Chalky Finish in Carbon. The tag was then applied to the plaque with off cuts of grey board added to give depth and dimension. The butteflies were then added down the centre and to finish a sentiment added. I do hope you have enjoyed this short tutorial. Do stop by the rest of the week to see what the other team members have in store for you.

Stay Safe

Fiona xx

 

Products Used.

 

 

Tando Creative Long Tags.

 

Tando Grey Board Sheets.

 

 

DecoArt Media Misters- Yellow Green and Shimmering Tuquoise

 

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics- Primary Magenta and Pyrrole Orange

 

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Carbon

 

Eccentric Edwardian Stamp Set.

 

Butterfly Mind Stamp Set.

 

Other supplies.

 

Black Archival Ink Pad.

Posca Paint Pen- Black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Anything Goes Week - Twinchies by Nikki

Hi all,

You might have seen Di on Hochanda with the fab Twinchies sets a few weeks back.  I thought I'd make a few really quickly, to show you how easy it is to make some up for swaps etc.

I decided to use my Media Mister sprays as they were still on the table from a previous post.  And they are super easy!

I started by sorting the Twinchies, and playing with the layout of them.  Once decided, I layed them in the lid of a box for spraying, and kept the leftover parts in there too, I thought I'd spray them for another day.

I started with black spray all over, then dried between layers, and put white, then yellow on.

After the yellow I put white shimmer on again, and then blue and pink, then white again, and kept going until I liked the way they turned out.

They were a bit plain still, so I found some metal embellishments, and added to the tops.  A white pen highlighted some of the areas to make the layers stand out.

You could mount the three Twinchies on a board for hanging up, or leave them as they are for quick ready made swaps.

Thanks for joining us this week, don't forget to check out my teammates makes. 

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.

Products Used:

Tando Creative Twinchies - Industrial

DecoArt Media Misters: Primary Cyan, Shimmer Yellow, Shimmer Turquoise, Primary Magenta, Purple, Shimmer White, Carbon Black.

Spray Inks or Paints week - Nikki K.

Morning all,

This week it's Spray inks or paints week.

I've gone for the paints approach, super quick and easy, and permanent!

Firstly get something like a cardboard box, or big box lid, to use as a 'spray booth'.  This avoids accidents or different colour curtains to when you started.

Then take a Mini book, and spray both sides and the covers, in paint, using the colours as follows:
Purple, do this all over until completely covered.
Shimmering Violet, spray but not covering completely.
Carbon Black, Add a few sprays over all area's, to look mottled.
Shimmering White, again, selective sprays to highlight the cover.
Shimmering Violet, over where you have sprayed white, this gives a galaxy effect and brightens where the white is.

Make sure you dry the book between each coat.  You can always add more paint at each stage if you need.

I used DecoArt Media Misters, but you can make your own paint sprays with a little acrylic paint, and water in a spray bottle.  The Media Misters are a permanent paint, and you can stamp and write over them after and no paint will come off or smudge like waterbased inks.

I also took some hessian string, and sprayed with purple, this made it the colour I wanted it to match the book.

The stars were painted silver, with a lot of paint, then heated to make the paint bubble.  When dry, I put a little purple spray on my craft mat, and watered down to coat the stars and let the silver show through.

Some sentiments and a sprig of lavender were added to the book to finish.

I will add some pages at some stage, you can do this by spraying your craft mat first with the purple or shimmering violet paint, then spray with water.  drop some A4 paper in the paint to colour, and scrunch it up then flatten and dry.  This makes great patterned paper.

I hope you like these ways of using sprays, it's also a super quick way of making something without having to paint everything by hand, and good if you need a project quickly.

The Media Misters are also one of my favourite paints, especially Shimmering White, as you can use it to knock back a project if it's too loud!

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.

xxx

Used: Tando Creative Mini Concertina Books.
Tando Mini Stars

Paints used:
DecoArt Media Misters
Purple, Shimmering Violet, Carbon Black, Shimmering White.

Winter Wonderland Card

Hi friends! Dana here today sharing a frosty card. Tando offers a range of fantastic snowflake products, but I thought it would be fun to use a Rustic Star for the focal point of this project. To begin, I painted several coats of DecoArt White Gesso onto a piece of watercolor paper. I then glued down a Rustic Star, and covered the entire card again with a layer of gesso. Once everything was dry, I used a wet paintbrush with Carbon Black and Turquoise Shimmer DecoArt Media Misters to add color.

To finish the card, I added a layer of silver glitter glue and a metal tag.

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