Faux Wood

Hi it's Brenda here with a project for faux wood week. I have created a faux weathered floorboards effect on card and then added it and some embellishments to one of my large media boards cut by Di.

Floorboards

Paint the card with the base colour of your choice. I mixed some cadmium red hue, sap green and paynes grey to create this rich burgundy colour.

Rub some candle wax in the direction of the boards you will finish with ie for me that's longways. 

Then paint over with titanium white, keep gently swiping the brush in the same direction and slowly some of the paint will be rubbed away by the brush and you can see where you laid down the heavy rubs of wax.

Gently heat and wipe with a dry paper towel (again in the same direction) to remove a little more of the paint.

Repeat the previous two steps using titan buff.

Mix a very small amount of your burgundy or chosen colour again and add some titanium white and a small spritz of water to create a pastel colour. Rub with the candle again and paint your mixed colour over it. You will start to see small patches showing through where the water and candle wax don't mix.

Repeat the drying process. You can see how you are building up the worn and weathered layers of paint. Each new layer exposes some of the individual layers underneath.

To make this look like shabby floorboards I dipped the card first in titanium white and dried it and then in some raw umber to give the top coat that grungy look.

To finish the effect, score lines to create the ‘boards’, distress the lines with a sanding block and rub in a brown distress ink. Adhere to the backing board and distress and ink the edges.

I have painted and altered each one of the embellishments using more of the DecoArt media fluid acrylics. The clock had a layer of dark paint, a layer of weathered wood crackle medium and then I finger painted some white crackle paste that has given me another weathered look.

The heart was painted, covered with clear crackle glaze with titan buff rubbed in when dry and the clock hand was painted with a mix of cadmium red and silver then rubbed in paynes grey and then had ground espresso distress ink blended over the whole piece,

The word label was a left over piece from a workshop. painted, distressed, a word added and sealed with decoupage.

Thanks for popping by to see my faux wooden floorboards.

hugs Brenda xxx

Supplies

Media board - 12 1/2 x 18 cms 

This size isn't on the website yet but ask Di if you would like some this size.

clock face

heart

clock hands

Colour Theme Twinchie #2

Hello!  Here is my second *twinchie* using our new colour theme prompt.  The colours are lovely and remind me of fluorite! As its for February I have included a heart from our mini's range.

Here is the colour pic.. complete with a lovely pic of fluorite :D

I hope that you will join in with me to create a series as I will end up with a set of little squares that I can frame.  Take care out there, Karen xxx

Using Embossing Powders - Nikki K

Morning everyone,

This week is 'Using Embossing Powder's week, and I have used a Tando MDF Media board for my project.

I painted the board in 'Timeless' chalk paint, and whilst still wet, sprinkled Aged Ivory Embossing enamel into the paint.  I think this might be a new technique, and it works if you are careful with the heating, it doesn't burn the paint.  Although you might want a window open, it was a bit wiffy!  It gave a lovely background finish as well.

On top of this I used a Steampunk text stamp, and embossed in gold.  Over that I added a Distressed Sequin waste stencil, and embossed the Ivory again.  Taking a Tando mini heart, I triple embossed the Aged Ivory (just emboss over the top of it 3 times).  Whilst still wet I used  'Steam Pumpkin' stamp but only used the cogs from it, to press into the powder. 

I then had a dilemma, I couldn't find any wings in the house...  so took a Tando mini angel, and cut her wings off! (Mwahahaha)..  I embossed them in the fine gold, and added to the top of the heart.  Next comes a Prima watch fob embellishment from my stash, which I added an image to, and covered in clear embossing powder. 

To build up my hanging, I painted two Tando cogs in a very simple rust, just two colours, Raw Umber and Cadmium Orange Hue.  A piece of gold net ribbon was added, and some holes to the MDF with my Cropodile, it cuts through easily.  I threaded gold jewellery wire and a couple of beads and made a spiral round a paintbrush to hang the piece.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the week!

Best Wishes,

Nikki K. xx

Products Used:
From Tando: 
Tando Creative:  MDF Media Boards, Mini Hearts, Mini Angel, Cogs.
DecoArt Media: Raw Umber, Cadmium Orange Hue.

Others/stash:
Stampendous: Steam Pumpkin stamp, Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel.
Wow:  Fine Gold Embossing Powder.
Prima - Watch embellishment.
Tim Holtz - Ancestors paper doll.

Mini's week - Mini Printer Tray

Hello, Dawn here with you today.

I have decorated a mini printer tray with cover to represent my little immediate family, which is myself and my two tiddlies Millie and Max. Hee hee I just had to have a crown being the Queen bee in my household even though my children probably think differently!!!!!!! The crown was created using the head off one of the mini keys.

Here is what I used......

Mini Butterflies

Mini Beach Huts

Mini Keys 

Mini People

Mini Hearts

Long Flourish Mask

If you fancy joining us in any of the challenges this month you will find links at the top of the page.

Many thanks for taking a look today,

Dawn x

Father's Day Card

I made a Father's Day card for our Squares Week:

I taped off some squares on the ~{Oblong Square Long Mask}~ and inked randomly on the card blank, and doodled around them. 

I then painted a ~{Straight Twinchie}~ and stamped onto it for the base.

I used 3 hearts from the ~{Hearts Mini Pack}~ and painted them, doodled a border and stuck them together with glossy accents.

I finished off with a stamped greeting.

Kaz xxx