Texture Week at Tando - with Nikki

Morning everyone,

I have a little video for you today, it was shot at the Stitches Trade show so I hope you can see/hear it ok, but I wanted to share with you the fab stencils that Di has done, that are thicker than normal stencils (they are acrylic), and give AMAZING texture when used with Modelling Paste, Sand Texture Paste, etc.

I have added a couple of pics at the end to show the difference between the normal stencils and the deeper ones, so you can see for yourself!

This is the fab texture you get with the Acrylic Brick Stencil:

And the Cobbles Acrylic Stencil: 

And this is with the Mini Mask Brick stencil:

To get this brick effect, it's just a simple layer of Burnt Sienna paint, and then a wash of Burnt Umber, or Raw Umber on the darker one.  The 'brick's were then stamped with a texture stamp, to portray worn old bricks, and then I stamped with Andy's 'Unexplained' stamps.

The cobbles were similar, a coating of grey, then a wash of Payne's Grey, and then dry brushed with white to highlight.

Have a good week,

Best Wishes,

Nikki
xx

Materials Used:
Tando Creative Mixed Media Boards.
Bricks Acrylic Stencil
Cobbles Acrylic Stencil
Mini Bricks Stencil
Unexplained Stamp set - Andy Skinner
Toxic Stamp set - Andy Skinner
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics
DecoArt Media Modelling Paste.

Sparkly Door Hanger

Hi Gez here, I am delighted to be sharing a creation with you today using the latest colour theme..

I have decorated one of the [Door Hangers] that comes in a set of two..

First of all I set about choosing the paints and chipboard embellishments to decorate the hanger..

[Mini Flowers] 

[Butterfly Grab Bag] 

Colours chosen were Dark Chocolate, Spiced Pumpkin, [Cobalt Teal] and [Titanium White]

Everything was given a coat of [White Gesso] and the embellishments were set to one side while I created a background on the hanger using brown and orange along with a gorgeous little [Brick - Mini Mask]  

work in progress !

Then I got a bit lost in the process and forgot to take step by step photographs but here are a few close-ups !

 As you can see I had fun creating a messy background including a few paint splats !!

The butterflies were painted using teal and white acrylics then embossed using white embossing powder.

The flowers were painted in the same colours and finished off with a delightful sprinkling of glitter from the [Frantage White Jewel Kit]

Here is the finished door hanger..

Thank you for calling and leaving a comment if you get the chance.

Happy creating, Gez

Owl Birthday Card

I made this card for our colour theme:

I mixed some of the ~{White Modelling Paste}~ with 2 drops of ~{Titan Buff Fluid Acrylic}~ then put it through the ~{Mini Brick Stencil}~.

I painted 2 of the ~{Mini Owls}~ , a leaf from ~{Mini Leaves 2}~ and a flower from the ~{Mini Flowers}~ with acrylic paint. All of these and other minis are reduced in price at the moment ~{here}~.

Once everything was dry, I used watercolour pencils and paint pens to add details, before finishing up with a stamped greeting.

Kaz xxx