June Colour Theme ATC

Another {Artist Trading Coin} from me for the colour theme this month:

I used the tree component from the {Tree and Leaves 3 Part Stencil} and put a really thick layer of {White Modelling Paste} through it. Once dry I gave it all a good coat of {White Gesso}.

 I then painted the base and blended the colours to match the theme image and painted the branch the darkest colour.

The small owl from the {Mini Owls} was painted with acrylic paints and finished off with pens, then sat on the branch with a computer generated quote.

Anything Goes Week with Nikki - Night Owl

Morning everyone,

Today I have a tag for you for the Anything Goes week.  I wanted to do a fun project and decided to use a Tando Owl on this one.

I started with a large tag, and added some brickwork stencilling with modelling paste.  Once dry the whole tag was painted blue with a mix of prussian blue hue and cobalt blue hue.  I then painted the bricks with tinting base individually, and then Burnt Sienna to get the brick look.

I added some splats of yellow, white and gold to the sky, and painted the owl in blues and greens, going over the top with Interference Blue, which changes his appearance as you move him.  I added Liquid Glass on top of his eyes, and white dots to define him.

A printed sentiment was distressed using yellow iron oxide paint watered down and a little Tando star painted gold and edged in white dots.  I also added a touch of silver around the tag with my finger to edge it.

 I enjoyed making this tag as the Tando shapes are so easy to work with and make really fun little projects.  I finished the tag with some frilly black ribbon I had, to add to the night feel.

I'm a bit of a 'night owl' myself and expect a lot of you are too!

Hope you like him, don't forget to check out the rest of the weeks makes by my lovely colleagues here at Tando.

Nikki
xx

Products Used:

Tando Set of 5 long Tags:


Tando Mini's - Owls


Tando Mini's - Stars


Mini Mask - Brick


DecoArt Media Line Paints:

Tinting Base.
Prussian Blue Hue, Burnt Sienna, Cobalt Blue Hue, Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver, Primary Yellow, Titanium White, Yellow Iron Oxide, Blue Green Light, Interference Blue, Green Gold, Cobalt Teal Hue, Pyrrole Orange, Carbon Black. Liquid Glass.

Mixed Up Merchandise: Snarky Words Printables

Twit Twoo Tag!

Hi Gez here, Happy September everyone!

Where is this year disappearing too? I don't know!!

I am delighted to be sharing my tag with you today..

I started out by adding a layer of [White Gesso] to a plain greyboard [TAG].

Once dry I added a piece of torn scrapbook paper to add some texture to the background followed by layers of acrylic paint. Details were added to the background using the following masks..

 [Hippy Chick]

(I stencilled through the stars..)

and [Sequin Waste Mask]

I left the background to dry and painted a [Curly Tree] 

I then used some more of the same pattern scrapbook paper to decorate one of the [Whimisical Houses] 

 

 Once everything was dry I started to assemble the tree and owl onto the tag. Then decorated one of the [Owls] 

Isn't it great how you can build up a collection of Tando chipboard and then create your own little scenes as everything mixes and matches perfectly.. 

Here is my finished tag ♥

click to enlarge..

 Thank you for calling and taking a look. 

 
Wishing you a lovely September and sharing a note for your diary.. did you know.. Tando Creative will be back on your TV screen on Monday, 4th September at 8am & 12 noon, sharing some favourite products with you and some brand new ones as well.. the Design Team have had so much fun creating for the show.. I hope you can join us ♥ See [TV Schedule ~ Hochanda]

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

Home Sweet Home!

Hi Gez here, I am delighted to be sharing a project with you today. This weeks challenge is all about techniques and the Design Team have been show casing their painty techniques.. always nice to get painty, what a lovely excuse !!

I've made a large hanging plaque using the gorgeous {Home Sweet Home Plaque kit}

and a few extras! 

I hope you like it..

(click to enlarge..)

First of all I gave the plaque a generous coating of {White Gesso} 

  adding a few scribbles for texture before it dried.. one of my favourite things to do !

(click to enlarge..)

The Gesso dried in no time.. I then gave the plaque a coating of blue acrylic paint mixing on the plaque with a little more Gesso..

I then used the {Trees and Leaves mask} to create some interest to the background using a baby wipe to remove some of the blue acrylic paint

 

I wanted to create the image of sky, trees and the little house being in the trees for the owls to live in!

I added some home grown ephemera (my sons old homework !!) to the house that comes in the {Home Sweet Home plaque kit} using {Clear Matte Medium}

 

This was soo much fun! 

 As well as using acrylic paints to paint with this week I challenged myself to use other products too and went straight to my watercolour crayons, these are so easy to use and can be used to create backgrounds as well as working well on smaller pieces. I used a baby wipe to help create the effect I was looking for..

The watercolour dried in no time and I was soon able to build up a few more layers.

Here is the finished house..

(click to enlarge..)

I added some texture to the heart by removing some of the paint through the {Criss Cross Grid mask} using a baby wipe..

 It's round about here where I got lost in the process and forgot all about taking photographs !!!!!

(Thank goodness I hear you shout !!)

Here is a close up showing the little {Owls}

 

and {Leaves} 

 

(click to enlarge..)

I also  painted a couple of {Flowers} 

from the mini's set..

I hope you like my project for today.

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

Hope you can join in the fun!

(link at the top of the page..)

Happy creating! Gez  ♥

  

June Colour Theme

Hi everyone, Gez here, excited to be joining the Tando Creative Design Team.

Today I am sharing a tag I've created using one of the {Mixed Media} boards and the hot colour theme for June.

The background was created using acrylic paints and oil pastels.

The cute {Tando Mini's - Owls} were treated to a spot of texture paste to hopefully resemble feathers along with {Trees and Leaves mask}. It was such a shame to cover up so many of the green leaves!

I hope you enjoy using the colour theme as much as I did!

 Have a lovely Sunday, Gez

Same But Different - Owls.

Hi all,

Dawn here today with an owl ATC for you. I love these guys, so cute, and they are available in 2 sizes to provide endless project options.

I opted for the mini owls........

I started by covering an ATC in text printed tissue paper. Once dry a thin layer of green acrylic was applied. The owls were painted with acrylic too and more detail was added with gold ink and a crackle stamp. A heart from the mini hearts bag was covered in gold ink and the owls are sitting on a painted cutting from one of the lace effect borders.

Here is what I used.........

If you fancy joining in with any of this months themes please add your work through the link at the top of the page to be in with a chance of winning a prize in the April Challenge.

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to.

Hugs

Dawn x 

Good Luck card

 I made this card for our free for all week:

I've inked through the ~{Hanging Bauble Mask}~ once I'd masked off the baubles and added some inky doodles, then painted two owls from the ~{Mini Owls Pack}~ with Fresco paints. I've finished off with some alpha stickers.
A nice and simple, but fun make.

Kaz xxx