Halloween thrills with Tando Supplies - Brenda

Hi Everyone. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

As it's an Anything Goes week I thought I would pop in with a project and some photos of a class I taught recently at Country View Crafts using lots of Tando greyboard embellishments and their fabulous media boards.

This was my sample, a Halloween Triptych with three media boards held together with a back panel and lots of grungy techniques and images.

Several people had said they would love to do the project but were not fans of Halloween so I made a nature inspired autumnal board to use as inspiration fo those who wanted to mix it up a bit.

I took a stamp platform with me to show how to get clear stamped words on textured paper.

We had a fabulous group of ladies join us - some who had been to my workshops before and some new to CVC.

As always there were moments of fun and laughter .....

... and some of focussed concentration.

It was not long before people were designing their boards and choosing the fabulous chipboards from Tando to add to their projects.

Then we started to see different colour combinations ......

.... and the different compositions shine through.

We also saw how the DecoArt media paints and metallic lustres could combine to create some fabulous effects .....

... and how some splattering added another dimension.

You can see the mix of flowers and leaves, combined with cobwebs and spiders worked well for the Autumn boards ......

.... and how the skulls, cogs and bats could be added into the mix for the Halloween designs.

It's when all of this design and composition work is happening that I start to get excited to see how my original ideas and the techniques I used on my project get applied in different ways to create some really fabulous and unique work.

Each set of three boards were individual and personal to each participant as I encouraged them to follow their own muse and instincts putting their own personal stamp on their work.

Once the boards had come together and people were happy with the stories they were telling, we spent time on the finishing details ......

.... and everyone's projects together looked amazing. 

What do you think?

 The raven and the pumpkin are not chipboards but were created using stamps and embossing powders - they added some great textures to the pieces.

Thanks for taking time to scroll through and see the finished projects.

hugs Brenda xxx

Technique Week - Cracks & Crevices

Morning everyone,

Nikki here today with my take on this weeks theme, 'Cracks & Crevices'.

I absolutely love these components from Tando Creative, I used a media board, and hearts and wings, and the fab mini skulls to make this darker than dark piece.

I used DecoArt chalk paints and crackle to create the deep cracks on the Media board, and then gave a very dark wash of colour around the edges.  I stamped onto the heart with Andy's crackle stamp in paint.  Once dry I painted over the top of the stamping in black, this gave a textured cracked effect.

The Tando mini skull was given a rust treatment (Andy skinner technique), and the wings painted black and stamped.

I adhered strips of torn paper from an old book, and edged the tag in carbon black, and some stencilling, and edging with a posca pen finishes it all off.

You can find all of the products used over at the Tando Creative Store, and don't forget to join us on facebook in Tando's Creative Zone, we'd love to see your own makes, and you can keep up with all the new products and workshop news!

Bye for now,

Nikki K.
xxx

Products used:
Tando Media Boards
Tando Mini Skulls
Tando Wings
Tando Grab bag of Hearts

DecoArt Media:
Fluid Acrylics: Carbon Black, Raw Umber, pyrrole orange, diarylide yellow, paynes grey, quinacridone gold.
Americana Chalk paint - Restore & Lace
Americana Crackle Medium

Andy Skinner stencil - Made to Measure.

Spooky Tag

Hi friends! Dana here today sharing a Halloween tag for the Spooky theme this week. I used a coffin from the Pair of Skeletons set as a sturdy base for this tag. I covered the chipboard with black crackle paint and then a layer of Stampendous Spoonful of Midnight. (This was the first time I used the Spoonful of Midnight and I absolutely love the multicolored sparkle! It will be hard not keep this wonderful medium off of all my projects!) I added a pop of color with some orange roses and green and purple leaves. I then topped the coffin with a skeleton.

I punched a hole in the top of the coffin and added a stenciled black cardstock tag under the coffin and a length of chain with a metal charm and Mini Skull to further embellish the top of the tag.

I finished this piece with a piece of bright purple lace and a spooky brad.

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