Colour theme by Dee

Happy New Year to all of you hope you had a good one!

I have a mixed media board for you today that 

I used Deco art modelling paste through 

Neil Walkers mask.

This was coloured with Titan buff mixed with various

amounts of Raw umber.

I then mixed it with a touch of green and turquoise till

it resembled the colour choices.

Next I used sticky embossing powder and rubbed gold foil

over it once heat set.

I used bronze and turquoise mica powders that i then 

spritzed with water.

I triple embossed gold embossing powder onto card 

and used a Seth Apter stamp.

Here's a close up!

That's it if you haven't tried these boards they are amazing

 for mixed media. 

I absolutely love them they are perfect size for

all your projects.

Cheers Dee! x

Opps!!! I appear to have done January last years colours instead of this years

must still be under the influence from New Year!!

I love these colours anyway so hope you enjoy them to.

PRODUCTS USED

1.  The following Tando products were used:-  Neil Walkers Neil Walker Mask - Tangled Yarn, and Mixed Media Boards 80mm x 116mm.
2. The following Deco products were used:- Media: White Modelling Paste, Fluid Acrylics: Titan Buff, Raw Umber,  Viridian, & Cobalt Turquoise.
3. Stamps and various from my stash. 

Free for All - Two frames with a single mask

Happy Easter everyone! We are having a 'Free For All' week, and that's a good opportunity for us to show off some awaiting works made with our Tando goodies that can not go in any other themed week. For me, I enjoyed playing with a unique mask, the Ocean Jellifish designed by Neil Walker. This endearing artist has made a large set of masks on Fishes and Ocean in particular, and some are really really fab... if you go here you will see all at a glance, and if you like water world and seascape you should not be disappointed! I love this mask (and the others, already on my loooong wishlist), I've also discovered that it is very versatile, allowing to create both gorgeous backgrounds but also very interesting and beautiful textures.  

I made two frames with this mask featuring the sea bed. To add texture on the edges, I tried two different techniques. The first frame is a plain canvas.

To decorate the edges, I used at first black Gesso to paint and prepare my canvas for the next layer. Then I took my mask and some Dreamwaver Crackle Paste mixed with a bit of remaining black Gesso, and applied the paste over different areas all around the frame, turning the mask if needed and using masking tape to maintain it in the good place. Let well dry. I next painted the whole canvas with several translucent paints (I used Acrylic Silk Glaze in African Jade, Bolivian Blue et Stargazer). Also added black paint again with a sponge to make the texture stand out... wiping out the excess. And last but not least, I used Treasure Gold Spanish Topaz to highlight the edges and the textured areas.

The background was also made with Ocean Jellifish, following the same process as the one used for my two last cards I showed you a few days ago (starting with a white silk card and playing with blue and black Dylusions ink, water and salt). The small translucent splatters you may see were done with Glossy Accents (at first I wanted to glue salt granules, but finally I removed them). I created my seascape by stamping the coral reef  at the bottom using black Stazon and two mermaids from a plate of four (love this design by klimt!). I also quickly stamped a small fish here and there with Brilliance inks (Starlite Silver, Pearlescent Poppy, et Rocket Red Gold) to complete the scene. I love the rendering... I mated the card on several coloured papers and affixed the panel in the middle of the canvas with strong glue.

Well I know, the shoe is ridiculous!!! But I had so much fun to play with this new fun VLVS stamp haha!! So I just imagined a stupid scenario where it had fallen on the seabed... and the curious mermaids got close to look at it! :) Well, I think it's not very important... I just wanted to show you the lovely texture this mask can produce, so don't look at the shoo if you don't like it!

Here's the second make. To make a change I had fun to alter a plain small red frame (21,5 x 16,5cm). 

At start I sanded the frame to remove varnish, then did the same application as above by gesso-ing in black the whole parts first. I sanded lightly some areas to let the red below pop a bit. I took my mask and some Grunge paste blended with a bit of remaining black Gesso and applied the mixture on the frame, proceeding by parts, and letting well dry each spot before doing another one very close. I used masking tape to maintain the mask in place. When totally dry, I recovered all textured parts with Studio multi-medium Gloss by Claudine Hellmuth. Next step was to paint over the whole frame using the same paints as previous, using more African Jade this time to accentuate the green shine. At each layer, I removed the paint over the textured areas with a baby wipe, the gloss medium acts as a resist and the final texture is fabulous! I also added Treasure Gold Copper to finish, both on the edges and on the texture... Love the shine and the final effect on this make thanks to this Neil's mask, hope you can realize how beautiful it can be even if very hard to render in photos!

Ocean Jellyfish

Thank you for visiting especially today as we are on Easter Monday, have a wonderful day everyone with good chocolate!!!  :) Hugs Coco xxx

Yarn and Buttons !

Hellooo!! I (Coco) have a tin square push button box for you to end this cool week...Since I don't have this nice bag of buttons that my teammates have used to illustrate this theme all over the week, instead I chose a fabulous mask perfectly suitable for the occasion ! That's Tangled Yarn by Neil Walker. Neil has designed several fantastic masks/stencils very versatile you can see here, and so much fun to work with. So far I have only this one, but I will certainly get others!!

I chose to alter a small tin box originally full of very good chocolates from the French Valrhona brand, yum! And decided to just play with my mask, grunge paste, some paints and mistable inks. First I black gessoed my tin box as a base-coat, and then directly put into it - as Gesso can also be used as glue - some scraps of old book pages, trying not to cover the entire surface for more interest. I lightly covered the whole with another coat of black gesso. I did it on all faces and let dry. Then I took the TANGLED YARN mask and added some Texture Paste in two opposite corners of the outer faces at the top and the back. Coloring of all parts was done using several Fresco Finish paints, Treasure Golds and mistable inks until I was happy with the result.

The inside was made mainly by spritzing white and Lemon inks on the mask. (As this latter is longer than the box, I pressed some parts of it with the fingers of one hand to keep it in place while spritzing with the other hand). After this step, I stamped some sewing images using my Brilliance Moonlight White ink, and heat them to help all the ink and paint to adhere to my tin support. I also rubbed around all inner and outer edges Treasure Gold in Ruby colour. I finally stamped a beautiful buttons border and other sewing stamps on a piece of kraft paper, cut them out, then inked the edges with my Distress Vintage Photo and glued them all firmly with Glossy accents after having painted some of them with some leftover paint.  To finish, I added some red sewing thread here and there, and true buttons! I love my tin box entirely made with this unique mask !!!

 And here's the mask I used:

If you wish the full list of materials including stamps and extra photos, don't hesitate to pop over my blog.

Thank you for popping by on Tando's blog today, please come back tomorrow to look at a new inspiring theme and see what the DT has been up to with it and some lovely Tando products ! Have a lovely day ! xxx