Technique Tag Thursday - Collage Stamping - with Nikki Killinger

Hi all,

Sorry I couldn't do a live tonight, but hope you enjoy this easy technique tutorial.

You will need:

Your Tag.
Scissors
Paper or Post it Notes
Flat Paintbrush.
3 paints that blend together, i.e: red, orange, yellow.  Blue, Green, Yellow.  Pink, lilac, purple...
Stamps of your choice, I would make these smallish stamps that can be cut out easily.
A varnish, or crackle glaze to finish.

Step 1.
First give your tag a base layer of White Gesso, Tinting Base or White Paint.
Then paint your tag, going across it, in a strip of the first (palest) colour.  While still wet, introduce the second (medium) colour, and then the third (darkest).  This gives you a 'sunset' or ombre/graduated finish.

Step 2.  Take a focal stamp, and position where you would like it.  Stamp onto your background, then onto a piece of paper and cut out.  Cover your image with the paper 'mask'.  A tip here, using Post It Notes is good for this technique, put the main part of your stamped image to the part where the sticky is (on the back), and then your mask will stick to your tag and be removable but easier to keep in position.

Step 3.  Stamp another image (or two or 3), around your original image on the tag, depending on what fits without overlapping.  Stamp these on to paper and cut out.

Step 4.  Place the paper over your images, and continue stamping.  Repeat the paper process if needed, until the whole tag is masked and stamped to your liking.

Step 5.  Remove the paper to reveal your Tag!  If you have any 'gaps' where the paper hasn't masked properly, you can take a fineliner and just 'fill in' where you think the lines should be.  You can also fill any spaces that are too empty with some doodles if you feel brave.

Complete your tag with a layer of Triple Thick Glaze, a Varnish, or Crackle Glaze for effect.  I used Crackle Glaze.

This is a simple technique that gets forgotten, but can give amazing results.  It's how I made the Ministry Team's Jacket's, and works brilliantly on fabric bags and Canvas too. 

Have fun and make up your own scenes!

Best Wishes,

Nikki
xxx

Same but Different - Layering Stencils by Nikki K

Morning all,

This week we have shown a few different ways to use the Layering Stencils, I created a folder with mini binder inside for Di's Hochanda shows a month or two ago, and thought I would share it with you now.

I painted the folder white first, then layers of  colour were added, with background stamping and crackle.

The Flourish stencil comes in 3 layers, and the middle bit for a mask if needed as well.  I used modelling paste for each layer, which builds your design in different area's to make it more 3d. 

The Leaves Layered stencil works similarly, and I did the little binder with this.  It even has the veins of the leaves standing out more. 

I painted the binder in teal, and added Metallic Lustre with my finger to age it.

Love how the mini binder fits in the larger folder pocket, a really handy folder and art case.

Best Wishes,

Nikki K
xxx

Products Used:

Concertina Binder
Layering Stencil - Flourish
Layering Stencil - Vine

DecoArt Media Line:
Raw Sienna
Tinting Base
Cobalt Teal Hue
Metallic Lustre - Iced Coffee
Chalk - Lace
Metallic Silver
Quinacridone Gold
Paynes Grey

Other product:
Background Stamp - Andy Skinner Textures.
Turquoise Ink.

Anything Goes week - Moroccan Sunshine

Morning everyone,

It's Anything goes week at Tando Creative, and my make for you today is one of the Giant Media Boards, which I squealed when I saw, as they are just a fab size for creating on, and something different.

The Media board was painted with a coat of lace chalk paint first.  Then I added a wash of Yellow Iron Oxide, followed by filling in the whiter spaces where the paint drained from, with a pale blue chalk paint wash.

The background was stamped with a texture stamp,  I used Archival Coffee Grounds ink for this.

I had a sheet of the lovely Moroccan style lattice, and thought this was perfect to add.  I painted it in the pale blue chalk, and then added 'rust' with quinacridone gold and Raw Umber, to look like an aged window grill.  To enhance the colour I used Andy Skinner's new Embossing Powder, Funky Cold Patina in small area's.

I stamped the beautiful Sun stamp from Stamperia twice, and cut out just the face to layer up.  I coloured this with my Prismacolour pencils, I felt like a change!  This was glued and then pinflair added to 3d the face.

The sentiment is a Mitform Casting, and I thought Journey was appropriate on my sunshine travel theme.

I punched holes at the top of the media board with a Cropodile, edged the whole board in Versafine Majestic Blue, and added wire and beads to finish.

Hope you like it, it seems fitting as we are going to get rather warm weather next week apparently!

Make sure you check out the rest of the team's fab makes this week, for more inspiration.

Best Wishes,

Nikki Killinger. xx

Products Used:

Tando Creative
Extra Large Media Board
Grid - Moroccan

DecoArt Media
Yellow Iron Oxide
Quinacridone Gold
Cobalt Teal Hue
Raw Umber
Americana Chalk Paint Lace
Pale Blue Chalk paint (mixed Cobalt Teal Hue with Lace).

Andy Skinner - Textures Rubber Stamp Set
Andy Skinner Embossing Powder - Funky Cold Patina (New).

Stamperia - Sun Stamp
Mitform Castings Journey word.
Versafine Coffee Ground Ink
Versafine Majestic Blue Ink
Prismacolour Pencils.

Anything Goes Week - Face your Fears by Nikki K.

Good morning,

Hope you are having a good week.

Today I am sharing a tag I made in monochrome colours, which is unusual for me, but I loved how this one turned out, and have done some more since.

I put some modelling paste through a stencil, and then painted the whole tag in grey.  White Antiquing Cream was added over the top, and wiped back.

I added some stamping with a background stamp of my choice, you could use any.

I put some modelling paste on to the feathers, and painted them black.  The words were stamped in Archival onto textured card, distressed at the edges, and cut and added to the tag.  The whole tag was edged in Distress ink.

A 'washer' was rusted with paint and added to the hole, and a nice piece of rough ribbon threaded through.

Hope you like it, don't forget to check out the rest of the team's work this week. x

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.
xxx

Products Used:

Tando Tag.
Tando Mini Feathers.

DecoArt Media:
Paynes Grey
Tinting Base
White Antiquing Cream
Modelling Paste
Quinacridone Gold
Raw Umber
Patina Antiquing Cream
Carbon Black

Andy Skinner - Unexplained Stamp Set
Tando Industrial Elements
Incognito Stencil

Other products Used:
Archival Ink - Black
Distress Ink - Black Soot
IndigoBlu - Drive Hard Stamp

Techniques Journal - by Nikki Killinger

Morning everyone,

We are gearing up for 24 weeks of playing in our Journals/Technique Binders, starting Thursday 28th February at 19.00 GMT.  These will be in the form of step by step articles, Facebook lives, or video, and we hope you can join us in the Tando Creative Zone each week to see them. 

I created the cover of my journal by putting modelling paste through a cogs stencil on the back, and then painting the whole journal in black Gesso.  Some paper from Stamperia was added to the front, in a random edged manner, and further stencilling was added to 'ground' the paper & design. 

I painted washes of Prussian Blue Hue, Quinacridone Gold and touches of Raw Umber over the paper, cogs and words.

   
I decided to use mine as a techniques binder, and painted the words in Pthalo Green Blue, highlighted in Metallic Lustre, and glazed with Triple Thick Glaze.

The whole of the rest of the binder was also highlighted with Metallic Lustre, picking out all the modelling paste detail. 

For my Facebook Live on 14th March, I will be showing a couple of  'faux' techniques similar to those below.

Don't forget to come and join us if you haven't already, in Tando's Creative Zone where it will all be happening, and check out the rest of the team's interpretations of their folders on the blog this week.

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.
xxx

Products Used:

Deep Brick Stencil
Deep Cobbles Stencil
Binder & Tags

Black Gesso
Modelling Paste
Triple Thick Glaze
Metallic Lustre - Copper Kettle
Prussian Blue Hue
Pthalo Green Blue
Quinacridone Gold
Raw Umber

Andy Skinner Cogs Stencil


Other:
Stamperia Paper.

Love & Hearts Theme Week - with Nikki K.

Morning everyone,

Today I'm sharing a tag made for the 'Love & Heart's' theme week.  I thought I'd go with the 'secret admirer' slant,  because if I have any, they are definitely secret!!

I put some modelling paste through a stencil, onto the Tando tag.  This was then given a coat of grey paint that I mixed with Tinting Base and Carbon Black paint.  I covered that in White Antiquing Cream, and rubbed back to give depth to the background.  Some red and black stamping in paint finished this off.

The Tando heart was painted in Red, and stamped.  Over this I put a layer of Crackle Glaze.

A book plate, numbers, bolts and nuts were painted in rust colours, and a sentiment stamped for the book plate.

I added rusty wire to the top of the tag, and shaped the top like a little rustic heart.  I didn't glue the heart down, so it moves as you move the tag, which is quite nice.

Hope you like it and can join the rest of the team this week for more inspiration.

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.
xxx


Products Used:

Tag
Heart
Bookplate & Bolts (Industrial Elements Kit)
Numbers
Andy Skinner Tech Trauma Stamp Set
Andy Skinner Word Up Stamp Set

Crackle Glaze
Antiquing Cream
Tinting Base
Carbon Black
Pyrrole Red
Quinacridone Gold
Raw Umber

Anything Goes Week - Autum Artist Trading Coins by Nikki

Morning everyone,

Today I'm sharing with you some Artist Trading Coins I made for a swap with a lovely friend.  I had missed the deadline to enter and she offered to swap just with me, so it was really nice and personal to trade coins.

We made three coins each, using Tando Creatives Artist Trading Coins made from Greyboard, which takes practically anything you throw at it paint wise.

These were my gorgeous coins from my friend, I love the fact they are 3 similar coins, and I had a thought to put them on the front of some mini drawers or something as decoration at some stage.

I made three coins also, and had fun following the Autumn theme.

The Leaf coin was triple embossed and a fern leaf stamped into the hot embossing powder.  The other side was painted with a rust technique, and then I used crackle glaze.  I wasn't happy with the finish so painted the rust back over the crackle glaze, which added effect.  The word Autumn was added from stickers from my stash.

The bird coin was first painted in Crackle paint, and then given a coat of quinacridone gold.  The tree branch was painted in raw umber, and highlighted with Metallic Lustre.  I embossed the bird and wing in two colours, and then edged the coin with Quinacridone Magenta.

The final coin was painted with Tinting Base, and then given a coat of crackle paint.  When dry and cracked, I gave it a wash of Raw Umber, and then Quinacridone Gold.  I used a bookplate and embossed, and added the word Autumn.  I put Triple Thick Glaze over the word inside the bookplate.

Hope you like them, I enjoyed the process and swapping coins is great fun!

Best Wishes,

Nikki K
xxx

Items Used:

Tando Creative Artist Trading Coins
Trando Creative Book Plates

DecoArt Media Line: Crackle Paint, Crackle Glaze, Tinting Base, Triple Thick Glaze, Raw Umber, Quinacridone Gold, Metallic Lustre, Quinacridone Magenta,

Stampendous Embossing Enamels.

Andy Skinner Fossils Stamp set (Fern).

Anything Goes Week - Mechanical ATC by Nikki K

Morning all,

Today I have a little project for you, but with a lot of texture! 

I used a Tando ATC for my base, which are pre cut to the perfect size.  These are greyboard and take nearly any punishment with mediums and paints you want.  I started by painting it with a coat of Metallic Silver.

The raised area's are Sand Texture Paste, which I also used a spatula to add dimension, by just tapping and lifting it lightly off the surface.This gave a really nice cratered effect. 

I carefully added paynes grey to the textured area's, and when dry, washes of Quinacridone Gold over the whole piece, concentrating more on the raised parts, to show deep rusting.

The Tando cogs were painted in Raw Umber, and a wash of Quinacridone Gold. I then used Stampendous Embossing Powder in Aged Copper, and then made a mix of powder's to get the dark green/copper effect on the others.  These were partially heated, to keep the particles from melting in completely, but enough to give the mottled rusted effect. The round bolts on top were painted with Raw Umber, and then Cobalt Turquoise mixed with a little Titan Buff for a verdigree look.

The Mechanical sign was just printed onto a piece of paper, and aged with watered down Quin Gold and Paynes Grey. 

You can make a completely different look to your ATC's by glueing patterned paper to them, an easy design choice.  This is another one I made, totally different but still fun with embellishments from your stash.

I gave the paper a wash of Raw Umber on this one to make it more 'vintage' looking. 

Hope this inspires you,

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.
xxx

Products Used:

Tando Creative:
ATC's.
Cogs.
Industrial Elements Kit.

DecoArt Media Line:
Metallic Silver
Paynes Grey
Quinacridone Gold
Titan Buff
Raw Umber
Cobalt Turquoise
Texture Sand Paste.

Other Items:

Stampendous Embossing Powders.
Printed Sentiment.
Embellishments from own stash.