New Templates for Pages

Hi,  have you been watching Di's show on Hochanda today?  She has a fantastic selection of templates to enable you to make some amazing pages for journaling and scrapbooking!!!!  Not having done much papercraft for such a long time these are a real treat and there are so many ways to use them!  I used double sided papers (after a loooong hunt through my stash hahaha).  They aren't quite on the website as I type but they will be very soon!!! 

Here is the cover of my A6 book, bound using a Bind-it-All

Here are the different pages made up from using the templates....

This one opens up to house several blank pages like a book within a book...

Lots of flaps to tuck the tags in...

There are templates for different types of pockets and envelopes...

There are even index pages...

I had so much fun revisiting double sided papers :D  What will you do with your templates?

Take Care, Karen xxx

Large Ring Binder

Hello!  Karen here with the largest *RING BINDER* in the set of three.  This one is around 9x11 inches, just under A4.  As a set they are incredibly good value!!!!

In a bid to use up my papers I have covered all the outsides apart from the spines.  The inside is just painted *CADMIUM RED* as well as the edges and spines on the outside.  The large *DISTRESSED HEART*  has been distressed some more around the edges and had some of the *TEXTURE THINS* added before painting in the same red.  A strip of wide lace was glued around the outside as shown before the heart was attached.

Thank you for taking a look, take care xxx

Crackle Week - Nikki K

Morning all,

It's my turn for the Crackle week post, hope you've enjoyed everyone's inspiration this week.

I took one of Di's fab Ring Binders, and painted it first in Everlasting Chalk Paint.  I then added a layer of Americana Chalk Crackle, which only works with the chalk paints.  But instead of doing a different colour for the top layer..  I did a 'same colour' crackle, so Everlasting over the top again.  This still gives a crackle, but more of a subtle texture than contrast.

When the crackle had dried, I added black modelling paste through the Suit's stencil, which I love. I covered the front and back, but left the edges. I then added a wash of Cadmium Red Hue inside and out.  This gave a sheen on top of the black modelling paste, as well as seeping into some of the crackle, and leaving other spaces whiter.

I felt it was bright at this point, and I wanted a darker, more sinister look, for a sort of 'dark Alice in Wonderland' feel.  So I added Black Antiquing Cream and wiped back in places.  I gave a plaster heart the same treatment, red paint then antiquing cream.  I also dry brushed Interference Gold paint to give a sheen.

The whole binder was given a coat of Matte Varnish, to seal the Antiquing Cream and protect it.

I also made a plaque in the same way, with a Tando greyboard square I had, and a plaster skull.

Hope this gives you some ideas,

Best Wishes,

Nikki K.
xxx

Products Used:

Tando Creative
Ring Binder
Greyboard Pieces (Plaque)
Suits Stencil

DecoArt Paints:
Everlasting Chalk Paint
Americana Chalk Crackle
Cadmium Red Hue Media
Black Antiquing Cream
Ultra Matte Varnish
Interference Gold Media
Quinacridone Gold (on plaque)
Raw Umber (on plaque)

Other:
Skull from own Mold
Heart Clock from Stamperia Mold

'Hearts and Swirls' - Ring Binder

Hello and welcome to a new week and a new theme here at Tando!   We have gone all HEARTS & SWIRLS!  Have you spotted that we sell RING BINDERS for you to alter????  They come in different sizes, are very sturdy and come complete with 6 fantastic board pages for you to create on!  I have decorated an 8x8inch folder for you...its very pink....

I have used DecoArt Media Misters throughout this project, I love that these are so vibrant, as you can see.  For the covers I sprayed through 3 different masks/stencils till I was happy.  I spread Crackle Texture through a flourish mask onto the HEARTS.  When they were dry I sprayed them with the mists.  The flourish was sprayed and treated to a coat of CLEAR CRACKLE GLAZE before cutting it up to make 'leaves'.  The stems are also chipboard, cut from a media board.

I shall be making up the boards from inside the folder using the prompts that we have lined up so look out for those :-D

I used:
8x8 Folder

 

Mini Hearts

Flourish

 

Masks/stencils:

Giovanna Zara- Large Doillie

Andy Skinner - Sunburst

Tando - Random Circles

Tando Long Flourish

DecoArts Misters - Primary Magenta, Yellow Green & Purple

 

There is still time to enter our monthly challenge!  Just take a look at the July page at the top of our Blog for more details.

 

Thank you so much for looking today, take care, Karen xxx



Ring Binder Free For All

For this free for all week, I'm showing the folder I made for the Journal 52 I'm doing this year:

I've used the ~{Ring Binder with 6 x 6 inch inserts}~ and started with using thick texture paste through the ~{Drain Cover Mask}~ and the circles from the ~{Tree and Leaves 3 part Mask}~. Once dry, I sanded the texture down a bit to smooth it out. I've used acrylic paints to colour it and added some stamping. I put the mask back over the texture and dabbed some white acrylic paint onto them, I wanted to keep it relatively simple so left it at that.

For the letters, I used texture paste mixed with acrylic paint through the individual ~{Have Your Say Mask}~ letters. Once dry they've been cut out and doodled around.

I'm keeping the inserts to make other things with.

Kaz xxx