Hugs and kisses

Hello my dear crafty friends and HAPPY VALENTINE TO YOU ALL!
Yes, it's today and  this gorgeous Tando Love board is my tribute to this day full of Love.

And a few close ups too:

This is a very easy project  to make: crackle paint is a fast drying one. The lovely patterned paper are the must to have product we all have and some flowers and other embellishments are usually in every craft room.

So get yourself this lovely Tando Love board and make your own  Valentine gift!

See you next week!

February - week 2

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Love Card by Kaz

I made a card for our love and kisses week:

I've used the ~{Hearts Background Mask}~ to make the border along the bottom, just rearranging it to fit the tiniest hearts in the gaps.

Then I've painted, inked and glossy accented a selection of ~{Mini Hearts}~ and a ~{Mini Key}~ for accents with the stamped image. Adding some gems for detail.

Kaz xxx

love n kisses

Hello and welcome to the Tando Creative Blog - this week our theme is:-

LOVE AND KISSES

well, with Valentines day at the end of the week it had to be something lovey dove!!

This is my (Carol) piece for the week:-

The base is:- Karens frames - gothic arch large

If you'd like to know how I created this piece pop on over to my blog.

Don't forget to pop back during the week we have new projects posted most days.

TFL

Red and Black...

….and a little bit of blue for the sky!  I decided to use part of the Tando Layered Arch for the base for this little plaque, I covered it in gesso , dried it and then used blue spray ink over the top.  I dried the blue spray ink with a heat gun so you get the drips of colour, the final layer was some stamping with black ink and flicks of black spray ink across the background.  The cloud and balloon are both from Tando grab bags.  I covered the cloud in white paint and then the balloon in washi tape, I drew on the panels in a permanent black pen, and went around the edges of the chipboard in black too.  I then covered it in a thin layer of gesso and added some flicks of red paint.  I used some Tim Holtz stamps for the phrase and also the little flock of birds in the corner.

Here are all the pieces I used

Katherine

Red and Black Canvas

Hello Carol with you today - hasn't there been some gorgeous pieces this week? today its my turn to share with you this canvas:-

Tando products used:-

Small compass

Heart from grab bag

Key - from the minis selection

for details on how I created this piece pop on over to my blog.

TFL

Two Arches with Owls

Hello everyone. For this Black and Red theme, I (Coco) have just finished a trio of lovely arches made with the inner boat pieces of my previous 'layered boat with oars' project shared with you a few time ago. They are fantastic leftovers!!!
I have created a textured and painted background, playing at start with black Gesso on the first arch, and white Gesso on the second one to try to produce two variants for the same combo. I added texture using only white Gesso and my Sequin Waste stencil. 
When dry, I used various red shades and dark/black acrylic paints (I used mainly PA Fresco Finish London Bus, Claret for the reds and French Roast, Chocolate Pudding, Mocha Mousse, London night and Little Black dress for the brown/black shades). On the first one, I added some Treasure Gold (Ruby) on the edges and on parts of the circles, and on the second one I inked the edges with Brilliance Graphite black and a bit of black paint.   

I stamped and cut out the sentiment and the bird on separate cardstock using Archival Jet Black ink. The bird was coloured with my Distress markers and a watercolor small brush, and then glued on a piece of leftover rubber to give it extra beautiful dimension. At the end I also stamped directly on the edges in white (using Brilliance ink) and black (with my Archival Jet black) some text to add even more interest to my two arches. My text and sentiments are Crafty Individuals stamps.

Here's the second one, I really enjoyed the process of creating different owl faces!...  Love this Owls Andy Skinner long Mask/Stencil, that's a great one! The little tree and birds are still Crafty Individuals stamps (I used a set of just mounted stamps sitting on my table, ready to be used haha!), I stamped them on tissue paper first, then glued with Satin Glaze (but you can use any other medium) and finally slightly painted over it... I also highlighted some areas thanks to a white Posca  marker, and then again with some light brown Distress markers...

Well, I also had fun to use my new Cosmic Shimmer Gold Twinkles you can see here and there haha!! I put a tiny drop of Liquid Pearls in Ruby Red on the eyes of this second owl...
To finish, I just added a few buttons to embellish my two arches. Et voila!

It was not an easy theme for me as Black and Red colours are not my favourite ones...  But love the result... what do you you think? Which one is your favourite?... 

I have used the following Tando products:

Thank you for popping by! Come again tomorrow for more inspiration in Black and Red! Hugs, Coco xx