Giant Flower Peg

Hello, its Karen here with my flowers today.  I have made a giant peg out of a chipboard sheet, cutting 2 pieces 2x5inches.  Then decorating one side with flowers.

DecoArt Fluid Acrylics have been used throughout, just check out the vibrancy of the colours (this pic as not been tweeked at all!).  I overstamped the flowers and added some doodling.  The back is plain.  I then glued 2 standard clothes pegs between and added some string to hang it by.

If you fancy joining us this week please take a look at this months tab at the top of the blog for how to enter :-D

Thank you for looking today, hugs, Karen xxx

Flower Power - Floral Arch

Hi Tando fans! Dana here today sharing an arch I created for the Flower Power theme this week. I backed an Arabian-Style Layered Arch Frame with floral patterned paper. I then used the Poppy Mask with a white paint dabber to add another layer of flowers to the background. I chose several flowers from the Flowers with Stems Grab Bag, they went so well with the whimsical patterned paper, and colored them with ink. I wrote a quote by Mahatma Gandhi around the frame with a black journaling pen, which reads; "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." To finish this piece I covered the chipboard with a coat of glaze.

You can find this chipboard, mask and more in the Tando Creative Retail Store! We'd love to have you join the Flower Power Challenge! To be in with a chance of winning some great Tando goodies of your choice, please make a piece based on our weekly themes and link your project, not just your blog, using the inlinkz tool located at the top of the Tando Blog. You don't have to use any Tando product, but, if you do, you will be entered into the draw twice! There are no limits to how many times you enter, however, we do request that you only enter your piece for 5 challenges. We look forward to seeing your creations!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Flower Power!

Hello and welcome to the blog of Tando Creative.  This week our theme is:-

FLOWER POWER

Here is my piece:-

The base is an atc…mini flowers and a couple of flowers from the flowers with stems grab bag were also used…. along with loads of acrylic paint.  Everything can be found in the Tando Retail store.

We have a challenge running all month - all you have to do to win some fab tando goodies of your choice is to make a piece based on any of our weekly themes and link your post back to inlinz which can be found if you click on the tab at the top of the page.  

We have some more Flower Power pieces throughout the week so please pop back and take a look.

Thank you for looking today, Carol xx

Anything Goes with Gez!

Happy Saturday!

I am delighted to be sharing a chunky mixed media journal page with you today. This was so much fun to create!!

For the base of my chunky page I used a {sheet of chipboard} from a 6"x6" pack.

 

I played around with acrylic paints until I was happy with the background!

And then applied a thick layer of medium gel through the gorgeous {Giovanna - Spiral} mask.

What a very pretty mask!

While everything was drying, I set about concentrating on my focal image and decided to use the {Hippy Chick} stencil from {Andy Skinner}

 

I traced one of the girls onto a piece of journal page, cut and glued it to the page. The sentiment was embossed using white embossing powder. And stars were added to the journal page using gold acrylic paint.

I hope you like my art journal page.

Thank you for calling and leaving a comment if you get the chance.

Happy creating, Gez 

 

For someone special card : Free for all with Irit

Hello my dear crafty friends!
Today I am going to share a very delicate card made for some print submission (I didn't make it after all). As a such I made it not so much messy and just in a couple of colors, with delicate stamping and the only bulky things here are those Tando spool and scissors and some wooden inked buttons.
Both Tando chipboards were painted into white, inked around and then heat embossed with clear powder all over them.
I used stamps from Visible Image, Tim Holtz and Inspired by Stamping to make this card.

 Tando products used:
Sew simple set small

Anything Goes - Triple Birdhouse Desk Tidy

Hellllllooooooooooo,

Dawn here with you today for Anything Goes week here at Tando Creative. I'm sharing my take on the fab Triple Birdhouse/Desktop Storage......................

The mini flowers were coloured and cut in half and used to create a border all around the bottom of the houses. A mixture of elements from the Steampunk Wings and Cogs set, the Mini Frames set and the Cogs Grab Bag were coloured and used to create window frames - a perfect fit they were too!

Here is what I used.........

 

If you fancy playing along with any of our challenges this month please share with us through the link at the top of the page - you will be entered into the monthly draw and be in with a chance of winning some fab Tando goodies.

Many thanks for popping by today

Dawn x x 

New Product - Gift Label for Bottles

For Anything Goes week this month I've got a new item and a change of background! I made this Gift Label at the annual retreat I go to with my arty friends. 

As I was away from home, I didn't have all my supplies, but I did have DecoArt's Chalk Finish paint in white and some Fluid Acrylics in ~{Quinacridone Magenta}~ and ~{Cobalt Turquoise}~ so I blended those onto the base and the label. I used white and black pens for doodles (I did go a bit mad with the pens!).

As I was sat next to Di, I 'borrowed' her DecoArt misters. I started off with ~{Turquoise Shimmer}~, but thought it was too dark, so I sprayed over the top with ~{White Shimmer}~. I dabbed at it whilst damp to remove some of the white. Once this was dry, I added DecoArt Crystal Glass and something weird happened: It crackled very finely!! There must have been some sort of reaction in the combination of ingredients, but I loved the effect!

Join in with us this month on any of our weekly themes by clicking ~{here}~ and you could win some Tando goodies.

Kaz xxx