Christmas in July !!

Hi! Gez here today, delighted to be sharing a little Christmassy offering with you for the 'Anything Goes' theme this week!

I started with one of the circles from the {Grab bag of circles} 

 These are so versatile..

I sprayed the circle with ink sprays and water and allowed it time to dry. 

While the circle was drying I painted two of the wonky trees

from the {Grab Bag of Wonky Trees} 

with gold acrylic paint..

close up..

with Christmas in mind I added a little glitz!

Thank you for calling I hope you like my idea for an early Christmas card.

Happy creating, Gez

Rusty Old Compass By Dee (Anything Goes)

Dee

Hi everyone I am Dee with my first post as part of the Tando design team.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Di & the team for being so 

welcoming. I thought that I would give you  

a flavour of my style today.

So lets get started, I absolutely love Deco Art Media Line products 

which I used to create this piece.

For the center compass I covered it in texture sand paste 

and allowed to dry.

Next I painted the big compass in Deco Art media fluids Titan buff.

Then I stamped in black archival Andy skinners peeling 

paint from his Industrial Set

I then applied Crackle paste to parts of the main compass and 

allowed to dry prior to painting with burnt umber.

I finished it of with Andy's dirty wash.

Back to the center piece and I painted that with Burnt Umber,

  Prussian Blue Hue, Cobalt Turquoise Hue &

 Quinacridone Gold.

A spinner was attached, as was rivets this was then highlighted with gold

 gilding wax. I hope you liked the post please feel free to ask,

 any questions or just let me know what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Products Used

1. Tando creative compass duo
2. Deco Art Media Fluid acrylics in Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue Hue, Cobalt Turquoise Hue & Quinacridone Gold.
3.  Deco Art Media Sand Texture Paste, Crackle paste & ultra matt medium.
4. Spinner and stamps from my stash.

May we always have Paris: Anything goes with Irit

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my Anything goes post!
Today I am going to share my two loves: my love for Tando Printer's trays and my eternal love for Paris.
I design for Tando Creative for 5 years and those printer's trays were and still are my most favourite Tando products. And when you add gorgeous themed paper and fantastic stamps, your Paris becomes a real thing.
I used this Casablanca movie line as my title (a bit of a change as  it was " We 'll always have Paris" and I made it " May we always have Paris"), but it's still about love and memories and .... Paris , of course.
The background was stamped and heat embossed and misted and trimmed and  I had fun to make it.
I used quite a lot of RD stamps to make this background:
The chipboard tray  was heat embossed with a mix of copper and teal powders to get this  aged look.
 The window of mini windows Tando set was made in the same way and glued on the bottom.\
I also added Tando's Compass  chipboard piece on the top that was heat embossed with white (dirty white ) powder.
A few Paris stickers were added inside the tray- 3d stickers and photo shot one.All together this piece was misted with teal and pink mists.
And finally my Paris tray was done and was real.
I really hope to be back there in a short time!

Tando products used:
Printer's tray


Compass duo


Minis Frames

Soar Free

Hi guys, Liz here with my first DT post for this awesome company and very talented teamies, I'm so honoured and happy to be here to work with these fabulous products,

The theme is anything goes,

I have altered a Mini Printer Tray  with cover, this is the cover which I have painted with a layer of white Gesso, the when dry added some crackle paint randomly here and there for texture, let that dry then I took a flourish mask and stenciled the design on with grunge paste,

I then painted the cover front, sides and back plus the inside with distress inks and Inka Gold waxes too, 

For the inside I have used two of the three sectioned layers, so I could add embellishments with depth onto the frame, the frame is again coloured with Inka Gold waxes, I can use the third layer up on another project some time too, I used distress ink on some water colour paper, added some stamps from my stash then cut sections out to fit the design,

I then added  some more Tando pieces Mini Music and mini leaves 1, then finished it off with metal pieces, lace and flowers,

Tando Products used:

Chipboard - Mini Printer Tray 152 x 152

Mini Music

Mini Leaves 1

Mask - Long Flourish

If you wish to join us on any of the themes this month click on the link above, we would love to see you,

Happy Crafting!!!

Hugs Liz xx

Mini Canvas

Hi, its Karen here again with a little something I made up a while ago.

I have used a Tando BUTTERFLY on a teensy 2x2 inch canvas to make a present for someone who reached a 'certain age' haha!  I dabbed some green acrylic through the SEQUIN WASTE MASK before over stamping.  The butterfly has been painted with acrylics and then had CRACKLE GLAZE added. 

Please pop back again tomorrow for more lovely ideas from the Design Team.

Hugs, Karen xxx

Horse!

Hi there, its Karen here with one of the new (ish) designs for Anything Goes Week.  I have had fun decorating a HORSE!  This one is free standing at around 6inches high and is made from sturdy MDF.

I wanted to try out the DecoArt Media Misters and was not disappointed with the colours...really vibrant!  I started by giving the horse & stand a cover of Gesso before spraying through a few of Tando's Masks/stencils.  I added some Bakers Twine for the mane & tail plus a quote which looks wonky (sorry).  The stand has been covered with DecoArt Crackle Paste which was coloured with some fluid acrylics.

Here is what I used:

Tando Horse

Tando Masks:

Giovanna's Doilie 8inch

Random Circles Mask

Andy Skinner's Sunburst

DecoArt;
Media Misters
Crackle Paste
Media Fluid Acrylics

If you love horses why not get the Horse and Carriage?  Imagine it with all the tackle added :-D

If you would like to join in with us and enter your makes into a monthly draw then please take a look at the Link Page at the top of the blog.

Thank you so much for taking a look today, Hugs, Karen x

Announcing 4 super talented ladies that have joined our Design Team :)

Dee Adams

I live in Kent, Southern England with my husband Nick & our two grown up sons that don't want to leave home!!! I have been crafting for about eight years now and only started blogging a year ago when I was lucky enough to be picked to join a design team. As I work full time my spare time is very precious and crafting helps me unwind. I love colours, inks, paints, textures, layering, gothic, shabby; steampunk. I would say my main loves are clocks and cogs these will regularly be found somewhere in my art.

Dee's blog: http://www.deeadamsart.blogspot.co.uk/

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Gez Butterworth

Hi my name is Geraldine Butterworth also known as Gez in the crafting world (with a J sound!) I am a self taught mixed media artist and designer, with a passion for colour and texture. I like to push boundaries and get the most from the products and materials I use on my creations. I love to create everything from whimsy art journal pages, and assemblege, to art postcards, scrapbook pages, atc's and greetings cards. I am also a keen photographer and love to record family events in my scrapbooks and journals.

I've live in the north west Pennine hills in East Lancashire, England. When I'm not at my desk creating. I can be found with a crochet hook in hand my other big passion. I love creating afghans and amigurumi characters for family and friends. At the weekends I like to get out with my family when the weather is good and into the beautiful countryside where we live.
I am thrilled beyond words to be joining the Design Team again. Gez

Gez's blog: http://3littlebirdsstudio.blogspot.co.uk/

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Liz Marsden

Hi, I have always loved to create since being young, my style varies from Shabby Chic to grunge and all in between, i love also to add texture and layers to my creations so having the gorgeous Tando products to work/ play with is a dream come true, I'm so happy and excited to be here,
Hugs Liz xx

Liz's blog: http://lizscreativecorner.blogspot.co.uk 

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Lisa Winnard

I am so chuffed to have been chosen and so completely thrilled to be joining the Tando Creative Team.
So let me introduce myself.... my name is Lisa and I live in Wigan, in Lancashire and by day I am a full time Mummy. By night, you will find me in my craft room where I turn in to a hugely messy crafter.
I have always been in to some sort of craft, ever since I was a tiddler. I’ve always been creative and enjoyed anything that involved getting mucky with paint and gluing toilet rolls together! Even at school, I was constantly in trouble for hanging in the art rooms rather than the science lab! I continued my arty ways through College and then University where I decided to go on to train as an Art Teacher. I suppose I always found it easier to express myself with a paintbrush, and continually wanted to be around people who were as excited and got the same joy out of creating as I did.
I still teach art and craft at the weekend as a craft demonstrator which I thoroughly enjoy. It gives me a sense of purpose and it’s so wonderful to see others as excited as I am and be inspired by sharing tips and techniques with hugely creative people.I must admit though, I don’t have one particular style of crafting. I am a huge mixed media fan but I also like the simple things that make a statement and have that wow factor. So I can’t say I adore one particular style, and I believe as crafters, we are allowed to change our minds as that’s what we do best!! A crafters mind is always on the go, the initial starting idea isn’t always the finished result.... or is that just me....?
But, so far throughout my creative journey, I have adored every minute. Even the huge mistakes as that’s where I get my determination and stubbornness from.I can’t wait to continue on this amazing trip and being asked to join the fabulous Tando Creative Team is just another wonderful town I will have the pleasure and honour to stop by at along the way. 

Lisa's blog: www.lisalisamakes.blogspot.co.uk