Twirly-whirly stand by Julia Baker

Glue structure together with PVA glue, keeping top circles to one side to decorate before gluing.

Paint with black Gesso.

Using Graphic 45 Kaleidoscope papers cut three circles to fit the tops.

Apply PVA glue to the bottom of each section, add beads and glitter.

Cut a small card to add to the top.  Edge with Prize Ribbon Oxide ink, add some stencilling to the inside and a couple of stickers.

Cut four pieces of card and glue to each end.

Stamp and cut out some Humming Birds and Hibiscus flowers 

Colour - I used watercolour.

Die cut some leaves from patterned paper, glue to the top with some of the flowers.

Add flowers and a bird to the card on the top.

Cut four 17 x 6cm pieces of white card, round the corners, fold in half and edge with Prize Ribbon oxide ink.

Ink through stencil and stamp on feathers.  Decorate with birds and flowers.

Add to stand, then finish with extra flowers and birds.

Hope you enjoy.

Julia x

Tando Twirly Whirly Art Stand No 2 by Art Angel x x

 

This morning i have another Tando Twirly Whirly Art Stand for you all to enjoy!

Again this one has a gothic theme but you can make yours whatever you want, the only limit is your imagination

The Twirly Whirly Art Stand is very easy to put together, it is also adaptable to accommodate lights. My last stand had lights in the bottom, this one is going to gave lights in the top

First, use a good PVA glue to stick all three rings together, and glue to base, oleave to dry and clamp if necessary or leave to dry under a heavy book

Of the two circle pieces with a hole in the centre, select the one with the largest hole and insert the bolt through the centre

Then glue that circle to the top of the rings leaving the bolt in situ

Di has done a very easy to follow video of the Twirly Whirly construction which you can view on the Tando Creative YouTube channel, my version differs slightly in that the spacers that go on top, i have used next, they need to be added and cant be left out, to get the correct tension, but i wanted a larger surface area to decorate in top, use first the smaller disc…

Then the larger

Construct your H pieces paying particular attention to the tabs and notches, the notches always face the top outside edge, whilst the tabs slot into the base. Glue securely to the large base circle ensuring all tabs are seated in the slots

This then slides over the central bolt and once located add the top cross piece making sure the tabs are securely located in the outer notches on those H pieces

I covered the floor if my stand in decorative paper, it’s a good tip to draw around the large circular base piece before construction, cut out then cut into quarters, remove roughly a centimetre square from the centre to allow to the central panel. Adhere with matte medium, sand edges when dry

I highly recommend decorating in this fashion rather than trying to cover the whole base with one piece as you do not want to obstruct the slots the H pieces sit in

Run 3mm red Liner tape along all outer edges of cross piece. I wanted lights on top of my stand too but didn't want the wires to run over the outer side edge so I  worked out, using a string of twenty lights would give me two bulbs for each inside wall, totalling 16 lights with four left over for the top

I needed to have the battery pack on top too so that it was accessible for switching in and off, so with the battery pack on top i thread the other end of the lights through the hole in the middle of the top circle and gently pulled  16 bulbs through

Remove tape backing and attach lights making sure that the bulbs just hang off the edge so that your top circle can still sit flush. 

Turn your paper covered circle over and glue to cross piece, avoiding the centre square that houses the bolt as we don't was glue to stop it spinning

 The top circle had been decorated in the same was as the floor, drawer round your circle into the reverse side of your backing paper, cut out, adhere with matte medium, leave to dry before sanding

I decorated the smaller disc too using paper from the same collection

I used sand texture past around the edge of the base so that it looked more finished and coordinated and used the same sand texture past through a stencil on top

I painted the bases of four candles with black gesso and dry brushed over with titanium white acrylic to give a wrought iron elect and painted the flame yellow

 I then ran red liner tape up over the front of the flame and down the full back of the candle, repeat the process for all four candles

I attached the remaining four lights, one to each candle securing the wire down the back

I then was able to decorate each cubby with ephemera, die cuts, trinkets and resin pieces

I used texture paste and paint to create a stone effect on tombstone and added these to the top

I used Stamperia Alchemy papers and Tim holtz Halloween Quotes for additional decoration

I securely the battery pack discreetly behind on of the tombstones

Hope you like the finished effect

Have fun having a go at creating your own

I have used

Twirly Whirly Art Stand

PVAglue

 Decoart matte medium

Decoart black gesso

Decoart titanium white

Decoart Sand Texture Paste

Decoart gel medium

Rice lights

Sandpaper

Redliner tape 3mm

Magik Graphics Dark Arts papers

Magik Graphics Alchemist Memoirs stencil

Stamperia Alchemy papers

Tim Holtz Halloween Emphemera

 

Tando Advent Box - Curious Beauty

 

Tonight i have for you another Tando advent box, this time decorated in a gothic style using the beautiful Curious Beauty collection of papers printed from the Curiosities Altered cdrom from Magik Graphics

First lay all your pieces out and do a dry run through so you are confident about which bits goes where

You will have enough pieces to create one drawer, with the larger drawer front

And one cube to house the drawer

Glue your pieces together using a good PVA glue

When assembled one fits comfortably inside the other

I wanted to cover my drawer front with the decorative papers

And have a paint effect on the sides, so i prepared my surfaces with black gesso

Once the gesso was dry i applied a layer of folk art colour shift paint in blue violet flash on the drawers side, back and bottom panels and left to air dry. I then applied heavy bodied gel medium to the sides and back panel only, through the alchemist Memoirs stencil from Magik Graphics and left this to completely dry

I then cut a square of paper the same size as my drawer front and applied with matte medium, when this had dried i sanded the edges with sandpaper to give a more professional finish

I then dry brushed decorart gold metallic lustre over the raised stencilling and along all edges

I repeated the same techniques on the outer sleeve so that it matched the drawer, using the decorative paper just on the top panel, paint effect on sides and back

This is my finished piece hope you like it

I would love to see how you decorate yours x x

I have used

Advent box

Matte medium 

Pva glue

Heavy body gel medium

Black gesso

Colour shift paint

Decorart gold lustre

Palette knife

 

Hexi Tag by Bernadette

Good Morning Everyone,  today I have made a sewing themed tag.  I am not a sewer myself, but my mum is, so this will probably go in her sewing room.  I wanted to do something sewing related with the hexagons and add paper to make them look like fabric.  I found a paper pad with some stitching and sewing designs which was quite vintage looking so decided to use that.

I glued the paper to the size 10 Tando greyboard tag https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/TAGS120X60.html and to 3 of the greyboard hexagons https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/HXGNS2022.html  I also added some scraps of collage paper left over from another project and some torn bits of washi tape.  I then added some walnut stain distress ink around the edges with a blending tool.  

 

I die cut the dress form, buttons and heart from some Bigz dies and covered them with some paper from the same paper pad.  I also added some ink around the edges with the walnut stain distress ink.  I then found a small piece of white voile, sprayed it with some crushed olive distress oxide spray and attached it to the tag with some dries clear glue.

 

I added some lace and pearls then attached the hexis, buttons, heart and dress form to the tag.

If you are inspired to make this, or something else using the hexis, I would love to see what you do.  Please post your photos on the Facebook Tando Creative Zone.

Enjoy your day :)

Bernadette xxx