Entropy - Zoë Sanderson

Entropy, what happens to a system if it is not maintained.  Generally thought of as an engineering term, but it applies equally to any system or process.  Entropy is the gradual breakdown of the system over time.  I'm not sure entropy ever ends the system just falls into disuse.

Industrial, Mechanical Breakdown, Steampunk all contributed to this project.  Truth is I just wanted to make & have a play in the craft room, things went from there.  Starting with a Tando large tag holder, and some gilding wax.

For me the best way of applying a full wax cost is with a cotton wipe especially with a solvent based polish like this one which will stain your fingers when applied directly by hand.  A wipe also makes it easier to really work the medium in and polish it.

Once satisfied with the base finish using a Studio Light stamp and some fine detail gold ep we given a decorative finish.

Next up a Tando door hanger (Style B) and elements from various grab bags etc.   The idea is to lay them out to establish the design.  Taking a photo is a good way of recording how your project is going to be laid out.

Liking all the shapes and layers time to get more mediums out and fussy them up.  The base hanger was given the same treatment at the arms of the holder.   Gilding wax, stamped and embossed.   The other bits and pieces were either given a coat of ArtDeco Modelling paste or a cost of silver gilding wax.  The modelling paste served not just to colour but also to add texture, which when it was dried was touched with more of the silver.

And assemble using a matt gel medium.    Not quite the same as the intended layout but .......

It didn't feel quite finished so a couple of moulded pieces were added, the skull is air dry clay the crown is resin.   With everything finally in place black distress ink worked round the edge and partially over the moulded additions.

This was a fun way to pass a Sunday afternoon.

Products Used

Tando Door Hanger style B

Tando Tag Stand.

Tando Arrows Grab Bag

Tando Steampunk Parts
Tando Grab Bag of Screws

Media Black Modelling Paste

Metallic Lustre - Silver

Distress Oxide - Black Soot

Everything else from my personal stash.

You know we have a Facebook Group don't you?  We would love to see some of your Tando based projects there.  It is also somewhere that you can find all sorts of inspiration, ask questions and generally discuss your crafty thoughts.

Hex Tech Tuesday - Klimt wall hanging by Sharon Nettleship

 As soon as I saw the Tando Hexagons I knew I wanted to make something to hang on the wall. I thought the Klimt papers would go really well with them. 

Here's how I made it

I started off by using a 12x12 piece of cardboard that I had in a scrapbook paper pack. I covered it with a piece of  black linen cardstock. Next I randomly stamped my word stamps onto the black with clear ink and gold embossed them using a gold embossing powder. 

I wanted to give the hexagon frames a rusted effect. 

I did this by using Prima rust effect paint in brown, red and gold. I applied the brown first all over by stippling it onto the frames. I then randomly stippled the red and gold. For the complete look I added a little turquoise acrylic paint too. 

I covered the base of the hexagons with Stamperia Klimt papers. I also added some of the little chipboard pieces in the collection. And to give it a bit of a luxurious look I added some gold wax. 

The eye triangle pieces came with the Klimt pack and I gessoed them with black and added gold wax. 

All I needed to do then was to arrange the hexagon bases and frames into a configuration that I liked.

There are so many projects you could make with the hexagons and have fun whilst doing it. 

Ingredients:

TandoCreative Hexagons

Stamperia Klimt Collection

Black card

Gold gilding wax

Gold embossing powder

Prima rust effect paste in brown, red & gold

Turquoise acrylic paint

Sharon N x

24 Boxes of Advent with Bernadette

 

Good Evening Everyone,

Today I am showcasing a cute advent box.  Depending on how you decorate them, they have multiple uses and are stackable too.

I put the inside drawer and outer box together first and secured them with pva glue.  The photo below shows how they look once they are glued together.  Everything slotted into place perfectly with the joins matching exactly as they should. When you put the drawer inside the box they fit together to make a perfect cube.

I then painted inside and outside of both pieces using a dark blue acrylic paint.

I decided with this one that I would keep the top flat, just in case I decide I want to stack another one on top. If you aren't going to stack them, you could easily embellish all sides.

I started with the front of the drawer.  I cut a piece of white pearl card slightly smaller than the drawer front then ran it through my die cutting machine in a snowflake embossing folder.  I then took a stiff stencil brush and dabbed some silver acrylic paint randomly over the whole piece of card.  I then did the same around the edge with the dark blue paint I had used to paint the box.  

I took a snowflake from the Tando pack of 5 snowflakes  https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/SNWFLK5.html  and used the dark blue and silver paint to colour the snowflake, again using the stencil brush.  I wanted to make it look like it had an icy texture.  I took some tiny self adhesive pearls and added them to the corners of the card and the points of the snowflake.

I then glued the snowflake to the middle of the piece of card and added the whole thing to the front of the drawer, again using pva glue.

To finish the box and drawer I took the Tando mini snowflake stencil https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/MSKMINFLKE.html and stencilled on the sides of the drawer and top and sides of the outer box, again using a stencil brush.

I thoroughly enjoyed making this little box and I'm looking forward to trying a different design with my next one.

Enjoy your weekend, hope you get some crafty time :)

Bernadette xxx

Dee's back

Hi everyone I am back and I have one of Tando's lovely matchbox's for you today.

I was aiming for something understated and subtle and ended up with the 

complete opposite. My first piece for a long while so I 

had to include embossing.

I used the large matchbox with inserts along with the circle grab bag and the mini harlequin stencils.

I started with constructing the matchbox and I cut some water colour paper to fit the surface of the matchbox. I spritzed it with water and used walnut ink crystals to colour the paper. Inks were used and Prussian Blue deco art fluid acrylic paint. 

Deco art white crackle paint was also applied with a pallet . I used mark making stamps and also some of my own scribbles. I triple embossed different sized Tando circles with platinum powder and stamped into them.

On the main matchbox front I put crackle paint through the harlequin stencil and sprinkled embossing powder on and heat set. I used posca pens to do the writing. Stamping and embossing (Skins) completes the look. 

Close up

I hope you have enjoyed my post feel free to ask any questions if you have any.

Thanks for popping by Cheers Dee. x

Tando Products Used

 large matchbox with inserts 

circle grab bag

mini harlequin stencils.

Hex Tex Tuesday by Sharon Quinn

 Hello there

I'm delighted to be showing you my interpretation of the Tando Creative hexagons.

I am currently decorating the walls of my craft room to give me inspiration in my creative space so this is the inspiration for this piece.

I started by painting the edges of a Tando Creative A4 greyboard greyboard  panel  with fresco paint in butternut.

Next I applied rice paper to the panel using distress collage medium, I removed excess paper by using a water brush to give a raw edge gently tearing away from the fibres.

I have chosen to use 3 solid hexagons and 3 hexagon frames to paint in DecoArt americana acrylic paint in celery green. I left to dry naturally which only took minutes but of course you can speed up the process using a heat gun. I then used a distress crayon in carved pumpkin to smudge with my finger around the edges.

Next I added areas of interest using stamps in butternut acrylic paint and doodles with a white gel pen.

Inka gold has been added to the hexagon frames but any mica powder or wax would also work, or imagine how gilding flakes would look ,,,? 

Next I played around with the position of the pieces to give a look I was happy with, I adhered with book binding glue.

Finally I added words from Tim Holtz metallic words pad.

The finished piece will look great on my wall....I wonder what you could make using the hexagons??

Tando Creative hexagons

Tando Creative A4 sheet

DecoArt americana acrylic paint - celery green

PaperArtsy fresco paint in butternut

PaperArtsy Eclectica EM41

PaperArtsy Eclectica EM45

PaperArtsy Eclectica EM48

Papers for you rice paper

Distress collage medium

 Pinflair Book binding glue 

White gel pen

Viva Decor Inka Gold

Many thanks for reading my blog post, I hope you found some inspiration.

Lots of love

Sharon Quinn xx

Mini Printer Tray

 

Happy Monday Everyone,

I have finally had chance to work with a Mini Printer Tray.  I think I will be getting some more of these, they are quite different to anything I have done before.  I have lots of bits and pieces: ephemera, stamped images, letters, numbers and hardware that I love and was looking for a way to show them off.  A printer tray is the perfect way to do this, mine is now in my lounge so I can keep looking at it.

I started off by selecting a Tim Holtz paper for my background.  The paper I chose has letters on it which made me decide it was the right one for this project.  I stuck it to the greyboard with wet glue to make sure it was well stuck down.

I painted the front frame panel with a grey paint then used a blending foam to add some black soot distress ink around the edges of the frames to give it an industrial, almost dirty look. I used wet glue again to secure this to the background.

I then started to gather my treasures to add to the individual frames.  I have spells of stamping and cutting out small images, just in case I need that bit of something to add to a card or tag.  I have quite a selection of Tim Holtz hardware and ephemera, but I tend to hoard it and am quite stingy with is.  Since I am keeping this piece for myself, I decided I would use some of my precious pieces.  I added some mustard coloured paint to bare pieces to complement the colours of the background paper.

I inked the edges of the paper embellishments with either vintage photo or black soot distress ink and added some glossy accents to the light bulb.  I then attached everything inside the frames either with glue or foam pads to add a bit of dimension.

Link to Mini Printer Tray:

https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/MPT178X127CV.html

Colour theme Gothic Arch layered frame by Nicky Roussou

 These Gothic Arche Layered Frame are just so cute and I love the size of them. I also love it when I can create a project in one sitting ( which doesn't happen very often 😂)

I started this project buy getting the arches together and choosing what butterflies I was going to use. I really do LOVE these layered butterflies!

I immediately thought a brick was would look super fab, so cut some cardstock with my Time Holtz 3D embossing folder and cut it out to fit the arch.

I decided to do the back of the arch in the Tim Holts wood 3D folder which I love and used Vintage Photo Tim holts distress ink to over it to bring out the texture.

For the sides of the arch a I wanted a rough looking aged edge so used some modelling pates and roughly ran around the edges.

To get the rustic look to the brick wall I used red brick Distress Ink and Vintage Photo randomly around the page and the went over with my good old favourite, water down oil paint with white spirit to bring out the colours.

I gave all the edges a coat of DecoArt Brown umbra paint too, 

For the butterflies, I gave the base part a coat of thin brown paint and then went over with a coat of Metallic Pain to give it a lovely shine.  For the top part I glued down some Micro Beads from Prima. 

To give that extra bit of rustic loveliness, I glued the butterfly down to some chiffon fabric and burnt  around the edged which produces a wonder aged effect 

So here you go, a little step by step of my arch. I hope you have enjoyed seeing it come together. 

Thank you for popping by 💓

TANDO-CREATIVE GOTHIC ARCH LAYERED FRAME

TANDO-CREATIVE LAYERED BUTTERFLIES

TIM HOLTZ 3D BRICK EMBOSSING FOLDER

TIM HOLTZ DISTRESS INKS IN REB BRICK AND VINTAGE PHOTO

STAMPERIA MODELING PASTE

PRIMA MICRO BEADS

TRESURED GOLD GILDING WAX

DECOART BURNT UMBRA PAINT

DECOART METALIC ROSE GOLD