Tag with Small Gothic Archway by Bernadette

 

Good Afternoon Friends,

I had to have a play with one of the small archways designed by Fiona Randall for Tando and my first thoughts were Halloween. Too early maybe, but as a lover of all things dark and grungy, I am happy to make Halloween all year round.

I used a size 10 Tando tag https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/TAGS180X100.html as my base and added some patterned paper.  I then did some stamping on the paper and added some black soot distress ink around the edges with a blending tool.

The archway https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/FRGTHFRM2MEDSML.html comes in 3 pieces: a solid back and 2 cut out pieces. I painted the 2 cut out pieces of the archway with a dark grey paint and dry brushed some silver once they had dried.   

I glued a piece of ephemera and some more patterned paper to the solid back of the archway then glued the 2 cut out pieces of the frame on top.  

I added the tag with the owl to the base tag. I then used a Twinchie https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/TWINCHSTRAIG.html to add another layer.  I covered it with some patterned paper, the photo and ephemera and added it to the tag with foam pads.

I stuck the "beware" piece of ephemera to the back of the archway and added the paper doll and spider https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/GRBBGSPDERS.html to the front.  I used some left over bits of greyboard that I have popped other pieces out of (thanks for the top tip Fiona) to add to the back of the archway to make it stand away from the tag and give more depth and dimension.

I'll be posting some photos on Facebook in the Tando Creative Zone and on Instagram - any questions please ask and I will try to help.

Bye for now, Bernadette

xxx

ATC Matchbox by Bernadette

        

                                                                ATC Matchbox    

Good Afternoon,  I had so much fun making this ATC matchbox and there are so many ways you can         decorate them.  I love a bit of vintage and grunge, but I decided to use some pretty papers I got a few            years ago with a magazine.  I love how it turned out.

https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/atc-matchbox-with-cards-and-coins.html

Once I had assembled both pieces of the box, I painted it all with some ivory coloured paint.  The box and sleeve are really easy to put together.

I then used a blending tool and some walnut stain distress ink to add a bit of vintage colour to all the edges of the box and sleeve.  

I wanted to leave a little bit of the box showing around the papers, so I used a ruler to measure each surface then cut the papers to size with a paper trimmer.

I added some of the distress ink around the edges of the papers before gluing them to each surface. 

I then glued some of the papers to 4 of the ATCs you get in the pack, inked around the edges and glued them to the 4 sides of the outer sleeve.  

While all the glue was drying, I took 4 of the ATCs that come in the pack and glued some of the papers to them. I trimmed around them with scissors then used an emery board to smooth the edges before blending the edges with the distress ink.  I then glued the ATCs to the 4 surfaces of the outer sleeve.

Using a heart from a grab bag https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/GRBBGHEARTS.html I added some paper inked the edges and glued it to the drawer which I decided to have at the top. 

I used left over papers to cover the ATCs which I will keep inside the drawer to add stamping, die cuts or other images to when I want to have a play.

I hope you enjoy decorating your ATCs and the matchbox to go with them.

Bye for now,

Bernadette xxx

Gothic Window Frame Project- Fiona Randall

 

Morning lovely people. For my latest Tando DT Project I have created a wall plaque using one of my new Gothic Frame Designs recently launched and now available to purchase in the Tando Shop.

I have used the large Gothic Frame Style 1 for this project. 

To start I used my Fancy deep frame which I assembled and glued omitting using the top panels. I then applied a layer of modelling paste all over the back panel with a pallet knife to create texture and before it dried I scored lines to create a large brick patten.

 I was going for a Castle/Church look here.

 Then created another frame to go around the Gothic Arch frame using foam board. 

I rounded the edges using a curved woodworking tool and then sanded to smooth. 

I also made the corbals that sit under the frame from foambord too and gave them the same rounded corner treatment as the foam frame. 

I then gave the foam frame a coat of texture sand paste and also the back panel in places. Once dry the foam frame and back panel were given a coat of DecoArt Americana Acrylic in Dove Grey and dried with a heat tool. 

Washes of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic in Paynes Grey was the added and dried with a heat tool. Washes of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic in Sap Green was then applied in random places to give an aged stone effect.

I then applied DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic in Dark Grey Value 3 to the lattice layer of the large gothic frame.

 I then mixed some of the dove grey paint into the dark grey paint and made a lighter shade and to this mix I added some texture sand paste and applied with a stipple brush to the ornate layer of the Gothic frame and dried with a heat tool.

I then dry brushed some dove grey over the frame to pick up and highlight the texture. The gothic frame layers were then glued together and inserted into the foam frame frame which creates that recessed look.

 I then printed a stain glass window effect onto an inkjet transparency sheet and cut to size and applied to the back of the gothic Arch Frame.

 I added tiny lights to the deep fancy frame base and then glued the Gothic Arch in place as shown.

 The corbals were then glued in place under the window as shown. To finish I added some Ivy Rub on Transfers in opposite corners for interest. 

The above photo shows the finished project with the lights off.

This shows the project with the lights switched on.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed my little project. I am quite pleased how this one turned out.

Fiona xx

PRODUCTS USED

Large Gothic Frame Style 1

Deep Fancy Frame

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Dark Grey

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Paynes Grey

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Sap Green

DecoArt Media White Modelling Paste

DecoArt Media Texture Sand Paste

OTHER PRODUCTS

Foam Core Board

Inkjet Transparency Sheets

Micro Tiny Lights

Stamperia Rub On Transfers.

ATC Tando creative Box and ATC's

Di was on Create and craft earlier today with these lovely ATC coin/ATC holder. I have done one here using Andy skinners new rice papers from Decoupage Queen released today.

This post is photo heavy and I have added a video that I hope plays!

I used a circle ATC  for the handle of the box .

A paper clay coin was glued over that & a small circle of grey board was

 used to make it sit proud of the base. 

I painted the greyboard with cream acrylic paint prior to gluing the papers onto the surfaces.

Inside the box I used Prussian blue pigment ink.

Top  of the holder I darkened the edges with a black wash you can

 do this mixing black paint and matt varnish.

Top of the holder.

I used another paper from Andy's release to add a focal point to this ATC.

 

I used A large paper clay Chinese coin and some embossed card on my desk.

Another ATC using 2 papers.

These ATC are just fabulous for decorating they are so solid for any 

kind of medium.

So remember go onto create and craft to see what goodies were on the show.

Thats all folks hope you enjoyed my little post. Feel free to ask

 any questions you might have.

Cheers Dee x

We are Beautiful

 Good Morning,its Sarah here with a Scrapbooking blog post. As many of you know, Scrapbooking is my first love and i always like to get some lovely Tando embellishments onto a scrapbook page alongside a lovely photograph. I also combined it with the lovely colours fro the May colour combo challenge too

My page is called "We are Beautiful" celebrating our silly selfie moments, capturing those times as they are becoming less frequent know my daughter is quickly growing up

Materials

Tando ATC coins

Tando leaf branch and loose leaf (large)

Tando mini's: flowers

Coloured card stock

Patterned paper

Paint in Purple, Blue and Pink

Yellow Posca pen

White Posca pen

Journalling pen

Journalling embellishments

Foams pads

Good quality strong glue

Embossing folders

Tando Word: Beautiful

Instructions

I begain with gathering 16 ATC coins and my papers

I covered some in plain card stock, some in patterned paper and I painted some. when the painted ones where dry i put them through a embossing machine and then distressed them with sand paper

Next i begain arranging the ATC coins onto my patterened background paper, moving them all around so the colours where evenly dispersed. Once i was happy with the placement i stuck them all down with a really strong glue

Next i made my photo matt. I wanted to have a hidden journally section to tell the story behind the photo so i made my matt so it was hinged and the photo could go on top but the text could be tucked away underneath

I then secured the photo to the top of the ATC coins in the middle of the page with strong glue again. I used the left over waste from the ATC coins to make little journalling embellishments which i began to stick down the right hand side of the photo

I made a little tag for the bottom of the photo saying "lift me" so help open up the hinge to read the text underneath

I also decorated with hand cut flowers and leaves all around the edge of the photo. I then painted some wee Tando flowers, leaves and a Beautiful word and added them over the top of the hand cut paper flowers and leaves

To finish, i doodled around everything in either black or white pen to make it pop i bit more

I hope you like seeing what else you can do with Tando products and how they work equally as well on scrapbook projects too

Sarah xx