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Friday, 17 January 2020

Upcycled Bottle, Found Treasure and Broken Jewellery

It took just 4 fab products, 3 small rusty found objects and a bit of lace and pearl trim from my stash to give a wine bottle a bit of a facelift. I was just looking for an excuse to use Andy's new rice papers. I added some lava paste through his Crocodile Stencil - that worked well over the papers. Some lace and beaded trim around the neck from my large stash of vintagy bits. Then, I made a dangly charm thingy. For that I used broken jewellery chain with some charms on it, some found rusty objects (safety pin, metal washer and a piece of wire) along with a piece of shrink plastic stamped using Andy's Gypsy Queen stamp. I pinned my dangly decoration through the lace around the neck to secure. Then finished off by adding my candle.

The Lava Paste applies so easily on dimensional surfaces.

The bottle will work well as a candle holder, and all the drips of wax will add even more texture.

Amazing how different the colours look when photographed during daylight (on the left) and at night (on the right). Thanks so much for looking. You'll find a more detailed step by step here.

Rhe products I've used, along with a link to them, are listed below.

Products used:

Floral Grunge Rice Paper

Lava Paste

Gypsy Queen Stamp

Crocodile Stencil

You can find all these products HERE.

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Sugar Skull Wall Art Plaque- Fiona Randall

Morning all Fiona here with a project using Andy's New Release and Previous Release Stamps and Image Transfer Sheets to create a fun piece of wall art.

I started by giving a piece of Grey Board ( 5x12 ins) a coat of grey chalk paint and then stamped all over with Watering Can Archival Ink using Andy's Distressed Wallpaper Stamp ( I absolutely this adore this stamp). Next up I cut three squares of grey board gave them a coat of tinting base and applied distress oxides and spritzed with water to create the feel of aged paper.

I then created a master board onto cardstock using distress oxides and stamped the sugar skull from Andy's new release and the moth twice from Andy's previous release with archival ink and fussy cut. The squares were then given decoration using Andy's Image Transfers from the Poe Diversity and the French Fancy sets. The squares were then attached to the background base using off cuts of grey board to give depth and dimension. The skull was then attached to the centre square using an off cut of grey board to raise. Then the moths applied at jaunty angles to complete the piece. I hope you like this as much as I do. Until the next time.

Fiona.

Products used.

Creative Expresssions Andy Skinner Stamp Gypsy Queen.

Creative Expressions Andy Skinner Stamp Distressed Wallpaer

Creative Expressions Andy Skinner Stamp Sugar Skull

Creative Expressions Andy Skinner Image Transfer Sheet Poe Diversity

Creative Expressions Andy Skinner Image Transfer Sheet French Fancy

Creative Expressions Andy Skinner Quick Grab Glue

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Yesteryear

DecoArt Media Line Tinting Base.

Tando Creative Grey Board Sheets.

Other Products

Ranger Archival Ink- Watering Can, Black.

Ranger Distress Oxides, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Wheathered Wood.

Monday, 26 August 2019

Candy Skull Festival Bag Dangle

Hi all
So excited about the new launch. The DT have been really fired up by the new products so I'll make this a quick post!

I started off colouring some card with Distress Oxides, then

chose the area of colour I liked most and stamped onto it using Archival Ink.

Acrylic paints helped to add pops of colour, and whiten the teeth.

The skull is mounted onto a slice of wood (taken from an ash tree in our garden) which I painted with white gesso and covered with Andy's lush Crystal Glaze embossing powder.

Then I stamped out the image again, cut out the rose from the forehead, painted it and decoupaged it onto the main image to give depth. A few die cuts, feathers, beads, gems a hanging chain and of course a repurposed parrot earring, complete my bag charm!

Here is my 'festival dangle' hanging from it's new home on my back pack! For a more detailed look at the project and info on all the products, click here to see the post on my blog.

Thanks for looking. Enjoy the new products!

Suz

Creative Expressions products used:

Sugar Skull Stamp
Crystal Glaze Embossing Powder
Quick Grab Glue

Saturday, 24 August 2019

"Dare" Altered Arch with Starta Paste By Heather Thompson

Hello everyone, I would love to share a creative altered arch made with the new release from Andy Skinner and Creative Expressions. This new product is so much fun and it gives so much texture and details. Just brilliant how these new pastes work.

I made a creative video for you of the process, sometimes I dont know where or how I will get to the finished project. Sometimes it takes days to finish, sometimes it ends up in the bin, and as you see in the video, I start with one idea and end up with another with the impression of the Buffalo Stance.

Here are a few close-ups for you.

The new Strata Paste is amazing for adding a texture you just want to touch.

The resist paste works in so many ways. I used it to add more dimension to the word banner.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

CS Andy Skinner Mixed Media Embossing Powder Funky Cold Patina

CE 7x7 Stencil By Andy Skinner Redemption

CE 6.5X4.5 Stamp By Andy Skinner Pray

CE 6.5X4.5 Stamp By Andy Skinner Buffalo Stance

CE Andy Skinner Cosmic Shimmer Strata Paste

CE Andy Skinner Cosmic Shimmer Resist Paste

CE Andy Skinner Cosmic Shimmer Super Matt Varnish

Tando Creative Straight Edge Large

Tando Creative Textures 1

Tando Creative France Papillon Embellishments Kits

DecoArt Media: Quinnacridone Gold, Titan Buff, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cobalt Teal Hue, Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, Payne's Grey.

Friday, 23 August 2019

Andy's New Releases

Hi everyone Dee here with a small note book I made I used a gel print to cover the book

using chalk paint in cream pale blue and brown. I used a stencil took the print then

ran off a second print.

I used Deco art 2 Step Crackle over the Geli print. next i used antiquing cream over the top once it had dried. I stamped the skull onto stamping paper and just it out. i triple embossed the horns in silver and attached them. i attached a clay cog and added a crystal gem to the centre and attached it to the centre on the cog.

Inside the little book i inserted 3 tags made from the first release stamps from Creative Expressions.

I inked the tags up with distress oxide in sky blue, Antique linen and Vintage Photo in Distress ink.

First was the moth I wet the tags then dipped the tags into the ink.

The circus Tag was next i also added washi tape

the fish skeleton again I used washi tape and dipped the tags into the inks to create the background, Once the tags were dry I inserted the tags into the little note book.
I hope you enjoyed the post would love your feedback on the new stamps.

PRODUCTS USED

Creative Expressions Rubber stamp by Andy Skinner Buffalo Stance

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Hypothesis Mixed Media Panel- Fiona Randall

Morning Everyone my project today is a mixed media panel created using some of Andy's new and my favourite go to old products.

I've used one of Andy's new embossing powders- Granite for the flaming heart and bookplate ( from Andy's Industrial Elements Kit) I've also used some numbers from Andy's new Image Transfer Sheets ( Poe Diversity) My favourite all time stamp from Andy's Textures Stamp set stamped with glue and gold leaf applied to the background and large bookplate from Andy's Industrial Elements set. All mounted onto Tando Grey Board sheets with some mitform castings cogs and my own skulls and cross. All paint effects achieved with the DecoArt Media Line of paints and mediums.

Here's a close up of the details.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Fiona.

Products used.

Andy Skinner Sacred Hearts and Industrial Elements.

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics- Prussian Blue Hue

DecoArt Chalky Finish- Rouge and Carbon Black.

DecoArt Metallic Lustre- Silver Spark

Andy Skinner- Textures Stamp Set.

Grey Board Sheets.

Andy Skinner- Mixed Media Embossing Powder- Granite

Andy Skinner Image Transfer Sheet- Poe Diversity.

My own supplies.

Mitform Castings Cogs.

Archival Ink Pad- Black

Resin Skulls.

Gold Leaf Sheets.

Glue.

Sunday, 14 April 2019

Hidden - Upcycled tape pen, light bulb and Andy elements

My project this month is called 'Hidden'
So many of us are going through things that no-one else can see.

I love how the bulb looks like an eye from above.

I have been using tape runners in my classes for a long time now and I was determined to find a way to use them in a project rather than just throw them away!

The wire flower bent into a flower shape and pushed into the plastic roller that the tape used to wind around. I layered up some of Andy's elements to make a mechanical flower centre.

The oval shaped area in the middle is an inner part of the runner.

The flower at the bottom of the bulb is the bigger part of the roller mechanism....I heated it with a heat gun until it melted and folded into a flower shape, which was the perfect holder for the bulb!

Scraps of lace and sequin on a roll were layered across the tag.

I stamped and embossed some of the words from Andy's 'Word Up' set, stuck the words inside paperclips and added them to more twisted wire. For more details and steps, have a look at my blog https://craftyhumphreys.blogspot.com/.

Thanks for looking.
Suz
xxx

Products used:
DecoArt: White gesso, Decoupage Glue, Media Fluid Acrylics; Titan Buff, Prussian Blue, Quinacridone Gold, Raw Umber, Rusty Wire, paper clips, lace, sequin on a roll, elements from the Andy's kits.

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