Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016

 Morning all,

It's Sunday again and time to announce 

our next letter in the 

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge 2016!

But before we do I have a special post

for you today from Dawn who 

is showing you how she made her

last entry for the Challenge.....

The Letter was F and there had to be

a heart included!

Dawn says -

My fish here is all loved up. An altered 

dictionary page.

Prepare pages by gluing some together and 

painting with white gesso.



Then spread Media Texture Sand Paste through
stencils. Leafy at the bottom and random circles 

above. Paint small spaces with crackle paint.

 Leave to dry. Use green Fresco Paints

 to colour texture.

Colour page with watercolour paints and

 Brushos in sea colours. Dry.

Replace stencil at bottom and rub over
gold gilding wax on leafy parts.

Dab white paint onto circles.

Using Darcy small stamps, stamp script

 randomly across pages and dotted circles

 around textured circles using Stazon Inks.

Flick white paint across pages.

Take orange, red and yellow acrylic paints,

 drop bits around a piece of card. Spread around 

with a pallet knife or spreader. Dry. Then

 stamp a fish and cut out and Punch and hand

 cut some hearts. Stamp the hearts with script stamp. 

Glue all to pages.

Finish with Yellow and Star Dust
Stickles Glitter glue.

Products used -

Decoart Media Texture Sand Paste
Decoart White Crackle Paint

Lindsay Mason Zendoodles Fish Stamps 

Imagination Crafts Bay Leaf Stencil

Tando Circles Mask 

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints

Paperartsy Darcy Eclectica Stamps

Stazon Inks - Black, Teal, Midnight Blue

Koh I Noor Watercolours

Brushos 

Woodware Heart Punch

Stickles Glitter Glue - Yellow, Star Dust

So on to our next letter!
It's Karen Gist's turn and she
has chosen L

This is the latest addition to her tray -

And Neil is continuing with his books -

And Dawn's pics too....

So what will you do?

You should know the rules by now!
You have two weeks, the link will close
at midnight on Sunday 6th March.  Entry
via the link where possible, if not email me
janecraftbarn@gmail.com
and I will add them for you!
I am changing the rules slightly here, you
need to pick a word beginning with the
chosen letter and add a definition
to your entry.  I have decided it need not
be the actual dictionary definition but
a definition of some sort!!  This might
prove interesting and amusing!!
The winner will be picked by
Random Generator and will receive
a £10 voucher.  The winner will be
announced on Tuesday 8th March.

I just want to add here that this is
your blog and challenges not just mine, so
anytime you have any suggestions, please
don't hesitate to email me and let me know.
I'm always open to ideas!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, four
of us are at Birmingham today to
see all the exciting new products that
are being launched so hopefully there
will some new things for you to
play with soon!

Jane x

Just popping in to add this pic
for Eva...I will give her a number
when the link closes.

36. Eva

An InLinkz Link-up

Anything Goes - Dawn Heald

Hellooooo,

Here we are again, this is the last week of

looking back at some older projects, the DT

will be back with us again next week

with some new ideas for you!

This was such an amazing project

by Dawn that I thought it should definitely

be aired again!  It would be a lovely gift 

too.

Dawn says -

"This week I've used an 8 x 8 canvas board to make an underwater scene. I knew the look I 

wanted to achieve and remembered my Brusho

 experiments. The Brusho Thickener along with

 Brusho colours and

 some cling film made this project as I envisioned it.

 The Fish Stamps are fabulous 

(my two are courting young love) and

 can be used in different ways other than

 doodling inside the shapes. I'll be using

 them again soon as I really like them. So onto how 

I made this project".

Apply Grunge Paste through the Bay Leaf stencil along the bottom and random circles above with Sequin

 Waste Stencil. Leave to dry as it's quick.

Position stencil back over same place as before and using

 Guacamole Fresco paint and paint brush, I painted over the

 Bay leaves Grunge Paste. Use a sponge and more

 green Fresco Finish paints to build up the layers. Then I 

painted on Decoart MixedMedia Satin finish

Next I coloured my background. First using blue

 and white Brusho

 and water, I painted all over and laid cling film

 or plastic wrap over

 the whole canvas, squished it around and left to dry.

 I chose four blue colours of Brusho and mixed

 each into a pool of Brusho Thickener. 

With a large flat brush I dabbed on the colours covering 

the entire canvas, laid over another piece of cling film,

 pressed it around to blend colours and move

 air pockets around. Then I left this to dry.

  As I'd used a thick layer of Brusho Thickener this took 24

 hours to dry.  I peeled off the cling film and it

 was still damp, so I

 used this to carefully wipe off the colours on parts of the 

stencilling then left it to completely air dry. I dotted on some 

Stickles Glitter Glue in Eucalyptus and Star Dust.

Whilst this was drying I stamped the two Fish and

 doodled some

 Zentangle patterns within the shapes. I coloured 

with Pro Markers

 and added some detail with white gel pen. I then 

cut them out. 

I drew some wavy sea plants, doodled and

 coloured with Faber Castell crafters crayons. Gently 

shape the 

pieces by curving them in your hand. I added

 some bling to the Fish

 by colouring clear gems with Pro Markers and 

gluing on the Fish.

I glued my pieces onto the canvas with glue gel. Add some

 coloured gems as treasure at the bottom of the sea.

Well, isn't that just lovely?

If you want to have a go, this is what Dawn used -

Canvas board 

Brusho Colour Crystals 24 set

Brusho Thickener

Lindsay Mason Zendoodles Fish Stamps

Imagination Crafts Bay Leaf Stencil

Tando Creative Sequin Waste Stencil

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints in greens

PaperArtsy Grunge Paste

Decoart MixedMedia Satin Varnish

Pro Markers

Faber Castell Crafters Crayons

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Black Fine Liner Pen

White Gel Pen

From own stash

Gems, cling film/plastic wrap


See you tomorrow with another project,

Jane x

Anything Goes - Neil Walker

Hi everyone, 

As I said before, I have given the DT

a bit of a break so that they can recharge their

batteries!

I thought this was an amazing project

and one that could easily be changed

to make a lovely reusable

Christmas prezzie.

A bottle bag, beautifully decorated with So Soft paints

This is the front

A closeup of the front detail

Here is the back

This is what Neil said.....

"Begin by ironing any kinks out of the bag

Start to add your images to the bag using Archival
 ink pressing down a bit longer than you would
 if stamping on card

 to allow the ink to penetrate the fibres

Build up your design, masking where required till
 you are happy. 

(Repeat on the back of the bag too)

Now, remember the saying, mix too many colours

 together and you'll end up with mud? 

Well, this is where you find out it's true.

 Mix DecoArt So Soft Fabric paint, Christmas

 Primary Red, Ocean Blue, Cadmium Orange,

 Cadmium Yellow into a pot and you will

 end up with a funny brown/grey colour

(of course, I could have used brown but

 where's the fun in that?)

Keeping a pot of water handy, begin to

 apply the paint to the bag, avoiding the main

 stamped areas and using plenty of

 water to lighten and spread the colour.

 Every now and again

 you can work in a bit of blue,to add 

interest and depth. Use a large brush for the

 main areas and switch to a smaller

 brush around the images.

Once you have done both sides of the bag; either

 leave to dry or iron just to dry it out a bit 

(Using a craft iron rather than

 the iron you use to iron your Sunday best!)

 Now it's time to add some colour to your

 main images. Using the same colours as before,

 and water, add colour to your

 images. (I also used Yellow Green) I used 

tiny amounts of the "mud" colour to kind

 of dull down the colours where needed.

 It's also a good idea to iron the section you

 have done prior

 to adding a different colour adjacent to 

prevent bleeding.

When you have done both sides and are happy, 

leave to dry. Then turn the bag inside out 

and paint the top section with 

the remainder of your "mud" colour

 mix (assuming of course 

that like me, you ended up with far too much.)

Allow to dry, turn right side out again, and

 give it a last press with a hot iron.

The bag comes with a loose string tie cord which

 I attached to the side of the bag by 

sewing it on with string.

Once I had knotted the string around the cord I 

added a tag to the string and knotted it on.

 The tag had been stamped with

 a tag image from the stamps and I coloured

 it with some of the

 left over paint so the colours matched.

Now all that was left was to find a bottle worthy to be

 carried in such a stylish bag..."

So, what do you think...

What a brilliant project and really nice and unusual gift.

Do you want to have a go?

This is what you will need -

Canvas Bottle Bag

Viva Decor Stamp - Adventure

Viva Decor Stamp - Paris - Rome - Berlin

Viva Decor Stamp - Tags - Love

DecoArt So Soft Paints -

I used Christmas Primary Red, Cadmium Yellow,
 Cadmium Orange, 

Ocean Blue and Yellow Green

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Are you going to try this....let us know
if you do....with pictures!!

See you tomorrow,

Jane x

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