Up The Wall

Up The Wall

Hallo Everyone!

Claire Jackson is with us

today to share with us a

beautiful canvas of her

holiday in Rome

You might need to get 

yourself a cuppa and

a comfy chair ............

"I primed a 30x25cm canvas with white snowflake paint 

and added strips of decorative tape to create some 

texture in the background

 Next I built up the background with layers of Fresco Finish paint, 

starting with more opaque colours and then translucent colours on top.

 I wiped back the paint over the tape where it was too opaque.

To continue to build up the background I used a 

dark translucent paint sponged on a small script stamp, 

gold paint sponged on a large pattern stamp 

and sprayed golden walnut through a stencil.

 I added embossing paste through the brick wall stencil

 to some areas of the canvas

The edges were shaded with pine needles Distress Ink 

and Alchemy Wax was used to highlight the edges 

and some of the brick.

 I stamped and embossed the wording 

in white detail embossing powder on wax paper.

I used a dark brown watercolour pencil between the bricks 

to help them stand out.

Next I tore strips of the wax paper and scrunched them up tightly, 

before lightly rubbing them over with the gold wax.

A mini cardboard key was painted and edged with gold wax.

The photo was die cut and attached to the canvas 

and to create more texture I added a mixture 

of gems, microbeads and embossing enamel 

to the corners and around the photo

 I also sprinkled embossing enamel in places over the background

The photo was taken in the ancient Roman town

 of Ostia Antica, just outside Rome.

 If you ever get the chance to visit 

I would thoroughly recommend it."

Materials used:

Canvas board
Decorative tape
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint
PaperArtsy Mini MN61
Pattern stamp and stencil
Color Bloom spray: golden walnut
Embossing paste
Wall stencil
Alchemy wax: gold
Distress Ink: pine needles
PaperArtsy crunchy waxed kraft paper
Embossing Powder: detail white
Watercolour pencils
 Tando mini key
Memory Box frame die

Beautiful canvas Claire, thank you for

sharing it with us.  A wonderful moment

of what must have been a wonderful holiday

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Street Art

Street Art

Hi there!

Loving the theme this week

today we have Claire Jackson

with a timely canvas 

"The street art theme lends itself to something 

a bit more grungy and masculine and the

Seth Apter stamps are perfect for this style. 

You could use this technique for a decorative canvas 

but I thought it would make a good clock background. 

Prime a 20x20cm canvas with snowflake paint 

and punch a hole in the centre

Use texture/embossing paste through a brick wall stencil. 

I put it in three main areas and left the centre clear.

Paint the canvas in chalk and buff paint. 

Make sure it’s completely dry before the next step

Place the stencil back in place and tape down. 

Use a stencil brush to stipple paint onto the raised areas. 

I used autumn fire, blood orange, claret and

chocolate pudding to build up a brickwork effect.

Don’t forget to extend the paint onto the sides of the canvas.

Gently rub a sponge with walnut stain and 

black soot Distress Ink over the brickwork 

so that it catches on the edges

Stamp the words onto tissue paper in yellow paint, 

outline with a black permanent pen 

and paint white paint on the back. 

Stamp other images in black ink and add 

paint to the back of the tissue. 

Tear around the images to create a soft edge.

Decide where the tissue images are to go 

and paint collage medium on the canvas. 

Stick the images on and add a layer of

 collage medium on top. 

Gently rub with a finger so that the

medium sinks in and the tissue becomes transparent.

Add more stamping in paint and darken the 

edges further with Distress Ink.

 I added in a little green to lift the colours. 

When it’s all dry add the clock mechanism."

Materials used:

Canvas
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint
Embossing paste
Wall stencil
PaperArtsy Seth Apter stamps: ESA01
Tissue paper
Archival Ink: jet black
Collage medium: matte
Distress Ink
Clock parts

Thank you Claire for a

great project - one for

the boys!  Tomboys even!

Who says the menfolk

are difficult to create for?

Send them here, we'll

show them how it's done!!

'till tomorrow

Mickie

Dress a Tree - Dawn Heald

Hi folks,

Welcome to our posts this week!

This time we asked out DT to

'dress a tree'....can you believe there

is an actual day for this, in fact there

is two - 5th and 6th December!!

Who actually thinks these 'days' up?

Dawn is with us today to show you 

what she has been up to.....

Hi crafty friends, how are you getting 

on with preparations for the holidays?

 I'm rather behind so I wanted a product

 that could be used multiple ways, easy

 to use and look good whilst keeping the card simple.

The Dreamweaver Stencil Christmas 

Tree is perfect and ticks all the boxes.

 You can use so many different mediums

 from ink pads to sprays to pastes or even

 draw through them.

If you've more time they're great

 to dress up even more.

I'm showing four finished cards. Two

 using ink pads and two using pastes. 

Place stencil down and low tack tape into

 position. Do this for each tree washing between use.

The inked trees -

Use a stencil brush or sponge and apply ink

 through the stencil. Remove tape and stencil carefully. 

 

The paste trees -

1. Using Dreamweaver Embossing Paste 

spread over the stencil. Leave to

 dry. Add red glitter glue.

2. Use Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium and

 apply over the stencil. Leave to dry.

 Go over areas with coloured glitter

 glue and leave to dry.

 Then die cut all four trees with the goods frame

 from the set and colour the areas around the 

tree with coloured ink pads. Next die cut the

 pattern backing and colour if wanted

 with matching inks.

Decorate your trees with gems and

 Card Candi. Layer up with the pattern die

 cut and attach to you card base. 

Stamp a sentiment underneath.

Love these cards from Dawn and if you want to

 have a go, this is what you'll need....

Products used -

Dreamweaver Stencil Christmas Tree

Dreamweaver Embossing Paste Green

Sue Wilson Noble Die - Ornate Pierced Rectangles

Imagination Crafts Sparkle Medium - Turquoise

Stickles Glitter Glue - Various Colours

Craftwork Cards - Card Candi

Clear Gems

White and Coloured Card

From own stash - Christmas Sentiment Stamp

I'll be back tomorrow with a
project from Neil.

See you then,

Jane x

Anything Goes.....Dawn Heald

Hi folks,


As we approach the end of the year,
I have given the DT a bit of time 
to recharge their batteries!
I don't know how they manage to
come up with so many wonderful
projects week after week!
So I've asked them to pick a few
projects that they particularly
liked making for you.....

Here is what Dawn said -

"My altered Paper mache shoe. I wanted

 to make a shoe fit for

 my young daughter, Katie. She claimed

 the shoe as soon as

 it arrived. I also wanted to do something 

different and something with no flowers. 

So here's my Butterfly Katie Shoe.

Cover shoe with Dreamweaver Pearlescent 

Embossing paste. For parts

 that need a lot of filling where surface

 is uneven, use white

 tissue paper over it, then blend in with

 more paste. I started with

 a plastic spatula then moved onto using 

my fingers to smooth out.

 It takes a bit of time but worth the effort.

 I did it in stages and 

did two layers. A tip, if paste is starting to 

dry to get a really smooth

 finish use a wet finger. I used a brush
 for the inside.

When dry, die cut swirls from double sided

 adhesive sheet. Stick around

 the shoe. Peel top protective layer off

 and cover with Distress Glitter.

 Press and lightly rub into sticky 

as the particles

 are larger. Brush excess off with a dry

 soft brush. Then use

 a clear iridescent glitter and sprinkle over.

 This catches any tiny

 patches of sticky left un-glittered. Sweep 

over dry brush again to

 clean shoe of excess glitter.

Next decorate shoe with clear gems as shown.

 Then cover with gloss varnish and let dry.

Stamp and emboss in silver the main butterfly

 stamp once and the

 small butterfly four times.
Paint butterflies with Turquoise and Magenta

 Mixed Media Misters and water. 

Cut out.

 Add to shoe as shown, along with ribbons.

 Then add some more gems and pearls

 coloured with Duck Egg Pro Marker.

The front bow is plain ribbon coloured

 with Promarkers and the

 centre embellishment was made from a 

plain ring from a children's

 magazine a long time ago.

Well I think that is every little girls 

dream.....so pretty!

If you would like to have a go, here

 is what Dawn used...

Paper Mache Shoe

Dreamweaver Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Distress Glitter - Picked Raspberry

Mixed Media Misters - 

Turquoise and Magenta

Double Sided Adhesive Sheet

Gloss Varnish

Promarker - Duck Egg Blue

Ribbon

Gems and Pearls

Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue

From own stash -

Pearl string 
Butterfly Stamp
Sizzix strip die - Curls

Thanks Dawn, a lovely project!

Ok, I'll see you tomorrow.

Jane x