The Craft Barn: Wax Paper

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Friday, 20 October 2017

For the Boys

Hallo Everyone!

All ready for half-term?

It does vary throughout the

country - however, in this

little corner of our green

and pleasant land the

holiday starts after school

today - Yayyy!!!

Here's an idea from

Jane Castle to enjoy if

the weather causes everyone

to be housebound - or even

if the weather is good .......

"Hi everyone, thank you for stopping by.

Today it's my turn to make a 'gift for the boys'

and I began with an inexpensive

wooden box, available from The Craft Barn,

some paint, Seth Apter stamps

and a few other bits.

The finished box I'm thrilled with but

there were times when I wasn't so sure!

I started by giving the inside a coat of

Fresco Chalk paint in Mushroom,

then when fully dry cut some dark red

felt and lined the base and lid.

Then I painted the outside in Space Cadet

The 4 sides were then painted with a

crackle medium and then once dry

given a coat of the mushroom paint.

The edges of the lid were lightly sanded

in places

I then applied some grunge paste through

a stencil to the top of the lid.

When the paste was dry I made a wash

of 1 part mushroom, 1 part space cadet

and 1 part water to go over the top of the lid.

Whilst this was drying I stamped my image

for the top and the opening part of the lid.

For this I used Archival Watering Can and

one of Seth Apter's new set of stamps ESA05

and stamped onto a sheet of waxed

tissue paper.

Once the ink was dry I brushed some water

around the stamped image and tore the

paper as this helps when appyling the tissue

paper to the box.

I also stamped an edging to go around

the base of the box using 2 of the stamps

from the same set.

(Great set of stamps--- so versatile)

These were then added to the box using

a matt glaze but could also be attached

with a collage medium.

I left these over night to allow them to

fully dry before cutting through

the tissue with a craft knife to

allow the lid to open.

At this point I wasn't completely happy

with the image on the top. I sat gazing at this

for some time thinking of various options,

one being to skim over the top with a thin layer

of Grunge Paste and start again!

I added the border around the bottom of

the box whilst I made my decission.

I knew I still wanted to use the same stamp

for the lid so I thought I'd try stamping

another image but using Potting Soil ink

this time.

When tearing the tissue paper this time

I made sure it was smaller than the

original one on the box.

I made a hole in the side of the lid to

thread my string through and added some

mushroom and space cadet paint to

2 screw head brads.

Treasure Gold wax in Olive Bronze was added

to the edges and now I not only like

the finished pencil box -

I don't want to part with it!

I plan to give it to a chap I work with

who comes from an arty family,

he makes wonderful things from metal

and wood.

He does some sketches of his ideas first

but can never find his drawing pencils

or charcoal.

So thought I would buy him some lead and charcoal

pencils and pop them inside for his birthday.

Might have to make one for myself too!!"

Items Used

Wooden Pencil Box

PaperArtsy Rubber Stamps

PaperArtsy Stencil

Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints

Americana Weathered Wood Crackle Medium

PaperArtsy Grunge Paste

Waxed Tissue Paper

Archival Ink

PaperArtsy Matt glaze

Treasure Gold Wax

Brads

That is a super pencil box

Jane, Thank you. Your

colleague will be a

happy chappie to receive

this - not so sure I would

put charcoal in it though

.....I know you said pencils

but I am lethal with charcoal

in any form..........!

Now a word to the wise Everyone

I know the Design Team all

chose to use this new set:

This new set is also available:

Indeed it might be worth checking

out all the Seth Apter stamp sets

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Saturday, 10 December 2016

Collage

Hi there!

How're you doing?

Good I hope.

It's all good here

Ae you enjoying the Collage

theme as much as I am? Some

great ideas here for sure and to

keep things going, here is a

collage from Jane Castle

When the topic of collage appeared on the DT’s list I

had a vague idea as to what I wanted to make

but decided to look up the definition in the dictionary;

Collage - a form of art in which

various materials are arranged

and glued down to a backing.

Hmmm, lets begin ---

For my base or backing I started with a small

chunky hanging board

which was given a coat of white gesso.

The first layer was made up of a torn page

from an old dictionary,

some tissue tape and a pot of

distress collage medium in matte finish

Once the medium was dry I sprayed parts

with a mix of 50/50 Distress reinker and water.

The next layer was then added

and this time I used the vintage collage medium.

A strip of lace was added to the top.

The paper, tissue tape and lace was added to all 4 sides of the board.

I then tore some areas from a sheet of Imagination Crafts Rice paper

and added these with the vintage medium.

Paint was applied to the lace in Inky Pool

and a dry brush with some Snowflake paint was added

to the main area to tone the turquoise down slightly.

The side was stamped using a Lavinia trailing ivy stamp and peeled paint DI.

Treasure pewter was applied to the lace at the top.

Then using just the flower seeds of the Lavinia stamp

I randomly stamped the top and the lefthand side

using Archival watering can ink

Next using this gorgeous stamp set from Carabelle Studio

I stamped the images onto waxed tissue paper in

archival inks and using clear embossing powder,

heat embossed the images.

Parts of the images were also stamped onto coloured card

ready to cut out and add to the whole images

once they were stuck on the base.

The tissue paper stamped images were coloured

on the under side using Sakura Gelly Roll pens

as I was not sure as to whether the inks would bleed

once the distress medium was applied.

I found a couple of tiny wooden flowers

which I gave a coat of embossing to

and added some Treasure gold to the edges

The sentiment was stamped onto some shrink plastic

then once shrunk stuck onto some gold card and

Treasure Gold added to the very edges to disguise the 2 layers.

I made a tassel and threaded a couple of wooden beads

and a metal jewellery spacer together

and added these to the top righthand edge

My only regret with this project is that

depending on the light it’s not always clear

that the top righthand piece of rice paper

is a bird sitting in a nest ----

but then it does make you look more closely!!!

Material List

Carabelle Studio Stamps

Lavinia Stamps

Treasure Gold

Imagination Crafts Rice Paper

Sakura Pens

Tim Holtz Collage Medium

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape

Lovely project Jane. Liked the dictionary

definition too

That's all for today folks.........

See you all again tomorrow

Mickie xx

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Wax, Paper & Acetate

Hi there

Hope your week is going well

mine is flying by........... have lots

of birthdays this month so I'm

looking for all the inspiration I

can get and today's project ticks

all the boxes

Without further ado let me present

another scrumptious project

from Angela Radford and here

she is to talk us through it:

Take two sheets of thin card and a sheet of wax paper. Screw the paper up into a tight ball then open it up and sandwich it between the two pieces of card.

Iron over the top of the card

The wax is transferred to the card by the heat of the iron and works as a resist which can be seen clearly when the distress inks are applied.

I also dropped water onto this which reacts with the distress ink to create the spots

I used the following stamps by Seth Apter to develop the design

to develop the design and then cut to size needed for the card

Next I took a sheet of acetate and cut this to size, stamped the stars around the edge of it with embossing ink, added white embossing powder and heated it to create the border

I have also used a sheet of shrink plastic to create embellishments for the card using the star stamp. StazOn ink is best for this technique as it dries quickly on the slick surface. Colour these with alcohol pens.

I also added the star stamp to the card blank

We now have all the sections needed to complete the card

When putting these together I used narrow strips of the acetate to attach the shrink plastic stars which were mounted between the matting and layering.