PaperArtsy week: Vintage tag

Hi, 
You might have seen the MN 22 as a background stamp, but Isa'sArt will show you today how to use it to make lovely little number tags.
She has also used the Crunchy paper to make the hearts and add dimension to her tag. 

Ink up your stamps with the Distress Marker, and press your mini tag on the number. It's easier this way to centre your number as the tag is smaller than the stamp.

There is no 0 on this stamp, but Isa would not have made a simple tag for a big "big-whatever-number-0" birthday ;o)

The hearts were cut in Crunchy paper, distressed with a flame for the burnt look (but you can get away with this by tearing the edges and adding ink... safer this way as this is very inflammable) and stitched in the middle

Isa used

Dies Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Tiny tags and tags 

Paper Crunchy waxed craft paper

Stamp PaperArtsy Big numbers background

Ink Distress Walnut - Brushed corduroy

Distress marker - Walnut

Silver jumpring

Our special offer this week:

15 % off Hot Picks and Lynne Perrella collections

use offer code HPLP15 

 25 % off the Squiggly ink minis

use offer code SI25

 25% off some of the Ink and the Dog minis

(from MN20 to MN57 included - price adjusted on website)

 50% off all the other collections

use offer code PA50

See you tomorrow

PaperArtsy week: wine anyone?

Well.. not really... Just pretend :o)
This is for Karen's little wine bottle project. Love the little poem in the bottle, don't you ?

15 % off Hot Picks and Lynne Perrella collections

use offer code HPLP15 

 25 % off the Squiggly ink minis

use offer code SI25

 25% off some of the Ink and the Dog minis

(from MN20 to MN57 included price adjusted on website)

 50% off all the other collections

use offer code PA50

I painted the reverse of a mini canvas and some Tando bunting with Eco Green Crafts acrylics. The Crackly tissue paper was stamped with a crackle stamp then scrunched up into a tiny ball. I glued this onto the frame & bunting making sure there were no air bubbles. A light brush with some perfect medium and silver embossing followed. The bottles have been stamped & embossed in silver. I found the quote and poem (in the bottle) on the internet.

PaperArtsy Mini MN63
PaperArtsy Crackly Tissue Paper
Tando Bunting
EcoGreen Acrylics
Mini Canvas
Silver Embossing Powder
Brilliance Ink
Small Glass Bottle

See you tomorrow

PaperArtsy week: Button boxes

Hi,
How cute are these?? and what a lovely way to sort out your buttons (or flowers, or brads or any embellishment really...). Gio is behind this idea and I'm sure you will love it.
Don't forget to let us know in a comment below or by ticking one of the "like it/love it/ oh wow" box.

Don't forget our special offer on PaperArtsy stamps this week:

15 % off Hot Picks and Lynne Perrella collections

use offer code HPLP15

  

25 % off the Squiggly ink minis

use offer code SI25

25% off some of the Ink and the Dog minis

(from MN20 to MN57 included price adjusted on website)

50% off all the other collections

use offer code PA50

I used a colouring technique I learned from Leandra Franich at the Extravaganza:
I stamped on a piece of PaperArtsy Crackly paper using MN65 and Jet Black Archival ink. I painted the stamped image on the back of the paper using different colours of Fresco Finish Paints. When dry (this is optional) I covered the painted area (still on the back) with Fresco Finish Paint Snowflake, to make the colours more vivid.

I painted the Tando chipboard houses with Fresco Finish paint South Pacific, London Bus and Butternut.

I covered the back of the house with a piece of book page . I assembled the houses and I glue to the front and sides the stamped images. I even added a little detail made with clay, stamped with MN65 stamp, coloured with Dreamweaver F/X mica powder, trimmed and dried with the heat tool.

For the little wooden reel: I painted it with Fresco Finish Paints, then I stamped on a piece of Crackly paper the little rule from HotPick 1006 plate, I coloured it on the back and I glued it to the reel; I glued to the top of it a detail from the MN65 stamped image. 

Gio used:

PaperArtsy Crackly paper

Fresco Finish paints

Hot Picks 1006

Minis MN65

Tando Trio minihouses

Vintage cotton reels

Dreamweaver metallic F/X: Gold dust-Glacier lake-Pink blaze

Jet Black Archival ink

Heat tool

See you tomorrow

Colouring technique challenge winner

Hi,

Thank you for all your lovely entries for our latest challenge. It was interesting to see our you interpreted the different techniques.
Our winner this week has used the Marabu Marbling technique shown here by Gio.

So our winner iiiiiiiiiiis  .....

Congratulations Gail!

Gail does not have a blog, so I posted her entry on our Facebook page

You will receive your voucher code shortly Gail. 

Don't forget, there will be a new challenge next Sunday ;o)

See you then, 

PaperArtsy week: frame

hello :)))

ohhh, do I see pink and more pink? Jane can't be too far then.... (although it could have been Gio too lol). 
But nope, Jane it is with a lovely frame and a lot of stamping and painting.... 

I have used an wooden frame, painted it with acrylic paint and when dry, just ran around the edges with Memento ink.....

Stamp PaperArtsy flowers onto their Crackly Tissue Paper using two Memento inks. Add a brad and make these lovely flowers.....

Die-cut the flourishes and colour them with Memento ink....

The background is a piece of white card cut to fit and stamped with a flower with two Memento inks

To make her sample, Jane used

PaperArtsy Rubber Stamps -Hot Picks xtra02 on EZ mount

PaperArtsy Crackly Tissue Paper

Memento Inks - Lilac Posies and Rose Bud

Artemio 15 x 15 Wooden Frame

or you could use the Tando 6x6 Frame 

Americana Acrylic Paint - Carousel Pink

Sizzix BigZ die - Elegant Flourishes 

or you could use a smaller version HERE

Brads 

Remember the special offer this week

15 % off Hot Picks and Lynne Perrella collections

use offer code HPLP15

 

 

 

25 % off the Squiggly ink minis

use offer code SI25

 

25% off some of the Ink and the Dog minis

(from MN20 to MN57 included price adjusted on website)

 

50% off all the other collections

use offer code PA50

See you tomnorrow

PaperArtsy week: Art journal

Hi everyone, 

This week is going to be a  PaperArtsy week, not only using their stamps you all know by now I'm sure, but also their Fresco Finish paints, their Crackly and Crunchy papers and cutting dies too.

And as a special offer this week.... 

15 % off Hot Picks and Lynne Perrella collections

use offer code HPLP15

 

25 % off the Squiggly ink minis 

use offer code SI25

25% off some of the Ink and the Dog minis

(from MN20 to MN57 included price adjusted on website)

 

50% off all the other collections

use offer code PA50

We will also have an new ART JOURNAL CHALLENGE at the end of this week, and the PaperArtsy stamps are perfect for Art Journaling... so now is your chance to "stock up"

Speaking of Art Journaling, this is how we are starting this week. Michelle is here with us and made a fantastic AJ page for you... 

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To make the page I created the background by brushing small patches of TH Distess Inks to cover two adjoining pages then brushed Vintage photo through the stencil at the bottom of the pages.

I found a silhouette picture on the internet and printed it the size I wanted and used this as a pattern for cutting the silhouette out of copy paper.

I positioned the head on the left hand page and marked where the stencil pattern stopped and scribbled a line across the head and the pages in black permanent pen. 

I then stencilled Black Soot ink through the stencil after masking below the scribbled line. I then masked above the line and brushed three colours of ink onto the rest of the head. This was then stuck in place on the page. 

I then stamped the PaperArtsy stamp Mind matters and completed the page by using the words of the stamp to inspire my journalling which was written with a white sakura pen. 

A really simple page which I thoroughly enjoyed making!

To create the journal page Michelle used

TH Distress Inks

The Crafters Workshop template - Webbing

Sakura Soufflé pens: white

PaperArtsy mini: MN53 - Mind matter

See you tomorrow

It's BLOG CANDY tiiiiiime

Hi, 

It's been a while since we did a blog candy and last time we had just over 600 followers.

Look at today.... over 1160 followers!!

So to thank YOU, faithful followers, here is a new CANDY for you...

Once again it is packed with tons of products

with a retail VALUE OF OVER £ 150 !!!!!!!!!

I'm not going to list every thing in there, but I'm sure you can spot a lot of yummy products.... 

die cuts (I see Tim Holtz's phone there), inks (including Dylusions), glitter, a Crafty Secrets CD, embossing folders, goodies to alter, embellishments, a "stamp and die" set, gilding flakes and more...

All you have to do is:

- Be a follower

It's never too late to become one if you are not already

Etre un membre (follower) de ce blog... il n'est jamais trop tard

- Write a new post on your blog with the image above and a link to this post

Ecrire un nouveau billet sur votre blog et y mettre un lien vers celui-ci

- Come back here and click on the little blue frog ("add your link" below) to link to your blog post

Revenir sur ce blog, cliquez sur la tite grenouille bleue ci-dessous et y mettre le lien vers votre blog

{Please link to the specific post (permalink), not to your blog in general}

Lien vers le billet du candy en particulier (permalien), pas un lien vers votre blog en général pour que ce soit plus facile pour nous de le trouver

This candy is open to all countries and will close in 2 weeks, on Sunday 9th September

Ce candy est ouvert pour tous les pays pendant 2 semaines, jusqu'à Dimanche 9 Septembre

Good luck!

Bonne chance!

Simply Saturday and clocks

Hi, 
We like our Saturdays to be clean and simple.. and stylish... and special. 
The "special" this week, is that we are still talking about clock here, but not an altered Tando Clock. But we thought that if you were going to offer an altered clock, you might want to have a card to match. 
Gay did just that, and beautifully too (I LOVE this card)

Hope you enjoyed our clock week and that you are inspired to give it a go. Don't forget to show us if you do ;)

Here's how Gay made it

I simply brought together the elements, embossed the clock, painted it, cut it out and sat playing for ages to get the right combination of images. Shading with vintage photo behind to pop out the clock and layering the young woman on gold mirri to lift her from the dark design.

Gay used

CI-305 Clock stamps and CI Minatures People and Places book

Gold detail embossing powder.

Washi tape

Gold mirri card and Distress inks

Our special offer this week:

10% off Tando Creative clocks

Just type TANDOCLOCK

in the offer code box as you go through checkout

Have a great weekend, 

Tando Clocks week with Gio

Hi, 
Remember Tando's Printer's tray style clock Neil made and we featured yesterday. Well who would believe this is the same clock Gio altered? Talk about a huge different in style and look although they used the same clock to start with. 
Can't wait to read you comments 
(and yes, as one of you mentioned, I did put the comment moderation back on. I know it's sometimes annoying and I'm very sorry.
But the amount of "anonymous" emails we were receiving daily was really getting out of control. To give you an example, during my holiday, I got over 470! and they don't go in the spam folder, we have to sort them out)

I painted the outer part of the Tando's Printers tray style clock with Fresco Finish South Pacific paint. Once dry, I covered with 
Viva Croco Paint: transparent. When that was dry, I applied some Americana Quinacridone gold to give a worn look.
I glued behind the clock a metallic net , found at the hardware store.

I prepared the embellishments: I cut some pieces of zip and I rolled them with a help of PVA glue. 

I painted the Tando chipboard letters with black acrylic paint, to form the word Time;I painted the Tando cogs chipboards using Fresco Finish Paint Finish South Pacific and adding some texture with DecoArt Texture Sand; I even add to the clock some pieces of black veil.

The clock: I painted a piece of white crumpled cardstock using Americana Quinacridone gold and Warm White. I stamped che clock face using Jet Black Archival ink and CI-353

Gio used

Tando Creative: Printers tray style clock

Tando Creative: Alphas Sheet style Block Serif

Tando Creative: Cogs grab bag

Viva Croco Paint: transparent

CI-353 - Clock with gears

Jet black Archival ink

Fresco Finish South Pacific

Americana Quinacridone gold- Black-Warm White

DecoArt Texture Sand

PVA glue

Our special offer this week:

10% off Tando Creative clocks

Just type TANDOCLOCK

in the offer code box as you go through checkout

See you tomorrow

Tando clocks week: Neil

Hi,
Hope you are enjoying our Tando Clock week so far.
Today, Neil is with us with a stunning sample made with the Tando Printer's tray round clock and Dylusions sprays

I used the round clock shape. Dylusions sprays and masks to add and remove colour.
I made flowers by cutting flowers from Crafty Individuals papers and added colour with the sprays too. I used PaperArtsy stamps to add pattern and depth too.

Neil used:

Tando Printer's tray round clock

Dylusions Spray ink

Crafty Individuals paper packs

Flower punch

PaperArtsy stamps hot picks 1005

Dylusions Further round the edge stamps.

Our special offer this week:

10% off Tando Creative clocks

Just type TANDOCLOCK

in the offer code box as you go through checkout

See you tomorrow with  Gio 

Tando Clocks week: Karen

Hi, 
How about making a clock as a heirloom for the Christmas holidays, that you would take out year after year and / or give away. 
Not sure if she will give it away, but Karen sure made a gorgeous clock in non traditional colours (as in not green and read). 
Here's how Karen made her clock. 

Splodge the lake & white acrylics onto the tando clock bases, except the centre where the clock face will go - keep this smooth. Stamp & emboss the clock face with silver and then add some silver Inca Gold to the rest. Add Transparent Viva Croco to all but the clock face. 

For the background apply watered down sand & lake acrylic, blending as you go. Stamp & white emboss some snowflakes. 

Watercolour the Crafty Individual stamps, clear emboss then cut out images. As you stick the background behind the 'windows' tuck the images in. Glue all the chipboard pieces together. 

Hold them together with clips until dry. Paint the Tando Snowflake flourish & the Tando Sledge as shown and add transparent Viva Croco to the snowflakes & the sledge. Attach matching fibres around the edges.

I used:

Tando Creative: Cuckoo Clock, Snowflake Flourish, Santa & Sleigh

Crafty Individuals Christmas Stamps & clockface Stamp CI-354

Eco Green Paint

Viva Croco Transparent

Embossing powder

Glossy Accents

Watercolour pencils

Our special offer this week:

10% off Tando Creative clocks

Just type TANDOCLOCK

in the offer code box as you go through checkout

See you tomorrow