Tando Creative Blog Hop

Hello

Welcome to the Tando Creative birthday blog hop.  If you have arrived from the Tando blog you're in the right place!  If you’re visiting our blog today for some other reason and you would like a chance to win some fabulous Tando Creative Blog Hop candy, all you need to do is join in the hop by starting back at www.tando-creative.blogspot.com where you will also find the full blog hop list .

The Blog hop is open for one week, to join in and have a chance to win the candy, simply leave a comment on each blog in the hop.  The winner will be chosen at random from those who complete the hop comments.  Good luck!
 

  The FABULOUS Tando Creative Blog Hop Candy has an 

RRP value of over £90 and comprises :

 

Compass Duo
Mini 3D Birdhouse
Mini Bookplates
Tando Masks: Haunted House, Poppy Field, Splatters, Sequin Waste and Snowflakes
Jewellery Pendants:Offset, Square, Heart

Grab Bags: Cogs and Butterflies

Tando Minis: Bells and Holly, Keys, Snowflakes, Music, Flowers and Leaves2

Tando Kits: Mad Hatters Top Hat kit, 4 Horse Carousel kit, 
Village in a Box kit, Multi Panel Frame kit, 

 Works of Parts kit - Come Fly with Me (small)

EXTRA BONUS CANDY

 

As an extra bit of candy, we are also adding a
Pebeo Fantasy Moon paints workbox
RRP £39.99 to the blog hop candy pot.
These are wonderful paints and work well with the Tando shapes and masks

 

 

 

 

You will find loads of projects using tando products throughout our blog.  To whet your appetite, for this post we have chosen one band new and one previously posted project, both with instructions to help you recreate them. 

First up is a new project by Karen Gist, it's a lovely Christmas Printer's tray which she has decorated beautifully. 

 

This is how Karen made her sample:

For the background I repeatedly stamped the trees from the Dylusions Christmas Background set and coloured them with Promarkers, adding glossy accents to the red spots.
All the chipboard pieces have been sprayed with Dylusions Sprays (except for the stocking tops which were embossed in white). I used Postbox Red, Fresh Lime, Melted Chocolate and Pure Sunshine. The colours are so vibrant and are perfect for projects like this!
I added either Glossy Accents or Crackle Accents to the pieces to help them pop some more. A bit of ribbon and teensy white pom-poms finish it off.

Materials:

 

Tando Mini Christmas Tree Printer Tray

Tando Christmas mini's

Tando Button Grab bag

Dylusions Christmas Backgrounds stamp set

Dylusions Sprays

Promarkers

This next project is from Chris Dark.  It's one which we posted ages ago but as we have lots of new followers, we thought many of you might have missed and it is too lovely not to be seen!

 

 

Chris describes how she made it:

 

Lots of techniques involved in this one and probably too many to mention but basically the house box blank was painted in Fresco Finish paints with an undercoat of white and all the other colours over the top of that. I sanded back all the edges of the outside layer to reveal the white and the Tando bunting banner was also given an edging of Stampendous shaved ice rubbed over with white rub n buff afterwards.

I made up the little Tando House, covering it with Crafty Individuals paper first and painting the roof, the windows etc., were added with a viva decor pearl pen. The ATC behind the house is painted and then I added glitter by stamping with the Crafty Individuals Diamond background stamp using a stamp a glue ink pad.
The bottle cap is painted and has an image from the Crafty Individuals picture book cut down to size with glitter added at the edges and I finished it with a layer of glossy accents.

Similarly with picture frame, I used another image from the book, painted the bookplate die cut, stamped the CI diamond background stamp using the acrylic paint and mounted the image behind it.
The shabby flowers were made using the circles dies and the CI paper, distressed and then layered up with pearls added to the middle. I decorated with the little bicycle charms and painted Tando flowers

Materials used:

Wooden house shaped curio box

Fresco Finish Paints

Tando Large bunting banner

Tando Mini houses

Tando Butterflies grab bag

Tando flowers grab bag

Tando row of flowers

Tando filligree butterflies 2 pack

Tim Holtz Tag and bookplates die, ATC and corners die

Metal sheet

Crafty Individuals paper pad - travels in Italy

Crafty Individuals picture book - Christmas

Stampendous Shaved Ice
Versafine Ink

Crafts too embossing folder - dots

Glossy Accents

Bicycle charms

Viva decor pearl pen white

self adhesive gems and pearls

white rub n buffmetal

  The next stop on the hop are the lovely peeps at Crafty individuals www.craftyindividualsblog.blogspot.com  

Enjoy all the inspiration coming your way!

See you soon

Sandy x