Street Art

Street Art

Hi There!

Hope your week went well

and here is Hazel Harler to

set the tone for the weekend

Lots to take in with this canvas

to grab a cuppa, sit back and.......

" I used the lovely Paperartsy/Tracy Scott Gothic Blooms

 on my canvas

I used a brayer to lightly colour my 10" x 8" canvas board

 with Fresco Finish paints

The canvas was stencelled with modelling paste 

and Crafters Workshop stencils

 I again coloured the background with Fresco Finish paints, 

 sprayed water on and let it run down the canvas

then stamped and stencilled some acrylic paint.

The Seth Apter images were stamped onto tissue paper

 The flowers were stamped onto pink patterned paper and cut out

 I cut out the Seth Apter images and glued them to the canvas.

More colour was added with Gelatos

 I glued the flowers to the canvas with matte medium, 

I also covered the whole of the canvas with matte medium.

This is the finished canvas. 

By painting a layer of matte medium over the canvas 

I could add colour and shading with my indian ink markers. 

The matte medium allows the ink to be spread with the fingers,

 it also makes it easier to remove ink with baby wipes.

Here is a close up

 I think this technique might work with other permanent markers 

- I'll have to experiment."

 Supplies.

10" x 8" canvas board.
Fresco Finish Paints.
Modelling paste.
Crafters Workshop stencils.
Acrylic paint.
Seth Apter stamps.
Paperartsy/Tracy Scott stamps.
Tissue paper.
Pattterned paper.
Gelatos.
Matte medium.
Faber-Castel pitt pens.

Thank you Hazel - 

a really beautiful canvas

There's a lot of work here

but if taken step by step

 well worth doing

in colours to match your decor

I love a piece of artwork that

stands out in a room - it brings

a whole new ambience

Yes, I'll leave it there..........

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

Starlight Express

Starlight Express

Morning All!

Another lovely day and

here is another lovely project

for you to try. 

Get your cuppa and sit back

and relax............

Hazel Harler has brought 

this gorgeous box and here

she is to talk us through

how she achieved all that

gorgeousness ...

"For my latest project I've decorated a wooden box

 with Imagination Crafts Starlights paints

 I painted the box with white gold Starlights, 

it gave the box a lovely shimmery layer 

with the woodgrain showing through

 I added some tissue tape to the top and sides 

and stamped some foiliage with green Archival ink, 

I also stamped some script with black Archival.

I then painted some copy paper with pink sunset Starlights paint

 When the paint was dry I stamped some flowers and cut them out

The flowers were glued to the sides of the box. 

When the glue was dry I used a craft knife 

to carefully cut between 

the lid of the box and the base

 I decided to keep the decoration on the top of the box simple, 

I was going to use stampbourd but then 

found an acrylic ATC in my stash and used that

I stamped and painted the flowers on the backside of the ATC

 I glued the ATC to the top of the box and 

added some gold gems to the corners"

Supplies used:

Wooden box
Imagination Crafts Starlight paints - white gold, pink sunset and passion flower.
Tissue tape
Archival ink - black and green
PaperArtsy/Kay Carley stamp set
Copy paper
Acrylic ATC, you could use acetate if you haven't got an ATC
Gold sticky backed gems

Thank you Hazel, this box

really is beautiful - the shimmery

effect of Starlight Paints is superb

and using the gems as rivets a masterstroke

If you haven't tried these paints, then

you really should put these on your 'To Buy' list

you won't be disappointed in the shimmery loveliness

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Collage

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

Archival Ink

Tim Holtz Reinker

Waxed tissue Paper

Shrink Plastic

Lovely project Jane.  Liked the dictionary

definition too

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

See you all again tomorrow

Mickie xx