Inka Gold Canvas

 

Hello, happy Monday. My Inka Gold project today is a canvas & as with last week's journal cover, it has lots of texture...........

I had used this canvas before & was bored with it, so I had taken everything off & painted it with DecoArt Media Black gesso before I decided to use it for this project. I added torn pieces of book text & then applied Glossy White Dimension paste through the Imagination Crafts' Wall stencil.....

Added more texture with scraps of Anna Marie Designs Trellis card , more dimension paste through the Imagination Crafts Leaf Swirl stencil..............

Next were drips of hot glue, various embellishments & a sentiment, then the entire canvas was painted with black gesso again, followed by a layer of gel medium to seal everything - important for the next stage............

I wanted to try spraying the Inka Gold paints, so I mixed my colours - Magenta, Champagne & Turquoise - with water in spray bottles. 

**Add the paint to the water. It will mix more easily.**

I began spraying, building up layers of colour, making sure to wipe the excess off the embellishments & letting the paint dry in between sprays.............

When I was happy with the background colour, I added Brown-Gold Inka Gold & Turquoise highlights to the top layer of embellishments & the letters.

 I stamped & die cut the butterfly, using the Stampendous Pen Pattern Butterflies & the matching Butterflies cutting dies & painted it with watered down Turquoise Inka Gold. 

I made the heart from Martha Stewart Air Dry Clay, painted it first with black gesso, then with Gold Inka Gold..........

                         

Hard though it is to believe, Lisa's Crafting Extravaganza day is THIS COMING SATURDAY, July 18!!! Preparations are in full swing, Lisa is working almost round the clock & I'm helping out when I can. We hope you've all saved the date, it's going to be a good day out, with lots of great demos, lots to buy & a fantastic sale. 

If all the demos inspire you on the day, you can make a card yourself, like the ones below, or create your own. The Make & Take project costs just £2 to make one card.............

There will be a huge sale of crafting goodies, this is a very small portion of what will be available..............

There will also be a raffle with the money raised to the Heart of Kent Hospice..........

It is such a fantastic organisation in need of ongoing financial support, so we hope everyone will buy lots of raffle tickets.

That's all from me for today. I will be back on Thursday to show you the project I made with the left over paint from today's canvas. 

Kirsten

Versafine Ink Background & Tando Mini Printer Tray

Morning everyone,

Today I'm picking up my post from last week and showing what I did with the

Tando Creative mini printer tray.

Firstly I glued the three frame parts together, leaving the back to one side for now.

Then I used Stampendous Fran-tage,
I chose the pink glitter from one of the Encrusted Jewel kits.

Applying Versamark helped fix the glitter while I heated it
with a heat tool to melt and set it in place.

It does blow around so you can do this part in a box or tray,

 it's a bit off trial and error to find the best technique for yourself.

Normally on a card you'd heat from underneath and I did do that too and

 then when it started melting you can heat from above.

I used the glitter all over the front and sides of the glued frames.

 

Next I cut a piece of stamping card to fit behind the window section and

 on top of the back piece of grey board.

Using the Butterfly Collage stamp set from Artemio I stamped the main image using

Versa Color in Rose Red and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Then with the remains of ink left on a piece of cut and dry that's
 used for pink/red ink pads,

 I blended colour over the piece of card.

Going back to the frame I then painted the remaining exposed areas with

Martha Stewart Bubblegum Pink paint and glued the printer tray
 and stamped card section together.

I chose four of the other stamps from the same set, stamped and clear embossed using the

Versa Color Rose Red again on the butterfly and postmark and 

the Orchid colour for the dragonfly and stamp.

After cutting out I shaped the pieces to give dimension and
 used foam pads to secure in place.

The stand for the tray has also been painted.

So there you have it, this cute feminine printer tray that would make a lovely little gift.

Hope this inspires you to create with one of these trays.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.
 

Crafty hugs xKx

       

            

Take Chances

 

Good morning, happy Tuesday.

 

*Today's projects were based on ones I saw somewhere & when I can find the originals I will edit this post with the information.*

 

 

This was a practice piece I made when Lisa asked me to make samples using the

 Imagination Crafts crackle medium, (it's CM & MS Summer Linen acrylic paint on

 Anna Marie Designs black card) & I didn't want to waste it......

 

 

 

I put assorted colours of Martha Stewart acrylic paint onto the smaller of the two ink blending mats.......

 

 

 

I laid the card crackle side down onto the paint & moved it slightly, to smear the paint underneath. I lifted it off, turned it & laid it onto the paint again. I also spritzed water onto the card to get some of the paint to drip a little. I used as much of the paint as I could, before it got too dry on the blending mat...............

 

 

 

 

Here you can see the texture of the paint as well as the crackle effect..............

 

 

 

I began stamping with the Hobby Art Decorative Backgrounds stamp set, using both Versafine & Stazon black inks........

 

 

 

I used less pressure when stamping with the Stazon ink so that some of the stamping would be a little faded...........

 

When I'd finished stamping I made holes around the outside with my Tim Holtz ruler & a pokey tool & added 'stitching' with a fine liner pen........

 

I stamped the Woodware Clear Magic mini flower onto scrap card, cut it out & glued it on with Cosmic Shimmer glue..........

 

 

 

With the pieces of card I had left I made a bookmark tag, punching out circles from the smallest piece............

 

 

 

 

The finished card & tag.............

 

 

 

 

 

                  

 

               

 

 

               

 

                    

 

 

 

Thanks for looking, I'll be back tomorrow with another project.

 

Kirsten