For my make this week I chose to work with the Notelet Box designed by Jo Channon. I decided that I would decorate the lid of the box BEFORE constructing the box as its easier to slip the completed lid into place whilst constructing the base than trying to decorate it insitu.

I primed the lid piece with White Primer Paste and left it to dry before adhering a piece of the Book Pages Rice Paper to the outside surface using Rice Paper Glue. Once this was dry I added brown ink around the edges and then turned my attention to the opposite side of the lid. 

I applied Modeling Paste through the Letters Stencil and then once it was dry painted the surface with Burgundy paint which can be found in the Create Happiness 2 Set. Once the paint was dry the details were highlighted with a mixture of Gold and Brass metallic waxes (Copper and Honey Gold can also be used). 

Next I made the box up before painting the outside with Blue Navy paint and the inside with Burgundy. Inside I lined the box with papers taken from the Backgrounds pad. 

Outside I applied the same colours of waxes used for the inside lid through the letters stencil to give a little interest to the sides. On the sides of the box I added pieces cast from the Plates Mould priming these with black gesso before painting the front and back pieces with Shadow paint and the side pieces with Burgundy paint and then highlighting the details with more of the metallic waxes.

Happy Monday That's Crafty Creatives!

Today's project is a quick summery scene featuring Janet Klein's Camping stamps from AALL & Create and That's Crafty! MDF Uprights.

I started by painting the 5x5 inch upright from the set with That's Crafty! White Gesso. I dried with a heat gun and then added Dina Wakley acrylics in Lime and Sky to create an outdoors background - adding little strokes of the white gesso to add clouds.

I stamped images from the Camping and The Hike AALL & Create stamps and coloured with a selection of Pentart Liquid Watercolours. After cutting out I layered the images with foam pads to create a 3d scene.

A lovely quick project but something special to gift an 'outdoors' friend. 

Add some Spiced marmalade.

Add some text stamping to the tag...

Hope you've enjoyed it!

Helen 

Hello!

This week I'm playing with one of the fab steampunk style MDF tags from That's Crafty! and it's been a bit of an everything but the kitchen sink type of week, as my version has a ton of lovely textures from various mediums.

I chose the open cog top one from the set of 2 and first gave it a coat of black gesso. I then dabbed texture sand paste on the cog section and used a cog stencil with the same paste on the lower section.

I then painted over the top with another coat of black gesso to give a good base for the next planned steps.

I brushed crackle glaze over the lower section, even over the texture paste and left this to go tacky - it took about half an hour. I then took several shades of Multi Surface Paint - choosing Ocean, Orange and Teal and brushed the colours on with gentle downward strokes. I coloured the top by dabbing on several metallic shades of Multi Surface Paint - Green, Black, Bronze, Gold and Patina.

I created some embellishments, taking several cogs and colouring these with the same metallics plus Copper.

 

I stamped some of Melina's Funky Florals and leaves on white stamping card with black ink and painted them with satin inks in shades of red, yellow and orange. Once dry, they were a little bright so I brushed and dabbed them with diluted copper paint.

I assembled the tag using a mix of dimensional glue and That's Crafty! glue and finished off with text from one of Lynne's stamp sets, stamped on toning scrap paper and distressed a little.

Have a great weekend and see you next week.

This week's make from me is a mixed media canvas which measures 8" x 10" and is orientated in a landscape direction. I thought I would utilise two of the latest mould sets from Finnabair along side a really textured background.

To create the background I started by adding areas of Cracking Paste Primer in random areas going vertically across the the canvas. Once the primer was dry I  swiped with a palette knife White Cracking Paste approximately over the areas of the primer which results in an uneven thickness and hence different sized cracks when the paste dries. I then swiped using a palette knife areas of Modeling Paste to fill some of the gaps and some Structure Paste to other areas. Finally in the gaps left I mixed a tiny amount of the darkest blue in the Patina Effect Set with Heavy Body Gel Glossy. I then let this dry thoroughly before adding washes of very diluted brown and turquoise paint from the patina effect set - you could use media mists for this if you prefer. It is important to thin the paint down a lot so that it does not fill the cracks in the cracking paste.

Next I took some cogs casts using Large Gears and Machine Parts moulds primed them with Black Primer Paste before painting them with Turqoise Blue paint mixed with 3d Powder and Antique Copper paints (both paints are in the patina effect set).

I cast the Apothecary Bottles bottles and then painted them with Turquoise acrylic paint from the patina paint effect set again mixed with 3D allowing the paint to merge with ochre from the Rust Effect Set to create a green shade. Mixing insitu means you get a lovely colour variation with little effort. Once the paint had dried the bottles were aged by painting and wiping back Brown Antiquing Gel.

Having completed all of the pieces they were then adhered in place using Heavy Body Gel Matte.

Happy Monday That's Crafty Creatives!

Today's project is a Magic Spell journal made with my Journal It Templates Set 1 and the fabulous Vintage Library Collection from Stamperia. 

I started by tracing round the small book cover template (no. 5) onto white card and cutting out. I scored the spine lines and glued a strip of Tyvek paper over it to strengthen.

To create the hidden binding mechanism I cut three strips of card measuring 5 1/4 inches x 5/8 inch, 5 1/4 x 7/8 inch, and 5 1/4 x 1 1/8 inch. The first piece I scored along the short edge at 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch, the second piece scored at 1/4 inch and 5/8 inch and the final piece scored at 1/4 inch and 7/8 inch. I folded up the score lines to create 3 hinges. I glued the middle sections of each hinge on top of each other with the smallest being on top. I glued the hinge stack in the centre of the spine approx. 1/4 inch from the bottom.

I decorated the inner pocket pages with the Vintage Library Backgrounds paper and added two pockets made from the small pocket template (no. 9), adding a tag (no. 3) and double fold journalling card (no. 8). For the pocket page insert I used the large double-fold journalling card (no 4), trimming it approximately 1/4 inch from the edge. I edges around all the pages, inserts, tags and cover with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. 

To finish I used elements from the Vintage Library Collectables book. Layering up with offcuts of mountboard. 

I loved making this book, and I love the Vintage Library collection so much. 

Happy Crafting!