Dream BIG- altered wooden box

Hello Arty Souls!

Today I have fun project for you!- altered wooden box. I love altered objects and I have to say this one was really cool to play with! And because its wooden, it has great surface to paint on. I decided to use my favourite color scheme: turquoise, pink and yellow:)


I used the fabulous June kit from Cardz'n'Scrapz and following art supplies:

Wooden Book Box

Create Paper Pad 6x6 Oh Darling 

Kaisercraft Texture Clear Stamps Dream Big
Jillibean Soup Wise Word Stickers

Gelatos

 Derwent Inktense Pencils

Acrylic paint Lagoon 
Studio Calico Heyday Butterflies  Stickers

I painted a wooden box first, than I used stencils and stamps to add more texture. I  doodled with a Inktense Pencils and added some pieces of Create Paper Pad.

There is a window in the box and either you can make a design on a wooden piece which comes with a box or you can add the photo and the glass (also coming with a box). I decided to make a design using the same paper pieces, paints and Kaisercraft stamp.

I love adding butterfly wings to my projects:)

I also added some word stickers...

And little butterflies...

Here I wanted to show you, that you can use it also with a photo as a memory box.

I just couldn't resist to show you my beautiful peonies:) They remind me  my grandmother's garden ;)

I hope you enjoyed this summer project!

Love,

Sylwia

xx

Smile Love Happy Suitcase

Hello lovelies

Happy June :)  Here is my first project for this month.  I received a beautiful kit this month and it contained suitcases!!!  I has a play with paint, ink, papers, drawing, pencils, stamping....everything I could think off.

I started my case by using a stencil and some texture paste.  I then added random torn and cut strips of paper from the paper collection Plus One from Amy Tangerine.  This paper pack has such vibrant happy colours, it is what inspired all of this project, from the words, scene, colours of paint and girl drawing.

I drew my girl out on watercolour paper and coloured her with loads of different mediums of water based products.  Her dress was create with the orange paper from the collection.  I used acyrlic paint to create my background.  There is also some random strips of washi tape added.

I sprayed the white flower trim from our kit with pink spray.  All of the prima flowers used received the paint treatment too.  All elements of this was adhered with matt gel medium.

I hope this little case gives you some inspiration.  See you in a week or two with my next project using these goodies :)

Mandy xxx

Final Projects from Joanne for March - Altered Item and LO !

Hi there - Joanne here with my final projects for Cardz n Scrapz using the Cartographer Range by Prima!
Seeing as spring is in the air - I decided for my first project to 'alter' an empty bottle into a beautiful vase !

Of all the projects I have created for this site - this has to be the fastest and simplest - the way I think they should be - as I know how busy everyone is these days !  So simply clean out an empty bottle or use a jam jar or any used glass container.  Using a stripe of Cartographer Paper - I stuck it onto the bottle using double sided tape.  Next I added some of the prima embellishments and flowers I had left over from my previous project (the baggage case mini album) - and stuck them on using Glossy Accents.  Finally I wrapped a piece of twine around the neck and stuck on a Prima wooden butterfly element - and there you have it - all finished !!!

Closer look at the bottle and detail on it.

And of course because its March and that time of the year- I had to add a few daffodils from my garden into it!  Now it really feels like Spring !!!

I couldn't sign off without doing one last LO!  I got creative again with one of my favorite products this year - gelatoes ! I rubbed on 'snow cone' on the top of the page - sprayed it with water and watched it run.  Next I added some glimmer mists and it created all sorts of patterns for me on the page! Using a sheet of paper from the Cartographer range - and stamping the back of another page with the cartographer stamp - it formed the basis for my LO.  I added in a variety of embellishments - from paper clips to Heidi Swapp lettering, to tags and Tim Holtz washi tape !

As a mark of appreciation I made the above LO as a huge THANK YOU to Cardz n Scrapz for having me as one of their designers for the past few months.  I have loved the experience and the joy of taking on so many new challenges - it has definitely increased my creativity and my passion for scrapbooking - so thank you again.  May I also wish the new designers the same enjoyment I got from this whole experience and I can't wait to see your wonderful creations !

Thanks for looking  

Joanne x

DT 

Products used:

Prima Cartographer Range of Papers - 6 x 6 

Prima Cartographer - Crystals

Prima Cartograher - Stamp

Prima Cartographer - wooden elements

Tim Holtz - Ideology range and Washi Tape;

Ranger - Archival Ink - Black

Glossy Accents

Glimmer Mist - Dragonfly

LuminArte - Blushing Rose

Gelatoes - Snow Cone

Chevron stamp;

Heidi Swapp - Vintage Chic - Buzz Words 

White and Black Card Stock;

Range of Paper Clips and clean glass bottle;

Gelatos and new chipboard canvas

Hi guys :)
Today I want to show you a 8x8"canvas. First I glued some paper strips, some fiber trim and tissue tape, than I used Prima "Lattice" stencil with light modelling paste to create textured background. Next I glued some new chipboard (I just love Steampunk one!) and covered everything with thick layer of gesso. I used Gelatos only to colour my canvas 

Then I added in Prima Giselle flower, Prima bulbs, faucet wheels, epoxy dots, white feather and seam binding ribbon.

Hope you like it ;)

Aideens second gelato project for January!

Hey guys! Aideen back again with another fun gelato project and also some ideas for using your gelatos :)

Here is what I have made:

It's a fun mixed media canvas board where I used some nice techniques with the gelatos-of course I have a video to show you exactly how I made it :) so please check it out and let me know what you think!!

Have you tried out gelatos yet?? Share your makes with us by linking your blog in the comments,

Thanks for visiting,

Aideen x

Joanne's Mixed Media Canvas using GELATOS !

My DT Project for January using Gelatos !

This has to be one of the best products on the market at the moment - just loved them ! 

As this was my first time working with Gelatos by Design Memory Craft (Faber Castell) I spent a few nights looking up You Tube figuring out exactly how best to use them !  And thankfully there is tons of information on their use and so I tried to put into practice as many techniques I could for this project.

First of all I covered a canvas in Gesso.  The big word with gelatos I discovered is RESISTANCE !  

The next step was to rub the gelatos onto the top of the canvas - spray water over them and because the Gesso offers resistance - the gelatos simply dilute and pour down the canvas beautifully - rather than absorbing into it and appearing like blobs of colour. I sprinkled it with salt to give it more dimension and texture.  (If you want to see the difference of using and not using Gesso - check out Donna Downey's videos on them over on You Tube).

Next I found old thick canvas that I had lying around - cut out three feathers and five circles and covered them in Gesso.  I sewed onto them to give them more depth and texture. Then I layered them with different coloured gelatos, sprayed them with water  and blended the colours together with my fingers. Great fun !

Then I added more gelatos to my background so the that my feathers and circles would blend in before sticking them onto the canvas.  I drew in a series of circles with a graphite pencil and sewed a few crosses onto them.  (Don't forget to distress the sides of the circles and feathers in black ink - so that they pop off the canvas).   I then added in some clear epoxy dots to again give it more interest. 

Next I added in the word CHANGE (using Bottle Cap Alphabet mini's) - which is my word for the year.  And added in the description - 'a chance to make a change' in small letters. 

And finally here is the finished project !  And I can't get over how stunning the colours are - they seem to jump out at you !

Materials Used :

Gelatos Green and Tropical Sets - Design Memory Craft (Faber Castell);

Archival Black Ink - Ranger;
Bottle Cap Alphabet Mini's -
Cosmo Cricket - mini letters;
Vintage Collection Epoxy Dots;
Gesso;
Heavy Cream Canvas;
Canvas - 12 " x 18";
Black thread with sewing machine;


Hope you enjoyed this project - as much as I did making it !

Many thanks for looking !

Joanne x

Aideens mixed media gelato canvas

Hey guys! Aideen here...

So here is my first DT project for January and also the kit reveal :) I made a mini mixed media canvas-the canvas is about 5x5 and was just from my stash.....

This was my first time using Gelatos and at first I wasn't sure but now I like them!! They are fun to play with and working with them has given me more ideas for my next project....

So I hope you like the canvas-it's a pretty simple canvas & the colours of the gelatos really are the main detail-that purple is fantastic!! 

Here's a quick video of the kit reveal and also showing all about the gelatos!

Thanks for watching,

Aideen x

Gelatos- my new love :)

Hi guys :)
Today I want to show you three tags I made with something completely new for me- Faber-Castell Gelatos. I was amazed with them. Creamy smooth, fabulous colours, versatile... the list is endless! They mix and blend easily. It's easy to create watercolor effects just by spraying with some water. You can even stamp with them! My new favourite medium :)

 This tag I covered with lace and add some texture with Light modelling paste and Prima Stencil "Lattice". Using Heavy Gel Medium I glued Prima metal flower and Prima Faucet Wheels  then covered everything with a thick layer of gesso. I cut out small piece from each stick and mixed it with water- to make lovely paint which I used to colour my tag and white seam binding ribbon. I add three Epoxy Dots and put some more intensive colour all around them to make them pop.

 This tag has more intensive colours. I used the same Prima stencil and modelling paste to create the background texture. On the middle I glued some creased tissue paper and covered everything with gesso again ;) Then I randomly put thick layer of each Gelato colour on different parts of tag. I sprayed it with water and used my finger to blend the colours :) I then put some Gelatos directly on Kaisercraft Texture Chicken Wire stamp and stamped the tag. Then I used another Kaisercraft stamp- Lattice with black Archival Ink. 

 The last one I made with paper strips glued randomly, Prima Checker stencil and covered everything with gesso (this is why I always buy big gesso ;)). On two opposite corners I put some thick layers of colours, then I sprayed them with water and blew a little to spread the colour. After that I quickly dry my tag with a heat tool. Again I used Gelatos with Kaisercraft stamps- Chicken Wire and Edges. Then I glued lovely bottle caps Alphabet with Epoxy Dots using Heavy Gel Medium. I added some doodling using a Faber-Castell Finepen.

I hope you will share my love with Gelatos ;)