Be quiet

Hello everyone, 

A little while ago we were asked by the lovely France Papillon to make samples with her new stamps. The reason for this was that she would be featuring them on Hochanda TV ! How exciting ! I made 4 samples with the yummy new stamps, stencils and stickers and I will be sharing them with you here on my blog. 

This page was made with a piece of Mixed Media Paper that I cut into a tag shape. I added DecoArt Americana Deco Chalky Finish paints until I was happy with the result. Next I used the stencil "Warp Grid Small" with DecoArt white gesso to add more interest. I also scraped some black DecoArt Fluid Acrylic black paint around the top left and bottom right corners. Next I stamped the background randomly using stamps from the sets: '1800', 'How shall I put it' and 'Rock'n Rust'. I used Archival Inks and white fluid acrylic paint by DecoArt. Next I stamped Kevin from the set 'Kevin and so' and coloured him with Copic Markers. I then cut him out and glued him onto the tag. The sentiment is from the stamp set 'How shall I put it'. Lastly I doodled around the tag and the sentiment. 

If you are interested in the lovely products by France you will have to visit her shop HERE. You'll love what she has to offer ! 

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Beautiful friends

Hello everyone, 

A little while ago we were asked by the lovely France Papillon to make samples with her new stamps. The reason for this was that she would be featuring them on Hochanda TV ! How exciting ! I made 4 samples with the yummy new stamps, stencils and stickers and I will be sharing them with you here on my blog. 

This page was made with a piece of Mixed Media Paper. I added gesso and once it was dry I used some DecoArt Americana Deco Chalky Finish paints for the background. Next I used the stencil "Honeycomb Large" by France with some of the same paint. Next I added more paint with my fingers along the edges to sort of frame the page. When I was happy with the result I added some stamping with Archival Inks (in similar colours) and the stamps from set "1800" and with Black Archival ink and a script stamp from set "London-New York". The main image is a stamp from the set "Kevin and so" which I stamped on white card stock and coloured with Copic Markers, I then cut them out and adhered them to the page, grounding them on a torn "Butterfly Whispers" Mixed Media Sticker. Lastly I added some doodles around the page and a sentiment made up from stamp set "How shall I put it". 

If you are interested in the fabulous products by France then visit her shop HERE.

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

Paint your dream

Hello everyone,

Today I have a little canvas to share. It was such fun doing this as it was so different to anything else I usually do. I might have to do this sort of thing more often..

This canvas is 10" x 10" or 25 x 25 cm. I started by putting on the modelling paste through a stencil called 'Doily'. After it had dried I layered lots of paint on it using  Fluid Acrylics in the colours Cobalt Teal Hue & Primary Magenta both mixed with Titanium White. When this had dried I thought it looked way to fresh so I used Antiquing cremes (Raw Umber and little bit of Patina Green) to make it look a little bit old. 

After I was happy with that I added some more stencilling with the same colours of paint but undiluted. The stencil I used was "Old French Script" by Americana Decor. It is very subtle.  Also I used a rubber stamps by Paperartsy and some bronw ink to add  more script. That was the background finished..

The paintbrush was a really old one that was lying around in my craft room. The hairs were really hard so I decided to use that. I gessoed it first and then put a layer of crackle paint on it. Next I painted it with Fluid Acrylic paint in the colour Titan Buff and when that had dried I applied the same antiquing creme to make it look old. Next I tore some fabric from my stash and made a bow around the handle of the paintbrush with it. 

The sentiment was stamped with rubber stamps by Stampotique on a piece of paper painted with Titan Buff, antiqued with Raw Umber antiquing creme and stamped with the same script stamp as the canvas. I also went around the paper strips with the ink pad. 

Lastly I adhered everything to the canvas. 

Here is a close up of all the yummy texture from the modelling paste. 

I have used all DecoArt products for this canvas.  

Follow your heart...

Hello everyone,

I have been accepted into the DecoArt Blogger Outreach Programm and I have made my first piece using mainly DecoArt Products and a few others.... I had lots of fun making this, experimenting along the way. I think the result is not bad !

This tag was painted with Cobalt Turquoise Hue acrylic paint. I then added some crackle paste through an Andy Skinner stencil and let that dry naturally. I you heat it with a heat gun, it won't crackle.. don't ask... haha..

Next I added a few antiquing creams, a bit of interference paint and some more antiquing cream to the crackled cornices, if you can call them that ! I really like the end result. 

Here are some close ups:

Doesn't that look yummy ! 

I also stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. 

Next I stamped the background. I used a stamp from a Mixed Media stamp set by Dina Wakley and white pigment ink for this. It dries back a little lighter which I really like in this tag. 

I then stamped the hearts (Unity Stamps) on the tag and onto some book text. 

I cut out the book text hearts and adhered them on top of the ones on the tag. 

The sentiment (which is only part of a sentiment by Carabelle Studio)  was stamped, like everything else with black Archival Ink and accentuated with a white paint pen. 

Lastly I added some whit and black splatters and a piece of ribbon coloured with the same Cobalt paint I used before. 

Thank you for stopping by today !