Bad Bears

Hello everyone,

I'll start with wishing you all a Happy New Year ! I hope it will bring you everything you hope for and more !

For the first AALL & Create project of the year I have decorate a small canvas board (8" x 8").

And here is how:

I started with painting my canvas board. I used two shades of yellow by PaperArtsy. I used my fingers to paint, so liberating ! lol

I marked out where the paint brush was going to go and added some orange paint drips and splatters. I also used this fab stamp by Olga Heldwein to add some interest to the canvas. I used different coloured Archival Inks for this. 

I also used blue Distress Oxide Ink with the same stamp. Next I used this stencil, which is based on the stamp I used, with modelling paste, just using one of the circles to mimic the circles from the stamp. 

Time for the bears to come out, I used the 'Bad Bears' stamp as a background stamp and stamped it randomly around the canvas with black Archival Ink. 

These were coloured with Copic, easily my favourite colouring medium.

And here is the finished canvas with the products I have used. I added some glossy accents to the orange paint on the brush and the canvas to make it look like wet paint ! 

I hope you'll try to make something too ! This would look great in a children's bedroom or something. I have used :

Stamp set #56 - Vintage Graffiti by Olga Heldwein

Stencil #47 - Circle of life by Olga Heldwein (based on the #56 stamp)

and of course:

Stamp set #157 - Bad Bears by Louise Nelson

For more information about the products and a list of stockists, please visit:

www.aallandcreate.com/boutique

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Wierdo !

Hello everyone,

For AALL & Create I have decorated a small canvas for today. It measures approx 4 x 4 inches.

Every time I looked through my stash of lovely AALL & Create products, this little guy was looking at me asking to be used in a project. And this time I couldn't resist. I think it is good to revisit older stash occasionally. Anyway I really enjoyed making this, as always, and here it how I did it :

Here is a picture of all the products I have used for this. The canvas is one of those cheap ones you buy in the dollar store. I do find they are usually not as good as the ones from the art store though. So I probably spend a little more next time and buy decent ones. 

The first thing I did was making 'washi' tape. I used ordinary masking tape; the stuff you use when painting your house. I tore a piece off and stamped it with this fabulous and versatile stamp set by Aida Domisiewicz. I use this set a lot, mostly for background stamping. I used Archival Inks for this because they are permanent once dry. It takes a little while to dry though so be patient ! 

Next I painted the canvas with acrylic paint. I used a light blue and a white to get it a little lighter in the middle. Next I used Distress Oxide Ink and this stencil by Autour de Mwa to add some interest. I smoosh the ink pad onto the stencil, spritz it with water and then use it as a stamp. 

Next I did some background stamping, again with this set by Aida. 

The next thing I did was adding some of my home made washi tape. I was very pleased with it and I might make some more in different colours ! (As if I have not enough washi tape!)

I then added some green paint with my fingers, just here and there and some stamping with pink ink and this stamps by Olga Heldwein. 

I then stamped this little monster that comes with different faces ! So fun ! I also stamped the balloon  from set #51 by Olga, three times and then coloured the lot with Copic Markers. I then cut everything out. 

This is the finished canvas. I also added some modelling paste with the same stencil, put my monster on a circle of book pages to make him stand out more and added some doodling. The balloons were put down with some dimensional tape and I added sewing thread for the string. The sentiment came from the same set as the monster and was stamped on the edge of the book paper I cut the circle from. This way all the paper is the same colour. 

Here are some close-ups.

Here he is again together with all the bits that 'made' him ! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and have a go yourself at making something different. It is fun ! 

Thank you so much for having a look today ! I wish you and your families a Merry Christmas ! 

If you are interested in any of the AALL & Create products and your nearest stockist, please visit www.aallandcreate.com/boutique 

Pretty awesome

Hello everyone,

I was lucky again and was asked to make a project for PaperArtsy ! This time the topic is "Nautical Colours" and I used the great Clare Lloyd stamps. I made a little canvas:

Now if you want to know how this came about you'll have to hop over to the PaperArtsy blog ! 

HERE.

Thank you for stopping by ! 

Be gentle with yourself

Hello everyone,

It is time for another post for UmWow Studio today ! I really enjoy doing these projects as they are so different from anything else I do. Today I did a little tiny canvas. It is only about 3" x 3" or 10 cm x 10 cm. And here it is :

And here's how I made it:

I decided to heat emboss my flourish with copper embossing powder. I did change my mind in the end and heat embossed over the top with gold powder. 

I embossed it about three times, so the layer of embossing on the flourish was really thick. I reheated it to make it soft again and then dropped some micro beads in the wet/soft embossing. 

This is how it looks after I dropped the microbeads in. Cool huh ? I also added some gold paint here and there later but didn't take pictures. You can see the effect in the finished canvas. 

For the canvas I applied crackle paste and coloured it with light yellow and burnt umber paints.. using some glazing fluid so it stayed wet longer and I could wipe most of it off again..

This is the result of both paints. I then added some stamping. You can see it in the end photos. 

All stamps I used are by VivaLasVegaStamps! 

Here are a few close ups of the flourish..

Apart from the canvas and the flourish, I used an original old photo which I found in an antique market. I am always on the lookout for stuff like this. I also used some music paper and some lace. The frame is from a cheap set of resin frames from the Dollar store which I painted and then used the same gold embossing powder over the top. 

I used this chipboard today :

From the set Flourishes Two. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today ! 

A painting

Hello everyone,

I've been working on a painting and now it is finished I'd like to share it with you. I've taken some photos along the way to show you how I made it.

First step was putting on the flowers. This is a Donna Downey stencil and I've used it with model paste and a pallet knife... 

Next is a layer of gesso which I didn't photograph because it looks about the same ! lol 

Next the fun starts, painting... 

I used a brush and a palet knife... very much still a work in progress... 

Next is some stamping, stencilling and painting... 

First flower painted but not yet finished...

A close up.. It is a shame that the camera won't pick up the background colour which is turquoise and not blue... 

A little stencilling and stamping... 

And after another few hours of painting, stamping and stencilling... oh and some splattering I declared it finished.... 

Here are some photo's..

Thank you so much for stopping by today !