Paints, Inks and Sprays...

Hello lovelies, welcome to the first post of 2020!!! And my first post of the new year is for Tando Creative. 

This weeks theme is "paints, inks and sprays". These are great base products for creating mixed media pieces.

Products I used...

Tando: tag; extra thins - rectangles

DecoArt Premium Acrylic paints: Cobalt Teal; Titan Buff;

DecoArt Media: white gesso

DecoArt Media Misters: white shimmer; turquoise shimmer

Stamp/s: Imperial Rover Bike - Andy Skinner 

Thanks for popping by...

Circles

Hi lovelies, today's blog post is for Tando Creative and this weeks theme is 'circles'. 

I used Tandos Guitar clock kit for this creation but decided to use it as an art piece rather than a clock, so used it without the clock mechanism.

The top layer of the kit comes completely disassembled which is then adhered on to the base of the guitar shape after decoration, which means many different techniques can be applied to all the different pieces of the top layer. 

This is what I created...

I used lots of different products to create different decorative techniques which included DecoArt Premium Acrylic paints, Andy Skinner's new Embossing Enamels - Granite, Funky Cold Patina, Crystal Glaze, stamping, stencilling and decoupage.

I took a selection of different pieces of the top layer and heat embossed them with different embossing enamels then stamped in to the enamel when it was still hot with a rubber stamp to create an impression.

On another selection of pieces I stencilled onto them using different circle pattern stencils with white modelling paste then painted them with DecoArt Premium Acrylics.

On some of the pieces I distressed some old music paper and decoupaged it using PVA glue.

On a couple of the pieces, I covered them with DecoArt texture sand paste and painted over them.

On the rest of the pieces I covered with the embossing enamel and on the biggest piece that I embossed I then stamped on the top of it.

When all the pieces were dry I put them together like a jigsaw to form the guitar shape and glued them on to the MDF base. 

Thanks for popping by my blog,

leave a comment if you wish.

Toodles for now,

Lisa x

Here is everything I used available from the Tando Creative website...

   

 

  

Dark and Moody with Tando

Hello folks, welcome to this weeks post for Tando Creative. 

This weeks theme is 'dark and moody' and  I used Andy Skinner's Scared Secrets kit.

What I used...

* Andy Skinner's Sacred Hearts Tando Creative Kit.
* DecoArt Media Line: texture sand paste, crackle paint, white        gesso, black gesso
* DecoArt Premium Acrylic Paints: Paynes Grey, Phthalo Blue, 
  Primary Cyan, Quinacridone Gold, Pyrrole Red.

What I did...

* Paint all the elements with DecoArt white Gesso.
* Add DecoArt texture sand paste to the cogs, washers and screw        heads.
* Add DecoArt crackle paint to the other elements.
* Paint with DecoArt Premium Acrylic Paints. The colours I used        were: Paynes Grey, Phthalo Blue, Primary Cyan, Quinacridone Gold,    Pyrrole Red.
* Paint the heart outline with black gesso.

Thanks for popping by my blog today.

Toodles for now,

Lisa x

Here are all the products I used and they are all available on the Tando Creative Website.

                                    

Tando 3D Challenge for Craft Stamper magazine.

Hello lovely lot. As you may have heard, the Tando team were given a 3D Challenge to feature in Craft Stamper Magazine. 

We were all given the same 3D substrate, designed by Di to play with and decorate. Being a CS subscriber I have seen all the examples and they are all so different. There are so many things you can do with it. 


Here is my take on it...

So, the 3D substrate opens up as a gate fold with help from the fabulous and creative stretchy hinges to reveal two little storage spaces to put in whatever you wish...

With Tando greyboard you can throw anything at it you wish, and that is just what I did! It can take a huge amount of different mediums without falling apart like other products.

So, my first layer was a nice thick layer of DecoArt Crackle Paint and DecoArt Texture Sand which I added both the different mediums quite randomly on the outside of the substrate.

When the crackle paint and texture sand had dried I painted it with DecoArt Premium acrylic paint. And added a bit of dry brushing with DecoArt white Gesso. 

I added lots of stamping to the outside and inside using a selection of Carabelle Studio Stamps using StaZon Ink.

Then came the question, what to put inside.... I decided to turn my substrate in to a mini stationery kit, so I added some small pieces of paper and mini pencils. I thought this could be a cool little item to keep near the telephone, or next to the noticeboard when a quick list or message would need to made...

I took a piece of thin white ribbon and painted it with the different shades of blue DecoArt Premium Acrylics, then tied the ribbon at the front to close the gate fold front.

Thanks for popping by my blog today.

Toodles for now,

Lisa x

If you fancy taking a look at what the rest of the team did with for the 3D Challenge, checkout the November edition of Craft Stamper magazine, which is in shops now!!!

Layers

Hello lovelies, today's post is for Tando Creative and this weeks theme is 'layers'.

I haven't chosen a specific Tando kit for this theme but instead, I had a rummage through my Tando box and picked out some "left-overs". (If, like me, you have had a few bits & pieces from Tando in the past, you will notice there are always poppie-outie-bits in a kit, which you could throw away or extra pieces of a grab bag you may not have used.... I tend to keep these in a separate box. In my "left-overs" box I have all sorts of shapes in many different sizes and these are the bits I used for this project.)

So, I used one of the innie arches from the Arabian Style Layered Arch Frame, Grab Bag of Circles, Butterfly Grab Bag and a birdcage.


I first Applied DecoArt Texture Sand Paste through the Tando Brick Stencil to the arch and left to dry. 

I added a couple of circles gluing a smaller circle under a bigger one to lift it from the background. 

I added the birdcage, then the butterflies.

I then used DecoArt Premium Acrylics to paint it. When it had dried, I dry-brushed  DecoArt Tinting Base over the top to tone the colours down.

Thanks for popping by today.

Toodles for now, 

Lisa x