Anything Goes @ Tando

Hi folks and welcome to my blog post. This week over at Tando is an 'Anything Goes' week.

With it being nearly Christmas.... And you can never have enough Christmas Trees can you??? So....

Here is my creation...

I first painted all the pieces with white Gesso. Then mixed a bluey green colour using DecoArt Fluid Acrylics - Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Phthaol Green-Blue and Primary Cyan. 

When the first layer of paint was dry, I dry brushed the tree with DecoArt Primary Cyan Media Fluid Acrylic.

I then randomly stamped areas of the tree with Broken China Distress Oxide ink and one of the stamps from the Mini Backgrounds #1 stamp set from The Artistic Stamper.

I took a selection of Tando Mini's including parcels and bows, ice skates, candles, brush stroke trees and snowflakes. 

I applied clear embossing ink on the front and back of each mini and heat embossed with Stampendous Shabby Green Embossing Enamel. 

I did the same with the star on top of the tree. 

When the enamel had cooled, I adhered the mini's to the tree. 

I then put all the pieces together to make the tree stand. To finish, I added some battery powered lights to the centre of the tree. 

Thanks for popping by my blog today. 

Leave a comment if you wish as I love to hear your thoughts.

Toodles for now,

Lisa xxx

                                 

Mixed Media Boards with Tando

Hi folks and welcome to this weeks post for Tando Creative. This week the theme was mixed media boards.

Tando Mixed Media Boards are fabulous small boards which can take loads of layers of different products. They are fabulous for having a play with and trying new techniques with. 

I used three of the 74mm x 138mm mixed media boards for this project.

Here is what I did...

First, I gave the boards with a coat of DecoArt white gesso then painted them with DecoArt Media Acrylic Paints. 

I then used the Tando 4 x 4 clock mini mask with DecoArt white modelling paste on the background.  

I added DecoArt Crackle Paint randomly over areas of the boards to add some texture.

I used the Tando 6 x 6 sequin waste stencil with the DecoArt paints. I added more layers using Carabelle Studio Chevron stamp and Carabelle Studio Mini Textured Checkerboard stamp. 

I used Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamel in Shabby Green on Tando holly flourish. I also used the Frantage on some paper flowers and added some white natural raffia. I also recycled some onion netting packaging which I painted to make it darker and added some glue to some areas and adhered microbeads.

I used a selection of stamps from Vive LA Stamps 'Everything Stops For Tea', 'Never Stop Looking Up' and 'Time On My Hands' which I stamped on to acetate with black Stazon Ink. I cut the acetate wider than the mixed media boards and adhered each side of the acetate to the back of the board to create a bubble over the front of each board. 

I really like this project of mixed media boards. They are so versatile to use and just the right size to create fabulous mini projects.

Thanks for popping by today. Please leave a comment, I love to hear what you think.

Toodles for now, Lisa 

                  

As seen on HOCHANDA...

Hello folks! This is rather a long post today with loads of pretty images, but bare with...

This weeks theme over @ Tando Creative is "As seen on HOCHANDA" week. 

Tando Creative has appeared on HOCHANDA a few times, most recently being the 24th May. Sooooo.... The Tando DT decided to show off our samples we did for the show. 

I did a few different samples with Tando's Whimsical Birds 1 and Whimsical Birds 2 and Tando's Shadow Frames.

I used lots of DecoArt products on these samples including Texture Sand Paste, White Gesso, White Modelling Paste and Crackle Paint along with many colours from the DecoArt Media Acrylic Paint range. I also used many of the 4 x 4" masks from Tando.

So, here are my creations...

Sample #1

12 x 12

12 x 12

12 x 12

This is a 12 x 12 inch design I did on greyboard. I did lots of stencilling and stamping with inks and paint to create the background before adding the Whimsical Birds. 

Sample #2
Tags

Tag #1

Tag #1

Tag #2

Tag #2

Tag #2

Tag #3

Tag #3

These are three tags I made using Tando Whimsical Birds, DecoArt products and Stampendous stamps.

Sample #3
'Face Your Fears'

'Face Your Fears' sample

'Face Your Fears' sample

'Face Your Fears' sample

This sample I created using Tando off-cuts of greyboard. Every bit of left overs come in handy. That's why us crafters never throw anything away!!!

Sample #4
Oval plaques

Triple plaques

Plaque #1

Plaque #1

Plaque #2

Plaque #2

Plaque #3

Plaque #3

These are 3 oval plaques I did with the Whimsical Birds using yummy DecoArt Products and Stampendous stamps.

Sample #5
Shadow Plaques

Circle Shadow Plaque

shadow plaque #1 - circle

shadow plaque #1 - circle

shadow plaque #1 - circle

shadow plaque #1 - circle

Window Shadow Plaque 

shadow plaque #2 - window

shadow plaque #2 - window

shadow plaque #2 - window

shadow plaque #2 - window

Diamond Shadow Plaque

shadow plaque #3 - diamond

shadow plaque #3 - diamond

shadow plaque #3 - diamond

Heart Shadow Plaque

shadow plaque #4 - heart

shadow plaque #4 - heart

shadow plaque #4 - heart

shadow plaque #4 - heart

shadow plaque #4 - heart

Square Shadow Plaque

shadow plaque #5 - square

shadow plaque #5 - square

shadow plaque #5 - square

shadow plaque #5 - square

shadow plaques - I created these using Tando stencils, DecoArt texture sand paste, crackle paint, white modelling paste, DecoArt Media Paint Tando stencils and Stampendous stamps.

Thanks for popping by my blog today. I hope you like my HOCHANDA samples, if you wish to leave a comment please do, I love hearing what you all think.

Toodles for now

Lisa xxx

Here all all the lovely products I used to create them. They are all available on the Tando website.

                                                   

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Mixed Media Challenge Blog - #26 anything mixed media goes.
Creative Artiste Challenge Blog - #27 anything mixed media goes.