Altered MDF Uprights: PaperArtsy meets Structure Paste!

 

Hello all, Martina here with another make using the That's Crafty! MDF uprights!  I have decided that these little pieces of art are fabulous gifts to give instead of cards, so I think I will be making lots more from now on...

I decided to have a play with a few different products on my project, as I was feeling adventurous and bold...odd I know! I started by using the Brick Repeat Stencil from That's Crafty and randomly spreading some Structure Paste through small sections. I taped over the bottom tabs of the upright, so that I did not get any paste on them (otherwise I would struggle to put the MDF together later!)

I wanted to add some texture to the smooth sections left over, so I coated all the MDF in Café Crème Rusty Patina and let dry.

The next step was to make a 'dirty wash' effect over the whole piece. I used a small amount of Slate Grey Americana Acrylic Paint and mixed into a wash with some water. I spread the wash over the piece, letting the water sit in the brick spaces to add depth and dimension. 

Now that my background was complete, I started to think about the feature elements. I used some more Structure Paste and spread through the PaperArtsy PS060 Stencil. Once dry I coloured the flowers with some markers from my stash and added some Stickles. Where I felt there were gaps, I stamped some little sprigs from the Kay Carley EKC05 Stamp Set in Black and Green Archival Ink.

To add some more dimension and layering, I also stamped and coloured some of the flowers onto Super Smooth Card. Once these were cut out, I used my embossing tool to shape them and some 3D glue to adhere. The final touch was a sentiment from the Kay Carley EKC07 Set.

There we have it! A small piece to give to someone rather than a a card. That way it is something that can stay on display!

Lisa is taking bookings for the next two workshops at Grove Green. You can find the information about them HERE and there are still places on the July classes, information HERE.

She is taking the mobile shop to the Barton's Point Model Flying Spectacular on July 8 and 9, she'll be demoing on both days, so if you fancy a fun family day out, that's the place to be!

See you next week!

Love

Martina

xxx

    

PolkaDoodles Summertime and Daisy Days........

Hello all, Lisa here with my final scheduled post and my last two cards for June. I'll be back from Spain by the time you read this, but I wanted to get ahead and not have to worry about doing a blog post when I got back. The Polkadoodles stamps I used on these cards sold out at the June classes, but you could always use different stamps - PaperArtsy, for example - to create a similar look.

I applied Hickory Smoke Distress Ink very lightly through the That's Crafty Distressed Harlequin Dinky stencil first, then I stamped the flowers, the sentiment as my focal images and the tiny detail stamps around the border. I stamped the flower heads again on to white card and cut them out. Everything was coloured with watercolour pens...........

                               

I made the background for the second card in the same way as the first on to two pieces of white card; one for the base and one for top layer................

I stamped the butterflies on to the card, then cut around them, leaving a border. I stamped the butterflies again on to scrap white card, colouring them in and cutting them out so I could layer them on  top of the base card.

I attached this piece of card onto black card and cut the black card, leaving a border that matched the white one. This I glued to the bottom stencilled layer and I matted and layered on to black card then onto a 7x7 white card blank............

                                    

                                   

              

I'm taking bookings for the next two workshops at Grove Green. You can find the information about them HERE and there are still places on the July classes, information HERE.

That's it from me for now, have a great week.

Hugs, Lisa B xx

                                                

PaperArtsy Tag - Take Chances

Morning, Kirsten here. I hope you had a nice weekend. My project is a little tag, made with PaperArtsy stamps & stencils. As I said in my post on Saturday, I've no step by step photos for these projects.................

I applied Bluegrass Green & Baby Blue Americana Acrylic paint to white card with my fingers & when the paint was dry I applied  Americana paint Cherry Red and Pistachio Mint through PaperArtsy stencils PS006 & PS001. The next step was white gesso through PaperArtsy stencil PS060.

I stamped the flourish stamp & little dots from Imagination's Take Time stamp set with Jet Black Archival ink and that was the background finished.............

I stamped the butterfly from PaperArtsy stamp set JOFY50 twice onto white card, coloured them with watercolour pens, cut them out & attached them to the card, along with the words from the same set. The red flower is the large stamp from JOFY32, it was left over from another project so I decided to use it.

                 

  

Lisa is taking bookings for the next two workshops at Grove Green. You can find the information about them HERE and there are still places on the July classes, information HERE.

In The Pink with PaperArtsy and That's Crafty MDF Uprights

Happy Saturday to everyone, Kirsten here. How have you been coping with the heat?? Thank goodness for fans & cold water, is all I can say!! :-) Due to various problems, technological & otherwise, I haven't been able to do my Monday blog posts, so I thought I'd do a couple of Saturday posts to show off the projects I made for Lisa's PaperArtsy workshop at the end of May. 

There are no step by step photos for any of my projects, because I had such fun while making them that I never gave a thought to taking a photo. All I have to do now is try to remember what I did & what colours of DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints I used............. 

My substrates are That's Crafty!'s wonderful new MDF uprights. We're all crazy about these. They're such good quality, lightweight but sturdy, come in a variety of great shapes & they make great gifts - there are smaller ones too, which would make a nice change from a card.

I painted the Jagged Edge upright with black gesso first, when that was dry I painted on a layer of Imagination Crafts' Crackle Medium and when that was dry I painted Baby Pink Americana paint - in the opposite direction so that the cracks went across the upright, instead of down. 

Next, build layers;

Layer 1 with PaperArtsy stencil PS006 & Pistachio Mint Americana paint

Layer 2 with PaperArtsy stencil PS001 & Bahama Blue Americana paint

Layer 3 with PaperArtsy stencil PS060 & Ultramarine Americana paint

Stamp with detail stamps from PaperArtsy stamp set EKC01 & EKC07 with Jet Black Archival ink

Apply Imagination's Structure Paste through PaperArtsy stencil PS060

When that was dry, I replaced the stencil & applied Pearl Starlights over the Structure Paste.

I used Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue to fix the upright to the base, which I'd decorated to match the upright & went around the edges with Japanese Jade Alchemy Wax...........

I used white gesso for the base layer on this second, Decorative Top, upright and a lot less 

Crackle Medium, followed by Baby Pink Americana paint. 

I mixed some Baby Pink with white gesso for the first layer of stencilling - PA stencil PS006 again - then Cyclamen Starlights through PaperArtsy stencil PS034 & Structure Paste through PS060..........

I stamped the images from PaperArtsy stamp set JOFY13 & the butterfly from JOFY50 on to white card, coloured them with watercolour pens, cut them out & attached them to the upright. Once I'd the base & upright together I went around the edges with Antique Gold Starlights..........

                       

                     

    

Lisa is taking bookings for the next two workshops at Grove Green. You can find the information about them HERE and there are still places on the July classes, information HERE.

That's it from me for now, I'll be back on Monday with another of my PaperArtsy projects. Have a great weekend.

Kirsten