Mixed Media Canvas

Here is the result of my first go at a mixed media canvas. Been wanting to have a go at this for ages and really enjoyed making this. Really pleased with how this has turned out.

I have put a bit of "How to Make" below with some photos I took along the way. Some of the products used were stash from my cupboards and some I have had for years.

Draw around the shaped canvas onto 300gsm card and cut out.

Decide where you want to tears around the edges. 

A spray of water will make this easier and help the card to curl.

Attach the card to the canvas with a strong PVA glue or Mod Podge.

Add some texture to the canvas which can be seen in the gaps with a texture paste.

Use a stencil and Pebeo sand texture paste to add areas of texture.

Use a different stencil and a smooth paste to add further areas of interest.

Cut a heart shape from grey board. Emboss pieces of white card with Crafter's

Companion 3D Regency Swirls folder and attach to the heart in a patchwork.

Add dots of liquid pearls at the joins and secure to the canvas.

Now start to add embellishments. I found some small MDF butterflies and some flowers made from paper clay and silicone moulds I made ages ago.

I have also added some hearts and swirls die-cut from mount board and added dots of liquid pearls.

Finally I have added some different sizes of Mixed Media Artsy Stone in small clumps around the edges. I used quite a lot of Mod Podge to hold these in place.

When you are happy with all the embellishments paint over everything with white Gesso. You may need extra coats of Gesso over some areas such as the MDF to make everything the same colour.

Now for some colour! 

I used a mixture of paints found in the cupboard in shades of blue, purple and pink.

Paint the insides of the tears and the heart in the middle.

Pain the rest of the background with a neutral creamy shade (forgot picture!)

Now add colour to the other embellishments and textured areas. Use the colours lightly on the background and try to blend with the background colour.

 

Add some areas of shadow under the embellishments using a black pen

and pulling out the colour with a damp brush.

Now dry brush over the whole canvas with white Gesso. Use a large dry brush and pick up a small amount of white gesso, work the paint into the brush and dry brush the paint over everything.

Stamp, cut and colour six butterflies using Crafter's Companion Flutterby - Botanical Butterfly and Spectrum Noir Sparkle ink pens. Shape the wings and layer two butterflies together.

Finally make the flowers. I have made these from Flower forming foam.

Die-cut the layers of flowers with various dies and colour with inks then heat and shape. Layer the petals together to make flowers and add to the canvas.

Here are a few more photos of the finished canvas.

Happy Crafting

Marie xx

Colourista Enchanted Forest

Here are some coloured images from one one the new Colourista pads by Crafter's Companion.

These are from the A4 Enchanted Forest Marker Pad which has some really lovely images which can be used in Home Decor projects, cards or just framed to make a beautiful picture. They have all been coloured with Spectrum Noir Colourista Markers.

This chap is one of my favourites! I have simply used the coloured image to add to the top of a box.

All I could think of when I first saw this tree was I book I used to read when I was about 9 called

'The Magic Faraway Tree' - I loved that book!

Not sure how that thought made me colour this rainbow tree - but there we have it!!!

A simple card using part of one of the pages.

Finally, a tree house in the woods. Just popped this into a picture frame which would look

great on a child's bedroom wall. 

Hope you like the look of this new coloured pad.

Happy Crafting

Marie x

Cherry Green shoe stamps

Morning Crafters,

Sharing a card I made with the new Cherry Green stamps from Crafter's Companion. 

This card is made using the 'Step Out in Style' stamp set and coloured with

Spectrum Noir markers from the 72 pen starter packs.

Colours used are : OR1, TN7, CG1, CG2, GB5, GB10, CT2, CT4,

BP2, BP6, PP3, IG1, IG2, IG4, IG6, IG8 & IG10

I have also used the ColourBlend Pencils on top of the marker colouring. 

Colours used are : Essentials – Black, Pewter & Sage,

Florals – Carnation, Peony, Saffron & Bumblebee.

Stamped on Neenah Solar White card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad.

Blending Solution & Paper stumps to blend the pencils and

Matt black card, Matt Gold card, Ribbon & gems to complete the card.

Hope you like these new stamps.

Happy Crafting

Marie xx

Glamour Box

Hello Crafter's,

Here is a box I have made for the launch of the Sara Signature Glamour Collection. Some of you may have seen this on the launch shows on Hochanda and I think there have been a few requests for a tutorial on how it was made. 

This may be quite a long post with lots of photos, but I hope you are able to follow my guide!

In case you didn't see this on TV, this is the inside of the box.

The front panels open out and each one has a slip case and draw attached. In the centre is a smaller box which in sectioned into small compartments. 

Here we go!

Glamour Box

My original idea for this project was to make a jewellery box with a difference – inspired by the new Sara Signature Glamour Collection. 

You will need

A4 and A3 Centura Pearl Snow White Hint of Silver card

Big Score board

Collall Tacky Glue

Cut three pieces of A4 card 11½” long. On each piece mark 2 1/8” from the corners along each edge. Trim the corners off. Glue two of the pieces together and put to one side.

  Back Panels. Cut one piece of card 7¼” x 8¼” Score at 3/8” using the box lid side of the board along the shorter side. Cut two pieces of card 3 3/8” x 8¼” Score at 3/8” on one long side and one short side. Cut away where the score lines cross.

   Attach the back panels to the base piece which is two layers of card (from step 1) and join the two smaller side panels to the larger back panel with the tabs. 

   Cut card pieces as follows. One piece 7 ¼” x 8 ¼”, two pieces 3” x 8 ¼” and two pieces 4” x 8 ¼” Score at 3/8” using the box lid side of the board on each piece along the shorter edges. Attach each piece to the box base using the tabs. Adhere the third base shape from step 1 to cover the tabs. Line the inside of all the side panels with Centura Pearl card.

1  Box Lid. Cut A3 card 14 7/8” x 11 5/8” Working on the back of the card, mark pencil lines on all edges at 1 5/8” At each corner mark a point 2 1/8” along the lines. Join these points together across the corners. Next draw a line 1 5/8” parallel to the corner line.

   Draw 90˚ lines from each intersection. Cut the lines on the longer edges and leave tabs on the shorter edges (corners)

 Score along the 1 5/8” lines and the tab lines. Burnish the score lines and glue the tabs to make the lid.

      Draws and Slip Covers. Front Draw. Cut card 8 ½” x 9 ¾” Score at 1” using box base side of board on all four sides. Trim tabs at the corners, burnish the score lines and glue the tabs. For the slip cover cut card 15 ¼” x 7 ¾” Using the box lid side of the board score at 1 1/8” and 7 3/8”. Fold the last score line up against the edge of the board and score again at 1 1/8” and 7 3/8” Burnish all score lines and glue to make the cover. Attach the slip cover to inside of box and add draw

    Side Draws – make two. Cut card 5 ½” x 9 ¾” Score at 1” using box base side of board on all four sides. Trim tabs at the corners, burnish the score lines and glue the tabs. For the slip cover cut card 10” x 7 ¾” Using the box lid side of the board score at 1 1/8” and 4 ¾” Fold the last score line up against the edge of the board and score again at 1 1/8” and 4 ¾” Burnish all score lines and glue to make the cover. Attach the slip covers to inside of box and add draws

   Diagonal Corner Draws – make two. Cut card 3 ¾” x 9 ¾” Score at 5/8” using box base side of board on all four sides. Trim tabs at the corners, burnish the score lines and glue the tabs. For the slip cover cut card 7 ¼” x 7 ¾” Using the box lid side of the board score at ¾” and 3 3/8” Fold the last score line up against the edge of the board and score again at ¾” and 3 3/8” Burnish all score lines and glue to make the cover. Attach the slip covers to inside of box and add draws.

1 Inner Box. Cut card 14 ½” x 11 ½” Score at 4” using the box lid side of the board on all four sides. Cut tabs on each side and glue to make box. Attach to box base.

    Cut card 7 ½” x 10 ½” Score at 2” using box base side of the board on all four sides. Cut tabs and glue to make a box. Cut strips of card 2”  wide and use to create compartments within the box.

  Cut card 7 ¼” x 10 ¼” Score at 1 7/8” using box base side of the board on all four sides. Cut tabs and glue to make a box. Cut strips of card 1 7/8”  wide and use to create compartments within the box.

    To make a lid for the inner box cut card 8 ¾” x 5 5/8” Score at 1” using the box lid side of the board on all four sides. Cut tabs and glue to make the box lid.

Decorate the box

You will need: Sara Signature Glamour Collection

Luxury Glitter Card

Luxury Card

Swirling Vines embossing folder

Dressed to Impress die

Charismatic Clutch die

Sassy Shoe die

Fabulous die

Silver Gems

White Pearls

Centura Pearl Black card

Black Ribbon

Collall Tacky glue

Collall 3D glue gel

Decorate the Inside and Outside of the box using the items from the Glamour Collection – Have Fun!

Butterfly Card

Here is a card I made for the launch of the new Spectrum Noir pen colours - Nature and Vintage - both in sets of 24 lovely new colours.

Here is what I used

Spectrum Noir Nature –GY3, GY4, GY5, AB1, AB2, AB3, YG1, YG2, YG3, BO4

Spectrum Noir Vintage – PV1, PV2, PV4, BO1, BO2, VB2, VB3

Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners All A Flutter stamp

Neenah white card

VersaMark ink pad

Bronze embossing powder

Distress ink Vintage Photo

Embossalicious – Regency Swirls 8x8 folder

I have stamped the word 'Butterfly' onto white card with Vintage Photo ink and then embossed with the Regency Swirls folder, trimmed to size and inked the edges with Vintage Photo. The Butterflies have been stamped with VersaMark ink onto Neenah card and heat embossed with bronze embossing powder. Each butterfly is coloured with complementary colours from the new sets of pens. I have cut them out, shaped the wings and attached to the card. I have embossed the Butterfly word with bronze powder and 3D attached to finish.

Loved making this card, hope you like it.

Happy Crafting xx

What a Hoot!

Hi everybody,

Here's my DT card made with one of the new Create-a Card dies from Crafter's Companion

Love this Owl! 

To make this card you will need:

From Crafter's Companion

Die’sire Create A Card – What A Hoot & With Love dies

Fancy Card Blanks – Diorama Card - Kraft

Luxury Card Pack – Gold

Kraft card

Black card

Other

Distress Inks – Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint & Vintage Photo

Pearls

To make this card I have die-cut the What a Hoot die into the front of a diorama card black and trimmed away the centre (save the owl in one piece) to leave some flowers and leaves around the edges, added a few tiny pearls and cut a frame from matt gold card. Cut the owl die again from a piece of kraft card and colour the flowers and leaves with Distress inks, Matt onto black card and attach to the back of the diorama blank. Trim around the saved owl and colour with Vintage Photo ink, attach to matt gold card, trim around the edges and add to the back of the card with 3D glue. Glue the two piece of the diorama card together at he tabs. Die-cut the With love sentiment twice and use the waste letters to add the sentiment.

Hope you like this lovely owl too.

Happy Crafting xx

Designer Cardmaking magazine ...

I made the front cover of this months Designer Cardmaking magazine!!!

The magazine comes with a Joanna Sheen Christmas kit which includes:

4-in-1 floral wreath die set

4x6" wreath embossing folder

8 image and sentiment dies

papers and toppers

Here are the cards I made for the magazine using the kit

Hope you like the cards, the magazine is full of great ideas for using the Kit.

Happy Crafting xx