Holly Jolly Christmas Tag

Holly Jolly Christmas by AB Studio, a lovely christmas paper pack, part of my latest kit from 

Thompsons craft supplies

this time a christmas tag.

 

for this project i used.....

AB Studio Holly Jolly Christmas papers

Pentart glitter paste

pentart modeling paste

from my stash i used,  red acrylic paint, 3d foam pads, clear gesso, gel medium.

firstly i covered my tag with paper from the pack and then i coloured my paste with the red paint and stencilled it onto the back ground.

i  then did some fussy cutting and using the 3d foam pads and gel medium i layered up my design.

i then went over thw whole thing with the clear gesso, when that was all dry i added the glitter paste to the raised stencill on the back ground and the baubles and candy canes.

lastly i watered down some white gesso and some of the red paint separately and splattered all over with both.

 

Journal - Holly Jolly Christmas

 Christmas journal double layout using Holly Jolly Christmas by AB studio, a DT project for Thompsons craft supplies.

.for this project i used......

AB studio holly jolly Christmas papers

thompsons craft supplies flower collections

lots of fussy cutting, the tags, wreath and lots of other bits.

from my stash i used some ribbon some red acrylic paint,3d foam pads, 3d gel medium, clear gesso.

i cut my background papers to size and distressed the edges with open scissors (whoops be careful)

 i stencilled some red paint on through the stencil we used for the recent retreat.

i cut out 2 tags from one of the sheets and punched the holes out and added my ribbon.

then it was simply fussy cutting and layering, the different elements.

layering using my 3d foam pads and 3d gel medium to gain the height.

i added some paper flowers and lastly i splattered with watered down red paint.

got to love the splattering.

Love This Life-Scrapbook Layout

 Love This Life - Scrapbook layout

another from my August Dt kit From Thomsonscraftsupplies

For this project i used......

P13 Till we meet again paper pack

pentart wax - turtle green

AB Studio chipboard sheet -ID87

13 Arts color glow - Ruby

and from my stash i used a text stamp, handmade postage stamps, and some mixed flowers.

i am using one of the floral sheets from the paper pack, it has already printed flowers on bottom left and top right of the sheet so a nice base to start,i then randomly stamped on my base sheet with my text stamp.

i then cout out from several of the other sheet from the pack, strips, no measuring just cut them, so from 1 inch to 2 inch then cut them down from the 12 in that they started again i didn't measure just cut them, i then layered them onto my backing sheet at different heights until i was happy, i placed my photo on top so see how it was looking with that in place, when i was happy i stuck them down.

i also added a post card which is a cut out from one of the papers in the pad

i took 2 of the chipboard leaf collections from the sheet and coloured with the pentart wax and placed them so they would be poking out from behind the photo.

i mounted my photo on one of the sheets from the collection and using foam pads added this to the 

lay out

i did some fussy cutting and placed them round the photo , some poking out from behind the photo and some overlapping the photo.

i added my stamps

 i placed my title and flowers.

lastly i covered my photo and splattered with the Ruby Color Glow.

                         

Mixed Media Heart Hanger

Mixed Media Heart Hanger

My August DT kit From Thompsons craft supplies

A wooden heart hanger for my base, i think it was from The Works

from my kit i used......

AB studio chipboard sheet ID 87

AB studio transparent foil no 0008

pentart cracking paste primer and paste

Colour glow Ruby

Tim Holtz ideaology Words

from my stash.....white and black gesso, ribbon, metal embellishments, leaves and flowers,i think they are finnabair, silver wax

 

firstly i painted the heart with white gesso and dried it, 

i added some of the color glow ruby, activated with water and painted on,

 i then glued on the acitate using gel medium and cut round to fit the heart.

i added the crackling paste, firstly the primer then the paste and dried with my heat gun to crackle.

i then splattered with the colour glow activated with water and gently added some of the ruby to the crackle.

i also splattered with some watered down black gesso and gently blackened the edges of the heart.

i painted all my embellishments with black gesso and layered them until i was happy then attached them with gel medium.

i lastly added some silver wax and added my title.

 

 

Shine-Scrapbook Layout

                                                                    Shine- Scrapbook Layout

                I managed to fit one more project from my July kit from Thompsons craft supplies a scrapbook layout of my eldest daughter at my sons wedding, dont think i will ever be finished the wedding photos lol

 

  

For this project i used....

AB studio papers Diva

AB studio stencil ID 94

13 arts color glow Tanzanite

Dina Wakley paint Fuschia

 

To start i mixed  some of the tanzanite with the fuschia paint and then stencilled it onto my base 12x12 paper from the paper pad.

i then used a little more of the tanzanite with water added to activate it and splattered this onto my sheet, i also added some in powder form and then added a little water to activate. 

i then dried my sheet.

i left it to dry properly and cut up some more of my papers into different sizes for layering and distressed the edges with my scissors.

i then did lots of fussy cutting, i  layered my background using foam pads to give it height and with my photo on the top and then layered my fussy cut elements, poking them under on each layers of the back ground.

i found the shine wooden word in my stash and using an embossing powder from my stash i embossed it 3 times to give more height and colour to the word.

lastly i covered my photo and did a little more splattering with my tanzanite.

   

Tell your Story-Mixed Media Canvas

Tell Your Story -Mixed Media Canvas

a small canvas using some beautiful papers and products from my latest DT kit from Louise at Thompsons craft supplies

love playing with products and just seeing where it ends up, for this canvas i was fussy cutting and layering, i love doing this. 

 these are the products used....

from Thompsons craft supplies

tell your story mdf. Hobbilicious 

Fabrika Decoru paint- pink 

AB studio papers Somewhere

AB studio flower stencil

i also used cheesecloth, heavy body paste, mixed media ink spray,and finnabair rose gold paste

 Firstly i covered my canvas with one of the papers from the paperpack, i distressed the edges with my craft knife.

i stenciled using some paste and the flowerstencil from AB studio.

i then went over with clear gesso so that i could used my mixed media inks.

i painted my title with the fabrics decoru paint and then sprayed with some more ink spray.

the paint gives a great texture

i added some cheesecloth, leaving it white, and then layered up my fussy cut flowers.

i then went over with some rose gold wax to pick up some more of the texture from the paste and paint.

lastly i splattered with some of the pink paint that i watered down.

i love the splattering it really just finish it off and add some more texture.

Sunday, cuttin n stickin

well what a fab Day i had with Louise and Kasia 

plotting and planning, cuttin n stickin!!

we were planning a 2020 retreat, making samples of some of the fab new papers in the shop Thompsonscraftsupplies

spending time with fab friends and eating a gorgeous lunch, what more could you ask for.....oh to do it all again soon please!!

these are AB Studio Breeze of the Forest papers, absolutely gorgeous and the quality of these papers is amazing, just loved all the fussy cutting, and layering, one of my fave ways to craft.

started off on the book and i covered the front cover with one of the 12x12 sheets, sanded, inked and sanded again the edges and all over, then i coloured a heavy paste and stenciled some flowers which matched the papers perfectly.

i then went over with a clear gesso.

next was a lot of fussy cutting and picked where my design was going, top left corner and bottom right corner.

i decided on my layering, and then using something to give height to the elements, either folded card, lefteover mdf pieces, those that are left in the sheets or 3d foam pads, i layered up and stuck my pieces in place using 3d gel.

tucking bits behind, lots of overlapping.

then the splattering with watered down white gesso.

when it was all dry i coated it all with a layer of clear gesso to help protect in when in use.

The Gift box

it was the same principles for my box i cut my pieces to fit the tops and sides on my box, using some open scissors i distressed the edges, stuck them down , inked the edges and then covered with some clear gesso which dragged some of the ink into the main paper which gave a lovely effect.

i layered up with some cheesecloth first then the fussy cut elements.

i added my title then covered my title and splattered with watered down white gesso.