Till We Meet Again -Journal Layout

Last of my Designs from my August Dt kit From Thompsons craft supplies

the gorgeous Till we meet again papers.

Travel the world over to find the beautiful,

Till we meet again.

quite a clean and simple page for me, i just love the papers and didn't want to lose them in all the grunge and product.

for this project i used.....

p13 Till we meet again papers

pentart cracking paste and primer

Tim Holtz ideaology chipboard quotes

Finnabair micro beads

just love gates and doors so i didnt want to cover them, 

i cut my papers to fit the pages in my journal, on the left just edged with the primer and paste and then added my first part of the title.

on the right i again edged with the primer and cracking paste, 

i added my distressed door , edged with the micro beads

added the fussy cut elements, layered them up and added the second part of my title.

      

                                                                                                   

 

 

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.

 

 

Mixed Media Box - Letter Box.

Mixed Media Box

My first project from my August DT kit from Thompson craft supplies.

i just love boxes and tins, i really enjoyed creating this one.

for this project i used......

P13 Till we meet again papers

Pentart crackle paste and primer

Pentart wax paste Turtle Green 

13arts color glow emerald

Dina wakley acrylic paint Blushing and Elephant

Hobbilicious box

and from my stash i used, clear gesso, half pearl beads and some ribbons, a flower from a previous kit

firstly i sponged the inside and outside of my box with the blushing and the elephant paints

i then did lots of fussy cutting from my papers and added a couple of the roses to the side of my main box.

 then i added the crackle paste just overlapping my roses, for this paste you have to add the primer first to the area you want and then add the paste, you can activate this crackle with a heat gun which is great no waiting for crackle lol

i crackles the top two parts of my lid, being careful not to cover the slits in the top most part of the lid.

i then threaded my ribbons through the slits on the lid and tied a knot and secured it to the other part of the lid and then layered the fussy cut pieces  (which i had painted with the clear gesso and dried ) onto my lid around the ribbon and added more onto the sides of my main box .

when all my layering had been done i went over it all with the clear gesso again, it adds some strength to the card elements on the box and also allows any paints or inks i add to move and sit on the top rather than going straight into the card.

i then added some ore colour with the color glow emerald and water to activate it, i dried it and then went again splattering with the emerald.

added some wax here and there

lastly i added the pearls and the flower on my lid.