Tando Creative

This week over on the Tando Creative Blog the theme is "Deck the Halls" - so with Christmas in mind my choice of piece is the Christmas Tree Printers Tree.....

I adhered the shaped pieces with strong pva glue then painted the entire piece and the back piece with green paint, when dry I painted them again with distress rock candy crackle paint and then attached the sections to the back plate....taking a selection of Christmas minis, stockings, christmas ornaments, snowmen, candles, wonky tress, bells and holly, snowflakes and stars which were off set against the main star cut into the frame (the bow on the ornaments is off the present set) I coloured them using various mediums and added hi-lights using posca pens and glossy accents....I then adhered them to the frame using pva glue and silicone gel to gain height.....a bit of bling was added to the centre of the snowflakes and the star and bow...

Don't forget to pop over to the Tando blog during the week as there are loads of great inspiration and each week there is a different theme too....

TFL xx

Tando Product focus - blog hop

Today sees another Product Focus Blog Hop from Tando Creative and hopefully you've arrived at my blog from the main Tando Blog.

Tando do a lovely music mask, pieces of music in two sizes and a collection of musical instruments to add to your projects...click here...

Today I've made an ATC:-

The base is texture paste thro' the music mask and then various paints and sprays added...the music was painted black and then scrapings of gold paint added....the stickers are from a bo bunny pack...(my craft room is currently is a MESS! and I seriously can't find my stamps!! hence the stickers!)....

A while ago I also did this:-

rofl my very basic attempt at scrapping! the guitars (coloured with distress inks the rock candy added, jewellery wire was added for cords and the little metals pieces were from OH's new sweater)....the music, notes and word musc are all Tando pieces are were painted with black glaze...

The next stop on this months blog hop is Caro...don't forget to leave a comment at each hop and you'll be entered into the draw for some very special candy...

TFL xx

Swaps/Challenges

Janet, Nancy, Karen, Tracey, Janina and I challenge each other at the monthly crop to create something that little bit different out of given items.  Over the past 18 months/ 2 years, we've decorated jigsaw puzzles, books, boxes, picture frames and the like then some more unusual items like a mousetrap and a light bulb is the next on the agenda!!

Due to "incidents" I'm a bit behind with my projects...but, have had a mammouth binge and caught up...leaving only the lightbulb to do...

so, we had a papermache hanger from janina which I created this:-

I painted the frame red to start off with and then heat embossed it...but, it sat on the side for ages with no inspiration...so, I painted it black, rubbed inka gold (one non mouldy jar!) on the edges and then added two acryllic painted Tando Creative  butterflies...the lady in the centre is a lost coast stamp which I just adore....she was coloured in using water colour pencils and then I doodled on her face!! lolxx

Then the next project I was behind on was...

a white box given to us all by Karen....

I lined the box with paper which I had stamped with a pen nib stamp on each side, the saying is a Stampers Anonymous stamp...the butterflies are cut from Graphic 45 paper and hi-lighted with rock candy glitter...the flowers also had a little bit of glitter too....the lid and base were painted with metallic distress stain as were the Tando Creative bird and branch and the mini stars...The sides and top also had paint over a mask and doodled on the lid to add a bit of "bling" lolxx

Lastly, this was a keyring given to us by janet...

I know I showed this in the Tando Minis bloghop - but, its now gone to its new home...and I hope that Tracey likes it....base changed from military green to purple using alcohol inks, Tando creative minis painted with acryllic paint and then doodled.  Studio 490 butterfly stamped onto clearly for art using paint and then pearl trim added.....

TFL xx

1st November "letters" day

Over on the Tando Creative blog we're focusing on one theme per week, this week its

LETTERS

I'm more a "numbers" girl myself, but, I'll have a go at anything me...

So, here's my letters...or letter....

I know another journal page!!! I've a problem tho' these pages have been in a "practise" journal and it wasn't really made for this sort of thing!! although it was sold as an artist journalling book - think that possibly they had watercolours and sketches in mind!! lol so, I've gone and torn the page....think now I'm getting the hang of things I'll progress to a better book!!! lol

Anyway, this time I've started off using a Tando Mask and texture paste - if you've not tried the tando masks I seriously urge you to do so, they are really good for all mediums....paste, inks, paints, water...FAB results every time....then when dry I painted the page with several acryllic paints, then using Tando masks again used them with paint and distress inks.  Using water soluble wax crayons, paints, doodling and stamps I added colour and depth (I hope) to the page...The Letter, is Tando and was painted with acryllics, and then stamped with Ryn's fabulous waterdrop stamp before being edged with gold dauber...I love these pages you just add and add and add and play and experiment!!

Do call into the Tando Creative Blog on a regular basis, just about every day we have a post going up based on the theme for the week...and don't forget the regular blog hops too with a chance to win some great Tando products...

TFL xx