Papered it...

Hello, today its my turn over on the Tando Creative blog.  The theme this week is to use paper…

Here is my papered large tag, from the mega tag pack:-

the base had text scrapbook paper adhered and then the edges sanded before having distress ink added.  I then took the dot stream stencil and added further ink to the base, further pieces cut from scrapbook paper are added along with a couple of hot air balloons from a Graphics 45 pad.

I love making master boards and have lots of cut offs sitting in the little basket on my desk, i dug out a piece and adhered this to a large butterfly from the butterfly mega pack… a key embellishment was added for its body.

A heart and some flowers from the mini packs are then covered in book paper and then inked around the edges.

There are lots of projects over on the Tando creative blog this week, pop on over and take a look.

TFL xx

Tando colour week

Hello to all those that stop by my little, and seriously neglected, blog… today I'm sharing with you my Tando Creative April colour offering:-

This is Aprils colour palette:-

and here is mixed media board number 4:-

The base was the small board and using the Andy Skinner "have your say" stencil I added texture paste to the base… this was then painted with acrylic paint.  I used the same paints to colour houses from the whimsical house set 1 and a large house from the hearts mega pack.  Some doodling finished it all off….

There are some fabulous pieces and great inspiration over on the Tando blog do pop on over and have a look.

TFL xx

Steampunk and flowers

Hello! and welcome to my blog - today the new theme over on the Tando Creative blog is Steampunk and flowers…

Here is my offering:-

for some reason the crackle glaze hasn't photographed very well and looks like blobs!! lol The cogs are from the Andy Skinner industrial set and the flowers from the minis Range, all available from the Tando Retail site.…some prima flowers were also added.

Do pop on over to the Tando blog this week for some more steampunk and flower projects…

TFL xx

March's colours

Hello, what a cold start to the week we are having, will the promise of heavy snow materialise tho? I hope not!!

Today starts the March Colour theme over on the Tando creative blog and its my turn to showcase my piece, here is the colour palette:-

As you will know, if you visit my or Tando blogs that this year for the colour weeks I am using the Tando Creative media boards - so here is mixed media board 3/18

This month I have used the 80 x 116mm board and sprayed it with water letting it soak into the base, when semi dry I then peeled back layers and rolled the corners…. I also applied this technique to my butterflies (the grab pack of butterflies) this time lifting the top layer off totally…. I left the pieces for several days to ensure that they were completely dry and then I added the purple colour tones to the base and doodled with matching paint, and then painted the butterflies, doodled and added some bling…. 

Do pop on over to the tando blog this week for some more colour pieces.

TFL Carol xx

Anything goes….

Hi, over on the Tando blog this week the theme is anything goes - this is where there is no set theme and we can go with our creative flow….lol

So, as its Valentines tomorrow I have made this:-

The base was taken from the substrates pack and the other three hearts were from the hearts mega packs - all available on the Tando creative retail site.  All four hearts were painted using acrylic paint with a deeper red used to add definition to the edges.  A bit of doodling, stamping  and a stamped sentiment finished it all off…..

Hope you have a lovely Valentines day tomorrow.

If you get the chance pop on over to the Tando Creative blog site and see what the other DT members have created.

TFL xx

Tando Colour week

Hello, its my turn over on the Tando creative blog today and its one of our colour themed weeks.

This is February's colour palette:-

quite a refreshing colour palette for February isn't it?

So, in keeping with my theme of mixed media board for 2018, here is board 2/18

This time I've used the bigger, 74mm x 138mm board in greyboard…

I wanted to leave the background totally clear, but, just couldn't do it…so to the acrylic painted base I added some paint by dry brushing and also added some stencilling using the sequin waste stencil. The butterflies and hearts are from the new large grab bags, and were painted using acrylic paint, stamped and then doodles added.

Everything can be found on the Tando site.

Do pop on over to the tando creative blog to see what some of the other DT members have created using the same colours.

TFL xx

Tando Stencils

Hello and welcome to my little ol' blog.

Today it's my turn over on the Tando creative blog and this week we are concentrating on stencils/masks.

Here is my piece:-

The base is a long tag which had some texture paste (once I found a tub that hadn't dried out!) added using the Andy Skinner "have your say" stencil.  Once dry, some torn book paper was added before adding acrylic paint.  I replaced the stencil and using white paint hi-lighted the letters and added some sequin waste stencilling (think I use this on everything!).  Some elements from the Whimsical birds 2 pack were painted and stencilled and then adhered to my tag along with a Tim Holtz sentiment which was coloured using distress ink.

Do pop on over to the Tando blog and see what the other DT members have stencilled.

TFL xx