It's a Man thing

Afternoon everyone, I hope you are having a lovely Sunday whatever your plans. I'm enjoying myself with my daughter and grandchildren although I must say makes feel old lol.

Now onto my project for today, which is my make for the new challenge  over at Mixed Media World where the theme is Masculine/ Fathers Day

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All the paint crackle glaze, and sand Paste are from DecoArt 

I challenged myself to make something a bit different. I really struggle to make cards nowadays; I'm not too sure why, but every time I start, my mind goes blank and a doesn't shift.  However, this time I knew I was going to do one with a Steam Punk style, which is not a style I do very often.

Here are a few photos of the process.

Background - Media spray Mists and Quinacridone Gold over the top. A coat of Crackle Glaze to finish.

Next layer- Tim Holtz 'found relative' coated with Crackle Glaze and Antiquing Cream to the cracks. I was a little rough causing some of the flakes to fall off but I liked the look so wasn't concerned.

I also used a mixed Media die cut also from Tim Holtz which I have rusted up.

A close up of the cracks. You can also see a little of some cogs which I cut and again rusted. 

A close up of one cog  on which I had given the Andy Skinner touch. 

And the finish card.

I hope you like my card. Take care and see you soon.

Hugs Debs xx

Being Watched

Hello everyone, happy Thursday. And as it is Thursday its my turn over at That's Crafty

Here is a sneak peek.

For a much better look and all the details please visit That's Blogging Crafty. 

Check back soon to see what else I've been up to. 

Hugs Debs xx

Is this technique New?

Hello me again with just a quicky. I was playing last night and came up with this. Have you seen this before? I know I haven't, I got the idea while making something else and gave it a go.

Above what you can see is a 4x4 board which has one coat of burnt umber and a face painted with weathered wood crackle glaze.

I used Titanium White over the top.

I was so excited I forgot to take more photos. I rubbed Patina Antiquing Cream all over and then once dry rubbed it back. With a Stabilio All,in black I added some shadows around the face.

 I love this effect and cannot wait to play more. On this project I've used DecoArt products. 

Im calling this technique Crackle Drawing. 

That's it for now, see you soon Debs xx

Journal page

Morning you lovely peeps out there, welcome to  my crafty space. I hope you are all well and enjoying yourselves. 

I found this on the Internet and thought I'd share 

“Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone,  you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself, and your capacity.”      Jack Canfield.      it is so true. 

So to my page which, as most of my pages are started as a mop up.

I added more detail using Dina Wakley paint through her stencils. 

And added my faces using a Stabilio All in Black.

I loved the freedom this page gave me. Have a good day, and I will see you later.

Debs xx

Hidden things

Evening everyone thank you for coming to say hello. I'm sharing my secret art mail inspired by the challenge over at Paper Artsy.

I made an envelope and sprayed some colorbloom by Prima. I distressed the edges with stained Walnut.

Now at the weekend I got to play carving my own stamps. Donna from Inky and Quirky inspired me to have another go at calving and I'm so pleased I did. Here's a quick look at them.

And a quick play

Below you can see my design. I left enough room to add an address.

I then made my card for inside

I wrote a quote by Shakespeare.

You can see it peeking out but not the full quote as that's a secret. Shhhhh!

Here is another envelope waiting for its secret card.

I can see me making more of these as it was fun.

See you soon Debs xx

Playing

Hello everyone, great of you to stop by. I got to play this morning on a A3 canvas.

All Materials were supplied by DecoArt who are very generous with their products. I love the Media Mists and Fluids and for what I had in mind today, just perfect for the job.
I'm linking this to Paint Party Friday

I applied Traditions Extender and Blending Medium onto the canvas almost covering it. This extends the drying time and makes the colours easy to blend, especially if you want a more fluid effect.

I then sprayed the canvas and turned it around to get some drips. I wiped and dabbed and blended the colours.

The photo above doesn't show the inspiration for the painting but in the next one I have used a pencil to form what I could see.

                                  

I love it when art creates itself, it's so satisfying to feel intune with my creation. It's this feeling that calls to me constantly and can be annoying when I don't have the time.

I used the Media Fluids to add shadow and depth to the painting and lighter colours to increase the light.

I worked back and forth across the painting until it felt finished . Here are some of the stages.

The finished picture 

Fantastic Saturday! I've also been in the loft sorting again, another car full tomorrow. 

Take care all and enjoy the rest of evening.  See you soon xxxx

Hugs Debs xxx

New Challenge on Old New & Digital Too

Good evening everyone thanks for joining me today where I have posted not one but two posts.

 

                                       Over on ONDT it’s our Second Challenge,

 

 

 

                               

 

 

And the Lovely Sarah chose our Theme, which is Found Objects. Please visit my Teamies as there is some great Inspiration on the blog and if you need more why not visit our Pinterest page.

                                                My Project - All DecoArt Products

 

                         

Old - For my project I used a 6x6 board which I have had for a long time. I thought it would be perfect for my project. I covered the board in Weather Wood from DecoArt and once dry I sprayed it with a Media Mist in Yellow Green.

 

 

 I loved how it crackled when dry. I added more Spray this time in Blue.

 

 

                                                         

 

 

Next I added some Quinacridone Violet randomly over the board to add some different interest.

                        

 

New – for the new part of my project I chose a heart which I had recently purchased and following Andy Skinner’s method, I aged the heart and then stamped on a sentiment.

                       

I took a new key and covered it in Sand Paste and when dry coated it with Media Fluid in Black and then two coats of Quinacridone Gold, for the perfect rust look.

 

                                                        

 

 

Digital - I took an old face creation and updated her by adding her to a word background. I did this on an App on my iPad called Wordfoto. I printed onto tissue paper and then added it to my background.

 

 

 

                        

 

I found some old washer style thingy’s that would look fab as a contrast to the rust.

 

Then assembled all my bits. Ta Dah!  

 

        

 

That’s it for today, have fun over the weekend and I’ll see you again soon.

 

Sending love out to all you lovely crafters. Debs xxx

All that Glitters

Hello and welcome to all my followers, and if anybody is new, stay a while and have a look around.

Today is a new challenge over at That's Crafty Challenge Blog and the Theme is,  All That Glitters. So come on get those sparkles and glitters out and have a play. The winner receives

                                    

Here is my inspiration for today's challenge, please go check out all the other Design Team's 

projects for more fabulous inspiration. 

                   

                                                  

                           

I started  by sealing a 6"x6" board and once dry, painted on a liberal coat of crackle paint. I left this to dry and carried on with my feature. 

I added  Texture Sand in random places onto an MDF butterfly. I covered the sand with Media Fluid in Black, and once dry Quinacridone Violet.

         

Once  the crackle paint was dry I used a  stencil and crackle paste to add flowers to my board. I added to the ageing look with Antiquing Cream rubbed over the background in Patina and Burnt Umber. 

 

Here you can see a close up of the crackle. I picked some bits of crackle off the flowers as I wanted to add something different to them later.

 

I thought the background looked bare, so I used a background stamp to add some more texture. 

For edges I used aged Ochre embossing powder. This formed a frame around the board and served to contain the butterfly

I added some rusty wire to the butterfly and stuck her to the board, then finished off with my sentiment, which was stamped onto smooth white card and ink distressed around the edges. 

What I used

From DecoArt  

All purpose Sealer

Crackle paint

Crackle Paste

Texture Sand

Media Fluids - Black, Quinacridone Violet

Glamour Dust

Andy Skinner stamps- industrial 

Archival Ink - Black

Stampendous Frantage - Aged Ochre

From my stash - rusty wire, sentiment stamp, MDF butterfly.

Well that's it for now. Try and pop back later as I have another post going live about 5pm. Take care and I'll see you soon. Debs xx

Wow wow wow today is the day

Morning everyone thanks for popping in. Today is my first post for the Design Team at That's Crafty.

I was delighted to be asked to join the Team especially as they are all so talented, and for a long time acted as inspiration for me.

Here is a peep  at what I made

To see the full project please visit That's Crafty.

Don't forget come back tomorrow as a new theme starts on the challenge blog.

Big hugs Debs xxx

Painting on wood

Hello everyone, thank you for your visit.  before I start, I just wanted to announce that I have another journal workshop coming up at Birds In The Barn in Marks Tey on June 20th starting at 10am. you can book your place here

Now! I've got a quickie today, inspired by the lovely Donna who loves to paint on wood.

Now this isn’t something I've tried a lot, so when my Hubby asked me to put two small pieces of wood into the car with the rest of the rubbish from the loft, I relocated them to studio.

The plaque was created using Fresco Acrylic paints from Paper Artsy, Prismacolor Pencils, and Colorbloom Sprays.

I’m entering this into
the Mixed Media Place DRAWING
Altered Eclectics           ANYTHING GOES

And I nearly forgot I'm linking my face to Kim Dellow's Art It Friday 

I coated the surface in Vintage Lace as I wanted this as the base of the face. I then covered an area where my face would be with an oval mask and sprayed Colorbloom in Cotton Candy and Pressed Metal. Once dry I painted some flowers using snowflake Fresco. I left this to dry overnight.

                                             

I then sketched out my girl and added shadows and highlights in paint and then let it dry.

       

                                    

Using the pencils I added more shadows and highlights and added colour to her eyes and mouth.

            

Turning back to the paints I finished her off.

                                     

I think she has a cartoony look but like I her anyway.

Please come back tomorrow as I have another post ready with some good news.

Take care, all you lovely Arty People and I will see you soon.

Debsxx