Spring canvas tutorial

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my Spring canvas tutoria in Mixed Media Mojo blog.
This time I made it with a lot of Iridescent Ann Butler's paint and other ESF mediums, chipboards, stamping over chipboards and a lot more techniques. It has a very rich textured background  and I hope that you like this project.
Step by step instructions:
1.Cover the canvas with ESF Gesso and add some Tando chipboards over. Cover the chipboards with gesso too. Let it dry.

2.Paint the canvas with a mix of ESF Chalk It Up Avocado  Pie and Key Lime paints.

3.Paint the canvas with a mix of ESF Ann Butler's Iridescents paints: Lilac, Lagoon and Ocean Surf. Make the  thick layer of those paints and stap over the wet paint with  a small jar lid to make those stamped circles all over the wet canvas.

4.Heat the whole surface with a heat gun to get those " bubbles and dots" over the wet paint.

5. Partly cover the canvas with ESF Crackle to get more texture. Let it dry.When dry, mist with gold mist to get the golden look for the canvas.

6.  Stamp over 5 chipboard butterflies with Ann Butler's Unity Faux Quilting stamps (I used just two of them) using clear embossing ink and white embossing powder. This step is not shown on the photos. Paint the corner chipboard and all stamped butterflies with more ESF Iridescents paints and wipe the paint over heat embossed areas. Arrange the corner and the butterflies as shown.

7. Outline the chipboards with black pen. Glue the Tim Holtz sticker on the bottom of your canvas.

Happy Birthday MM card

This is my new Mixed Media card made with Inspired by Stamping sentiment, Rubber Dance background stamping, stencil  with gel medium and glitter over the background stamping , chipboard painted with silk acrylics and some mists and pearls around.
I enter this card to  some web challenges
Happy Little Stamper Mixed Media challenge- Shine
Add flowers for Crafting when we can
 Bling Birthday for Great Impressions

Mixed Media cards with Rebecca Baer-April inspiration post

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my inspirational post made for Rebecca Baer blog and using her gorgeous stencils.

 This post is all about cards.

Mixed media card are very trendy those days and with Rebecca's  stencil it's very easy to make a whole lot of cards for any occasion.

 My first card is very easy to make and all you need is one great RB stencil , one good big stamp sentiment and some shiny paint.

This first card was made with RB Jamboree medium stencil using gel medium as a medium under the stencil. First I stamped the sentiment with pigmented ink and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I used My Favorite Things sentiment set as those sentiments are big and visible.Then I added the texture with stencil and gel medium and as this stencil has an oval gap in the middle , I just added medium around the gap and not inside it. I added mists from Tattered Angels (three colors, not more, unless you want to get a brown mess) and also dried each mist layer between the misting to avoid the mess. The stamped and stencilled panel was arranged over another layer and then arranged into Kraft base card. The natural twine was glued with the same gel medium to stay on its place as shown.

The second card is pretty much alike, but made with different mediums.I used  Harlequin Damask  stencil with texture paste and then painted it with Earth Safe Finishes Iridescent paint and wiped the paint from the stencilled parts to get this mute and light color over the paste.

Then I stamped another bold and big sentiment over the card with the same heat embossing and added a couple of heat embossed die cuts and more twine.

The last card is a bit different and made with more layers, but still with the stencil as a main part of it. The stencil used is Enchanted Vine one- small stencil that fits the small card panel  in the best possible way.

On this stencilled piece I used two colors mist and as you can see the  teal colored the pasted part of stencil and the copper stayed over the debossed part on the paper. The result is amazing!

Be you-nique art page with Ann Butler- tutorial

 Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new art page tutorial made for Ann Butler's blog.

I used Ann Butler's Iridescents paints from Earth Safe Finishes in different colors to make this modern, almost geometric art page and it was easy and fun and you can make one in no time using Ann's lovely products.
 Step by step tutorial:
1. Paint rectangles and squares using 4 different color of Iridescents paint. I used Lilac, Orchid, Lipstick and Ocean surf mixed with a bit of Sunshine yellow.Add some strokes of yellow paint over the page as shown.

2. Make stencils with rectangles and one big circle using dies or punches and use those stencils to paint with white paint over the colored page as shown.

3. Grab a bunch of Ann Butler's Unity Faux Quilting stamps and stamp inside the white rectangles with a mix of those stamps using black permanent ink.

Add the title inside the circle using stickers.

Outline  each  rectangle and the main circle with black pen.

Add stamped stitches using Ann Butler's Clearsnap Basic backgrounds Stitches at random.

Add some splashes of white paint over the page.

Everything is possible over the rainbow

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my small, but lovely altered fan tutorial made Earth Safe Finishes company.

Small one, but pretty.

This is a less then $1 fan you buy in any craft shop and it comes in this wooden finish with some flowers on the top. I decided to make it a bit whimsical and maybe even a bit odd. Like who thinks about fish over the rainbow? I thought about all things impossible and if pigs can fly, fish can be swimming over the rainbow.

So here is my paint tutorial and I used Ann Butler's Iridescents in all rainbow colors here with some Earth Safe Fnishes mediums later over the die cuts.

1. Paint the fan with a mix of rainbow colors as close to the real rainbow as you can with colors we have from Iridescents.  

2. Die cut two fish image and a few grass pieces and colors them with blue and green Iridescents paints as shown. Let them dry a bit.

3. Glue the die cuts over the fan with ESF Gel Medium and cover the whole piece with a thin layer of ESF Sealer.

Two Paper Divas Spring blog hop

 Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome  our blog hop!

Today I am going to share my Spring tag  made for our TWO PAPER DIVAS first ever blog hop.
I made this tag with Mixed Media background that was stamped with new TPD Funky Flowers stamp set.
All flowers were stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white powder. Then I added colors with Earth Safe Finishes Ann Butler's Iridescents paints.
The next two layers are die cuts (Die Versions). Then I was back with Two Paper Divas Bunnie  Topper stamp taht was heat embossed, hand cut and I added a bit of puffy medium over the ears. The sentiment is from the new stamp set too, named Wishing you a Happy Easter. I used just one part of it and added the word SPRING with stickers. This stamp is very versatile as you can use the first half of it for everything and just to add the next word made from stickers.

So as Spring is just around the corner: HAPPY SPRING!

Be sure to check out all the amazing projects by the Two Paper Divas Design Team members!

Melissa & Gayla - http://www.twopaperdivas.com/uncategorized/tpd-march-blog-hop/

Lindsay - https://craftingwhilecaffeinated.wordpress.com/two-paper-divas-blog-hop
Amy - http://lilcutiecreations.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-paper-divas-spring-blog-hop.html

Heather - https://landofstamping.wordpress.com/.../03/04/springbh-tpd/

Katie - http://kbstamps.blogspot.com/2016/03/tpd-blog-hop.html

Terri - http://wavingmywand.blogspot.com/2016/03/spring-blog-hop-at-two-paper-divas.html

Tracie - http://tracie-craftycreations.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-paper-divas-blog-hop.html

Carryn - http://cardsbycarryn.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-paper-divas-blog-hop.html

Jenny - http://kirbyskards.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-paper-divas-blog-hop.html

Martina - http://www.mypapercraftcorner.com/2016/03/spring-blog-hop-two-paper-divas-card-418.html

Irit - http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-paper-divas-spring-blog-hop.html- YOU ARE HERE!!

Stacy - http://stacysmemorytriggers.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-paper-divas-spring-blog-hop.html

Magic around us art page

 Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my post made for Ann Butler's blog.
This time I made an art page and used Ann Butler's Iridescents paints only from Earth Safe Finishes, her stamps and stencils from Clearsnap and some more ESF and Clearsnap  products too. The full supply  list is in the end of my tutorial.
I think that we all believe in a bit of a Magic. I really believe in some miracles that happen. So when I got this new Fairy die I decided to make this Magic art page and I really love the final result.

I hope you like my Fairy page and my small tutorial.

 I enter this to a couple of challenges:

 Glitter/bling for Addicted to stamps

Words and Paintery- colors and a lot of glitter for sure

Mixed Media Monthly- inspiration (not the eggs, but colors and glitter)

ETI Blog hop

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our ETI BLOG HOP!

Today the whole line of fantastic designers  are going to show you all possible projects made with resin arts products.

And please comment in each an every blog as you can win this delicious prize too:

I hope you came from Heather's blog. If not- go to the first stop and begin the hop there!

So here is my project: I made the fancy recycled jewelry/specks organiser using  a few of ETI products.

I didn't make a whole tutorial, but I took some photos for some steps, just yo make it easy to see the process.

So this is a finished project. 

Now lets see how it was done. First I painted this pretty old and already used Canvas Corps wooden tray with white paint using Earth Safe finishes Chalk It Up Whipped Cream paint. When it was dry I rolled the candle (the color is just what I had , you can use any color of candle as nobody is going to see it later).

Now I painted the " candled" tray with ESF Chalk It Up Rock Candy paint and then distressed it with sand paper. (This step is not shown here, but on the finished project only)

To make the sides pretty I used ESF Texture paste with Tim Holtz stencil and made it over all 4 sides. You need to do 2 sides and then to let them dry and to make two more sides if you don't want to mess the process.

Now it was a time for my ETI play.I didn't take any photos as those steps are easy and each and every of my previous tutorials made for ETI has the very same steps.
So first I casted Plaid molds with Easy Cast resin (mixing  for 2 minutes and then for one more minute in a new glass). I made 4 pieces to use inside my tray with this resin mix and some brown glitter. One single " clear" piece was made with  just a bit of light blue glitter. After almost 24 hours my pieces were hard and ready to use.
First I made a few die cuts using gold cardstock and MFT 4 small doilies dies. The die cuts were arranged inside the box . I added my 4 resin glitters pieces over the die cuts.
Now I mixed about 4 Oz of Easy Cast resin and just added it over the box spots. Some small beads were added randomly for the interest. I also glued the sequin ribbon over the tray with the very same ETI Easy Cast resin leftovers from the big glass. 24 hours later my fancy wooden tray was ready to use.

Here you can see the resin pieces and clear resin over those pieces.

And this is another look on my finished project.

And now to your next stop on the hop:

LARISSA

Adorable- with Sparkle - Layout

 It was quite awhile since I scrapped. I know. So one scrapbooking layout for February, made for some web challenges only  with just a little of my DT products.
This is my gorgeous grand daughter Neta a year and something ago. She is bigger now and still gorgeous.
I made  it with DCWV cardstocks ; chipboards from all different companies; some Prima flowers; a bit of bling from FWAB company.
The backround was made with Tim Holtz stencils- 3 of them and the crackle paste from DecoArts.
Paints are all Ann Butler's Iridescents from Earth Safe Finishes.
 The sub title is Visible Image stamped  over the basic cardstock  and heat embossed with embossing glitter.

I enter this piece to some web challenges:

More than words- Wonderful and Sparkle

Scrapafrica- moodboard- colors, roses, small paper cuts,vintage feeling etc

Artplorations door hanger tutrorial

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my February ARTplorations tutorial.

This time I decided to alter a wooden door hanger from the craft shop; the one you buy for a few cents and with some paint, stencils, die cut and a lot of imagination you can alter it to a fairytale art piece.

My inspiration for this piece was this old and well known kids tale about the Frog Prince and about being beautiful from inside and not just from outside.

So this is my small tutorial :

1. Paint the  wooden door hanger with green  paint  and let it dry for a couple  of minutes.

2.  Add texture with Texture paste and Artplorations Retro Circles stencil. This time don't let it dry.

3. Add a mix of micro beads into the wet texture paste. And now let it dry. How obvious is this?

4. In the mean time make a frog die cut using Die Versions die . I made it from green textured cardstock, but the color was too mute. So I just painted over the die cut with a mix of Iridescents paints and with a bit of the same green paint that I used over the wood piece.

 This is how it looks now. Much more interesting.

5. Arrange the die cut over the stencilled hanger and glue it with Gel Medium. 

Add a bit of highlights with blue paint over the circles and embellish with a couple of sequins.

Stamp the sentiment using STAMPlorations   Fond Expressions 2 stamp set. I stamped with green pigmented ink and heat embossed with clear powder. 

Arrange the sentiment and add a couple of ribbons on the top.

Look how perfect is this sentiment for the theme of this piece? Even if it is a frog, for you it's a prince and he is totally perfect just the way he is.

Now you can give this door hanger to your own Frog Prince. 

I enter this to Recycle challenge for SSSS