Stampendous & Decoart

Stampendous-DecoArt bloghop day five

 The excitement continues as conclude our grand tour of amazing artists playing with Stampendous, DecoArt, and Princeton Artist Brushes via inspired by Willow Wolfe products! The inspiration has been amazing, and today you'll be even more astonished! If you missed the beginning of our journey, be sure to go back and check it out!
MONDAY - TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY 

For the final day of hopping around the world I decided to play with the new DecoArt 

Antiquing Creams and a lot of Stampendous embossing powders, tinsel and mica flakes. 

I altered a cardboard box using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics and Black Antiquing cream.

Embossed cardstock to create the texture....

A lot of embossing powders, mica flakes and tinsel on the petals

Antiquing Cream on the flowers to add to the distressed look.

And of course... I use the box for storing my embossing powders.

I covered the cardboard box with cardstock embossed in an embossing folder.

First I primed the embossed cardstock with Matte Medium and then painted

it with Media Fluid Acrylic Metallic Gold. 

I applied some Stampendous embossing powder Aged Gold to the edge of the lid.

I covered the whole thing with black Antiquing Cream and let it dry. Then I used a

damp cloth to wipe the Antiquing Cream back. The Antiquing creams dries but it

doesn't cure so you have unlimited working time and if you don't like the result...

just wipe it all off and start over and when you get the result you want seal with a

Media Varnish. I sealed it with DecoArt Media Satin Varnish.

The flowers gave me the perfect opportunity to experiment with a lot of embossing 

powders, mica flakes and tinsels....and I did!! A lot of different powders on the petals.

A brad in the middle to hold them together.

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Ready for your trip around the world???  Let's get Hoppin!

Louise Crosbie (Scotland, UK)

Lea Kimmel (North Carolina, USA)

Claudia Neubacher (Vienna, Austria)

Asia King (Oxford, UK)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Suzanne Czosek (Illinois, USA)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Kristine Reynolds (California, USA)

Angelica Stark (Hudiksvall, Sweden)

Mark Gould (West Sussex, UK)

Debbie Cole (California, USA)

Jamie Martin (Oklahoma, USA)

Tobi Crawford (BC, Canada)

Wendy Price (New Jersey, USA)

Jessa Plant (Arizona, USA)

A few of the bloggers this week are new to hopping, so if you have an issue with any of the links, here's a little tip! If you get a page that says "Sorry that Page is not here" or something similar, try clicking on the header of the blog, or look for something that says Home. The hop page should be near the top of the day's posts. We will fix broken links as the day goes on, as well, so check back here if you are really lost.

The Official Rules.

1914-Workshop

I spent last weekend in the company of a group of very creative ladys. 23 ladys gathered 

for a whole weekend of scrapbooking, crafting, talking and laughing, from friday night to 

sunday afternoon. On saturday morning it was time for a workshop....with me as the teacher.

Here is what my students created (this is my sample) a tag.

Jag tillbringade helgen i sällskap av ett tjugotal glada tjejer. Ett helt gäng hade samlats 

i Bollnäs för att pyssla hela helgen från fredag kväll till söndag eftermiddag. På lördagen 

var det dax för kurs....med mej som kursledare. 

Deltagarna fick göra en tag, (det här är är mitt prov exemplar)

A tag made from packaging covered in aluminiumtape. Black Gesso and metallic rub-ons 

to create the illusion of a tarnished metal piece.1914 referes to the year the photo was taken.

En tag av emballagekartong, täckt med aluminium tape som bakgrund. Svart Gesso och 

Metallic Rub-ons i olika nyanser skapar en illusion av gammal sliten metall. 1914 är året 

då bilden togs. 

We played with structure paste to create structure before we applied the aluminium tape.

 Black Gesso on the ball chain.

En hel massa "klet" under tapen skapar läcker struktur. Svart Gesso på kulkedjan

The flower and leaves made of old book pages colored with Distress Ink and mist mixed from water and Primary Elements from Luminarte.

Blommor och blad av gamla boksidor infärgade med Distress Ink och Mist blandad 

av vatten och Primary Elements från Luminarte.

Distress Embossing powder on the decorations to create a rust effect. The cogs cut with dies 

from Sizzix/Holtz and Rox Stamps. A huge THANK YOU to my very talented students!!

They all created great looking pieces of old tarnished metal!!!

Distress embossingpulver på dekorationerna för att skapa en rostig effekt. Kugghjulen 

utstansade ur chipboard med dies från Sizzix/Holtz och Rox Stamps. Ett stort TACK 

till mina läraktiga elever! Alla visade prov på ett enormt tålamod och skapade en 

hel hög av fantastiska "rostiga plåtbitar" 

Graphic 45 Design Team 2014 Audition-Round two

Steampunk Spells

It was not easy to decide what to make for the final round in the Graphic 45

Design Team audition....I knew I wanted to use my favorite G45 papers, Steampunk

Spells. I had a pretty good idea of what to make...but the biggest challenge was

to make a Youtube video....I have never ever done a Youtube tutorial, but I guess

there has to be a first time for everything!!! You can find the result of my "movie making

efforts" at the end of this post. 

A 14" high exploding pentagon. 

A base of chipboard and a LOT of hot glue....g45 staples and my favorite G45 papers.

The metal butterfly is attached to the lid with black pearl strings.

Chipboard cut with Sizzix/Holtz dies (Gadget gears and Mini Labels) painted with 

black gesso and Decoart Metallic lustre Gold to match the G45 staples.

I used a Martha Stewart deep edge punch (framed tulips) for the "railing" on top.

I love the matching die cut sheets, the sign from Steampunk Spells Banners.

An album inside....

Of course I made a pentagon album.....

The album is folded to fit in my "exploding pentagon"

Base of black cardstock.....

Lots and lots of chipboard and cardstock decorations, from Steampunk Banners,

Tags & Pockets and Chipboard 1 &2.

And if you take the "lid" of..........

......the "box" opens up and reveals my "Steampunk Lady"

The dress form is a cutting file from SVGcuts (from a set called Dress Shop)

cut in cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo.

Butterflies, a brad and a piece from a metal key for the dress.

The skirt looks rather torn and distressed....(made from polyester mesh)

A satin ribbon and brads to hold the skirt together.

A lot of flowers....all made from G45 papers in the Steampunk Spells collection.

Some of the flowers is from the die cut sheet "Steampunk Spells Flowers".

And now for the moving pictures...3-2-1 Action!!

It's no big secret that I love making paper flowers.... my all time favorite is
the "paper peonie" 

And here is the "step by step"

I love how you can transform a "simple piece of paper" into something

completely different....

.......here's another of my favorites.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my work!!!

Creativity-Skaparglädje

Last weekend I spent a whole day among friends who created so many beautiful 

and amazing projects. I was going to make something using fabric, lace 

and buttons. I started on a card and I guess I will finish it.... some day.

(But I had a great time, a trillion cups of coffe and a lot of laughs)

I guess I need to be at home alone in my craft room to get something done.

The day after I new what I wanted to use the fabric, lace and buttons for...

a canvas!

Jag kan verkligen vara riktigt svårstartad...jag hade förmånen att tillbringa lördagen 

i sällskap av 30 glada och kreativa tjejer. Dom skapade så många vackra, coola och 

tuffa alster. Jag hade tänkt göra något med tyg, spets och knappar, började med ett kort

....och kommer antagligen göra klart det vilken dag som helst :)

(Men jag hade en fantastisk dag med massor av kaffe och skratt)

Jag antar att jag behöver vara ensam hemma i mitt pysselrum för att få

någonting gjort. Dagen efter visste jag precis vad jag skulle använda tyg,

spets och knappar till.....en canvas!

A deep edge canvas 20x20 cm.

"Skaparglädje" means creativity in Swedish....

Inspirerad av lördagens skaparglädje.....

I glued jute string on the edges of the canvas to create some structure.

Wood spools as feets. A lot of zippers, lace, fabric and buttons.

Jag limmade ett grovt snöre runt ramen på canvasen för att skapa lite struktur.

Trådrullar i trä som fötter och massor av knappar, dragkedjor, tyg och spets.

First one coat of gesso, then acrylic paint on top.

Började med att täcka allt med ett lager av Gesso och sedan en hel massa 

akrylfärg.

And a lot of Dylusions Ink Sprays.

Crochet flowers (thanks mom) needles and more buttons...

Dylusions Ink Spray på dom virkade blommorna (tack Mamma!!! Själv har jag  gett

upp hoppet om att lära mej virka)

A lot of Decoart Metallic Lustre Gold......

Massor med Decoart Metallic Lustre Gold....

A peek on my work desk before all the paint.....

En liten titt på mitt pysselbord innan jag började "kladda och kleta"

Finally a card....

Not so often these days I make cards...but today I made a vintage card for

the Reprint blog with a lot of flowers and Distress Stains

Inte så ofta jag gör kort men i dag blev det ett kort för Reprint med massor blommor 

och  Distress Stains

A Kraft paper bag on the front of the card to create a pocket for a tag...

I crumbled the bag and colored it with Distess Stain Vintage Photo and attached it

to the card base of Kraft Cardstock using black brads.

En papperspåse på framsidan av kortet för att skapa en ficka till en tag...

Jag skrynklade i hop påsen och färgade sedan in den med Distress Stain

Vintage Photo. Satte fast påsen på kortbasen av Kraft Cardstock med svarta brads.

I colored a paper doily and a chipboard tag with Distress Stains (Vintage Photo and 

Tarnished Brass) The cute children came from one of Reprints own patterned papers. 

I glued some rhinestones, pearl string and a piece of pretty lace to the tag.

En vit doily och en chipboard tag fick också en omgång Distress Stain  (Vintage Photo 

och Tarnished Brass) Bilden av barnen kommer från ett av Reprint julpapper från förra 

året. Jag limmade fast en liten bit spets, pärlband och några rhinestones på tagen.

The corner stamp is a clearstamp from a set called "Julgran och kulor" 

A lot of flowers.... The stars is a strip of paper from the same 

patterned paper as the vintage children.

Stämpeln jag använde i hörnen kommer från ett clearstamps set som heter Julgran och 

kulor. Massor med blommor.... stjärnorna är en remsa av samma papper som bilden 

kommer i från.

Small pieces of a creme ribbon on both tags. 

Några bitar av ett crème färgat band på båda tagsen.

A tag inside the pocket.....

En tag i fickan på kortet....

The tag is made from Kraft cardstock, the same corner stamp as on the paper bag.

 Drops of Vintage Photo Stain to create an aged look.

Tagen av Kraft Cardstock, samma hörn stämpel som på pappers påsen, 

färgstänk av Stains

The pretty vintage picture on the other side of the tag is also from a 

Reprint paper

En bild från ett klippark på andra sidan av tagen.