Family with Maja Design

Hello friends!

Don't you love it when serendipity strikes? I originally made this for the June mood board challenge over at Maja Design only to realise it wasn't my turn this month. So here it goes into a regular post and now I have some extra free time for doing up the entire house to await Queen Elsa's arrival.

Here is the mood board again, and the challenge is on-going!

And my project based on it:

This used to be a tray which my Prima resins came in and it's so fun to give it a second lease of life. I primed the sides and back with gesso, followed by a layer of stucco and Distress Paint.

Some details:

I lined each compartment with Maja Design's Vintage Spring Basics collection paper which I stamped and heated with black embossing powder. Then I layered on more patterned paper and popped them up for effect. The picket fence was die cut and brushed generously with clear crackle paint, followed by some painting with Distress Paint (Shabby Shutters) for a weathered look.



Mini tags that I cut out from "Coffee at the Arbor" collection which I also layered.

Some fussy cutting and more layering finishes up the last two compartments. To me, home is where we have our gatherings for family and friends alike, and my most frequently asked question to everyone is "Can I make you a cup of coffee?". It's the perfect excuse to sit down and enjoy the time together, chatting about our lives. This display piece is going to my very kind neighbours who have been so generous with us.

That's all I have for today, thanks for dropping by!

love,

Project Restoration with 13@rts

Happy Thursday friends!

Today I'm up on the 13@rts blog with my first project for them for 2015. For that, I've taken an abandoned altered project and tried to give it a second lease of life.

Here's the art palette I tried to work on about 8 months ago but couldn't find the inspiration to continue with:

Nothing that a (few) layers of gesso can't do. Here's the same palette again and I manage to retain the textures from the stenciled design.

And after some tinkling around (and of course I was inspired by my fabulous team mate Ingrid Gooyer), here is the restored art palette:

I've used a lot of 13@rts mediums here - the modeling paste, acrylic primer, gel medium, and of course their lovely matte paints and mists. My favourite colors for now (which I used here) are Berry (both matte paint and mist), Lilac (chalk mist), Cobalt Blue (matte paint) and Coral (matte paint).

Some close-ups:

I created a little bundle of brushes with two of my own (already destroyed by my constant usage) and the Artist Brush chipboards from Blue Fern Studios. To create the bristles, I used the gold glitter strips from 13arts and sealed them down with gel medium. To create texture on the rest of my palette, I held the microspheres from the 13@rts store with lots of modeling paste, glass beads which I got from the neighbourhood stationary shop, a piece of lace, dry-wall tape and torn canvas strips. 

Suddenly I'm into these twine bundles and I've made another one here to hold my brushes together. They were then given a coat of crackle paint. Underneath all that are the Checker bits and Grunge Frame chipboards, also from BFS. 

Another cluster and a closer look at what I did to the chipboards. White embossing powder was used as a resist for the Checkered Bits while the Frame had random spots of crackle paint. I also used the the Art stencil to add in some sentiments on top of my title piece (Express Yourself, BFS). 

More floral clusters.

That's all I have for today. Thank you for dropping by!

love,

Altered Tea Light Stand for 13arts

Hello friends!

Today I'm up on the 13arts blog with a little altered project to share with you. 

This is a tea light holder which I've coloured and decorated using supplies from 13arts.

Some details:

Using papers from the "All Is Love" collection and some 13arts paper flowers.

The interior of the tea light holder.

Using 13arts paints and mists to create a burnished copper look.

The color bleeding technique which I used to alter the paper rose.

Here's a start to finish video tutorial to show you how I've put this project together. Sit back and enjoy the video, and remember to drop by the 13arts blog for more inspiration from the rest of the fabulous DT!

Until then,

happy scrapping!

love,