All Things Dawn Till Dusk: Decoart

Friday, 22 May 2015

TCB Down Our Road

Hi crafty friends, here I am sharing a canvas I've made for our topic, Down Our Road, at The Craft Barn Blog this week.

I've had this idea in my crafty imagination for a while and this was the perfect opportunity to make it real. You can see my step by step tutorial by visiting The Craft Barn Blog HERE

I wanted to create a bright, bold and fun canvas that represented my Family and our Home. Hence my canvas title. Simple and full of meaning. My family is my all and seeing as there's never a dull day this canvas idea seemed to fit the story behind it.

The basic make up is as follows; an 8x10 inch canvas board covered with pieces of book pages, washi tape, tissue paper, grunge paste spread here and there and through Imagination Crafts Honeycomb stencil.

Then sprayed with Decoart Media Misters and painted with Fresco Finish Paints and Decoart Media Satin Varnish to make a background scene.

I've added embossing pastes with TCW Art is stencil and some lids. some stamping (with Kaisercraft Texture stamps) to the background.

My scene is made up of paper piecing PaperArtsy JOFY Stamps and a fence made from coffee stirrers. ( I do get strange looks picking up a few stirrers for just two coffees. Lol) I've also used cosmic shimmer iced snow, antiquing cream, Stazon inks, crackle paint and coloured pencils.

I honestly enjoyed making this and hope this shows through the finished piece.

I'd love your comments and appreciate them. So thank you in advance.

I'm entering this into the following five challenges;

PaperArtsy Blog challenge, Topic #9 Words
Craft Stamper Take It Make It May Challenge
Tando Creative Blog Week 3 Challenge anything goes
Stampotique Designers Challenge #194 stencils
Country View Challenges, May - Simply Scenic

Happy Crafting
Luv Dawn

Friday, 1 May 2015

Handmade Bliss Anything Goes

Hello Crafty Friends, today is the launch of the brand new monthly challenges at Handmade Bliss.
This month we have a super easy theme, Anything Goes. So do pop over and check it out. See what you could win and how to enter. There's inspiration from the Design Team waiting for you and more ideas each week.

For my project, I've made a wall hanging. It started off as a piece of corrugated cardboard box. It's had layers of gesso, Decoart Crackle Paint and Media Misters to create the background. Then I've applied Grunge Paste through a homemade raindrop stencil. This has then been heat embossed with a mix of powders whilst paste wet and then highlights of more wow platinum sparkle powders added by using versamark ink and a paintbrush to get the powder where I wanted it.
Then the main event. Hand drawn Rainbow and an umbrella with stamped decoration and stamped flowers all coloured with Pro Markers and finished off with twine and sequins.