AALL & Create: Flourish Plaque

 

Hello

Today I have a piece of wall art to share for my GDT post for AALL & Create.

I made a wall hanging using an MDF plaque from Samantha K.

I love the #269 Flourish bird stamp by Bipasha BK and wanted to create something other than a card with it. Inspired by a Tracy Evans workshop, I made a clay bird and popped it onto some twigs, then surrounded it with moss and flowers. I am really pleased with how it turned out. Here are some close up photos:

Step by Step:

1. Texture paste was applied through the #112 Heapza Hexagons stencil and acrylic paints applied and wiped back with a baby wipe.

2. #374 Reverse Hexagons were stamped with Shady Lane ink and gold wax applied around the edges.

3. The #269 Flourish stamps were stamped and fussy cut.

4. The leaves and bird images were coloured with Inktense watercolour pencils.

5. The leaves were layered for added dimension and liquid pearls added as berries.

6. I gathered some twigs from the garden, glued them in place and surrounded them with florists' moss.

7. I stamped the bird into air drying clay. It was cut out and left to dry. When dry it was painted and waxed. The words 'little birds' which is part of the stamp was also stamped into clay.

8. The flowers were layered and placed with the leaves on the bottom part of the plaque.

9. Glossy accents was applied over the clock face and the robin was perched on the twigs.

Gold Posca pen was used to add shine to the clock surround and white Posca paint was splattered over the entire project.

Stamps Used: 

#269 Flourish by Bipasha BK

#374 Reverse Hexagons by Autour de Ewa

Stencil Used: 

#112 Heapza Hexagons by Autour de Mwa

To see the stamps, stencils and dies used, please visit 

AALL & Create Boutique.

You'll find lots of inspiration on the 

AALL & Create Facebook Page and on Instagram

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #143 18/10

* As You Like It Favourite non- card project 21/10

Mixed media plaques - get displayed in craft room or given as a small gift.

Creative Artiste #65 AGMM 25/10

* A Perfect Time to Craft AG Oct 28/10

Classic Design Challenge #10 AG 28/10 Best Technique

613 Avenue Create Winged Things 30/10 TOP ROCKER

Lets Create and Craft #146 AG 31/10

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* AALL & Create: With Brave Wings

Hello!

Today is my GDT day at AALL & Create and this time I have a mixed media plaque to share.

I had a lot of fun fussy cutting and colouring the beautiful flowers. The angel and her sentiment make me so happy.

I used Janet Klein's beautiful #357 Fly stamp set along with Bipasha's #324 Blooming Beauty as my focal images and worked on a piece of card which I glued to the mdf plaque once it was finished. 

Here is my step by step process:

1. I stamped the images I would need, making several copies of the flowers so that they could be layered.

2. I used Copic markers to add colour to the images and fussy cut them. I added extra colour with pencils. The fussy cut, coloured flowers and leaves were layered onto a fussy cut white image where just the branches had been coloured: this gives some texture and dimension. 

3. The card base was prepared by adding structure paste with a palette knife to give a distressed look. I used PaperArtsy Fresco paints to colour the textured card.

4. The card base was stamped with the flower boughs and also with  #366 Roundly in Speckled Egg Distress Oxide. Some texture paste was applied through the #39 Lotza Dots stencil and white paint splatters were added. An Artful Days frame was painted in white and stamped with Versafine Claire Warm Breeze, then added to the central part of the card.

5. The plaque base was prepared with a coat of gesso, then mermaid paint followed by Inky Pool applied with fingers.

6. The base of the plaque has some text stamping from the Blooming Beauty stamp set.

 

7. The pretty fairy was coloured to match the flowers. She was fussy cut and added to the circular spotlight frame on top of some cheesecloth. Her sentiment was cut into strips and inked along the edges and adhered within the spotlight. 
8. The flowers were arranged around the spotlight on foam pads for dimension. The flowers were splattered with white paint.
9. The plaques was adhered to its base.

Here are a few more photos: 

Stamps used:
#324 Blooming Beauty
#357 Fly
#366 Roundly
Stencil used:
#39 Lotza Dots 

To see the stamps, stencils and dies used, please visit 
AALL & Create Boutique.

You'll find lots of inspiration on the 
AALL & Create Facebook Page  and on Instagram

That's all for now.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* We Love 2 Create AG Mixed Media 24/09

* Creative Artiste #64 AG Mixed Media 27/09 WINNER

* A Perfect Time to Craft AG Sept 27/09 DT FAVOURITE

* Classic Design Challenge AG Sept 27/09

* Penny's Challenges #480 AG 29/09

* Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Sept Things with Wings 30/09

613 Avenue Create AG 03/10

* Dare 2B Artzy Favourite Colour 04/10

* Crafty Creations #413 AG 07/10

Creative Crafters #32 AG 08/10 TOP 3

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Vera Lane Studio: Rain or Shine on Straight Street

Hello!

First of all, a warm welcome to some new followers - Sonia, Sherry, Melissa and Mary. I'm delighted that you've joined me on my creative journey!

 I'm thrilled that these projects were a Winner at Angie's Digital Stamps, a Runner -Up Winner at  World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and DT Favourite at Classic Design Team Challenge.

Today I'm sharing my weekly project for the lovely Vera Lane Studio. 
Every day there is a new DT project, and you can find the talented Vera Lane DT ladies' blogs in my side bar.

This week I made a desk tidy, a stand-up calendar and a little card using images from four Vera Lane Studio digi sets:

The images I used are from 

Rain or Shine         and        Straight Street            

        

Backyard Monsters     and      Cats and Crocks

       

I kept my colour palette limited to corals and turquoises for this. 

I coloured my images with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and pencils. 

( Markers: FS1, FS3, CR1, CR2, CR3, BT1. BT2, BT3, BT4, GT1, GT2)

I added highlights using white, gold and pink glitter gel pens. I fussy cut the images leaving thin white borders for the main images. 

To make the desk tidy:

I applied a thin layer of gesso to the mdf desk tidy base, its top edge and side corners. When this was dry I applied gold paint. (I used a brand called Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch which is a water based, multi-purpose paint for interior and exterior projects. It has a beautiful lustre to it.) Next I cut my patterned paper (I love polka dot paper and this colour is gorgeous) ... it just so happened that each side of the tub is ATC sized, so the paper was cut 2.5 x 3.5 inches (6.5 x 9 cms).

 I glued the paper to the tub using Decoupage glue, then glued the images in place using the same glue. The sentiments, which come with the Rain or Shine digi set, were cut into strips and stuck down.For the homes, I printed computer generated sentiments. I drew around the sentiment strips with a Uniball mico pen.The edges of the papers were inked with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo.

   

    

The  stand-up calendar was really easy to make:

     

Cut a piece of heavy card 30 x 10.5 cm. Score and fold at 10.5 cm, 21 cm, 24 cm and 27 cm. Tape the end 3 cm panel to the back of the bottom of the front panel. Then decorate as you wish. 
I resized the Straight Street images and put them together before I printed, as my available space was quite restricted. I popped the image on foam pads for dimension. (My calendar cost just 25 pence from Ryman Stationery, but you can see the stitching is already falling apart!)

The card was originally going to be part of the calendar, but then I realised I didn't have any heavy 12 x 12 inch card, so I had to make the calendar smaller. 'Waste not, want not' as the saying goes, I made a card from the images:



The cat is from Cats and Crocks and the word 'Smile' is from Sentiments Set 1. Little peachy coloured gems were stuck onto the tree and white gel pen added for some highlights.

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I hope you will come along and play on Vera Lane. It's such a friendly, fun place to be!

You'll find us on Facebook in a closed group, which I invite you all to join! You can find us HERE. I guarantee, you'll get a very warm welcome!

Vera Lane Studio Blog
Vera Lane Studio Facebook Group
Vera Lane Studio You Tube Channel
Vera Lane Studio Etsy Shop

Thanks for taking time to stop by today.
I'd love it if you became a 'follower'!

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts #175 AG 12/01
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge 12/01 RUNNER UP WINNER

That's Crafty Challenges AG 12/01
Crafty Creations Challenges #332 AG 17/01
Creative Fingers Challenge #122 AG 22/01 
Angie's Digital Stamps AG  28/0 22/01 WINNER

Quick Quotes #71 AG 25/01 TOP 3
Classic Design Team Challenge January 28/01 DT Favourite
 
Crafting With An Attitude #23 AG 29/01
Connie Can Crop #54 AG 31/01
Crafty Awesomeness Challenge AG 31/01
Crafty Girls Creations #32 AG 31/01

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