Forever Autumn - That's Crafty Challenge

The new challenge at That's Crafty is Forever Autumn. As always there is a chance to win £20 to spend in the store so do play along! All the details can be found here.

I decided to use one of the That's Crafty Dinky MDF uprights - a crackle background with some of the That's Crafty greyboard leaves. I sponged the leaves with various colours of paint before stamping one of the fabulous new quotes from Alison Bomber / PaperArtsy - The Autumn Edition.

It's one of those busy 24 hours at Addicted to Art! 3 posts in 24 hours. Yesterday I posted my final design for the That's Crafty DT project blog - my Christmas shadow box:

Details here.

and earlier today my tag for Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey - well two actually!

Details here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nikki

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Shimmering Upright

Lots of crackle and shimmer on this MDF upright over at That's Crafty today. Be lovely to see you there.

Nikki

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'Be the Change'

 Hello everyone - my posts have been short and sweet of late - but I have a few more details today!

We commence a new challenge at A Vintage Journey hosted by the fabulous Jenny Marples. The theme is to 'Use a Quote'. We are very lucky to have That's Crafty! sponsoring this month's challenge and each of the creative guides has worked on one the That's Crafty! surfaces this month. Do come and play for your chance to win a £20 voucher to spend.

That’s Crafty! are an online retailer and bricks and mortar shop based in the UK. They sell an extensive range of papercraft and mixed media supplies along with a large range of branded stamps & stencils. In addition they produce and sell their own stamps, stencils and surfaces. Surfaces include shrines, tags, hearts, panels, journals, uprights and stacks and come in varying materials - MDF, white/grey board and acrylic.

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For my surface I selected the MDF upright with the rounded top. I wanted to use the new Seth Apter / Spellbinders Steering Wheel die - so based my design around this.

MDF Surface:

Lots of layers went onto the surface and I think some are now completely covered - but here they are!

1. Cover with grey chalk paint 

2. Add some random texture crackle stamping (That's Crafty Texture stamps).

3. Took mermaid lagoon Distress paint on my craft mat - spritzed with water and added randomly to the surface.

4. Added Deco Art crackle medium through 2 That's Crafty! dinky stencils - Cogs and Decorative Background)

5. Once dry added some Deco Art Antiquing medium in black to highlight cracks. Then sealed with matt medium.

6. Took distress paints- rusty hinge, fired brick, ground expresso and aged mahogany and slowly built up colour by dipping my surface onto paint off the craft mat - drying between layers.

7. Created a little patina effect by mixing cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon and twisted citron and repeated. Added a little black soot too.

8. At the end I also added Deco Art Quinacridone gold around the edges of the upright.

9. Seal it all with matt medium.

Steering Wheel and Nuts and Bolts

1. I die cut the steering wheel six times and glued them together - offsetting the X . I thought this made it look a little like a clock?

2. Painted it all with black gesso.

3. Stippled / dry brushed white gesso.

4. Added a combination of Deco Art yellow iron oxide and Quin Gold.
(Nuts and bolts and central cog are Tando Creative)

Cog and quote plate

1. Painted black.

2. Added Deco Art crackle paint - not quite to the edge.

3. Once dry added yellow iron oxide and Quin gold.

My quote is from Gandhi - love this quote! (The stamp is from Clarity stamp). I stamped in black archival and heat embossed with clear powder to make it a little bolder.

Do hop over to A Vintage Journey to see what everyone else has created for this months challenge!

I am entering the following challenges:
Take it Make It
Frilly and Funkie - Put your Inking Cap on
Sandee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenge
We love to Create
The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge

Nikki

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Rusty Heart Upright

Yes I am still playing with rust! What with the new PaperArtsy Seth Apter paints, Andy Skinner's ongoing demo's and now Tim Holtz's Distress Oxides - I think it might be a year of rust and oxidation!

Today we have a new challenge at That's Crafty! - I Heart You. In time for Valentine's Day of course - so do head on over for your chance to win a £20 voucher to spend in the store.

I confess this project changed colours a few times - it ended up a little dark so I restored it with purple hues! I started with Deco Art texture sand paste around the edges and then painted it all with black gesso. Once dry I dry brushed white to pick up the textures of the sand paste and brush strokes.

The rusty edges are a combination of various red/orange/rusty hues with some black thrown in - using both PaperArtsy and Deco Art paints.

The purple is a combination of Deco Art Phthalo Blue and Quinacridone Magenta.

I have used a That's Crafty MDF upright and a That's Crafty MDF Heart.

I would like to enter this into:

Simon Says Stamp - Young at Heart

Happy weekend everyone

Nikki 

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Getting rusty again....

I am over at That's Crafty with details of this project today. More rust techniques with the Seth Apter / PaperArtsy paints - with some added textures this time too!

Stamps are from Lin Brown - PaperArtsy.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Sandee and Amelie Steampunk Challenge - Something new / old

(New Seth Apter / PaperArtsy Limited Edition Paints)

Mixed Media Mojo - Love

Stamps and Stencils - Texture, Crackle and Paint

Craft Stamper - Take it Make It - Anything Goes

Nikki

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Crazy Cat Upright for That's Crafty!

I am very happy to be joining the That's Crafty! Design Team today and it is time for a new challenge on their Challenge blog. The theme is Friday 13th Part 2.

I decided to use one of the fabulous dinky mdf uprights  to create my slightly scary creation. I used Dylusions paints to create by yellow / red background and then black gesso around the edges. My crazy cat has been stamped in versamark and embossed with a yellow powder and then sprayed with black soot distress spray. I added a little sparkly mod podge which the camera hasn't liked too much!

Back tomorrow with another spooky creation and Monday for my final project in the Designer Spotlight at Simon Says Stamp.

Life has got a little busy here of late so sorry for my lack of visits - I may be a little quieter in blogland for a short while.

Nikki

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