'In The Frame' Workshop....Look What We Made....

Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson 

The crafty frame in the photograph above was the theme of our craft workshop that we held on Wednesday evening. We had a huge turn out on the night which we was great and everybody said that  they had a really wonderful evening. Thank you to everybody that attended, the variations in what everybody did looked brilliant.

We used lots of PaperArtsy paints and dies from Wild Rose Studio, along with Phill Martin background papers.

Below are pictures of what was made on the night. There are lots of photographs we hope you enjoy looking through them.

Lyn and Danielle

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Look What We Did On 'The Magic of Mixed Media!' Craft Demo Day....

We had a very creative afternoon on Sunday the 24th of January when we held a Craft Demo Day at the shop, the theme was 'The Magic of Mixed Media!'. It was the first time we had held a demo day of this type and it was a great excuse to experiment with lots of different types of products. 

The pictures below show some of what we demonstrated on the day, along with details of some of the products we used to create the effects.  We hope you enjoy!

There are a few products that we used on most of the examples below. Pebeo Studio 3D Texture Paste was used through stencils from Tim Holtz, PaperArtsy and Dutch Doobadoo to form the textured backgrounds. A combination of Indigoblu 'Goldfinger' paint mixed in water and Treasure Gold Metallic Gilding Wax in 'Classic Gold' created all the gold effects you can see. Each of the examples could be further enhanced by using more fab mixed media embellishments!

PaperArtsy 'Little Black Dress' paint mixed with water and sprayed through a spray bottle and Creative Expressions Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Mister in 'Vintage Lavender' were used to create the background. 'Little Black Dress' was sprayed first all over the background and 'Vintage Lavender' was used over some of it to create the contrast.

PaperArtsy 'London Bus' and 'Plum' paints mixed with water and sprayed with a spray bottle were used to create the background above. We sprayed 'London Bus' all over the background to start with and used the 'Plum' on some of the sections. The flowers are 'Petaloo Color Me Crazy' sprayed with both paints and then edged in gold gilding wax.

A combination of three paints were used to create this background. All mixed with water and sprayed with a spray bottle. First, PaperArtsy ‘Hyde Park’ was used to cover the whole background, then Cosmic Shimmer Paint in ‘Malachite’ to add some depth and lastly PaperArtsy ‘Guacamole’ on some of the sections to lighten it up. The wording is from a PaperArtsy rubber stamp set and was stamped using a Ranger Archival Ink Pad ‘Black Onyx’.

PaperArtsy 'Little Black Dress' paint mixed with water and sprayed through a spray bottle and Creative Expressions Phill Martin Cosmic Shimmer Mister in 'Vintage Lavender' were used to create the background. 'Little Black Dress' was sprayed first all over the background and 'Vintage Lavender' was used over some of it to create the contrast. The Prima paper flowers were sprayed 'Vintage Lavender' to match and highlighted with the Indigoblu 'Goldfinger' paint.

And for something a bit different the background in the picture above was created using torn strips of masking tape, stuck down so that they overlapped. Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads were used to create the coloured background over the masking tape using the Tim Holtz Round Blending Tool. Onyxite coloured gilding wax was used around the edges and over other parts of the background to create a contrast against the bright colours of the various Distress Inks. 

PRETTY IN PINK….

 Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson - Design World © Lyn Wilkinson All Rights Reserved

I always associate the colour pink with the word pretty, so when we decided to make a 'pretty card'  the colour theme was obvious. We also decided that we do not use background papers enough. So what do you get when you put the two together? You get the card in the above photograph….Pretty in Pink!

The card itself is made from smooth white 300gsm card, the background paper is from a Phill Martin Setimentally Yours Designer Paper Pad called Graceful Butterflies & Dragonflies. The paper in the pad is 8x8 inches and is 170gsm premium paper which makes it suitable for lots of different projects. It features 4 designs in 6 different colours and you get two sheets of each, so 48 in total and the pad also coordinates with other products from Phill's Graceful Range.

We used an embossing folder from Creative Expressions called Large Heart Lattice which is a favourite of ours as it gives a beautiful effect, which I put through our Spellbinders Grand Calibur. The paper was stuck to the card using Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue, which I think is a must for any crafter as it is easy to use, adheres really well and is clear when it dries. To give the card a 3D look, you will see a middle panel was also created and stuck to the card using STIX2 Double Sided Foam Tape.

The dies used to create the toppers are both from Wild Rose Studio called 'Peacock Butterfly' and 'Flower Circle', to match the butterflies on the background paper. We used a selection of Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads in various pink shades 'Victorian Velvet', 'Spun Sugar' and 'Picked Raspberry' to colour the die cuts, blending them with a Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool which is perfect for this type of work. 

Using WOW! Ultra High Clear Gloss Embossing Powder we gave the butterfly and the outer edge of the flower circle a 'ceramic' look. The middle of the 'Flower Circle' was then stamped with a sentiment stamp from from Wild Rose Studio using a Tim Holtz Distress Pad in 'Victorian Velvet'.  The 'Butterfly' and 'Flower Circle' were then attached to the card using STIX2 Foam Pads. Finally we added some Mini White Pearl Swirls from Creative Expressions to the body of the butterfly and to create it's antenna.

We hope you have enjoyed tonight's post and it has given you some ideas.

Lyn and Dan

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