Friday Night Fun #8 - Metallic Wander

Hello Happy Scrappers

Hope you all had a wonderful week and it was full of inspiration.

Today I am sharing my Metallic project with you. This is so much fun..

You just never know how much fun it is going to be and how far you will go...

So to start I grabbed a Canvas, 13 arts Black Gesso, Silver Metallics paint,
13 arts Metallics Bronze and Lindy's Magicals - Bachelor Button Blue,
Lace doilies, beads, embellishments and flowers and 13ARTS Gel medium

I painted the Canvas with black gesso
I cut out the round patterns of the crochet doily and strips, I glued them onto the canvas
I then painted the lace/doilies
Then placing the embellishments where I wanted them , I glued them down with Glue
I like to use Bostik - all purpose clear glue as you can move the embellishments
around until they fit where I want them. You can also use a glue gun.

While the Gesso dried, I painted the flowers with black gesso and let them dry.
You could also use Lindy's Magical - Blazing black with a little water in a spray bottle, this would be easier to get into all the crooks and crannies of the flowers (depending on the type of flowers
you are using)

I then used the Gel medium on the long strips of the lace and added beads.

You can use Finnibair 3D stones or Craftbox texture stones

I added some more embellishments and then painted it all with black gesso
I made sure all the embellishments and lace were properly coated.

I glued down my black flowers

My canvas is now ready for the Metallic effects.

I put a little silver mettalic paint in a pallet and added a sprinke of Magicals - Bachelor Button Blue
You can add more magicals depending on how intense you want the colour

I used a dry brush and painted lighlty over the lace and worked from the bottom up.
I wanted the Bronze effect more concentrated at the top.

Once the Blue Metallic paint is dry, I then used a paint brush (or you can use a sponge)
and brushed the beads with the Bronze Mettalic paint. I then painted the main flower
with Bronze and then worked it over the Blue metallic paint, highlighting the tops
of the embellishments and smaller flowers.

So quick and easy and you can make any colour you want, even on a different colour
background.

This would make lovely Decor or even gifts

I hope you enjoyed it and find inspiration for this weekend.

Thank you for poppin over

Loves
Candace

Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

Welcome back happy Scrappers

Hope you had a wonderful week full of inspiration and creativity

Today I am sharing my Layout I created when we travelled to the Sea

I love the sea, I love watching the waves roll over the sand and the sound is so
calming.

But back to the layout....

As mentioned in my last post, I created the Sea Tags and used them in my layout.

First I stamped the background with some stamps: Clocks, Script, Postcard and Steampunk 

Hotair balloon.

I then painted Clear Gesso over the whole page.

I then used Lindy's Starburst spray: Whale watch blue and I added splatters 

of Ranger Distress Paint and rubbed some with my finger in some places.

I coloured the printed Seashells and Seahorses with Lindy's Magicals: Mission Bells Brown, 

Bells of ireland Green, Yellow Rose of Texas and Lindy's Starbust Spray: Whale watch Blue

Embellishments: I used Dry moss (white), Doilies, Die cut swirls, Sea Tags (see previous post), Flowers - Large Roses  and Small Roses and Lace and I then prepared the layout to 

see where Iw as going to place everything. 

I then distressed the edges of the photos and inked with Distress ink - Vintage photo. I matted the 

photos onto brown cardstock and distressed the edges as well and inked the edges with

Distress ink - Vintage photo

I coloured the floweres with Lindy's Starbust sprays: Cosmopolitan Pink, dried the flower and 

used My Mojito Green with a thin paint brush to wipe the edges of the flowers - 

Beautiful shimmer.

Once I adhered all the elements in place I used Rangers Liquid pearls to add accents to the 

seashells, seahorses and Starfish.

I followed the same steps for 2nd layout below

Here are some closeups:

I think the colours turned out awesome. 

I entered Layout 1 in the More than words Monthly challenge. 

Clickon the image below for full details and for inspiration. 

Thank you for stopping by and visiting. 

Please feel free to leave comments or if you have any questions. 

Wishing you a wonderful weekend and lots of creating. 

Loves 

Candace 

FRIDAY NIGHT FUN #7 - TAG-A-LICIOUS

Hellooo Happy Scrappers

Hope you are enjoying this lovely weather in the UK

Today I am sharing my Friday night Fun with you - Tags of the sea

To start, I printed some images of seashells, starfish, jelly fish and seahorses.

I used ink and a dauber to colour my images 

I used the die cut net as texture and glued it onto the tags. I then painted it with White Gesso

I added some dry moss 

and painted it the Moss and tags with white gesso again.

I placed some of the embellishments on the tags to see where I wanted to put them and 

what to mix and match.

I then glued some elements down (which has already been painted with White Gesso.

I then got my Lindy's Stardust sprays and Magicals Ready (some magicals I mixed with 

water already) Starburst Spray: Salt water taffy, Fuzzy navel peach, Cosmopolitan Pink, 

A bit o bubbly, Whale watch blue, Sea Grass green. Magicals: Bells of ireland green, 

yellow rose of texas, Mission bells brown and Bachelor button blue.

I used Memento Black ink for the water droplets stamp, Ranger Liquid

pearls, Versa magic teardrop ink - Jumbo Java. 

I then started with adding layers of colours until I was happy with the mix and tensity.

I did it again with the next tag.

I made 4 tags in total. I added some gems to some of the tags and some pearl dots 

with the Ranger liquid pearls. I added the water drops/bubble stamps and highlited

the drops/bubbles with a white marker. 

Here are some close ups: 

so here are all the tags I made 

Lastly I added sendiments

 I entered the above tag into the Monthly Mini Challenge for More than words.
Please click on the image below for details and inspiration.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed the post. 

Stay tuned for the next post where I will by using the Tags in my Layout. 

Have fun, see inspiration in everything and scrap, craft and create.

Loves 

Candace