Cotswold Creative Storage Unit from Tonic Studios - #2

Hi Everyone


MJ here. Today I would like to quickly share my second make for Tonic Studios launch of the Cotswold Creative Storage unit.


This launches today at 3pm with Jodie on Create and Craft - hope you've set your TV to record :)


On this project I decided to use my paints again but making it Folksy in style. 


Here it is and I hope you like it :)

Once I had glued my unit together I gave it two coats of a black chalk finish acrylic paint and let it dry completely (you can use a heat tool but I wanted a nice cuppa and a biccie before I moved on..lol ).

Next I moved onto the painting with small roses in purple and white.  I used the Folk It! technique which is really quick and easy to do and worked perfectly in this project.  I painted the roses onto both sides and also in the centre of each level. 

When the paint was dry I added some purple card to the base of each layer to finish.

What I Used

Forever Moments Cotswold Creative Storage – 989e

Funky Glue Pen – 29.5ml – 421E

Paints Used

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paints - Little Black Dress/Snowflake/Guacamole/Lavender

We hope you have been inspired.

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NEW Cotswold Creative Storage Unit from Tonic Studios

Hi Everyone

MJ here with another fabulous NEW product from Tonic Studios.  It is made from high quality MDF with a smooth finish.  It is very simple to put together and then the fun begins!

Jodie will be launching them on Create and Craft at 3pm on Thursday 4th February.  This is a fantastic way to store your Nuvo products and you get to decorate it however you want.

Today I am showcasing one of the Cotswold pieces that I made for the show. 

I have used a mix of paints and crackle paints from Decoart to make the distressed paint effect and the rusted die cut elements. It was a lot of fun to do.  I wanted it to look as if someone had found it in an old house they had moved into and that looked as if it had been repainted many times.  But I have given it a subtle teal colour wash as well.

I hope you like it.

What I Used

Forever Moments Cotswold Creative Storage – 989e

Inspirations Sentiment Die Set – 367e

Rococo Die – Dragonfly Brooch – 076e

Rococo Petite Die – Delicate Dragonfly – 180e

Tonic Studios Tangerine Die Cutting Machine

Paints Used

Decoart Media Fluid Acrylics

Titan Buff/Raw Umber/Paynes Grey/Quinacridone Gold/Cobalt Turquoise Hue

Decoart Media - Texture Sand Paste

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Someone Special with Tonic Studios – A Gift for Mother’s Day

 

Hi Everyone

At last it’s looking a lot like Spring outside….thankfully, but it is still chilly!

MJ hasn’t been around much over the past three weeks as she has had her gallbladder removed but she is starting to come back to her crafting now.  She has managed a little project for you today just in time for Mother’s Day.

 

 

MJ took a blank MDF frame kit from her stash (actually she had forgotten she had had it at all!) and covered it using a printed paper from Crafters Companion Halcyon Days CD.  She also printed the bird topper onto white velvet paper, attached some light wadding to the rear and then stitched edges and the bird.  This was glued into the centre well. 

 

 

Next MJ die cut four corners, the sentiment and three borders using the Tonic Studios Art Nouveau Set which she loves!  Two of the borders were trimmed down to fit the shorter sides.  All elements were glued into position using the Nuvo Glue Pen – so handy and it sticks well too.

MJ hopes you like this quick and easy gift idea.

 

What Was Used

Tonic Studios Art Nouveau Collectables Die Set – 182E

Tonic Studios Nuvo Glue Pen Medium – 203N

Crafters Companion Halcyon Days CD

White Velvet Paper

Light Wadding

Mini Sewing Machine

 

We hope you have been inspired.

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