Mixed Media Canvas with Tonic Studios Autumn Die Collection

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MJ here.  I hope you have had a fab weekend.

Today I am sharing a small mixed media canvas I made for the launch of Tonic Studios new Autumn Die Collection.  It is very easy but quite effective.

The dies cut like butter through the funky foam.  On my previous post I had cut the grasses from foam and used as a stamp for the background. 

What I Did

• Start with a 5" x 7" canvas board.
• Die cut a tall grass piece from funky foam together with some leafy branches and butterflies.
• Glue the die cuts to the canvas and allow to dry completely.
• Paint the canvas and die cuts with two coats of black gesso.  Leave to dry.
• Next use some gold embellishment mousse added to a little water in a spritzer bottle and spray lightly across canvas.
• Take Fresh Copper, Aquamarine, Indian Gold, Spring Green and Mother of Pearl embellishment mousses and apply to the die cuts using your finger (or cotton bud) until you are happy with the colours.
• Enjoy!

What I Used

Autumn Die Collection - Pinecone Season

Autumn Die Collection - Autumnal Oak

Nuvo Embellishment Mousses - Various Colours

Funky Foam

Funky Glue Pen

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Sunshine Daisies – with Oak House Studio

 

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MJ thought she would share some more inspiration from Oak House Studios.  She loves a stamp and bit of gorgeous ink!

Both of the following cards were made with MJ’s favourite Oak House Studio Double Daisy Stamp Set.

The first card is bright and cheery and would brighten someone’s day up.

 

What MJ Did

• Create an A5 white card base.
• Cut a panel red layer at 8” x 3 1/2”, a green layer at 7 7/8” x 3 3/8” and a white piece of watercolour card at 7 3/4” x 3 1/4”.
• Mat the green and red together and add to front right-hand side of the card.
• Next take the daisy outline stamp and using black archival ink stamp the image twice onto the watercolour panel overlapping the the left-hand daisy off the edge of the card.. Then using the daisy border and the same ink stamp the image on a horizontal angle.  Draw stems for the large and small daisies.
• Take another piece of watercolour card and using Jubilee Red Pure Colour mixed with water in a spray bottle, spritz the card to cover until happy with the shade.  Paint the flower stems with Citrus Lime ink.  Leave to dry.
• Use the large daisy outline again and stamp onto the spritzed card.  Cut out.
• Attach stamped watercolour panel to card front and add the daisy cut outs.
• Stamp the Sunshine greeting onto a piece of white card and cut into a flag shape and layer onto red card.  Trim to leave a narrow border. Shape and add to card front to finish.
• Enjoy!

MJ’s second card is vibrant and zesty but very quick and easy to do.

 

 

What MJ Did

• Using a 7” x 7” white square card blank create a bright green mat cut to approx. 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”.  Adhere to card front.
• Cut a white piece of card to 5 1/2” x 5 1/2” and then a black piece to 5 5/8” x 5 5/8”.  Add the black piece to card front.
• Next take the large outline daisy stamp and using black archival ink stamp the image to create a background as shown. 
• Take some Citrus Lime ink and put onto a craft sheet.  Using a wet brush pick up the ink and colour the daisies.  Leave to dry.
• Stamp a row of black daisies using the border stamp.  Trim to create a strip.  Mount this into some green and black card leaving a narrow border top and bottom.  Glue across centre of cad towards the bottom of card.
• Take the Sunshine greeting and stamp with black ink onto white card.  Trim to size and layer onto green and black card.  Use 3D foam pads and mount on top of daisy strip.
• Enjoy!

What MJ Used

Oak House Studio Double Daisy Stamp Set

Oak House Studio Pure Colour Chemistry Watercolour Ink – Jubilee Red

Oak House Studio Colour Chemistry Spray Ink – Citrus Lime

 

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Diamonds Are Forever with Tonic Patchwork Perfection

 

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Today MJ would like to share another project she made for the Tonic’s Patchwork Perfection Collection (which is her favourite at the moment!).

MJ is loving her Teal and Cream colour combo again.  It’s nice and easy on the eye.

 

 

What MJ Did

• Take an A4 piece of cream card and mark the half fold point to use as a guide.
• Take a patchwork square die and turned to form diamond shape, line the middle edges of the die in the centre of the card so that they run level with the marked half fold.  Run through die cutting machine.
• Now change the die position to cut the other three sections to form centre square lace panel.  Score and fold on the outside half fold edges top form card base.
• Using light teal coloured card draw lightly with a pencil around the pop up part and cut out and trim to fit inside of card. Glue into place.
• Using a different design Patchwork die cut a strip of light teal card, cut it three times.  Mount this onto a strip of cream card.  Cut out a 1/2” frame to fit over the top. Adhere onto bottom front of card using 3D foam pads to raise.
• Cut out ‘Congratulations’ word in cream and silver mirri card.  Glue and shadow together.
• Die cut some flowers in cream and teal and swirls in Silver Mirri and decorate to suit.  Add a bow to finish.

What Was Used

Tonic Studios Patchwork Perfection – Vineyard Squares Die Set – 186E
Patchwork Perfection – Everyday Squares Die Set – 185E

Rococo Petite Die – Acorn Swirl – 178e

Congratulations Sentiment Die – 1085E

Entwining Trellis Die Set – Bellus Buttercup – 767e

Mirror Card Paper Pack – Gloss – 795E

The Tonic Tangerine Die Cutting Machine

 

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My Old Diary Altered Slightly! with Visible Image Stamps

 

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Digging through my crafty stash trying to think of a project that I could make quickly (as I always leave things to that Crisis Crafting moment…lol) to put forward to Visible Image’s recent DT Call (sadly I did not make it but boy was the standard high when you see who did get in! – check out their blog for details).

So I did this for a bit of fun.  I used my old 2012 diary rather than bin it together with some gesso etc.  So here is briefly how I did it.

I stared with my diary…..

 

 

..and gave it a coat of Heavy Black Gesso to cover the gold writing up as the white gesso wasn’t doing it for me!

 

 

I then gathered up all my bits and pieces, die cuts, stencils etc and added them to the covers.  Next gesso’d it all white ready to add my colours.

 

 

Now I started to build up the colours with paints and sprays.

 

 

I used Stampboard for my main cover feature and punched holes down the side that were tied through with ribbon and knotted. This was glued to the front cover.

 

 

Added a couple of stamped images and Voila!!  Finished.

 

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Finnabair October Workshops - Journal – At Last!

 

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At last MJ  has managed to get on here and show one of her projects from an absolutely fantastic weekend of workshops with Finnabair.  The workshops were run by the fabulous Sue Tucker of Art Workshops.  Gorgeous projects and stuff to use on them and more biscuits than you could shake your tail feather at!…lol

The workshops were so well organised that Churchill would have been envious!

Anyhoo, here is a left-handed (it may catch on yet!) journal that MJ did back to front (ooops!) and is still working on (when she gets the time).  The piccie is rubbish and we think that is once again MJ’s terrible photo skills.  Not even pic monkey could help her out on this..ho hum.. but we are sure you will get the idea - we hope!

 

 

Sorry it’s a short one again but onwards my friends.

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Altered Book Project with Karen Clare

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What a fabulous day MJ has had today with Karen Clare up in Pink Tulip Creations.  Firstly, thanks to all at Pink Tulip for their great hosting of this workshop and then a huge Thank you to Karen Clare for showing us so many techniques in one day!

Here is how MJ's book turned out....she had a thoroughly enjoyable day together with Sharon. Xx

This is how it started.....

This is how it finished.....

Love the way it layered up with all the textural pieces we were given to use on our books.

Once we added pastes, materials, inks, stains and gilding waxes the books came to life!  The other ladies and gents projects were amazing!  Not one was anything like the other.  Each book an individual work of art.

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Ooooh It’s All Gone a Little Tim Holtz Stylee

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Today Mandy-Jane thought she would use a couple of stamps she has had a while to create a quick but stylish card (or at least that’s what she hopes you will see..lol).

Although the stamps used are not available at Dandie Crafts we do have some wonderful Visible Image stamps arriving in store this Saturday…and we can’t wait. Some of them will suit this style very well.

Mandy-Jane has used Stampers Anonymous – Urban Tapestry set of stamps (she lusted after them for a while but eventually succumbed to them!).  The Sheena Highland Silhouette stamp set works beautifully for a similar look to your project.  This could be a card or the start of a scrapbook page.  Maybe that’s what she will try next!

Apologies for the photo quality but bear with us – thanks.

Firstly, Mandy-Jane spritzed a piece of cream card using Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist in Pearl Gold and dried with a heat tool.

Next she took Tim Holtz’s Distress Stain in Tarnished Brass and working from her non stick craft sheet, she used a small paint brush and brushed it around all the edges until she got the colour she was after.  Not being precise to give an aged look.

Using the dotty stamp and Rangers Archival Ink in Jet Black she stamped randomly over the card.  Added the stamped corners and used Walnut Stain Distress Ink all the way around to soften the effect.  Mat and layer onto black card and then a cream base card.

To get the cork shape; as the cork sheet was too thick to go through the Grand Caliber she drew around a Spellbinders Die and cut it out.  The bird was stamped in the Archival Ink first and then over stamped to give a little shadow with the Tarnished Brass Distressed Stain.  Edge the die cut with a gold coloured pen.  Here a Sakura Pen Touch Calligrapher was used.  This was then adhered to the card.  Mandy-Jane also added gold highlights to a couple of the corner stamps.

To finish the card Mandy-Jane cut some swirly shapes using Memory Box dies and made rollie roses to match.

Inks Used: -

Distress Stain – Tarnished Brass

Distress Ink – Walnut Stain

Rangers Archival Ink – Jet Black

Luminarte Radiant Rain – Pearl Gold

Sakura Pen Touch Calligrapher – Gold

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