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Thursday, 8 November 2018

The Emerald Wing by Katie Lamb


Hello wonderful crafter's

We have another stunning project to share, I am using the royal "we", I didn't lift a finger lol:) 

The  canvas Katie has created is not short on texture and details. You know when the team send me their projects its fun to spot the products we sell to see how they have been used, and I love how Katie has layered the MDF large wheel and small roman clock, and can you spot the zip?

The multi-tonal greens work so well together because of the way they have been blended together when Katie has applied them

All the products used on this project are linked at the end of the blog.
Take a blank canvas,Jules is now selling a variety of sizes on the website, and glue down your wooden shapes, zip and cogs.

Once you have added all the pieces, give the whole canvas a couple coats of black gesso. This is so the lustre will stand out so much more later.

Paint the pair of large resin wings in black gesso and glue in place on the canvas.

Paint everything with light green metallic lustre and then dry brush with dark green metallic lustre.


Using the Prima heavy gel medium add to different areas on the canvas and sprinkle on the  Pearl Art balls, poly balls and glass glitter. 

Add in a few green dew drops too. 


Use the large steampunk key to finish the canvas. 




Thanks Katie :)

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

If you would like to see more of Katie's projects, please check out her blog https://whatkatiedid2.blogspot.co.uk/
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Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Cherished Copper Canvas Video by Pryia Mishra


Hello Crafter's 

Super excited to be bringing you another You Tube video, and this time its from the lovely Priya. The canvas created is stunning, and that's just from the pictures, I will get to watch the video tonight as well, and I really can't wait. The colours are just fabulous, as is the arrangement. 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I have a video tutorial to share with you all.
I have used a lot of resin embellishments from Artful Days and I must tell you they are brilliant pieces. I also used an AD stencil, a list of everything is at the end of the blog.

You can check out the video to know how I made this
and some close up pictures below








Thanks Priya

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Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

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Thanks Jules xx


Supplies List from Artful Days:

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Thursday, 1 November 2018

Burgundy Heart by Reniferove





Hello Crafter's

Do you have colours which you never use, you might not like them or they are out of your comfort zone..... I had a sticking point with purple, but then for some reason I choose it for a online project and now its something I use much more often.

But what if you need to tackle a project with a colour you don't like for a gift for someone very special.... Well Reniferove had this same problem, but what she has created is simply stunning, you can see the comfort with the colour 

All the products used on this project are linked at the end of the blog. 


Today's design was a great challenge for me, because burgundy colour is not my favourite and I rarely use it. 

However, this box is a gift for an exceptional person who loves burgundy. 

What should I do? I stood up to the task and came out with something dark, a bit romantic in this bloody colour.




I started by painting the surface with a white gesso from Finnabair, and then I applied an acrylic paint in burgundy.

I darkened the edges with the black gesso and started arranging the composition.

















I used resin castings, metal wing and flower and some art stones to fill the space.

The whole was painted with Sparks Raven Black and Red Wine.


   



Thanks Reniferove 

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

For more projects for Reniferove please click on the links below 

Thanks Jules xx


Artful Days products used 

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Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Steampunk Layout by Teresa Morgan



Hello Crafter's

Did you enjoy the extra hour at the weekend?? What did you do, sleep, clean, craft (the latter I hope:)) I managed to get more products loaded on the website - bonus, plus I finished my Halloween canvas, there are photos in the face book group - click HERE to see. 
Teresa has really been mixing it up this week with a cool steampunk scrapbook layout, I love all the little elements which make this into one brilliant design. And the clever way embellishments have been used, the frame as a mirror for example. 
Be sure to have a close look 

All the products Teresa has used from our website are listed at the end of this post, along with supplies from her own stash.



Apply Frayed Burlap and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks through the stencils onto the cream cardstock.








Arrange layers of paper and ephemera, tearing and inking around the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

















Paint the Scrapiniec shapes with black acrylic paint and add some Metallic Lustre in Rose Gold.














Choose a selection of embellishments and paint some of the metal and MDF to compliment the colour palette of the papers.

 Add an image to the Vintage Frame













Add stamped detail using some of the background stamps from the Girl 002 set with Faded Jeans and Frayed Burlap Distress inks. 

Add some black Dewdrops.













Glue embellishments in place with heavy gel medium and allow to dry to finish











 

 



Thanks Teresa 

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

For more projects for Teresa please check out her blog http://thefatcactus.co.uk and You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNbVhMz7jX66gevhKgz5Ig/feed 

Thanks Jules xx

Products used from Artful Days


(from stash)
Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans
12x12 Cream cardstock
scraps of coloured card
Graphic45 image
DecoArt paint: Quinacridone Gold, Black, Desert Turquoise
Metallic Lustre Rose Gold
Heavy Gel Medium
Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue
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Thursday, 25 October 2018

Halloween Tombstone Wall Hanging by Katie Lamb



Hello fabulous crafters 

If you love making Halloween projects which are fun and bright, then this project from Katie is perfect for you. It also shows its best to keep your eye out (no pun intended...haha) for cheap things you can alter and turn into a fabulous mixed media piece. 

All the products used on this project are linked at the end of the blog.


Hello all
This project began as a wooden Halloween wall plaque from Poundland, I stocked up on a few from last year and have been creating my own shop of horrors with them. 
I look forward to my annual rummage to see what I can find to alter.
I have a short video to go with the project on creating the crackle and weathered wood effect.



I find that black gesso will cover over all the writing and print so that something like a pre-printed wall hanging can be redecorated. If you can't get hold of any black gesso then a few layers of black paint will do the trick. 


I used Crackle medium and crackle paint to get the deep cracks as shown in the video. 

The rust is created by applying a blob of Red Oxide Fluid Acrylic Paint to the edges of the plaque and then spraying it with water so it runs down the sides. 

Once this was dry I mixed modelling paste with green ink and applied a stencil mask.




The chipboard spiders have been painted and then decorated with gems,the  Pear Drop Marbled Gems just happen to be the right shape for the spider's body.


I used ink to spray white paper flowers, these are the flat mulberry type so to get them to look like flowers I layered three flowers together and then crumpled them up whilst wet. 

I added glass eye cabochons and skull beads to the middle. 







The skull in the centre is made using a mould and paper clay. It was then painted purple with a layer of metallic paint over the top.(Readers, we have a brand new resin skull face just added to the shop - link here)

I added the pearl balls and charms around the project with a few paper die cuts.








 
Thanks Katie :)

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

If you would like to see more of Katie's projects, please check out her blog https://whatkatiedid2.blogspot.co.uk/

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