Lesley - Design Team Project #1 Featuring Graphic 45

Hello, lovely visitors!

I'm here with my first project for this week using the fabulous Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe 8 x 8 paper pad, Set 1 of the stamps and Set 1 of the chipboard die-cuts from the collection .  These beautiful quality papers and other products are great to work with and  are so versatile.  I decided to create my own little Curiosity Shoppe so apologies in advance as there are quite a few pics ;D.

As well as the Graphic 45 products I've used quite a few items of Ideology, 7 Gypsies, Snazzys metal embellies and bits and bobs from my stash to fill my little shoppe, as well as a crackle stamp by The Artistic Stamper and a leafy border stamp by Dylusions.  Almost everything is available from Snazzys including the inks and paints I used and .............. YAY, the new online shop is now open!!!!!  Val has been working her socks off getting products online as quickly as possible but as Snazzys has such a huge and wonderful array of goodies this is no mean feat so it will be an ongoing process for a little while yet.  Do keep visiting the shop HERE on a regular basis as more and more fabulous stuff is added almost daily.

I wanted my stamped piggy to 'fly' so I suspended him using a fine mono filament used for jewellery.  The shoppe sign I cut from one of the sheets, mounted onto card for extra strength then added a few smudges of Distress Ink before covering with Crackle Accents.  I deliberately left a few bare patches and when the crackle had cured I went over with DI again and got a look of slightly rusty tin.

The zip flowers I made myself from an old zipper I'd had in my sewing drawer for about a zillion years.  I can see now, as well as cutting buttons from old clothes before throwing them out I'll also be cutting zips out, lol!

Here's one of the chipboard tags and I used Black Enamel Accents to highlight the '3', added a black inked Grungeboard '1'.  The little lazer cut numbers were from my stash and coloured with Distress Marker.  I used alcohol inks on the Word Band.

The 'stacked' rosette flower was made from some of the left over Graphic 45 papers.

Hmmm, I just realised that when I took the photos yesterday morning, I missed the part with the bottles in and it's now nearly 11 pm so not a good time to take a pic, sorrrreeeee :-(

The pocket watch was amongst several old, none working watches given me by the repairer I go to when I need batteries replaced.  I took the 'innards' out and glued the little pennyfarthing bike in the 'window' and gave the casing the alcohol ink treatment.   Some of the bits at the back are also from watches I've taken apart ........... I've discovered that is not as easy as you might think either, lol!  The little bicycle at the top is hanging from the mono filament so that it swings.

Although you can't see it on the photos, I used the Dylusions leafy border stamp on the 'roof' and sides and the bird and cage was a cheap pendant I bought for crafting purposes.

I'm sorry if you've had a photo overload, lol, but I did have a lot of fun making this.  I'll be back later in the week with another project using these lovely Graphic 45 goodies.

Don't forget if you want to be in the Snazzy draw to win the 8x8 Olde Curiosity Paper Pad for this month leave a comment HERE  ................ after you've left me a little comment on this post first, ;o).

See ya later!

Hugs
Lesley  Xx

Design Team Project #3 ....

Good morning everyone, I'm back with another project to share using the gorgeous Graphic 45 goodies. Thank you for all the wonderful comments so far:) For this project I used the Studio 490 Art Part Set (Dimensional Board) which I painted using Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber (Pitch Black).

Lots of layering again using the 8x8 paper pad. I used the following papers - Apothecary, Optical Oddities & Olde Curiosity Shoppe.

The metal hangers are by 7Gypsies in an Antique Brass finish.

 The key, tag and specimens tag is from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe Chipboard Die Cut set #2, the faux eyes are the inserts from the key (how cool is that lol). I finished off by adding metallic wax paste to age/highlight the edges of the frame.

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Have you heard we (Snazzy's) have now gone live online, you can visit the shop HERE, products are being added daily so do bear with us while the whole shop contents are uploaded. I say us lol ... poor Val has this task and it's no mean feat.

Well that's all from me this week, thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, it's much appreciated. I hope you have enjoyed seeing the projects so far, do stop by on Monday when Lesley will be showing us her creative projects using G45.

TFL X

Design Team Project #2 Featuring Graphic 45 ....

Hello everyone .... Gillian here sharing my 2nd project of the week featuring the gorgeous Graphic 45 products.

A simple 8x8 card layering/matting using the Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe 8x8 paper pad. I have also used tags from the Graphic 45 Tag Collection pack & stamped images from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection Plate 1.

The doilie is available in packs from Snazzy's and has been inked with Distress Inks (Peacock Feathers & Frayed Burlap).

Don't forget that tomorrow see's the lauch of our Online Shop (woot woot)!

I will be back later in the week with another project using the G45 goodies.

TFL x

Design Team Project #1 .... Featuring Graphic 45

 Good morning everyone .... Gillian here with the first of a few projects this week featuring Graphic 45 (squeal) ... despite loving this range for some time now, I actually didn't own any G45 until now!! This month the Design Team will be working with  the "Olde Curiosity Shoppe" line.

First things first though, on behalf of the Design Team I just wanted to say a HUGE thanks to all of you who stopped by the blog last month, your comments are so much appreciated, and thank you all for your kind words re Hel's joining Snazzy's. Each month Mr Random.Org picks one lucky person to win a prize .... this month there were 62 eligible entries ...
 

so without further ado the winner is ....

#27 = Lucy Edmonson .... Lucy can you e-mail me with your details and your preferred stamp choice from either Vol 1 or Vol 2 London Collection.

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post to be in with a chance of winning this month's prize - G45 Olde Curiosity 8x8 Paper Pad.

okay dokey so onto my 1st project .....

I started out using a Framed Canvas 20x20 (Art No 226500) that we were giving in our consumables box. I used Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber (Pitch Black) to paint the canvas.

I then used the following various papers from the Olde Curiosity Shoppe 8x8 paper pad (Mercurial Masterpiece, Counting Down, Olde Curiosity Shoppe & Butterfly Specifics).

The wooden embellishments (watch face & dial) are by Prima.

I used the bottle & label images from G45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe collection Plate 1 which have been stamped using Archival Ink (Jet Black).

The optical lense is from my own stash.

I have used various tags from the Collection Tags pack, the metal clothes peg is also from G45. The faux metal screw brads are from Creative Expressions which are also available from Snazzy's.

I have added some Distress Re Inker (Rusty Hinge) to the Ideaology Cork Vial bottle, again the label & paper bottle is using the stamp set above.

 The back is simply decorated with more of the papers.

I will be back mid-week with another project, until then thanks for taking the time to stop by. x

Project Three by Hels - London Canvas

Helloooooo again peeps. Tis my final piece for this months' focus using Darkroom Door London Collection Vol. 1 Plate of stamps. I know I have waxed lyrical all week about how lush the stamps are... but I just have to say it again... they are gorgeous!!!

Anyways, this time I wanted to create something a little more dimensional so I chose a 7" x 5" canvas to alter. I started by painting the edges with Pitch Black Dabber, bringing it ever so slightly onto the front of the canvas. I cut a piece of card to fit the front of the canvas and set about making a background for my stamping. Using Gesso and applying it with a babywipe, I streaked the lower part of the card and then added some Broken China Distress Stain to the Gesso and dappled this onto the top of the card = making a bit of a cloudy sky - I was trying to get "London Blue Sky" colour - tis so long since we saw that though I was going from memory lol

Once this had dried I used Jet Black Archival Ink to stamp Picadilly Circus and Big Ben - leaving a smidge of a gap between them for my bus, which was stamped onto scrap cream card using Versafine Satin Red ink. I used Distress Markers to colour the buildings - Pumice Stone works a treat for this. I added dots of Mustard Seed DM to the lights and Eros and then added some Glossy Accents to make them pop.

The bus was cut out and then I used Distress Markers to add some colour to it - again Pumice Stone is fab for the windows. I used Black Soot to emphasise the panels on the bus and colour in the wheels, to which I added some silver brads for hub-caps. I stamped "London" directly onto the card using black ink and smudged some Pumice Stone Marker under it to give it some shadow. I then stamped it again onto scrap card using the Versafine Satin Red ink, cutting out this and leaving tabs of card at the ends so I could roll these up behind the scrolly bits. This was then layered over the original image using Stix 2 Clear 3d tape and the Idea-ology Crown was popped over it to make it a bit regal.

That's all for me for this month. I will be back soon with my next projects... ooohlalala, just wait til you see what we are playing with for July!!! Thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x

Project Two by Hels - Picadilly Circus

Helllooooo again! I am back (don't groan lol) with my second project this month, again using those gorgeous Darkroom Door London Vol. 1 stamps. I can't stress how fab these stamps are, I mean as well as being gorgeous red rubber and premounted on EZ Mount, they come in a little DVD style case to keep them in. All you need to do is cut them out... simples. The stamps are really detailed too, you will be able to see just how detailed in this first photo. I decided to go for a simple card design for my second piece so you can see that you don't need to really do much once your images are stamped.

I stamped the image using Jet Black Archival ink onto plain cream cardstock. I gave it a zap with a heat tool to set the ink and then used Antique Linen Distress Ink to cover the whole piece, then I edged it with Frayed Burlap DI and finally went around the very edge with Walnut Stain. I wanted to achieve a sepia style "photo" look to the piece but also wanted the buses to pop from the design. So, I used Fired Brick Distress Stain and a waterbrush to colour them in. I noticed that the advertising on the building was for Bovril, so I coloured that red too. I then dried it with my heat tool and popped it onto some cream cardstock. I added some brads and Glossy Accents to the image to finish it nicely.

To make the border, I stamped Big Ben along a strip of cream card, again using Jet Black Archival and then heat dried it. I coloured it the same way as the main image and then mounted this onto cream card too. I stamped "London" in black and distressed it slightly with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I left two bits of card sticking out from the edge of the image so I could roll them up behind the scrolly bit to add some extra depth. A couple of brads finished this piece and then the pieces were layered onto the card.

That's all from me for today ... I will be back again on Friday with my final offering for this month. Don't forget, you still have a day or two to join in with the candy giveaway... simply leave a comment HERE to be in with a chance of winning a set of these stamps. Thanks for looking!! TTFN

Hels x

First Project Time by Hels - Darkroom Door London Vol 1

Hellllooooo!!! I am soooo happy to be here! This is my very first Design Team post - I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Val & Don for allowing me to be a part of their fab team - I am honoured to be a part of such a great team with Gillian, Astrid, Lesley and Minxy. I am in very esteemed company :O)) So, this month the focus is on those gorgeous Darkroom Door stamps and I chose the London Vol. 1 plate to play with. My first project is a canvas oil board that I have covered with papers, blocking and layering them and then adding a gentle wash of Gesso over the top so the papers all blend together neatly. I added some shadowing using a charcoal type pencil, smudging the lines around the blocks to emphasise the layers. Once I was happy with tis look, I popped a nice thick layer of Ranger Glue & Seal over the top - this effectively seals the papers, making them waterproof and that way they will be protected when hanging on a wall.


I mixed some texture paste with Pitch Black Dabber and left the mixing marbled, so the black of the paint and the white of the paste weren't completely blended. I then spread this through a couple of different Crafters Workshop Stencils, using a random pattern onto the board so it didn't look too uniform. Once this had dried, I used my favourite applicator tool (my index finger) to smudge white Gesso over the textured bits so they pop a little bit more. In my head the larger circle of texture is the London Eye (I know, it looks nowt like it but it is artistic licence lol)



I stamped out the buses using Versafine Satin Red ink - this is a really lush red and worked perfectly with the bus images. I then used some Distress Markers to colour the rest of the buses and added a couple of silver brads to the wheels for hub-caps. Then I stamped Big Ben (I know, that is the bell not the tower but it is so well known as that :O)) using black Archival ink, adding some colour with Distress Markers and then folding it so it is dimensional. The buses and the tower were then popped onto some super cool Stix2 Clear 3d tape - this stuff is FAB, no sign of it peaking from underneath the images like the white stuff! I am sold on this, I need more already!!! I added on some bits of Idea-ology to make a hanging for the board - Hitch Fasteners with Charm Clips glued to them and some Bead Chain popped through, using the clasps to stop the chain slipping through the Charm Clips.



Thanks for looking... I will be back later in the week with my second piece using the fabby stamps. Have a great day and don't forget about the candy giveaway this month - all the deets are HERE, just leave a comment and you could win a set of these stamps, how fab is that!!! TTFN

Hels x