Powertex Poppy Tile

Morning everyone, Today I am sharing something I made using a Be Creative Stamp in conjunction with a mixed media Powertex project, ripped Calico, fabric, ribbon, sand n balls along with luster paints.

You will need:

Be Creative Vintage Poppies Stamp

Be Creative Luster Paint or Pebeo Gilding Waxes

Powertex Bronze

Powertex Sand n Balls

Silk Clay

Tacky Glue

Ripped Fabrics

lce

Ribbon

Deco Art Antiquing Cream

8 x 10 Zutter Board or similar

Step 1:Roll out a piece of Silk Clay about 1/4'' thick, slightly larger than the stamp. Place the stamp face down on the clay and roll a couple ore times to get a perfect imprint. Leave to dry.

Step 2: Position onto your board and secure with Tacky Glue, Leave this to dry thoroughly with a book or similar to ensure it dries flat. I suggest overnight.

Step 3: Coat each piece you are adding with Powertex and build up your design. Add your Sand & Balls last and go from largest to smallest, adding the sand last. Leave to dry.

Step 4: Use a stencil Brush or an old hard brush to add bronze luster paint, building up the colour to really bring out the texture of the whole design and stamp.

Step 5: Add Deco Art Antiquing Cream to create more depth and colour. Then add further layers until you are happy with the result. If you are using gilding was instead, you can do the same.

Thank you ever so much for joining me today, I really hope you have enjoyed the tutorial along with the finished project. I do hope you will join me again very soon as I do have a lot more to share with you. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.

Butterfly Trails

Morning, I am sure you all know by now how much I love the 3D embossing folders from Crafters Companion. They were on Hochanda on Wednesday, so if you missed the shows they will be found via Rewind, on their website. They are so detailed that I really like to keep things as simple as possible to show the amazing depth and detail. They make a very special card or project with very little added, I think they make a real statement. For this project I have used the Butterfly Trellis 3D Embossing Folder.

To help position the hole I wanted, I first embossed the design onto scrap card. The circle was cut out using a die. I then used this to position the hole in my plain card.

Once the hole had been made, I ran it through to emboss the design. Next the whole piece was painted with Antiquing Cream from Deco Art and left to dry.

I wanted to layer my design onto black and teal Centura Pearl while still allowing the base card to show through, so larger circles were cut out of both of the layering cards.

Using Pebeo Dyna paint (Iridescent Copper) I highlighted the  detail so it looked like verdigris copper. I did the same with lilies cut from Sara's Signature Collection.

I arranged and secured the pieces together, then mounted it onto a card base made from Centura Pearl Precious Golds to match. Finally adding the butterfly layered onto a verdigris base, here I use the butterflies from the 'Take Flight' Die set, allowing the precious gold to show through.

Here is the completed card. I hope you like what I have done and the step by step I have shared today. Please join me again soon. For now Take care and Happy Crafting.xx