Today is a bit complicated, I have 2 projects for 2 different hops, to make things worse the events don't start at the same time.....
So here a little explanation; the first hop is ofcourse the 31 days of halloween, you found me you are ok, the project is below and the video that goes with is schedualed the same time a this blog post.
her is day 11 of the 31 days of Halloween, another Rolodex card, don't stop reading tho, check my other project further down this post it will be worth it.
My second project is for the Dia de Los Muertos video collaboration hop, oganized by Ayala Art, you can find her on facebook.
This is a video hop all about the day of the dead and all kinds of art are allowed as long as it has a Dia de los Muertos theme. You can see the pictures of my project, a book shrine, below. There is ofcourse a video to go with it, but that goes live 9 AM pacific time. So if it is not available yet when you read this please come back when it is :-)
I altered a tin, it was a tin that had fish in it and after feeding it to the cats I cleaned it and thouhgt it might come in handy for a project someday.
Since the challenge theme of Hobbyshop Sandra isSummer, Sun, Sea and add texture I figuered to make a seahorse shadowbox. You can find the challenge here , it runs in July and August so still time to enter.
you can watch the tutorial on my You Tube channel here
Almost february so time to think about Valentines day gifts to make :-)
I made a heart frame using cardboard in a mosaic kind of way and people started to bomb me with questions on how I made it :-) (so cool when that happens)
The best way to show is in a Video so I decided to create a simular frame with a different focal point and film the process and explain all steps in a video. Because a lot of the questions came from people in the Nethelands I decided to speak both Dutch and English in the video to talk you through all steps. Apparantly people don't mind because the comments are all very psotive :-)
Thanks everyone for looking at the video and subscribing to my channel, I have reached over 600 subscribers yesterday and that made me very happy :-)
So here som pictures, a list of supplies and a link to the video
Supply list: Deco Art products : Triple thick Gloss GlazeAmericana Acrylics in: lamp black, desert turquoise, traditional burnt sienna. and for the heart I used Scarlet and for the moon I used Moon Yellow.
Deco Art Media line products: Matte medium, Matte varnish, Crackle Glaze.
Metallic Lustres in: Burnished Brass, Black Shimmer
Stencil for the moon frame is by Dutch Doobadoo, the one used on the heart frame is by Deco Art, a Andy Skinner stencil
Stamps:
the heart, the ticket and the love definition stamp are all from the Tim Holtz set Love Struck CMS 082 by Stampers Anonymous.
The flourish and moon stamp are from The Blank Page Muse
The crackle stamp came from a stampendous set by Andy Skinner
All paper and embellishments and the glue came from a store called Action, which is a kind of dollar store type of store.
next you need cardboard (old box) the back of a photoframe. A pencil and eraser. Ruler, knife Scissors, some paint brushes and a pallete knife. Heat gun is handy and baby wipes too
For stamping I used my home made stamping tool (see my video on how to make that) and Archival ink by Ranger in Jet Black Some notes to think of: The cardboard from the box might contain acids so if you want to make sure your paper will not be damaged by this you will want to gesso it first and next add a layer of black paint before adding the paper. I use cardboard a lot in my work and never had any issues with it but if you want to be on the safe side it is just something you will want to do.
The glue I use is only available at Action, which is a dollar store kind of shop, they are not in all countries so the best comparishment for the glue I used is the Collal All purpose glue
