February Challenges

I've been working on a little project which I think will fit the current theme for my two favourite challenge blogs, Rubber Dance Art Stamps and Our Creative Corner.  The colour theme at Rubber Dance was turquoise blue/red/vintage brown with an optional theme of "love" and the theme at OCC was based on using techniques/products from a "Tic Tac Toe" panel ...

Pick a line, any line, up or down, or diagonally. I chose "Metal, Stamps, Mediums (crackle)".
Here's the end result, another "Reverse Canvas" which I really enjoyed creating. I'll put the finished pic here at the top, and then, if you fancy, you can scroll down to see some of the steps I took to make it.

 

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Here's the "How to", if you are interested ...

 

First, I crackle glazed (Viva Croco Crackle) two canvasses, one fresh one and one which I didn't like ...

I used a brush to apply the crackle glaze to the one on the left and a palette knife to apply the glaze thickly to the one on the right. Big difference? At first, I really liked the one on the right, but the next day I much preferred the one on the left!

 

Stamps need to be used for the Rubber Dance Challenge and I used Kaisercraft Script for the background, on top of some colour misting.

 

I found some pretty mini roses which I had made previously (and changed the colour by spraying them, below), and then I made some more, using vellum. The edges of the roses were slightly coloured with Distress Ink. The chipboard and lace was also colour sprayed.

 

 

I didn't take photos of every step, that would eat into my creative time :) but the picture is from Crafty Individuals and the layer behind is embossed flashing which I coloured with alcohol inks and the red layer under that is recycled acetate packaging which is also embossed and coloured with alcohol ink, as were the little circular metal embellishments.

 

 

WOYWW the altering of a biscuit box

Now, I need a "deep edge" or "box" canvas for an idea which is brewing away, but I have nothing on hand that's suitable. Maybe, I will buy one next time I'm at the shops, but meanwhile, let's employ some lateral thinking, hence the biscuit box. OK, it's pretty flimsy, so I suppose I will "reinforce" it with some extra cardboard. I won't have to go to any shop for that :)  I can't tell you much about it, at the moment, only because I'm not sure where it's going, but if there's no progress by next Wednesday, then it's probably not happening :) The "rusty" bits to the left were going to play a part, but the scale is all wrong. What would anyone do with a 6" key, seriously?

I received some happy mail today ...

Now wouldn't that make you happy too? :)

 

And for the eagle eyed, yes, that's my real life, at work, genuinely employed, business desk. I covered the work mess with my happy mail :)

Why are you looking at this? Why am I showing you this?

 All will be revealed by Julia at the Stamping Ground.

to rust or not to rust

I just thought I'd pop in quickly today to show you my first attempt at "Faux Rust" ... and to see if you think it could pass for the genuine article ...  maybe it's too red?

What do you think?

 

Oh, and the plastic lace is something I've been looking for! 

Found it at the cheap shop, of course :)

 

Here's a super close-up ...