Artful Days Altered Beach Postard

Hello all

I have started doing altered postcards and here i one of my first attempts using products from Artful Days.

Resin octopus

Natural Finland Moss

Finnabair Texture Paste Fantasy

Mini Shells

Silver Seashell Charms

Scrapiniec Journey Word

Prima Clear Cling Stamps Peeled Paint

Lindy's Magical Time Travel Teal

Lindy's Magical Lederhosen Laurel

Cover postcard in gesso

Use a stencil with texture paste on base.

Paint with Lindy's Magical Time Travel Teal.

Paint on  Lindy's Magical Lederhosen Laurel

Stamp on the Prima stamps.

Paint the mdf net with heavy gel medium and sprinkle with embossing powder. Heat it to set the powder and glue to card.

Add a bit of natural Finland Moss.

Paint the resin octopus with the texture paste and leave to dry. 

Next dry brush a bit of metallic paint over the octopus and add to net. 

Finish by painting the journey word with texture paste and then add small shells.

Thank you for visiting

Steampunk Purple heart canvas

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I am sharing my mixed media art i created for Mixed Up Magazine. You can see the whole process there and you can download it as a PDF file so you can print it to keep like the many other projects available.

https://mixedupcreative.com/

Product list

Artful Days

White Resin Faces

White Resin Large Wings

Fabric Rose Flowers 

Bronze Lamp Bulb Charms

Steampunk Cogs and Gear Charms Bronze 

Scrapiniec Chipboard Cogs 

Petite Pots Metallic Micro Beads Gold 

Bronze Patana Water Drop Charms 

Prima Marketing available at Artful Days

Rust Pastes 

DecoArt

https://decoart.com/

Black Gesso

Metallic Luster Majestic Purple

Metallic Luster Copper Kettle

Fluid Acrylics Quinacridone Gold

SamanthaK

http://samanthakgifts.co.uk/product-category/craft-supplies/

Circle Swirl Frames  

Circle Clusters 

Cog Heart Craft Shape 

Nautical Shrine

Hello all

i am back with this lush nautical shrine using products from Artful Days.

Start off by assembling the mdf pieces, this is because once you add paint the bits don't  always fit together. Once assembled paint woth white gesso and use crackle paste over the large areas. 

Next add paint to the project and then apply a little rust paste.

Glue on some green net and fake moss. I recycled the net from some fruit packaging. Then glue down the embellishments. 

Paint the Scrapcine pieces and then add a layer of crackle glaze. Once set dry brush with dark brown paint to bring out the cracks.

I painted the resin octopus with acrylic paint and then used the Prima Rust Pastes over the top. I repeated this on the shells too.

I decorated the shrine with mini shells, flatback gems and art balls.

Thank you for visiting\

Products used

Scrapiniec Mermaid https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6239949-Mermaid-2505.html
Prima Rust Pastes https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6105121-Prima-Art-Extravagance-Rust-Paste-Set.html
Resin Octopus https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6387295-White-Resin-Octopus-R7033.html
Acrylic Shell Iridescent Cabochons  https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6441261-Acrylic-Shell-Iridescent-Cabochons-CA3024.html
Faux Green Woodland Moss https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6449440-Faux-Green-Woodland-Moss.html
Mini Shells https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6431800-Mini-Seashells-Capsules-E5024.html
Resin Starfish https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6281982-Starfish-Resin-Embellishments-E5003.html

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Artful Days Steampunk Heart Canvas

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I am back with a new project for Artful Days.

This week i have gone for a rusty look with this mixed media heart canvas.

Paint Everything with black gesso

Tacke the heart and paint over with dark brown rust paint and then the rust colour, dry brush the yellow rust paint on to finish.

Paint the whole thing with blue metallic luster and once dry add the small cogs and charms. 

add another layer of metallic paint and then add a bit of rust paint to the charms.

Add flowers and a sentiment to finish.

Mixed Media ATCs Samantha K MDF Shapes

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I have a little set of ATCs using bits from Samantha K.

The background is gesso and crackle paint. Leave it to set and then add Brusho Powders mixed with water.

Apply texture stamps to the background.

Paint the MDF shapes and add stamps where possible.

Thank you for visiting.

Altered Nautical Clock

 Hello Crafty friends

I have some texture porn for you today but don't google that phrase because you might find something that can't be unseen. 

And here is is my very rusty nautical clock using the blank MDF clock kits from Samantha K.

I painted the whole thing with navy blue paint as you do and let that dry.

Then i mixed brown and orange acrylic paint together to make a rusty colour. i added orange to the brown and mixed it until i got the right colour. I dabbed it on with a brush and sprinkled on cinnamon powder and then dabbed more paint onto until  i got this crusty layer. Then i dry brushed over the top with bronze paint.

I painted the centre with crackle paste and then used turquoise ink over the top.

i then dyed some cheese clothe and glued that down. Then i added the shells because you can't do nautical without shells.  Remember to leave room for the clock hands so they can move around.

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Plenty of Fish In The Sea Greeting Card

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I have a shaker card to share using stamps by The Blank Page Muse.

Products

The Blank Muse Nautical set 

Xcut Circle Nesting Dies

plain card stock

Studio Light 6 x 6 paper

Shells

Foam 

Acetate

inks

SamanthaK  MDF Net

Prima Rust paints

sequins

micro beads.

cover blank card with paper and then cut another strip of  paper and glue it to the centre. 

To create the shaker box, paint a rough circle onto plain card and then stamp the net stamp on one half. place a circle die over the top and cut it out.

Place a small nesting die inside a larger one and cut out two lots of foam and one from patterned paper.

Cut out a base and acetate top using the largest die. Glue the inked circle to the large paper base and stamp on some fish. Glue the foam to the base and then fill with sequins and beads. Glue the acetate top onto the foam and then add a circle frame to hide the glue.

Stamp out a few sea creatures and colour them with ink. Cut them out and set to one side.

Paint a wooden net shape and glue to edge of shaker box and then glue the stamped sea creatures and shells around it.

Finish by adding a sentiment

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