Key Hooks

I started this projects many months ago, but never seam to be able to get it the way I wanted so into the 'finish it latter box' it went.

While cleaning up my room yesterday I stumbled back onto it, so time to finish

I started off with a plan metal hook rack and picked out some chipboard pieces, as you can see I changed my mind on the centre piece I originally started with, for some reason I just couldn't get it to work and maybe it was the one thing that i needed to change those months ago.

I brought these metal hooks from Target for $15

I used texture paste along the metal tree branch, while it was still wet i used a tooth pic and make some patterns into the paste to represent a normal tree, once dry I dabbed my finger in  Mix'd Media inxs and rubbed them onto the texture paste to highlight the lumps and bumps

Large Key and lock have been treated with rusting powder

Name plate was painted and the swirls also treated in rusting powder, letters have been embossed with mix'd media embossing powder.

Gates also treated in rusting powder. Each of the metal birds have been covered in paper then Green Tara mulberry paper and mod podge used to create the wings, then a light coat of gesso was added.

Grass border was cut in half and each piece was painted in 5 different colours of green then a little mix'd media inx added to the edges, to tops have been coated in flower soft.

Birds nest also treated with 3 different colours of mix'd media inx

Twiddlybits house made into a bird house, covered in paper and decorated with supplies from my garden lol.

Products used

Target metal hooks

Mix'd media inx - truffle, leather, honey & jassmine

Mix'd media inx embossing powder - Jassmine

Prima marketing flowers

Kaiser paints

Ranger Gesso

Mod podge

Paper off cuts

Dusty Attic - grass border, name plate, gate, birds nest, mini birds, keys & locks

Twiddlybitz - rusting powder, house & groove alphas

Flower soft

"Back When"

  

I made this page around the title Way Back When and as I don't have any old family photos I altered this photo I found on the internet. 

The title and words say

Back when a tire swing was a kid's best friend, way before Gameboys, Ipads & xbox, 
those are the days I remember.

Beautiful Green Tara flowers and a little brown & white one from Prima.

Bench in white was left as is, and a little butterfly inked and embossed.

Center piece is a huge Green Tara flower with little cherry blossoms that have had the centers inked, A Flourish with a Bling has been cut into 4 pieces and used throughout that page, Blue flower spray from Prima.

Clocks has been inked to look like its rusty and the hands topped with a pearl sticker.

Twigs have been inked and joined with Prima flowers and a small piece of FWAB.

Green Tara products used

Camellia 8cm Paper flowers Ivory  - CODE: XF9219Iv

Satin Rosette 5cm Satin and Pearl Flowers Sage - CODE: XF9330Sa

Cherry Blossoms Cream  - CODE: FLC22C

 Extra products used

TPC studio papers, Mix'd media Inx and embossing powder, rusting powder, Martha Stewart punch. Scrapmatts chipboard, FWAB

"Totally Stumped"

I named this page Totally stumped because i looked at it for 3 days trying to come up with a cool caption/quote or title but it had me totally stumped, which worked out well in the end.

I started with a fairly plan background paper from and old range from Fancy Pants, using a mask and texture paste to create some texture in 3 areas. Once the texture paste was dry I placed the mask back over the over and randomly added 3 tones of ink here and there to colour the textured area, by placing the mask back over the area only the texture paste is coloured and not the background paper.

A close up of the texture and ink.

And close up photos of the finished textured areas. Once finished I added some drops of glue and scattered glass beads around once dry tipping off the ones that weren't stuck I then used some watered down white paint and dabbed a little paint onto the beads to help them blend into the background.

Memory Maze log was first painted in a white paint that had been watered down, i didn't paint the entire thing I then sanded it lightly to ruff up the surface but not take the paint off, adding brown ink to the edges for a little extra colour, I then re-did the engraved lines in black.

A small cluster of flowers, metal flowers are Petaloo and all other flowers are Green Tara

Another cluster of flowers and a metal charm tree that has been painted white then sanded and Tim Holtz stickles added to the tree like leaves.

Memory Maze large gate, lock and key have all been painted in white and had rusting powder added but only here and there. The lock and key tied onto the gate with Green Tara wire cord.

Close up of the key and lock. Another small cluster of flowers

Memory Maze Reverse Canvas

I wanted to create something to go in my girls new room. The entire canvas was painted in gesso then a dark purple, I then did a rough cost of white paint and once dry it was sanded to show areas of the purple this shows thru the swirl on the frame.

I used a brick template and texture paste to create the bricks on the sides and back wall of the canvas then sprayed it with 2 different tones of brown and added a darker brown ink to the edges to highlight certain areas.

Memory Maze 12x12 swirl frame had the center cut out of it and was painted in a lavender then touches of a dark purple added here and there the swirl center was painted in eggwhite (grey/white), Green Tara & Manor house flowers.

Prima vine was added up the inside edge behind the chair and green tara petals and flowers added to it.

Memory Maze Bird cage wrought iron was first painted white then a clear crackle paint was added once dry   I painted it with H2O paint and rub off the excess so only the paint remained in the cracks, the chain was also painted with nutmeg H2O paint, a little american craft thickers glitter bird was added to the cage. More Green Tara flowers, petals and flower sprays added.

Memory Maze vintage frame has been painted in an apricot colour with touches of purple added the clear embossed to give it a shine and Green Tara silver paper added to the back to make it look like a mirror.

Memory Maze Bird Bath small was first painted in eggshell (a grey/white colour) then highlights of white added to look like shadowing along with lines drawn in grey, little birds were also painted. I small rose garden made up with Green Tara rosebuds.

Memory Maze Street Lamp has been painted with nutmeg H2O paint and the glob painted with a gold shimmer paint.

Memory Maze Chair Large has been painted using purple in light and dark along with the eggshell paint colour. More Green Tara petals rolled up under the chair.

Another Memory Maze Corner treated the same way but a larger one this time slipped in behind the garden.

Memory Maze Fence with Chain has been painted in eggshell then clear crackle paint over the top. 

Memory Maze smallest corner from the corner set has been painted in the nutmeg H2O paint.

Memory Maze Products used

Swirl Frame - Z0020

Chair - S0610

Corner Set - Z0029

Fence - L0164

Bird Cage - L0084

Bird Bath - S0607

Street Light - 

Vintage frame - J13003

Green Tara Products Used

Rose buds various colours

Flower spray purple

7cm Petals purple & Pink

5cm Petals hot pink

Cherry blossom purple, hot pink

Apple blossoms 

2cm roses 

Silver Paper

Sakura Peach flower

Primula green flower

Extra products used

Texture paste, Kaiser paints, H2O paints, Mixed media Inx, Ranger crackle accents, glimmer mist, prima vine, manor house large purple flower, american crafts thickers bird, misc glitter swan, prima brick template.