A birthday card for Arne...

I like to make personal birthday cards, and what could be more personal than the

birthday boy's name all over it ?? Since i don't have any cute cat stamps (I know he 

likes cats) I made a card with a base of wood since he used to work at a sawmill.

Jag gillar att göra personliga födelsedags kort, vad kan vara mer personligt än

att hela framsidan är fylld med födelsedagsbarnets namn? Eftersom jag tydligen

inte har några gulliga katt stämplar (jag vet att han gillar katter) som gjorde jag 

ett kort med en bas av en träbit eftersom han jobbade på ett sågverk.

A lot of chipboard letters glued to a pice of chipboard 7x7"

Primed with white Gesso, a base coat of Decoart Fluid acrylics Cobalt Teal Hue.

A colorwash of diluted Prussian Blue Hue.  And a lot of English Red Aniquing 

cream.

Massor med chipboard bokstäver, limmade på en 17x17 cm chipboard bit.

Grundade med vit Gesso, ett första lager av  Decoart Fluid acrylics Cobolt Teal Hue

sedan ett tunt lager av Prussian Blue Hue utspädd med hälften vatten.

Dessutom massor av English Red Antiquing cream.

It's Arnes 85th birthday!!!

Det är Arnes 85:e födelsedag!!!

Different kinds of chipboard letters, some of them bought and others cut with

Sizzix/Holtz dies (Wordplay and Blocktalk)

Olika bokstäver av chipboard, några köpta och de andra utskurna med dies från 

Sizzix/Holtz  (Wordplay and Blocktalk)

I dry brushed all the letters with Decoart Fluid Acrylic Metallic Gold.

Allt torrborstat med Decoart Fluid Acrylic Metallic Gold.

Upholstery nails on the spine....

Möbelspikar för att hålla fast baksidan...

Kraft Cardstock covered with a patterned paper from Prima nailed to

the wood. The birthday greeting is a laser print.

Själva baksidan av Kraft Cardstock, mönsterpapper från Prima och 

en liten födelsedagshälsning utskriven på kvistpapper med laserskrivare.

Black wood stain.......

Svart lackbets på träbiten.

The back..... 

I hope Arne has a great birthday!!

Happy Birthday!!

Baksidan.....

Jag hoppas att Arne får en fin födelsedag!!!

GRATTIS!!

YNo.1

What inspires YOU?

I had a great day at the Swedish railway museum last week, filled with steam engines, 

trains, old cars and motorcycles and a Steampunk exhibition......that was my inspiration 

for this strange creation. A steampunk inspired wine dispenser I call him YNo.1 

I addition, it was a great project to test my new Fluid Acrylics and different mediums 

from the new Media Line by DecoArt. I went through my stash of scrap, junk, flea 

market finds and other strange things and this is the result.

The box made from foam board. A first coat of black acrylic paint then

a coat of Weathered Wood Crackle Medium. When the Crackle medium was dry I

applied a coat of Cadmium Red Hue and a top coat of Quinacridone Gold.

I always knew this old pressure gauge would come in handy someday LOL

One of my absolute favorites in the new Media Line is the Antiquing creams.

An easy way to get a tarnished, distressed and rusty look....the draw latch was first

painted with black acrylic paint then a coat of English Red Oxide Antiquing cream,

when dry I wiped back the Antiquing cream with a damp soft cloth.

A piece of chipboard covered in Texture Sand Paste. Painted in black and 

of course Red English  Oxide Antiquing cream. The R and W are old typewriter

keys. (R for red and W for white) A plastic cog from an alarm clock to hold the 

"rusty plate" in place.

 Everything is glued into place with hot glue.

Ignition breaker points......

An old Camera Shutter Release Cable and some metal parts.

The main switch....two lids from juice cartons, painted with Carbon

Black and then dry brushed with Metallic Gold.

A typewriter ribbon spool, a wheel from a toy motorcycle and a button.

The drive belt is really a black metal sleeve holder.

Chess pieces for feet. 

The corner reinforcements covered with Patina Green Antiquing cream.

An advanced warning system.....

The "machine" runs on gold pellets.....(golden microbeads)

A white plastic extractor fan painted black and dry brushed in gold. 

The fan blades painted with Cobalt Turquoise Hue, covered in Crackle Glaze.

Black Antiquing Cream to highlight the cracks. Two buttons in the middle.

Texture Sand Paste and English Red Antiquing Cream.

A plastic bowl, a lid from a mason jar and a glass dome on top.

The plastic bowl first painted with Titanium White then a thin coat of 

Quinacridone Gold. Crackle Glaze on top and Carbon Black Antiquing cream.

Cogs and gears and some rhinestones under the glass dome.

Nothing exciting on the back.....

Patina Green Antiquing cream on a metal ornament...

A 3 liter "bag in box" wine bag fits perfectley inside the "machine" 

This is how it all started.........

THE END!!

A gift box for a baby girl...

I needed a gift box for a gift for little baby girl Alva, a perfect opportunity to 

give the new colors from Decoarts New Media Line a try. I made a blue box 

for a baby girl.

Jag behövde en presentask till en present åt lilla Alva, ett perfekt tillfälle att

testa de nya färgerna ur Decoarts nya Media Line. Det blev visst en blå ask

till en liten tjej.

A gift box 25x25 cm. The lid covered with Decoarts Textured Sand Paste through

a stencil from Memory Box.

En presentbox, 25x25 cm. Locket täckt med Texture Sand Paste från Decoart.

Stencil från Memory Box.

 A white satin ribbon on the edge of the lid.

En smalt sidenband runt kanten av locket.

I do love the texture the Sand Paste from the new Media Line from 

Decoarts gives.

Jag gillar verkligen effekten man får med Texture Sand Paste från Decoarts

nya Media Line. 

I glued a lot of flowers, beads and metal decorations to the lid, primed the whole thing

with Gesso and then sprayed it with a mix of the new Fluid Acrylics (Cobalt Teal) from 

Decoart and water. Dry brushed it all with with Titanium White.

Limmade en hel massa blommor, pärlband och metalldekorationer med limpistol på

locket av asken. Grundade allt med vit Gesso. Blandade Fluid Acrylics (Cobalt Teal) och 

vatten i en sprayflaska och gav allt en rejäl dusch. Torrborstade allt med Titanium

White.

Letters cut in chipboard with a die from Sizzix/Holtz covered with embossing

powder from Stampendous.

Bokstäverna utskurna ur chipboard med en die från Sizzix/Holtz täckta med 

embossingpulver från Stampendous.

Some rhinestones to finish it off...

Happy Birthday Stig!!!

När en vän fyller år och man är bjuden på fest är det kanske ett bra läge att 

ta med sig ett kort?! I det här fallet blev det ett rejält tungt kort med metallkänsla.

I made a birthday card for a friend.....a heavy ("metal") card.

"Kortet" är 21x21 med en stomme av 18mm MDF board, med massor av akrylfärg.

21x21 cm. Base of 18 mm MDF board, a lot of acrylic paint.

Bokstäver av chipboard utskurna med en die från Sizzix/Holtz (Block Talk Alphabet) 

täckta med svart UTEE och några olika färger av Decoart Metallic lustre.

Chipboard letters cut with a die from Sizzix/Holtz (Block Talk Alphabet) covered with

black UTEE and some Decoart Metallic lustre.

Tagen skvallrar om att Stig är född 1964.....alutape på chipboard.

Stig is born in 1964....now you know it's his 50th birthday... tag in chipboard covered

with aluminium tape.

Embossad cardstock målad med DecoArt Traditions Raw Umber, Carbon Black, 

Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Quinacridone Gold. Embossingfoldern från

Embossalicious.

Embossed cardstock (an 8x8 embossing folder from Embossalicious) painted with 

DecoArt Traditions Raw Umber, color washes in Carbon Black, Transparent Red 

Iron Oxide and Quinacridone Gold.

Ett piano gångjärn håller ihop sidorna. DecoArt texture Fierro Red Iron Oxide på kanterna,

dessutom lite svart akrylfärg för att ge en smutsig look.

A piano hinge.....DecoArt texture Fierro Red Iron Oxide on the edges,

and a lot of black color washes.

En liten grattis hälsning utskriven på vanlig kopieringspapper inuti.

A personal greeting on the inside printed on plain copy paper.

Alla sidor har klätts med cardstock embossad i en av mina favoritfoldrar från Sizzix/Holtz

och sedan målats med DecoArt Dazzling metallics Glorious Gold, DecoArt Traditions 

Carbon Black, Transparent Red Iron Oxide och Quinacridone Gold.

All "pages" of the card covered with cardstock embossed in one of my favorite embossing 

folders from Sizzix/Holtz. Painted with DecoArt Dazzling metallics Glorious

Gold, color washes in Carbon Black, Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Quinacridone Gold.

Nothing fancy on the back...just cardstock and acrylic paint.....