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!!

Image Transfer

I spent most of this amazing summer outdoors...a few garden projects and a lot of 

building and painting, I haven't managed to create anything in my craft room, 

to hot to even think about spending time indoors without air conditioning. 

But I'm really happy about my new outdoor kitchen and my my freshly 

painted fences. 

I needed a gift box for a bottle of wine for a friend so for the first time in 

months I'm back at my craft table....

Den här sommaren har det inte blivit mycket pysslat....tropisk värme och en hel del 

projekt här hemma. Det har målats staket och byggts utekök och ärligt talat har det 

inte känts direkt lockande att tillbringa den varmaste sommaren i "mannaminne" 

inomhus i pysselrummet. 

Men helt plötsligt dök behovet av en presentförpackning till en vinflaska upp... 

så för första gången på några månader är jag tillbaka vid arbetsbordet.

I used one of Andy Skinners Image Transfer Printables (you can find all of his

new Shabby Hi Res Image transfers HERE) I think this one is just perfect for

a shabby wine box.

Jag använde en av Andy Skinners nya motiv till en bildöverföring (ni hittar alla hans 

högupplösta vintage bilder HÄR) Den här passade perfekt till en presentbox som ska

innehålla en vinflaska.

A chipboard die cut (die from Spellbinders) glued to the tin before i painted it.

En remsa cardstock utskuren med en die från Spellbinders klistrad på burken innan 

jag målade den.

A metal decoration, a knob and a round piece of wood glued to the lid.

En metall dekoration, en knopp från en gardinstång och en träbit limmad på locket.

For this project I used:

Americana Multi Surface Satin Black, Americana Decor Chalky Finish Yesteryear,

Americana Decor Creme wax Golden Brown and the Matte Medium from the new 

Media Line, all from Decoart.

I glued all the pieces in place, and painted the whole thing black, two coats.

Jag började med att limma dit delarna på locket och de utstansade bårderna på

burken. Två lager svart färg.

Then one coat of Chalky Finish Yesteryear. I sanded down the paint to reveal some of 

the black paint. Before I applied a top coat of Brown creme wax I made an 

image transfer. Watch the video below by Andy Skinner if you want to learn how

to transfer images seamlessly using Decoart Media Matte Medium.

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Ett lager Chalky Finish Yesteryear, jag slipade fram den svarta grundfärgen på några

ställen. Innan jag avslutade med ett lager Golden Brown creme wax för att få en riktigt 

antik look gjorde jag en bildöverföring med Matte Medium. Kolla in videon här under 

av Andy Skinner om ni vill se tekniken.

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!!

Stampendous & Decoart

Stampendous-DecoArt bloghop day five

 The excitement continues as conclude our grand tour of amazing artists playing with Stampendous, DecoArt, and Princeton Artist Brushes via inspired by Willow Wolfe products! The inspiration has been amazing, and today you'll be even more astonished! If you missed the beginning of our journey, be sure to go back and check it out!
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For the final day of hopping around the world I decided to play with the new DecoArt 

Antiquing Creams and a lot of Stampendous embossing powders, tinsel and mica flakes. 

I altered a cardboard box using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics and Black Antiquing cream.

Embossed cardstock to create the texture....

A lot of embossing powders, mica flakes and tinsel on the petals

Antiquing Cream on the flowers to add to the distressed look.

And of course... I use the box for storing my embossing powders.

I covered the cardboard box with cardstock embossed in an embossing folder.

First I primed the embossed cardstock with Matte Medium and then painted

it with Media Fluid Acrylic Metallic Gold. 

I applied some Stampendous embossing powder Aged Gold to the edge of the lid.

I covered the whole thing with black Antiquing Cream and let it dry. Then I used a

damp cloth to wipe the Antiquing Cream back. The Antiquing creams dries but it

doesn't cure so you have unlimited working time and if you don't like the result...

just wipe it all off and start over and when you get the result you want seal with a

Media Varnish. I sealed it with DecoArt Media Satin Varnish.

The flowers gave me the perfect opportunity to experiment with a lot of embossing 

powders, mica flakes and tinsels....and I did!! A lot of different powders on the petals.

A brad in the middle to hold them together.

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