Blue - Neil Walker

Hello again,

Welcome to the weekend!

Goodness, these weeks are flying past,

is it me or do you think that too?

So, today Neil is here to show us

what he has been making for you!

Neil has been under the sea.....

sounds like a Disney theme 

and made a beautiful bookmark 

For my project today I chose to make a simple

 bookmark. I began by inking the book mark

 with Distress Ink in Blueprint Sketch and Mermaid Lagoon.

Laying my Ocean Jellyfish mask onto the bottom

 and taking a moist wipe I removes some colour.

Then using my Shoal Positive mask along the top

 I did the same to add some depth and interest.

The next step was to add some bubbles using

 Liquid Glass.

Some detail was added with Liquid

 Pearls along the base.

Finally, to finish I grabbed a tassel from my stash

How amazing but simple is that? 

What a lovely present that would make?

Thank you Neil.

So, if you want to have a go, this is what 

Neil used -

Stix2 Bookmarks

Distress Ink - Mermaid Lagoon

Distress Ink - Blueprint Sketch

Tando Masks - Neil Walker - Ocean Jellyfish

Tando Masks - Neil Walker - Shoal Positive

Liquid Pearl - Platinum

Mixed Media - Clear Liquid Glass

Well that's all for today, I'll be 

back with the Challenge tomorrow.

There will be a new letter for you!

Jane x

Paper Folding - Neil Walker

Hi everyone,

Did you know we have just had World
Origami Day on the 11th of November??
No......nor did I!
Well we thought it would be a good idea 
to get the DT paper folding and so
this week we shall see what they have been up to!

Today, we start with Neil.

Neil says.....

Hi 

At this time of the year I think there's often

 a need for quick and simple gift and

 presentation ideas. I like this simple gift 

bag as it is quick and easy to make and

 you can pretty much tailor the size

 to suit the gift.

You don't even need to add the handles;

 you could just fold the top over and hold

 it closed with a mini peg or clip too.

I've started off with an approximately A5 piece
 of old sheet music paper which had been
 embellished with a resist technique using a mask.

Place the paper decorated side down and fold 
the top edge over (measurements are fluid 
lol, this is about 1cm). Mark off the centre.

Fold the sides over to meet in the middle.

Use decorative tape to join together.

Open the bottom edge and push the folded 

outer edge in to flatten as seen.

Fold the bottom edge over. (This is around 2.5 cm ish)

Repeat for the other side.

Fold the edge to the middle..

Repeat for the other edge and join with
 decorative tape.

Punch a couple of holes in the top and add
 decorative string to create handles.

Finish with a suitable embellishment
 and your gift bag is ready.

How lovely is that?
I'd love to receive that bag, even if
there is nothing in it!

If you fancy having a go, this is what
Neil used....

White paper or old book paper

Decorative Tape
Distress Inks

Tando Masks - Neil Walker - Winged Pattern
DecoArt Faux Finishing Medium

That's all today,
see you tomorrow,

Jane x

Anything Goes - Dawn Heald

Hellooooo,

Here we are again, this is the last week of

looking back at some older projects, the DT

will be back with us again next week

with some new ideas for you!

This was such an amazing project

by Dawn that I thought it should definitely

be aired again!  It would be a lovely gift 

too.

Dawn says -

"This week I've used an 8 x 8 canvas board to make an underwater scene. I knew the look I 

wanted to achieve and remembered my Brusho

 experiments. The Brusho Thickener along with

 Brusho colours and

 some cling film made this project as I envisioned it.

 The Fish Stamps are fabulous 

(my two are courting young love) and

 can be used in different ways other than

 doodling inside the shapes. I'll be using

 them again soon as I really like them. So onto how 

I made this project".

Apply Grunge Paste through the Bay Leaf stencil along the bottom and random circles above with Sequin

 Waste Stencil. Leave to dry as it's quick.

Position stencil back over same place as before and using

 Guacamole Fresco paint and paint brush, I painted over the

 Bay leaves Grunge Paste. Use a sponge and more

 green Fresco Finish paints to build up the layers. Then I 

painted on Decoart MixedMedia Satin finish

Next I coloured my background. First using blue

 and white Brusho

 and water, I painted all over and laid cling film

 or plastic wrap over

 the whole canvas, squished it around and left to dry.

 I chose four blue colours of Brusho and mixed

 each into a pool of Brusho Thickener. 

With a large flat brush I dabbed on the colours covering 

the entire canvas, laid over another piece of cling film,

 pressed it around to blend colours and move

 air pockets around. Then I left this to dry.

  As I'd used a thick layer of Brusho Thickener this took 24

 hours to dry.  I peeled off the cling film and it

 was still damp, so I

 used this to carefully wipe off the colours on parts of the 

stencilling then left it to completely air dry. I dotted on some 

Stickles Glitter Glue in Eucalyptus and Star Dust.

Whilst this was drying I stamped the two Fish and

 doodled some

 Zentangle patterns within the shapes. I coloured 

with Pro Markers

 and added some detail with white gel pen. I then 

cut them out. 

I drew some wavy sea plants, doodled and

 coloured with Faber Castell crafters crayons. Gently 

shape the 

pieces by curving them in your hand. I added

 some bling to the Fish

 by colouring clear gems with Pro Markers and 

gluing on the Fish.

I glued my pieces onto the canvas with glue gel. Add some

 coloured gems as treasure at the bottom of the sea.

Well, isn't that just lovely?

If you want to have a go, this is what Dawn used -

Canvas board 

Brusho Colour Crystals 24 set

Brusho Thickener

Lindsay Mason Zendoodles Fish Stamps

Imagination Crafts Bay Leaf Stencil

Tando Creative Sequin Waste Stencil

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints in greens

PaperArtsy Grunge Paste

Decoart MixedMedia Satin Varnish

Pro Markers

Faber Castell Crafters Crayons

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Black Fine Liner Pen

White Gel Pen

From own stash

Gems, cling film/plastic wrap


See you tomorrow with another project,

Jane x

Make your own Mask/Stencil - Neil Walker

Well, hello to you all,

Hope you are all well!

A quick hello to all our new followers, thank 

you for joining us here and I hope you like what

you see and perhaps enter our challenges.  We 

would love you to take part! 

Neil is here today  to show you how he made brilliant

masks/stencils to use for journalling.  Of course they 

could be used for anything, not just on your pages!

Neil says....

One of my favourite things to do is to make

 re usable stencils from my dies using acetate

 so today I've made a couple of stencils from

 my Tim Holtz dies and made a start on

 a journal page using them.

Begin by laying out your dies onto a sheet of Tyvek.

 I would recommend the magnetic plate to

 hold everything in place. Run it through your

 machine about 6 - 8 times as it's a bit of a pain

 to cut! Instead of Tyvek you could use a

 thin sheet of acetate .

Once you've managed to cut it you now have a

 re usable stencil. I've laid it onto a page in my 

sketchbook and you can see there are a couple 

more cut from the Frameworks dies too. 

These are cut from acetate.

Spritz with Dylusions, lay the masks on the other page.

Use a moist cloth to blend and when happy,

 dry the page.

Add detailing with the mask and Distress ink.

Use the masks and a moist wipe to remove colour.

Stamp and die cut the 3 butterflies and colour 

them grey.

 (Well you can colour them how you like LOL)

Stamp the butterflies onto the page (to get the

 antennae) and glue the butterflies in place.

Thank you Neil, this looks really great, and

a great way of making your own stencils.

This is what Neil used -

Acetate

Tim Holtz Frameworks Die - Chevron

Tim Holtz - Frameworks Die - Lattice

Tim Holtz Thinlits - Mixed Media

Dylusions Ink Spray - Dirty Martini

Dylusions Ink Spray - Cherry Pie

Dylusions Ink Spray - London Blue

Dylusions Ink Spray - Lemon Zest

Distress Ink - June Edition - Hickory Smoke

Stampendous Jumbo Cling Stamp - 

Penpattern Butterflies

Stampendous Die Cut Set - Butterfly Trio

DecoArt Faux Finishing Medium

Come back and join me tomorrow with 

a project from Dawn!

See you then,

Jane x