Happy Boxing Day!

Hi, it's Tina here, with my last post as a design team member for WOW.  I can't believe the six months is over already.  It's been an honor to be on the team with such wonderful, talented, and inspirational ladies.  A huge thank you to Suzanne for believing in me, and for creating such fabulous chipboard for us to play with.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, I certainly did.  But I must admit I was exhausted after all the shopping, cooking, cleaning, and preparation for the day.

  I've got a few things to share with you today.

 I embossed the Angel Blowing Trumpet, covered it in Gold Leaf, and added some gold Stickles.

 I painted the  "Christmas Morning" title with Smooch inks, and added some glitter glue in similar colours.

 I haven't completed a layout for my next title "Night before Christmas", as I still need to print my photos of the tree and presents from Christmas Eve.  Once again I used Smooch and coloured various words.  I blended the colours on "Christmas" from dark to light to dark again. 

 You can easy create this effect with inks, paints, or watercolour pencils.

I wanted to share a canvas I made for my daughter as a Christmas present.  It has so many layers of mists, die-cuts, rub-ons, tapes, paints, and was heaps of fun to make.  I used some Petite Alchemy Blooms and an Ornamental Flourish (which I cut up) , misting and painting them. 

More fun with Christmas chippy

Hi, I'm back again as promised.  I wanted to show you how I decorated the Love Christmas Tree.

 First I painted the tree gold.   Then in a small plastic container, I started adding all sorts of "STUFF".  About a tablespoon of Modge Podge, a sprinkling of gold and sand coloured glitters, some chunky German Glass Glitter in copper, and some clear Microbeads.  Mix well.

I applied the mixture randomly, with it thicker in some areas.  At this stage I had absolutely no idea what it would look like!

As it dried, the glitters started to show through.

And here's my completed layout.  I used Teresa Collins new range of papers, and Martha Stewart scroll punch, and Spellbinders dies.

It's very sparkly in real life, I added pearls to the punched border and Christmas tree.

Till next time, ....happy scrapping!
Tina

Fun with Christmas chipboard!

Hi, it's Tina here with a tutorial for you.
I had a ball, playing with this gorgeous Christmas chippy!  I pulled out lots of different media, pens, inks, paint, and other "stuff" and started layering.  I started with the wonderfully detailed Christmas Stocking and the Candy Cane.   I painted them with white paint, but only lightly so you can still see all the details.  (The white background will make your colours brighter.)

I outlined the details with Nikko pen so it wouldn't run/bleed when I added water-based  paints.

 I added Iridescent Medium to the white parts of my candy cane and stocking.

I coloured various sections using glitter pens, and Copic markers (keep this away from the Nikko pen)

I added Smooch to other areas.

 I added Smooch ink, & Diamond Dust.

 And added Dimensional Magic to highlight certain areas.

I have another tutorial and layout for you which I'll post tomorrow (otherwise this would be the longest post ever!). 
  I hope you've been inspired to have some fun colouring your chippy.

Gold, Opals & WOW!

With my wedding layout I thought I'd glam it up a bit, using lots of gold, bling, and Opals.
I covered the WOW 12x12 Circle Frame Set with Opals (UTEE) in two colours to create a soft mottled colour.

  I heated and added the embossing powder three times to build up the thickness. ( I left it thinner in some areas to create the textured effect.)   I inked an embossing folder with Versamark and used it to press patterns into the UTEE before it cooled.  (You can also do this with a stamp)

I heat embossed my WOW "And they lived happily ever after" title with two different gold embossing powders.  I did this by inking only the "happily", and heat embossing it, then inking and embossing the remainder of the title with the other embossing powder.

I hope I've inspired you to try a few different embossing techniques on your WOW chippy.

Happy Scrapping,
Tina

How to create 3-D blooms & other things

Hi everyone. It's Tina here, and  I'm quite excited to be doing my first post for WOW.  I had lots of fun playing with the chippy and creating these 3-D blooms.

I thought I'd share a few layouts with you, and explain some of the techniques I've used on the chipboard.
I used the Mini Alchemy Blooms 3, and split the chip board by wetting it and pulling the edges apart slightly.  The quality of the chippy is fantastic, and it was still very strong after doing this.  I manipulated the upper and lower petals, and allowed it to dry before covering them in white paint.

I painted the blooms with Twinkling H2Os (or you could use metallic paint, Smooch, or Glimmer Mists).  I then added fine glitter to the centers and some chunky glass glitter on the edges, adhering it with Dimensional Magic. 

Here's my layout, which is based on a sketch for the July challenge at NZ Paper Chase.

I layered the blooms with other flowers and a crocheted hand-dyed doiley.

And now for another layout...

 I just love these WOW cogs, and had to make them a little grungy and rusty.

 I created the rust effects by first inking with brown, red, and orange inks.  I then added some UTEE and Distress embossing powders to give different textures.  Lastly, I rubbed Inka Gold paint over parts of the cogs (but you could use Smooch or metallic rubs in the same manner).

I'll be teaching how to create this layout at Greenbank Scrapbook Shop on the 19th of August.

I hope you enjoyed my post.

Happy scrapping,

Tina