Eclectic Paperie: Christy Tomlinson rub ons

Showing posts with label Christy Tomlinson rub ons. Show all posts

Friday, March 21, 2014

A Little Spring in Your Step!

I am so excited that spring is almost here!! I can't wait to work at my art desk and stare out at green trees and grass instead of boring brown and gray! Here is a little happy bunny picture that I made - I mean what doesn't say spring more than cute bunnies and bunting flags!!

"Begin each day with a little courage, a little curiosity, and a little spring in your step!"

I always start off with my sketchbook. I knew I wanted a bunny, I just didn't know what type to draw.

For Christmas my mom gave me a box of pieces of wood 'canvas' pieces! I must be really easy to please because this was one of the best Christmas presents!! I used one of these wood pieces as my base. I took some teal paint and mixed it with white and covered the whole piece with the teal/white mix. Then I used the Chevron Grunge stencil with just teal to create my background!

Next I took out the Simple Stories Daily Grind Paper. I cut out the triangles for bunting and tore the green for the grass. I used gel medium and glued all the pieces down.

After the paper was dry I took my Wendy Vecchi embossing paste and made little circles with my fingers. After the paste dried I painted it with coordinating colors! Love how the embossing paste gives me some texture to my project!

I printed out a little saying, "Begin each day with a little courage, a little curiosity, and a little spring in your step!" Then I doodled and used some rub-ons to finish the project!!

I hope you all have a very happy day and a wonderful weekend!! Thank you SO much for stopping by the Eclectic Paperie today! Make sure to check out all the wonderful products that I used for this project!

-Karen

http://ijustneedmoreglue.blogspot.com/

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Luckily Ever After!

Good Morning EPeeps!! St. Patrick's Day is coming up and I wanted to share with you a little canvas I made of a lucky four leaf clover!! This is a super fun little project - you could make one for a friend or just for yourself!! You just need a small canvas, blue paint, white spray and some fun paper!!

I started off with another background idea in mind. I just couldn't get it to look right ... but we know that even when we are stuck to just keep going. You never know what the end will turn out to be!!

So, I re-started with the background of blue and white paint. ( If you want to recreate this canvas, I would start here!!)

To lighten up the blue, I used Dylusions White Linen spray. I used one of my favorite stencils, The Crafter's Warehouse Peacock Doily, to create the shapes in the background.

Then I took out my fun washi tape collection and created a border around the edge!

Using an old heart shaped paper punch and some scrap paper, I punched out 4 hearts for the leaves. Then I grabbed my new favorite Authentique Aboard paper to make the planter! I used gel medium to glue them down. I was careful not to smear it around because the Dylustions spray will reactivate and move around with the gel medium!

Doodles, rub-ons, and highlights finish off the canvas!

I hope you enjoyed my project and have a wonderfully lucky day today!! Be sure to stop by the ePaperie to see all the new fun products that are coming in - I can't wait to get my hands on a few new items ...

-Karen

PS - I also can't wait to see what you all create for this month's ePlay Challenge . . . did you find a book to alter yet???? Have any questions? Feel free to ask me!!
http://eclecticpaperie.blogspot.ca/2014/03/eplay-challenge-alter-book.html

http://ijustneedmoreglue.blogspot.com

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Wood Art with Authentique & Pan Pastels . . .

Hi everyone, Tracy here today and I am soooo excited to be sharing a little of my wood art with you all!

It`s so simple to create . . . honest . . . all you will need is a lump of wood, the piece I used was laying around at my allotment . . . I didn`t sand it as I love the roughness of texture, but I did give it a quick coat of Acrylic White Paint.

In the picture above I`ve said "1 die cut star " but I ended up using 3 to give it more dimension.

Kim sent me the set of Star dies a while ago and oh my giddy aunt they are a dream to work with

Wplus9 - Clear cut Stackers -Stars

what`s even better is they are half price right now in the shop, woohoo!

The pretty papers are from

Authentique Joyous 6x6 paper pad collection

beautiful, warm rich colors.

I added some more of the papers down the sides and along the top to box it all in.

After getting messy with a mixture of Pan Pastels from Mixed Media sets 1 & 2

it was time to . . . doodle doodle doo all over with a fine black liner pen

followed by some . . .

Pink Paislee - She Art{Christy Tomlinson}Border & Doily Rub ons

Loooove them, just saying!

Finishing with a few Word stickers and some Glossy Gel over the surface.

What once was a lump of wood is now a gift for someone`s Christmas . . . 1 down and more to go,lol!

I hope you enjoyed my makeover and if you have a go, we would love to see what you create.

Happy Crafting

Tracy

xoxo

List of materials and links to the eP Store -

Authentique Joyous 6x6 Paper Pad

Pan Pastels Mixed Media Sets 1 & 2

Pink Paislee - She Art { Christy Tomlinson } Doily/ Border Rub Ons

Wplus9 - Clear Cut Stackers - Stars { half price right now, woohoo!! }

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Canvas Day!

EEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk!! I am so so so very late! I apologize for my tardiness, but I had serious computer issues today and then I wasn't home so I didn't have pictures of my projects (we've been on vacation all week using my parent's house at the beach. It wasn't the best weather but we had fun nonetheless!). Ok, enough of that! Does anyone want to see my project?

Two weeks ago my sister-in-law and oldest niece came over for a crafty, canvas day. They had never really done mixed media work so we had a ton of fun experimenting, playing, using neat products and just being creative! Here is the result of my day, for most of the day I hated it - it just wasn't working for me. But like most mixed media things, if you just keep working it you can eventually come up with a masterpiece! :)

We started by making a collage background using vintage and patterned paper scraps, paint, gel medium, and Wendy Vecchi's Embossing paste. We added lots of layers, lots of highlights and paint to bring dimension and color. We used stencils and embossing paste to add texture - I love, love how well the doily detail came out in the paste!

Some of the girls then used their canvas to paint, or stamp on but I decided to make an "old school" SheArt girl, by cutting out paper shapes, adding paint for detail.

I added outlines with a black pen, rub-ons from Pink Paislee, some Unity Stamps from Christy Tomlinson and words from one of my vintage books.

We had such a fun day with these!! I'll even share a picture of the canvas my daughter made using one of the Prima girl stamps.

Thanks for stopping in!! Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Dreamer of dreams

Hi everyone! Tracy here today with a little project I popped together using the new

Pink Paislee - She Art {Christy Tomlinson}Border Rub ons

along with

Idea-ology - Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs - Words

they are a dream to work with!

{You will find a list of other materials used at the bottom of this post.}

When I started my project I had no idea what I was going to create!!!

Looking at the back of the packaging on the She Art Rub ons is the most beautiful

She Art done by Christy Tomlinson.

A touch of inspiration and madness descended upon me...please keep in mind that this is my first attempt at drawing my very own She Art... no lessons, nothing.

So a quick slather of white acrylic paint and then the scarey part . . . drawing!

I started with Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Peeled Paint for the hair because I love the color,lol.

Followed by a little Walnut Stain and Black Soot. Once I was happy with the hair, I used a fine black pen to add a little detail.

Do you see those gorrrgeous Border Rub ons . . .I looove them and they make me so happy.

At this point I knew it need a little something more . . . but what I wasn`t sure.

More Distress Stains in Fired Brick to add a little color to her cheeks, little ribbon ties for her hair, a few rub ons dotted around and a little clear embossing to finish.

Hmmm now what to do with it, well I scratched my head, raked around, hummed and hawed until I found some corrugated card leftover from another project, some buttons, a little raffia, another rub on, bulldog clips,old book pages, a stapler and some wax.