Autumn theme decorated plaque

I have made this plaque for the Autumn Calling Challenge for September 2020 on the Gecko Galz Blog. I am also entering the Celebrate Autumn/Fall Challenge 2020 and the Colour Shades of Autumn Challenge 2020 on the Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge Group on Facebook

To start I used a 6 x 6 inch square MDF plaque. The digital image is from the Gecko Galz on Etsy. I sized the image to fit in the centre of the plaque on my computer and then printed the image out onto photo paper.

Then I painted the plaque with white gesso to give a good base to work with. I used a scroll stencil and laid it onto the plaque that I had to do in stages as the stencil was smaller than the plaque and then I added texture paste over the stencil, then gently lifting off the stencil that left a raised design on the plaque. I made sure that I had left enough space in the middle of the plaque for the image and the wooden frame, then I put the plaque on one side to dry.

 

When the plaque was dry I painted over the raised embossed background with light brown and green acrylic paint in different areas of the plaque, when dry I went over the whole of the background with gold gilding paste and then I buffed with a paper towel to bring the shine out. For the image, I gave it a coat of Distress Glaze and when dry I adhered the image down to the centre of the plaque.

 

I made a frame out of bamboo skewers using three sticks for each of the four sections, then I painted them with brown acrylic paint leaving some of the natural wood showing. When dry I glued light brown twine in two places on each section and I tied a knot to make a rustic look. I then adhered each of the bamboo skewer sections down around the image to make a frame.

 

For the white fabric leaves, I coloured them with orange and light green acrylic paint and then I used the Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink pad and a sponge to add colour. I used a punch and cut the flower shapes out of white card stock. To get the colours that I wanted for the flowers I used two colours of Distress Oxide dabbed onto a glass mat and lightly sprayed with water, then I dabbed the card stock into that mixture and dried that with a craft heat gun.

 

For the base of the image I added sisal to decorate. I then adhered the leaves around the frame and arranged the flowers using the two different sizes to add more decoration. I then adhered orange gems to the centre of each flower. To finish I coloured around all four edges of the plaque with gold gilding paste and then I adhered a brown piece of card to the back of the plaque so that it would look nice from the front and the back

The image is from the Gecko Galz us from

 Spring into Nature Collage Sheet

I want to enter the Autumn Calling Challenge 2020  on the Gecko Galz Blog

http://geckogalzscrapbooking.blogspot.com/2020/09/autumn-calling-september-challenge.html

Decorated Tag

A decorated tag that I have made for the Summer Love Challenge on the Gecko Galz Blog August 2020.

The size of the tag is 8 inches long by 4 inches wide.

To start I edged the tag with gold gilding paste, then I papered the front of the tag with a pretty patterned paper from the Gecko Galz Etsy store, and the image of the couple is also from the Gecko Galz.

For behind the frame I cut a lace trim into sections and layered that so it is larger than the framed image. I then used a die cut frame in purple. The image of the couple was glued on top of the lace and then the frame layered over that to make it the focal point of the tag. I then arranged the paper flowers in white, ivory and purple into a spray and some sisal and then arranged it around the bottom right hand corner of the frame, also on the top left of the frame I added three pearls.

At the base of the tag I added an ivory coloured lace trim and some small flower embellishments and for the top of the tag I added a small ivory coloured lace flower and a small flower embellishment

The digital images used from the Gecko Galz on Etsy are 

Springs Song Paper Pack

J'Taime Collage Set

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Vintage style decorated envelope
 
This is made out of a large envelope. I used a pretty shop bought floral paper to decorate the envelope and the image on the front is from the Gecko Galz Etsy store

 For the front of the envelope I used one sheet of the same design and cut it so when the cover is closed the pattern matches. The frame around the image is from Tim Holtz. I used an image of a frame from My Porch Prints and I added the word 'dream' to that, then I added a small section of cheesecloth and a paper butterfly.

On the inside section on the right hand side I added a fold out flap and then added a pocket onto that and for the middle section I also added a pocket. Then for the middle section at the top I added a flap that flips upwards and I added a pocket to that

On the middle section on the flap I made an oblong embellishment decorated with patterned paper, cheesecloth and a butterfly

On  the flap at the bottom right I used a pretty postcard. To finish off the look I added lace, cheesecloth and small paper butterfly

All of the tags are cut out of kraft card for the base. I decorated all of the tags with collage of different scraps of patterned paper. On some of the tags I added small images, lace, cheesecloth and small paper butterflies, I also added a word to each tag. To finish I added a crochet trim for the top of each tag and tied them with string

On the back of the envelope I added a large pocket that it can be used for extra storage

A large tag 

I have decorated a large MDF tag for the Gecko Galz monthly Image Challenge July 2020 on their Blog. To enter your project click on the monthly Image Challenge on their Blog and enter it via the Linky.

The tag size is 10 inches long by 5 inches wide. I coloured the edge of the whole tag with gold gilding paste. I papered the back of the tag as I want the tag to look nice from both sides. Then I papered the front of the tag using pretty patterned paper.

For the image of the lady, I printed it out using an inkjet printer onto photo paper and gave it a coat of Ranger Distress Collage Medium to stop the image becoming scratched. I do this to make sure this does not happen.

A pretty metal cutting die has been used to cut out the frame using orange card stock. I then cut around the image to make it an oval shape and adhered it onto the tag, then I  lightly glued in areas on the back of the frame and adhered that to the tag to frame the image.

For the bottom of the tag, I did not have a lace trim in the colour that I wanted to match the tag, so I dyed it using Ranger Distress Oxide spray in abandoned coral and also a Distress Oxide ink pad in fired brick. I also used a gold trim and then the pearl trim was also coloured using copper paint.I adhered the lace to the tag so that the lace is slightly draping over the bottom of the tag.

Finally, I added the paper leaves and also the flowers were coloured to match the tag. To finish the look I added yellow and red rhinestones to match the whole project and a small fabric daisy that I had dyed and I used a small red rhinestone in the centre to cover the hole at the top of the tag

I want to enter the Monthly Image Challenge July 2020

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Vintage style ATCs

I made the ATCs using white card 300Gsm in weight. The backgrounds on all of the ATCs are made using an A4 stamp No 55 from AAll & Create designed by Tracy Evans.

First I stamped the whole image in permanent black ink onto the white card A4 in size. I then cut up the card into 21/2 inches by 31/2 inches pieces.

The backgrounds were coloured with a sponge using Ranger Distress Oxide in spiced marinade and fossilised amber.

I decorated each ATC with different scraps of patterned paper, corrugated card and ephemera. On some of the ATCs I added circles in white card and shaded them to match the background.

The Tim Holtz paper dolls were adhered to each ATC card making sure that each image is grounded. I then added a word for each ATC and adhered them onto the ATC cards. Finally, I went around each image with a fine nibbed pen in black to make the paper dolls stand out from the background

Alice in Wonderland Flag Book

I made the Flag book for the Gecko Galz Welcome to Wonderland Blog Challenge for July 2020 and also for July 2020 Keys and Keyholes Challenge and the Colour Me Fantastic Challenge July 2020 on the Gecko Galz Papercrafting group on Facebook

I made this book using black cardstock, the size of the book is 43/4 inches by 33/4 inches. All of the images and background papers are from the Gecko Galz on their Etsy store.

I learnt how to make a Flag book from a workshop by Tracy Evans who also designs stamps for AAll & Create, Tracy Evans is also on youtube.

I papered the front and back covers using a pretty backing paper. The main image is matt and layered on black cardstock. The keyhole I made out of paper clay and I painted it black and highlighted the design with silver coloured guilding paste

I decorated the inside front cover and the back cover with a lovely image and mounted these on black card stock

The inside of the book is made as card flaps that fold flat when the book is closed. I added four small tags to the edge on the back page and decorated using patterned paper

These are the images and background paper that I have used

Wonderland 1 and 2

Wonderful Wonderland 1 and 2

Wonderland Dominoes

Wonderland ATCS 1 and 3

Looking Glass

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Altered metal tin and mini book

I made these so I can enter the June Image Challenge 2020 and the Colour of Summer Challenge 2020 on the Gecko Galz blog.

To start I used a plain gold coloured tin and gave the outside sides and the lid of the tin a coat of Clear Gesso. When dry I painted the lid and the sides of the tin and the base of the tin with blue emulsion paint. I then papered the inside of the lid of the tin and the inside base of the tin and also the outside base of the tin

The image of the seahorse has some touches of gold in the design so to highlight this I coloured a strip of pearls with Gold Treasure Gilding Polish and left to dry and then added some highlights on the tin using the same colour Gilding Polish.

The image of the sea horse was printed onto white photo paper and sized to fit the project. I gave it a coat of Ranger Distress Collage medium to seal and protect the image

To decorate the tin I made shells using a mould and paper clay. I then put them to one side to dry overnight. The following day I painted the shells using two different colours of blue Paper Artsy Fresco Paint and when dry I highlighted each shell using the gold-coloured Gilding polish. I glued the gold-coloured pearl trim to the sides of the base of the tin using Ranger Distress Collage medium and put it to one side to dry. I glued the sea horse image onto the top of the lid using Beacon 3 in 1 glue and arranged the shells around the image again using the same glue.

I made a small folding mini-book for inside the tin. The images I used are from the Gecko Galz Summer Seas Collage sheet 1 and 2. The images fit nicely onto each page of the book. I then hand-stamped some words and I also used the Charming Words Collage Sheet set 1 and 2 and added those to the pages on the front of the mini book and on the back of the pages of the book, I made the mini book to fit inside the tin

I want to enter the June 2020 Image Challenge and the Colour of Summer Challenge 2020 on the Gecko Galz Blog