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I recently found this set of coasters in my local op shop (charity store). I knew immediately that I wanted to alter them, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so they sat for a while on my table. Then one of my favorite artists, Marta Lapkowska (check out her blog), made a piece and called it 'Tiny Art', which was fabulous and inspired me to make my own 'Tiny Art'. I made this one first with the butterfly, but made it a bit too dimensional so I decided that this would live on the top of the stack and as I made the others I made sure I didn't make them too dimensional. I used a bunch of clock parts and some of Finnabair's copper crackle paste, and used treasure gold in many colours on the wooden edges. This one was made with a cut out from some patterned paper and a small piece of Tim Holtz film strip. The number is from my Whichcraft store and the letter is from my stash. A couple of rhinestones and some microbeads. I used a tiny picture and a metal filigree which I had rusted with some ferrous powder and rusting solution, a few Prima crystals and more micro beads. I also used a small piece of gauze that I coloured with the leftover rusting solution and some paint. This dragonfly was from an old necklace, a little bit more gauze and glass glitter in the center of the dragonfly. I designed and cut the 'steampunk heart parts' (which will be available in my next new release), layered this on top of some gauze, threw a few more micro beads around and added the roman numeral. I rusted the key and the small calico tag using the same ferrous powder and solution then I darkened the key with some big brush markers The keyhole was another old necklace which I again rusted and sat on top of some glass glitter, the Fleur de lis is a sticker. Various Finnabair Mechanical pieces here are coloured with a little paint and some treasure gold, I poked a few pieces of gauze underneath and sprinkled a few microbeads about. All the words are from Tim Holtz Chit Chat and Big Chat stickers. So here is my 'Tiny Art'. Thanks for stopping by! xx

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I recently found this set of coasters in my local op shop (charity store). I knew immediately that I wanted to alter them, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so they sat for a while on my table. Then one of my favorite artists, Marta Lapkowska (check out her blog), made a piece and called it 'Tiny Art', which was fabulous and inspired me to make my own 'Tiny Art'. I made this one first with the butterfly, but made it a bit too dimensional so I decided that this would live on the top of the stack and as I made the others I made sure I didn't make them too dimensional. I used a bunch of clock parts and some of Finnabair's copper crackle paste, and used treasure gold in many colours on the wooden edges. This one was made with a cut out from some patterned paper and a small piece of Tim Holtz film strip. The number is from my Whichcraft store and the letter is from my stash. A couple of rhinestones and some microbeads. I used a tiny picture and a metal filigree which I had rusted with some ferrous powder and rusting solution, a few Prima crystals and more micro beads. I also used a small piece of gauze that I coloured with the leftover rusting solution and some paint. This dragonfly was from an old necklace, a little bit more gauze and glass glitter in the center of the dragonfly. I designed and cut the 'steampunk heart parts' (which will be available in my next new release), layered this on top of some gauze, threw a few more micro beads around and added the roman numeral. I rusted the key and the small calico tag using the same ferrous powder and solution then I darkened the key with some big brush markers The keyhole was another old necklace which I again rusted and sat on top of some glass glitter, the Fleur de lis is a sticker. Various Finnabair Mechanical pieces here are coloured with a little paint and some treasure gold, I poked a few pieces of gauze underneath and sprinkled a few microbeads about. All the words are from Tim Holtz Chit Chat and Big Chat stickers. So here is my 'Tiny Art'. Thanks for stopping by! xx

I recently found this set of coasters in my local op shop (charity store). I knew immediately that I wanted to alter them, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so they sat for a while on my table. Then one of my favorite artists, Marta Lapkowska (check out her blog), made a piece and called it 'Tiny Art', which was fabulous and inspired me to make my own 'Tiny Art'. I made this one first with the butterfly, but made it a bit too dimensional so I decided that this would live on the top of the stack and as I made the others I made sure I didn't make them too dimensional. I used a bunch of clock parts and some of Finnabair's copper crackle paste, and used treasure gold in many colours on the wooden edges. This one was made with a cut out from some patterned paper and a small piece of Tim Holtz film strip. The number is from my Whichcraft store and the letter is from my stash. A couple of rhinestones and some microbeads. I used a tiny picture and a metal filigree which I had rusted with some ferrous powder and rusting solution, a few Prima crystals and more micro beads. I also used a small piece of gauze that I coloured with the leftover rusting solution and some paint. This dragonfly was from an old necklace, a little bit more gauze and glass glitter in the center of the dragonfly. I designed and cut the 'steampunk heart parts' (which will be available in my next new release), layered this on top of some gauze, threw a few more micro beads around and added the roman numeral. I rusted the key and the small calico tag using the same ferrous powder and solution then I darkened the key with some big brush markers The keyhole was another old necklace which I again rusted and sat on top of some glass glitter, the Fleur de lis is a sticker. Various Finnabair Mechanical pieces here are coloured with a little paint and some treasure gold, I poked a few pieces of gauze underneath and sprinkled a few microbeads about. All the words are from Tim Holtz Chit Chat and Big Chat stickers. So here is my 'Tiny Art'. Thanks for stopping by! xx

Hello. Happy Mothers Day to all the Mum's today! Its Kerry here again with a journal page to share. I started in my 'Colour and Texture' Journal, which is actually just an old book I found at an op-shop (thrift store). I had added some washi tape to the pages and then covered in a layer of white gesso. I added some random stamping using Black Archival Ink as this is permanent and won't bleed if I add water later. Next I took the 'Dusty Charcoal' paste and an old gift card. I dipped the edge of the gift card into the paste and used it to apply the paste to the page in lines. Then I took the 'Deep Water' paste and popped a small amount on my craft mat and added water and mixed well until I had quite a fluid consistency. Then I painted the mixture across the middle of my page and allowed the drips to run down the page. I dried the page off a little and repeated the same water mixing step with the 'Royalty' paste. I let the drips run in both directions and added a few splatters as well, then I dried the page thoroughly. I grabbed the 'Bling and Leather' pastes and ran them together through a stencil to add a little more texture to my background. Using the same gift card application technique from earlier, I picked up some of the 'Bling' paste and used it to accent the 'Dusty Charcoal' lines I had made earlier. I inked around the edge of the page with 'Black Archival Ink' and also highlighted the edges randomly with the 'Bling' paste. I added a few quote stickers and some bling and microbeads to finish it off. Thanks for stopping by :)

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I recently found this set of coasters in my local op shop (charity store). I knew immediately that I wanted to alter them, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so they sat for a while on my table. Then one of my favorite artists, Marta Lapkowska (check out her blog), made a piece and called it 'Tiny Art', which was fabulous and inspired me to make my own 'Tiny Art'. I made this one first with the butterfly, but made it a bit too dimensional so I decided that this would live on the top of the stack and as I made the others I made sure I didn't make them too dimensional. I used a bunch of clock parts and some of Finnabair's copper crackle paste, and used treasure gold in many colours on the wooden edges. This one was made with a cut out from some patterned paper and a small piece of Tim Holtz film strip. The number is from my Whichcraft store and the letter is from my stash. A couple of rhinestones and some microbeads. I used a tiny picture and a metal filigree which I had rusted with some ferrous powder and rusting solution, a few Prima crystals and more micro beads. I also used a small piece of gauze that I coloured with the leftover rusting solution and some paint. This dragonfly was from an old necklace, a little bit more gauze and glass glitter in the center of the dragonfly. I designed and cut the 'steampunk heart parts' (which will be available in my next new release), layered this on top of some gauze, threw a few more micro beads around and added the roman numeral. I rusted the key and the small calico tag using the same ferrous powder and solution then I darkened the key with some big brush markers The keyhole was another old necklace which I again rusted and sat on top of some glass glitter, the Fleur de lis is a sticker. Various Finnabair Mechanical pieces here are coloured with a little paint and some treasure gold, I poked a few pieces of gauze underneath and sprinkled a few microbeads about. All the words are from Tim Holtz Chit Chat and Big Chat stickers. So here is my 'Tiny Art'. Thanks for stopping by! xx

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Hello. Finally I have the 'Brusho' tutorial to show you :) I Absolutely love this technique and its different every time. The hardest bit is waiting for the glossy accents to fully dry... LOL You will need some glossy accents and watercolour paper to start with. Using the 'Glossy Accents' like a pen draw random squiggles all over the page. I know this next part is hard, but you must leave this to fully dry. I did mine just before I went to bed and they were ready for me to play with the next morning. Do a few pages because you will want to play with more than one ;) Next, start sprinkling the 'Brusho' powders on the page. These are highly concentrated so you only need the tiniest bit. If you can see big piles of powder, then you have too much. Once you have sprinkled the powders over the page, liberally spritz with water. The colours will intermingle and make new colours and the glossy accents will act like a 'dam' and keep some of the colours separate. Let this dry thoroughly aswell. Once dry it will look something like this... Now its time to highlight the raised 'Glossy Accents'. You can use Inca Gold, Rub N Buff or something similar. I used 'Archival Ink' in Black to darken the edges and added some splashes of white 'FW Artists Ink. Background complete, now for the embellishments. Using my new favorite 'Text Stamp' and black 'Archival ink' I stamped some white chipboard circles. I used 'Gelatos' to add some shading to my circles, and then went around the edges with black 'Archival Ink' I coloured the Whichcraft 'Dream Big' title with 'Black Soot Distress Paint' I attached the circles and layered the title on top of some gauze. You can find all the products HERE. Thanks for stopping by :)

WhichCraft DoYouDo

WhichCraft DoYouDo