Furniture re-do

Here is my furnitur re-do. I was thinking about changing my IKEA Trollsta table for a long time and this was a great occasion to get rid of the purple.... I just wanted something more appropriate for my living and also this time the Tattered Angels enormous palette of colors and paints was the perfect choice. Here is my odl mini table:

...and here is my re-do version....

I used some acrylic pait for the base and before it dried I played with Dragonfly, Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice and Tokyo Glimmer Mists, someSeven Seas and Teal High Heel Chalkboards and I finished the edges with tapping on the Copper High Impact Paint.  I totally love the new rusty metal look... In fact noe it looks like a metal mini table...

And here are some close-ups of the techinque...

I hope you like it. It's nice to give some personality to a homologue piece...

"Follow me" egg

Hello! Just some days left til Easter and I have some more eggs to offer :-) My latest egg has 7Gypsies on the menu. But let's go gradually to see how it's made.
I covered the egg with an old curtain that I couldn't use anymore. I cut it into stripes, covered the egg  and painted it with texture paste.

 

I made the central heart using the Sizzix Bigz Die - Heart, Stem & Leaves and the 7Gypsies paper postale and the Canvas Corp Grey and White Diamonds paper. The background of the heart is made with Black High Impact Tattered Angels paint. I had a little bunny that was just brown and nothing special so I decided to cover it with Champagne High Impact Pint from Tattered Angels and also with some Glimmer Glaze using the same shadow. The bunny immidiatlly showed another face, more appropriete for my egg. The 7Gypsies Chemistry Naked Apothecary Label gives to the bunny the perfect spot. The heart is, obviously, completed with some well show  stitches.

 I also added a lovely tag from Canvas Corp. I covered it with some Gloss varnish that gives to tha tag some dimension and some more force in time as well.

I added 7Gypsies Vintage Pin that I intentionally twisted a bit and a mini key, also from 7Gypies, invites the thoughts to enter in the Fairytale and of course you'll have to follow the bunny ;-)

The flowers are adorned (or bothered) with some metal hardware from Canvas Corp. 

I have some more time till Easter.... some more eggs are waiting...

Easter eggs for kids

Hello! Here I am with two different ideas for easter eggs for kids. I decided to make some special ones for my nephews in Australia and for my son. The first one is for my niece Tanaia:

 

For her I decided to use the Canvas Corp burlap. The idea is pretty simple. Covering the egg with stripes of two different colors of burlap. I glittered the die from Sizzix: the Sizzix Bigz Die - Elegant Flourishes. 

I aslo used the Sizzix Tattered Floral dies to cover the top and the bottom of the eggs. Some blings and the egg is prepared.

Fir the three boys the story is deifferent. I was thinking I could send them a misterious egg from the past and from exotic places. The collection Serengeti from 7 Gypsies was the right decision. Also in this case I cut some stripes but from pattern paper this time. I put them in the water and in this way they were perfectly malleable. From another Serengeti paper I cut out the letters for the names with the Sizzix Alphabet die and I've put some extra shiny glos on them to make them more 3d. The embellishments are simply cutted out from Serengeti pattern paper. I think the boys will love them  and maybe even prefer them to shabby eggs ;-)

Here are the three eggs:

Enjoy expecting easter to come....

Easter fairytale egg

Hello! Here is my new project - a gothic fairytale easter egg. I used many Canvas Corp products that offer versatility and a great base for further ideas. I covered an egg with Canvas Corp canvas.

I just teared it into stripes and glued them on. Several touches of distressing make the defference: the Canvas Corp string and wire for stitches, the distressing with Color Box Mix'd Media inxs (Leather and Jasmin), some crackle paint on the egg and on the  Sizzix Movers & Shapers Magnetic Die Set 2PK - Mini Butterflies Set as well. The bottom of the egg is the burlap flower from CC and I also put a little jasmin ink on it. In my oppinion it looks like moss right from the woods. I love it. For the embellisments I decided to make some space for (broken) buttons (already necessary part of my projects), / Gypsies pins, Canvas Corp clips. I finished with colored normal pins, wire and the black butterfly with Tattered Angels  Glimmer Glaze Nori and High Imapct mixed media pait Antique Gold.

I love it on my mini pedestal and I hope it has the look of a magic egg right out of a fairytale. 

Some more eggs are waiting to come..... 

Tattered rose

Hello everyone! At Tattered angels in the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered angels community.

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community.
Here’s how to get involved:
1. Create a handmade flower using one of the following: Tattered Angels paints and/or Tattered Angels Mistable Papers (note: feel free add your flowers to your favorite layout, mixed media piece, home decor, greeting card, etc.)
2. Post your handmade flower project photos to our Facebook wall.
3. Follow our “Tattered Angels Flower Frenzy” pinboard. We’ll pin your flower there!
4. Create your own “Tattered Angels Flower Frenzy” pinboard and pin your favorite flowers from around the web.
- See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

 

month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

Of course with the enormous selection of mists, paints and also Mistable Papers it's easy to make something special. I did my flower in my Gothic Fairytale style. I used the  Tattered angels mistable papers. I just cut out some circle like shapes, simply with the scissors. I misted them with Walnut Gold,  and Post Card Glimmer mists. They are dark enough to leave a distressed print but light enough to still stamp on them. I stamped some od them with 7Gypsies stamp and cut out some petals alsoout of the marvelous  Canvas Corp papers: Tan & Ivory Damask and French Script to make the petals different.

  

I put the petasl together and misted the centre of the flower with Woven Burlap. On the stem I misted the ribon with Chalkboard Ivory and  Baseboard Leaf. A few touches of crackle paint all over the flower and some finishing touches like the wire which is intentionally covered unevenly with black Tattered angels High Impact Black Paint. Some metal hardware from  Canvas Corp, some bottons and some pinsmake the flower more gothic.

 

What you have to do to participate?

1. Create a handmade flower using one of the following: Tattered Angels paints and/or Tattered Angels Mistable Papers (note: feel free add your flowers to your favorite layout, mixed media piece, home decor, greeting card, etc.)

2. Post your handmade flower project photos to our Facebook wall.

3. Follow our “Tattered Angels Flower Frenzy” pinboard. We’ll pin your flower there!

4. Create your own “Tattered Angels Flower Frenzy” pinboard and pin your favorite flowers from around the web.

So, make the spring appear with making a paper flower!!!

 

month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

the month of March, we are hosting a flower frenzy to share ideas and inspiration with our Tattered Angels community. - See more at: http://mytatteredangels.com/inspiration-blog/#sthash.mqwOOxMe.dpuf

U shine like a star

Hello everyone! I'm here sharing my latest  LO. For this one I decided to use as the central element the  Sizzix Bigz Die - Stacked Stars.  I embossed the stars with Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Basket Weave & Honeycomb Set to give them  little dimension. The paper is from  Canvas Corp  - Black & White Ribbon Stripe - I absolutley love these papers because they perfectly complete my style! I covered it with some bandages and texture paste and some crackle paint. 

 Of course I love my black branches for my Gothic Fairytale style, so I decided to use this time the High impact  Tattered angels Paint to make them. I actually use a toothpick to make them and it was simple and quick and they look a bit 3D as well! Let me mention that I used the High impact paints also for the word shine. I simply wrote the letters on an acetate, combining two colors: Platinum and Antique Gold.

I hope you like it! See ya soon!

You melt my heart LO

Hello everyone! I'm back with a new LO....Still following my Gothic Fairytale style :-) maybe just a little bit softer..... because I just can't resist this look :-)
For the base I used many many Sizzix dies:
- Chandelier
- Botanical elements
- Hardware findings
- Stacked stars
- Tattered florals
- Heart wings
- Garden greens

 Here is the LO:

 

In fact you can combine the dies you want. I just decided to cut them and to displey them in the centre randomly. Than I covered everything with the white primer. Than I made a sort of ombre effect friom inside of the centre out. I used High Impact Tattered Angels pait which coveres completly the white. I also made the edges of the dies grey using the distress tool and inks. 

I used the  Canvas Corp Tan &Ivory Ribbon stripe paper. It's a very nice paper that welcomes many techniques. The mini key and the "k" intial is from  7Gypsies. I used the Tattered Angels High impact paints also to  get a messy look in the top corner: a mixture of Copper, Black and Leaf.

Some close ups: 

  Se you next time! Thanks for stopping!