Nail Art Plaque - CHA Project

 

Hi everyone, I'm really excited today to share with you a project that I created for the Canvas Corp, Marion Smith, 7Gypsies and Tattered Angels booth at the Summer Create -n- Connect 2013 Show (also known as summer CHA). 

 

 

I wanted to create a vibrant mixed media piece with the luscious Tattered Angel's Blue Green mediums but wanted it to be a bit unusual. I was inspired by some string art projects that I found on Pinterest.   Since I live in Florida I decided to theme my project around the beach.

I pulled out all of my Tattered Angels sprays in blues, turquoise, and mint greens.   (colors used are  listed under the photo)

Glimmer Mists: True Turquoise (not pictured),  Lake Shore, Caribbean Blue, Bubbles, Mantis,  Maya Blue, Chalkboard Glimmer Mist:  Sandy Beach, Mantis,  Plain Jane: Sky, and Glimmer Glam: Palm Leaf

 

 

I started by painting my unfinished wooden plaque with white full bodied gesso.  Once it was dry, I began building layers of the Tattered Angels Glimmer, Plain Jane and Chalkboard sprays all over the surface. I started with the blues and added small amounts of the greens to give the colors of the Florida coast line.  I then mixed in some of the Palm Leaf Glam and hit is with my heat gun causing the glaze to crackle and provide texture.  This texture gives the illusion of looking through the water to ground below. I love how all the glimmer swirled to give the piece movement and depth.  I made sure this surface was very  dry before starting the next step.  

 

I made a paste of clear Elmer's Glue & Sea Shells - I spread this paste across the plaque diagonally.  I encouraged the dripping along the sides of the plaque for interest.  The Glue is so thick that it took a long time to be completely dry.  I let it sit for at least 24 hours.    

 

I combined modeling paste and full bodied gesso into a paste and spackled some irregular lines  to give the illusion of waves crashing the shore.  I also spread a little of this into the shells to give the look of sea mist. 

 

Once EVERYTHING was completely dry I sprayed the entire plaque with a clear Acrylic Spray paint to seal the Glimmer mists.  I didn't want them to get wet and run.

 

For the star,  I started with a silhouette starfish image that I found on the Internet.   I printed it the size of my plaque. I went out to the garage and found used rusty nails (they need the flat head on top to make sure the twine doesn't slip). The nails were about 2 inches long. I nailed around the perimeter of the star pattern, and removed the pattern from the plaque before wrapping my twine. The Canvas Corp twine was the perfect "rustic" style to give my start fish life.

 

This was a super simple project that resulted in a cute home decor item.  I think I might hang this  in my guest bathroom.  

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

CHA Projects | Summer 2013

I had a blast creating these projects for Canvas Corp, Tattered Angels, and 7 Gypsies. I must admit that I forgot to take pictures of two additional projects before I sent them out. Oops. My excitement got the best of me.




       
For this layout I used the 7 Gypsies (Insert Name Here) for the background. I used a (insert foundation name here). I attempted to do a woodgrain texture but I totally screwed that up decided to do a parkay floor texture. It turned out great. Loved the depth of color.


 


I wanted the papers I used to reflect the colors of my wedding so I decided to use a couple of the Canvas Corp canvas printed papers in black/cream. The black/cream chevron is printed canvas and the text paper is mulberry paper (i think). They were both gorgeous and so easy to adhere using the Canvas Corp mixed media adhesive. I absolutely love that stuff.

For my next project I used a few pictures from my city's big 4th of July celebration. They matched perfectly with the colors of the patterned papers in the Canvas Corp collection. I threw in the anchor paper to reflect Houston's booming businesses.





I also did a bit of stamping around the edge of the background paper with a stamp from CTMH. I also made some frames from leftover canvas I used to make a banner earlier. (I forgot to take pics of the banner). A bit of cord, hand cut canvas pennants, and some strategic paper placement completes this layout.





I had so much fun making these projects and am looking forward to displaying them when they make it back from the show.

Thanks for stopping by.

Always, Angela
www.alwaysangella.com

CHA 2013 - Tonya's Favs

I just got back from CHA and it was so overwhelming.  Below I'm listing my top 5 Favs for this show, all of which are on the MUST have list! 

WARNING: There are so many awesome products about to hit the market you may want a second job!

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Naturally Aged Paint Systems come in several kit themes from Bare Minerals, Stones and Fine Woods.  This is a paint system with four distinctive mediums that perfectly complement each other. You can use each color individually or layer together for a truly unique, custom look that is different each time. The paints are rich in color and texture as you can see from my test sample of the Bare Minerals - Rusty Metal kit below. You can apply these systems to metals, wood, fabrics, and paper - so many endless possibilities.  Many of these kits have started shipping and are now available.  Suggested retail is $19.99, and complete full color step by step instructions are included in the packaging. 

 

 

WeR Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.  This product won 2nd place in innovative products at CHA.  Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm addicted to envelopes of all shapes and sizes.  This board makes it super simple to whip out an envelope in no time! Everything you need to create the envelope is included and attaches to the board. The board has the measurements for 66 envelope sizes printed on the board for easy reference. This product is scheduled to ship to retailers in January 2013, and retails for $19.99.

  

Click here for a complete product demo.

 

Ranger Distress Paints - Calling all mixed media artists - this is a must have!  Distress Paints are very fluid water-based acrylic paints for multiple surfaces. Tim and Ranger developed these special paints to be reactive with water just like Distress Inks and Distress Stains—perfect to accomplish a wide variety of artistic techniques. Distress Paints have a convenient dabber system for easy and mess-free application. Use with stamps, paper, wood, metal, glass, plastic and more for a timeless matte finish on craft projects.

• 24 colors that coordinate with the Distress palette
• Very fluid water-based, multi-surface acrylic paint
• Timeless matte finish paint in 1 oz. bottles
• Reactive with water like Distress Inks and Stains
• Convenient dabber system application

For a complete product demo and color charts, please visit Ranger's Website.

 

Hampton Arts -  Licensed Stamps & Die Systems.  Hampton Arts introduced over 24 different new licensed stamp sets this year with companies like Graphic 45, 7Gypsies, JiliBean Soup, Authentique, Doodlebug, Ki, Bella Boulavard and Eco Park.  There were so many gorgeous stamps in their booth that it is difficult to list them all here. These partnerships insure that you have all your favorite designs  to match your favorite new paper collections of 2013. Hampton Arts also partnered with Sizzix to bring you many of these stamps as combo sets of stamps and wafer dies that make fussy cutting a thing of the past.   Among my favorites were the set from 7 Gypsies with its nostalgic frames, sports, and food themes.   Look for these releases in Mid March.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plaid - ModMelts  These are faux resin glue sticks that you melt into silicone molds with your high temp glue gun. They have two styles available that were specially formulated for creating durable embellishments. Sea Glass is the clear stick and this creates a beach glass look. Milk Glass is the white stick and it creates a look of vintage milk glass. Cooled Mod Melts can be altered with a variety of finishes. You can use acrylic paints, shimmer mists, alcohol inks, glitter, nail polish, metallic paints, pearl paint and even embossing powders on either stick.

 

 

Click here to visit Cathie & Steve's product Demo.

 

 



Of course I could keep going and going, but I wanted to bring you the top 5 products that are going to enhance your beautiful paper crafting projects, and really maximize your dollar.  Did you have a favorite CHA release that I didn't list?  If so, share it on the Artsy Addicts Facebook Page.

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com