Rusty Barb Wire and Stars

Good morning too you all. Shanna here and I am beyond excited to share this project with you. 

I was playing around with some very special paints and a chemically active spray. I loved the look and threw together some tags. 

As I didn't get to take photos of my process, believe me I will have one coming up in the near future on how I got my barb wire to look so rusty and my stars to have this amazing patina look. 

Now both tags got the same background treatment of a stencil I used with heavy gesso and some spray. While that dried I painted the birdcages with some acrylic paint. 

Here you can see and up close look at the star and birdcage. 

Look at how rusty the barbed wire looks!!

The second tag I used a different bird cage but replicated the other tag. 

The birdcages also got tiny pieces of cardboard stuck underneath so they had dimension. Then I finished the tags off with some trim and a chit chat sticker.

Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by to see what we have been up to creating. Remember to keep coming back for more. 

Products Used:

Barbed Wire Deco Frame - Square

Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set

Heidi's Star Shape Set - Returning Soon

Colorful Cards

Hello everyone. Shanna here today with some cards for your inspiration.

I really was inspired by some watercolor cards I saw recently and wanted to try it out myself.

I started out with adding water to my watercolor paper. Then I added some Distress Inks to the paper letting them soak in and then I splatter water all over to add texture. Splatter is my most favorite thing ever I think when it comes to watercoloring.

So for the first card, I wanted to play with some cooler colors.  I used Black Embossing Powder on the stars from Heidi's Star Shape Set. I also used white embossing powder to add the sentiment to my card front.

For my second card, I used a feather from the Feather Shape Set. I gave it two sets of gesso to make it very white. I went with bright warm colors for the second card. I love them both so much it is hard to pick a favorite.

Gina's Designs Products Used

Feathers Shape Set

Heidi's Star Shape Set

Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Deann

Good morning, Deann here with a winter wonderland wall hanging that I created.

At the top I used Walking in a Winter Wonderland title from Gina's store.

I painted the phrase with white gesso . When dry I rubbed blue Distress Ink onto it. I layered lots of snowflakes that I painted blue and white and then painted the stars silver.

Next, I decorated two Snowflake Cutout Tags. I painted them in a pretty blue color and dry brushed on some white. I layered on some more chipboard snowflakes and stars and a sticker and flowers from my stash.

And finished it off with a pair of mittens from the Winter Shape Set and hung them from bakers twine.

I had so much fun combining all of the awesome chipboard!

(((HUGS)))

Deann

Gina's Designs Products Used

Cut Out Tags Snowflake

Title Winter Wonderland

Winter Shape Set

Snowflake Shape Set

Heidi's Star Shape Set

Other products used-

Flowers from KraftSupplies4U