Beside The Seaside ATC Coins

Hello everyone!  Today I have a quick and easy summertime project to share with you, and it is this little set of seaside ATC Coins.

 Getting Started

First of all prep your ATC coins by giving them a coat or two of white gesso on both sides and also around the edge of each coin.  I only need four coins but I prepped an extra one just in case.

I am also using these coin covers that have a seaside/nautical theme and they need to be prepped in the same way.

Once they were dry, I got started on the next step.

Ocean Backgrounds

To make the backgrounds, simply drip some alcohol inks onto the gessoed ATC coins.  I used a few different ocean/sea colours of blues and turquoises.



To get the alcohol ink to move around and mix, use a cotton bud to drip some surgical spirit (aka rubbing alcohol) on to the inks and let them do their thing.  You can also add more ink on top until you are happy with the result.  Leave them to dry which takes no time at all.

Heat Embossing

Now it was time to work on the covers.  I used an embossing ink pad and white embossing powder to cover the ATC coin covers, and then melt the embossing powder with a heat gun.

Assembly

Once everything is dry, use some PVA glue to adhere the covers to each ATC coin. Use something heavy to hold them in place while the glue dries.

Finishing Touches

Once your covers and coins are complete, you might want to paint around the outside edge to hide any unpainted chipboard or do any touch ups.  Or you can also heat emboss the edge using the same white embossing powder.

And that's the finished coins ready for use!   Let me know what you think in the comments!

Till next time,

Elle
Empire of the Cat

Project Recipe:

ATC Coins D81M
ATC covers Beach C10S
white gesso, white embossing powder, embossing ink, alcohol inks, surgical spirit, PVA glue, cotton buds, heatgun

At the Beach Canvas

Hi everyone!  Leigh Ann here today for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts with a tutorial for a beach theme canvas.  My family recently took a trip to Myrtle Beach, SC so I used several shells I found, and a little sand from the beach in this project.

 I started by giving my canvas a coat of gesso to prime it, and then adhered my distressed pieces of paper to the canvas with soft matte gel.

Once the gel dried I whitewashed the canvas, my die cut wood pieces, and the net with gesso.

While the gesso dried I covered the pieces from the beach shape set with pumice stone effect paste.  I would suggest priming them with gesso first, but they turned out fine without it.  It just made them soft and harder to work with while the paste was drying. 

Once the canvas was dry, I used my Life Changing Brush to apply Chipped Sapphire Oxide to the sides and the edges of the front of the canvas.  

After applying the ink, I went back over it with more white gesso to blend the oxide ink more and give it a weathered look.

I then used a stencil to apply Light and Fluffy modeling paste to three sections of the canvas.  I also used a pallet knife to apply the modeling paste to the edges of the canvas.

While the canvas dried I embossed these pieces from the Acorn Border set with an Earth tone powder and a gold metallic powder.  The two smaller pieces are from the long border piece cut in half.

I embossed the largest piece from the seahorse set with the earth tone powder as well. 

Next I assembled all of the main pieces.  I like to keep my chipboard trash and use it to give pieces dimension in my mixed media projects.  I have plain chipboard glued under the wood planks, the large shell, and the seahorse to lift them off of the canvas.

Then I added some smaller shells and embellishments as well as art stones and glass glitter.

I gave the finished canvas some whitewashing with gesso and then used antique gold and copper waxes by Prima to highlight the embellishments. 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.  I used the following sets from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts to create this piece:

Acorn Border Set

Sea Horse Shape Set

Beach Shape Set

Treasure Chest by Shanna

Hello Shanna here with one of Gypsy Soul's new creations. I am so excited about the new Treasure Chest boxes you can get and alter. 

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts also has a Small Beach Shape Set now. These items are coming soon to the store. 

The chipboard got a coat of gesso, a coat of sprays, and lastly some gold colored acrylic paint. 

The box itself got a coat of black paint and then covered with some Prima papers. I edges all the papers with Prima Rusty Keys Chalk Ink which I then went over the black paint with. 

I finished embellishing the treasure chest with more flowers from the same paper collection. 

I really had fun making this and you can do lots of different things. Even add hinges and make it a real chest. You could also use your texture sheets to create that wood look. The possibilities are endless. So get your chest and have a blast. 

Product Used:

Treasure Chest - Coming Soon

Small Beach Shape Set - Coming Soon

"Beach Rules" - House Shrine Box by Kathy Clement

Hello, Friends! I don't know about you, but my soul has been longing for the sea. Summer is such a busy time around here with visits from dear friends, family birthdays and lots of deadlines for work. There's no time to escape to the coast, unless I do it on paper! Luckily for me, I had a wonderful little Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts House Shrine Box to work with, and I immediately thought "beach cottage!"

 I pulled out my Graphic 45 By the Sea papers and went to work building this darling little Beach Rules House Shrine to share with you today. Putting this one together was almost as good as a day at the shore, minus the sand in my shoes and wind in my hair.

 The finished box measures 4" x 8" x 1.5". The depth gives you lots of room to add lovely layers and 3-D embellies. I put together a Snapguide tutorial for you so that you can follow along and see how this all came together.

 Check out How to Make a G45 by the Sea Gypsy Laser Cuts House Shrine Box by Kathy Clement on Snapguide.

Beach Rules House Shrine Supply List:

• Gyspy Soul Laser Cuts House Shrine Box
• GSL Beach Shape Set
• GSL Word Ribbons 2
• Graphic 45 By the Sea 8x8 paper collection
• Graphic 45 By the Sea 12x12 paper
• Graphic 45 Chipboard Elements
• Distress Paint: Antique Linen, Salty Ocean, Gathered Twigs
• Stampendous Embossing Enamel: Golden Sands, Aged Copper
• Distress Embossing Powder: Frayed Burlap
• Natural Burlap string, rayon seam binding
• Found objects from the beach
• Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive
• Glue Gun
• Foam spacers or chipboard

I'd like to thank Gina Hubbard of Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts for inviting me to be her guest designer this month. I've had such a lovely time creating with these gorgeous, high quality chippies! I hope you've had fun with me!

 Thanks for stopping by! Now go get your craft on!

Cheerio,
kathy

The Fun Starts Here!

Hi everyone! Amylove here with a cheeky little altered canvas dedicated to my humorous brother-in-law. When I saw this picture of him taken on their summer vacation.... I just had to do it!

HAHA! I love it, and I am sure he will too! Please click the video link below to see how I made this piece: The Fun Starts Here Tutorial

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Beach Shape Set

Title The Fun Starts Here

From my stash:

burlap canvas

water color paper

sand texture

Twinkling H2Os

Gesso

flat back pearls

acrylic paint

hilarious picture of my brother-inlaw

Thanks for stopping by!