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The Time Traveller Canvas

9/8/2021

Helloooo Lovely Creatives.....
This is my first post for the fabulous Mitform Creative Team....
Let me present The Time Traveller..
I have always been inspired by time and telling a story.
I experimented with many products to create this canvas....

Mitform products used: Clockhands, Keys, Cogs, Screw Heads,
Suitcase & Umbrella...

Other products: Stamperia Moulds, Resin Corners, ScrapFX Chipboard, Finnabair Metallique Paints, Icing Paste & Waxes, Indigo Blu Mega Flakes, Lindys Stamp Gang Squirts, Metal Chain and Mini Cogs...

Most products available Instore @ www.randomarts.com.au

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Altered Resin Skull

6/15/2021

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Hellloooooooo Everyone......
Today I have for you a little experiment I did altering a Resin Skull in a few easy steps.....

Step 1

Take you Resin skull and put a candle on it. (I just used cheap candles from the supermarket and cut them in half to have more control over the wax dripping.

Step 2

I have glues a few Mitform cogs in the eyes and on the lower jaw then added another candle and allowed it to burn down, (remove any drips you dont like)

Step 3

Now give the whole thing 2 coats of Black Gesso, making sure not to leave any white
bits....

Step 4

To finish off I have used Old Silver Wax to bring out the detail,
you can of course colour this however you like......

I hope you have enjoyed this mini tutorial.
Happy Creating!
Hugz
Amanda M

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Altered Letter S, September mood board Challenge

9/30/2020

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Hello Lovelies. Here is my blog for the September mood board challenge.
I love the colours of this months mood board. The beautiful baby blues, teal and pinks are just stunning.

I created this Altered letter S for my daughter Scarlett for her 5th birthday. As she loves Elsa and all things Frozen this months mood board was the perfect inspiration to create something for her in her favourite colours.

I started with a hard timber letter i purchased from my local dollar store. I then played around with placement of the resins, chip boards and jewellery until i had a plan. The resins are available in store as are most of the chip boards.

Once i was happy with placement i glued everything done and gave the whole thing a good coat of white gesso. I added a few flowers i had laying on my craft table from another project.

Using a soft brush i played around with Finnabair Opal Magic (Teal-blue and Pink-blue). I love this product so much. So smooth to paint with leaving just the right amount of shimmer to the project. I also added a little Lindy's sprays
(Time traval teal and Azure sea Asters).

Here i used Finnabair wax's. (Indian pink, Peacock and mint sparkle)
I never really have a plan of attack when using the wax, i just do what feels right and have fun with it. I then added some mini prills and that's about it.

I love all the small details in this, it looks amazing on scarlett's shelf.

Thankyou for viewing my blog.
Check out www.randomarts.com.au for all the product's i have used here and much more.
Get yourself a kit and get creative.

PRODUCTS USED:
Lindy's sprays
(Azure sea Asters, Time Travel Teal)
Finnabair wax
(Mint Sparkle, Indian Pink, Peacock)
Finnabair Opal Magic
(Teal-Blue, Pink-Blue)
Resins
Chip boards.
White gesso

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{Dear Diary}

9/21/2020

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Hey there!
I'm back today with unfortunately my last DT layout for Random Arts. So I hope you like this layout.

I started this layout by stenciling with some transparent relief paste and then spritzing the paper to make the stenciling show.

I heat embossed all the chipboard on this layout.

I arranged the euphoria pieces under and around the flowers and weaved the lace through, tying it into a bow

To finish off this layout I used some silver flakes over the flowers and around the page to make it sparkle. I also added some crystals.

So I hope you have enjoyed seeing my DT layouts for Random Arts this year. It was great being part of this wonderful Design Team.

Mel x

Products Used
- Finnabair 'Wild Berries' stencil
-2Crafty Chipboard '6" clock face frames'
-Blue Fern Studios 'Tuscan window shutters' chipboard
-49 & Market 'Shimmer & Shine-Amber Jardin' flowers
-Prima Say it in Crystals 'Butterfly'
-Random Arts resin flowers
-Stampendous Fran-tage embossing powder in 'Shabby Pink' & 'Shabby White'
-Lindy's Moon Shadow mist in 'Crow's Nest Copper'
-49 & Market 'Vintage Artistry (Paper Clippings)' card stock
-Cadence transparent relief paste
-Mintay 'Dear Diary' elements
-49 & Market 'Sugar Posies Tutti Frutti' flowers
-Little Birdie 'Wendy' flowers
-Lace
-Silver metallic flakes
-Twigs

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Happy, Love, Beautiful Art Journal Page

9/18/2020

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Here is my free post blog for Randomarts. I decided to go back to basic's with an Art Journal Page. With the stresses of day to day life i personally needed time to reflect and find some inner calm. Working in an Art Journal is fantastic therapy.

I started this page by giving it a good coat of white gesso. Once dry i then used white texture paste through a variety of stencils, building up texture and patterns. I then used a graphite pencil to roughly draw a design. At the beginning i was feeling a fairy spirit through the page, however this changed as the page moved on.

Now this is where the fun started. I used so many fun product's here. I started by using a wet brush and smearing water all over one side of the page. I then dripped, sprayed and painted on Lindy's sprays and little birdie color blast. (full product list at the end of the blog)
I then added a little icing paste through another stencil to add some shimmer and shine. I used dylisions paints and tim holtz distress paint for the lady's face.

I used watered down lindy's flat fabio to paint in the details of the face, eyes and lips. I added a few lines of hair to add more details.

I used black ink and stamps throughout the page, washed out places with white gesso and a baby wipe and used a black sharpie pen to detail where needed.

I smudged white gesso so i could write some words. I adore how much texture this page has. Really happy with the outcome.

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{You make life wonderful}

9/4/2020

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Hello again crafty friends!
A new month brings a new mood board challenge at Random Arts and this one is my favourite - Mint! Who doesn't love that beautiful pastel soft colour :)
So here is my DT layout for this month's mood board, I hope you love it and get inspired to join in.

For this background I used a rose stencil with white gesso, then sprinkled embossing powder over the top while it was still wet.

I then arranged my elements under and around my photo. Once I attached my photo, I attached some chipboard chains on either sides which I heat embossed pink/white.
I also embossed some small puzzle chipboard pieces in the same colour and others in a shabby white colour.

Once everything was attached in its place, I stuck some feather like flower stalks in between the flowers to soften it a little.

I scattered some art stones around the layout and attached some crystals. I also dabbed a small circular lid into black ink and randomly stamped it around the outside of the layout. And that's it!
I hope you liked my latest creation for Random Arts. You will find a list of products I've used below and on the website.
If you would like to give this month's challenge a go, here is the mood board- you could win a $25 store voucher or a guest designer spot! Good Luck! Enter here.

I will be back very soon with another new creation to show you! Until then...happy crafting! :)
Mel x

Products Used
-Stampendous Frantage embossing powders in 'Shabby Pink' & 'Shabby White'
-The Dusty Attic 'Small Jigsaw Pieces' chipboard
-Prima Say it in crystals 'St Tropez'
-Little Birdie 'Rosaleen' flowers
-Little Birdie 'Joanna Arctic Ice' flowers
-Whichcraft 'Chain Border' chipboard
-AB Studio 'Rose' Stencil
-Little Birdie 'Elsie Celeste' flowers
-49 and Market 'Sweet Reflections' card stock
-Mintay 'Happy Place' cut out elements
-Kaisercraft 'Blue Bay' collectables
-Lindy's embossing powder in 'Carefree Verdigris'
-White Gesso
-Ranger Distress Ink in 'Black Soot'
-Cadence small art stones
-Twine
-Cream fluffy flower stalks
-Plastic flower vines

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September Moodboard Challenge

9/1/2020

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Spring is here so come and join us
with this months awesome moodboard.

Mood Board
Challenge Rules
Please use our mood board as inspiration to create anything in any style.
As these challenges are sponsored by Random Arts Pty Ltd
please make sure that you use at least 3 products
that are available instore.
https://www.randomarts.com.au
There is a $25 voucher up for grabs.
You have until the 11:59pm on the 30th September to enter
and thenthe entries with the most votes from the group win.
Please note that the vouchers can be won by
residents of Australia only.
but if you are from overseas and win the challenge
you will be offered a Guest Designer spot.
Make sure you put your entry in the challenge album.
Join Random Arts Creative Group to win.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/111931106102590/
Happy Creating...xx

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Dreamland

8/28/2020

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Hello everyone!
Subhalaxmi here. I am sharing my Guest DT project for August moodboard Challenge.
Dreams remain in Dreamland until you dare to design and build them into reality. My project is all about dream.

I hope you like my project.
Thank You
Subhalaxmi.

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{Loving Life}

8/21/2020

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Hey there fellow crafters!

I hope everyone is well and finding time to do some scrapping.

I'm back today to share my new fun inspired DT layout created for Random Arts.

The card stock I used had the perfect colours to match my photo and it had a beautiful background already so I only added a little script stamping around my work area to match in with the script that was already on the card stock.

As soon as I received the crackle corner chipboard from Random Arts, I loved it and had to include it into this layout. I used Lindy's magicals to colour it (full product list at the end of post) and the colour worked in beautifully with the rest of the layout.

Once the embellishments were all in place, I added some silver crushed glass beads to make the layout sparkle.

And that's the layout done! I hope you liked it, I will be back very soon with another new layout to share.
Until next time...Happy Crafting! :)
Mel x

Products Used
-2Crafty Chipboard 'Crackle Corner'
-A B Studio 'Script' stamp
-Little Birdie flowers 'Jessica Candy Mix'
-49 and Market 'Etheral' card stock - 'view from above'
-49 and Market 'Etheral' fussy cut elements
-Little Birdie 'Wendy' flowers
-Lindy's magical shaker in 'Autumn Maple Crimson'
-Ranger Distress Ink in 'Abandoned Coral'
-Ranger Distress Oxide in 'Black Soot'
-Unbranded silver crushed glass beads

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August 20th, 2020

8/20/2020

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Hello dears!This is my Guest designer post for August 2020. My project is a 3D mixed media canvas called 'Lunar Moments'. I have symbolised the dreamcatcher and the moon face designs as dreams.We have to work hard to achieve them in these testing times.
This is a step by step explanation of how I created this project

1I took the Moonface and dreamcatcher resin embellishments from the store and painted them with black gesso.

2. I then arranged all the elements on the project base to form a composition.

3. I used Purple Chalk paint and coloured the moonface and dream catcher resin embellishment and green metallic wax for the gears.

4. I also used green chalk paint to create highlights for the base of the project·