Discover Art

by Annie Van Leeuwen

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Products/Items Used:

- 8" x 8" deep wall canvas

- Stamp-it Stamps - Dream Words 3501H, Handwriting 3546H, Lady Lace3535F, Swirl Whirl 3589F, Harlequin Pattern 3478G, Distressed Pattern 3473E, Reversed Filigree 3476E

- Ranger Melting Pot suz20073

- Ranger Melt Art Project Pan suz16397

- Stamp-it Flourish Beeswax Beads 50gms

- Ranger Distress Crackle Paints - Weathered Wood

- Ranger Adirondack Dabber Paints - espresso, snow cap, copper

- Ranger Distress Inks - weathered wood, dried marigold, frayed burlap

- Ranger Adirondack Color Wash - espresso

- Ranger mini misters

- Ink - Archival Coffee

- Heat gun

- Craft knife

- Cardstock - Webster's Pages savory wus1578d, matt white, kromokote

- white, Bazzill Basics Stonewash & Java

- Coverboard

- Daisy D's Photo Corners, Copper ddpc2423

- Copper eyelets

- Inkssentials Matt Accents

- Bo Bunny Antique Copper Brads

Instructions:

1. Cover walls with espresso dabber and lightly cover canvas with snow cap dabber. Allow to dry.

2. Spritz fine spray of espresso color wash over top of canvas and allow to dry.

3. Melt beeswax beads at 150C in Melting Pot, then lightly paint wax over surface and walls of canvas to seal.

4. When dry paint surface and corners of the walls of the canvas with weathered wood crackle paint, leaving some white showing. Allow to dry partly and then apply heat gun. This will speed up the crackle and melt the wax to increase the effect.

5. Stamp background with Swirl Whirl using espresso dabber and dab espresso around the edge of the canvas.

6. Stamp handwriting onto matt paper with archival coffee, and dream words, Lady Lace, harlequin pattern, distressed pattern and reversed filigree onto kromokote.

7. Cut the words into strips, leaving enough room at the ends for eyelets and mount onto coverboard, inking edges.

8. Crop other stamped images and mount distressed pattern onto white matt leaving fine border, and reversed filigree onto stonewash and java.

9. Crop handwriting and apply weathered wood and frayed burlap distress inks lightly with sponging block, spritz with water using mini mister and iron dry. Place Photo Corners on each corner, mount onto java bazzill and matt board, inking around edges.

10. Adhere cropped Lady Lace to handwriting.

11. Set eyelets to words and reversed filigree and brads to Lady Lace/handwriting.

12. Cut out eight harlequins from Harlequin Pattern and matt on coverboard, cut out and ink around all edges.

13. Cut out flowers from Webster's Pages savory with craft knife, paint over flowers lightly with copper dabber and blend with dried marigold distress ink using sponging block.

14. Brush molten wax over top and sides of canvas to reseal crackle paint.

15. Adhere stamped images to canvas with Matt Accents, as per example, dipping harlequins and words in the wax first.

16. Brush over kromokote stamped images, buttons and Webster's Pages savory flowers with wax and allow to dry. If wax dries unevenly, redistribute with heat gun until desired finish is achieved.

Paris Memories

by Annie Van Leeuwen

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Products/Items Used:

- 8" x 8" deep wall canvas

- Stamp-it Stamps - Paris 3496G, Dream Words 3501H, Around the World 3500E, Swirl Whirl 3589F, Calligraphy Border 3573D, Paragraph Text 3549E, Lady Lace3535F

- Ranger Distress Crackle Paints - walnut stain, old paper, antique linen, faded jeans

- Ranger Adirondack Dabber Paints - espresso, gold

- Ranger Distress Inks - walnut stain, vintage photo, old paper, antique linen

- Ranger mini misters

- Inks - Archival Jet Black, black pigment ink

- Embossing powders - UTEE, clear

- Heat gun

- Cardstock -matt white, kromokote white

- Coverboard

- Stamp-it Flourish filmstrips Europe 01 siflm007rg

- Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue

- Prima flowers - Naturally Collection prmc507336

- Gold eyelets and gold mini Deco Fasteners

- Charmers - Fleur de lis gold

- Jute Rope/Natural rp24002

- Sandpaper

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Instructions:

1. Cover walls with espresso dabber and lightly cover canvas, leaving plenty of white showing. Allow to dry.

2. Paint faded jeans crackle paint randomly in left hand top corner of canvas. Paint remaining canvas randomly with antique linen crackle paint. Allow to dry. This can be speeded up with a heat gun. Paint lightly over faded jeans crackle paint with old paper crackle paint. Dry.

3. Stamp background with Swirl Whirl, Calligraphy Border and Paragraph Text using espresso dabber.

4. Create a 1" frame with the coverboard and paint with espresso dabber and allow to dry.

5. When dry rub entire frame and the walls of the canvas with walnut stain distress ink and paint over with glue, to seal.

6. Stamp 'memories' and 'paris' from Around the World and Dream Words stamps and Swirl Whirl and Calligraphy Border onto coverboard with pigment ink and emboss several times with UTEE. Stamp Paris onto matt paper with archival black, and onto kromokote with pigment ink and emboss with clear embossing powder. Stamp Lady Lace onto kromokote with archival black.

7. Cut the words into strips, leaving enough room at the ends for eyelets. Apply antique linen distress ink then cover with faded jeans crackle paint. While still wet, wipe over embossed area with a damp cloth to expose words. Set eyelets at each end of words. Cut around Swirl Whirl and Calligraphy Border, apply antique linen distress ink then cover with walnut stain crackle paint. Wipe over with damp cloth to expose embossed area.

8. Apply gold dabber to edges of word strips and around the inside and outside of the frame.

9. Paint walnut stain crackle paint randomly on the walls of two opposite corners of the canvas and on two opposite corners of the frame.

10. Cut out the lady from Lady Lace and the Eiffel Tower and post mark from the kromokote. Adhere Eiffel Tower and post mark to coverboard and cut out. Apply vintage photo distress ink to both images. Tear around stamped Paris image on matt cardstock. Apply old paper, vintage photo and walnut stain distress inks to Paris. Spritz with water from mini mister and apply a layer of glue with a brush. Adhere Eiffel Tower, post mark and apply Deco Fasteners. Distress lady with sandpaper and apply old paper and vintage photo distress inks.

11. Cut out Eiffel Tower at night and Le Louvre from film strip, distress with sandpaper and apply old paper and vintage photo distress inks.

12. Adhere frame to canvas and Paris, Lady, filmstrip pieces and Fleur de lis.

13. Adhere Prima Flowers, Swirl Whirl, Calligraphy Border, paris and memories to frame.

Set of 6 Crackle ATCs

by Annie Van Leeuwen

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Products/Items Used:

- Stamp-it Stamps - Time Together Travel 3591E, Distressed Text Swirl 3450E, Purpose of Art 3586E, Fleur de lis Mail 3483E, Harlequin Pattern 3478G, Art Elements 3474E, Christmas Filigree 3641G, Artist Trading Card 3492F

- Ranger Distress Crackle Paints - walnut stain, antique linen, faded jeans, weathered wood, tea dye & old paper

- Ranger Adirondack Dabber Paints - espresso, snow cap

- Ranger Distress Inks - vintage photo, antique linen & walnut stain

- StazOn Solvent Ink Jet Black, Ultramarine & Timber Brown, black pigment ink

- Embossing powder - clear

- Heat gun

- Cardstock - black & white matt, Bazzill Basics - Java & Admiral

- Gold Foil Board

- Coverboard

- White Mulberry paper

- Fab Foils - gold

- Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue

- Sailor Rolling Ball 2 in 1 Glue Pen

- Inkssentials Glossy Accents

- Fiskars large & extra large squeeze punches - tag

- Eyelets - 3mm black capped & gold

- Deco fasteners - gold mini

- Marvy Wet Looks Embossing Marker - green

- Organza with thin gold edge - Hunter Green rib50180g19

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Instructions:

1. Crop 6 pieces of black matt cardstock to 3.5" x 2.5" (ATC size), 6 pieces of gold foil board slightly smaller and one piece of java and admiral bazzill smaller still to create mats for artwork.

2. Crop 6 pieces of coverboard to 2.25".

3. Cover 5 pieces of coverboard with snow cap dabber and the remaining piece with espresso dabber to seal coverboard. Dry. This will show through crackled paint.

4. Paint different coloured crackle paint onto each. Allow to dry slightly before applying heat gun to speed and enhance process.

5. Stamp images with StazOn onto mulberry paper and Time Together Travel, Distressed Text Swirl and Fleur de lis Mail onto white matt card.

6. Stamp Distressed Text Swirl, Art Elements, Christmas Filigree and Purpose of Art onto matt card with pigment ink and emboss.

7. Using water, tear around mulberry paper as per examples.

8. Paint Helmar Professional Glue over crackle paint and immediately apply Time, Together, Travel, Christmas Filigree and Fleur de lis Mail mulberry paper images. The glue will seal the crackle paint and leave a semi-gloss finish.

9. When dry, stamp Distressed Text Swirl, Purpose of Art, Harlequin Pattern and Art Elements onto remaining crackle cards with StazOn ink, then adhere torn mulberry images.

10. Cut out elements of stamped images as per examples with scissors, craft knife and squeeze punches.

11. Mat these onto coverboard and age with Distress Inks where required. Colour leaves on tags with green Marvy Wet Looks Embossing marker and emboss. Adhere elements to cards.

12. Attach ribbon to tags and adhere to card.

13. Apply Sailor Rolling Ball Glue to parts of Art Elements, embossed Christmas Filigree and Purpose of Art'. When dry, but still tacky, apply gold fab foil.

14. Cut out filigree and 'Art' and nib and adhere to cards.

15. Set eyelet, capped eyelets and deco fasteners.

16. Mat Art Elements card onto Java bazzill and Fleur de lis Mail onto Admiral bazzill.

17. Mat all cards onto gold foil board and then onto black matt card.

18. Glue mulberry paper with Artist Trading Card 3492F stamped with black StazOn to the back of the ATCs.

19. Apply Glossy Accents to elements, as desired.

4 x 4"x 4" Canvasses

by Annie Van Leeuwen

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Products/Items Used:

- 4 x 4"x 4" canvasses

- Stamp-it Stamps - Fleur de lis Mail 3483E, Create, Art, Inspire 3592E, Art Life 3587F, Floral Hibiscus 3487D, Memories 3485E, Vintage Barometer 3531E, Handwriting 3546H, Script Butterfly 3534D, Swirl Whirl 3589F

- Ranger Melting Pot suz20073

- Ranger Melt Art Project Pan suz16397

- Stamp-it Flourish Beeswax Beads 50gms

- Ranger Distress Crackle Paints - weathered wood, tea dye, faded jeans, old paper

- Ranger Adirondack Dabber Paints -snow cap, copper

- Ranger Distress Inks - old paper, vintage photo, tea dye

- Inks - StazOn Jet Black, Ultramarine, Archival Grape, Kaleidacolour Spectrum

- Heat gun

- Cardstock - matt white

- Mulberry paper - white

- Coverboard

- Marvy Wet Looks Embossing Marker - green

- Embossing powder - clear

- Assorted Prima Flowers

- Ribbons - Bo Bunny Bella Journee Wrapped in Ribbon WRBJ866, Two-Tone Grossgrain Lt Green/Gold rib56834, Orange/Brown rib56881, Brown/Black rib56885

- Inkssentials Glossy Accents

- Deco Fasteners - mini gold

- Mini eyelet - gold

- Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue

- Supertape - 9mm

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Instructions:

1. Cover canvasses with snow cap dabber. Allow to dry.

2. Paint different colour Crackle Paint onto each canvas and allow to dry, speeding process with heat gun, if desired.

3. Stamp background images onto canvasses with StazOn Jet Black, Ultramarine and Archival Grape.

4. Trace 'Memories' image and fill in leaves with green Marvy Wet Look Embossing Marker and emboss.

5. Stamp Vintage Barometer, Art Life, Fleur de lis Mail and Create, Art, Inspire onto mulberry paper and remove excess paper with water.

6. Stamp Fleur de lis Mail, Create, Art, Inspire, Art Life, Floral Hibiscus and Vintage Barometer onto white card with Jet Black, Ultramarine and Grape inks, as per example. Stamp Script Butterfly 3 times with Spectrum.

7. Cut out elements of stamped images and mat onto coverboard, as per examples. Age with distress inks. Glue the wings of the three butterflies together, in readiness for securing to canvas. Set eyelet in middle of Vintage Barometer.

8. Melt beeswax beads at 150C in Melting Pot, then lightly paint wax over surface and walls of canvasses.

9. Apply stamped mulberry images to canvasses and brush over images lightly with molten wax.

10. When dry, adhere elements to canvasses with glue.

11. Brush 3-D Script Butterfly and raise Create, Art, Inspire elements with wax.

12. Stamp edges of Art Life canvass with Swirl Whirl using Copper dabber.

13. Prepare assorted flowers applying Deco Fasteners and glue flowers onto canvasses.

14. Adhere ribbons to the edges of the canvasses with Supertape.

15. Apply Glossy Accents as required and allow to dry.