Creative Team - Product Highlight - Cadence Ink Sprays

Creative Team - Product Highlight

Cadence Ink Sprays

by Creative Team member - Yoonsun Hur


Cadence Ink sprays are perfect for mixed media and art journaling but have you ever used them on a card? Yoonsun has created a bright and inky background for her card simply by spraying a few complimentary colours...

Supplies:

Cadence Mix Media Ink Spray Mavi Blue - Turuncu Orange

Crafts4u Edge Distresser

Crafts4u Bircage With Birds Die

KaisercraftTime Machine Stamp Set
Crafts4u Double Sided Tape 12mm x 50m

Crafts4uFoam Tape
Tsukineko VersaFine pigment ink Onyx Black
Tsukineko VersaMark Embossing ink
Heat Tool

Instructions:

Stamp images from the Kaisercraft Time Machine set onto watercolour paper panel using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

Spray onto the stamped panel with the Cadence Mavi Blue, Turuncu Orange ink sprays.

Brush to the panel with a wet paint brush. Allow to dry completely.

Heat emboss the sentiment from the Kaisercraft Time Machine set on navy card stock using white embossing powder. Trim it down.

Die cut tiny birds from white card stock using the C4U Bircage With Birds die.

Mount the main panel on light grey card base using C4U double-sided tape first, and then add all elements on the card front using C4U foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!

Hugs,
Yoonsun

Creative Team Enjoy the Ride Card

Creative Team Enjoy the Ride Card

by Creative Team member Helen Cooke

Supplies:

Crafts 4 U die Beep Beep Car

Crafts 4 U Die Clouds

Crafts 4 U Die MattedEnjoy

Cadence Stencil  MU10

Cadence Mix Media Ink Spray : MM-09 Mavi Blue

Distress Ink : vintage photo; pumice stone

Card : smooth white; textured light blue; textured mid blue

Other : ribbon; texture paste; spatula; GlossyAccents; Crackle Accents; Wet Ones; paint brush;

Crafts 4 U double sided tape

Crafts 4 U foam tape.

 

Instructions:

I cut a square of card 130mm x 130mm, lay the stencil across the bottom and using a spatula, spread texture paste through it, smoothing it out as I went.  I then turned the stencil around the opposite way and repeated the same process across the top of the card.  It was put aside to dry.

With the Cadence Ink Spray, I spritzed once onto a craft sheet to make a puddle, then picked up the ink with a paintbrush and flicked it across the card.  Before it had time to dry, I used a ‘wet one’ to wipe off the excess ink, which gives an uneven, mottled appearance over and around the texture paste, but still leaves some of the darker spots of ink on the card.   With most of the puddle of ink still on the craft sheet, I swiped the edges of the card through it, thus creating a border which was easy to smudge slightly.

 

 While that was drying, I cut the ‘matted enjoy’ using both blue textured cards, gluing the lighter one onto the darker one.  From white card, I cut a ‘beep beep car’ and a smaller ‘cloud’. I went over the car gently using ‘vintage photo’ Distress Ink, building up colour around the edges and added ‘pumice stone’ around the wheels.  The cloud was also coloured with ‘pumice stone’.  To add more interest, crackle accents was added to the cloud and glossy accents around the doors, windows and wheel hubs of the car.

 

I adhered a length of ribbon across the bottom of the background, then attached the puff of exhaust (cloud) and the car with double sided foam tape.  The matted enjoy was also attached the same way.

The card front was attached to folded white card. 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Team Art Journal Page - 'Happy'

Creative Team Art Journal Page 'Happy'

By Creative Team Member - Dani Choate

Supplies:

Crafts4U Stacked Hearts Die- 70031

Crafts4U Stitched Squares -70004
Crafts4U Leafy Branch Die -70038
Crafts4U glitter card in lilac
Crafts4U Double sided tape
Crafts4U foam tape
Cadence Mixed Media Acrylic Spray -light blue & light green
Cadence liquid gilt - goldspray
Cadence Style Matt ShabbyChic relief paste - baby pink
Cadence Mini hearts stencil- CADMA21
Ranger Dina Wakley TissuePack - hearts
Ranger Dina Wakley Tissue Pack - words
Distress Oxide - Wild Honey
Distress Oxide - Pickled Raspberry
Rosie's Studio Wood veneerWhimsy Words
Little Birdie PearlFlorettes (Tropical Starburst)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Celeste)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Classic Cream)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Blush)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Coral)
Little Birdie Pearl Florettes (Cherry)
Create365 - heart stickers
Kaisercraft - Misty Mountains sticker sheet - 'My Heart Is Full' sticker
Kaisercraft Misty Mountain purple dot paper
Dylusions Square Journal
Tombow Mono liquid glue
PinkFresh - white card with black paint splatter - A Case of the Blahs 'Messy'
Bella Carta - tiny dot yellow card
Bella Carta tiny dot red card
Sewing Machine & black thread
2" x 2" photo

Instructions:

- Start with a blank double page of your Dylusions journal

- Using a small smooth plastic bag, sponge some Distress Oxide Raspberry directly onto the plastic and mix with water. Stamp randomly onto your journal page keeping a somewhat linear approach to the page with colour in the middle third of the page lengthwise.

- Sponge the Distress Oxide Wild Honey in the same way but stamp a little more randomly so that some of the yellow shows a little more above and below the Raspberry colour

- Using the Cadence mini heart stencil, stencil the Shabby Chic Relief Paste in baby pink, again stay roughly within the middle third of the page with some random lines extending above the colour and some below the colour. You will need to wait for the paste to dry between applications as you move across the page (or dry with heat tool)

- Splatter some random drops of acrylic spray in light blue and green

- Splatter (rather than spray) the liquid gilt onto the page randomly as well

- With the Crafts 4U Stacked Heart Die, cut three different sized solid hearts - one in yellow dot, one in purple dot and one in red dot. Also cut three of the corresponding sized hearts into 'rings' out of lilac glitter card

- Mount the three solid hearts across the left hand side page with foam tape. Then attach the glitter 'rings' to the solid hearts according to size. Only attach with glue at the dimple of the heart and at the bottom point of the heart so that the curves of the heart can be pushed up and curve above the solid hearts

- Cut a separate large heart out of the PinkFresh card that has the black splatter (this paper can also be made easily if you cannot find PinkFresh). Sew a rough black thread outline around the heart and heavily distress the edges

- Attach the heart to the right hand page with glue.

- Create a cluster of squares in the same papers as the solid hearts. Arrange them off centred, behind your 2inch square photo. Mount using foam tape to pop up the photo and attach the entire cluster to the page with double sided tape

- Mount a sentiment sticker (I have used 'My Heart is Full') directly underneath the photo cluster with foam tape and then adhere the wood veneer title (happy) both to the photo cluster and to the sentiment sticker

- Using matte medium, adhere some of Dina Wakley tissue hearts (large and small) to the page. The right hand side heart has been mounted on the purple dot paper first and them popped up with foam tape, for interest.

- Add some colourful sticker hearts (or indeed, just use some pencil or markers to add some colourful hearts to your page randomly)

- Using matte medium again, adhere some inspirational words under your sentiment. I have used Dina Wakley tissue words here

- Now for the flowers. I have used every colour of Little Birdie flowers I could find and have roughly created a wavy line that follows the wave of the hearts placed on the left hand side page. I have glued some flowers UNDER the hearts, some ON the edges and AROUND the hearts and other have been glued onto the heart 'rings' so they float ABOVE the other flowers

This will add a lot of dimension and depth to the page

- Do a similar thing around the base of the photo cluster

- Cut 2 leafy branch dies in white and splatter with the light blue and light green acrylic sprays to give them a little colour. Tuck in and glue to either side of the sentiment sticker

- Now you can see if you are able to close your book :) ... if you like a chunky art journal this page will be PERFECT!!

 

 

 

 

Creative Team - Rusty Joy Canvas

Rusty Joy - Mixed Media Canvas (5in x7in)

By Creative Team Member - Dani Choate

 

Supplies:

Cadence - Mixed Media Acrylic Spray Ink - light green & blue

Diamond Metallic Turquoise paint - (Art Alchemy used in photos)                         

Crafts 4U - Wooden embellishments gears - 70067

Gearhead Corner Die -70036

plain black lightweight card

Kuretake - Gansai Tambi calligraphy watercolour in Red Gold (alternative: Cadence finger wax in Antique or Aztec Gold)

Nuvo -Mother of Pearl embellishment mousse

Kaisercraft - wood veneer title - Joy

black acrylic paint

Authentique - 'Petite Diction' sticker words

Ranger - Archival Ink pads - Garden Patina, Cobalt & Jet Black

Porter's Paint - Liquid Iron - White Base & Liquid Rust

450 glue

Tombow Mono liquid glue

Scrapbook Adhesive - Dimensional squares

Rusty decorative piece of metal

Corrugated cardboard

Small Canvas - 5 inch x 7 inch

 

Instructions:

Cut 2 of the C4U Gear Corner Dies in plain black card

Glue a rough piece of corrugated cardboard to the small canvas. Make sure the edges are torn lengthwise

Prepare the entire background by painting the canvas & corrugated cardboard attachment firstly with light green Mixed Media Acrylic Spray and then roughly with metallic paint in a similar turquoise colour.

Glue the black corner die cuts (over the corrugated cardboard) to the left upper corner & the right lower corners

Glue wood veneer cogs & gears in a circular shape

Once dry, use Porter's Paints Liquid Iron, white base paint (or any other rust effect paint system) to paint the entire piece covering most of the elements and roughly covering the sides

This must now dry to the touch

Now apply Porter's Paints Liquid Rust over the entire piece liberally.

Leave overnight & watch it all rust up - Amazing process!! - like magic!

Once rusted, using dimensional tape that you have edged with black paint. Mount the rusty decorative piece of metal

 

Edge the canvas with Archival Ink stamp pad in Cobalt, smudge this colour into the canvas.

Using Cadence Mixed Media Spray Ink in Blue add some shading in and around the base of the wooden cogs

Set aside the canvas and now work on the title

 

Paint the entire title dark blue using either Cobalt Archival Ink Pad or the blue Cadence Mixed Media Spray (either will work). Paint the edges black

Mix a little metallic turquoise paint into the Nuvo Mother of Pearl embellishment mousse and apply some antique patina to the title (Cadence light turquoise finger wax would work here also)

Add some extra gold highlights with Cadence 'Antique Gold' finger wax or Kuretake Gansai Tambi red gold calligraphy paint

Finalise the piece by adding the title and some additional words from the Authentique 'Petite Diction' sticker page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Team - Blue Butterfly Tag

Blue Butterfly Girl - Large Mixed Media Tag

By Creative Team Member - Dani Choate

Supplies:

Drafting or thick tracing paper

Ranger - Inkssentials craft tags - Black Size #12

Cadence - Fabric Glitter relief paste

Cadence Style Matt Shabby Chic relief paste - light mint green

Cadence Diamond relief paste - Mint green

Cadence Mixed Media Acrylic Spray Ink -blue

Cadence Mixed Media Acrylic Spray Ink -light purple

Cocoa Vanilla - Wild at Heart - Double Dot paper

Bohemian dreams - Vellum accents

Kaisercraft - acrylic paint "Antique White" (can use various shades to make skin coloured paint)

Stencil Girl - Traci Bautista - Deconstructed Zinnia stencil

Little Birdie flowers - Pearl florettes - Celeste

Little Birdie Micro jewelled florettes (Classic)

Little Birdie Flowers - Serenade (Tropical Starburst) - blues

Scrapbook Adhesives - Dimensional squares

Sharpie - Extra fine - black & white

Prismacolor pencils (or any good coloured pencils)

Kuretake - Gansai Tambi - silver calligraphy watercolour

450 glue

Tombow Mono liquid glue

plain black lightweight cardboard

round brush - size 8

ribbons

Instructions:

- Rough sketch a face onto the black tag in light pencil

- Fill in the face and neck  shape with a 'skin colour' paint as background

- Use pencils to shade out the face and add features

- Use extra fine black Sharpie for details & extra fine white Sharpie for highlights.

- Using tracing paper to give you the shape, cut out the Cocoa Vanilla Double Dot blue paper to use as a blackout background (this should hide any rogue sketch lines)

- Use silver watercolour to add waves or texture lines to the hair

- Mount the tag onto black card with a 2mm border

- Separately, onto the thick drafting paper, using the Stencil Girl stencil, stencil 3x flowers

         1- using Diamond paste

         2 - using Style matt paste

         3 - using glitter fabric paste

- Wait for these to be fully dry and fussy cut them out. However, make sure to cut the Matt paste Zinnia down by one petal around the circumference so it is a smaller flower and the Diamond paste Zinnia down by 2 petals so it is an even smaller flower

- Mount all three flowers in size order using dimensional squares to pop-up each layer

- Glue the centre of this flower stack to the hair of the girl making sure it is approximately within the centre of her beehive hair-do

- using glue, attach the first 3 large blue flowers. Then add the next 3 smaller cream flowers

- Attach all other flowers in a diagonal movement from the top left hand corner down to her right ear

- Mix two colours of Cadence Mixed Media Spray and use like ink to give some shading and dimenion to the edges of her hair

- Using the same ink and a size #8 round brush paint some leaf fronds onto tracing or drafting paper (this may take some practise but you can always use these extras on another project)

- Fussy cut the best of the fronds out

- Tuck the leaves in, around and under the bottom half of the flower stack

- Add three Cocoa Vanilla vellum butterflies. Only attach with glue using the middle line of the piece so that the butterflies look like they are flying

- Finish off the entire tag with coordinating ribbon