Monday 29 August 2016

Personalised Sandwich Containers for going back to School

Hi there!

Today I want to show you the personalised sandwich containers that I painted for my kids. We had never used them before, but thinking about reducing the amount of residues that we produce in the day to day, it seemed a good idea to use them. The problem, the difference in price between the plain ones and the ones with TV characters was for times the price of the former's, so... I told them I would craft they for them. If you are interested on the materials and layers that I used you can find the explanation further down.
Now, I'm not sure how long is this going to last... but so far it seems resistant and waterproof.

Hope you like it. 


Rubber stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie.


Clear stamp from Penny Black with Mo's Digital Pencil images.

Now, for crafting this plastic containers, 
first I used paper sand to prepare the area where I was going to paint. 
Then, I used masking tape to protect the borders and added some layers of gesso.
I used Memento Luxe black ink for stamping my images on the background.
I realised that permanent ink would have been better but 
I wanted to try with the supplies that I had in my stash. 
Then I used Poska pens to colour the backgrounds, leaving the stamps in white.
Then I covered everything with a layer of gel medium.
It is now a good idea to use Copic markers on top of gesso because the tips absorb it and get ruined, but they are ok to use on top of gel medium, so now I am ready to colour my images.
Finally I covered everything with gel medium again to protect them
 from the water and the rubbing that they will endure in their day to day use.

We'll see how long they last.,.

Challenges:

Monday 22 August 2016

Mermaid Secrets Art Journal

 Hi there!

Today I want to show the journal page that I've been working on during the summer. Yes, it took me all that time =P. I have to say that I really enjoyed working on it, but is not easy for me to do things while the kids are on holiday and wanting to help, he, he.

However, I have to say that I did this background using my kids solid poster paints, and that I did it alongside my son, that did his own version with a different background, which I will be showing at the end.

Hope you like it =)


In this spread: solid poster paints, gesso, PITT markers, stencils, white gel pen,
transparent gloss texture past, izink pigment, glitter glue and glossy accents.


Digital stamp by Aurora Wings.
Coloured with Copic markers.

Skin:



Hair:



Tail:


I wanted her skin to look like she was under water,
so here you have a small colour studio that I made.



And here is my son's take:



Challenges

Thursday 4 August 2016

Captain Underpants T-shirt

 Hi there!

It's is very hot in here and I am on t-shirt mode. I wanted to show you this one that I coloured for my little hero. He loves Captain Underpants and I thought this image was perfect to make him a t-shirt. He loved it.
And remember, if you like it you can find a tutorial on how to do it here.

Hope you like this =)


Colored with Copic Markers


Challenges: