Altered Mannequin for Dusty Attic

 

Hello 2023

I hope that we all have a fantastic year ahead 

filled with the things that give us joy and happiness. 

I am super excited to be creating again and back to doing mixed media again! 

What is even more exciting is to be a part of the Dusty Attic 2023 creative team!

I am looking forward to a creative year ahead filled with so many ideas and projects.

Today I would like to share with you an altered mannequin, This mini dress-form was used  to display 

jewellery and is a great size for an altered project. 

I had this old display mannequin that I have wanted to give a mixed media makeover 

To for ages, I decided that an industrial look would give a great contrast to the form. 

I have started by covering the entire surface with a layer of gesso and  pieces of textured tissue paper, the crackle stencil detail in gold were also done using a stencil, tissue paper and gold crackle paste. I have used the stencil to add gold crackle paste onto the loose tissue paper sheets  so that I

can collage this onto the mannequin, 

as there were no flat surfaces making stencilling really difficult on the curves on dressmakers form.

 

After collaging the tissue papers onto the form I have then added layers of pre painted cogs around the form until I was happy with the effect.

I have then given them a patina and distressed look by adding various colours of gold and a vintage light blue to give them some texture and a worn look,

as well as helping to show up all the layers of texture.

Final touches are done with gold and turquoise patina waxes and some extra gold paint and some red

acrylic for the Industrial Heart for an added colour pop.

The skirt has been made with fabric strips that are stained with a aqua colour spray in dark brown 

and stitched in small bunches around the base of the dressmakers form.

I liked how this added a softer contrast to the cogs and gave an illusion of a skirt around the base.

To finish I have added wings cast from a Prima Imaginarium mould using stamperia extra light soft clay.

I have added some random flowers in gold, red and a soft vintage blue to finish.

Supplies Used:

Dusty Attic Chipboard

Mini Cogs #2 DA1932L

Mini Cogs #3 DA3364U

Cogs and Gears DA1977

Industrial Gears DA2859

Industrial Hearts DA1953

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology collage paper Typeset / composer

Stamperia Crackle Paste Gold

Allegro Acrylic paint-Avorio (cream), titanium white and super gold

Aqua color spray - Leather

Extra Fort Glue

Extra light Soft clay ( wings)

Liquitex Matte Medium

Liquitex Gesso

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paint - Seaglass

Prima

Imaginarium moulds - Amun and bast

art academy wax Old white, patina green, green brocade opal magic, Gold and aged Brass.

Thanks for stopping by 

I will see you for my next project 

Until Next Time 

Mandy x

 

The Dancer card

 

Hello

I am back to share my last card for October for Paper Rose Studio.

I wanted to make a special card as this project is also my last project for Paper Rose

As I am leaving the design team.

I wanted to say thank you to all The crew at Paper Rose and to my fellow design team members, 

It has been a fantastic four years!

I have stamped my image onto pastel  paper, I like the Canson Mi-Teintes.

It has a good tooth on the paper for heavy pencil blending.

I have also stamped on a separate piece my flowers 

that I have fussy cut out once coloured

In wanted a dark background and decided to create a spotlight effect by coloring using a lighter colour 

Around the dancer and moving out to darker shades toward the edges of the card base.

It takes a lot of layers to get this effect and the pastel paper holds up well without the layers 

of pencil getting to waxy.

I have used a sentiment from the Uplifting Type pack and added some distress oxide ink in 

Antique Linen so that it wasn’t so stark white against my background.

The flowers are also coloured in using pencils and fussy cut out,

 I have added dots of white paint pen to the centers for contrast.

Supplies used:

27829 Dancer Clear Stamp

18183 Lovely Florals Blossoms Clear Stamp

19432 Uplifting Type Sentiment Pack

Distress Oxide ink- Antique Linen

Bruttfuner pastel pencils

Prismacolor Pencils

Posca white paint pen

Thanks for stopping by,

I will still be around social media and I hope to be spending 

More time doing mixed media projects and drawing.

Bye for now 

Mandy xx

Big Blooms In Soft Watercolour

 

Hello

Today I would like to share with you my latest project for Paper Rose Studio.

It’s another floral  card in soft pastel watercolour.

I made this card for a wedding as I really love this

Big Bloom Stamp.

My card base is watercolour paper 

I have stamped in versamark ink and heat embossed in white, 

As the watercolour paper has a reasonable grain to it making stamping a little difficult,

I used a stamping platform so that I could stamp multiple times.

This ensures good coverage and no gaps in my embossing! 

Once stamped and embossed I have coloured using Prima watercolour 

in the pastel colour set.

I have added the Large Love Layered word and I have foiled both layers in gold and silver. 

To complete the card I added gold splatters in ink and some gold gems.

I also used sentiments from the All Occasions Sentiment pack.

Supplies Used:

Paper Rose Studio

20707 Big Bloom Stamp

18042 Love Large Layered Word Die

22339 All Occasions Sentiment Paper Pack

20165 So Extra White 1.0 Sentiment Pack

Other:

White Embossing Powder

Watercolour card 

Prima Watercolor Paint set Pastel colours

Sarah’s Bouquet in Prismacolour Pencils

 

Hello There

I can’t believe that we are now into October already

Time seems to fly by these days!

I have my first project of the month for Paper Rose Studio to share.

I really enjoy colouring florals and decided to use pencils for the details in this beautiful bouquet.

I have used MiTientes pastel paper as my card base as I really like the tooth on

This paper for coloured pencil work.

I have stamped the bouquet stamp out in Versafine  black ink.

Once I had coloured all the leaves and flowers,I used two shades of light blues to blend out the background.

I then added splatters of acrylic ink in gold and black.

As the pencil blending took some time I decided to keep the rest of my 

Card  simple, leaving the floral bouquet the main focal point. 

To complete the card I have die cut the word wishes out of plain black card 

And added sentiments from the All Occasions sentiment pack.

Supplies used: 

25234 - Sarah’s Bouquet Clear Stamp

26110 Tall Script words Wishes Blessings

All Occasions Sentiment Sheets

Prismacolor Pencils

Acrylic ink Black

Windsor and Newton Metallic Gold Ink

Thank you for stopping by to see my latest card 

I will be back with another card on the 14th 

Until Next time 

Mandy x

Monkey Birthday card

 

Hello Again 

I am back to share with you my third project for  this month.

Today I have used coloured pencils for this fun card.

I have stamped out the leaf stamp three times at the top of the card base, this gave me a nice tree line 

When adding the swinging monkey.

The leaf stamp wasn’t very large so I didn’t need to mask anything as there wasn’t any overlap.

Once I stamped the monkey so that he appears to be swinging from the leaf branches,

I have used my prismacolour pencils to colour in both the leaves and monkey in. 

Prismacolor pencils can get waxy so I have used a lot of light layers to build up the colour.

Supplies used:

27460 Monkey and Sloth Stamp Set

24712 Bold Leaves Stamp

19289 Big Black and White Sentiments

18454 - Blending Brush with cap

Distress Oxide ink - Tumbled Glass

Carson MiTientes Pastel Paper 

Thanks for stopping by to have a look at my latest card 

I will have three new projects for you next month

Until next time 

Mandy x

Juliet’s Blooms on a Watercolour Background

 

Hello  there. 

My latest card that I am sharing with you today has a background 

That was made using watercolour pencils.

The card base is Ranger Distress watercolour card, I

 like this a lot when using watercolour

 pencils because It is really heavy duty and 

doesn’t flake or buckle when I add a lot of pigment with the pencils and the water

Needed to move the pigment around.

Once I scribbled my chosen colors out onto the card  I used a wet brush to blend out 

The pigment mixing the colors together.

Once dry I added some liquid sparkle in areas following the patterns created 

When blending out the pigment.

I stamped out the flowers and leaves in Memento Tuxedo black ink

 onto blending card and coloured them with Copic Markers, I then used my Scan N Cut

 to cut them out which saved having to fussy cut them out.

I cut out the words from The Tall Happy Birthday die set four times and 

Glued them all together stacking them to add some dimension, once this was done

 I used some antiquing wax on them to add a hombre effect

 making the words darker at the bottom. 

I then added a little liquid sparkle to add some glitz.

I also added a few clear gems to the centers of the flowers.

Supplies Used: 

25840 Juliet’s Blooms Stamp Set

26101 Tall Script Happy Birthday Word dies

Ranger Distress Watercolour Card

Watercolour Pencils

Paper RoseLiquid Sparkle

Small Clear gems

CopicMarkers:

V000 RV02 RV13

Y17 Y38

G21 G94 G99

Thanks for stopping by to see my latest card for Paper Rose Studio

Until Next Time 

Mandy x

Happy Father’s Day

 

Hello There

As today is Father’s Day here and also my day to share a project

For Paper Rose Studio

I thought I would share my card I made for my Dad this Father’s Day.

I have used watercolour pencils to colour wash the woodgrain card and once dry I have

Used mixed media glue to seal the colour.

I have then ink spritzed the card so that the woodgrain texture shows.

Once dry using Heavy Body paste i have stenciled the industrial stencil over the top of the 

Woodgrain base.

The Vintage motorcycle was stamped in Versamark ink and embossed using black embossing powder and cut out using the matching die set.

I have used Copic markers to colour the stamped image.

 I have coloured some of the white negative space around the bike with Copics

 in similar colors of the background as this helps inter grate everything together.

 

Supplies used :

17604 Vintage Motorcycle Stamp Set

17605 Vintage Motorcycle Die Set

18451 DAD Metal Word Die Set

19121 Industrial Elements Stencil

22339 All Occasions Sentiment Pack

Copic markers:

R59 R37 R27

E17 E13

C1 C3 C6

Ranger Distress Woodgrain Card

Fabre Castellated Warner Pencils

Stamperia Mixed Media Glue

Stamperia Heavy Body Paste ( white)

Black Embossing Powder

Thank you for stopping by to have a look, 

I hope you have a wonderful day with your Dads,

And my thoughts are with those who’s Dads are no longer with us

Until next time 

Mandy x