Saturday, September 22, 2012

DT Article - Meljen's Design..

This time we have the Wonderful Meljen's Design with us..


She is designing cute and sweet stamps,
both digi and rubber.
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Here is what she says:
Please go see her Webshop:
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And here is what the designteam have made with some of her stamps:












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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Stencils with the ARTsy team

Inför denna artikel har vi arbetat med stenciler. I vår förra artikel använde några av medlemmarna i Artsy teamet stenciler när vi hade en Dylusion utmaning. Det finns ett otal fabrikanter men några är Crafter's workshop, Prima, Dreamweaver, Tim Holtz, Heidi Swapp och Tattered Angels.

Men det finns stenciler på andra ställen också. Jag har köpt plastgrejer på Ikea som jag har använt som stenciler och Netto har ibland extra pyssliga saker. Panduro är ett annat ställe. Men varför köpa? Du kan använda saker som redan finns i ditt hem eller tom göra din egen, helt personliga stencil.

Oftast är stencilen gjord i stadig plast men den kan även göras i hårdplast eller metall och de kallas även för masker. Dock brukar masker vara en negativ stencil, dvs, själva motivet lämnas ofärgat.

Färga in? Hurdå? Det enda som begränsar dig är din fantasi. Du kan måla eller dabba med akrylfärg. Använd en penna och rita runt, kanske för att färglägga det med annan färg efteråt. Det finns många colour washes och sprejer och du kan också välja att blanda din egen. Prova gesso, gel medium eller varför inte någon dimensional paint. Du kan dabba på lim och strössla över glitter eller flock. Varför inte använda watermarkdyna och chalks eller embossing om du är tillräckligt snabb!

Och när du är färdig med allt, glömt inte att prova att vända på stencilen och tryck mot pappret för att få ett negativt tryck!

This week it's all about stencils which I think most of you are acquainted with. In our last article, some of the members in the Artsy team worked with stencils in our Dylusion challenge. There are numerous other manufactors, some are Crafter's workshop, Prima, Dreamweaver, Tim Holtz, Heidi Swapp and Tattered Angels.

But there are stencils in other places too. I've bought plastic thingies on Ikea that I've used as a stencil and other stuff in food stores. But why buy at all? You can find things to use as stencils around your house or why not try to make one of your own.

Most of the times a stencil is made of thin, but sturdy plastic but it can aslo be made in hard plast or metal and they also go under names as masks and templates. A mask is however most of the times a negative stencil, that is, you leave the motif white and colour around it. 

Colour it you say, how do you do that? Well, only your imagination is the limit. You can paint or dab it with acrylic paint. Use a pencil and draw the shape, maybe colour it afterwards. Use some of all of the available colour washes and sprays or make one of your own. Grab your gesso or gel medium or why not some dimensional paint to get a raised motif. You can dab some strong glue on it and add glitter or flock. Why not press watermark ink on it and use chalks or emboss it if you're fast enough!

And when you're done with it, turn it around and press it on the background to get a negative print!

Enjoy our creations!

 
På kortene har jeg brukt ColorWash og vann for å lage bakgrunnene mine. Har latt de tørke. For så å legge en stensil over og sprayet med mer ColorWash. 

On my cards I've used ColorWash and water to create the backgrounds. Then let it dry. Before I used a template over the entire background and sprayed with more ColorWash.
Crafter's workshop - Cursive Alphabet stencil
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 Crafter's workshop - Harlequin stencil


 Art Journal-side der bakgrunnen er laget med Gelatos fra Faber-Castell blandet som er blitt påført vann for å blandes. Stensilen som er brukt er fra Prima hvor det er påført sort Gelatos. Skriften er håndskreven med sort Sharpie.
Art Journal-page where the background is made of Gelatos sticks and water. Brickwall stencil are from Prima, and I have used black Gelatos. Letters are handwritten and here I have used a black Sharpie.

Tagen er laget med Dylusions produkter, og her er stensilen "Let it snow" brukt. Motivene er fargelagt med Dylusions spray på vannpensel, og teksten er stemplet på Sticky Back Canvas med Archival blekk.
This tag is made with Dylusions products, and I have used the stencil called "Let it Snow". Motifs are colored with waterbrushes filled with Dylusions sprays, and the text is stamped on to a Sticky Back Canvas from Claudine Hellmuth.

Vek egna kuvert av kraft papper och stöpplade på Distress ink, walnut stain. Ritat med en guldpenna. Dessa kuvert kommer att infogas i en junk book om inredning. Stencilen kommer från Panduro.

I've used kraft paper to fold envelopes that I dabbed with Distress ink, walnut stain. Drew around with a gold pen. These envelopes will be added to a junk book about decorating my home. The stencil is from Panduro.

Här är ytterligare ett uppslag i min altered book. Använde en pappersdoily som jag sprejade. Vände på den för att få fram det negativa trycket på några ställen. Dabbade på lim genom en andra stencil och lade på bladguld. Det tredje lagret är gel medium påfört med spatula över ytterligare en stencil. Tog bort stencilen och hällde på glitter. Motivet är från en gammal tidning och texten är stämplad. Båda stencilerna kommer från Panduro.

This is one of the pages in my altered book. First I used a paper doily and sprayed on it, then I reversed it on some places to add the negative motif. I added glue over a stencil and put metal gold on it. The last layer is added gel medium with a spatula over a third stencil. I removed the stencil and poured glitter on the book page. The motif is from an old magazine and the text is stamped. Both the stencils are from Panduro.

Time for you to show us your work or for us to answer your questions!

Monday, September 10, 2012

DT article: Pion Design...


Hi there peeps!
We have got the wonderful opportunity to be able to work with Pion Designs new Christmas release Silent Night.
Here is some information about Pion and there fantastic papers:



The Story of Pion Design
Pion Design is a manufacturer of scrapbooking papers in a vintage and romantic style. We are situated in the northern part of Sweden and our papers are created and printed locally.
The company was founded by Jenny Erickson. In the summer of 2009 the idea about a scrapbooking store was born and I finalized the decision when the peonies were beautifully blooming in our garden, thus the name Pion Design (Pion is peony in Swedish).
After a while I started to cooperate with Theresa Lundström, known as Pysselgumman, a talented scrapper as well as graphic artist. 

In the spring of 2010 we released our first original designed scrapbook papers. Now we have 11 released collections;

Forget me not – our very first collection
Waiting for Santa – Christmas papers
From my Heart – a romantic collection
From Grandma's Attic – vintage sepia pictures
Fairytale of Spring – Easter and spring theme
Studio of Memories – designed with inspiration from old family photos
Images from the Past – cut out images in color
For Father – a masculine collection

For Mother – papers in a feminine design

Grandma’s school book – a summer collection inspired by Grandma’s school book

Silent Night – a Christmas and winter collection

And there is more to come… our ideas are blooming!


You can find our web shop at www.piondesign.se  

We are very happy that we now have retailers in lots of countries. If you are interested in becoming one of our retailers we kindly ask you to register as a company customer in our web shop and we will get in touch with you http://shop.textalk.se/en/login.php?tws_shopid=12164&tws_mode=newbuyer

We are lucky to have a great design team with members from all over the world. Take a look in our blog http://blog.piondesign.se/ to see their beautiful projects. 

Hopefully our papers will give you many creative and happy moments!



And here are what our amazing DT-girls have created:

Gitte








Linda

 I have made a card, with a pocket for a tag and for money or giftcard.





I have also made a card to put a chocolatebar in
















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Malin

I made two cards and a box with Pions lovely papers.






Christina

I made 2 Christmas cards and one Christmas tag to hang on a gift.







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First I made 3 small giftbags for Christmas..
 ..and then 2 cards..




Lene





Minna

I made three cards




One tag and giftbag


and here is the background of the giftback


A HUGE AND BIG THANK YOU TO PION DESIGN/JENNY!