3up Drum Roll To Sam, Sarah And Rachel ....

Tonight we would like to welcome Sam, Sarah and Rachel as our 3UP sters ....


Sam Butler

Blended the background with lots of different colours of Fresco Paints until I liked it.  Did the "Leandra bump" technique with the Mini Harlequin Stencil using Baltic Blue and Stone Fresco Paints.  Stamped the image which is from LPC008 onto Crackly Tissue Paper, then  painted the back with more Fresco Paints.  Next I coloured the Tando Creative pieces and crocheted flower with Eggplant and South Pacific. I then randomly stamped the "script" from Ink and the Dog using Black StazOn and White Versamagic Ink.  I then coloured the brad inside the flower. At this point I felt the Tando Key was lost in the background so I repainted it using Little Black Dress then stamped the script in white.

Next up is ....

Sarah Dunkley

 I started by looking for a quote. I saw this one on Pinterest and thought it was perfect! I stuck old book pages to the canvas board, painted it with Teal and Rose paint, then stamped it with a swirl stamp & Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. I added some texture with some polyfilla ( sorry I haven't got any grunge paste yet!) through a floral stencil & painted the raised areas in copper. I painted the butterflies again in Teal, Rose and Duck Egg, then inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I then went over the paint with my water soluble pastels and graduated the colours. Next I added a little iridescent glitter on the edges of the blue one then adhered both butterflies to the board. 

I painted the frame in Copper and glued it to a dictionary page showing the definition of butterfly. The small butterfly fitted inside perfectly so I glazed the whole thing with Crackle Glaze. I added a flower & butterfly charm to the top of the frame ( it was an earring, I love using broken jewellery in my work!) I used my label maker to print the quote out, stuck it on & went round the words & the edges with my water soluble pastels. Finished off with Copper round the edges too. 

And last but not least tonight is ....

Rachel Soulsby

So what was I thinking? What do you do with a 4x4 canvas, 2 Vintaj Buttons, a Tando Creative Gate, and a very amature crafter? I am not a great "Blue" person so I thought I would challenge myself using Blue. But what to create? I thought about creating a garden, but it had to be a "secret one", as this all had to be a big secret.

I started by using two stencils with Grunge Paste, then Sky and Baltic Blue in alternate quadrants, then Mermaid through two stencils and Inky Pool and Beach Hut with a wet wipe. Then stamped some text and ink splashes in Cobalt Blue Archival Ink, then added some "schizzle" foil accents. I wasn’t happy with the sides of the canvas so covered them in Tim Holtz Tissue Paper and colour washed it in Mermaid then dry brushed with Inky Pool. Next I highlighted it with Prisma Pencils then added Treasure Gold (Aquamarine & Sapphire).

I found a vintage dictionary page with the words "smell", which I  colour washed in Vintage Lace, next I stamped JOFY09 stamps in Sepia Archival Ink, then stamped on scraps of paper using Distress Ink (Peeled Paint and Forest Moss) for the leaves. Next I used Claret, Very Berry and Tinned Peas to fill in. I used Stone and Mud Splat to paint the gate and then highlighted with the same three Treasure Gold. I cut an 8x8 corrugated cardboard, and colour washed with Sky and Inky Pool and Beach Hut. Then stamped in Snowflake JOFY stamp and coloured one in with Tinned Peas, Inky Pool and Bora Bora. I made a tape sandwich to cut out a moth, bird and film strip/post mark. I put the bird, and Vintaj buttons through a Tim Holtz embossing folder and colour washed them with Little Black Dress,  Very Berry and Claret, respectfully. I then used the ELB01 flower and stamped with Vintage Lace, Very Berry, Claret, then I stamped some text with Plum ink over part of the flowers. Then used some words from ESN04. Then used a small tag, and used Crackle Glaze, then made two tags with shrink plastics and JOFY12 stamps, and coloured them in Pan Pastels. 

Who will be the 3UP peeps tomorrow night I wonder!! Join us at 7pm to find out.