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Friday 1 October 2021

Creative Artiste...

Good Morning everyone, welcome to October.

I was honoured to be offered a guest designer spot for Creative artiste Mixed Media for this month.  As it was for october my first thought was maybe a halloween mixed media project but then i saw this bone shaped mdf and thought it would be ideal for those Crazy dog stamps from Tim Holtz




Mdf bone size 12x7"....  after doing the background (see last photo below) I stamped the tim holtz crazy dogs and a couple of zinksi art dogs, coloured them with inktense pencils and cut out.  I covered them all with mod podge to give them a bit of protection.  

From an empty pet food box i die cut my alpha's with a sizzix bigz die, covered with black paint and then glossy accents to give them an enamelled look.  I die cut some circles from card, painted with yellow paint, drew on lines to make them look more like tennis balls and again covered with glossy accents. 

 I then got arranging it all - this took longer than you might think getting the dogs in an order that i felt worked best and actually i didnt glue them down for a couple days to make sure i was happy with this finished arrangement!  I added a few Tim Holtz ideology bones, a couple of them i cut in half as you wouldn't see the whole bone anyway and made them go further. 

A metal tag added above the be happy to finish which reads 'live in the moment' which i think alot of dogs do.

After a few days i felt it needed something to balance the heavy black letters so i stencilled some black paw prints around the edge to look like one of the dogs had been off for a wonder following a scent trail as they do😁.....and it made all the difference.



Of course i had to add glossy accents to the dogs eyes and noses too







and onto my background

 I stencilled texture paste through a paw print & diamond stencils and once dry covered it all with black gesso.  I then added patches of crackle paste and once all was dry i built it up by dry brushing on white and cream acrylic paints adding a touch of diamond to the top layer that twinkles in the light.  I found an old tim holtz grungeboard heart in my stash which i again added texture paste paw prints to, covered in red paint and then again dry brushed on the white and cream acrylic.  I then added that to the bone and edged the bone with black paint.  This bone came with a stand but i wanted to hang it so just cut off the tabs and sanded back and punched some holes in the top with my crop o'dile.

Items Used:
MDF Bone  'dog bone on stand' from Craftshapes.co.uk
Stencils - paw print, diamond
Golden texture paste
Crackle paste
Tim Holtz crazy dog stamps
Paperartsy Zinkski art dog stamps
Derwent inktense pencils
Tim Holtz ideaology - bones, metal tag, grungeboard shapes
Sizzix Tim Holtz word play bigz die
Various acrylic paints

Thank you all for stopping by and to everyone at creative artiste mixed media.blogspot for welcoming me to join them this month.  I hope you all have a good weekend.  Hugs Emmaxx

 

18 comments:

gwen70 said...

Amazing work Emma, I love it xx

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

A wonderful design and gorgeous card Ginny
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Clur said...

Pawesome make Emma! Clare x

meg said...

A fabulous make Emma,so many layers and textures fantastic fun dog images love their colours,and lots of fantastic finishing touches,a mini work of art.

DebiG said...

Wow Emma. This is truly amazing. It is such fun! I love all the texture and colour. Those Tim Holtz dogs are fabulous. Your colouring is beautiful. Debs 😘

Let's Art Journal said...

Wow, what an amazing make! I love the bone shaped MDF with all the paw prints and layers of texture that you created and wow, all those dogs look so stunning - perfect 😀. Thanks for the mixed media inspiration and for joining us as Guest Designer this month at Creative Artiste. Happy October! Hugs Jo x

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

This is gorgeous love the bone shape. Alison x

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

Oh Emma as a Dog lover I really adore this, love each and every element to added and fussy cut. The addition of the paw prints balances so well against the bold lettering. A fabulous creation which must look so impressive hug on the wall for all to see. Thanks so much for being Creative Artiste's Guest Designer this month we are so proud to have you.
Creative October wishes Tracey (DT) x

StephW said...

You transform mixed media mdf shapes so well Emma, this is fabulous, love your pack of colourful hounds most definitely a happy bunch ... Steph x

Denise Fletcher said...

Well done Emma x

Andree said...

A fantastic 'pet project' Emma! The arrangement of the colourful crazy dogs and bones looks amazing against the wonderfully textured background and paw prints. I love that you used a pet food box to cut the bold lettering.
Thank you for being a fabulous guest designer for Creative Artiste this month xx

Judy McKay said...

Wow!! Just love your creative idea Emma. Love all the texture and design. Thank you for being our guest designer this month. Now I am going back to your blog to see many of the special projects you have done. Judy DT

Jean S said...

Just brill Emma!! Xx

Ina G said...

What an amazing piece of Mixed Media Emma. So many fascinating bits to look at here. Colourful creative and so fun. Lovely to have you Guesting with us at Creative Artisite this month.

Kate Jeffery said...

looks fantastic Emma
Kate x

crafty-stamper said...

Fabulous bone shaped MDF and love the textured background and crazy dog stamps
Carol x

Witchcrafted Life said...

This is the sweetest! What a cheerful, fantastic puppers themed creation.

Autumn Zenith 🎃 Witchcrafted Life

Kirsty said...

Fabulous mixed media project Emma, just love it and congratulations on being picked as a guest designer. Big hugs Kirsty. x