3UP alert...Dinky Dominoes!

Hi everyone, I have a 3UP post over here on the PaperArtsy blog tonight. I was absolutely delighted to get another chance to do one. Please do hop across and have a look at the other wonderful 3 UP projects as well.

I got to use the new blues I had and created a box canvas...and it was literally a box that I covered with canvas because I couldn't find the size I wanted. I coated it with gesso after I had added some grunge paste around the sides and a section in place of the missing domino!

As I've explained on the PA blog, I wanted to have a go at a miniature project and had these teeny weeny dominoes saved from Christmas crackers. There about 2.5 x 1.25cm.

They all had a coat of blue oyster fresco after sanding them lightly.

I'll briefly explain what I used on each one so if we are working our way across from left to right, the top row is 1-6, middle is 7-12, bottom 13-17.

• 1, 7, 11, 13 & 16 have 2 coats of the translucent glass blue ( I adore this colour), then black archival stamping and some tiny metal findings brushed with treasure gold in silver. 7 & 11 have stamping in snowflake fresco before highlights with metallic glaze were added
• 2, 10, 14 & 15 have glass blue stencilled through a TCW stencil before archival stamping, 8 has stamping and a finding as above.
• 3, 5 & 12 have a coat of china fresco, then stamping in snowflake fresco & metallic glaze highlights. 9 has china fresco then black stamping.
• 4 & 17 had grunge paste through a stencil added, with silver treasure gold and yes dinky shrink plastic bee & butterfly additions.
• 6 had a crackle finish before black archival stamping.

Lynne Perella, Sara Naumann and PaperArtsy ink & the dog, hot picks and mini stamps were used.

Hope you enjoyed my 3UP post and might be inspired to join in with the current challenge over here on the blog. Thanks so much for stopping by.

3UP part 2 with Ellen Vargo stamps

Just thought I'd share some step by step photos of my 'Tropical Secret Garden' which was posted earlier here on the PaperArtsy blog, apologies photo heavy post....Firstly how the background was made building up the layers of colour, I'm not going to go into too much detail here as it's explained on the PaperArtsy blog post.

Light colors first, Zesty Zing and Limelight over the text stamps

Continue using a baby wipe to apply the remaining colours 

Then the stencils..and stamps

Petals for the flower stamped on cotton covered smoothy card, it curves and holds its shape beautifully.

Side view hopefully shows the flowers dimension.

Absolutely loved doing this, thanks for stopping by.

Paperartsy 3UP alert!!!

So lucky..... I was randomly picked to do a project for Paperartsy 3UP! I got to play with some lovely Ellen Vargo stamps and what a great time I had, here's a sneaky peek...

.....to see it all and the rest of the 3UP's wonderful artwork please hop over to the Paperartsy blog now.