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techniques

New 10 Seconds Studio Molds

18 August 2010

We didn’t even have time to upload these 3 new 10 Seconds Studio Metal molds on the blog before they SOLD OUT on Saturday at our VINTAGE FOUNDATION BOX workshop.  Never fear, we have more on the way, should arrive within 7-10 days.  If you would like us to save you any, please email us at tedep@westnet.com.au .  [...]

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Embossed Tag

2 August 2010

Here’s a tag made with lovely 10 Seconds Studio products!   You can see the versatility of the molds and just how good they work with both cardstock and metal.  Did you know you can also emboss clear film with their molds, how about that!  The cardstock was embossed with the Big Daddy #4 mold and [...]

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New Workshop Snippets

19 June 2010

Just a little sneek peek at an upcoming workshop……..here are a couple of snippets to get you excited.  This workshop is one playing with metals of all sorts and different finishes you can achieve.  Look out for it coming soon! Hugs x the girls @ Destination Art

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Grunge Board Flower Combo

17 June 2010

Just thought we would give you some colour inspiration today! These grungeboard flowers have been cut from the Tim Holtz Alterations Die “Tattered Flowers”.  Yummo yummo!!!  Each flower has been lovingly covered in Distress Ink colours and then stamped over with different patterned stamps from the Tim Holtz range using Black Archival Ink.  Then the [...]

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Lamp Post Tag

16 June 2010

This tag is another example of  the white wax crayon technique.  As we’ve mentioned before, it’s easy to achieve.  All you need to do is stamp your image with an archival ink, colour in focal areas with a white wax crayon or chinagraph pencil, then blend Distress Ink or other dye based inks over the top [...]

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The Controlled “Squish” Technique

4 June 2010

Lin at http://yoursartfully.blogspot.com/2010/01/snow-alert-and-metal-utee-fab.html has a fabulous step by step photo tutorial on her website to make the above piece. Isn’t it beautiful!!!!  We had our own play and here is our spin on the “Controlled “Squish” Technique”, not anywhere as fancy as Lin’s but we tried and had lots of fun making it.  Although we didn’t use the [...]

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White crayon resist and Darkroom Door

21 May 2010

Here are some samples made out of Darkroom Door images with the white crayon technique. Directions: Use white wax crayon to highlight areas of your stamped imaged (stamp out using archival or permanent ink).  Then simply blend Distress Ink or other dye based inks over the top for a “resist” finish. So easy but very [...]

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Some more studio highlights

15 April 2010

Here is another piece we’ve been working on in the studio made with the NEW Tim Holtz Alterations Dies.  This is made using the “Regal Crest” Bigz Die and each piece of the die was stamped using Tim’s range of unmounted images.  We also have in new Tims new link chain which you can see at [...]

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Project using Vintage Ephemera Downloads

9 April 2010

We’ve promised you some projects using the free downloads of vintage ephemera we have started to post here on the Destination Art Blog.  Well here is a mini travel diary we have made using the postcard download from just the other day http://destinationart.net/blog/?p=1518.  It was a cool little project to make and would be ideal [...]

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Gift Tag Project

4 April 2010

Todays project is a sweet gift tag. You might want to click on the photo to get a much bigger look at the detail.  So much fun to make and using the Ranger Memory Frame and Tim Holtz Memory Capsule inside makes it perfect for personalising for your recepient.  Yummy yum yum, let’s get started. Oh!! Just [...]

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Another Tag Tutorial Day!!!

2 April 2010

If you attended our last Demo Day (which was a great chance to see a whole bunch of our products used), then you might remember this tag.  Here is a rundown on how it was done.  The first step was to create a background using various colours of Adirondack Paint Dabbers, for this tag we used [...]

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Bird Call Tag and A Special Giveaway…

31 March 2010

We’re having a special giveaway tomorrow…stop in then for all the details. A rich warm coloured tag, this project took next to no time.  Here’s how we did it!  First we coloured the tag using a Tim Holtz Blending Tool and Distress Ink in Orange Marmalade.  Then we applied a Tim Holtz Flourish Mask down [...]

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ATC – Paris Dreaming

30 March 2010

Today’s post is an ATC sized project using Tim Holtz filmstrip and a Collections chipboard key.  We have used a piece of dictionary paper as the background which has been coloured with Distress Ink Pads and a blending tool in various brown shades.  Next some shadowy overstamping was done with stamps lightly coated directly with a Adirondack [...]

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Tag Project using Distress Crackle Paint

27 March 2010

Today, we ‘re going to share with you step by step how to make this tag using Distress Crackle Paint and another few of our favourite products. For this project you will need: 1 large tag 1 piece of lilac cardstock ATC size (2.5″ x 3.5″) 1 chipboard or grungeboard flower Distress crackle paint in [...]

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Distress Paint

15 February 2010

Have you got a bottle of Tim Holtz’s distress paint at home that you haven’t used yet because you’re not sure what to do with it?  Then it’s time to bust it out and have a play.  This ATC shows distress paint on both chipboard (butterfly) and grungeboard (heart).  Distress paint can be left alone [...]

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Darkroom Door

11 February 2010

 These 2 samples are made with mostly unmounted images from Darkroom Door.  Oh! Hmmm.. maybe there may be a couple of Tim Holtz images in there too along the way!  The metal embellishments on both are Spellbinder Dies that have been run through copper and then brushed with a verdigris base and activator!  The backgrounds really [...]

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Fabric flower tutorial

5 February 2010

Check out this great tutorial on making fabric flowers like the ones shown in this photo by Carole Stirrat.  The link is http://carolestirrat.blogspot.com/2010/02/make-your-own-faux-primas.html. The flowers on the left are store bought and the ones on the right are Caroles. Aren’t they just beautiful!! Not only could you make these in all sizes and colours for [...]

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Blog fodder!

3 February 2010

In our blog travels, we have happened upon Dan!  His blog http://dan99.blogspot.com/ features a great variety of interesting posts and tutorials.  Check out the categories down the right hand side of his home page.  He offers everything from fine grunge inspiring projects to free SVG files (if you know what we’re talking about) to use with SCAL [...]

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Last chance to join workshop

31 January 2010

  This coming Sat, Feb 6th is our 3rd Albany workshop, “Mini House Parade”.  There are still a few places left if you are interested in coming along, please email us at tedep@westnet.com.au .  Join us for a “grunge experience” not to be missed.  Have fun learning finishes, play with annealed copper and embellish your own [...]

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7 Gypsies stamps – ATC’s

3 January 2010

These 2 little ATC’s were made using the gorgeous bird inspired clear stamps set “VICTORIA” from 7 Gypsies.  It’s so much fun using older playing cards for ATC’s that have that weathered/aged feel to them.  Ours here were just given an even, light sand over the face of them before directly stamping onto the surface.  Oh and just [...]

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