Large Chinese Fan

Hello, its Karen here!  Once a month we are now going to have a 'Free For All' week where we can showcase anything Tando that we may have done that doesn't fit into any particular theme.  Its a brilliant way to show you what we may have done for other DT's or just for the sake of it :D

I was demonstrating at the Craft Barn Extravaganza a couple of weeks ago using the NEW RELEASES and so I shall be showcasing  them here.  First up is the LARGE FAN.  This one measures 31cm x 21cm so a decent size for some wall art.  Its layered so you can add all sorts of ephemera if you choose.  I went for the obvious Chinese theme for this haha...

I used red acrylic paint on the background and then a crackle stamp in black. 

Please note...the segments in the fan are all slightly different so use the upper section as a template if you are going to add paper/card sections as I did.

The stamp for 4 of the segments is by Lynn Perella at PaperArtsy.  This has been stamped onto red painted card them clear embossed.  The top section has been painted black and A applied.  I made a tassel and attached a Chinese coin with a brad.  Here it is naked...

As you see it comes complete with the 'waste'...I am still thinking about how to use those :D  There is also another Fan Pack containing a small and a medium fan.

An exploding box for my Dad

So here is my unassuming box ready for Fathers Day....and then on the inside...

Are lots of cameras, some cut from the BoBunny papers which perfectly compliment the lovely Tando camera chippies.  I coloured in my cameras with pro-markers and then added a layer of glossy accents and on the central one I used some alpha stickers too, and of course added a little chocolately treat for my Dad.

So to all those Dads out there a massive Happy Fathers Day from all of us at Tando.

When you are a King: Masculine week

Hello my dear crafty friends!
Irit is her again and this is my project for our masculine week.
Making manly projects is totally hard: not to much products to use and not so many colours to pick from.
So this time I decided to go for a useful project: a real key  chain that any man can use.

I used a big Tando Creative  Large Cog and stamped over the backside with 100 Proof Press Old Script stamp and added some distress ink.
The front chipboard piece was covered with 3-4 layers of 2-3 embossing powders.
Then I added 3 arrows from the Arrows Grab Bag  covered with another embossing powder.
The small cog was covered in the same way: King of Cloves stamp on the back and a lot of embossing powders on the front.
As a final touch I added the same King stamp and this well known song lyrics : when you are a King...

And those are the chipboards I used here:

See you next week with more Tando inspiration!

All about the man....

week continues and today its my (Carol) turn to show you my piece.  The theme is very apt with Fathers Day on Sunday so I've made a card:-

I've used the cogs group mask, grab bag cogs and the grab bag of screws.... pop along to my blog for more details.

TFL xx

its Wednesday so it must be....

Challenge day...today we have a gorgeous project to share with you so pop on over to the Challenge blog and join in the fun - don't forget we have a fab prize up for grabs every month too... see you there

All about the Man

Hello, it's Caro here. I'm a little bit late but I'll start the week "all about the man" with a card I created. I used some Art Journey stamps and two of the great Tando Mini's Arrows.

mask week

Hello Tandoettes, today its my turn (Carol) to share with you a mask project....but, firstly, haven't there been some gorgeous projects this week by my fellow DT members...and those lovely Masks of Kaz's are sure to be very popular...

Today I've used the Andy Skinner 12" x 3" burning rubber mask to create this card:-

full details on my blog

Don't forget that there is a new subject starting tomorrow, don't forget to pop back and see whats up for next week...

TFL