Leaky Shed Studio: medallion

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

A challenge and a prize!

Good morning everyone, Laura here!

I hope you are all enjoying your Tuesday....it's supposed to rain here all day so it will be a good day to scrap!

I decided it was time to go through my stash and use some of it up....so I found these papers

from Glitz designs that I really love that had been sitting for a while...some flowers I had and doilies.

Then I added some new Leaky Shed Studios chipboard!

'Time Spent With Family'

I love this photo of my family

I cut the Large Medallion into two pieces! perfect for the corners!

I also used the Moroccan Border!

To alter the Leaky Shed Chipboard I sprayed with Dylusions postbox red and black marble sprays then added a little bit of ranger distress stickles!

I also altered my flowers because although I was challenging myself to use some of my stash and they were from my stash and the perfect size - the color did not match!

So here is my challenge to you!

I want you to create a project using stuff from your stash and some Leaky Shed Studios chipboard and Leaky Shed Studio will send out a prize!

Just post a link to your blog post of your project using your stash stuff and leaky shed chipboard in the comments section before May 21st and I will draw a winner
AND if you want to earn an extra entry - share your project on our facebook page!!!
The winner will be announced on the Leaky Shed Studio Facebook Page and the winner has 14 days to claim their prize!

Leaky Shed products used
Moroccan Border
Large Medallion

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, February 7, 2014

"CREATE" a banner with our chippies.

Maggi here today to share a really fun banner project with you. I used Graphic 45 papers to make my banner and a number of our Leaky Shed Chippies. Below I have shared the process for preparing the letters.
Here's the whole banner.

The banners are Leaky Shed chipboard pieces and are nicely sized at 6.4" x 8" as are the letters which are 4" tall.

I love altering my letters and this is one of my favorite methods for giving them a vintage and worn appearance. The steps for making the letters are as follows:
1. Paint the letters with acrylic paint in vintage white and allow to dry.
2. Ink around the edges of the letters with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.
3. Stamp the letters with a patterned or script stamp using Archival ink in coffee. Be sure to use Archival ink so that it doesn't smear in the next step.
4. Apply a thick coat of Ranger Crackle Accents and allow to dry naturally, i.e. do not use a heat gun to speed the process.
5. Rub Frayed Burlap Distress ink into the cracks.
6. Take a lightly moistened paper towel and lightly wipe the ink off the letters leaving ink in the cracks but not on the surface of the letter.

The word inspire is one of our chippies that I have covered with Stampendous Aged Embossing Enamel in aged spice.

Up in the corner is our butterfly that I've simply painted with Splash of Color Silks in Emperor's Gold.

I added a Julie Nuttig doll to this banner. I painted her body with iridescent water colors and cut her dress from a French Country paper scrap. I really love these chipboard dolls, they are so fun and work with so many different projects: cards, tags, layouts and even banners!

On this banner I've used one of our oval frames behind the letter T. The frame has been heat embossed, again with Stampendous Aged Embossing Enamel in aged spice.