Monday, April 18, 2016

Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial



Hello friends! Did you have a good weekend! I went to a fun antique fair and found some really great stuff, such as a printer's tray. I've always wanted a printer's tray and it was the only one there, so I was lucky.

It is Monday and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge is up. This week our theme is Butterfly Beauty. I love adding butterflies to my projects, since there are so many things you can do with them, it is easy to make them dimensional and they have lovely colours and shapes.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
Today I made a shadow box using mainly products by Prima. It has been a long time since I worked with clay, and I was happy to use Prima's paper clay for this project and to make my own embellishments. There is a lot going on in this shadow box, which measures 6 x 6 in. There are also some metallic butterflies, pretty flowers and lots of texture. I took step photos.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
For the butterflies, I used WOW's Butterfly Trio mould. Start by conditioning the clay briefly by kneading it. Press pieces of clay into the mould. Pop them out carefully.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
I also made three chunky hearts from the clay and stamped them. The two on top were stamped with stamps from the Art Supplies set and the smallest one with the Texture Iron Orchid stamp. Leave to dry before painting, it took quite some time, because they are thick. The butterflies were much quicker. Drying time will depend on the climate where you live too.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
Stamp Tim Holtz Plain Tissue Wrap with the Texture Iron Orchid stamp, using Jet Black ink. I also used this new tissue paper on my Because You have a Song canvas.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
I used the largest of Prima's Square Tray set. Glue the tissue by applying one layer of gloss gel underneath and one on top. On the edges, I used tissue tape instead.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
When dry, first give the box a thin coating of gesso (I forgot to take a photo of this step) and then paint with Distress Paints. I later added some more paint.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
Paint the heart with Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade. I was planning to rub black paint into the words, but didn't wait long enough and rubbed off quite a lot of the pink and orange too. I really liked the look and decided to keep my heart like that.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
 Paint the butterflies with Distress Paint.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
I mixed a little Pale Silver Mica Powder into gloss gel and painted the clay shapes and the box with it to give them a subtle shine.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
 It is hard to capture on photo, but maybe you can see some of it here.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
 Stamp the background with the same art definition stamp as used on the heart.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
After gluing everything into the box, I added some of Finnabair's cool Rust Pastes, a little of all of them. Use a palette knife for a great random effect.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
You can see the effect of the paste better here. Very cool stuff, it gives great texture.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
I glued a butterfly to the heart and added a tiny bit of paste. As you can see, I also added some tissue tape to the background before gluing everything down. 

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
At the bottom of the box, I added a thicker layer of the pastes, using all three of them, to make it look like soil. Gold Mica flakes and Plum seed beads were sprinkled into the paste. 

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
The lovely flowers come from Spring Prism Floralia Relics and Artifacts and I used the whole pack since I really liked how they looked together. Grungy Butterflies were glued to the flowers. I shaped the wings a little and glued seed beads to their bodies.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
I also added some seed beads to the flowers, and a tiny bit of rust paste.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
At the other side of the box, there are two flower buds.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
I used three of these pretty Grungy Butterflies by Finnabair, and also some of her new metallic Mini Stars.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
The clay butterflies look great and are so easy to make with the moulds. The are a little fragile, so if you use them on a card, you might need to add some padding.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
Here's another look at the rusty and golden soil. A piece of lace trimmings and twine were wrapped around the bottom.

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
These shadow boxes are great for dimensional projects. This was my last one in the pack of three, I used the other two for my Story Time and Owl in Winter Window projects. 

Layers of ink - Art Colors My World Shadow Box tutorial by Anna-Karin, with products by Prima Marketing and Finnabair
Art truly does colour my world and I could not imagine being without it. 

I hope you will join us in our Butterfly Beauty challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 




If you use instagram add #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads, so that we can see them on there too.




Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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18 comments:

  1. WOW!! this is absolutely stunning! the colours and whole design is amazing! LOVE it :-D Love your step by step photo's too, brilliant! :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. Ay! I love the clay elements! The stamp looks amazing as letterprinted on the clay heart. The outdoos scene is fabulous and the colors are awesome!
    Hugs, Marzena

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  3. thera are many nice details. fab. work
    greets
    alexa

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  4. Anna-Karin, this is an absolute delight! In my opinion you can never have too many butterflies... and I just love, love, love this!!! Hugs, Anne xx

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  5. Stunning project, Anna-Karin! The colors and dimension really pack a PUNCH!!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  6. This is such a joyful creation which must have been inspired by such a heart-felt sentiment!

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  7. Gorgeous shadow box!! Love all details!!

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  8. Wow! This is gorgeous, Anna-Karin! Pinks and oranges look fab together, and I love how you used the paper clay and molds. I have to try those pastes after seeing what you've done with them.

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  9. This is gorgeous, Anna-Karin! I love how you were able to make this look like something right out of a springtime garden and I love all the beautiful bright colors. Just beautiful! Cathie <3

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  10. Great projects!!! You rocked it!!!💓
    ~God bless

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  11. Anna, I love your creations! The colors on the butterlies are so cute! Thank you for sharing and inspiring me!

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  12. Wow... Anna-Karin I love your gorgeous creation! All the details are amazing! :)

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  13. This is so pretty, Anna-Karin! Love all the gorgeous elements. Need to look into the paper clay now! Hugs, Sandra

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  14. Clay elements are stunning! You're an incredible and so creative artist! Love this shadow box ! butterflies and colors are gorgeous! BArbara

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  15. amazing project Anna-Karin...it just sings Spring...love all the interesting elements and woohoo your clay elements are amazing...hugs kath xxx

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  16. So, SO beautiful ~ the colours are just a wonderful combination and perfect for this time of year and I there is just so much to look at and admire...it's stunning! :)

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  17. Good heavens! You are UNSTOPPABLE! Love how you totally made your own clay elements and the paint job you did on the box itself is phenomenal! This causes me to ask, yet again, Is there anything that Anna-Karin CAN'T do?

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