Crazy Dogs for the Flying Unicorn

I was feeling quite silly the other day and this is the result!  I truly adore these crazy dog stamps, they are ever so much fun.  while I was making this, I gave the dogs names.  Ha ha, that bulldog, well she's Petunia.  And below her is Fredrick, and then Poindexter and finally, Othello.  Now don't ask me how I came up with those names, it just happened!

I used a Prima icon tray that came in the August Flying Unicorn kit to make this dog house condo.  The tray was just perfect.  I made a roof from chipboard and affixed to the top.  I used water colors from a previous Unicorn kit to color these little sweeties and diecut vines and Petaloo flowers.  You can easily do this just using bits and pieces from you stash.

I put together a Snapguide tutorial so you can see how I built the roof.

Check out How to Build a Crazy Doghouse! by Maggi HARDING on Snapguide.

Petunia:

Frederick:

Poindexter:

Othello:

SUPPLIES:

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz  Crazy Dogs Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Crazy things

Sizzix Framelits Die Set Crazy Things

Prima wooden tray packaging

Acrylic Paint - yellow, red, pink, purple

Water color paint

Whte gesso

Cheery Lynn Floral Bouquet kit B777 dies

Spellbinders Romantic Vines die

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs chipboard, stickers

Green cardstock

Petaloo Mini Daisies peach

Miscellaneous Petaloo flowers

There will be a limited supply of September Flying Unicorn Kits available on reveal day, August 31, 2016.  To ensure that you always get a kit, order you kit early, details here.

Check out the Flying Unicorn August Kit!

The Flying Unicorn monthly, Your Passion Your Art kit is now bigger than ever - overflowing with all the goodies you desire with all our previous kits rolled into one GRAND collection...

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The Flying Unicorn now includes papers, an "Off the Page" project, a mixed media collection, and all the coordinated embellishments in one kit, and at one crazy magical Price of 59.99!!

Get excited and enjoy what the creative team has done with the

Flying Unicorn AUGUST 2016 Your Passion. Your Art Kit.

Paper - 12x12 and 6x6 for smaller projects

Embellishments - Flowers, Trim, Chipboard

Creations from the Design Team

Cards

Off the Page

and More ...

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Flying Unicorn and Creative Embellishments Card, Layout & tutorial!

The Flying Unicorn store still has Pion's For Father collection in stock and it is great for making cards and layouts for the men in your life.  Here's a  card you could use for Father's Day or any masculine occasion.  You can find the template for making this step card here.

Supplies:

Pion For Father Collection - 
Shoe Factory
Cut Out Sheet
Money
Petaloo Burlap Blossoms x 10 Natural

I don't usually think of Pion papers for dog layouts but I was starring at the  collection the other day and trying to conjure up a layout.  Since nothing was working for me I rolled over to my computer and started looking at Facebook and immediately spied this photo.  Ding ding, that picture sure would look good on those Pion For Father papers I thought to myself.  So here we have Henry who owns Aimee Filimoehala posing so handsomely in the Pacific NW.  He is such a cutie!  Thanks Aimee for letting me use your photo.

Be sure to check out my build a page tutorial on Snapguide .

First thing I did was mask on some pupppy paw prints using a Creative Embellishments (CE) mask.  Then I added a heart border chippie, also from CE.  The mottled white effect was created by spraying some white mist on it.  

Check out How to Build a Page With Pion Papers by Maggi HARDING on Snapguide.

The ivy vine from CE was first painted white and then colored with some Lindy's mist.  I dry brushed some white paint on the flowers just to make it all blend nicely.

Supplies
Flying Unicorn Store:
Pion For Father Collection - 
Flowers for Father
Money
Handsome
Petaloo Wild Mini Blossoms-Craft Brown
Prima Coy Hellane Flower

Other Supplies:
Petaloo Resin Hearts
Creative Embellishments Heart Border
Creative Embellishments Muddy Paws Stencil

Creative Embellishments Ivy Sprigs

Liquitex Heavy Gesso
Dylusions White Linen mist
Shimmerz Creameez Sage It Isn't So
Ranger Distress Ink-Gathered Twigs
white paint

Thanks for joining me today!

Going for Gold with Riddersholm Tailgate Marked from the Flying Unicorn Store

Sometimes I just get a little crazy with the metallic colors and today was one of those days.  I just thought these Ridersholm papers from the Flying Unicorn Store would look great with lots of gold accents.  Scroll down for a tutorial to build this page.

TUTORIAL

Step 1:

I'm using Ridersholm's Tailgate Marked collection and this page is called Poppy.  It will be the base layer of the layout.

Use a mask to stencil on gold masking paste.  I used TCW's Tile Texture Mask (12 x 12) and Studio 490 gold embossing paste.

Here's how the paper looked after removing the mask.  The effect is subtle but pretty and as the paste dries the gold takes on a really shiny metallic look.

Step 2 - cut layers:

• Cut a  mat for your photo from Woodland sized slightly larger than your photo.
• Cut a rectangle 5 x 12" from Farfalla.
• Cut a rectangle 3.25 x 10.25" from Woodland

Use border punches to punch around the two larger rectangles.  I used Martha Stewart Deco Flowers and Cherish.  Use whatever punches you have or leave plain.  Ink the edges with gold ink or paint.  I used gold StazOn.

Step 3 - Prepare chipboard:

I've taken Creative Embellishments Berries and cut the berries and branches apart making 3 pieces from each piece of chipboard.  

• Paint the berries with gold paint.  I used Silks Emperor's Gold
• Stain the branches with mist.  I first dabbed on Lindy's Frost Forest Green which is a great color that goes well with this paper.  After that dried I dabbed on a bit of Lindy's Gator Gumbo Olive which added gold sparkle to my branches.  You can achieve a similar effect with water colors or other paints/mists.  Just look for two colors that are similar to what I've used.
• Ignore the doily in the photo, I decided not to use it.

Step 4 - embossing the edges:

Now dab on a little embossing ink randomly around the edge of the page.  Then sprinkle on Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel or something similar, and heat.  It is better to do smaller portions of the edge at a time so that you don't get embossing powder everywhere!

After you've done all the edges, it should look something like this:

Step 5 - prepare the flowers:

I've sprayed Petaloo Black Burlap Blossoms and sprayed them lightly with Prima Empress Gold mist.  This softens the black color and adds a really pretty metallic gold cast to them.

Step 6 - prepare the layers:

Cut cardboard to fit under both of the layers and glue to the back of each piece.  You could also use foam tape.

Adhere and center the smaller rectangle on top.

Step 7 - Assembly:

• Adhere the layers to the base page about 4" from the top.
• Chose a title and adhere on the right side of the popped up layers as shown in the below photo.  I've used a Creative Embellishments word chippy painted with Silks Emperor's Gold.
• I decided to pop up my photo too so put either cardboard or foam tape underneath that.  You will need to put two layers of cardboard at the top of the photo where it hangs off the layered rectangles.

Step 8 - the fun part!

Now its time to add your flowers and embellishments.  Add the flowers as shown on the right building a cluster on the right bottom of the photo and right side.  Tuck in the gold painted berries and the branches.  I also tucked in a cameo from my stash.

You may need to add a little piece of cardboard to your flower, especially for the flowers at the top of the photo because of all the popped up layers.

Floral cluster at the left top of the photo.

And that's it, all finished!  I love the rich gold look of this page, I think it  makes it look antique to go along with the vintage look of the photo.  The photo is not really vintage, it's me and a friend dressed up in flapper clothes while on a cruise with Graphic 45.  

I love how the gold mist looks on the black flowers.

Supplies - links are to the Flying Unicorn Store:

Riddersholm Tailgate Marked collection:

Poppy

Farfalla

Woodland

Other:

TCW Tile Texture mask - use any texture mask

Studio 490 Metallic Gold embossing paste

StazOn Gold Metallic ink

Martha Stewart punch around the page punches - Cherish, Deco Flower

Creative Embellishments Berries

Creative Embellishments Friends Word Set

Lindy's Starburst Mists:  Gator Gumbo Olive, Frost Forest Green

Silk's Emperor's Gold paint

Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel

Petaloo Burlap Blossoms Black

Prima Color Bloom Mist Empress Gold

Thanks so much for stopping by today.