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Water Boy Canvas

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You can do so much with a canvas - you can use rice papers, dies, stencils, acrylic paints, pastes and so much more. Materials: White Canvas Ciao Bella Rice Paper Sweet Dixie Dream Catcher Die Sweet Dixie Feather Die White Card Dimensional Paste Blue/Aqua/white Paint Cadence Magic Bond and Seal Glue Honeycomb Stencil Brown/blue distress ink Method: First of all start off with layering the base of your canvas using your rice papers. Tear them into sections to create the scene at the bottom left. Attach into place using the Bond and Seal Glue Using your metal dies and white card, die cut out some feathers and a dream catcher. Fix the feathers and half a dream catcher along the right hand side of the canvas and then put the rice paper on top to continue the scene as shown. TOP TIP: by putting objects underneath your rice paper, it enables you to create definition and dimension.   Using the stencil and dimensional paste create a feature in the top left area. Once dried blend other
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Canvas for a Dad!

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A lot of people are often put off with doing a canvas.  The best way to approach doing a project like this is think of it as a large card blank. Shopping List: White Canvas Design Sheet Backing Papers Union Jack Ribbon MDF pieces Red Buttons string Brown/blue distress ink Method First of all start off with layering the base of your canvas using your chosen backing papers.   Tear them into sections to create a patch effect.   Attaching into place using a wet glue. TOP TIP:   by tearing them into sections it enables you to create definition and also leave blank areas for you to use your stencils with distress inks   Decide where you are going to put your main features.   Once this has been decided then you know what your main layouts will be.   Using your free stencil with distress inks.   Rotate the stencil design around the canvas and rub ink onto the stencil to transfer the pattern onto the canvas.   Once you are happy with the first layer of distress
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Nature and Botanical

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We just love using rice papers, because they are so versatile, and when you use them alongside stencils, the results are amazing.  Shopping List Mod Podge Assorted Designs of Rice Paper  (See our collection here ) Stencils (See our range here ) Botanical Fun 1 Choose a focal image from your rice paper and lay it onto the centre.       Start layering up all the areas using the 2 different rice papers.     To tear rice paper, use a paint brush and water and go round the area.   2 Once your  layout is finished, start fixing to the canvas using mod podge with a flat brush. 3 Once dried, start adding definition and texture effects using your stencils with distress inks. 4 Use your contrasting pink and brown distress inks to blend the sections into each other.  This will make it look like it was one full backing paper not lots of different elements. 5 Add extra elements to your canvas, and finish by adding a layer of mod podge to seal it in. Top Tip: When using Mod Podge use a flat brush to
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Candle Holders

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  Candle Holders are a must in most houses, and if you can customise them. they'll become a talking point when you have guests round for dinner. Shopping List Mod Podge  (available here ) Assorted Designs of Rice Paper / Gems  (search our range here ) Candle Holders 1 Make sure the glass surface that you are decorating is clean and dry. 2 Tear up decoupage paper into small pieces and choose a central image.  3  Use Mod Podge to attach the central image first and then add the other pieces around until the whole glass is covered. 4 Once the first layer is dried, coat the glass with another layer of Mod Podge. 5 To finish fix self adhesive gems around the top of the glass tea light holders as shown.
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Blue Bird Singing Canvas

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Create this stunning Blue Bird Singing canvas in a few easy steps using rice papers, distress inks, stencils and a few other items - all available from the Personal Impressions website. Shopping List Mod Podge White Acrylic or Gesso Assorted Designs of Rice Paper Acrylic Stamps Plain tissue paper Stencils Sweet Dixie Trellis Metal Die Distress Inks Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Faded Jeans, Broken China. Adirondack inks Eggplant and Currant. Metallic Paints 1. To start with tear up random pieces of brightly coloured patterned paper and attach to the canvas using Mod Podge. 2. Make another layer using torn, scrunched pieces of tissue paper of various colours, creating texture with ridges and creases. Allow some of the under layer to show through. 3. Use White Acrylic Paint or White Gesso to paint a thin transparent layer paint over the canvas, so that the colours/ patterns can be seen underneath.  This will give interest and dimension to your project. 4. Using any acrylic stamp design
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Wow, where does the time go!

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Blink, and five years have gone by!!  Time certainly does go by very fast in the craft industry!  If you have found this blog from Sweet Dixie products, then you are in the right place. For more information on Sweet Dixie products, and indeed on all of the products that Personal Impressions carries - which is over 30,000, then click on the link below to go to our website. https://www.personalimpressions.com/ One of the things that we've done in the last 5 years is, we've built a studio! We now have our own shows every week on www.facebook.com/craftandchattv Be sure to go over to facebook and follow the page for updates on when we will be live.
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Sweet Dixie Wall Flower by Tracey Fairgrieve

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This week I have been playing with another of Kath Halsteads new releases   Sweet Dixie Wall Flowers Happy Birthday  Stamp set from Personal Impressions. First I created a background using Tim Holtz new Distress Oxide inks , using Vintage Photo, Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade. Applying the ink with cut and dry foam I removed part of the design by splashing and dripping water lifting it off with blotting paper. Small amounts of DecoArt textured Sand paste was dabbed randomly onto the background, when dry the edges of the background torn and areas carefully burnt through to add a little interest. The main wall flower image was stamped centrally onto the background adding the brickwork stamps both top and bottom of the image to extend the design. The focal image was also stamped separately for use as a topper. Coloured using ProMarkers the topper has been distressed using  walnut stain distress ink. Faux stitching, lace and white pen adds to t
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