Hello everyone! Today I show you my second post and video in collaboration with GrafixArts: two lovely faux Midori made from scratch out of sturdy Grafix chipboard and Grafix shrink plastic:
I love how the shrinken embellishments turned out!
Hello everyone, you know how much I love making Midoris or faux-dori and I used to sell them on my Etsy shop. But lately I focused more on my line of stencil so I neglected other stuff.
A lovely previous owner of one of my Midori asked for another one to give to her daugter: she requested a Midori inspired by one of my ArtJourmal's (or book journal) page from two years ago and since I was there why not make a second one Alice themed? Well, she got both of them! I was super happy, of course :-)
And you, which one do you prefer? Giulietta or Alice?
To make the Midori and notebook cover I made some gel prints and laser cut a couple of Alice silhouettes (or you can use my 'Alice in Giogioland 'stencil set) out of them.
I adhered a piece of pink net to the cardstock cover and put through the laminator.
I have this small piece of leather hanging in my craftroom for ages when I saw a super inspiring book cover on Instagram and I've decided to make a Midori out of it with a metallic texture. My idea was to shot 1 minute video but then I thought: what if I try a different product than my usual super-favourite DecoArt Metallic Lustre? So, in this video I show you how to get a similar/different metallic effect on texture with three products. Enjoy!
This cover is made with Metallic Lustre
This one is made with Perfect Pearl
And this one is made with DecoArt Extreme Sheen
Do you have a favourite one?
You can find 'Top of the World' stencil set in my Etsy shop large and mini version:
Sapete tutti ormai che a parte le cose super colorate ammiro molto lo stile vintage e shabby, ok eanche lo Steampunk, quindi questa volta mi sono voluta cimentare con qualcosa di semplice e molto romantico. Ho usato lo stencil 'Taormina', disegnato da me con la penna da embossing, presto ilvideo tutorial!
You know that beside my love for bright colours I have a soft spot for everything vintage, shabby and ok, also Steampunk :-). This time I created from scratch a junk book simple and very romantic: I used my Mandala stencil 'Taormina' along with an embossing pen.
Inside a bunch of gel printed book pages (gel printed tissue paper adhered to the book page)
All'interno delle pagine di libro gellate (tecnica della carta velina)
In my latest video '10 Ways to use 1 Stencil' I showed how to use the new DecoArt Americana Metallic Texture on paper, this product is so fabulous that I decided to try on leather. Wow, I got such a perfect result! I made a Midori journal with matching notebook and I sold it straight away!
Nell'ultimo video '10 Modi di usare 1 stencil' ho mostrato all'opera queste bellissime paste metallizzate della DecoArt. Allora ho voluto provarle sulla pelle...wow, che risultato! Non una sbavatura, e che effetto! Ho realizzato una Midori con i quaderni abbinati, venduta immediatamente!
Per l'interno ho spugnato la pasta metallica sulla pelle:
On the inside I sponged the texture paste, such a coverage:
Well....after many frozen pizzas and lot of acrylic pouring (here my frst post how to upcycle cereal box with PouringArt, with video tutorial) and finding out that you can get a marvellous surface with pouring acrylics on cardboard and putting DecoArt TopCoat on top (a shine finish medium) I had to make some Midori with it, couldn't help! Of course I gave them names: 'Red Heart'
Molte pizze ed acrylic pouring dopo... (qui il primo post, con relativo video tutorial), ed aver scoperto che il cartoncino riciclato col pouring ed il TopCoat (una vernice di finitura lucidissima della DecoArt) diventa una superficie meravigliosa, non potevo che farci delle Midori---Ovvio!
Midori 'Blue Waves'
Midori 'Pretty in Pink'
The pattern and colors you get with this technique is stunning!
L'effetto ed i colori che si ottengono con questa tecnica sono incredibili!
I love how the shrinken embellishments turned out!
And inside:
