WCYDW - Flying Unicorn

I am here with you today to share with you what I consider to be a MOST exciting product from Twiddleybitz called Rusting Powder. Now a few of you may have seen it in the store and may have been a little unsure what to do with it. I am about to let you in on a sneaky secret, check out the below nuts and bolts. What you are looking at is painted resin with Rusting Powder, how good does it look?

To replicate this look you will need the following....

Twiddleybitz - Rusting Powder

PVA Craft Glue (any old white runny glue should work).

Vinegar (I used cleaning vinegar, but any white vinegar should do)

Mini Misters

These are my plain resin pieces which I made from molds. 

I mixed together in a small bowl a small amount silver, grey and black acrylic paint to replicate a similar color of a nut or screw.

The paint was applied and allowed to dry.

Take x 2 Mini Misters and fill one with vinegar and the other with equal quantities of both water and glue.

Now apply fairly gentle spray of your water/glue solution. You really do not want to over spray here as you want a gentle rust appearance not a completely rusted look.

Sprinkle on rusting powder and then shake off excess.

Spray liberally with vinegar, you can see below that I really sprayed quite a lot of vinegar on the pieces.  Now that your home smells like a fish and chip shop, you wait, and I mean WAIT. Do not be tempted to use your heat gun, leave over night and see the results in the morning. 

And hey presto, one long overnight wait and look what I awoke to in the morning. My lovely rusty nuts and bolts.

Think about what you could do with this? start thinking beyond resin. It can be used on chipboard, cardboard, paper, wood, paper mache, flowers etc. Here are a few more projects I have used it in. 

Rusty frame, rusting powder over silver painted cardboard frame.

 

 Rusty Leakyshed Studios chippy. 

A full sheet of instructions are included with every container of rusting powder. The instructions also state you can use bleach too, I have not tried this as I much prefer the smell of vinegar over bleach. 

Cannot wait  to see some creations with this amazingly versatile powder. 

Wishing you all a happy and creative day!!

~ Bex ~

Magic Happens - Flying Unicorn

Hi Everyone, 

Here is what I made with the OTP included in the December 'Magic' kit from Flying Unicorn. I turned the frame into a shadow box which is now a whimsical garden of lace, flowers and fairies. I have tried to photograph the best I could to show the full depth and layering included. 

I worked with the Enchanted Garden collection by Kaisercraft and embellished with Charlotte flowers by Prima.

Thanks for looking!!

~ Bec ~ 

 

Flying Unicorn December Kit - Magic

Its time to release our December Kit of the Month and without further adieu we present December's Kit - Magic

Magic is in the air as we see the fairies dance along the edge! Escape to the world of enchantment with our December kit that boasts creative imagination from the paper collections of Kaiser Craft, Pink Paislee and Marion Smith. An array of coordinating embellishments have been chosen to make this time of year pure magic!

Our kits always come with an off the page project for your creative enjoyment. This month we are pleased to offer you a box frame which slides open to a secret compartment, so you can stash a memory or two.

Stretch the creativeness and enjoy the add on collections that compliment the Main Kit!

Awesome inspirational layouts and cards from our Creative Team !

To see more inspiration using our December kit - head on over to the forums

Grab your coffee or tea and head on over to our you tube channel as Jax teaches us this month to make your own shadow box using our kit and the off the page

You can make this layout too! Head on over to our forums as Denise takes us step by step in the creative journey from start to finish to create this magical piece of art !

As you know - we are not a kit club - there are no sign ups - our kits are offered on a first come first serve basis- Scrapbooking should be a passion and not an obligation! So head on over to the store to get yours- once they are gone... they are gone!

Christmas Card Inspiration - Flying Unicorn

Hi Everyone!!

Rebecca here with you today. My question to you all, how many cards do you think you can get out of one, yes only one 6 x 6 paper pad. Would you believe me if I told you 29 (TWENTY NINE!!, you have read correctly). 

Products Used

Teresa Collin's - Santa's List

Cardstock

Distress Ink - Walnut & Vintage Photo

Burlap

I love to set myself a challenge, so I challenged my inner crafter to push one 6 x 6 as far as I possibly could. I took the absolutely gorgeous Teresa Collins Santa's List 6 x 6 and starting thinking and thinking, I pulled out those Christmas stamps that I never use (because I am a lazy stamp hoarder) and got cracking. I made it to 25 cards and thought perfect, 25 days of Christmas, but there was STILL paper left!!. Four more cards were produced

In total I made 17 full size cards and 12 minis (great for putting on Christmas presents). 9 sheets of card stock were used, which created 2 full size cards and 2 minis, with leftover card stock for more minis. I intentionally made the cards fairly basic in order to create fast cards which were not going to over use paper.  As you can see there are double ups and a few triple ups in the below bunch as it is much more time efficient to create a large amount of cards if you create in sets.

 

So now I ask, who is feeling inspired? Christmas is just around the corner it is most definitely time to get the card production going.

Many thanks for looking everyone, I wish you all a very happy and creative day.

~ Rebecca ~

Mojo Monday - Flying Unicorn

It is that time again wonderful people, it is time for Mojo Monday!! at Flying Unicorn.  I have some fabulous inspiration in store for you today with an amazingly beautiful sketch from Alda and an inspiration layout by myself which is full of color and wonderment.

 

Please do come join us this week and play along and lets see your gorgeous creations using this week's sketch! 

 

Ptoducts Used

Graphic 45 - Typography Collection

Twiddleybitz Rusting Powder

Rub'n Buff - Silver Leaf

Glossy Accents

Showcasing Lumiere Paints - Flying Unicorn

Hello Everyone!!

Rebecca here with you today to share a couple of projects which have both been hand painted with Lumiere paints by Jacquard. These paints come in a huge range of stunning metallic colors.  An extremely versatile paint which can be easily used on fabric, leather, paper, metal, photographs and wood. The shimmer and shine that comes from this paint is just beautiful. Ok as you can tell, I truly love these paints, I really could go on all day about them, however I shall now shhhh and introduce you to my projects. 

I have used exactly the same process to create both pieces. The basic idea is to glue metal embellishments onto the item you wish to alter, a coat of glue, stick down a sheet of strong aluminum foil, push the aluminum foil around your embellishments, paint, rub'n buff and then seal. I realise this does not explain things too well and I hope to make a quick tutorial for you all to follow up this post very shortly. It is very easy to replicate this look, you will be very surprised.  

Products Used Include

Lumiere Halo - Blue Gold

Lumiere - Metallic Bronze

Lumiere - Pearlescent Blue 

Studio - Black Acrylic Paint

Rub'n Buff - Gold Leaf

Tim Holtz - Tissue Tape

Tim Holtz - Ideaology Phrases

Flying Unicorn Adornments

Here is my altered tag....

And an altered box, this box was retrieved from our trash.....and now look at it? Trash to treasure!!

Below is a little experiment I thought I would try. I have had a metal butterfly hanging outside on my wall for quite a wall, it was pretty, yet a little dull. Here is what it looked like previously.

And after a quick (and I do mean QUICK) paint job with Lumiere paints and a little Rub'nBuff here is what my butterfly looks like now.

It is very hard for me to show you the true sparkliness of this upgraded butterfly, it now all shimmery and sparkly. If it was not pouring with rain today here I would go outside and snap a photo in full sunshine.

If you have any questions at all please be sure to ask them in the 'What's new in the Flying Unicorn Store' forum thread. 

Wishing you all a very happy and creative week.

~ Bex ~