Rusty Iron Mask Tutorial by DT Vidhi

Hello Crafty Friends,

How are you all, enjoying the spring or have you already started sweltering under the Sun?

Let me fetch you some breeze with my first ‘Picture Tutorial’ at Rainbow Craftykari Blog as a DT member.

Last Sunday I went with my kids to a nearby garden. As we were walking out of the garden after play time, we spotted a street side vendor selling some toys. Kids had their gala time choosing the toys for themselves. There lay a mask and it captivated me.

The crafter in me awakened and urged me to grab it. I had a thought of giving it a make over… Metal finish with Mix Media Art! Even before reaching home, my mind was searching my treasure trove for trivia and embellishments.

So here is how I made this Rusty Iron Mask...

Enjoy a video flip through and the step by step instructions below

Step1: Priming the base. It is always good to prime the base with gesso, so it holds any further mediums and colours.

I gave it a coat of Black Gesso although it was already Black. I applied it as a primer so that it holds the colours perfectly as the material is plastic.

Step2: Adding textures. Using a stencil, apply modelling paste on the mask randomly.

At some places, I applied Grainy Sand Paste and Fibre Paste to add more depth. Around the nose area, I gave an effect of little scar with the knife.

Once all the textures dry give the entire mask of another coat of black gesso.

Step3: Adding elements to the mask.

I had some leftover chipboards pieces. So I decided to put them to use, I drew some different uneven shapes on it and cut it down with scissor. At some places, I punched the holes with the help of eyelet punch. And at some places I added the eyelet rings. I gave all these pieces a coat of black gesso and once they were dry, I gave them a coat of White Crackle Paste.

Step4: Picking out embellishments.

I used different things from my treasure on the mask as a base, e.g. thread, buttons, wires, screws, broken jewellery pieces, stones, buttons, mdf steampunk gears, bottle caps, pebble stones, broken watch pieces, and broken half of spectacles! I used chipboard shapes as a last step.

If you have noticed, I made a conscious effort to select all the things that could imply masculinity on this project.

I glued all the things one by one on the base with tacky glue. I layered themon top of one another to give more depth. Since the chipboard pieces are stiff, I sprinkled a mix of water+ glycerin solution on them, to shape them as I stuck them.

Step5: Gluing and priming the embellishments.

Here are some close ups of the arrangements for your perusal. After the glue dried, I applied a think layer of black gesso on the embellishments, leaving out the gears.

Step6: Time to add colour!

Once my layers were dry, I gave a coat of Rustic Brown Acrylic Metallic Paint on the layers.

At this stage, a useful tip would be to take a little bit of the colour and to do dry brushing with it.

Second layer was a coat of Red Wine Metallic Paint and it was followed by Gold Amber for highlighting.

Step7: Enhancing the mettalic look.

I wanted my mask to have a metallic finish. For this, I rubbed waxes - Aged Brass and Brushed Iron randomly.

And with that the Rusty Iron Mask is ready!!!

Supplies Used:

• Plastic Mask

• Black Gesso

• Modelling Paste

• Grainy Sand Texture Paste and Fiber Texture Paste

• Chipboards

• White Crackle Paste

• Finnabair Metalic Acrylic Paints 

• Finnabair Waxes

• Tacky Glue

Most of the above-listed materials are available on the Rainbow Craftykari Store and can also be pre-ordered by sending an e-mail at rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com.

Do visit the Rainbow Craftykari store HERE

Visit our BLOG for more inspiration, tutorials and check out our ongoing challenge.

Hope you guys liked it. Look forward to hear from you about your variations of this one!

Happy Crafting,

Vidhi Jadeja

RCS Challenge #9- LOVE

Hello Everyone,

 

Wishing you all a very Happy April and Spring Season! We are so delighted to be kickstarting a new term with a new team. Watch out for fun inspirations and tutorials.

 

We're also back with our challenges:)!

 

Here's a look at our challenge for April:

(Pic credit Vecteezy and Partially Designed by Maninder Kaur)

 

The theme for our challenge is LOVE, feel free to interpret it any manner and we have a colour palette to complement it. Use a minimum of three shades from the palette.  Let us know how you interpreted the challenge and also make sure to use the challenge banner(above) in your post.  

 

Feel free to create any crafty project be it a card, a layout, altered piece, tag, home decor art, album and anything art/craft related. Last date to submit entries is 25th April'18

 

One winner will receive a Gift Voucher Coupon worth Rs 450/- as well as the winners badge to flaunt on the blog. Top three entries will get to flaunt a badge on their blogs.

Any entry which doesn't follow the guidelines will be disqualified and will be removed from the participation entries

 

Please go through General Guidelines and Rules HERE.  

 

Here's a look at what our team made to inspire you to play along!

 

Blog Coordinator Aditi- "The secret of Art is Love." I interpreted the theme of Love as Love for Art, Craft and Journaling. I created a journal page and used all the colours on the palette. 

DT Saloni - Love is not all about loving others but yourself also!! You can't make anyone love you without loving yourself first! So love and be loved ...

I have created three mini easel cards for the ongoing love & colour palette challenge

DT Megha - Love is Fearless, Love is of the Heart, Love is You & Me, Love is Grand 💖

I have created a card for the ongoing love & colour palette challenge.

DT Priyadarshini - 'When someone else's happiness is your happiness, that's love' - Lana del Ray

Since every love story is beautiful, I have a created a simple and unique scrap layout for the ongoing love & colour palette challenge

DT Spardha - Love can be simple or layered, it's about those bright and shiny pieces of heart coming together to finally make sense. 

I've created a shaker card to go with this month's beautiful challenge colours!

"Shake it 'cos you love it!"

DT Vidhi- God placed your hand in mine. Now we walk together forever... Together is wonderful place to be !!! 

I have created this lovely tag for the ongoing love and colour palette challenge.

Look out for amazing inspirations during the month!

Link your entries below to participate in the challenge.

An InLinkz Link-up

RCS Summer 2018 Design Team Reveal

Hello Everyone,

Today we're pleased to be announcing our New Design Team. A new term, a fresh look and a whole lot of new ideas for you all.

First, we welcome back our Blog Coordinator - Aditi Mahajan 

My mother- Sunila Mahajan and me- Aditi Mahajan, started Dots to Lines and our forte is home decor, mixed media and altered art. I have pursued MSc. in Clinical Psychology and Dip. in Special Education; and too to arts and crafts since school days and also practised art therapy when working with children with special needs. I have completed an art course from School of Visual Arts, New York.

Crafting has been a part of daily activities mostly in the form of various altered projects or making gifts. We run a home decor business by the name of Dots to Lines and we handcraft products using techniques of mixed media and decoupage. We are into paper-crafting, layouts, journaling, album making and scrapbooking. Our style of art and craft is a fusion of techniques and use of vibrant colours.

Under the name of Dots to Lines, I have been officially creating and crafting. Apart from selling products and blogging, I am a part of various Design Teams.

Today, I am glad to be continuing my role as a Blog Coordinator. This is a prestigious position and I hope to do justice to it. Rainbow Craftykari is a great store and has to date provided a great education programme for fellow crafters. I hope to add to its growth and success.

Below are her Social Media Links and a few images of her creations

Blog

Instagram

Youtube

Facebook

Pinterest

Let's move on to our Design Team Member Introductions

Let's welcome

Vidhi Jadeja

I am Vidhi Jadeja from Mumbai, an artist by profession, an avid blogger, a doting daughter-in-law, a mother of two sweet little angels, a full-time homemaker, a compassionate person, the girl who migrated from “aapnu Amadavad” (our Ahemadabad in Gujarathi) to “Aamchi Mumbai” (our Mumbai in Marathi) post marriage, a trained artist with post graduate in commerce and a Diploma in Fine Arts. All in one and not necessarily in the same order of priority!

I have been passionate about art and craft from early childhood and have loved creativity in all forms of ART. I even had Painting Exhibits along with other artists during my Fine Arts day. Post marriage with a new life, a different setting, and addition to my family, it was a different canvas. To invest in the family, I had put my creative pursuits on a back burner. But the artist in me wouldn’t sit quietly for long. I started conducting Art and Craft sessions for kids which rekindled my love for creativity. Thus, my entrepreneurial foray was born with “Artery Crate” (www.arterycrate.com) and there is no looking back since then...

The types of Art forms that interest me are Decoupage, Mix media art, Art Journal, Layouts and Album making. I like all traditional Indian art forms. With the passage of time, I realised my love and inclination towards vintage, rustic, wooden, masculine, distressed and ethnic art forms. No wonder then that most of my projects are created around the same theme.

Creativity for me is all about inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and still having fun!

Below are Vidhi's Social Media links and a few images of her creations

Facebook
Blog
Instagram
Pinterest

Megha Tainwala

Born and bought up in Bangalore, but my roots trace back to Rajasthan. I am Megha, a finance and business management graduate and I work for Payment & Account Coordination in the Entertainment Industry. I love listening to music and enjoy travelling. Art and Craft is my escape place. I am enthusiastic and passionate towards art and craft, I've always been curious about colours and different art mediums and forms. 

My passion for art and craft is unending. In my spare time mostly on the weekends, I keep myself engaged in all forms of art, that brings me peace of mind from the daily chaos around. I enjoy art journaling on a daily basis. I constantly try my hands and improve my skills in mix media and decoupage. 

Below are her Social Media Links and a few images of her creations

Blog

Instagram

Facebook

Saloni Agarwal

I am Saloni Agarwal. I am from Arunachal Pradesh and am now settled in Bangalore. I am a CA by profession. I love listening to music and love travelling. Crafting is my passion and a great stress buster for me. Since a young age, I was inclined towards art and craft and I used to make handmade gifts for my near and dear ones. It was then in 2017, that I decided to take my interest in crafting to a next level and chose to be an entrepreneur with the support of my family.

Below are her Social Media Links and a few images of her creations

Facebook

Blog

Instagram

Spardha Angra

I am an architect and an interior designer by profession and have been blogging since 2008 (i think!). I took a little break from the crafting community while studying for my degree but I realized all it did for me was to make my base stronger and now I am back to crafting and exhibiting my work and hosting workshops locally!

I also have a brand under the name of "The Lazy Owl Designs" and I design stationery and corporate gifting items for start-ups.

I have tried my hand at all of the mentioned but I feel the question can be subjective as to how much time I had to experiment with the media.

I absolutely LOVE scrapbooking (that's where I first started) and cardmaking. I gradually started experimenting with altered art and I have the least bit of experience in mixed media.

Below are her Social Media Links and a few images of her creations

Blog

Facebook

Instagram

Pinterest

Priyadarshini

I am a researcher by day and crafter by evening. I reside in Mumbai along with my husband (my rock). My inspiration for art and craft is my aunt. She is an excellent artist. When I was young, she motivated me to start drawing images from colouring book which was my first step into the world of crafting. I make CAS cards, stamping & die cutting, rearrangeable rangoli, foamiran and scrapbooking. I also take classes at home. I love experimenting and trying out new things in craft. 

Below are her Social Media Links and a few images of her creations

Blog

Blog 2

Facebook

That's our team for the next three months starting April 2018. Watch out for tutorials, inspirations and challenges:)

Rainbow Craftykari - Design Team Call Feb 2018

2018 Summer Design Team Call!! We are very excited to announce the Design Team Call for next three months. Rainbow Craftykari Store is looking for Talented, Creative and Enthusiastic team members!! This post is open only for Crafters/Designers residing in India.

Image Credits: Vecteezy and Partially Designed by Maninder Kaur

What we are looking for in a Design Team Member?

1. An Individual/Crafter who has good knowledge of HTML and CSS and active at their own blog.

2. Needs to have excellent writing skills in English Language and must be good with English language

3. Needs to be active on social media platforms.

4. Needs to promote the Rainbow Craftykari Store whenever possible at Social Media and Groups.

5. The Design Team Member needs to work as a team member with the Blog Coordinator and Other Design Team Members of the blog.

6. Needs to create projects within the given time; 2-3 projects including one detailed tutorial.

7. Design Team Member must be able to give Creative Projects for the blog.

What would you get?

Our concept of a DT Kit is unique- we provide you a store credit for you to shop for supplies of your choice.

Discounts on Pre-Orders

An occasional goodie bag filled with awesome crafty supplies.

The Rainbow Craftykari Badge and watermark to flaunt at your blog and to use for your projects.

Your Projects will get Promoted at Our Social Media Platforms such as at Facebook and Groups

How to Apply
 

If you think this call is for you, apply by sending us an email at rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com & dotstolines9@gmail.com Include the following in your mail:

1. Subject - RCS Design Team Call Feb 2018 - your name

2. All links to your social media sites- Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter, etc

3. A brief introduction about yourself with a picture.

4. Let us know why you'd like to work with us.

5. Send us three links to your latest works (include one written tutorial).

6. Let us know if you have been or are on any other design teams and especially if you have had experience working with another team as a blog coordinator.

7. Lastly let us know your forte/area of interest/expertise - card making, scrapbooking, mixed media, altered art, etc.

Looking forward to hearing from you.The Design Team Call is open until – 26th Feb 2018!!


Warm Regards