TENseconds Studio

Folders + Brass Metal + VerDay =

Megan has been on a roll doing videos while I was gone and she's done another one showing how easy it is to use what you probably already own...embossing folders and combine with our Brass metal and Verday.

 

I know you're gonna wanna go nuts over the Brass Metal. Now this is a touch thicker than the copper at 36gauge. But as you can see it still embosses beautifully. Brass is also cool after you've used our brass brush for a tone on tone look.

Here you can see the brass on the right and two different copper pieces on top.

The difference in the range on this patina is amazing, but remember to not go to nuts at the beginning. You can get the same cool effects by using a small amount of the VerDay and then layering more on top for a deeper look.

 

 

 

I'm back at work now and want to thank everyone who sent emails and cards. For those of you who are thinking..."what is she talking about?" I had stomach surgery last week and am now home and on the mend. Of course I can't eat what I want to eat. Right now I would kill for mac 'n cheese! I just want to stick my face in it and scarf it like a pig...and those days are over forever. I've got 5 weeks of drinking bland stuff (unfortunately vodka isn't on the liquid list) and then eating little snacks every three hours.  I like to think it will be the Tapa's Diet. If I could just cook that way.

Marilyn Mae Thurber from Maine sent me the card on the right and the flower was made out of chipboard and VerDay. Beautiful Job!

Karen Wells made the card on the left out of metal and cardstock. She also put the metal on the flower pot.

This is a flower that when you press a button it opens and there's a saying in the center. She and I are so easily impressed by moveable objects....it made me smile!

I hope this has made you smile and thanks again for all your well wishes and thanks to Megan for constantly doing everything needed as a daughter.

Plastic Cherubs in TENseconds

Just like we have done with metal in the past, we are going nuts finding objects to VerDay. All you have to do is open up your closet and I'm sure you'll find some of the same type of stuff. As soon as I get back into the studio from my little surgery, I've got tons of playing (as Megan would say) and ideas to incorporate all our goodies. Can't wait to share my ideas and feel better. I'm starting to dream about food...that's bad when you dream about food.

Design Team Call Out

VerDay and VerDay Paint is such a great innovative product that has a TON of applications.  Cheryl and I are starting to release 2 videos a week on what you can do with VerDay and VerDay Paint products.  Even with 2 videos a week, we are still not covering everything that can be done with this product.

This is where I need you.  I'm looking for one design team member a month to make 4 projects.  I think it's important to get different perspectives on what you can do with the VerDay product line.

 

The Task...

If you are choosen, you will receive 1 each of the different VerDay Paints along with VerDay Patina and a spray bottle.  As stated above you will be required to make 4 different projects. It's up to you if you want to make a video or take good pictures with step by step instructions.

 

What's in it for you... 

Other than being the new popular kid of the month and getting new facebook friends/blog followers, TSS followers will see how creative you are.  You can't forget getting $75 in paints too.  If you already have TSS tools we will send you a roll of copper to show off your metal embossing skills too! 

 

Fine Print/How to apply....

This is not a paying gig and we don't put up with DRAMA!

 

 To apply, email megan@tensecondsstudio.com with the following info:

• What would you put VerDay paint on?  You will get extra points if you send pictures.
• What other mediums do you work with?  How would you use VerDay Paints with the other mediums.
• Send me a link to your facebook and/or blog
• Are you or have you been a Design Team Member of another company/product line?  If yes, please let me know which company.

I'll be picking 3 people on Feb 24 for the new Design Team Members for the next 3 months.

-Megan

 

Chipboard the VerDay'd Way

We love embossing all sorts of surfaces and chipboard is no different.

We took a regular piece of chipboard, used an embossing folder with an embossing machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We then painted on the first coat of our VerDay Paint. On the right of this pic is our Brass, Iron and Copper. Let dry.

Sponge on another coat of paint and spray with our VerDay Patina and you'll see the transformation over several hours.

When this is completely dry about 6-12 hours then sand off the top lightly or dry brush another coat of paint on top.

The Iron will take the longest to "rust out." These pieces would also make great backgrounds for cards with embossed metal on top.

Or, die cut a heart and attach to the front of a book. This heart was done in our Bronze and then sanded.

This gives a darker color than the copper and looks so cool with the Fire Engine Red Metal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What I truly love about this technique is the randomness of the reaction with the paint and the patina.

If you used regular acrylic paint to achieve this same look, you might over paint the top coat. With this patina....you have no control over what you get! If you want more patina, just apply another coat of paint and spray on more VerDay. It's that easy.

Last week got away from me, I came home from our trip to Tucson to then go and have a cat scan of my stomach, this week I'm seeing another doctor about surgery, so I've got my mind on a few other things right now. Not to mention living in a bedroom with ripped up carpet, holes in the walls and wondering when we can get it all fixed so I don't trip on the freakin' carpet in the middle of the night. Anywho, I meant to pick a winner for last week's blog comment...who is....Sheila from NH. Sheila email me and we will send out some goodies to you asap.

Tollroad to Crazy Update:

For those of you who wondered how your house can have water problems if there is a thunderstorm...it's very common. Lightening just has to hit your house a certain way and can cause pipes that were fine one minute to start leaking the next. Our's did that in two spots and $5,000 later. 

Favorite hubby replaced my mom's toilet seat which was heated, splashed water, dried your ass and probably blew hot air up your ass all at the same time. The new seat is just heated and sprays deodorant in the bowl. When my mom and dad found out about our leaks, then they started thinking about their toilet. So my mom started reading the info packet that came with the toilet (who reads that shit?) and informed me that we needed a different plug for the toilet so that they didn't get electrocuted while sitting on the toilet.

Everytime I sit down to talk with my mom I wonder what she's going to come up with next and I wish you could have seen the look on my face when she voiced her concern. She then wanted to know what favorite hubby was doing at that hour (he was asleep) and could he fix it as it was suppose to rain that night (no he couldn't!) That night as I walked into our bedroom, I tripped on the carpet and almost did a header into the dresser, which is in the middle of the bedroom, I stumbled into the bathroom, sat on my unheated cheap toilet seat and prayed to the gods to just strike the toilet right then. I heard God laugh and say, "Cheryl suck it up!"

As soon as this week's video is up I'll post a link here and hopefully it will be done sometime Tuesday.

My Creative Classroom

For everyone out there who has expressed an interest in taking classes at our studio but were too far away...this is your chance. We are doing a class for My Creative Classroom called Metal to the Max.

We will show you how easy it is to take our metal and learn various tips and techniques that you can use in your very own crafting from card making to scrapbook pages.

I've even added a really cool technique at the end that I've never taught before and we will be showcasing with this class.

We are also offering specials just for those who sign up for these special classes. Click on over to their site asap as the classes start on Feb. 15th. While you're there check out some of the other classes taught by a cool group of teachers.

What happens....

What happens when you leave town on a trip...a two week trip and a storm comes through and lightening zaps your house causing your floors to leak. Luckily Megan was at our house (with her grandparents) and called plumbers, insurance adjusters, more plumbers and more insurance adjusters to get the problem fixed. Every time I called to see how things were going she would lovingly scream "do you know what I have to do here!?"

So, to say the last two weeks were a clustermess for her would be an understatement. She was able to get out two videos on youtube that she did on her own. We are having so much fun with our VerDay Paints and Patina that we are just painting up a storm. Megan is even getting into the painting from the looks of my floor in the classroom. I just need a couple of days to catch up on sleep, sleep and more sleep and then I'll be back in the loop. When I got home today my bed was pushed into the corner of the room and the rug is peeled back from the leaks but at this point I doubt if that will bother me tonight.

 

 Let us know what you think of these techniques in our comment section and on Friday I'll pick someone to get some VerDay goodies from us. She didn't show what the little baby screw eyes looked like in the video but you can see what they look like in this picture. When I say this stuff goes on anything....I'm not kidding...anything. Remember, the beauty of these techniques is the randomness of the patina solution. Hope you have fun this week and I'm off to wash sheets!

I think these aluminum samples came out beautifully with those paints!