TENseconds Studio

Louise Williams Does it Again

I always like to see little boy layouts and dream what it would be like to have a little grandson of my own......

well, we know that won't happen any time soon! Thankfully, Louise created a cool layout using our VerDay paints and I think it rocks.   

For Louise’s final project she again used a
combination of the Iron and Copper VerDaypaints. She started by applying a
medium thickness coat of the Iron over the paper background using an old credit
card. Before this was dry she sprayed it to activate the amazing rust finish.

 

 

 

 

 

When it was dry she added the
rest of her layout before using a sponge to lightly cover areas with the Copper
paint. This was activated to give a gorgeous verdegris finish in places that
co-ordinated with the flowers and embellishments she chose to complete the
layout.

 

 

The VerDay paint finishes
give the layout a masculine yet pretty finish and the colour changes only
further enhance the effect as time goes by.

Thanks Louise for being our guest designer for June. I hope everyone enjoyed these ideas and wait til you see what we have in store for you in July.

Arty Farty Flowers

On today's video we show how easy it is to make flowers from our Arty Farty Fibers. In last week's video, Megan showed how to mist the fibers with Maya Road's Maya Mist and they came out beautiful. In this sample I used Torn Apron Arty Farty Fibers.

The beauty of these types of flowers is that they can be as large or as small as needed. In this photo I put the entire piece together from Tori Spelling's new line of jewelry at Michaels Arts and Crafts.

 Hope you enjoy this technique and don't forget to watch Craft Wars tomorrow evening on TLC 10pmE/9pmC. As soon as we find out when our segment is airing we'll let everyone know. We are planning a viewing party so stay tooned!

Woo-Hoo We're on Craft Wars

It's official and we can finally talk about this show!!!!!

 

Craft Wars will start airing next Tue (June 26th) 10pm/9pm central on TLC. Our episode will probably air in July and as soon as we get confirmation we will be letting everyone know. We can't wait to see how our show turned out and it's amazing we've kept quiet about it this long! 

Smash It Up and an Arty Farty Video!

Today Louise makes a unique cover for her journal and it's simply Smashing!

Louise wanted a simple, aged and arty cover for her smash album as it will be getting a lot of use and she didn’t want anything able to be damaged put on. She used the VerDay iron paint and dragged it over the cover with an old credit card before activating it to achieve a rust
effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When this was dry she added some simple lettering as a
title before sponging over the VerDay copper paint and activating it again to
achieve a verdegris finish. A few splatters of indian ink finished the look.

 

 

 

 

The VerDay paint is thick enough to sink into the embossing on the album cover
while still showing the texture and the changing colours give it a lovely
modern, vintage aged effect.

I just love how random this cover looks and the colors are just gorgeous.

We got our video done and Megan did a great job doing this one. Thanks, Megan for explaining these wonderful fibers in a way I never could. Hope everyone's brains are on overdrive with all these ideas.

Post a comment to this blog and some will get to win a ButtLoad of our Olive Mist Arty Farty Fibers and you can mist to your hearts content.

 

Tuesday comes around toooooo fast

We are in the middle of filming today's video and it's already 3 in the afternoon. Megan just spent 1/2 hour giving me her opinion on how I do my job and it included some screaming on both our parts. I love it when your daughter let's you know what she thinks of what you're wearing and how you do your job. Is she right? Maybe 30%. But in her mind she is 300% right.

Here is a picture of Megan screaming like a little sissy when we went ziplining.

I should have a picture of her when she does one of her "def-com 5" looks.

So, no video today. It may be up tomorrow, I promise to spend the rest of this week fliming and doing it the right way instead of the dumb ass way.

Congrats to the two winners of our blog comments from last week. Email us your addresses and we'll get one of the bracelets out to you:

I can't stop laughing about the moroccan dream description. I loved the end
with George Clooney. You call it a moroccan dream, I call it a wet dream!  Lucy.

LOVE the fibers, so so cool and the bracelets are awesome. I have ideas
already! I need to hit the flea market and garage sales for some butt ugly stuff
to beautify my bracelets! Lynn Phelps

Chipboard Picket Fence

Louise has done it again with such a cool layout and a simple technique.

I love to use chipboard in my projects and had a gorgeous Twiddleybitz arched gate piece in my stash just screaming out for a makeover.

I painted it with a couple of coats of the VerDay paint in Iron and let it drybetween coats before spraying with the solution and letting the colour develop as it dried overnight.

I ended up with this amazing rusted iron look which really adds a bit of wow to the chipboard.  

 

I have to agree I think the rusted look really adds to the layout. Just remember to always use a top coat of sealer on top of your VerDay'd pieces so that they don't keep changing. Thanks Louise for a beautiful layout.

Arty Farty to the second power

You gotta watch this week's video to understand that title.  We are playing with our new Arty Farty line which will be up on our website sometime this week. Megan and I are constantly looking for cool stuff to incorporate with our other cool stuff and I think we've developed a great one. Let us know what you think on the blog comment and someone will win the necklace shown.

Just looking at all those colors inspires me for the summer months.

These fibers actually have just about every color needed for your wardrobe.

Take it a step further and sew with them, knit a scarf, use them as bindings in books, kids crafts and scrapbook pages....the possibilities are endless.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louise Williams....June's Designer

 I can't believe it's June already, I would like it to be April. But time just keeps marchin' on and this month we welcome Louise Williams as our designer for June.

Louise took a rather plain jane item and maxed it out.

I had this old copper and glass dish set that I picked up at the local opportunity shop sitting there waiting for a makeover for ages. It was discoloured but I loved the shape and wanted a verdegris effect on it to tie in with the turquoise and grey colour scheme of my soon to be finished studio.

I started by giving it a very light sand and then sponged on a coat of the TENSecondStudios VerDay paint in Copper. I let that dry and then sponged on a second coat and lightly sprayed with the solution and left it for a day to dry and develop the colour.

Once it was dry (and a gorgeous verdegris colour) I added some black lace trim and flowers to decorate it and it now sits on my desk holding all my sponges and daubers

 

 Louise, I think you did a fab job on something that most of us have hanging around our house already.

Can't wait to see what you come up with next week and I hope this gives all of you an idea to experiment on something you already have and give it new life.

VerDay...All Day

We had a blast this past weekend at Great American. We taught 5 sold out classes with our VerDay Paints. Needless to say, everyone was wanting more classes to learn all the techniques. A lot of you have kinda dabbled with the paints but we've got a class planned that will turn everyone into a little piccasso...

Megan and I have picked a date and we will be doing our VerDay All Day class on Saturday, July 21st. from 10-5pm. This class will be taught at our warehouse/studio in North Richland Hills, TX. 

Students will immerse themselves in techniques for painting on canvas, paper, wood, wall material, copper and brass metal plus, learn the tips and tricks for these surfaces.

Students will receive their own 8oz kit of paints and accessory pack (retail value of $80), lunch, and a day of fun and making a mess with paint. Cost of the class is $95 and there are limited seats. Seats can be reserved with 1/2 payment at 817-595-9333. Come in your painting clothes and be prepared to have a blast and VerDay your brains out!