Alice in Wonderland - Neil Walker

Good morning,

How are we all today??

Did you know that on July the 4th it is 150 years

since Alice in Wonderland was published!

Ok, how many of you knew that?

The DT have been asked to feature 

Alice in Wonderland in their projects this week.

Today it is Neil's turn,

let's see what he has been up to

Neil said....

I'm going in search of adventure......through the looking glass

 and into the Kingdom of hearts.......

Inspired by Alice's adventures through the looking glass I had

 fun making my mirror "gateway to Wonderland" adventures 

on this journal page.

I started by adding a couple of card elements from the Tando

 Top Hat kit and some nailhead stickers to the Tando frame

Then everything was painted gold with DecoArt Media Gold paint.

 Once it had been given a coat of gold I mixed some Transparent

 Red Iron Oxide Fluid Acrylic to the gold and mixed it with

 some water. This was painted loosely over the frame and

 then dabbed off to give a more mottled finish.

A piece of thin card cut to size creates the mirror.

To create the faded figure stamp or draw a suitable shape onto 

the card in black. Paint the whole piece with the Media Silver

 Metallic paint. Use a damp tissue or towel to scrub back the

 area over the image. Repaint around the revealed shape to

 bring back the solid silver colour around the image.

Paint a couple of hearts on both sides using Quinacridone Red

 Fluid Acrylic

While wet dunk into a pile of Clear UTEE

Heat emboss using a pair of tweezers for safety.

Trim some slits into the "mirror" and slide the hearts in place 

so they appear to disappear into the surface.....

Attach to a suitable journal page, add your writing to finish.

Thanks Neil,

Don't you love the mirror....got to try that!

This is what you'll need -

Tando Creative - Frames - Large Rectangle

Tando Creative - Mad Hatters Top Hat

Mixed Media Acrylic Paint - Gold

Mixed Media Acrylic Paint - Transparent Red Iron Oxide

Mixed Media Paint - Silver

Mixed Media Paint - Quinacridone Red

Cosmic Shimmer Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals - Clear.

Thank you for joining us today, don't forget to let us 

know what you think!  We do like to see your comments.

I'll be back tomorrow with another project.

Jane x