Diwali Week - Dawn Heald

Helloooo,

Hope you are all well and not flooded 

out after all this rain we've had over the last

few days.

This week we gave our DT one word

Diwali

Now I must confess, I knew nothing about

 it so I looked it up and found that it is 
the festival of light, an ancient Hindu festival
celebrated every year. The festival spiritually
signifies the victory of light over darkness. 

Today Dawn is with us to show you her 
project.

Dawn says......

 Hi there crafters, this week for our topic

 on Diwali I have altered a candle holder.

 I also looked into the reason for Diwali 

and learnt a lot, a love story too. I got

 the best lesson from my nine year old

 son, Samuel who knew the story inside out.

 So being know as the festival of light, I made this...

I used the Irresistible Texture Sprays as a paint

 and this worked well. It did however after 

drying, crack and push the stamped lines. 

I liked this look as it gave it a grunge feel

 to it, but you could easily go over the lines

 with a pen or paint and brush. I'm enjoying

 these sprays and look forward to more experiments.

To make this project - 

Give the glass a good clean and dry. Then

 stamp your images using Jet black Stazon 

ink. I laid my stamp flat on the surface, 

inked up and then rolled the

 glass over the stamp.

Next paint your images using a brush and

 Irresistible Texture Sprays. Don't forget

 you can mix colours together. Leave to dry.

Add some black paint dots using handle 

end of paint brush.

 Use glossy accents 

and attach multi colour gems to finish.

Wow, that is beautiful Dawn,

thank you, bet it looks lovely when

it is lit!

Products used -

Irresistible Texture Sprays 

PaperArtsy Stamps - Eclectica Darcy EDY 5, 6, 11

Stazon Ink - Jet Black

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Little Black dress 

Glossy Accents 

Coloured Gems

From own stash -

Candle and glass holder

I'll be back with another project

tomorrow from Neil.

Jane x