Anything Goes.....Dawn Heald

Hi folks,


As we approach the end of the year,
I have given the DT a bit of time 
to recharge their batteries!
I don't know how they manage to
come up with so many wonderful
projects week after week!
So I've asked them to pick a few
projects that they particularly
liked making for you.....

Here is what Dawn said -

"My altered Paper mache shoe. I wanted

 to make a shoe fit for

 my young daughter, Katie. She claimed

 the shoe as soon as

 it arrived. I also wanted to do something 

different and something with no flowers. 

So here's my Butterfly Katie Shoe.

Cover shoe with Dreamweaver Pearlescent 

Embossing paste. For parts

 that need a lot of filling where surface

 is uneven, use white

 tissue paper over it, then blend in with

 more paste. I started with

 a plastic spatula then moved onto using 

my fingers to smooth out.

 It takes a bit of time but worth the effort.

 I did it in stages and 

did two layers. A tip, if paste is starting to 

dry to get a really smooth

 finish use a wet finger. I used a brush
 for the inside.

When dry, die cut swirls from double sided

 adhesive sheet. Stick around

 the shoe. Peel top protective layer off

 and cover with Distress Glitter.

 Press and lightly rub into sticky 

as the particles

 are larger. Brush excess off with a dry

 soft brush. Then use

 a clear iridescent glitter and sprinkle over.

 This catches any tiny

 patches of sticky left un-glittered. Sweep 

over dry brush again to

 clean shoe of excess glitter.

Next decorate shoe with clear gems as shown.

 Then cover with gloss varnish and let dry.

Stamp and emboss in silver the main butterfly

 stamp once and the

 small butterfly four times.
Paint butterflies with Turquoise and Magenta

 Mixed Media Misters and water. 

Cut out.

 Add to shoe as shown, along with ribbons.

 Then add some more gems and pearls

 coloured with Duck Egg Pro Marker.

The front bow is plain ribbon coloured

 with Promarkers and the

 centre embellishment was made from a 

plain ring from a children's

 magazine a long time ago.

Well I think that is every little girls 

dream.....so pretty!

If you would like to have a go, here

 is what Dawn used...

Paper Mache Shoe

Dreamweaver Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Distress Glitter - Picked Raspberry

Mixed Media Misters - 

Turquoise and Magenta

Double Sided Adhesive Sheet

Gloss Varnish

Promarker - Duck Egg Blue

Ribbon

Gems and Pearls

Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue

From own stash -

Pearl string 
Butterfly Stamp
Sizzix strip die - Curls

Thanks Dawn, a lovely project!

Ok, I'll see you tomorrow.

Jane x