Your Number is Up - Dawn Heald

Morning All,

Thank you for all your help yesterday,

I shall get back to the ladies and

see if they now know where they were 

going wrong!

You are such a clever lot!!

I'm a bit useless with computers,

I can just about muddle through on 

here but I'm very easily confused!

Ha ha, I can hear what you are saying!

So, today is National Numbers Day,

The DT were asked for something

'numerical'.  As usual they have come

up with some lovely projects.

We start with Dawn.....

this is so beautiful!

Dawn says.....

For numbers week I've used a Sculpture

 Block that I've carved into a number 6.

 I chose six as that's the number of 

our household minus the cats. 

You do need a long blade to cut right through

 the block so I used a thin kitchen knife after

 going part way through with craft knife. I can 

see lots of possibilities with these blocks

 including making stamps. Just take your time.

To make my project -

I found some tools that may be useful, as I 

couldn't find my carving kit.  Draw out your design.

 Transfer to block by either cutting out and 

drawing around it or place design on top and 

use an embossing tool to go over to leave an imprint

 of design. I did try pencil and tracing but it didn't work.

Carefully cut and carve out design. Use sand

 paper or sanding block to smooth edges

Use smaller tools to carve a design in the block.

 I used a curved tip and gouged out little
 leaf shapes, smoothed the insides with embossing
 tool. and used a quilling tool to make little dot holes. 

Coat with Decoart Media Ultra Matt Varnish

 to seal.

Using Fresco paints in light colours 

paint all over. Paint two coats. Then dry brush

 on a darker shade of paint so can see colour

 underneath in parts. 

Use silver gilding wax on edges.

Sprinkle over some White Ultra Thick 

Embossing Powder and melt.

Add some embellishments to decorate.

 I made a

 rose from paper painted with purple and

 stamped over in teal. Some leaves made
 from a Martha Stewart mold and a bead
 wire thing.

I was really pleased with the outcome.

 It withstood

 a heat tool to dry paint and powder. And a tip if

 you carve a mistake you can fill it in with grunge

 paste or Media Sand paste, dry then sand smooth.

 What do you think? What else can you think of

 with these. I'd love to hear. Thanks for checking 

in here today. X

So what do you think??

I just love it.

This is what Dawn used -

Sculpture Block
Paperartsy Darcy Stamps -
(small dotted round circle stamp from set for flower)
Decoart Media Ultra Matt Varnish 
Carving Tools
Embossing Tool
Fresco Finish Paints 
Silver Gilding Wax
Woodware Flower Punch
White Ultra Thick Embossing Powder 
Sizzix Tattered Flowers Die 
Martha Stewart Mold

That's it for today,
see you tomorrow.

Jane x