A little reminder..... Neil Walker

Hi everyone,

Well those April showers are 

certainly here.....hope it's not going to

be too bad for the weekend as I have

some work going on in the garden!!

Trying to lay concrete in the rain is not 

the best!!

I have been looking back at the fab

projects that the DT have 

brought you over the last year and

I thought this one from Neil

might inspire those of you who like

to get all painty!!  Haha that's

a new word I think!

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.

Tomorrow is Challenge Day, the next
letter for The Alpha/Dictionary
Challenge, so see you then...

Jane x