Apple for the Teacher

Apple for the Teacher

Hi there!

Oh my, just look what I've got

for you today ............. I hope you

find this as inspiring as I do,

especially as it is a new technique

(to me at least!)

Helen Chilton is painting bottles

but with a difference .......

For my 'Apple for the Teacher' post, 

I've decorated a small Kilner bottle. 

You could put what you like in there: 

vinaigrette, olive oil, flowers etc.

Clean your bottle thoroughly with 

blending solution.

Stamp the Laurel Burch leaves with VersaMark 

and sprinkle with fine detail black embossing powder.

Don't worry if it looks like this,

 just blow on it sharply and....

....hey presto! The excess powder comes off.

Make your own glass paints by dropping 

some alcohol ink into a blob of

 DecoArt Triple Thick Gloss Glaze.

You can then blob it into the design. 

It'll stay where it's put.

You can also mix the colours while still wet - 

I'm adding some Pool glaze to the leaves.

If you paint on the glaze and the colour's not 

intense/dark enough, just add some more 

neat alcohol ink directly on top.

Stamp and paint a tag in the same way.

Finish with string round the top of the bottle

and tie on the tag"

Materials used:

Laurel Burch Stamp: Blossoms
DecoArt Triple Thick Gloss Glaze
Alcohol inks: Pool, Mowed Lawn, Citrus, Purple Twilight
Stampendous Detail Embossing Powder: Black
VersaMark inkpad
Ranger Archival inkpad: Jet Black

Small Kilner bottle

Thank you for a super project Helen

I can see these being used for all

sorts of occasions 

I do like the idea of making your own

glass paints - and you can dye the

string to match any of the colours

you use too!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx