Happy Day

Happy Day

Hallo There!

How're you today?  Hope

you're only being affected

by this Mad Marchness in

a good way .........  I've

always wondered why the

eggs are brought by hares

or rabbits (depending where

you are in the world).....

Angela Radford has popped

by today with a really cute

project that has nothing to

do with madness, March or

Hares ..... just Spring...

 Hi all, Angela here to show you how I 

used this door hanger to create a 

really nice gift.

 Cut out the tiny butterflies and

 attach to the hanger.

Next I applied some crinkled tissue paper 

and then covered the whole thing 

with a good coat of Gesso and don't 

forget the sides and back.

Now you can start to add the colour, 

(Fresco Finish acrylics by Paper Artsy)

 I like to layer this adding the lightest colours

 first, dry it and then add more colour. 

When that's complete, rub over everything

 gently with Treasure Gold gilding wax. 

At this stage I also made some larger butterflies

 using a Woodware mould and coloured those too.

To complete the hanger I used a text stamp

 randomly, attached a sentiment, positioned the

 butterflies and added some gems. 

It's a good idea to seal the paint when

 finished with Glaze or varnish.

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Oh Angela, that is seriously good

Thank you very much.  

I particularly like the colours - not really

in my comfort range so I think I will

have a go at this technique myself but

on a book cover .................

'Till tomorrow 

Mickie xx

Quirky Birds

Quirky Birds

Hi There!

I'm here today with 

Claire Jackson

and no Month Challenge

in sight. haha!

Today Claire is going

to show us how to

get some uninterrupted

crafting time:

"Take a door hanger

and paint it with two layers of 

PaperArtsy snowflake paint, 

drying in between

Build up the background with 

opaque colours first.

 I used blue oyster and china and 

then lightened it with more snowflake

Add translucent colours over the top 

so that your base layer still shows through. 

I went with limelight and southern skies 

and blended with a little snowflake in the centre

Sponge snowflake paint through the 

arrows stencil and dry thoroughly

Replace the stencil so that it does 

not quite match up with the white arrows

 and sponge translucent colours over the top. 

This will give the effect of shadows and depth. 

Add some stamping in paint and when dry 

highlight some areas with a white pen

Add stamping in black and ensure it’s 

completely dry by heat setting it. 

Add more white highlights

Stamp the bird image several times on 

tissue paper and heat set. 

The great thing about tissue paper is that 

you can turn it over and reverse the images 

so that the bird is going in the 

opposite direction. 

Paint the back of the images in white.

Colour the images. 

I used a combination of permanent markers 

for vibrancy and pencil for shading.

 Tear around the images

Cover the hanger in a layer of gel medium 

a section at a time and add the tissue images. 

Cover the tissue with more gel medium and 

gently massage it into the tissue so that it 

becomes transparent

Print out the words, cut out, decorate the edges 

and adhere to the hanger. 

Add shading to the edge of the hanger. 

I used blueberry Gelato and blended 

it with a babywipe

Now there's no excuse for anyone getting 

covered in sparkle unexpectedly when 

they interrupt me in the craft room!"

Materials used:

Wooden door hanger
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint: 

snowflake, blue oyster, china, limelight, southern skies
Tim Holtz layered stencil: arrows
PaperArtsy stamps: Seth Apter 01
Versafine: onyx black
Tissue Paper
Collage Medium: matte
Faber-Castell Gelatos: blueberry
Gesso

From Stash:

Sharpie marker and white paint pen
Coloured pencils
Black and white gel pen

Love those quirky birds they're

such fun and thank you Claire

for showing us your really fun

door hanger



'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Rice Paper

Rice Paper

Hallo Everyone!

Loving the lighter evenings now

although there's still time for

crafting............

Louise Thomson is with us

today to start the new theme 

with a useful door hanger 

"Today I’ve been having a play with beautiful rice paper. 

It’s so versatile, you can add it to pretty much 

any alterable item to make a beautiful gift.

Start with an alterable door hanger

and give it a coat of white gesso

front and back

Next gild the edges with green gilding wax applied with a soft cloth

I chose a garden print rice paper and 

selected some of my favourite parts to 

start decoupaging together.

Don’t worry about having overhanging edges – 

these can be tidied up once you’re happy with the arrangement. 

I found little bits of foliage and flowers could be used

 to soften the edges between joins.  

Fix the paper down with a decoupage glue, 

or alternatively use a 50/50 mix of pva and water. 

Once it is really dry, sand the edges in 

downward strokes to get a neat finish. 

There happened to be a wodge of sandpaper 

on my desk but a sanding block would be the

 ideal tool for this

Blend a selection of distress inks on to 

smooth finish card. 

I used bundled sage and pumice stone. 

From this, die cut the lettering you require.

Paint a little fresco paint on to your door hanger in patches 

where you wish to add your lettering. 

I used nougat which has a lovely opaque finish 

but you can still see some of the print through the paint. 

Once dry, glue on the lettering.

Stencil on some more distress ink to tie the whole theme together.

Here is the finished front....

..... and the back"

Project materials:

MDF door hanger

White Gesso

Rice paper

Fresco paints

Adhesive

Distress inks

White smooth finish card

Sandpaper/Sanding block

Alphabet letter dies

Green gilding wax

Stencil

Thank you Louise - such a useful way 

to let the family know where to find you

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx