Starlight Express

Starlight Express

Morning All!

Another lovely day and

here is another lovely project

for you to try. 

Get your cuppa and sit back

and relax............

Hazel Harler has brought 

this gorgeous box and here

she is to talk us through

how she achieved all that

gorgeousness ...

"For my latest project I've decorated a wooden box

 with Imagination Crafts Starlights paints

 I painted the box with white gold Starlights, 

it gave the box a lovely shimmery layer 

with the woodgrain showing through

 I added some tissue tape to the top and sides 

and stamped some foiliage with green Archival ink, 

I also stamped some script with black Archival.

I then painted some copy paper with pink sunset Starlights paint

 When the paint was dry I stamped some flowers and cut them out

The flowers were glued to the sides of the box. 

When the glue was dry I used a craft knife 

to carefully cut between 

the lid of the box and the base

 I decided to keep the decoration on the top of the box simple, 

I was going to use stampbourd but then 

found an acrylic ATC in my stash and used that

I stamped and painted the flowers on the backside of the ATC

 I glued the ATC to the top of the box and 

added some gold gems to the corners"

Supplies used:

Wooden box
Imagination Crafts Starlight paints - white gold, pink sunset and passion flower.
Tissue tape
Archival ink - black and green
PaperArtsy/Kay Carley stamp set
Copy paper
Acrylic ATC, you could use acetate if you haven't got an ATC
Gold sticky backed gems

Thank you Hazel, this box

really is beautiful - the shimmery

effect of Starlight Paints is superb

and using the gems as rivets a masterstroke

If you haven't tried these paints, then

you really should put these on your 'To Buy' list

you won't be disappointed in the shimmery loveliness

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Greetings to all!

Claire Jackson is with us again

today with a beautiful Christmas card

Here she is to talk us through it:

Stamp and emboss the reindeer in gold 

on 3 different patterned papers and a plain cream paper

Cut a piece of card 5” square and stamp the wreath 

in pine needles Distress Ink. 

Dust the card with an anti static bag / talc 

to make sure the ink is completely dry before stamping 

and embossing the reindeer in gold over the top

Squish the evergreen bough ink onto a craft mat 

and with a water brush use it to colour the leaves. 

Colour the berries with cardinal red ProMarker

Cut sections from each of the different papers 

and use them to piece together over the reindeer, 

sticking them down with gel medium or clear glue.

Add a shadow around the reindeer with grey ProMarker. 

Add glitter glue to the berries and small gems

 to the saddle and eye

 To mount the reindeer I found some green patterned paper 

and stamped over it with a Card-Io branch in pine needles ink 

to tie it in to the main image.

Materials used:

Lindsay Mason Zentangle Clear Stamp: zendoodle reindeer ready to go
Woodware clear stamp: sketchy wreath 
Card-io clear stamp: greenery 1
Versafine: onyx black
Distress Ink: pine needles, evergreen bough
Multi medium matte
ProMarkers: cardinal red, warm grey 2
Stickles glitter glue: cranberry, distress fired brick
Gems

 Merry Christmas everyone and I wish 2017 brings you good health and happiness

 and of course many hours of happy crafting.

Thank you Claire

We all wish you a Merry Christmas too

and look forward to more crafty goodness

in 2017

Mickie xx