Dimensional

Dimensional

Today we have Dawn Heald  to 

show us a beautiful bowl she has created:

I've made a shaped button bowl and I'll be honest it was meant to be a flower bowl. However, with a slip of my scissors and a couple plasters later, it changed. I'm overall pleased as these make handy little bowls easy to get at the contents.

You can make papier mache shapes using a variety of different sturdy objects. Just wrap in plastic wrap/cling film first to prevent the paper sticking to your objectives.

To make this project.

Choose object shape to use as a Mold. Cover with cling film first to prevent the paper sticking to your object. Tear small pieces of book pages and glue them all over your object. Build up as many layers as you like depending on how thick you want it. Leave to dry naturally.

Then remove object from the papier mache. You may need to cut down it to prise is off. If so simply use small pieces of book pages and glue back together. Dry and then trim and neaten edges to get shape you want. Neaten further by sanding and applying glue on very edge.

Paint all over with watered down white gesso

When dry apply colour all over using Alchemy Wax using sponge and or paintbrush.

Now make some embellishments with Shell Mold and paper clay, painted with Starlight Paint and Pink Alchemy Wax. Make some little fishes by Stamping Fish stamps onto Frosted shrink plastic, die cut, colour with clear sparkle pen and shrink with heat tool.

Back to the bowl, sponge edges and stamp the little asterisks all over the outside with Black Stazon Ink. Then add dots of White PVA glue all around outside. Dry.

Stick embellishments around outside of bowl. Add further decoration with buttons and Peacock Stickles.

The finished bowl from all angles:

Products used: 

Imagination Crafts Alchemy Wax: Peridot, Japanese Jade, Cobalt, Pink Tulip 

Imagination Crafts Starlights Metallic Paint: Pearl, Orange Oxidized 

Heartfelt Creations Under The Sea Stamps, 

Heartfelt Creations Under The Sea Die set 

PaperArtsy Lin Brown stamps ELB15

Woodware Seashells Mold 

Paper Clay 

Polyshrink Shrink Plastic: Sampler Pack 

Cosmic Shimmer White PVA Glue 

Stickles Glitter Glue: Peacock 

Stazon Ink Pad: Jet Black 

White Gesso

Multi matte medium

Wink of Stella clear pen

Thank you Dawn for showing us how to go about
making these beautiful bowls.


That's all for today folks!!

Mickie xx

Collage

Collage

Here we are betwixt and between

the two main events - I have heard

it called "Twixtmas".  Oh dear........!

Hazel Harler has brought us a

journal page to give us some

quality crafting time away from

it all:

For my collage piece I did a mixed media journal spread.

I collected lots of bits and pieces together

I glued my chosen bits into my journal.

Then I gave the pages a thin coat of gesso.

The pages were painted with Fresco Finish paints

I added some Infusions and sprayed with water - I didn't like the result

I used a yellow Inktense pencil and brush to change the result of the Infusions.

 I have no photos of the next couple of steps as it was getting quite dark.

I use an Impression Obsession background stamp 

with a green distress ink on the pages, 

I then spread sherbert Alchemy Wax over the raised areas then decided

 to spread it lightly over the whole project - it toned down the colours

A close up showing the Alchemy Wax.

I stamped the Impression Obsession background stamp 

onto white card with Leaf Green Archival Ink 

and then stamped the Paperartsy images with black Archival Ink. 

I tore the images out and glued them to the pages. 

I added some cotton and green gems, 

the words were stamped onto white card and cut out, 

I went round them with black pen after I'd glued them to the pages. 

I sprayed some brimstone wings Color Bloom 

onto card and punched out some butterflies

Another close up:

Items used.

Journal.
Card, paper and lace scraps.
Multi Matte Medium.
Fresco paints.
Infusions.
Inktense pencils.
Alchemy Wax.
Paperartsy Stamps
Impression Obsession background stamp.
Archival ink - black and leaf green.
Black marker pen.
Color Bloom - brimstone wings.
Butterfly punch.
Cotton thread and green gems.

Thank you Hazel 

a fabulous page

Haven't touched my journal in a while so think

this project has me reaching for it............

Yes, I do type one handed when I have to!!

See you all again 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

Pumpkin Scarecrow & Halloween

Pumpkin Scarecrow & Halloween

This week we have lots to inspire you with

for your Halloween makes and we start

with a project from

Dawn Heald:

I grunged up the Tando Creative Cobweb, 

by painting on a layer each of 

Crackle Paste, 

white Snowflake paint and Starlights Pearl paint. 

Allow each layer dry before adding the next. 

Finally I dabbed on Gunmetal Stickles.

I made a background board for the Web to go on. 

I did this by cutting a square of thick cardboard recycling a delivery box. 

Next I glued on layers of torn book pages. 

When dried I sanded the edges, 

then added stencil patterns with Grunge Paste. 

I put Grunge Paste around the edges too.

When dry I painted a thin layer of 

Starlights Orange Oxidised and Antique Pink paints

all over the board, allowing the book page printing to

show through in places.

Then I rubbed Alchemy Wax Lavender over the Grunge Paste.

To go with the Web, I made a spider with hat from Air Dry Clay.    

I painted the spider with Black Gesso and his boots and hat with Liquid Pearls.  

Also dabbed some Liquid Pearls and Gunmetal Stickles to the Spider   

Embellishments.

To finish I glued the Web, Spider and Embellishments 

to the background board and added some 

Stickles Glitter Glue lines for pieces of Web 

and some black gems.

Products used 

Air Dry Clay 

Tando Creative Cobweb Large

Halloween Buttons Spider Mix

 Crackle Paste, Matt Medium

Starlights Metallic Paint

Alchemy Wax 

 Masks & Stencils

Grunge Paste 

Fresco Chalk Paint

Liquid Pearls

Stickles Glitter Glue

Cosmic Shimmer glue 

Thank you Dawn, I love that cheeky spider.  

This would be a fun project to make with the 

children

See you all tomorrow

Mickie xx