Bottled Up and Glazed Over

Bottled Up and Glazed Over

Hi There!

Today we have an idea 

from Helen Chilton to

share with you.

I think you will love this

and will be itching to

make it yourself......

Read on..........

"This time I'm looking at StazOn Glazes and inkpads, 

so I've decorated a sort of jam jar drinking mug.

Stamp onto tissue paper with the scalloped border 

from PaperArtsy Tracey Scott set ETS01 

and then paint in with the 

StazOn glazes Cactus Green and Blue Hawaii.

Then cut out when dry.

Next, using StazOn Jet Black, stamp directly onto the glass. 

Bend the stamp round the slight curve to get the full image

 Start to paint in with the Claret Glaze.

Add in some Blue Hawaii and Cactus Green.

Stick the tissue border to the base using a decoupage glue.

 Decorate the jar and the flowers with extra dots"

Materials used:

PaperArtsy Stamps: Tracey Scott ETS01
StazOn Glazes: Cactus Green, Blue Hawaii and Claret
StazOn inkpad: Jet Black
White tissue paper

Fabulous project Helen

thank you

Hmm... I have a couple of jars in lurking

in the kitchen cupboards that could be

given this treatment......................

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Bottled Up and Glazed Over

Bottled Up and Glazed Over

Hey there!

Thought I'd add another greeting

to my repertoire haha!

Did you all get loads of Valentine

Cards yesterday?  Roses?  Chocs?

Oh well, let us see what fun

Karen Gist has in store for us...

I have used an empty Whisky bottle for my project. 

First cover the bottle with tissue paper using Gel Medium. 

Don't worry about wrinkles as its all part of the look.

Cut rough squares big enough to stamp flowers onto 

and some strips for the hair and paint using a mix of Fresco Paints. 

I used Spanish Mulberry, Lavender, Smoked Paprika and Beach Hut. 

To make the tissue paper opaque when glued onto the bottle 

            I painted the reverses in Chalk.

Paint the neck of the bottle in Sand and the rest in Blue Oyster. 

Stamp the flowers from PaperArtsy 

Eclectica ELB26 and EKC03 and cut out. 

Attach to the bottle as shown using Matte Medium. 

Add a litte sparkle using PaperArtsy Frosting Glaze.

 Paint some more tissue in Smoked Paprika as before 

and stamp the large flower head from Eclectica ELB16. 

Cut out and snip away some of the petals as shown 

and cover with Frosted Glaze. 

I hand drew the face and painted it using the same colours as before 

but you could always use a stamped image or a magazine face instead.

Glue the pteal strips to the bottle as shown. 

Glue the face near the top of the bottle. 

To make the hair cover the painted strips with Glaze and twist as it dries. 

Glue these inside the top of the bottle. 

Add some more petals to give a 'halo' sort of effect. 

Add some beads as shown.

Supplies:

Tissue Paper

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint & Glazes

PaperArtsy Stamps

Stazon Ink

Gel Medium

Love it Karen!  Thank you

for such a fun project.

Think I'll be smiling all day now

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx

Wishing Well

Wishing Well

Hi everyone

Winter in the form of white

powdery stuff falling occasionally

from the grey skies has arrived 

and brought with it the cold............

brrr....  and tingly fingers.........

Perhaps if I type faster it might 

warm them up.  Haha!

Following my announcement that

the Wishing Well has been re-activated

Kate R contacted me asking if we

could demystify Brushos. 

Happy to oblige, we have a short series

of articles from Helen Chilton showing

us the joy of using Brushos

  Brushos The Basics

"Don't open the lid of the Brusho pot, 

make a hole through the lid with a 

pokey tool like on a glitter shaker. 

I label my lids so I can pick the colours out 

easily as all the pots look the same!

Shake some powder onto stamping card - 

a little goes a long way.

Spritz with water and watch the magic happen! 

Note how each colour is actually made up of 

several different colours.

You can then choose how to dry it. 

Not much difference between the first two, 

but blotting makes quite a big difference.

The type of card you choose also makes a difference.

More controlled colouring with Brusho: 

Stamp and white emboss some flowers from

 PaperArtsy ZA07 onto watercolour card. 

Sprinkle tiny bits of powder onto 

where you want to colour

Spritz close to....

...and blot to control flow of colour.

Carry on working on small areas at a time until you've finished.

Want to make some areas darker? Just repeat the process."

Thanks Helen.  Look forward to Part Two  

Lots to take in and, if you have some

Brushos do have a play with them

following Helen's guidelines - a great way

to start off.

The next Wishing Well article will be

on the last Sunday of the month when

Helen will be showing us more ways 

with Brusho

'Til then

Mickie xx

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