Make a Wish

Had another great day at Birds in the Barn on Friday with Hels Sheridan.  Made a wall hanging - stuck pieces of paper onto the hanging then washed them in a light sand colour paint.  Highlighted the edges of the paper with a stabilo pencil (must get one of those).  Used a heart stencil and spread it with a mixture of grunge paste and black embossing paste.  when dried lightly rubbed with onxyite treasure gold (must get some more of that, too!).  Made a rose from the largest tattered florals die (lots of fun making that) and then assembled with artemio leaves, metal corners and leaves, a cog and a cute little bird Hels had made for us from a mould with UTEE, also rubbed with treasure gold.  Finished with a stamped message.  Love it.

 

 

 

 

4 canvases

Inspired by a class I was lucky enough to attend by Hels Sheridan.  They are four 7x5" canvases which I painted with eco friendly acrylic paint in sand and then scraped Paper Artsy fresco acrylics in Hey Pesto, Guacamole and Smoked Paprika (mixed with a little white) across the canvases. I used Dreamweaver embossing paste mixed  with the Guacamole through TCW mini splats mask., adding a little frantage to them.  I then stamped various Creative Expression and JFY stamps onto tissue paper and applied these with Mod Podge.

I then decorated one using some metal alphabet cutters that were my Mum's to spell out the word ART.  I figured that as I had never used them for baking I could make use of them with my Melt Pot! I poured a mixture of clear, black and gold embossing powder onto my craft sheet and then pressed the letters into the embossing power. 

On this one I used a grungeboard label, painted it with black acrylic paint, and then dipped it into the melt pot.  I then rubbed a little Treasure Gold into it and fixed it with a couple of brads. 

 

 

I die cut the smallest Joy butterfly from chipboard, painted with the Smoked Paprika paint and again dipped in the Melt Pot.

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I'm not very good at remembering to write on the blog, but am determined to try harder! Have a whole host of cards to make at the moment - here is a simple get well card I have made for a male friend who is about to have an op.