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Monday, November 25, 2019

Reindeer Small Stencil by Darkroom Door~

Hi guys!
Another festive holiday small stencil from
Darkroom Door. I really love all of them. You can find them HERE.
This one is called Reindeer Small Stencil.

I created two cards and they are similar but I used different mediums. I will
refer to them as the Gold card or the Silver card~

Gold card~
I used the negative of the stencil along with modeling paste by Viva Decor.
I used the back side of a pallet knife to apply the modeling paste to the
stencil. I got it a little thin in one spot but I had already removed the
stencil, so I went with it. I stamped the corner images, from
the ChristmasReindeer Set, with Archival/Jet Black ink.
The sentiment was stamped using Archival /Watering Can,
trimmed out and adhered to the neck of the reindeer
Seam binding ribbon was added to the bottom of the card. The
card front was matted on gold foil cardstock then adhered to a beige
folded card. The front of the card was splatted with white acrylic paint
to complete the card.

Silver card~
This card is created the same way, same steps just silver instead of gold. The
medium used on this one is glass Bead Glitter Gel by Faber-Castell. It has a blue
tint to it and looks great with the silver foil paper that it is matted on. It really
is sparkly too. I hope you will take a look at the new release ~ good stuff!!!!

Thanks for stopping by~

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Handyman's Holiday Blog Hop~

HI guys!!!

Thanks for joining us for the Handyman's Holiday Blog Hop

Make the rounds and be inspired!

The challenge put before us was to alter a paint brush. I've never tried that :) kinda of scary too.

But here we go. Hope you enjoy!!

I had such a fun time creating this. I started out going in one direction and turned out doing completely different techniques and using different colors. I wanted a shabby chic look and I think I accomplished that.

Gesso handle and then paint with color.

I used stencils and modeling paste to create texture on the handle. I added different colors of modeling paste, with my fingers, rubbing it into the grooves of the brush. I kept doing this until I achieved the "look" I wanted. You know the one~ when you say , that's it!!!

I wanted this altered paint brush to double as a pin board. So I kept that in mind while

I was creating. I needed a way to display the brush because I wouldn't be using the
handle as a hanger (it would be upside down).

I came up with this~

This is the way I will display my altered brush. I can change out the photo but I really love this one. I "give thanks" for them every day. Such a blessing to us!!

And here is a closeup of the embellishment collage~
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk ink was used to shade the leaves and the "6" embellishment showcased on the front of the altered paint brush. I used Helmar 450 to adhere the elements.

Products used:

DecoArt / gesso, modeling paste, paint.

Viva/modeling creme (orange, gold and cream color)

Stencils: Crafters Workshop, Clear Scraps.
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks

Helmar 450

Prima

Tim Holtz

Buttons Galore & More (in jar)

Maya Road/Ken Oliver embellishments

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