Craft Consortium Butterfly Sewing Hoop Decor

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I have a wall hanging to share using Craft Consortium papers.

Product list

Tell The Bees Stamp Set

Wildflower Meadow 12 x 12 Paper Pad

The Essential Craft Papers Vintage Emporium 

The Blank Page Muse Dandelion Wishes stamp set

Pink Pearl Glue 

1. Paint sewing hoop white
2. Once dry glue patterned paper to the back
3. Paint a mdf honeycomb texture and glue to center of hoop.
4. Paint up the letters and add those.
5. Stamp out a few bees, cut them out and add to the center of the hoop.
6. Stamp butterflies of different sizes onto the newsprint paper and cut out.
7. Glue them around the edge of the hoop and add pink pearl glue to the centers.

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Artful Days Spring Hearts Decorations

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I have had these hearts in my stash for about 6 years and this year i am determined to use up my old stash. I was a bit bored with the usual pinks and reds of the season so i went with a Spring theme. 

1. Paint the hearts with gesso and then texture sand paste.
2. Paint them with pastel colours.
3. Glue Sisal onto a few of the hearts and decorate with paper and silk flowers.
4. Add a few small glitter Easter Eggs.
5. Paint small resin birds with matching metallic paint and adhere to hearts.
6. Add Art Balls around hearts.

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Peony Fabric Flowers Lilac

Layered Fabric Flowers

White Resin Bird Trio

Acrylic Dew Drops Green

Decorative Art Sand Cream 

Art Balls Pink

Art Balls Silvery Blue

Art Balls Light Pistachio 

Art Balls White

No Hole Mermaid Beads Green

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The Glittery Hands Box October Trick or Treat Decoration

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I have a recycled project to share using the googly eyes that come with the October box from The Glittery Hands Box. This is an old MDF decoration i had but i did not like how it turned out so i repainted it.

Paint wooden shape with Black gesso.

Apply Crackle Paint over the top and leave to set.

Use a pokie tool to remove the excess paint from letters.

Paint some plastic dolls arms black and glue to decoration.

Spray with light green mist ink and dry

repeat with purple mist spray but only spray the center of the decoration.

Add googly eyes to the letters.

Product list

DecoArt Crackle Paste

DecoArt Black Gesso

DecoArt Media Mister Purple

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Pistachio

The Glittery Hands I Love Tea Coaster

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I altered a cork tea coaster which is one of the items from The Glittery  Hands  Box 

https://www.theglitteryhandsbox.co.uk

Write out the words you want onto the coaster using strong glue.

Sprinkle over with the Rainbow Glitter Mix and shake off the excess into a tray

Let it set before decorating with different coloured gems.

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Cherish The Memory Inspire Seaside Themed Altered Letters

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I have a new make to share using the Summer Feelings paper pads available at Cherish The Memory.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/614685279/studiolight-summer-feelings-card-making?ref=shop_home_active_20

I started off by painting each letter with white paint as an under coat and once that had dries i then painted over the top with DecoArt Premium Acrylic Turquoise. Then i applied DecoArt Texture Sand Paste and let it set.

 

I painted on Quinacidone Gold Fluid acrylic to get the rust. I wasn't sure to go steampunk on these or not so i met in the middle and went for a water worn look.

 

Next dye some cheese cloth. 

I used blue and light green to get this colour, This stuff is great as it gets disstressed when you heat dry it so you get this worn net look.

I used heavy gel medium to paste down the cloth and then i started decorationg the letters using the die cuts from the Summer Feeling Die Cut pad.

I also added gems and beads to the letters.

I used fake moss to create this underwater look. I was thinking about the things you find in the rockpools  after the tide has gone in.

 

Product List

Studio Light Summer Feelings A4 Die-cut Pad

Studio Light Romantic Summer A4 Die-cut Pad

Unbranded MDF Letters

DecoArt Heavy Gel Medium

DecoArt Premium Acrylic Turqoise

DecoArt Fluid Acrylic Quinacidone Gold

DecoArt Texture Sand Paste

Imitation Beads

Fake Moss

Cheese Cloth

Colour Chemistry WaterFall and Bramley Apple (Discontinued)

Resin Starfish, Shell flatbacks and palstic coins.

Micro beads 

Artful Days Glass Sand Yellow and Blue.

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Artful Days Mixed Media Birdhouses With Scrapiniec

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I have a pair of altered birdhouse to share with you. 

Paint whole thing with gesso and once dry apply crackle paint. Spritz with Lemon and Lime Green mist spray and leave to dry.

Use Glimmer Glam paint to colour in the wooden fairy. Then flick some over the bird house.

Paint the vines and glue them to the side of the Bird house. Add drew drops around the sides.

Paint with gesso and then spritz with ink. Apply a stencil mask and once set spritz with another layer of ink.

Paint crackle paint on the top half of the bird house. Ink it again and then paint the wooden butterflies. Add flowers to the front to finish.

Acrylic Dew Drops	Paper-mache Birdhouse	Sept Extra ~ Wooden Butterflies	Stencil ~ Texture Three	Blueberry Fairy - Little Fairies (4717)
Grapevine - grapes and leaves (4497)

Altered Nautical Clock

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I have some texture porn for you today but don't google that phrase because you might find something that can't be unseen. 

And here is is my very rusty nautical clock using the blank MDF clock kits from Samantha K.

I painted the whole thing with navy blue paint as you do and let that dry.

Then i mixed brown and orange acrylic paint together to make a rusty colour. i added orange to the brown and mixed it until i got the right colour. I dabbed it on with a brush and sprinkled on cinnamon powder and then dabbed more paint onto until  i got this crusty layer. Then i dry brushed over the top with bronze paint.

I painted the centre with crackle paste and then used turquoise ink over the top.

i then dyed some cheese clothe and glued that down. Then i added the shells because you can't do nautical without shells.  Remember to leave room for the clock hands so they can move around.

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Artful Days Valentines Altered Heart Tray

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I have a home decor project to share today. 

This started off as a wooden heart tray.

Coat the tray with gesso and then mix gesso with Rose Red Brusho Powder and paint over the first coat. Mix Rose Red with crackle paint and apply to the base of the tray. Next stamp over the base with a texture stamp.

Use a hot glue gun to adhere a string of LED lights around the tray. These are available at Poundland and come in different colours. I then carefully glued hessian ribbon around the edge to hide the wires.

Create a heart pillow by cutting out a heart shape using a nesting die and then dying it with ink. Sew and stuff it and glue it to the corner of the tray. 

Glue a resin heart to the centre.

Gather an assortment of flowers and start gluing them around the inside of the tray. Use small flowers to fill the gaps.

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