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

Advent Calendar

Advent Calendar

Hi there

Today we have the last in our Christmas Countdown

from Dawn Heald:

I have made an Advent Calendar box tower. 

These little boxes can be built into different shapes too, 

like a tree, one full wall of drawers or even just put together 

in sets of three or four and built up the same way as I have done. 

Once you have your build, you can decorate as you like, 

simple or the full works. 

I do hope you try this. 

A layer of just four box drawers with the easel card on top makes a nice gift come greeting.

I used a score board to make mine which adds 

the extra measurement needed for the box slider wrap. 

If you are making this without one add on 2mm or 1/8th of an inch

 to the measurements for the box wrap. 

To make this project.

For the boxes, cut 24 pieces of card to measure 5" x 4". 

Score in 1" on each side. 

Fold along score lines then cut out triangles from the corner squares. 

Glue these tabs and fold up and stick to make the box. 

Cosmic shimmer glue is perfect for box making. 

Grabs straight away, two presses and its dry. 

Repeat for all 24 pieces of card. 

The finished box will measure 2" x 3".

For the wrap/slider that goes around the boxes, 

cut 24 pieces of card to measure 3" x 8". 

Score along the long edge.

 Make sure you fold, crease and burnish each score line

 and butt this folded line against the edge of the board 

before scoring the next line. 

You need to score at 2" fold n butt then score 1" fold n butt,

 then score at 2" fold n butt, then score at 1". 

Repeat for all 24 pieces of card.

Then pop your box onto the wrap, fold up and stick flap into place. 

By doing it this way ensures your box can slide in and out easily.

Next cut 7 pieces of card to measure 5" x 5". 

These will be the foundation and provide a sturdy structure. 

Now build the tower.

 Start with the 5x5 card. 

Glue on 4 boxes around the edge. 

Glue another piece of 5x5 card on top. 

Then continue to build up in the same way till all boxes are used.

Time to decorate. 

I used sprays to colour my card. 

I would have done this before cutting up all the card pieces 

but I changed my mind on the look after making the boxes. 

I used Color Bloom Spray Summer Sky 

and made a lilac one with alchemy wax, 

Dylusions spray and water. 

I edged everything with a blue pro marker. 

Used buttons on the drawer fronts and hand written numbers 

punched out with circle punch and layered on a punched square.

To make my topper I made an Easel card. 

The background paper was from the overspray of the card pieces. 

I used the latest JOFY 48 Xmas stamps 

coloured with Distress inks for the feature, 

and Tando Snowflakes as a stopper, 

organza ribbon, clear gems and Detail sparkle medium for some bling.

Products Used:

Paperartsy stamps

Tando Minis

Buttons

Organza Ribbons 

Color Bloom Spray

Dylusions Spray

Imagination Crafts Detail Sparkle

 Alchemy Wax

Distress Inks

Stazon Ink Jet Black

Pearl card stock

White card

Certainly a project to while away the weekend and

get you in the mood for the forthcoming Festivities

Thank you Dawn

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