Monday 5 December 2016

Winter Scene Bauble



Good morning, Kirsten here, I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I had a very lazy Sunday, recovering from all Lisa's & my preparations for the Christmas party classes & then
the classes themselves on Friday. Today I'd like to show the first of my three MDF baubles that I decorated for the classes................



I began with the Village Fence from Anna Marie Designs, applying Rusty Patina Blanc with a palette knife. I gave it a quick blast with my heat tool, scratched into it with a piercing tool, then set it aside to dry overnight...........

(Rusty Patina gives such a nice, rough texture when it's dry, due to the rust particles in it & once it's dry you can keep adding more to build up as much texture as you like).




The next day I painted the fence with Sax Blue Starlights, pushing the paint into the cracks before wiping off the surface layer with a baby wipe - using a clean piece each time. I used a baby wipe with paint on it to add a little paint to the bottom of the fence...........







I used the same techniques with the Rusty Patina & Starlights (Topaz & Antique Gold) on the little Anna Marie Designs birdhouse.......




This is the spacer bauble that comes with the MDF set. I applied Rusty Patina Blanc to it with a palette knife & used the tip of the palette knife to tap into the wet RP to create texture. When the RP was dry, (I left it overnight also), I painted the bauble with Sax Blue, Blue & Mediterranean Sky Starlights..................






I had previously painted the MDF trees with Green & Emerald Starlights for another project, so I just painted Mediterranean Sky & Sax Blue on top & added Diamond SM................




The MDF birds were painted with Topaz & Zinober Gold Starlights & I created the snowy mound by brayering a mix of Diamond Sparkle Medium & Cracked Ice glitter on to white card then cutting the dry card to fit the base of the bauble & cover the bottom of the fence....................







I used hot glue to adhere everything to the bauble, added a ribbon to the top & a few Art Cutz snowflakes that I'd painted with Blue & Pearl Starlights & some gems to the trees & the bauble was finished......................




Birds MDF   Bird Houses MDF   Village Fences   Rusty Patina    Cracked Ice Sparkling Glitter    

Mediterranean Sky SLPearl SLSax Blue SLZinober Gold SL     SM Spatula JT3   

Mini Brayer

Thank you for visiting the blog today, have a great week.

Kirsten









4 comments:

  1. Love the blue on the fences and the dangly bird house! Very clever... (as usual!) xx

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  2. These are so lovely - the snowy texture is so cool - very pretty. Been having a quick catch up - great to have a few moments to call my own...
    Alison x

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    1. Thank you so much for the kind comments Alison, I'm so behind with blog visiting that I've given up for now, will start afresh after Christmas. Hope you're well, have a great Christmas & New Year.

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