Altered Snowman *with video

Hello dear friends! Today I’m sharing a Christmas project for ColourArte. An altered small vase which turned out into a snowman. I made a video with all the process, I hope you will enjoy it.

First let’s see what ColourArte products I used for this project:

• Primary Elements: Oyster, Iridescent Blue Pearl, Cool Water
• Twinkling H2Os: Spiced Pumpkin, Apple Blossom

Other products:

• small IKEA vase
• handmade felt hat
• Finnabair Black Jesso
• Finnabair Soft Matte Gel
• Finnabair Snowflake Paste
• Finnabair Art Ingredients (White Art Sugar, Pearl Glass Glitter)
• Black permanent pen
• Christmas decorations (bell, sparkle grass, snowflake sticker, 7Gypsies brad and candycane sticker)
• Red ribbon
• twine
• Finnabair Mechanicals – label

I made custom waterproof paints with Soft Matte Gel and Primary Elements and painted the vase and the hat. I also used the H2Os to color the snowman’s nose and cheeks.

Here are some details…

…and the video with the process…

I had so much fun creating this cute project! 

I love making Christmas decorations for my house :)

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For more inspiration you can see my other altered project here

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Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty day!

'Peace on Earth' ATCs

Καλό μήνα! Tα Χριστούγεννα πλησιάζουν και έχω αρχίσει να μπαίνω σιγά σιγά σε εορταστικό mood, χιχι... Σήμερα σας έχω δύο ATC με αγγελάκια για το Scraps N Pieces.

Ηappy December everyone!

Christmas is getting close and Ι'm already in Xmas mood :)

I created two ATCs for Scraps N Pieces.

 To moodboard μας αυτόν τον μήνα είναι Χρισουγεννιάτικο, με γήινα χρώματα και ...γλυκό :)

Μπορείτε να εμπνευστήτε από οτιδήποτε θέλετε (χρώματα, γλυκά, αστέρια, ΑγιοΒασιλάκια, κτλ) και η δημιουργία σας δεν χρειάζεται  να είναι Χριστουγεννιάτικη.

For your inspiration we have a Christmas moodbard, with earth colors and lots of sweets :)

You can create any kind of project, as long as you tell us what inspired you by this moodboard (colors, sweets, cookies, stars, Santa, etc). Your project doesn't have to be Christmas themed. 

Για όσες δεν έχετε δει ή ακούσει για τα ΑΤC (artist trading cards), να σας πω ότι είναι μικρές καρτούλες, πολύ μικρές όμως, 2,5x3,5 inches (δηλαδή 6,35x8,89 cm - να σας γλυτώσω από το googleάρισμα) :)

Χρησιμοποίησα λοιπόν 2 σε αυτές τις διαστάσεις σε craft χρώμα. Για το background κόλλησα χριστουγεννιάτική χαρτοπετσέτα με γκι με κόλλα decoupage και χρησιμοποίησα Finnabair stencil, σφραγίδες (αυτή και αυτή), Mica Powders, Soft Matte Gel, Micro Beads, Flakes και glitter.  

ATC (artist trading cards) are small cards, measured only 2,5x3,5 inches.

For the background I decoupaged a Christmas napkin with mistletoe and used Finnabair products like stencil, stamps,  Mica Powders, Soft Matte Gel, Micro Beads, Mica Flakes and glitter.

Για να φτιάξω τα αγγελάκια σχεδίασα ένα απλό σκίτσο σε χαρτόνι, το έκοψα με ψαλίδι, το κόλλησα πάνω σε scrapbooking χαρτί και το ξαναέκοψα. Επίσης τα ψιλοέγδαρα λίγο με το ψαλίδι για να φαίνονται vintage. Για τα φτερά χρησιμοποίησα χρυσό σύρμα και για το στόλισμα χρυσή κλωστή με ένα Finnabair αστεράκι brad.

For the angels I made a simple draw on card board, cut it with scissors, glued it on a pattered paper and cut it again with scissors. I distressed the angels with my scissors to make them look like vintage. I used gold wire to make the wings and gold thread with a Finnabair star brad to decorate it.

Tέλος έγραψα τον τίτλο με ανεξίτηλο μαύρο μαρκαδοράκι πάνω στα αγγελάκια, έκανα μερικές γραμμές με λευκό Uniball Signo και πιστιλιές με άσπρο gesso.

H όλη διαδικασία έγινε ταυτόχτονα και στις δύο κάρτες.

I wrote the title on the angels with a permanent pen, made some doodling with white pen Uni-ball and some splashes with white gesso.

The hole process was carried simultaneously on both cards.

***Μπορείτε να βρείτε όλα τα υλικά που χρησιμοποίησα στο μαγαζί του Scraps N Pieces εδώ.

***you can buy all supplies I used for this project at the Scraps N Pieces Emporium 

Η νικήτρια θα επιστρέψει ως Guest Designer και μια τυχερή θα κερδίσει μια υπέροχη συλλογή χαρτιών της Dovecraft!

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Κορίτσια περιμένω να δω τις δημιουργίες σας!

Φιλιά!

So, will you play with us at Scraps N Pieces for a chance to win this beautiful paper collection by Dovecraft (see the picture above)!?

I can't wait to see your projects!

xxx

Athanasia

'JOY' altered tiny jars

Hello :)

Today we have a super fun reveal Spread Your Wings Academy

with Finnabair CT!

Every time I want to create any type of project, the first thing to do is to choose the right Art Basics for my project. And every time I do that, I find the Soft Matte Gel on my table waiting for me to play with Mica powders. I love making custom waterproof paints, because they don't react with water and give me full control when I'm adding different layers of media. I think they are the perfect base to work with in mixed media projects, like these tiny cute jars.

These jars are so tiny that the chipboard letters look like giants on them!

I made two custom paints with Soft Matte Gel and two shades of Mica Powders (Blue Opal Magic and Pale Silver) and painted the jars inside and outside. This paint works perfectly as a glue too, so I placed the Roman Numerals directly on the paint and let it dry.

Then I added some White Gesso and Platinum Crackle Paste here and there. I spread some Silver Micro Beads and let it dry. 

While I was waiting the media to dry, I altered the 2Crafty Chipboard letters and snowflakes. I used the two shades of custom paints to paint them and spread some glitter on them. This paint drys very fast, so the chipboard where pretty quickly ready to use on my project. I twisted some silver wire around them and attached the letters on the jars. Then I tied small bows with silver thread and glued the snowflakes on them.

I also altered three Pendant Cups with the Blue Opal Magic custom paint. I painted them first with Black Gesso and then painted the opal color. It really looks awesome on black surface! I spread some Silver Micro Beads and Pearl Glass Glitter and let it dry. Then I attached some fancy holiday grass I had in my stash and secured it with a brad. The cups have a little hole in the middle and the brads fit perfect in there! The cups themselves also match perfect on the holes of the jars!

Last thing to do was to paint the jars and the letters with Snowflake Paste and spread some Frosted Mica Flakes and Glitter on the paste.

***see full supplies list here

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia