Winter Fairy Tale

Hello dear friends!

Today I'm hosting the Finnabair blog with a winter fairy project.

I had this small 4x4 inch frame for a long time and finally decided to do something with it. It is actually a shadow frame, made out of paper mache, so I wanted something to fit inside. 

As I was looking through my stash, I found this little fairy, which I made using a mold and plaster many years ago and what a surprise - it was the perfect size for my shadow frame! 

So, the idea was to create a wintery fairy scene inside the shadow frame.

I kept looking through my stash and I found some beautiful Mechanical leaves and small flowers that looked just perfect on the little frame. I used a couple of brads to join them together and then a pliers to blend them in order to fit them onto the frame. 

Mechanicals are flexible and that makes it very easy to change their shape. For the tittle I used a tiny word 'Treasure' by 2Crafty Chipboard. 

Next step was to paint them all with Black Gesso. I chose Black Gesso instead of White because later on I used Gold Opal Magic Mica Powder and I really love the effect on black surface.

When it was dry I made custom paints with Mica Powders (Gold Opal Magic, Rust, Frozen Lake, Deep Water, Bottle Green) and Soft Matte Gel and painted the frame and the fairy.
First I used all the colors, but at the end I painted everything one more time with Rust and Opal Gold because I wanted them to be the main colors of the composition.

I also used White Crackle Paste on the frame. I let it dry and again painted it with the custom Rust paint. After they were all dry, I glued some glossy grass, a flower and the fairy inside the frame and spayed white Lindy's Stamp Gang spray on and around the fairy. I also painted with Black Gesso the edges of the frame in order to make more dark shading around the composition.

Last step was to spread some Art Ingredients here and there, mostly around the fairy and in the center of the flower. I  played with Pearl and Sterling Glass Glitter as well Silver Micro Beads and White Art Sugar. I love combining different types of Art Ingredients and creating varied effects in every project. I used 3D Gloss Gel as a glue. It dries clear and gives a beautiful shine.

***you can find full list of products of this project here

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I hope you got inspired by my wintery fairy scene!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

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