Tuesday To-Do

Spring Blossom Mirror

This is an older project, but it's perfect for this time of year. Just substitute some newer supplies, or dig into your stash for the original papers used. Come on, you know you've been hoarding them!

Spring Blossoms Altered Mirror

   

 Supplies:

 

Wooden frame mirror (this one is available at Ikea)

 

Patterned Papers:

 

 Twigs and Soar from Lily Kate Collection by BasicGrey

 

Acrylic Paint:

 

 Anise

 

 Almond Green

 

Chipboard Flower border:

 

 Fancy Pants Designs

 

Paper Flowers:

 

 Prima Marketing

 

Silk Flowers:

 

 Bazzill Basics Paper

 

Rhinestones:

 

 Moments Defined

 

Micro beads:

 

 Queen and Company

 

Dimensional adhesive:

 

 Glossy Accents, Ranger

 

Decoupage glue (e.g. Mod Podge)

 

Gesso

 

 

 

Tools:

 

Craft Knife and/or sharp scissors

 

Paintbrushes

 

 

 

Instructions:

   

 Step 1:

 

 

  Prepare frame by painting with gesso. Allow to dry completely.

 

Tip: to avoid getting paint on the mirror, protect the edges with low-tack masking tape or painters tape. If any paint does get on mirror, clean immediately with a baby wipe

 

 

 

Step 2:

 

 

 

Paint frame with three coats of Anise paint, allowing each coat to dry completely.

Paint chipboard border with 2 coats of Almond Green, allowing each coat to dry completely.

 

 

 

Step 3:

 

 

Using your craft knife/scissors cut out designs from the patterned paper. Measure the mirror to ensure the patterned paper is the right size, and trim any excess.

 

Step 4.

 

 

Using a clean paint brush and the decoupage glue adhere patterned paper to mirror. Once adhered, paint a layer of decoupage over the papers as well as the painted frame. This will act as a fixative as well as give a finished look.Allow to dry.

 

 

 

Step 5.

 

 

 

Stick chipboard border to frame, cutting off any overhang. In the center of each flower shape squeeze a layer of dimensional adhesive, and pour beads in. Allow to dry, preferably overnight. Decorate papers with silk and paper flowers, and rhinestones as shown.

Canvas

Here are the instructions to make this canvas which I posted a couple weeks ago

 

Supplies

 

 

 

Canvas or canvas board

 

Two colours of Ranger Perfect Pearls (I used Sparkle Yellow and Rust)

 

Ranger Embossing ink

 

Ranger clear embossing powder

 

Image stamp - I used clear acrylic stamps by Alpha Stamps

Rub-ons: 7 Gypsies

   

Sticker: Daisy D’s

   

Trim: Prima

   

Fabric butterfly: from Alpha Stamps fabric collage sheet

Two spray bottles

   

Paper towels

 

Stickers and embellishments

 

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

1. Ink your stamp with embossing ink and randomly stamp image across the canvas.

 

 

 

I did my stamping in a trail across the canvas because of the follow your bliss theme I was going for.

 

 

 

2. Cover with embossing powder and tap off the excess. Because the canvas is textured make sure to really tap it against your table so that it adheres only to the stamped image.

 

3. Use heat gun to melt embossing powder

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

4. Mix lighter colour of Perfect Pearls with a little water in a spray bottle

   

 

   

 

 

And spray over entire canvas.

 

 

   

 

 

Don’t worry about any drips or drabbles, that will only add to the effect J

 

 

 

Let dry entirely. If you’re impatient (like me!) you might want to use your heat gun to speed this process up a bit.

 

 

 

5. Once

dry mix second colour of Perfect Pearls and spray over canvas, making sure to concentrate on the areas of the canvas that are still white.

 

 

   

 

 

6. At this point you can use a crumpled up piece of paper towel to dab into the wet “ink”. This gives a nice texture to the pattern

      

 

 

7. You can choose to either stop at this point or add another layer of colour.

 

 

 

   

 

 

Once the canvas is dry use a clean paper towel or soft cloth to wipe colour off the embossed image

   

 

 

   

 

 

Now you can decorate the canvas to suit your theme!

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some details:

Spring Posie

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted a Tuesday To-Do, so I'm getting back into the swing of things with this super simple Spring project. I came up with the idea at christmas when I was working on button trees and other ornaments using styrofoam shapes.

You will need:
An egg shape styrofoam form
silk and paper flowers
Ribbon
Pearl headed pins
Regular straight pins

How To:

First attach the ribbon by forming a loop and using a few regular pins to attach to top of egg. Starting at the top layer silk and paper flowers, first covering the area where you stuck the pins into the ribbon
Continue until the shape is covered.
It's best to begin with the larger flowers and then use smaller ones to fill in the empty spaces

These would be lovely to use as decor for a Spring or Easter themed party!