Christmas ornament Tutorial

Holidays are right around corner, aren't they?...
So many things we want to do....
We want to make everyone we love to feel special.
Well, I want to suggest making Christmas ornaments together as a family, or as a personal ond loving gifts to your family members and friends.

I got on e-bay plain circle coasters, they are so cheap! :)
And you'll need some doilies, pretty picture like the one I have used from Crafty Secrets,
 pieces of ribbons,
flowers, buttons, feathers-whatever you have around the house:)

You'll also need some glue,
double sided sticky tape
scissors
and if you really want to be fancy, or you are a scrapper like me-UTE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel)
Heat gun
chalk
Eyelet and eyelet stetting tool
circle puncher might be of a use ;)

and here is what you do:

Take the coaster, and a pritty patterned paper (I have used Anna Griffin Willow collection) from patterned paper I cut out a circle larger then my coaster (about 1inch larger in diameter)

Then I glued coaster to the paper, right in the center

Then I have cut up sections of paper into "flaps" and glued all around coaster.

When I was done with that , I glued my doily right in the center with double sticky tape

set the eylet with eylet setting tool

Next step you might want to skip, if you are the begginer, and just glue your image in the center of the doily.

But, if you are willing you can do heat embossing with UTEE( I did 3 layers of UTEE on my piece), afterwards the heating process place your image in the refregitrator for a few minutes,then remove from cold  and push with your finger as much as you can, to crack the enamel

Then I used some of the wet chalk to make my image more "vintage"

just by rubbing chalk over the cracked image

Proceed to decorate to your taste

Here you can see the crackle effect of UTEE

And, this is my finished gift:

Could be a lovely and memorable gift to someone who has a new baby  boy in the family;)

Happy crafting everyone!

Hugs

Dianascarlett

P.S.

For russian speakin readers I had this MK done in russian, and you can read about it here:

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The best ghost in the world

Or tiny funny tutorial:-)

How to have a fun memory of the past Halloween?  How to entertain a kid, who is already full of candies? As easy as pie! Let’s make a ghost.

Most likely you know how to do it. But if you don’t - join me!

We will need:

-        piece of black\dark fabric

-        glue which you can easily remove

-        white acrylic  paint

-        disposable plate (optional)

-        glitter powder

-        varnish (optional)

-        eyes

But most importantly, we need the sweetest,  most wonderful and most beautiful feet in the world:-)

Now we have everything.  Let’s start.

1.    1. Pour the glue into plate and mix it with white paint

2.     Put the lovely foot in the mix. Foot and toes should be well painted

3.     And set foot on the dark fabric. Hold for a couple of seconds

4.   Remove the foot, get a ghost:-))) To ghost flickered like a real one just put the glitter on it. And set aside to dry.

5.    It’s time to wash the foot:-) Use wipes

6.     Now shake off unnecessary glitter and attach a ghost eyes. It looks alive!!!

7.     Leave for another hour, so it's all dried out. If you want you can cover it with varnish and glitter will not fall off.

And that’s it! You have your own homemade ghost. Frame it and enjoy. Kids loooooove the proccess! Try and you will not be sorry :-)

Paper Mosaic

Have a lot of pretty bits and pieces of scrap paper, not ready to throw them out, but don't know what to do with it?

Well, then you'll going to like this idea! Why not make a paper mosaic?!

I't easy! You allready have the paper,

all you need is

white acrylic paint,

decoupage medium,

and dimentional gloss medium.

1. Get your paper ready

2. Paint your surface with white acrylic paint, cover it twice if needed.

3. Arrange your paper on the area you are working on. Then carefully lift each piece with tweezers, brush decoupage mediumon the back and replace it.

4.Brush coat of decoupage medium over the entire mosaic and allow to dry.Then add a coat of dimentional gloss medium to each paper piece. Be sure not to get gloss medium onto the "grout". Set aside to dry.

Doesn't this looks like pieces of brocken china?

This look will be a treasure on the cover of your scrap albums, pages and cards and a good way to use your scraps.

For the love of Doilies!

If you have a wedding shower, wedding party or ANYTHING related to wedding! Here is an awesome  and simple tutorial for you!

Let's make a Bride and Groom out... of Doilies!

So, before we begin, here is a list of things you'll need:

4 doilies

black paint

scissors

glue (of course!)

just a Small piece of organza (or some other flow piece of fabric for the veil)

So let's start with the bride. We are going to use 2  doilies.

Take one doily, and cut it in half:

From both sides make a cone, like so:

Place a small amount of glue, and glue one cone inside of the other.

Then take our uncut doily make the same cut as before in half then your half one cut again in half,  make it into 1/4th of a doily.

And cut of the plane part from the lacy one:

Glue ends together:

Then glue smaller cones to the large one. Voila! It starts to look like a dress!

Face of the bride you can make out of thin, long strip of paper rolled into a tight circle, add a piece of fabric, some embellishments of your choice - you're done with the bride!

Let's make a groom!

Before we begin, first of all we should paint doily black - unless your groom is matching with the bride ;)

 We shall do the same first 2 steps as with the bride "dress" and "sleeves"

But then we shall make PANTS for our handsome guy!

Then we shall add adorable face to the lucky guy a hat and a bow tie - all from the thin, long strip of paper in different colors.

And in just under 10 minutes you have made a miniature centerpieces for your party!

Just a hint:

Take away the veil-and our creation will transform into a Christmas or christening angel!

I enjoyed making them, I hope you will too!

Coloring with Shimmer Spray Tutorial

Hi there, it's Dianascarlett today with a little tutorial how to color your images with shimmer spray.

Here is what you are going to need:
A cardstock
Clear embossing powder
Stamp of your choice ( I have used Susan Nicoll, Antique Rose)
And Shimmer Spray of your choice (I have used Maya Road)

Here we go!

Stamp your image and emboss

Spritz Shimmer spray on transperency sheet.
Here are some tips:
Shimmer sprays tend to settle to the bottom of the bottle quickly so make sure you shake them up before sraying.
 Paint rose using shimmer sprays and paintbrush.
Paint the rose and leaves with the lightest colors first (If you have at hand, I did not) and then go back to add darker colors.

And here is what I did with my colored Rose.

Hope you enjoy it, I would like to hear feedback from you!