Hello everyone, Martina here, thank you for all the kind comments and messages on my previous post. Today, I thought I would
share one of my samples from the last ODS on Hochanda with you today: there
were so many from the whole design team that Sue and Kerri-Ann didn’t have time
to show them all! I made a plaque using a combination of stencils and the GORGEOUS new Starlight Waxes, designed to hang on the wall, shed or summer house, (if you are lucky enough to have one)!
This is how it all
began…
Taking one of the
plaques, I added two holes using a Crop-o-Dile and base coated using Baltic
Blue MDF paint. Whilst this was drying, I mixed a small amount of the Mediterranean
Blue Starlight Wax, with some Magi-Paint
Glaze.
Initially I stippled
my wax mix all over the plaque with a stencil brush, but did not quite get the
effect I wanted. In the end, I found using an old baby wipe was the best method
and gave me a mottled look to what was to be the sky.
Once this layer was
dry, I used the Folk
Butterfly Meadow Stencil to add some of the grasses. I applied Apple
Green Starlight Wax using my finger, changing the pressure to get some
variation. Moving the stencil every so often, I built up the density of the
grass.
Still wanting some different
tones in my ‘meadow’, I added some grass using the Diamond
Starlight Wax, as well as adding some of the colour to the sides of the
original Apple
Green.
Now to add some
colour! Using my finger again, I applied Antique
Pink Starlight Wax through the flower heads of the same stencil. I applied
this quite thickly, moving the stencil to the places I wanted the blooms to be.
Wanting to add some smaller flowers, I picked out some of the ‘daisy’ type
blooms from the ‘Life is Good in the Garden’ stencil and applied the wax in the
same way.
With my background
dry, the next bit was to add my favourite ALL TIME product….SPARKLE MEDIUM!!!
Using Repositionable
Stencil Tape, I masked off the words from the rest of the ‘Life Is Good in
the Garden’ stencil and placed into position. Once happy, I applied Antique
Bronze Sparkle Medium with a Spatula.
Once the Sparkle
Medium was totally set, I decided wanted to add a little more interest, so
reached for the Butterfly
Art-Cutz. I chose a butterfly and applied Dark
Orchid Starlight Wax to both sides. To add a bit of sparkle, I used my
finger to apply some Diamond
Quartz Sparkle Medium to the top and a few pearls. The final touch was to
add some Art-Cutz birds from one of the other sets, painted with the Med.
Blue Starlight Wax and inked on the edges to define from the sky area.
Here is the finished
piece…
Thank you for reading
and I will see you again very soon!
Love,
Martina
