I can feel it is getting more and
more difficult not to create Christmas pieces, so once again I'm here with a
festive story about the little angel sprinkling starlight over the beautiful
Christmas time ………
I started with a white/greyboard 6x6
panel painted in Ice Blue and when dry, stenciled the beautiful Poinsettia tree
using Light Texture Paste. When dry it was painted with first diluted Chestnut
Brown, then Green and lastly with the Metallic Paint Silver, so that the dark
tone from the brown and green is still shining through.
The angel was also stenciled onto
the panel with Light Texture Paste and when dry, I added Crackle Paint to her
dress. It was later dabbed with Green and Teal paint to let it run into the
cracks and when dry, it all got a coat of Soft Gel Matte, to keep the rather
big cracks in place. Her wings were painted with White and Antique Silver and she has a red cheek, brown
hair and shoes and face details, all with Fine Liners.
A snowflake was stenciled in the
right corner next to the tree and Ice Blue paint was dabbed all around the
tree, angel and star, to create texture not easy to take good photos with all
the shine, lol).
Bits and Pieces greyboard, bells and
a gift box were all painted with Antique Silver and adhered to the tree with
Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive, tying light blue ribbon to hang the bells and wrap the box. Next to the tree on the left side, I
added strips of long thin papers, torn and added with gesso to make snowy like
texture on the ground - also smeared with a little Teal with my finger! The
clouds were created the same way. The Dinky Stencil Stars were
stenciled onto heavy cardboard and cut out after I painted them with the
Antique Silver. They were adhered on top of a piece of old nylon tulle, totally
torn into loose threads, as if falling from the angel hands. Lynne’s Affirmation was stamped also
on cardboard in Distress Oxide Salty Ocean and with my finger, I smeared the
rest of the colour from her dress and Teal onto the text panels.
I found a Star Anise in my kitchen
and made it the top star, painting with a little White and Teal. Also I added
little snow dots to the tree and lastly sprinkled silver glitter here and there
using the Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive.
Now I hope you are able to see the
details but sorry for bad photos, I did retake them 3 times and then gave up! J
This is first Monday in December and
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas month.
Hugs and love
Dorthe
Materials used:
That’s
Crafty! Stencils: Poinsettia Tree TC7001, Angel Tree TC7005
That’s
Crafty! Multi Surface Paint: White, Chestnut Brown, Teal, Metallic Antique
Silver, Green, Metallic Ice Blue
Distress Crackle Paint Picket Fence
From my stash: Blue ribbon, craft
paper, old nylon tulle, Star Anise, silver glitter
