Suzys Artsy Craftsy Sitcom: Feature Friday- Faux Metal Wall Art
Looking for the Faux Metal Wall Art? Since this project was originally published on The Sitcom in December 2010, it has been my most popular project by far. Who knew that a bunch of toilet paper tubes and an idea would become so big? You can now find the full tutorial and FREE patterns on Suzys Artsy Craftsy Sitcom here: Faux Metal Wall Art I want to personally thank all my readers for making my Faux Metal Wall Art so popular! A similar project to check out would be my Faux Metal Filigree Frame. For more tutorial fun, please check out my Tutorial Page. Signing you up! If you enjoyed this post...
The Technique Zone: Adirondack Acrylic Dabbers
Supplies needed: Acrylic dabbers, black permanent ink pad, medium gel, splodger (or an old credit / store card), tag / card stock, text from an old book, peel offs, rubber stamps, heat tool, craft sheet Apply a thin coat of the medium gel to the tag / card stock using your splodger (or an old credit / store card) Stick you tag / card stock to the page from an old book Give it a quick blast with the heat tool but don't completely dry it Take hold of the excess paper and gently pull You will end up with something like these Cover the whole of the tag with the lightest of your chosen colours Heat set Add peel offs (I'm sure you own more interesting ones than I do!!!) Cover the peel offs with a darker colour, adding further colour where you would like. Remove your peel offs This should reveal the lighter colour you started with Add another colour if you wish Use the dabber to 'ink' up your stamp Stamp the image but be sure to clean your stamp straight away Stamp your images onto your tag / card stock
a painting tutorial : the basics and a how-to on tea stains
I wrote this post a looooooonnnngggg time ago. And I thought I would give ‘er an old revamp, and post it again, because of some requests I’ve gotten from you guys this week. A lot of my views on things have changed, and my resources have grown, so I added a little of this and that… And without further ado: There are tons of wonderful tutorials on painting, out there on the WWW. I by no means think I am the know-it-all of furniture painting. The first piece I ever touched was Aiden’s nursery chest of drawers. So take a deep breath, and repeat after me: painting furniture is an art, not a science. {Now say it three times and promise not to drive to my house in the middle of the night and shake me awake in sheer desperation all because you feel betrayed by shoddy directions. Now take another deep breath and repeat after me: I am my own worst enemy. What I’m trying to say is: hang in there. Everything is truly fixable, and for the love of all things beautiful, try not to be so anal. a. e. f.
Make Water Balloon Candle Holders | Dollar Store Crafts
Home » $5 and Under, cheap crafts, Decor, Headline, High Concept, Weddings 11 February 2009 364,642 views 50 Comments by heather Candletech has instructions for the coolest candle-making project I have EVER seen! The comments section of the tutorial also provides a lot of valuable insight for making this project. Other commenters suggested adhering something to the outside of the wax to add additional interest (although I just LOVE them as they are!) The project recommends high-melt paraffin wax to avoid the melting issue when used with tea lights. Project Estimate: Paraffin Wax*, $1 (find at the grocery store in the canning section)Balloons, $1Double boiler, on handCookie sheet, on handBattery operated tea lights, 2 for $1 Total cost: $3 *one commenter said s/he made 15 luminaries out of about 8 lbs of paraffin, so figure about half a pound of wax per luminary. Disclosure: this article may contain affiliate links or other forms of sponsored content.
Approachable Art by Judi Hurwitt: How- To: Making Your Own Stamps!
(Hearts Afire, 12" x 12", hand-carved stamps on heavy watercolor paper, 2007) (This tutorial can also be purchased as an e-book from both Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobel.) Every artist needs primary source material. Primary source material is original images, sketches, drawings and photographs that the artist herself has generated without the aid of any outside sources. Finding PSM becomes challenging (and often disheartening) if you're an artist like me who doesn't draw. That very fact alone nearly stopped me dead in my tracks years ago, when the desire for making art began to bubble inside me in earnest. So how does an artist who can't, don't, or won't draw get original imagery into their art? Let's get to it. Corrugated Cardboard Stamps What You'll Need: - 3-ply corrugated cardboard, recycled from old boxes or purchased in cut sheets at a local shipping store. What You'll Do: - Press firmly onto dry or damp paper or fabric and lift straight up. To Clean: wipe gently with a damp cloth
painting furniture black | Southern Hospitality
Back in 2002, I was on the cutting edge of the black painted furniture craze, when after doing a kitchen renovation at my house in Georgia, I painted my kitchen chairs black (which I shared about 2 years ago here). And I haven’t looked back since then. There have been many more furniture transformations using black paint since that day. I think this trend actually started with Ballards Designs (at least to me) when I picked up their catalog and began seeing black furniture, a light bulb went off. I can do that! You’ve seen countless demonstrations of painting furniture black on the web, but here’s mine….again. So, join me today for another black spray paint project. These 2 harp back chairs are yardsale finds (of course, they are!) Outside they went and first I wiped them down with a liquid sander. I used Rustoleum Black Satin spray paint on these, but any brand will do. After drying about 10 minutes, the chairs are ready for their spray paint debut. Like this, this looks good. Added to:
Spring Scrapbook Paper Tree
Hello fellow crafters! Tristin and I were invited to be today's featured guest blogger over at Everyday Mom Ideas! We were thrilled with this wonderful opportunity, and wanted to share with the readers over there one of our trees from the collection we're currently doing. This second tree is very similar to the first one. (Since this is a guest post on a different blog, and the concept is similar to the first tree.. Thanks, Julia, for having us on your blog!
Watercolor Tutorial by *Loonaki on deviantART
Stripping the Buffet
A few months ago, Adam found this beautiful buffet on Craigslist. I loved the details, but for me it was a bit dark. I wanted to wait to paint it though until we were in our house so I could decide what would look best with our space. (Hey, that's me!) Don't all of those cords look great. :) Anyways, I decided that I wanted it white (of course). But after seeing furniture on other blogs that were painted with the tops left wood, I thought maybe that would look good for this piece. So yesterday I headed to Lowe's to get the supplies I would need to strip off the paint from the top. After looking around the paint area for a few minutes I walked right up to two of the guys working there (who happened to be right around my age, early 20's) and I asked: "Where is your stripper?" Maybe I'm a bit immature, but as soon as I said this I had to giggle in my head. Luckily, they did not laugh out loud. Anywho, here is what you need to strip paint off of a flat surface: 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6 & 7.) God Bless!
