An Artful Altered Bottle by Priya Mishra

Evening all

Well I love an altered bottle and I have a few stashed around my craft room which I have picked up from charity shops and car boot sales. Of course wine, beer and even pop bottles can be used to make a stunning project.

When Priya sent me her project for tonight I was in awe of the amount of stunning embellishments used, and you can feel the texture in this project. Using the filigree shapes is really easy on a bottle because the bend so easily, to curve around any shape of bottle.

We would love to see any designs you make based on any of our blogs and you can share them in our craft group Artful Play Days, you can also ask us any questions on how to make the projects we share. 

See the list of everything used at end of the blog.

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I am Sharing an Altered Bottle with you all. Altered art is one of my favourite techniques and I love How we can transform simple things into some awesome masterpieces.

For this I used AD MDF, metal filigree embellishments and lace along with the Texture stones.

For colouring this piece I used Finnabair Metallic Paints and waxes.

First I gave a coat of black gesso all over followed by some stencilling.

Then I glued some lace on the neck of the bottle and attached some chipboard.

I layered some more chipboard on the centre of the bottle.

  

Then I attached the Heart with wings MDF on the neck of the bottle and some flowers.

I added some texture stones and texture sand  here and there.

Then I covered the whole bottle with black gesso again.

Once it is completely dry, I started applying colours.

I dry brushed with metallic paint Ancient Coin and Dark Violet.

Then I applied some Vintage Gold and Mystique Turquoise wax all over.

                  

Thanks Priya

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

For more projects for Priya please click on the links below to follow & like her pages.

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Thanks Jules xx

Supplies List from Artful Days:

Art Basics Heavy Gesso Black

Art Basics Matt 3D Gel

Artful Days wooden Heart

Artful Days Decorative Art Sand

Artful Days Pearl Art Balls

Filigree Bronze Circles

Large Bronze Filigree Circles

Beige Lace

My own stash:

Finnabair Metallic Paint Dark Velvet

Finnabair Waxes Mystique Turquoise and Vintage gold

Steampunk Imagination by Reniferove

Hello Crafters

First please can I say a massive thank you for all the orders from the weekends big sale, I am nearly caught up with packaging a posting them all, phew. 

If you missed it, then we still have some clearance items left. still at fab prices just click here  

Back to the blog and Reniferove, and wow another truly inspiring product. There so much to look at, the way the wire mesh has been used, the texture, composition, and what about those colours. We love our rust colours here at Artful Days and with patina colours added well can it get any better:)

For details of the products used, please see links at the end of the blog. 

Hello

Today I have prepared a steampunk canvas for you. 

I felt like a big project with lots of elements and I decided to use everything that suited the steampunk style.

At work you will find a balloon with resin chipboards, mdf clocks and one of my favourite products, metal wire mesh.       

              

After gluing all the elements, covering the whole with balls and sand paste, I took a picture for you so that you could look at how many elements are there.

After drying, I covered the entire white gesso and started adding colours. 

I mainly used Magicals from Lindys Stamp Gang from Industrial Chic sets, Autumn Leaves and Octoberfest Orange Shaker. 

To strengthen the colours, I also added alcohol inks in brown, turquoise and blue, as well as Fluid Acrylic DecoArt in Vermilion colour.

I hope you like the design, and I invite you to shop in the store.

             

               

Thanks Reniferove 

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

For more projects for Reniferove please click on the links below 

Blog - http://reniferove-scrapy. blogspot.nlYou Tube -  https://www.youtube.com/ channel/ UCLVrIIRzOtaKhFjYj2UhSDA

Thanks Jules xx

Artful Days products used 

House-of-Roses-Ephemera-Cards.html

Lindys-Magical-Shaker-Oktoberfest-Orange.html

Starburst-Spray-set-Autumn-Leaves.html

Starburst-Spray-set-Industrial-Chic.html

MDF-Roman-Clock-Large-ADM002.html

MDF-Roman-Clock-Small-ADM003.html

Steampunk-Flying-Hearts-Boarders-4749.html

White-Resin-Hot-Air-Balloons-R7019.html

White-Resin-Radiator-Keys-R7027.html

Set-of-5-Cream-Plastic-Pallet-Knifes.html

Prima-Art-Basics-Matt-3D-Gel.html

Prima-Art-Basics-Modeling-Paste.html

Prima-Art-Basics-Heavy-Gesso-White.html

Set-of-3-Bronze-Ornate-Keys-C021.html

Metal-Wire-Mesh.html

Wooden-Bobbin-Reels-E5002.html

Peace at Christmas by Teresa Morgan

Hello Crafters

Firstly, our BIG sale starts tonight at 8pm, I say BIG, because theres a massive 50% off everything in our Sale category.

We always provide FREE UK postage on order over £20, but for the next 4 days it will be reduced just £1 for any orders under the value of £20.

The link to the website is HERE :)

So on to tonight's blog post with Teresa, she has taken large MDF letters, our beautiful Christmas resins and made another stunning Christmas project. 

Its also in my Christmas colours and would look stunning on any fireplace or windowsill :)

Paint the MDF letters and plaque with a couple of coats of metallic paint, and set aside to dry.

Give the resin shapes a coat of gesso and let dry. 

Mix a little gold gilding polish with water to create a wash and apply to the resins allowing the colour to settle in the details. 

Once dry, use your finger to apply white gilding polish to the surface, highlighting the texture.

Use heavy gel medium to attach the letters and resin shapes, then use a coarse texture paste to create 'snow' around the base of the letters.

Sprinkle white and silver sand over the texture paste while wet to add extra interest, and add silver and gold Sparkle Spheres, along with white Pearl art balls. 

Apply a small amount of gel medium to the tops of the MDF letters and sprinkle white sand over for more snowy detail.

















Thanks Teresa 

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

For more projects for Teresa please check out her blog http://thefatcactus.co.uk and You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNbVhMz7jX66gevhKgz5Ig/feed 

Thanks Jules xx

Products used from Artful Days

White Resin Christmas Tree Trio

White Resin Reindeer

Artful Days Sparkle Spheres - Gold

Artful Days Sparkle Spheres - Silver

Silver Sand from Artful Days Textured Trios - The Silver Set

Products (from stash)

MDF letters

MDF plaque

DecoArt Extreme Sheen Metallics

Pebeo white gesso

DecoArt Metallic Lustre

Creativ Coarse Texture Paste

Deer Head Canvas Video by Katie Lamb

Hello again Crafters

Am I allowed to say this - only 34 days until Christmas - eeek!!

Where has this year gone, seems like yesterday I was complaining about the heat in summer:)

Katie started making her Christmas Cards ages ago, very organised and tonight she is making us a Christmas hanger, using your favourite Christmas resin piece the deer head. ( I have restocked them loads of times for you:)

Its full of texture and I like the way Katie uses lolly sticks glued together to make a surface and also using a gel medium to stick embossing paste too.

Click on the link below to watch, all our products are linked at the bottom of the blog.

Thanks Katie :)

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

If you would like to see more of Katie's projects, please check out her blog https://whatkatiedid2.blogspot.co.uk/

We would love you to support our designers and leave a lovely comment.

Thanks 

Jules xx


Artful Days Shopping list

White-Resin-Deer-Head-R7048.html

Artful-Days-Sparkle-Spheres-Silver.html

Artful-Days-Acrylic-Dew-Drops-Blue.html

MDF-Large-Circle-Frame-ADM001.html

Sisal-natural-fibres-White.html

Bronze-Snowflake-Metal-Embellishments.html

Stencil Stars https://www.artfuldays.co.uk/ourshop/prod_5916034-Stencil-Stars.html

Lindys-Magical-Shaker-Lederhosen-Laurel.html

Artful-Days-Decorative-Art-Sand-Cream-Sand.html

From Katie's Stash 

Lolly sticks

DecoArt Crackle Paste
DecoArt Black Gesso
DecoArt Heavy Gel Medium

Stay Simple with Reniferove

Welcome 

Today I have prepared something simple for you, but even simple projects can be very effective.

In the project, I used the fantastic resin castings from AD, created compositions from them on an MDF plate and covered with black gesso. 

To give colour I reached for Prima waxes in various colours. 

I decided on the shades of red, copper and gold, and to make the project more interesting I added a bit of green.

Thanks Reniferove 

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

For more projects for Reniferove please click on the links below 

Blog - http://reniferove-scrapy. blogspot.nlYou Tube -  https://www.youtube.com/ channel/ UCLVrIIRzOtaKhFjYj2UhSDA

Thanks Jules xx

Artful Days products used 

Prima-Art-Basics-Matt-3D-Gel

Prima-Art-Basics-Heavy-Gesso-Black.html

Prima-Art-Alchemy-Metallique-Wax-Rich-Copper.html

White-Resin-Faces-R7004.html

White-Resin-Large-Wings-Set-One-R7023.html

White-Resin-Radiator-Keys-R7027.html

Flower-Filigree-Circles-C128.html

My own stash:

Prima Wax Fire Ruby, Red Amber, Lucky Emerald, Vintage Gold

It's a Christmas Door by Teresa Morgan.

Evening Crafter's

We recently added Christmas products to the website, including some Christmas resins, the one Teresa is using today is amongst one of my favourites. I don't know what it is about stags & reindeer, but I absolutely love them used in mixed media, paintings, home decor you name it. 

So when I saw this project from Teresa I instantly fell in love, the icy colours, the sand which looks like snow and of course the deer head on the wreath. 

Lets see how its been created :)

All the products used are linked at the bottom of the page.

  

Start by cutting four rectangles from grey board and attach to the MDF plaque to look like the panels of a door. 

Coat with gesso.

Apply a coat of metallic paint to the 'door' and allow to dry before adding a coat of Weathered Wood crackle medium. 

Once this has dried apply the pale blue paint and allow to dry naturally to a crackle finish.

Add highlights of silver gilding polish to the edges of the door and panels.

Paint the chipboard wreath green - this will form the base to the moss wreath.

Paint the resin deer head using the lighter shade and once dry apply a wash of the darker shade to highlight the detail.

Use gel medium to attach the chipboard wreath to the door and add small pieces of moss to it. 

Glue the deer head in the centre and add a ribbon bow.

 Finish with Sparkle Spheres.

Add white and silver sand to represent snow on the wreath, deer, and edges of the door and base.

Thanks Teresa 

If you have any questions about this or any project on the blog please do ask, we are more than happy to help.

Please leave a lovely comment to support our designers and thanks for looking.

For more projects for Teresa please check out her blog http://thefatcactus.co.uk and You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChNbVhMz7jX66gevhKgz5Ig/feed 

Thanks Jules xx

Products used from Artful Days

White Resin Deer Head (R7048)

Chipboard Christmas Wreaths

Artful Days Sparkle Spheres - Silver

White Sand from Textured Trios - The White Set

Artful Days Decorative Art Sand - Silver

Grey Board cut from Pair of 6x6 Grey Board Squares

Products (from stash)

MDF Plaque

DecoArt Heavy Gel Medium

Ribbon Bow

DecoArt Americana Weathered Wood

Inka Gold - Silver

Pebeo White Gesso

DecoArt Americana Metallics - Tin

Decoart Crafter's Acrylic: Spa Blue, Holiday Green, Pebble

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic - Burnt Umber

Green Moss