Shabby Chic? Altered Dessert plate!

Hiya! Happy Friday! Today I am gonna show you how I designed this dessert plate! Project for My Rusty Crown DT

Well your gonna need a plate LOL I didnt prep it at all but, you totally could add texture with a stencil or crackle pastes!

So I got out all my embellishments,my main ones at least, I coated my Prima resin pieces with clear gesso and went about gluing them down with heavy Body Gel.

I used Cosmic Shimmer Shimmer Shakers in colors (Delicate Blossom) (Rich Wine) (Grass Green) and (Bright Sunshine). These little jars have a shaker top, so easy to sprinkle on.. After I Sprinkled my colors I lightly sprayed them with water and dried with a heat gun, I did each color separately.

Here Is what It looked like right after drying, I purposely shook some on the other side of the plate for a cute splatter effect. I Took a dry brush and dry brushed  on some white gesso to bring all of the texture to the surface. I then added (Blush Haze) Holographic Glitterbitz  and Prills in ( Coral See). for the last added touch I took (White Gold) Prima Finnabair Metallique wax half way around the edge of the plate.

Done! 

XOXO - Nicole Palos

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Message in a bottle

I made this Bottle to enter in the Lindy's Gang Challenge I didn't have the exact colors so I improvised with what I had and tried to lighten them up with gesso LOL.

If you want to enter the Challenge this month or any month to come the link for all the info is HERE

Hi! Happy Monday to everyone! I have had this idea In my head for a while. When I woke up yesterday morning it just would not leave my mind. So I took my behind up to my local dollar tree and purchased this oil bottle for $1. I took out the spout and replaced it with a cork and on I went to start my creation!

I started off with taking some sheet music and torching it with my heat tool. I then rolled it and added a remnant rub on message from Tim Holtz (Life Quotes) then tied it with string. The bottle I used some Grainy Texture Paste from Little Birdie Crafts through a stencil. I also added Little Birdie Mixed media sand and mixed media stones in the bottle mixed in with glitter, mica flakes and small sea shells.

Next step I added some cleat Gesso around the bottle,leaving the message area clean. I added moss in brown and green, I used some resin coral and a mermaid tail,using Finnabair heavy gel to glue them on. I Used Pentart expand paste on the coral. brushing on the expand paste with a brush and heat setting it adds tons of texture to the coral!

Here I took mica powders Finnabair art stones in all sizes and soft gel and mixed it all up. Adding it all over the bottle. I added on more shells and coated them all with clear Gesso.

Now for my most favorite part! COLOR! I used Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst sprays in (Shabby Turbine Teal) (Delphinium Turquoise) (Time Travel Teal) (Rusty Lantern) Moon Shadow Mist in (Treasure Island aqua) and Little birdie Color Splash in (Gold Rush) and (Grape Crush). spraying colors and misting with water helps the colors blend nicely together!

After your colors are super good and dry. I took white Gesso and dry brushed all the elements to help define them better and to give a nice pop! I added Prills in (Spruce Willis) Cosmic Shimmer Glitterbitz in (Spring Fever) and (Mermaid Purple). ANNNND DONE! 

Thanks for stopping in to check it out! Link below for the Lindy's sprays used in this Creation!

Links to Lindy's Stamp Gang for the colors used!

Rusty Lantern Lime

Shabby Turbine Teal

Time Travel Teal

Delphinium Turquoise

Treasure Island Aqua

XOXO- Nicole Palos

Steampunk Styled Top Hat

Steampunk Hat anyone? I haven't posted anything in a while So I'm starting the new year off with a bang!

I found this hat at My local craft store, Snowman Hat? NOT what I'm doing LOL

This hat Is about 6 inches high,and when I'm done the light bulb makes it 10.

                             I cut out some gears using my sizzix machine, I just used old cereal boxes.

I went crazy gluing them all over the whole thing

 Here I used different sized little cups and dipping cups to make the googles, This one I used some old mesh and layered the cups. Using Prima Finnabair Art Basics Heavy Gel medium. Them a heazy spread of Black gesso!

 Here you can see a little better how I layered the cups, I added a chipboard gear and a huge metal gem I used the same heavy gel medium to glue it all together. I used a piece of Velcro for the strap in-between them both.

Now I'm just adding plastic pipes and more gears

I took an old lightbulb and colored it with Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink In Honey Comb

Another layer of Black Gesso

Here I added a strip of foam and added flat gems for the back strap to the goggles

I added more metal and glued the light bulb to the top of the pipe.

And Now its time to bring this baby to life! the only coloring on this whole hat are these little four waxes! powerful little things and I adore them! Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique wax! I used Vintage gold,Bronze age,Brushed Iron and Rich Copper!

 I also added in Emerald Creek Factured Ice embossing powder into this goggle eye, It really gave a blue effect I was looking for!

This Clock piece on top I poured resin in a fantastic Stamperia mould to make

Okay I went a little Picture overboard! 

Items I used and links where they can be found below.

Store Link so you can just browse around

My Rusty Crown

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Finnabair Heavy Gel

Finnabair Art Alchemy Wax

Gears and cogs chipboard Embellishments

Emerald Creek Fractured Ice Embossing powder

Stamperia Moulds

Heart Of Thorns!

Today I bring you My Heart of Thorns Canvas! I really had fun making this one and it now resides on                                        my living room wall!

Oh, Did I mention I meant a real heart? LOL I love it!

I got out all my Grunge looking embellishments, and cut up a cracker box to make a smaller box to be centered in the middle of the canvas

I used Dina Wakley Media White Gesso to cover the box.

After the gesso dried I used Finnabairs White Crackle paste to add some texture to the box

Adding more gesso to all my chosen embellishments

my resin heart I just used some plain old red acrylic paint dried  it and used watered down black acrylic over top and blotted off. I just kept adding black and blotting off until I liked the outcome.

another pic of my loved heart!

Now for the canvas! I crinkled up some gold tissue paper and attached it with Mod Podge.

I took more white gesso and did a heavy dry brush on it.

Here I'm starting To add My embellishments using Heavy body gel.

Now I'm lightly adding my color I used Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays in Rusty Lantern Lime,

Screamin Banshee Black, Shabby Turbine Teal, and Steampunk Sepia. Also Prima Color Bloom in Glistening Waves. I sprayed my canvas down with water added my colors and blot with a baby wipe until I got what I was looking for.

Up close look of that Crackle past effect! love it

used heavy gel to add my pipes and hearts, I'm also using watered down Finnabairs rust pastes to add around the edges off some of the pieces.

I used watered down gesso to splatter white all over, This is one of my favorite techniques!

I also added Nuvo Crystal drops  and some gold texture paste with a stencil as an after thought.

And it's all done! Hope you enjoyed it! I will add links to some of the product I used down below. Until next time!

Nuvo Crystal Drops

Finnabair Crackle Paste 

Fab Scraps Barbed wire chippies

Creative embellishments Wings

Finnabair Rust Paste

Finnabair Heavy gel