HI! Thanks for stopping by! Today I have a Big Canvas 10x20 to show you!

Starting off I took Finnabair Rust Effect Paste and layered it through a stencil until I got the color Combo to look rusted.

Next I took My Rice paper from Stamperia and fussy cut the dress form,I kept the trimmimgs from the paper. I traced the dress onto chipboard and cut that to size also, giving the dress some sturdiness.

Here You see I add the trimmings of left over rice paper with soft gel medium and trace the outline of the dress to canvas so I know my focal point!

I added stencil with Brown Archival ink and some stamping with black archival, This helps blend the rice paper into the background.

I added a few spritzes of Lindy's gang sprays in (Merci Beaucoup Mint) I add extra cardboard to the back of the dress so it sits higher up on the canvas, I'm playing around with the postion of all my bobs and bits.

After figuring out my composition I give everything a layer of Black gesso and  glue down with heavy gel medium

I take rust paste and also the turquoise paste from the Norther Lights Texture fantasy set and add it to all my embellishments.

Next I add all my finishing touches Prills in (Aqua Net) Tim Holtz (story sticks) Finnabair Vintage Melange art pebbles, and Finnabair waxes in (Vintage Gold) and (Bronze Age). Thats It! hope you like it! X0x0

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

Rusty Pipes

   HI!  Happy Day! Today I wanted to Show you all the Pentart Expand Paste and how I used it to rusty up these pipes.  if you dont have Finnabair rust pastes here is another option for you! 

 I started off with gluing down my chipboard with gel meduim

in this picture you see where I took a palette knife and spread on the paste with a thin layer, I mean very this you dont need very much.

Now you heat set it with a heating tool, its bubbles all up and turns white in just seconds! Now look at all that texture it has left me with! perfect for rusty pipes! I also added some stenciling with the Little birdie (Brick wall) 

after the panel was completely dry I started adding my colors this is such a beautiful shade of blue. Electric Blue Cosmic Shimmer Shakers, I sprinkled it on and spritzed it with water. 

after that is  good and dry I dry brushed some black gesso went along some of the edges for a drop shadow and to add some depth.

Now I sprayed the pipes with Little Birdie color splash in (Paprika) PERFECT rusty color spray!

I heat set it again with my heat tool. Loving the spilled spray around the pipes give a great rust look!

 I just adding my finishing touches some Tim Holtz quotes, some finnabair was in (Copper) and inked archival around the edges. Oh and Prills in (Third Place).

XOXO-Nicole

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