Dreamcatcher

 

I treated myself to a dreamcatcher kit the other day.   Having complete each of the circles, I then used some macramé knots to join them together.  I am still trying to decide whether to add some feathers to it, and maybe some hanging beads.   (The feathers I have are quite large and may overpower it.

This is a close-u[p of the largest ring - I used one of my ickle resin butterflies as an additional decoration, as it matched the bead so perfectly.

In hindsight I wish I had coloured the wooden rings firs -I may try and do that carefully.

Dreamccatcher

I don't know about you, but I love dreamcatchers.   It took me a while to decide on the composition I wanted, but I think this simple style will be an ok for a male relative that often visits the States.

The dreamcatcher is a Sheena Douglass die, which I cut out of black card, and then applied Pebeo gilding wax to in various shades of gold.   I wasn't quite happy with the result, so I painted the top part of the feathers with clear gesso and painted them white with a little white luscious added to it.  I then took a fine micron pen and added some fine detail to the feathers.

The background was created using Distress Oxides and the trees were die-cut from copy paper and then stamped.  After I had stuck them to the background, I lightly swiped some of the twisted citron colour over the top.  Finally I added the sentiment.  All the dies and stamps used are by Sheena Douglass.