Resin Green Man - Old Green Man (Bachus)

I had fun dusting this one, attempting to get some different shades on his grapes.   I think another one will be in the pipeline with green grapes!

 

Resin Mushroom Man

I love this little mushroom man.     Now that he has been poured, I can see where I missed some bits of dusting.   I didn't realise he had a mouth under his moustache.    It is quite difficult to see the details sometimes.   I must learn to create a quick test with clay to help.   I know I shall be making him again though!

Also it was difficult to capture in the pictures, but there is quite a bit of shading in his "hat"

 

Resin Owl

The next new mould was the owl.  Again made my Jo Jarrett of the Craft Hut, but the only stockist is the website - I love Mixed Media.

It is difficult to capture the fantastic shine in a photo - so I am sharing two pictures taken with different backgrounds.

 

Easter Gift Cards

I haven't made Easter Cards as such this year.  I also haven't bought Ester Eggs for the family - with a lot of them having allergies to various things like, milk, nuts etc. I couldn't cope with my dodgy eyes of reading every single package to find out if they were suitable, so this year they are all getting some money.  However, rather than just giving them the money I made some cards to hold the money, so they looked more like a present.

I used the new Katy Sue "Adventures in Creativity" stamps, which I have fallen in love with..  They are based on Emma Boyes paper cutting images, which some of the granddaughters have

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I stamped the images with various colours of Nuvo pads, and then embossed them with clear embossing powder.  They were then "water coloured"  with either Indigoblu Luscious Powders or acrylic paint (mainly Posca Pens water down)  I found some old Easter peel-offs in my stash, so added those (albeit these aren't showing up that well in the photos)

Unicorn Plaque

Babysitting for me again today with poorly 9 year old off school ..... So Nanny's stash was raided!

The Hearty Soft clay came out again with a Katy Sue Unicorn mould.  I also found my plunge letter cutter, and the plunge flower and leaf cutters for her.

She cut out the letters and made the unicorn and whilst the unicorn was drying off slightly we worked out how the letters would fit .... (not in a straight line - so she compromised with offset letters).  The letters were stuck on and they and the background were coated coated with red Amsterdam acrylic paint.   Whilst that was drying she set too to paint the unicorn with Luscious powder - absolutely perfect for unicorns, particularly with some unicorn sparkles added to the "face".  Some Nuvo drops were added to the centre of the flowers.

Whilst waiting for paint to dry she made some flowers and leaves, and then dusted them with cake decorating petal dusts, deciding paint would be too "heavy" for them.

She was then able to stick rub some silver Pebeo gilding wax over the letters and run a black Posca pen around the outside as she wanted them to stand out.  (She beat me to it with this suggestion - getting the hang of this arty lark - lol!).  She then stuck the flowers and unicorn on, and added a few random drops of  Flitter Glue and some silver metal flakes.

When she was finished I sprayed the whole thing with Spray and Shine, which really brought out the red of the background.  I also added some ribbon for her.   (I love the way that she had a flower left over and stuck it on the ribbon.)

another view taken inside

We could't decide how to take a photograph - so we took one outside, and then one inside.

She was really pleased with her effort, and got the message with colouring that less is more, and you can add colour more easily than taking it away.  I think this is one of the best pieces she has produced.  (one on one obviously pays off).   She did make me smile though - she said "I can't believe that a few hours ago this was just a plain piece of brown MDF"!   (RESULT ! - we'll make a craft ot her yet!)