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A crafty weekend

Posted on March 7, 2010 by crazydaisy

I normally take the weekends off from blogging. With busy kiddos (my little one is crawling now and has discovered the dog’s water bowl and the stairs!) I have my hands full. My hubby is an accountant so this is a busy time of year for him, which means he’s working a lot of weekends. But, I decided I wanted to share some of the projects I’ve been working on. I’m obsessed with Glimmer Mist and canvases right now. I completed one canvas on Friday night and I have been working on three other projects this weekend with the help of my five year old (she loves all things crafty and has an amazing eye for design).

Here’s the first project I finished. I used this tutorial as a guide and then went to town. I used some Crate Paper chipboard shapes, a variety of Glimmer Mists and Maya Mists, Thickers Alphas, and I made/painted the sun myself. I also cut come of the words out from a newspaper.


Here’s another prject I’m working on. It’s a present for my daughter’s kindergarten teacher. As Shelby watched me make my “Here Comes the Sun” piece, she wanted to make something of her own. She decided it should be for Miss Burns and she told me what it should say .. “The more you learn, the more you grow.” She said this was because Miss Burns helps her learn! Isn’t that the cutest?




Shelby helped me with every step of this canvas. She sprayed Glimmer Mist. She spread Gesso. She helped me paint chipboard letters. We added Glimmer Mist to some white, glitter Thicker letters. It’s not quite done … but it’s coming along. Shelb also made a little canvas that says “Miss Burns, I love you.”



 

We layered the canvas with a bunch of different Glimmer Mist colors. I think this was Shelby’s favorite part. It was a little tough to get her to stop! She wanted to spray. Spray. And spray some more.



Here’s a look at where the projects are now. We still have to actually glue all the parts down. And add some more embellishments. But they are looking quite cute if you ask me!





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My mom sent me a link to a tutorial to make the cutest flower hair clips (see photo below). Go Mom! I love this idea. I was at my mom’s house last week and she was admiring the hair clip Shelby was wearing. I bought the clip from The Pleated Poppy … the hair clip has now become one of Shelby’s favorites, but they are a little expensive for a 5-year-old who had a tendency to misplace her hair bows! Instead, I want to make her some that I don’t mind if she destroys, misplaces or generously gives to her playmates. This tutorial is both easy and cute.



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Have  you been to Heidi Swapp’s blog lately? She is our guest designer for April and has started to create with a few of the goodies from that kit. Check it out! And have you ever watched Heidi’s live Web show? If not, I suggest you check it out. It’s really awesome and you come away from it with tons of ideas and inspiration.

Hope you’re having a great weekend. I’d love to hear what crafty projects you’re working on!




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Get your Gesso on

Posted on October 8, 2009 by crazydaisy

The Crazy Daisy Family is blessed to include some extremely talented ladies serving on our design team. One of them, Miss Kim, is sharing her amazing talents with us today with this awesome Gesso Paint Rag tutorial. (Thank you Kim! We always love it when you’re our guest blogger!) So, let’s get our Gesso on ladies!

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“This technique is something I learned on National Scrapbook Day over at the Scrap in Style forum from the brilliant Lucy Folch, awesome Brazilian artist who has such innovative ideas.  I have modified mine a little but I must credit Lucy with the basic gesso – paint – rag technique.

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I used the Making Memories kraft album included in the September kit, but you can also do this on a heavy chipboard or cardboard. 

The key to this technique is pre-planning the layout.

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Gather some chipboard pieces and any other items that you want to include on the layout and place them where you want them. 

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I used the cute paisley pieces along with some other pieces from my stash. Since this is going to be an album for my stepdaughter’s end of season horse shows for this year, (photo above) I wanted to use the horse piece I had from Martha Stewart, but I peeled off the slick pattern from the top so my gesso will adhere.  I put the horse on the back of the album.

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Next, since I want to add some pieces of patterned paper to my finished project, I need to measure and cut those out before adhering my chipboard.  I also made a quick sketch of my layout and numbered my pieces to correspond with my cutout paper for easy placement later. 

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Once I have my layout how I want it, I start gluing down all my chipboard pieces.  I did not glue the word “ALEX” down yet because I want to use those awesome 7Gypsies letters as they are. 

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After the glue is dried completely, cover the entire project in gesso.  Get it in every crevice and corner of the chipboard pieces.  I use a smaller dry brush to get any excess out of those same crevices and corners.

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Now let the gesso dry completely while picking out four or five colors of acrylic paint to coordinate with the paper and other pieces. 

This is the really fun and messy part of the project – let your creativity run wild!

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You will need to use a thin consistency with the paint, you may want to experiment on a scrap piece of chipboard or cardboard first.  I began on one side and worked with a color then switched to my next color and so on to blend each color together.  Just keep working with the paint until satisfied.  Don’t worry, it won’t be perfect!

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Next take an old rag while the paint is still wet and wipe and dab the project to remove some of the paint.  If you remove more than you want, just add more paint.  If the paint gets too dry, wet your rag – this method is mistake proof!

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When you are happy with how it looks, let this part of the project dry.  You might want to add some glimmer mist or another mist of choice to jazz it up. 

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Once dry, you can add on everything else.  I distressed my pattern paper and glued it down.  I also distressed my chipboard letters with a small emery board and some paint and glued those down.

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As an afterthought I decided to use the Stickles that were included in my kit, and I love how they look on this project! 

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Once that dried, I got my Sharpie out and outlined, added a photo in middle and used some Ranger Glossy Accent that I had in my stash on the word “ALEX” so it would have some shine to match where I used the Stickles. 

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The album is now finished and ready for my pages to be done inside!


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