I was asked to donate a couple of card sets for a local banquet/silent auction this weekend, for wildlife conservation, and this is what I came up with.
I sort of cased myself on this image...I have made a card very similar with the moonlight in the background with this image. When I showed
this card to the ladies in charge of donations, they loved it and wanted something like it. I tried to go a little simpler since I was making two sets of 10 cards!
I heat embossed the image with black craft ink and clear EP. I then
sponged the background with baja breeze and not quite navy. To finish off the card, I decided to distress it a bit by tearing a couple of edges, added the weathered background, and a bit of black twill ribbon.
I then created a little A2 acetate card box for the set. I have made
this little box before, but do not think I have ever posted a tutorial for it. All I have to say about this box is that it is EASY!!! For the base, take an 8 1/2" x 10" piece of card stock for the base, and the same dimensions for the acetate top. For the base...score 2" in from all four sides. For the top...score 1 15/16" in from all sides. Cut one side of the tabs in all four corners (as seen in the picture), and then assemble! How easy is that!!
The projects for this banquet,
however, did not stop here. They purchased this beautiful ceramic lamp for a steal, but wanted me to add some sort of wildlife image to it. After much research and thinking, this is what I came up with.
I stamped the tree image from SU's retired Pines set, and the same deer image from natures silhouette on some clear contact paper with black stazon ink. I then cut the images out to create a mask. This was the easy part of this project! I had to figure out what paint would be the best to use that would stick to an already glazed ceramic piece of pottery! Off to trusty Michael's!
The friendly people at Michael's recommended an air-dry PermEnamel paint. There are three steps/products for this process, and yes...you DO need to get them all (you, like I, may think that the surface conditioner is not necessary, but let me tell you it IS!! LOL!! If you don't use it, the paint with NOT stick!)
So, to get my scene on the lamp, I placed the mask on the lamp. I
then
started with the Surface
Conditioning solution. I let it dry, and then sponged the Black Perm Enamel paint over that. I IMMEDIATLY took the mask off of the lamp (I did not do this on my first practice round on a small pot. I let it dry, and then took the mask off, but unfortunately, the whole image came off with it...so you need to take the mask off when the paint is still wet!) Once the paint was dry, I brushed the clear satin glaze (step 3), over the painted portion with a small brush.
I can not believe it actually worked!! I was so afraid I was going to ruin this lamp...even though they got it at a screaming deal, I still would have felt awful!!
Thank you so much for visiting today! I hope you have a great weekend!
Connie
Card/Box Details:
Images: Natures Silhouette & Weathered Background
Inks: Basic Black, Craft Black, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Paper: Basic Black, Kraft
Accessories: Black Twill, Clear EP, Heat Gun
Lamp Details:
Images: Natures Silhouette & Pines
Paint: Air-Dry PermEnamel Black Paint, Surface Conditioner & Clear Satin Glaze
Accessories: Clear Contact paper, Stazon Ink, Sponges, Paint Brush
Happy Kitchen Sink Monday! For today's card, I decided to combine a couple of challenges I have either never done, or have not done in forever! The sketch is from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC36), and the colors are from this week's color throwdown CTD57 - Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose.
