And, talking of stars (seemless), sitting in my room are 3 boxes of cool little stars which I bought ages ago for my web site, but couldn't list as the boxes were all damaged - it's not a major disaster as I kept them :)
Normally things like this make we want to get out the triple thick embossing powder, but as these have holes in, they're shouting out to be used with wire.
I also had on my desk a piece of Meg which had already been base coated with black paint, then white gesso
Next I used a stencil and sponged the paint through
I didn't worry about It being perfect. And I never pre-plan these things. It's all about playing and experimenting - seeing what happens. To emphasise the circles I used my pocky tool to scratch rough circles into the mdf
Really happy with this now, like the texture and the colours, so I'm ready to stamp. This is the scary bit - once I've stamped I have to love it or paint over the whole thing! I didn't want to stamp with black as I thought this would be too heavy, so I used a nice denim from Adirondack, and one of my fav stamps from stampers anonymous, another Tim Holtz collection.
I then painted my stars and threaded them with coated wire. I used a nice pliable wire
Don't they look cool! Now to apply them to my base. I used 3D foam under the moon, and then a combination of pinflair and cosmic shimmer glues. I sculpted the wire, so my stars say precisely where i wanted them:
Really happy with it. I added a little black paint to the moon and stars to lift them off the base, and then couldn't help myself - glitter glue!! Has to be stickles star dust. Not to much, but just enough to give it a subtle sparkle:
19 comments:
I LOVE this Leonie, brilliant piece of inspiration and clear instructions too, thank u! Denyse x
Love it! X
Thank you ladies, glad you liked it. I love it when a crafty piece comes together easily!! It's quite a shock :) xx
What a gorgeous piece Leonie, & thanks for talking us through it & illustrating with photos. Love it!!! xx
Lovely piece of work Leonie - really good to see how it all came together xx
This is lovely! And thank you for showing the stages!
love Debbie
Thanks for the inspiration. Its stunning. X
Thanks for the inspiration. Its stunning. X
Wow this is amazing.Love to see how it grew from a few stars and a moon, into a brilliant piece of art. Stunning! Hugs, Carol S.xx
Love, love love this Leonie!!
what a stunning piece of art xxx
I love this Leonie! Julia xx
What a fabulous creation! Thanks so much for sharing with such clear instructions combined with pictures of each stage. Makes me feel that I can achieve "stardom" too. Annie xx
In a way it must be nice having some time to craft, despite being between jobs.
Hugs x
Perfect....what a "star" you are! :-)
Looks lush... loving the wire with the mdf x
Lisa x
Looks lush... loving the wire with the mdf x
Lisa x
Wow, what an awesome make! Creative Blessings, Tracy x
This is absolutely wonderful ! On Saturday 12th December I was driving to visit my husband in hospital again as he had a heart attack on the 11th...he's home now and doing ok, thank goodness, and whilst I'm not sleeping so good I am thoroughly enjoying reading through all your blog posts. It's lovely to be able to see all your creativity bursting out ! This is my favourite plaque so far, and your descriptions of how to do what are fab ! Keep up the good work Leonie, you're inspiring me to get all my masks and inks out, and Stardust stickles is my favourite ! xx
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