Friday, April 8, 2011

ooh pretty...

Good morning... not alot to say this morning.. woke up way too early and can't get back to sleep.. worked the past 2 days and will again today.. it's like christmas opening all the seasonal stock and putting it out...lol  You never know what it is till you open it up.. some things are abit weird but others.. well they are just soooo cute.. makes you want all these cute little things all over your yard...I actually have some grass showing... whooo hooo!! and the snow is melting slowly.. just watching the water build up and waiting for it to drain...and every day is a flood forecast for southern Manitoba..
In the mail I got the most beautiful Dragon Bead from Witchylana.. I had won thru the OWOH ... it's gorgeous and was so thrilled to win it.. she does lovely work...not sure what I am going to do with it.. so far it's just sitting here where I can admire it...

Ok.. I keep forgetting to tell how I did those tin foil backgrounds.. Jen over at Jenxo was the one who had told me about it.. but I can't find where she got the tut from or if she had just told me.. but basically I used a panel from a cereal box for each color & crumpled tin foil.. you have to be careful how tight you do this because it tears easily when you try and pull it apart again to put on the cereal box.. I covered the cereal box with gel medium(this needs to be fairly thick).. and started flattening out the tin foil.. then I put gel medium on it again when it was done.. now.. this was the other part I couldn't remember..lol I did a little corner with inks.. wasn't crazy about it so I tried the Luminart water colors and they weren't bright enough so then settled on the Decoart metallic paints and just brushed and finger painted it on everywhere...
They are beautiful but find it hard to glue collage pieces on as the background is so textured..so am thinking that the collage pics should have a heavier backing before adding them to the foil background next time. I dry brushed gold on the first one after it was dry.. and black pearl on the second one. Sorry Brandy and Les for taking so long to write this out...can hardly wait to see what you come up with...
Otherwise.. nothing is completely finished as yet... I painted a few  lake scenes.. and when I was done realized that I hadn't watched where the holes were to hang so will have to drill new ones as they are all upside down...lol So that's what I'll be doing tonight after work..
Hope everyone has a loverly day.. and thank you for stopping by...
Kath
xx
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9 comments:

  1. artbratApril 8, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    Ooohh! Thanks so much for the instructions. I really want to try this. Now its just a matter of getting the time to do it.
    -Brandy

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  2. KathyApril 8, 2011 at 6:10 AM

    lol oh I know.. time? what is that? I waited till the gel medium was good and dry before I painted it.. Hope you get a chance Brandy...it was fun!

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  3. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    Yay for seeing the grass! :D And that dragon bead is so cool- isn't it fun to get stuff in the mail?

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  4. MelindaApril 8, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    Sounds like you've been busy! It's so uplifting to see that grass reappear, and even more thrilling when it begins to turn green! Congrats on winning that Dragon Bead. :)

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  5. NicolaApril 8, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Love these backgrounds they look fantastic! And congratulations on your win what a lovely bead!

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  6. Jaime HaneyApril 8, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Great backgrounds! Thanks for sharing :)
    haha... that trick with the holes upside down sounds like something I'd do! ah well. live and learn. ( I do a lot of learning)

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  7. JordanApril 9, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    FINALLY our whole yard is showing, and the grass is turning green! :D Hopefully your snow will completely disappear soon! Beautiful dragon bead! That's awesome :)
    *Hugs!*
    Jordan

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  8. KathyApril 9, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    Thanks Taylor... it is.. and it's been a soft rain since last night so more grass showing.. love getting mail too.. especially when it's so pretty...
    lol for sure Melinda.. but am just happy right now to see the white disappearing.. it is lovely isn't it?
    Thanks Nicola.. they are beautiful aren't they.. quick & easy too...I love dragons.. they are so lovely...and she did a fantastic job on it..
    Thanks Jaime.. yeah.. I seem to do alot of learning too... always when I'm in a rush of course...they did turn out ok though in the end.. thank goodness...
    well have to pack the car.. set up is at 8 .. would so rather go back to bed...lol
    have a great day...and thanks...
    Kath
    xx

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  9. AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    That's great, you must be so glad it's raining instead of snowing!

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Thank you so much for taking the time to comment..I love to hear what you think.. always have time to listen and reply(somewhat slowly at times)but always appreciated...xx

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