Category Archives: Halloween
Halloween Cat
So I really like to paint ceramics and dry brushing is my favorite technique. Sometimes it is hard to find things that have the detail to paint. I saw this cat in the store and it was 50% off! Well you know I love a deal! Only one problem, it is plaster and not ceramic. Plaster paints totally different and doesn’t really hold up to the dry brush technique. I thought this had enough rough edges that it would.
It did not hold up well. The plaster flakes off as the dry brush applies the paint! Well I had to make it work because I was determined to get it to!!! lol lol lol I used black for the base on it all and it took one more coat than it should have. Then I used gray and blue on the stones and that went without too much problem. Then I used purple and gray on the cat. This was where it really started to have problems. Just the pressure of the dry brushing made the black come off in a lot of places. I just kept going and came back in with more gray or purple trying to cover the white spots.
So it took a lot longer to do and more days of it sitting and then looking for fresh white spots but eventually this was the result! I like it now that it is done but will try to find ceramic in the future!!
Lu
Halloween Early
It has been a while since I have done any ceramics and I wanted to do this spider and web plate the minute I saw them!!! I know it is a long time until Halloween, but dang it I’m going to be ready!!! I want to do a whole family of them in all different colors!!! If I get to I will post more pictures!!!
Bisque bought at Pottery Island, Columbia Missouri
We got to see how the vinyl ribbons look on the girls helmets!! Thought we’d share a photo!
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Lu
Cards!!!
These last couple of weeks have really been busy! This week the coordinator at Joann’s wanted me to go in and “play” with her on the Cricut Monday. That was kind of fun!
Steve has put a couple of card bases in the Cricut and we are working the kinks out of that.
It has finally turned fall here, it seems like the trees all lost their leaves in one day!
And Steve put one of my holiday block sets up on his board at work and it sold right away!!
I had my first “class” “get together” at Joann’s on Friday and that was challenging but fun! One lady had the Explore but had never used it in 2 years. The other lady had an Expressions that wouldn’t stop blinking at us. And neither of them had any of the cords, power, or computer! I’m so glad that I knew enough about both machines to help them! Both ladies went home excited and signed up to do a fabric applique class on the 4th! {Monday when I went in to “play,” the coordinator told me I have 2 other ladies signed up for it as well!!}
So this week I just have a different step card to show you. Last week the Christmas one had 5 steps, this one has 4. And this one has a back to it! They are both things Steve has put into my Cricut so I don’t have to score or cut the steps or the decorative paper on the inside! What a man!!!
Lu
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Super Saturday Craft
Well, this is the one project that actually came out ok and I am going to send it to the ladies for Super Saturday!! I’m a little nervous about it because I’m not sure about what they like in Missouri!! I hope they like it!
The blocks are the same just the other side!!
Lu
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