Join one of our talented Media Design Team members on a Christmas themed creative journey!ADD ALL TO CART

Items Needed:

• DecoArt Media Misters - Carbon Black (DMM08-30)
• DecoArt Media Mediums and Specialty Products - Texture Sand Paste (DMM23-71)
• DecoArt Media Mediums and Specialty Products - Gesso - White (DMM18-71)
• DecoArt Media Mediums and Specialty Products - Clear Matte Medium (DMM20-71)
• Weathered Wood 8oz - Weathered Wood (DAS8-36)
• Rusty Wire
• Jute String
• White Card
• Wooden Ornaments
• Industrial Elements Kit By Andy Skinner
• Variety Of Embellishments
• Assorted Brushes
• Sandpaper
• Scissors
• Pliers
• Heat Tool
• Vintage Seam Binding

Instructions:

Ornament One:

Wooden ornament sanded lightly. Prepare by painting with gesso and sanding lightly again.

Use chosen colours to paint ornament. The rusted section is explained later.

Apply Weathered Wood to the painted section of the ornament.

Dry brush cracks using silver metallic, cobalt turquoise hue and quinacridone gold fluid acrylics.

Die cut decorative shapes from card. Seal with gesso and apply texture sand paste.

Paint die cuts with dark grey value 6 fluid acrylic.

Apply a light spray of carbon black mister – do not apply too thickly.

Apply a coat of quinacridone gold fluid acrylic over the die cuts to create rusty look.

Select embellishments from chipboard kit designed by Andy Skinner. (By Tando Creative). Seal all pieces with gesso.

To complete the rusty finish follow the same steps as above.

Prepare a hanging loop for the ornament by twisting pre-rusted wire into a loop. Stick to the back of the ornament.

Rust the top of the ornament using steps above. Apply embellishments. Add jute string through the rusty wire loop to hang ornament from.

Wonderful texture created by the sand texture paste under the layers of paint.

The star is die cut from foam board to give extra thickness.

Mixing the silver metallic paint with the cobalt turquoise hue really gives a beautiful shimmer.

Ornament Two:

Add a little Prussian blue and metallic silver fluid acrylics to a craft sheet and mist with water to make it quite liquid. Add a few sprays of carbon black mister to the liquid and dip clean white card into the mixture once then dry with a heat tool. Repeat this process until the card has achieved the desired level of colour.

Use the remaining liquid paint to add colour to some vintage seam binding. When colouring the seam binding, simply immerse into the paint and swish around until coloured. Leave to air dry or use a heat tool for a more crinkly finish.

Card and seam binding are dry and show a beautiful level of metallic finish.

Die cut an ornament shape and some holly leaves from the dipped card. To add rigidity, cut the same shapes in strong chipboard – these can be glued on later.

Use black modelling paste, a spatula and a stencil to add a design to the ornament die cut. When dry, glue the chipboard shapes into position on the back of all the card shapes.

Using a brush, add crackle glaze to the holly leaves. Leave to air dry.

Prepare a hanging loop for the ornament by twisting pre-rusted wire into a loop. Stick to the back of the ornament.

Cut a piece of the coloured seam binding to size and attach to the hanging loop on the ornament.

The edges of the dry modelling paste have been given a very light dry brushing of silver metallic fluid acrylic. The edges of the holly leaves have been swiped with the silver paint on a sponge.

The black modeling paste gives a wonderfully crisp image through the stencil.