A Beautiful Ornate Miniature Sword And Floral Canvas How To

Hello there,

Welcome to INSPIRE.

The other day, while going through some things,

I had found an envelope opener 

that I had forgotten we had.

The best thing about it?

It is a mini sword design. Seeing as we

have obviously not missed using it,

well you know I just had to get crafty with it.

Naturally, this is a perfect focal point for a canvas,

and I just happened to have 

the perfect size canvas, a 4x12 thick canvas in my stash.

I first used black gesso on the canvas & sword.

Once dried, I applied Finnabair Art Extravagance 

Patina Effect Paste to give an overall aged look to the sword. I also applied it to a mini resin ornate frame, that I later centered a bee embellishment to nestle inside the frame once glued to the sword shaft.

For the canvas, I wanted to focus on metallics,

and used the Brass Patina Effect Paste, very lightly

to the entire canvas first, then added elements of metallic sprays.

Once the sword patina had dried, I used E6000,

to adhere the sword to the canvas. I also used a stencil and the Patina Effect Pastes to add texture to the canvas.

The finishing elements included flowers, metallic thread, and Finnabair Melange, finished with black gesso & the Brass Patina Effect Paste.

I am absolutely thrilled with the finished result.

*Most of the products I used making this project can be found at your local Michael's store.  

So, if you have a storing place that needs gone through, you might just be surprised at what you may find, and can also create something beautiful too.

Until next time..... 

Art Journal Design Made Easy With The Best Glue Ever

Good Morning!

The weather is absolutely 

gorgeous here in the

Ohio valley this morning.

I wanted to share the link, 

to my latest dt project for 

ScraPerfect.

This project was inspired by nature,

and the fall beauty

where I live.

For full details of this project

visit the ScraPerfect blog at 

this link.

https://scraperfect.blogspot.com/2017/09/art-journaling-collage-made-easy-with.html

To purchase the Best Glue Ever,

Transfer Foils or ANY

of the innovative ScraPerfect products,

follow this link.

http://scraperfect.com

Thanks for stopping in!

Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

Michelle Wells 

A New Creative Venture: Embrace The Possibility

Hello there,

thank you for visiting

 INSPIRE,

A blog for sharing creativity.

This past week was the pits for me, a"flu bug"

hit me hardcore, keeping me down from

anything remotely resembling my life.

Today, I feel like myself again,

got back to creating, 

and I wanted to share my newest 

venture with you.

 An inspiration canvas

inspired by the AMAZING artwork

of Kelly Rae Roberts.

 I began with a 6x6 pre-gessoed canvas.

I sort of dry brushed acrylic paint in a 

Tiffany Blue like shade, not going for full coverage.

Once dried, I lightly sketched 

the shape of my "person".

I then used white gesso, and a flesh tone

acrylic paint for the neck & face.

For the body, I cut from of my favorite

double sided patterned paper, for a top & collar.

I also used the same paper to make hearts.

Of course every gal likes a crown, so I fussy cut 

roses from images I had printed out to create a floral one. I also added a paper doily and a cute little bird to sit on her shoulder.

To finish, I used mini alphabet stamps from my stash,

and added the phrase "Embrace Possibility" to her top.

It felt AMAZING to feel good today, and to feel inspired.

time to head back to my crafty space!

Until next time......Happy Crafting!

A Glimpse Of Why Paper Flowers Really Make Me So Happy

Hello there,

Welcome to INSPIRE.

What a weekend we had here

in my little corner of Ohio, as we had the remnants 

of "Harvey" camp out for a couple of days,

giving us some chilly fall like temps

and quite a bit of rain in a 24 hour period.

NOTHING however, compared to how the

people of Houston and surrounding area's have suffered

enormous loss and are now faced with rebuilding their lives.

My continued thoughts and prayers for all.

With the weather we were dealt here, it was a good time

to stay indoors, have some hot soup, and create something that brings me great joy, paper flowers for crafting.

These are a few new designs I have created,

incorporating some fall colors of deep orange & golden yellow in a "curly" style, using ink dye & paint.

The deep purple below, was misted by my favorite glimmer mist, and will also be lovely in my fall crafting.

And of course here in the Ohio valley, we must have deep Burgundy, as I had created my very first mulberry paper flower.

For every "single" new flower design (one to keep for future reference) I did use ScraPerfect's Best Glue Ever, and also using their No Clog Writing Caps, not only with the BGE, but also with my mixed media glue, for the "lot" of each new design.(the link to ScraPerfect is featured at the end of this post)

Creating little pieces of paper beauty, can turn even the bleakest of days, into to days of joy.

If you haven't yet gave making paper flowers a try, you really should, just play with die cut, punched or even hand cut flower designs, and see how easy & relaxing this form of art truly can be.

Thank You for visiting today!

Until next time....... Happy Crafting to you! 

Michelle

http://scraperfect.com

Flower Making How To With The Best Glue Ever and No Clog Writing Cap

Hello there!

Welcome to INSPIRE.

Thank you for visiting today.

Today's feature is my latest DT 

product project featuring

ScraPerfect's 

Best Glue Ever & No Clog Writing Caps.

https://scraperfect.blogspot.com

These two products together worked amazing 

in my favorite crafting obsession, 

making paper flowers.

This week, I created 4 new designs

and these 2 products made it so simple 

to layer the flowers, with minimal amounts of glue used.

Head Inver to the ScraPerfect blog

for full details following the link below

the project photo above.

To purchase ScraPerfect's 

Best Glue Ever & No Clog Writing Caps

follow the store link below.

Until next time.......Happy Crafting!

Michelle

 http://scraperfect.com

Easy Glitzy Animal Print Card How To: A Robin's Nest ExclusiveHe

Hello there!

Welcome to Inspire.

Today I want to share with you the link to my latest

DT project for The Robin's Nest.

A very easy card to make, but with lots of glitz.

https://chatteringrobins.blogspot.com

Want to see all the details? 

Head on over to

the Chattering Robin's blog by following the link 

featured with my project photo above. 

Love the glitter cardstock you see? 

Go by The Robin's Nest online store

to find it and so much more!

http://www.shop.robinsnest-scrap.net

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!!!!