This Halloween wreath seems to have taken forever and now it’s done I am just grateful it didn’t end up in the bin, it wasn’t fun, probably because I am sooooooo out of practice craft wise.
It started off as a plain, laser cut wreath that Lu found me in The Range (£1.49 – I believe they are now sold out on line).
I was pretty excited to get it started ………
…… using Dovecraft 3D enamel effect paints on the bats, witches hat band and pumpkins and white puffy paint on the ghosts.
As I didn’t have any 3D orange for the pumpkins I used yellow instead and then coloured over it with a orange Sharpie pen. I did a section at a time as I didn’t want any colours to run.
I then found that the bats looked very lumpy so added a layer of Ranger Glossy Accents as I knew it would find a level and give the bats a smoother effect.
Because of the lumpy effect I decided to colour the witches hats in with a black Sharpie and then use black glitter on top as a contract of textures ……… MAHOSSIVE MISTAKE ……..
I officially HATE black glitter! It got everywhere and stuck to everything which led to me having to give everything another coat of the 3D enamel in an effort to hide it …… aghhhhh
I persevered, and with letters etc. also coloured I really should have stopped at that ………
……… but oh no, I had to fiddle fart some more didn’t I ……… so another layer of 3D enamel went on everything, except the bats ………
……. well, I suppose when it was all dry it gave the extra dimension and texture I am always banging on about ……….
However, it didn’t look magical …………………
…… and that’s when I went mad with the stars, spiders and three little dots ………….
I’m still not sure, it’s not turned out the way it looked in my head, but that being said, it looks a whole lot better hung on my white front door! I know I am super critical.
I just need to put it away for a few weeks and not look at it again then when I do I might be either pleasantly surprised or suddenly think of the extra fiddle fart that will make it pop, we shall see………
I know my vote doesn't count, but I think it looks terrific!
ReplyDeleteWow-the wreath looks amazing.
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It looks amazing if you had stopped at any one of the stages and said thats it. It still would have been a 1000x better that 100 I have seen I would be proud to hang it on my door and even prouder to say I made it if any one asked people would pay good money for it its going to be one of those vintage folk art ones im a few years time the ones we are always on the look out for big love Marc ps dots and stars always do it for me
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