Crackled glass bell

I got this glass bell from Melissa Frances as a challenge from Connie at Hobbykunst. "Do what you like with it," she said.. Cool! :)

I immediately thought of a vintage bottle that Wendy Vecchi once made using crackle paint. It's on her blog somewhere.. I decided to use her technique for my glass bell.

First I primed the glass bell with multi medium matte from Claudine Hellmuth/Ranger. If you skip this step, the crackle paint will just fall off if you touch it once it's dry.. So, very important!

Once dry, I gave it a generous coat of Distress Crackle paint - Clear rock candy. Then all I had to do was wait patiently...

Crackles beginning to emerge!

 

Then, when the crackle paint had done its part, all I had to do was to decorate the now crackled glass bell inside and out!

I made a decoration from different Mathia flowers, which I glued to the base (that I'd painted in a light pink colour) with my glue gun. Once this was set, I fixed the bell to the base and decorated the outside with some pink string, a charm and a bird on top, and some lace on the bottom. I used a textile pearl pen to make some pearls on the lace.

Here's the finished project:

This was a fun project!

It looks quite fancy, but it was SO easy to make! Why don't you try it?

Have a great weekend!
Siv xx

Be your own star - another AJ page

Here's a page I made in my art journal earlier this week.

Blog makeover

Ok, so I've decided to start blogging in English, for obvious reasons I'll come back to later... I've also given my blog a makeover, with a new background and a new name. And, as you can see at the top, I've finally created a header for my little place in cyber space..

Anonyme Timeglass utfordring nr. 1

Jeg har meldt meg på Anonyme Timeglass hos Anonyme Scrappere, og her er mitt bidrag til Utfordring nummer 1. Tema for denne utfordringen er Valentine eller kjærlighet, med hovedfarge rød eller rosa.

Jeg har valgt å lage en tag med rød som hovedfarge, og med en del elementer fra Tim Holtz.

True friendship...

Tagmanien har slått ned for fullt, kombinert med dilla på Distress Ink... Resultatene havner i bloggen litt etter litt, når lillemann tar seg en lur innimellom.

Til denne tagen har jeg kun brukt stempler fra Stampers Anonymous' Shabby French Collection. Utrolig stilige stempler designet av fantastiske Tim Holtz!

Min Venn...

På denne tagen har jeg kosa meg med Distress Ink og diverse annet..

Vintage juletag

Har fått litt dilla på tags om dagen. Dette ble en juletag i vintage stil.

Steampunk debut(ante)

Fredag ble jeg endelig ferdig med et kort jeg har hatt lyst til å lage lenge, nemlig et STEAMPUNK kort! Digger den stilen, med de flotte viktorianske damene og det mekaniske innslaget.
Kortet skal forøvrig brukes til burdagskort til min kjære mann som fyller år på tirsdag. :)