Monday 27 April 2015

The Wish Fairy

Hi everyone!

 My wonderful DT member Laurie invited me to be on her FB Challenge team this term. I am still so thrilled to be doing this - the challenges have been so much fun!

In May the challenge is to make something with a papermache cone


You can buy yours from Laurie's shop and the rules of the challenge can be found here.

I did struggle a bit to come up with something for this challenge - a quick peek at Pinterest for some inspiration (great way to lose a few hours!) revealed lots of Christmas decorations - it seems most of the time these cones are used for Santa and angel models, trees and gift cones. I wanted something a little bit more original....

    My first thought was this could be a dress - why not make it into a doll? Then I thought of a frame (as I always seem to do) and it then made sense to split the cone in two and perhaps make a picture?....
A fairy picture?...wings?....got to have some lace.....definitely have to have flowers.....

......now things are getting somewhere!


 I cut the cone in half and covered it with some printed paper. This paper has an iridescent embossed flower pattern which I thought worked perfectly for a magical sparkly fairy picture.


I dabbed some die cut lace with Frayed Burlap DI and stuck it onto the skirt


The face was a wooden bead painted with Nougat Fresco Paint. The hair was dark brown hemp string. The string was made of up three twisted strands and when I untwisted these and separated them to make the string thinner they had a lovely curl...giving a wavy, ringlet effect.


I covered the bead with strands of hemp string as a base for the hair and then added some of the finer, curly strands.

The fairy's arms are pipe cleaners covered with the card that I used for the skirt.

I added a strip of lace and a tiny pearl bead for the collar of her dress

The flowers in her hair are memory box die flowers - painted with Ice Blue Fresco Paint and dabbed with Frosted Lace Stickles Glue in the centers


The wings were embossed and then painted with Decoart Americana Decoart paint in Lace. I then dabbed some Frayed Burlap DI over the top.


The heart behind the fairy is burlap covered in lace that I stuck to a piece of card and then cut out


I used the word 'wish' from chit chat stickers


I used some ivory hemp string tied into bows along with ivory roses dabbed with Frayed Burlap DI


Memory Box flower die cuts were dabbed with Frayed Burlap DI and had a pearl bead attached





The background of the fairy was made with wrinkle free distress technique using Brushed Corduroy DI. I then added further effects by doing some 'spritz and flick' with water.

 I then stamped some script stamp with Antique Linen DI

For the main background I did wrinkle free technique using Tumbled Glass DI








The frame was constructed from balsa wood. It was painted with gesso and then a coat of Raw Umber Acrylic paint was used. This was sanded down and then I tinted some Ultra Matt varnish with a blob of Raw Umber paint. This tinted varnish knocked back the harsh whiteness from the sanded down areas of the wood and it made gave a wood more of a vintage aged woodgrain look...




And there is my completed Fairy Picture...


I do hope you like it and I hope I have inspired you to come along and join in the challenge - what can you make with a Paper Mache cone?



Thanks so much for being here!
Happy Crafting
Laura xxx





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3 comments:

  1. Beautiful Laura, absolutely beautiful:-) xxx

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  2. Soooo enchanting and gorgeous, Laura!

    Love your idea and the result so much! And your balsa wood frame looks stunning too! Wow! xxx

    Claudia

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  3. Thank you so much Laura for inspiring everyone with this beautiful little fairy. From her embossed wings to the sweet little stars in her hair she's a lovely clever creation that will give lots of inspiration. I also think placing her in a frame you made was the perfect touch. xoxox Laurie

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