September 24th, 2010
Greetings – just a quick note to say how much we are enjoying using the Decorfin Glass paints from you guys at iartsupplies! I run a craft group (called Get Crafty) that runs each week at the Salvation Army in Kilburn (NW London). It started with what was meant to be a four week glass painting taster over the Summer holidays back in 2005. Here we are 5 years later, with a group of 23, still going strong!
We used to have a regular supplier for our glass paints but with the recession the company folded and we struggled to find a good, reliable supplier… that was until the daughter of one of our members put me onto iartsupplies. We started using our new paints just two weeks ago and they have proved to be a big hit – the richness and depth of the colours on the glass is excellent.
None of our members have any previous experience of glass painting but over the years the quality of the work produced has been fantastic and a great boost to self-confidence! The picture above is from an exhibition we put on a few years ago. We are just starting on some Christmas projects… anyone out there got some good ideas for us to try out?
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September 14th, 2010
”Little Girl in Garden”
The more that I experiment and play around with the Decorfin Glass Paints, I find my creativeness is strengthening. I also find that new concepts appear in my card-making making my cards more unique.
This card was created using a template from the ? issue of Crafts Beautiful in a feature done by Kirsty Wiseman, designed by herself. I do not usually use other peoples designs as can draw myself and design myself but, having been working with Glass Paints I have found that using templates from anywhere have been a good starting point. I have found it useful using the FREE templates that appear in craft magaiznes, as some are rather simplified shapes and easy to use with glass paints amongst acrylic paints and even oil and gouache paints too.
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September 7th, 2010
“Thank you Butterly Card”
Butterflies! I just can not get away from butterflies…..! I’m sure that you can see why too. I LOVE using this motif of mine and have now probably used enough throughout my cardmaking with Glass paints. Really really need to design something new.
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Tags: Butterfly, Card, Cardmaking, craft materials, Flowers, glass card making, Glass paints, Papercrafts, Relief Paint, rembrandt, Topper, transparent glass paint
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August 31st, 2010
Celtic Wedding Card
I was asked by my Step MIL to make a Wedding Card for a couple getting married this weekend coming, in Ireland. The Bride is Irish and the Groom is American so, I thought being as they are marrying in Ireland, to have a Celtic Image. I googled and found the image of a Celtic Knot which seemed just perfect. The design symbolises Love forever and never-ending too, with the ring in the middle.
The Celtic topper I hand drew then traced over onto acetate with relief paint. Once this was dry I then painted in with a light blue transparent glass paint.
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August 31st, 2010
“Tweet Tweet”
This Glass Painted Bird card is just one of my new cards, just created today. The Bird design was taken from a cardigan of my daughters’. I basically copied the image and drew it out then I traced it onto acetate and took it from there. I used Relief Paint to outline the bird and then once dry after 24 hours I then filled in the bird with the Light Blue, White and black. I left it’s wing clear so you could see the patterned paper through it, just to give it a little interest.
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August 31st, 2010
New Toppers
I have recently made some new glass painted toppers for use in my card-making/crafting. The following designs below have been taken from using templates however, the heart design I have designed the swirls in the centre for interest and to be able to use various shades of 1 colour mixed with white opaque (126).
Glass Painted Toppers
Here I made a Butterfly taken from the template in a craft magazine called Cardmaking & Papercraft. The heart was taken from another template but, then I added in swirls to add various shades like I said before and mainly to give interest too. The flower was taken from another template and again with this and the butterfly used various shades of the one colour when mixed with white and not mixed with white to get darker tones. Below, are close ups of each one:
The Butterfly topper I have left areas blank as my plan to allow patterned paper to be seen through those areas creating another dimension and interest too.
You could however, be more inventive with your artistic talents and actually use acrylic paints with mediums to create something quite similar and still make a topper in the way. This is just an idea to explain that you can use any mediums or methods in your crafting and, allowing you to realise that youi can go out of your craft box and bring in the use of art materials within your crafting.
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August 31st, 2010
“Birthday Boy”
- Using Watercolour paints
Another weekend is over and I am back to blog Land.
My nephew and niece celebrated their birthdays in the middle of August and for my Nephew I made this card using my Rembrandt Watercolour paints 5ml. Watercolour paints are not only for general painting to paint a whole image, it is also a use of craft supplies. I used Sepia (416) for the hair, Bluish Green(640) for the present, Cerulean Blue Phthalo (535) for the boys top, Yellow Ochre (227) for the shorts, Quinacridone Rose (366) for the ribbon and tag around the present & used the Naples Yellow Deep (223) for the skin. These colours from the Rembrandt Range certainly work really well with the papers i have used and give a masculine feel as a whole. The Bluish Green (640) is a beautiful hue to work with and makes me think of the sea. Skin colours are hard to get but, the Naples Yellow Deep mixed with a tiny dot of pink just gives that perfect skin colour.
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August 24th, 2010
“Winging My Way In”
Time really does pass so quickly……! It was only Friday yesterday it seems like and, now it is already the beginning of another week. I truly wish we had MORE time in the day, we would get more crafting and painting done.
Anyway, I shall not babble on! I made up a few butterflies last week and got them painted in with my Decorfin Glass paints allowing to dry for 24hours so, I was able to use on Friday. Well I did not get round to making lots of creations but, got this card made using a couple of my butterfly toppers. I used Olive Green (620) and White Opaque (126) with Bronze Relief Paint. I then put it together with a lovely little Girl image with dog from a company called Lily of the Valley. I am in love with the die cut images there. This image I just felt worked particulary well with the butterflies I have used here and gives it a rather nostalgic and vintage feeling. I framed with lots of pretty paper roses – something I can not do without in my crafting – and used a few ribbons also just to give it that little extra touch. Then used some little silver gems on the butterfly to decorate. I finished with decorating the inside and kept simple.
The Olive Green (620)Butterfly was done by mixing the white opaque (126) with the Olive green to give it a more softer feel and blend in with the use of papers I chose. Mixing the glass paints is one aspect I am really enjoying at the minute rather than straight from the jar as I get to play around a lot more and you get some really pretty colours when mixed – I for one love my pastel colours – and you see the true colour once mixed up with the white opaque. When mixing you can use any brush ie: decorfin brushes, acrylic brushes & watercolour brushes but, you MUST clean with with either warm soapy water or turpentine. It is also more fun to experiment with the colours rather than paint from the jar immediately. The colours come out really rich and pure painted straight from the jar. Because I paint thickly and not as they should be used – transparently – I find the darker colours (blues, greens, purples) you can not tell what each colour is so, mixing when painting thickly is a recommendation. There is more beauty and joy to the paints like I say previously when blending with the white.
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August 24th, 2010
“Birthday Celebrations”
Experimenting with the Decorfin Glass paints is something that I really enjoy doing just now and trying new surfaces is quite daunting to begin with. however, you really do amaze yourself with spectacular results. I am not one to show off my work but, this handcrafted creation of mine I really enjoyed producing with the craft materials we sell on our website.
Having been using acetate all the time with Glass paints I have applied to card instead. Using glass paints on card is actually not so time consuming as it dries up a lot quicker, almost instantly to be honest. as the card absorbs the colour immediately (leaving a mark on the underside).
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August 20th, 2010
“Simple Flower”
It amazes me how different you can make a card when using the same topper. I really enjoy using this flower design, which you will have seen appearing many times in my cardmaking. Here I have used Silver Relief paint with White opaque (126 ), Light Blue ( 501), and Olive Green (620) glass paints – the two colours have been mixed with white opaque to create soft pastel colours in keeping with the fresh patterned papers. You do not have to use the Decorfin brushes with the glass paints you can use acrylic brushes however, you just need to remember that you must clean with warm soapy water or turpentine keeping it clean, otherwise the hairs will harden and you will end up chucking out.
Within the flower topper I made I drew small circles with the silver relief paint then painted in with the pastel blue (a mix of light blue & white opaque) which created a nice balance of colour and, gave more of a dimension to the flower itself.
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