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Not every Witch is ugly & dark. I am here today to prove that theory with a prissy missy Witch. I began with the darling Witch Poo wooden hat from Foundations Decor, it comes complete with a playful spider! The raw wood is high quality, fully sanded and ready to go. Paint, paper, inks, Gel Press monoprints all work with the delightful project.  I thought that we should give a good vibe to the gal who will wear this hat.  Therefore...glitter and prissy was in my mind.   BUT  there is also a dark side to this project.  Good Witch or Bad Witch?                               Paint the hat and both sides of the spider with black paint Use Aleenes glue to sporadically place glitter Sprinkle one side with very fine iridescent pink  Sprinkle remaining with med. weight black glitter Coat hat band with med. weight pink glitter & add a gem. Coat one side of spide...

Reginald is a very fine Gentleman. He also thinks that people should eat more vegetables and less meat, especially in November (and all year actually)! I had a lot of fun making this one.  He developed a personality while we worked. My supplies included the main ingredient of the Foundations Decor Turkey and sanding board, Dixie Belle Paints and brush, papers, feathers, gilding, duo glue, Aleenes Tacky glue, Dew Drops and Dew Drop glue dots, assorted accent paints AND the wonderful chicken wire. Couldn't do it without my Kai scissors! I started by lightly sanding the edges (they really did not need it, however) .  Then I applied paint to the back and sides.       Now for cutting the paper, I devised a special trick for getting into tiny places to trace the pattern.   You will sand the paper edges, but this helps too.  I took my mechanical pencil and emptied some lead, then I gently used the bare lead to t...

Fall is quickly approaching and Halloween will be here before you know it.  My project today is a wooden boot place-card holder by Foundations Decor.  Altered Pages sells several different wooden pieces you can decorate and they are all so much fun! This little boot could also easily have been an elf-boot for Christmas, but thanks to the beautiful temperatures here in Michigan right now I'm really in an autumn mood.   I chose to make an orange boot for the holiday and selected Dixie Bell's terra cotta chalk paint.  The matte finish of the chalk paint is exactly what I was looking for. The paint went over the untreated wood beautifully.  Just let it dry completely and you're ready to go on with the decorations. Altered Pages has a lot of really great Halloween collages.  I looked for collage images that had smaller pictures that would fit on this 3"x 3" boot. I used the same witch on both the left and right sides of t...

These shots are from my work this week. But read on to see my ARTSY friends at play.                                              I began with the darling  Foundations Decor WITCHES BOOT.  I painted it with DIXIE BELLE Paints for my base coat.    Then I added Art Anthology Sorbet in purple for subtle sparkle and texture.  I added a die cut from our Halloween papers...'Toil and Trouble'.   The buckle was coated with Art Anthology Sorbet and while wet I sprinkled purple mica chips for a bit of bling.  The piece of orange ribbon was added to make the buckle POP.   I played with various ribbons and lace for the photo stem.   My cigar box was covered in our Halloween papers and our Halloween 6x6 Die Cut papers.     I chopped up a plastic skeleton and applied him to the top of the box. ...

Another month is ending... we have had a great time working with Foundations Décor products. Take time to visit all the posts this month, if you missed them, I am sure you will be inspired to create!    Today I am working on the reverse side to HOME TWEET HOME!  I have added a clothespin to this side of the house to make it a bit more functional.   Supplies: Foundations Décor Sweet Heart House Dixie Belle Paint Butter Creamy Dixie Belle Van Dyke Glaze Sunshine in my Soul 8x8  Paper Pad Adhesive - Glue Charms and Dog from old Monopoly game Flowers Metallic Luster Wax Clothes Pin Chipboard Image of door   I love working on both sides of my Foundations Décor products.  My project today is the backside of my HOME TWEET HOME (above) that was shared on the Altered Pages blog yesterday.  You can see how I painted the house and created it HERE on the blog!   First, all sides of the Foundatio...