Family Candle ~ Christmas Gift Idea with Michelle

Are you looking for some personalized Christmas Gift Ideas? These are perfect and so easy to make.
This is a quick and easy method to adding photos to candles.

The photo wraps right around this candle which makes it perfect for a centre piece on the table, you get a different photo on each side :)

 

 I hope you enjoyed this Christmas Gift Idea!
You can get creative with colours and designs, you can even add sequins, and beads around the candle with pins. This is also a great way to use those eyelets that you have had forever.

Pebeo Fantasy Phone Covers with Michelle

Do you have a heap of old phone cases lying around that have seen better days??

Why not give them a new lease of life with some Pebeo Fantasy Prisme & Moon Paints as well as some Vitrail Paints and Cerne Relief Outliners. These are super easy to make, you you need to do is pour and use a toothpick to create some patterns.

Some tips to working with Fantasy & Vitrail Paints are:

• Don't overwork/ overblend the colours. adding the colours side by side and letting them do their own dance creates the most spectacular results.
• Don't work directly under a fan with these paints, a fan will develop a dryer skin on top of the colours that doesn't work as well when dragging patterns through the colours.
• Leave the colours over your surface for at least 15min to 40min before dragging patterns through it. You want the colours to settle into each other but not dry to much. You still want the colours to be able to move. Waiting before adding patterns holds the pattern shapes a little better.
• Don't get too attached to the initial pour, they keep working and activating with each other as they dry, that is where the magic happens.

Enjoy this video tutorial on how I created the second cover and how I have used the Cerne Relief Outliner. :)

These are the quick and easy steps to creating the background on the first cover.
These would make awesome Christmas presents that you could personalize with their names.

If you revamp your phone covers we would love to see them over on the Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/craftycrusaders/

Mepxy Markers & Canson Canvas Paper ~ Blending Techniques with Michelle

Who would have thought you could get this sort of finish with Mepxy Markers. I love how they blended on the canvas paper (A4 Canson Canvas Paper 290gsm) . The paper underneath gave the markers so much more versatility while being able to create some beautifully blended techniques.

Using the colourless marker to blend and add highlights worked a treat. Even adding lighter colours over the top of darker colours changed it to the lighter colour. I also used light colour and the 00 colourless marker to soften lines and blend out the colours. I love the finished look of the canvas under the drawing too. :)

I hope you have enjoyed this technique and it inspires you to have a play with canvas paper for your background! Love it! :)

INKTOBER Sun Goddess & Schmincke Inks with Michelle

Continuing  on the INKTOBER theme I have explored with some more ways you can use the Schmincke Inks. These inks are so yummy, the colours are so gorgeous.

I have a quick tutorial for you on how I have created my Sun Goddess.

I have used the Schmincke masking Fluid to mask out some quick features for

Next are a couple of techniques for creating depth in your backgrounds using stencils and stamps.

      

I have used the Copper, Vermeil Gold & Gold Pebeo Cerne Relief Outliners on the hair and headpiece. I love how these outliners work work so well with mixed media :)

Mepxy Markers & Heartfelt Creations Card with Michelle

If you are a card maker you will love Mepxy markers to colour in stamped images.
The colours are just divine, I love the coverage you can get with these markers



This card was created using the Heartfelt Creations Classic Sunflower Stamp HCPC 3626


The butterflies & Sunflower were stamped with Sunflower Stem HCPC 3627 & Summers Day HCPC 3630

 This is a super quick and easy way to make a gorgeous card, simply stamp your image with a permanent ink and then colour in with Mepxy Markers. Cut out and add to a card. :)

Mepxy Markers Colouring In with Michelle

Have you tried the latest adult colouring in trend?

They say it is as good as meditating for stress relief and relaxing and I would have to agree.

I have been having just as much fun creating designs as I have colouring them in.

The Mepxy Markers are perfect for colouring in. They blend beautifully and the colours are just gorgeous! :)

You can download this PDF Printable colouring in page HERE
You can download the JPEG Printable colouring in page HERE

I printed the printout onto A4 Canson Drawing paper with an inkjet printer.

Mepxy markers used to colour the face are:

N25, W11, N01 & N51

The hair was coloured in with:
W29, W31, W13, N18, N03, W37, N25 & N05
The flowers were coloured in with:
M29, O09 & Y19
The leaves were coloured in with:
L07, L03 &G07
The eyes were coloured in with:
C05 & C02

The blue background was painted with Pebeo Studio Aquarelle Watercolours:
Primary Phthalo Blue

We would love for you to join in, colour in your freedom seeker and share with us on the

Crafty Crusaders Facebook Page.

Guilded Cheese Platter Cage ~ Pebeo Cerne Relief with Michelle

Guided Cheese Platter Cage with Pebeo Cerne Relief Outliner.

This is a great way jazz up plain glassware and is a super easy to do.

You can print out this PDF Instruction Sheet HERE

  Bottom of the Cheese Platter Plate


Top of the Cheese Platter Lid