Dragonfly Zen

WOW! We have a fun week planned for you! Stampendous is working with the wonderful products provided to us by DecoArt for our projects. Our two teams will share ideas all week with a grand finale hop on Friday!

Of course there are Prizes!!!!! 

Comment to win one of three HUGE prize packages that includes Andy Skinner stamps and DecoArt Media™ Paint plus more!  US winners only, see Stampendous Official Contest Rules here for more details.

Want to see all that’s in each prize package? Take a look below:

Stampendous:
ASCRS07 Cling Handle with Care ASCRS08 Cling Skuldoggery ASCRS09 Cling Unexplained
DecoArt:
Quinacridone Magenta Cobalt Turquoise Hue Cobalt Teal Hue Primary Magenta Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide Paynes Gray Carbon Black Titanium White Prussian Blue Hue Phthalo Blue	Quinacridone Gold Diarylide Yellow Pyrrole Red Green Gold Primary Yellow Media Mister Titanium White Antiquing Cream Patina Antiquing Cream 8oz Bottle Lamp Black Americana Acrylic Pain

My creation today was inspired by the beautiful ceramic tiles of Sid Dickens. If you've never seen them, I can tell you, they are amazing!  They also are a little pricey, so I decided to create my own version with Stampendous and DecoArt products!

Dragonfly Zen

Stampendous:
FREG036 Aged Teal Embossing Enamel

Dreamweaver:

DWLM193 Dragonfly Stencil
DWLX7024 Zen Flower Stencil
DWDEP Regular Embossing Paste
DWDMBP Matte Black Embossing Paste
DWDPK Palette Knife
DWLM2010 Paste Spreader

Plus:
5" x 7" Canvas
DecoArt White Gesso
Foam brush
DecoArt Prussian Blue, Titan Bluff
DecoArt DuraClear Ultra Matte
DecoArt Metallic Lustre Iced Espresso
VersaMark Ink
Copic Black 100
Removable Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Tape the Zen Flower stencil to the canvas and apply Regular Embossing Paste over the stencil, remove the stencil and place in water for cleaning, let paste dry thoroughly
Step 2:  Use a foam brush to apply a coat of Gesso over the whole canvas, let dry

Step 3: Mix Prussian Blue, Titan Buff and Ultra Matte together and streak over the entire canvas including the sides, wipe off a little if it gets on too heavy, dry well
Step 4:  Mix a little Iced Espresso Metallic Lustre with water on a craft mat and streak over the design and sides, let dry
Step 5:  Tape the dragonfly stencil to the middle of the flower with removable tape

Step 6:  Use a palette knife and paste spreader to apply a coat of Matte Black Embossing Paste over the dragonfly, remove stencil and place in water for cleaning,  immediately sprinkle the wet paste with aged teal embossing enamel, tap off extra, heat set, let paste dry well
Step 7: Pat VersaMark around one corner, sprinkle with aged teal, heat set, repeat on the other three corners and along the sides

Step 8: Use a black Copic marker to edge the dragonfly image
Step 9: If background is too dark, moisten a paper towel and dip it in Titan Buff, dab it off and rub the flower area to lighten the background, dry well

For a complete list of today's designers, see these blogs:

Stampendous Blog

DecoArt Blog

Happy Creating,
Louise