little treasures

Little Treasures 

By Sue Smyth

After many years of creating and crafting, you can imagine that I have a lot of projects to display and keep. This can be a challenge, sometimes I give work away and it also goes around the country on display for classes, but mostly because I fall in love with what I have created, I keep it.
So from time to time I go small, do little things that satisfy my creative bug and dont take a lot of space when displaying. This time I had some old paint brushes that were begging to be used, and I have seen people or fairies made with them by others, so decided to have a go at it myself...my version if you will.

First up is my blue fairy, she has a gorgeous ID butterfly as her wings, I have covered patches

with dimensional magic then sprinkled with fine glitter, then when dry

I have filled in the remaining areas with dimensional magic and a contrasting colour

of glitter.

Then I have used a contrasting colour, Red ,this time using a solid ID chipboard
butterfly as the wings. I have used a medium with glass beads in it all over
the chipboard, while wet I drew in the medium to create ridges.
When dry I have painted with turquoise paint, then rubbed in
violet and gold inka and waxes.

They both are smallish brushes, so little charms fit them well, I 

found some little crowns and a heart with wings just in scale.

You can then add natural items like feathers, moss and muslin to 

create a skirt.

I have added a bit of sugar wire around the wings to 

create a fine line of detail.

Trophy Pringle box

Next I have altered a Pringle box, I just love these, and have done them many times before

something about the solid cylinder maybe that I love. You can used the to store things

after you alter them too, which makes the uber practical.

To follow my theme of this year, dragons, I have put a molded dragon on the 

front of this one.

It is a resin dragon I made myself, if you heat the resin after it is set and 

cast it will become pliable again (not liquid).

So I have bent it around the tin and allowed it to reset in that shape.

I have used ID chipboard to decorate the bottom and top of the tin and added a frame under the dragon.

The dragon though he is small has heaps of detail that comes up

so well with inka gold and waxes. But first I painted him with black gesso 

Then I have used Art Alchemy waxes and Inka Gold to colour him 

as desired.

I have added a cool plastic trophy, to the top, of course  I have altered it first.

then piled a lot of shiny beads over the base.

I have recoloured the beads with 

alcohol inks if needed.

And added some red micro beads around the dragons tail 

with a large purple rhinestone.

To finish I have also added seed beads over the larger beads

and allowed them to fall naturally over the sides.

Some of the chipboard used

Happy Crafting