Tolentreasures

Someone asked me about the pumpkin faces last week. Here are the steps that I use to make the faces. First of all, base coat whatever you are using with shades of orange.   You can read about how to do the background here or http://tolentreasures.blogspot.com/2011/01/star-and-berry-vine-tutorial.html   (Somewhere on this blog, I posted a whole tutorial on backgrounds, think I can find it?  Of course not.)   Then trace on your face. I use chalk, freehand it! Honestly, they are all different.   One little word of caution. If you are using pan lids, I drill the hole before I paint them and make sure that hole is at the top when you start painting.   All mistakes that I have made and that we are not going to talk about. Just trust me.     I paint the faces with white first. Yellow just takes too many coats.   Then Yellow and yellow again. Paint the noses (handles) black...

  Memory! Where does it go?   I decided it was time to update my blog and I found these pictures all ready and waiting for directions. So here goes.   I know that they are a little unseasonal but they were on the top of my painting pile waiting to be finished. With sealer/white glue/modge podge adhere the paper to the tags.   I have used an old hymnal, scrapbook paper will work as well. Don't have an old hymnal? If you send me your mailing address, I will send pages to you. How easy is that?   When they are dry, sand them and antique them with some dark chocolate acrylic paint thinned down.    I use water, faster drying time and they are small. Anything much bigger than these tags, I use extender in my paint for antiquing.   With Light Cinnamon, paint in three circles.   C'mon, did you think I was going to give you a pattern for this? Don't forget a little...

  The picture above is not exactly like the one that we are painting here.   Just another variation of what you could do with these.   First of all... Feel free to use this pattern in any way you choose. You can paint these and sell them.  You can post them on the internet. You can pin them to pinterest. The only request that I make is to not take the directions as your own and publish them anywhere else.   Hey people, it's a free painting pattern! The least that you could do is just link back here when you use it! I love to see that people are using the pattern and directions! So, here we go. This is the line drawing. As you will see, I forgot the beak on the large owl.     It is just an upside down teardrop.     Start by basecoating all the areas in. Don't worry about the feet or the branch right now   Large Owl Wings - Midnight Blue Belly - Hause...

Before we start, here are the warnings. THERE IS NO LINE DRAWING! THE COLORS ARE FLEXIBLE! THE BRUSHES ARE SUGGESTIONS! OK, that being said.... Relax and have fun with this. I used: #2 long liner 1/2 " glaze wash brush #4 round brush. Paints Decoart Americana Khaki Tan or Sable Brown or any other beige. Bleached Sand Light Cinnamon Black Antique Gold Avocado Midnight Blue Russet or Background color of choice Blanket color of choice Any long skinny wood item would work for this. Measure out where you want the checkered border. Paint that area with Bleached White and shade the edges. Allow to dry and then tape the area that you want to remain white, and then paint back over the tape. Below you will see those steps from left to right. Repainting over that seals the tape and does not allow the next color to seep under. It makes for a really clean edge. I painted the top Russet. The bottom can be sponged or crackled or distressed and can be any color. At this point you can cut a pi...

To all those looking for humor, or before and after pics, you will just have to wait. This is a crafting post! You will need:  Wood Rectangles (I bought a huge pack of these at a craft supply place, not knowing what I was going to do with them) Twine Mini Clothespins Rusty Jingle Bells Decoart Americana Sap Green Cocoa Antique White Heritage Brick Black White Regular Painting Supplies Base the rectangles with the Sap Green. I blended a little of the Antique White on the upper right hand corners. Allow to dry and sand lightly. With Cocoa on a round brush (6) paint the letters. You don't need a pattern for these, just paint them. Highlight on the upper and right sides of the letters with Antique White using the same round brush. With Heritage Brick on a liner brush, paint in the stripes. Shade the lower and left sides with Black on the same liner brush. Highlight the letters with White on the right sides. String four jingle bells on the twine. (Honestly, this was the ha...