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Here's a card using a surprise Hero Arts stamp I got in an order...thank you H.A.!
Challenges:
1. Stay Crafty with a Blog named Hero: Feb 2024 - everything lovey dovey
2. CYHTP: AGoes Embossing with a twist of Squares and/or Circles
3. The Four Seasons - Mar: Spring Season
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NaMoPaiMo happens in February and it's my first time participating since I only found out about it end of last year (you can read more about it HERE).
I painted stuff before, but have never painted a model horse (I don't even recall painting any figurines...mostly canvas, paper, maybe rocks...I can't remember...I'm middle-aged!)
So, I bought a set of unpainted Breyer Stablemates and started practicing painting my first victim in January. Then, I also tried some of my other craft supplies on a second victim...you'll see them later on.
End of January I decided on my model...only to realize he's a boy after I entered the challenge...I wanted a girl!
Here's my (long post) journey with this new experience...
Day #1: he went through an "operation"...it was a bit hard to do due to the size of my model...
Note to self for next time: choose a bigger model!
Day #2-3 (cause I "work" late at night): I primed the dremeled areas with Gesso. After it dried, I put on the first layer of metallic acrylic paint on the body and added more yellow to mane/tail to check on how medium would react. I was half-asleep...
Day #3-4: Some progress...added another layer of paint on body...then, I didn't like how some areas were looking...so, regress...
I didn't really prep the model as I should, so some seams were showing up weird with the paint...I sanded it down, as much as I could, without disfiguring the model too much...I don't have the supplies to fix anything...I'm even too lazy to prime at this point...lol
Day #5: Took a break 'cause was working on a custom order - a Fox fancy-fold Card.
Day #6: Thought I would be able to paint at least 1 more layer…didn’t happen!
Day #7-8: Ok...back to it...one more layer (or 2) of paint on body...at 3a.m. or so…
And layers of metallic black on legs, later on.
Then, I decided to sand some more... I think the face is starting to look a different breed...
Day #8-9: Primed face with Gesso, and painted 1 more layer of purple and some black on mane/tail. Sanded one tiny area...
Day #10: Another layer of purple...more black on legs...
Day #11: I don't think I did anything...maybe sanded some little areas...who knows...
Day #12: Body Retouch
Day #13: Body retouch + Black on legs/mane/tail
Day #14: Painted some mane/tail areas with white acrylic paint
Day #15: Worked on Mane/Tail with yellow metallic paint
Day #16: Glitter Pen details on mane/tail
Day #17: Retouched body/tail + Purple Glitter pen details
Day #18: didn't touch it
Day #19: side tracked...started painting 2 other Stablemates...
Day #20: Sanded jaw area + repainted it
Day #21: Sanded some areas on front legs + Repainted them
Day #22: Wanted to seal it, but weather didn't help...
Day #23: Sealed it...finally!
Day #24-25: Another layer of glossy varnish...thought I was done...but sealer reacted with mane and color bled down the side...looks ok, but I'm OCD...
Day #26: Retouched some body and tail areas
Day #27: signed it...and sealed it.
Day #28: Last check...photo shoot and I'm done!
Meet Violet Amethyst!
Wow...took me too long to finish this tiny horse...
Well...my old kitty got very sick back in January and I was handfeeding her...until she started eating on her own about 2 weeks ago...besides daily subQs and some shots every 2-3 days for her...kids, other projects/work, laundry, etc...I was working very slowly...
But I guess it turned out ok...not too bad...for a fantasy/decorator model horse...
Here’s the other side:
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Here's a card with embossed background and handmade flowers...
Even the center of one was handmade with ribbon and die cut heart sealed in clear glaze.
Challenges:
1. Simon Says Wed: Love is In the Air
3. The Flower Challenge #88: Add a Heart
4. {Pin}spirational #310: Feb - Ribbons
6. Can You Handle the Pressure? Feb AGoes with a twist of Reds and/or Pinks
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Happy Lunar New Year!
Cuties colored with alcohol-based markers.
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I've been painting some model horses lately...
I use metallic acrylic paints sometimes and here's what I do with the left over paint...
I just add a little bit of water, brush on watercolor paper and use them on mixed media cards.
For this card, I brushed 2 colors on dry embossed white cardstock (I’m using a new embossing folder I bought not too long ago) and even colored a few embossed hearts (badly)...but if I had to do it again, I'd only emboss the panel after watercoloring...lol! You could barely see the hearts after getting the paper wet...so, I had to emboss a second time.
I adde some embellishments I made with punches, colored with alcohol-based markers and/or metallic pens. They have a coat or 2 of glossy medium.
Challenges:
1. BSC #7: Garnet & Amethyst + optional New Beginnings
2. Can You Handle the Pressure?: AGoes Embossing with a twist of Birthdays
Squeezing in a card for some challenges...just finished it not too long ago...lol
Using 2 stamps from Hero Arts that I had for a while but never used before...a background stamp and layering whales stamp set.
I added a die cut heart...almost a one-layer card but I stamped on a panel, then adhered it on card base.
Challenges:
1. Stay Crafty with a Blog named Here: Jan 2024 Challenge
2. Simon Says Mon: Have a Heart
3. Word Art Wed #623-#624: AGoes
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Trying out a die cut I bought a while ago but never used...until now - a fancy-fold or a variation on gate-fold card? Or both?
Challenges:
1. Triple B Jan 2024: Birds/Blooms & Butterflies
2. Die Cut Divas: Never Before Used Stuff
3. A Place to Start Jan 2024: Create a Gate-fold Card/AGoes (Top Sprout - Playing the Twist)
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A couple of days this past week, it got warmer...now it's colder again...crazy winter!
This is how I am dressed most of the days...even at home...lol
I used some Glitter Brush Pen, silver and silver metallic paint pens and dimensional glitter paint on this card:
Challenges:
1. Double D: Sparkle and/or Shine
2. Simon Says Wed: Add some Texture
3. WordArtWed #631-#632: AGoes
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My laptop died last year and I'm still trying to figure out how to edit my pics with this new computer...not to mention I lost a bunch of stuff, although they are backed up somewhere only my husband knows...lol!
