Dia de los Muertos Crafting: Mounted Sugar Skull

 

As I mentioned in this post, Mr. Chocolate claimed the first one of these I made for himself. Thief! No worries. I always buy spare supplies. For this one, I went on to the next step I planned for the one he stole, mounted it atop a candleholder, and added silk flowers around the "neck". 

Supplies:

• Plastic Skull (Dollar Tree)
• Multi-Surface Acrylic Paint and Acrylic Paint Pens
• Tissue Paper for Flowers
• Rhinestones and Gems
• Silk Flowers
• E-6000 Glue and Hot Glue/Gun

This is the skull. Dollar Tree has them every year. I used Folk Art multi-surface paint in Titanium White and a sponge applicator to cover the skull. 

Once the skull was painted, I outlined the cracks, nose, and teeth with a gold paint pen, and punched two flowers from a black paper scrap. 

I made tissue paper flowers for the crown, as described in the earlier post. 

I attached these across the skull to form a crown. Once that was done, it was time to play so I grabbed acrylic paint pens and rhinestones from my stash and went to town!

I went around the eye sockets with a black pen, then added dots with pink. 

I grabbed some acrylic flowers from my stash to add to the eyes, and then added various self-adhesive rhinestones (with a dab of glue to reinforce adhesion). 

I drew some flowers freehand using acrylic paint pens and added some rhinestones. 

I used some of these Creatology (Michaels) gems to go around the jawline and outside of the eyes..no plan...just kinda rolled with it.

Once I was good with my skull, I grabbed a floral disc thingy from Dollar Tree and a small candlestick (also DT) and glued the skull to the floral foam. I cut down floral stems (DT) and went around the floral foam, creating a collar. 

I used two different styles of flowers and started with placing the larger ones. Then I filled in any gaps with the smaller blooms. Once that was all done, I used a combo of E-6000 and hot glue to attach to the candleholder.

And now, I have the gift I planned all ready to give and safe from the thief! 

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Valentine's Day: From Dollar Tree Fillable Containers to Keepsake Ornaments

 

I've never been a pink person. Maybe it's (sorry Mom) having had a pink room or being inherently contrary and disliking what I'm supposed to like. I spent enough time in my pink room and in pink ballet tights etc. that it took me until recently to decide there's a shade of pink I do like and it's this pale pink, ironically called Ballet Slipper by Waverly. But since they're used to me being in black 24x7, I can take a bit of ribbing. This shade of pink goes well with black so there!

After Christmas, I found a pale pink tree at JoAnn for 80% off which inspired these ornaments since I had no Valentine's ornaments. I'll be sharing a couple others I made for the tree. 

Supplies:

• Heart Shaped Fillable Containers (Dollar Tree)
• Coffee Filters
• White Glue (Elmers)
• No Prep Paint in White and Ballet Slipper (Waverly, Walmart)
• Paper Crowns
• Self Adhesive Rhinestones 
• Ribbon
• Small Flower Embellishments

I found these fillable heart containers at Dollar Tree. I saw ornaments! See that last one with the string and tags inside? Didn't even take them out since I knew I was covering these and used my new favorite technique of coffee filters. While the no prep paint could have gone straight on the plastic, I like texture.

I squirted some glue onto the heart, covered a section then applied some of the coffee filters which I'd crumbled up and torn into usable pieces. 

Repeat until all of your hearts are covered. I like to let these dry overnight before painting. Once dry, I applied a coat of the white Waverly no prep paint.

You can see how it looks like a texture paste. Once all of the hearts were painted and dry, I went over with the Ballet Slipper Waverly paint.

I was fine with some of the white peeking through. Once the pink coat was dry, I dry brushed a little silver on and then to add more bling, I used a translucent glitter paint to give it a final coat. 

Time to embellish! I grabbed some things from my stash. I thought I might use both the wings and crowns shown here but ultimately went with the crowns. 

I tacked the crowns down with a glue stick and then went over with a quick coat of glue. And because I'm a bling girl, I had to add some rhinestones! Sparkle sparkle! 

I had some snowflake ornament hangers from my Christmas stash I thought worked with these since we're still in Winter. I grabbed these pink mini-flowers from my stash and added them to the center of the snowflake and then applied the rhinestones as shown. To finish, I made bows from black satin ribbon et voila!

See? I even did pink nails!

I have two more ornament projects I made for my tree which I'll share this week! 

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762nd Inspire Me Tuesday

Winter Decor: Dollar Tree Pizza Pan Sign

 

I decided to do some transitional decor from Christmas to Winter. To start with, I grabbed a Dollar Tree Pizza Pan I had in my stash. Just add some paint, vinyl, and rhinestones!

Supplies:

• Dollar Tree Pizza Pan
• Waverly Chalk Paint (Lagoon, Walmart)
• White Acrylic Paint
• White Glossy Vinyl (Cricut)
• Winter Cut File (Cricut Design Space)
• Rhinestone Embellishments

I was late to this Waverly Chalk Paint I'm now in love with. A little goes a long way and it goes on every surface easily without prep. 

I didn't even tape off the rim before painting the center of the pan. A flat brush made it easy to keep the edges clean. I did do two coats for full coverage, drying in between with a hair dryer. 

Once the second coat was dry, I used white acrylic paint to dry brush onto the pan. 

I found this image in Cricut Design Space and sized to fit my project. I cut it on my Explore using white Cricut Gloss Vinyl. Once weeded and applying the transfer tape, I applied it to the painted Pizza Pan. 

Once the vinyl was applied I grabbed some rhinestone embellishments from my stash and decorated as shown. 

To display, I used one of these clear easels I found where else...at Dollar Tree!

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