I had to say "It isn't easy being Green" as our challenge this week is all about green at
Simon Says Stamp and Show. I kept singing the Kermit the frog song about "It isn't easy being green" while I was working on my project.
You can interpret green in a variety of ways as being in the colors that you use on your project or as in being green and up-cycling something.
My project has no shades of green on it but I did up-cycle a vase that was a previously failed project. I tried a technique on it and wasn't successful. This gave me an opportunity to up-cycle my failed project into something new.
I started with a colored glass vase.
And added a layer of tissue paper and doilies around the edges:
I then added a touch of grunge embossing paste through a stencil one one side and lace trims and flowers around the other areas.
I painted all the surfaces:
Including my embellishments:
And started adding embellishments:
Buttons, Flowers, and a stamped butterfly.
I added metal embellishments and other re-cycled bits and bobs. I painted everything in white acrylic paint. I loved how it looked in white but wanted to see how it would look with color.
I pulled out the glimmer mists and misted areas in yellow and then added areas in pink.
The hardest part was getting photos to show of the softness of the misted surfaces.
The other side:
Another side view:
I finished it off with a spritz of perfect pearl mist.
Products:
Perfect Pearls - Pearl Mist, Claudine Hellmuth Ranger Studio - Paint PaperArtsy - Grunge Paste Medium Texture,
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Timepieces,
Keys,
Studio Calico - Wood Butterfly Hero Arts Antique Engravings Butterfly,
Buttons,
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Lavish Trimmings, ,
Prima Flowers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist -
Yellow,
Pink, BO Bunny Medium Doily,
Idea-Ology Game Spinners,
The Crafters Workshop Mini Zinnia Stencil
Come join in and show us your green for a chance to win a gift certificate from the ever generous Simon Says Stamp.
Thanks for stopping by!
Suzz
