FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS

 I have a lot of different floral dies and recently bought a couple of vase dies to go along with the pot dies I had from a cactus die set. So I decided to do some floral arrangements on some previously created backgrounds. These are such simple little atc's but have a big impact as the flora takes centre stage. They can be a bit fiddly working out what plants work best with what pot and as almost every stem is an individual one, I found my little dressmaking clips worked really well to hold it all together so I could "audition" the pieces to see what worked and what didn't. (Thanks Janine for the wonderfully descriptive "audition word".  😉)  

I've included the video at the end of this post so you can see what I mean about the little dressmaking clips and how well they work. I also use them if I need to hold a couple of things together while waiting for the glue to dry. They are very handy!

"Be authentic"

"Lukemoist"

"You do you"

"Ordinary"

"Grow through"

"Live simply"

Video showing the little dressmaking clips and how I've used them.

FOUNDRY WAX

 

Over the years I have used various types of waxes, including water-based (like DecoArt Metallic Lustre), turps based (like Treasure Gold, and Rub-n-buff) and the newer composition using beeswax (like the Finnabair Metallique Waxes). Then the Ranger Foundry Wax entered the scene. This is a totally different type of wax because it has to be heated to activate. It is in a class of its own with its high metallic shine which can be made brighter by subsequent applications, or less shine by not using so much. The method of applying is different in that it dries very quickly and you need to work with only a couple of drops at a time but until you heat it with a heat gun, it's quite dull and not permanent.

I've used it in various ways as shown in my samples below, listed in order: on a plastic snake, on the corrugated card and on a black die-cut, on plastic spiders and smooshed onto a background, dabbed onto a coloured die-cut and added to a piece of string, wiped over a dry-embossed white background and finally wiped onto the raised areas of a black dry-embossed background. 

If you click on the pictures, they will come up much clearer and with more detail.
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"Embalm and carrion"

"Chaos"

"Spider's web"

"My sin-twister"

"Sadness"

"Ghoul gang"