It is thyme to send a post card to the North Pole

Today 

I want to show you a design 

by

Kim Hogue 

that I have painted

It is called

POST CARD TO THE NORTH POLE

You can find the pattern 

to

 this design 

in 

the book

TOLE FAIRIES 

Let's step inside 

my

STUDIO

and

 I will show you how I painted this project

My Pallette

DecoArt Americana Acrylics

Camel , Honey Brown, Sand, Antique Gold, Buttermilk, Lamp Black, Heritage Brick, Espresso, Graphite, Avacado Dip, Titanium White, Burnt Orange, Black Plum, Marigold, Slate Grey, Plantation Pine, Light Avacado, Paynes Grey

Speciality Products

Americana Multi Purpose Sealer, DecoArt Acrylic Matte Spray Varnish, Decopage Medium, DecoArt Snow-Tex, Flora Craft Diamond Dust, graphite paper, sanding sticks, sponge roller brush, sea sponge

Let's Paint!!!!

Before painting it is very important to prepare your surface properly

so you the end result is perfect!

I first sanded then sealed my pieces using 

Americana Multi Purpose Sealer

I initially used a spong roller to roll on the following values

Honey Brown, Camel and Sand

This gave my surface 

a 

"tea dyed" look

I then used

 a 

SEA SPONGE

and

additional values

 to add 

texture

 to 

my surface

After my surface was completely dry

 I used graphite paper 

to 

transfer the main pattern lines

( I keep a small travel blow dryer on my paint table for drying paint quickly)

Base coating the main elements of the design

Kim Hogue's projects are always full of wonderful

 techniques

 and 

details!

In this project you do a lot of "scumbling" to create shaded areas

Working on the pine tree

 and 

details on the snowman

A closer look!

The flag "banner" 

is 

actually cardstock 

that you paint!

When the paint was dry

 I painted over the cardstock banners

 with

Matte Decou-Page

I then glued the banners to my surface

Painting the postmark and stamp

Close up 

of the 

POSTMARK

The "embellishment kit"

 contains 

a tiny star that you paint 

for 

the tree and glue on

I used 

DecoArt  Glittering Snow-Tex 

for the snow

I also added 

DIAMOND DUST

to make the snow 

SPARKLE

Painting the stocking ornament

Who knew that you could KNIT with your paint brush!

Finished stocking ornament

My completed project!

DecoArt provided me with the paints 

to 

complete this project as part

 of the

Helping Artist Program

and 

Blogger Outreach Program

Thank you DecoArt for all your wonderful products to create with

You can view my 

DecoArt Profile

HERE

I hope you have enjoyed watching me paint

POST CARD TO THE NORTH POLE

HAPPY PAINTING!

Lynn