Thyme for Rollin' The Cookies

Today 

I would like to show you how I painted 

a 

Prudy Vannier CDA

design

 called

Rollin' The Cookies

You can find the surface for this pattern at 

Tolemine 

HERE

My palette for this project is:

DecoArt Americana

Black Plum , Black Green, Burnt Umber , Buttermilk, Cadium Yellow, Camel, Delanes Cheek Color, Driftwood, Grey Sky, Hauser Light Green, Holly Green, Honey Brown, Lamp Black, Light Buttermilk, Medium Flesh, Milk Chocolate, Neutral Grey, Terra Cotta, Titanium White, True Red, Hot Shots Fiery Red

Other Supplies

Deco Art Glamour Dust Ice Crystal, Deco Art Americana  Dura Clear MATTE Varnish, DecoArt Americana Oak/Chene Gel Stain, Americana MATTE Acrylic Sealer / Finisher 

Basecoat the surface

I sometimes also use a small roller for this

Use your graphite paper to transfer design

Let's start to basecoat the design

When painting RED areas such as the ELVES coats

I always paint a coat of either GREY or GREEN FIRST

then I paint my RED

Painting the crock

 I stippled this area to add some texture

Shading the dough

I added

  Deco Art 

Glamour Dust ( Ice Crystal ) 

to the dough to make it 

sPaRkLe

I just LOVE Prudy's Elves!

This is a

 FUN

 piece to paint!

I am now starting to paint the second surface to this design. 

It is base coated 

in 

True Red

Adding some more

 details and shading

 to the 

main design

I used 

cookie cutters

 to

 trace the designs 

for 

the cookies

Let's add some icing to the cookies!

When my painting was completely dry

I varnished with several coats 

of

Americana Dura Clear

Matte Varnish

Thyme 

to

 paint the frame!

 I painted the frame

 with 

Honey Brown

and 

antiqued 

with 

DecoArt Americana

Oak/Chene

Gel Stain

I let the gel stain dry 

COMPLETELY

before applying

 2 LIGHT coats 

of

Americana MATTE Acrylic Sealer/Finisher 

to the frame

Close up 

of the

Elves

Finished piece!

Thank you Prudy Vannier

for 

such a wonderful design to paint!

DecoArt

provided me with the supplies to complete this project as part 

of their  

Blogger Outreach Program

You can view 

my 

Deco Art Blogger Profile 

and 

many other talented 

DecoArt Bloggers

HERE

Thank you DecoArt

 for giving me the opportunity

 to

work with all your fabulous products!

Happy Painting!

 Lynn

"Each day is a new canvas to paint upon.

Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness,

and

at the end of the day you don't look at it

and

wish you had painted something different."

 ~Author Unknown

Do you BELIEVE in MAGIC?

When my children were small

I used to tell them

SANTA

comes to 

ALL

who 

BELIEVE

Each year I set out to 

MAKE THE MAGIC

of 

CHRISTMAS

happen

And so .....

this year will be no different.

Step inside 

my 

STUDIO

and 

I will show you what I have been working on

Today I am going to show you how to make 

SNOW LADIES

These are a fun easy project

I make several of these every year

to give as gifts

First gather your supplies

Supplies

 WHITE satin Christmas balls, white fur boa, craft ribbon , sprigs of holly, berries, stylus, glue gun, pink powder blush, Americana Acrylic Sealer/ Finisher Matte Spray

Paints

Deco Art AMERCANA

Lamp Black, Burnt Orange, Heritage Brick, Snow White 

I free hand painted the faces on but you can lightly sketch them on with a pencil

Base the eyes using Lamp Black, when dry add the highlights with Snow White. 

Add the eyebrows and lashes with Lamp Black

Paint the nose using Burnt Orange, shade with Heritage Brick, when dry add some 

snow to the top of the nose with Snow White. 

Dot the mouth on using your stylus and Lamp Black. When dry add a highlight to the Lamp Black mouth dots with Snow White

I add "color " to the cheeks using powered blush and a q-tip

When dry LIGHTLY spray your ornaments 

using 

Deco Art 

Americana Acrylic Sealer/ Finisher Matte Spray

Tip when spraying!!!

*** Do not spray directly ON your ornaments....rather spray into the air OVER them and let the midst fall on your ornaments ***

While the Matte Spray is still wet I sprinkle on

DecoArt Crystal Glamour Dust Glitter 

for 

sPaRkLe

Cut a small piece of ribbon for hanging and thread thru the top of ornament.

Use your glue gun to line glue around the top of the ornament hanger immediately add a small piece of white boa all around the top of the silver hanger.

I added a

small 

GLITTERED HOLLY LEAF

AND

RED BERRIE

to my snow ladies hair

I always look for unusual boxes and wrappings every year for my gifts

to make them look special

and

"MAGICAL"

Deco Art

provided me with the paints to complete this project as part of their

Helping Artist

and

Blogger Outreach 

programs.

Thank you Deco Art!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

Happy Painting !

Lynn

"Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. 

Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, 

and 

at the end of the day you don't look at it

 and 

wish you had painted something different." 

~Author Unknown

The STUDIO gets BUSY at this THYME of year!

It's that THYME of year again 

when things can get pretty BUSY 

in the 

STUDIO!

Because

it's 

THYME

TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN!

Step inside 

and

 I'll show you some of the pieces that I am working on

I'm working on lots of ornaments!

This is a wonderful 

SANTA 

design by Pam Grady

that I'm painting on MORE ornaments!

This is a design called

Rolling Out the Cookie Dough

by 

Prudy Vannier

It's a REAL favorite of mine!

NOW

You might be wondering where my ELF

HINKLEY

has been?

He arrived 

EARLY

this year so I was hopeful that we would not fall behind on preparations to

MAKE THE MAGIC 

happen for Christmas

HINKLEY

was made by the 

MASTER ELF MAKER

BRENDA

at

THE RUSTY THIMBLE

I had requested an Elf that could help me 

in the 

STUDIO

 to

sand & base coat pieces, type patterns, and some "light assembly work"

well....

he can't 

TYPE

This

 ELF 

also needed to be able to help with all the other 

usual Christmas preparations

 such as wrapping, decorating , baking etc.

Every thyme I take out the 

KITCHENAID 

he tells me to

BEAT IT

because 

it's THYME for his SPINNING workout......sigh

BEFORE

the Elves leave Brenda's workshop

they must attend 

ELF CLASSES

We all know how much I love to paint, design and create....

I've even had the PRIVLEDGE to MEET and PAINT 

with some

REAL BIG BRUSHES 

(ARTISTS/DESIGNERS)

who always inspire me 

to 

PAINT OUTSIDE THE LINES

I've shared so many painting stories with

  HINKLEY

during our thymes in the 

STUDIO

But a PAINTER he is not!

Nor does he even try to be.......when I try to teach

him....he says that I don't need any more

BIG BRUSHES

in the STUDIO.... I have enough!

Well.... it looks like I shall be heading back to my painting table 

ALONE

 I wasn't expecting him to become a

BIG BRUSH

but

a little help with base coating would be appreciated!

WELL

 I am just going to

Keep those brushes flying!

Happy Painting !

Lynn