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

Thyme to roll out the dough

This is one of my
 FAVORITE
pieces

It was a class I did......several years aga

The design is by Prudy Vannier CDA

I never sold this piece because

I LOVE IT! 

This is the style painting

that makes my heart SMILE

I love to to

 hang it in my kitchen

every

year at the holidays

Oh.......those elves, working so hard!

A star cookie cutter

the rolling pin rolling the dough

checking the recipe.......

the recipe

I changed the pattern some and added my touches to the cookies

a handsome ginger boy!

star cookies with frosting and sprinkles!!

YUM, Yum..............Looks good enough to eat!!!!!!!!!!!

Instead of painting today

I made these............Gingerbread ornies!!

Just wait till you see what I'm doing

with these !

Hugs,

Lynn