I'm running away....and joining the circus!

Ok come on,you know you want to...I mean who doesn't..at least for a little while,want to escape to the circus! 

 After I assembled the Circus Wagon cart I painted the front and back in Americana's Lipstick Red paint and then using a dry brush I brushed on some white Deco Arts Media Gesso.

Next I added splatters of Deco Art Media Fluids Carbon Black and Cobalt Teal. I then took some Deco Arts Gold Rush Metallic Lustre and mixed it with some drops of water.This created a vibrant gold that I used to splatter on the piece.

I painted the wheels in the same color teal...

and attached them to the base as well as adding Gold Mini Dresden Trim. I also sprayed on some of the Gold metallic lustre on the wheels. Plus I added card stock to the inside and outside walls.

In order for the animals to pop out I glued in some spacers.

I attached circus paper cuts and added Stickles glitter glue to all the edges.

Last minute,I decided to change the ticket by adding another circus cut out and word text as well as adding height by adding wire tinsel stems and painted teal card stock. Final touches included rhinestones on the wheels,Black Dresden on the sides,and more glitter glue on the edges. 

Retro Cafe Art Products used in this tutorial:

Rolling Circus Wagon

Mini Dresden

Circus Paper Cuts

Wire Tinsel Stems

Stickles Glitter Glue

Black Dresden

This week I also managed to make these yummy Art Tags using Retro Cafe Art's chipboard words! I simply painted them with Rich Expresso Dazzling Metallic paint. I love the way came out and the way they pop on the tags!

Lastly,I wanted to announce the winner of Brenda Schweder's Dvd giveaway from the last post..

Thank you to those that participated!!

Heather from Thicketworks! 

I will get in touch with you Heather! 

Congrats! 

Happy Creating friends!!

"Long ago God drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. You were never not coming here. This was never not going to happen.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

Here's to making every minute count,

Wire Wrangling and a Giveaway!

Ever get totally pumped to work on a project and then to your surprise you end up with something completely different from where you started?

This happens to me all the time

and I think it's pretty wonderful! 

I love using my "Now that's a Jig" and when Brenda Schweder came out with her new Dvd the "ABC'S of Wire Wrangling" I just new I had to get it!! 

Now as you may already know,I love making jewelry,but I also love making all sorts of projects from assemblage work,to fiber work and one of the reasons I enjoy this jig is because it allows me the freedom to not just work on Jewelry,but to make wire shapes that can be used in different projects! 

So after watching the Dvd, I decided to make one the fun links she used in her project...

but me and my nutty noggin thought...

what about using the links as a base to make a cage like shape to hold a Relics and Artifacts Milagros Doll. 

...of course,here is where my plan went to the birds...you see I had originally planned on making this cage like structure by feeding in and out assorted wires ,covering it with strips of glued book text and finishing it with a layer of resin. My hope was to create a pendant to wear around my neck...

But instead I painted the entire piece in black and added beautiful Color Bloom sprays and Art Ingredients Micro Beads from Prima Marketing! 

I fell in love with the piece so much,that I wanted to display it, instead of making it into a pendant,so I used one of Sandra Evertson's shadowboxes,covered it in beautiful Prima papers and glued in the focal.

Now what I loved about this process

was the wide open bank of ideas that came along with it. I made two links on the Now that's a jig and went from there...but the possibilities are endless.With the assortment of pegs you could make all shapes and sizes and you could make jewelry ...or not. 

When I contacted Brenda about the piece I made using her jig,

she was so generous 

and offered me a Dvd to giveaway to my blog readers! 

How cool is that! 

So if you want to give wire wrangling a try,

just leave me a comment! 

I'll pick a winner Friday the 15th!

...and remember...

when it comes to creating..

"Long ago God drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. You were never not coming here. This was never not going to happen.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

Here's to making every minute count,