Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial

Hello crafters! For today's project I created a fairy tale forest, with mushrooms and gnomes. You will find a fun technique using Stickles glitter glue and another with shrink plastic. 

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I wanted to create a little forest using mainly mushrooms from Tim Holtz Field Notes and Field Notes Snippets ephemera packs. It had to be inhabited and the Simon Says Stamp Spring Gnomes were perfect, but way too big, so I used shrink plastic to shrink them down to the perfect size.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Apply texture paste.

Start by applying Matte Texture Paste through the SSS Large Dots stencil on a tag die cut from watercolor paper.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Paint with distress paint.

When dry, paint the tag with watered down Distress Paints and mist with more water to make them blend. I often coat the background with gesso first, but here I didn't do that, to capture more of the texture from the paper.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Apply Stickles Moon Dust.

When the paste is dry, place the stencil back over the tag and apply Stickles Moon Dust with a palette knife. This was the first tag I made with this technique and I love the look of the raised glittery dots. I used the same technique for my tag for Monday's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Post, but I made this tag first. Clean the stencil immediately.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you get a closer look at the sparkly dots. I particularly like that the dots aren't all the same color.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp on shrink plastic.

Stamp two Spring Gnomes on shrink plastic.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Shrink the plastic according to the instructions on the packaging. Here you can see the result with the small gnomes placed next to the stamps.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Paint the gnomes.

Color the gnomes on the back with Distress Paint.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

When dry, paint them white at the back. This step makes them stand out better against the background. If you are using a light colored background, you can skip it.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Add glossy accents.

I love the look of Glossy Accents on shrink plastic and it's a technique I hadn't used in a while. Set them aside to dry, it takes some time.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The Glossy Accent give them a wonderful glossy and finished look.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Tim Holtz Field Notes ephemera.

Sand the edges of some mushrooms from Field Notes and Field Notes Snippets.

 Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Color a strip of Mummy Cloth with Distress Ink. Mist the cloth with water and press onto ink pads.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Adhere some of the mushrooms with foam tape for dimension. The gnomes were also adhered with foam tape.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you can see how glossy the gnomes are. I painted them brighter than the mushrooms so that they would stand out.  You can also give them a more distressed look.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Textured background.

Fray the edges of the cloth and layer it three times. I love the textured look of the glittery dots here at the bottom of the tag.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I also added some gold stars with the Nebula Stickles jar

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The sentiments were found in the Clippings Sticker book and I also added two ephemera butterflies.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you can see the dimension created with the foam dots and Mummy Cloth.

Layers of ink - Magical Gnome Forest Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. You can also create a fairy tale forest on a tag or as a part of a 3-D project. The Stickles and Texture Paste technique work on many types of project and with different stencils.



Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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4 comments:

  1. that is awesome! it's the tiny details that make it pretty.

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  2. Completely in love with this magical fungi forest - it's entirely enchanting. Glorious shimmering starry sky too... what a fabulous tag.
    Alison x

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  3. OK Love this!!! Just love the shrink plastic gnomes and all the elements to this magical tag. Simply beautiful....

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  4. Love your gnomes and this beautiful background with them! Thanks for sharing the details.

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