Sunday, September 19, 2010

PAPER GOODS!

I finally have all of my swap items made and am in the process of wrapping them! I am sooooo happy to be done with this. LOL.......I have paper burn out. I really enjoyed making these though and will be making some more items from paper. I had a couple of really great ideas come into my head while I made these of what else I can make with the enameled look. I love when that happens!!  Once that creative door in our minds is opened all kinds of great ideas start flowing in! Anyway, I thought you might enjoy seeing what I have done. Which color do you like best? I really love the blue and the white with red accents. The secret to getting the great "enameled look" is using clear fingernail polish. Add several coats to stiffen the paper! I used two coats first to seal the paper and then painted it with acrylic paint. Then a couple of more coats of the fingernail polish. I then added some sweet fingernail art stickers and two more coats of polish after that. After it is comletely dry add the finishing touch with the black paint to have a few chips!  When you do the last step it really is amazing how much these look like enameled pieces.

17 comments:

  1. Patty,

    They look wonderful!!! Aren't you clever to be using finger nail art embellishments to decorate them with.
    Catherine XXX

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  2. I really like these, they are great!! I may have to try something like this!!
    -Kim :)

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  3. They look fantastic Patty, I want to make more enamelware now, and the nail art stickers are a great idea.

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  4. Thanks ladies!! I really did have fun even if it was like an assembly line! I had so many to do! I found the nail art stickers on ebay a couple of years ago....someone in Hong Kong was selling 50 packets for about 5.99(a buy it now auction). I liked them so much when they arrived that I bought another 50 packets so I have tons of flowers to use! They are great to have.

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  5. Que lindas te quedaron, seguro estaran encantadas las personas del intercambio.
    Saludos

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  6. Gracias Beatriz! Realmente espero que lo hagan como ellos. Puede hacer que usted nervioso enviar una sorpresa a alguien. Espero todo el mundo se el color adecuado para su casa!
    Besos!

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  7. These are gorgeous, I just love them!!!

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  8. What a great swap! Clear nailpolish is something I've been using by buckets here. Honestly, the last time I bought another 3 bottles of it the shop assistent was looking at me funny.

    Hug,
    Peggy

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  9. Very beautiful and very interesting technique of nail polish!
    Hugs
    Lia and Alma

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  10. These look really fab patty,will have to try this myself !
    julie xxx

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  11. Great work! Like you I like the white and blue ones, also the cream ones.
    Geneviève

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  12. Son unas preciosas minituras, seguro que las personas que participen en el intercambio quedaran maravilladas.
    besitos ascension

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  13. I love the turquoise :) It pops out for me :). hanks for the tip on the clear nail polish . Will definitely try it.

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  14. I can not say which color I prefer. All the colors are lovely.

    You did a great job. Your paper minis look very realistic like metal.

    Hugs and greetings from Bavaria, Germany
    Marion

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  15. They look very beautifull, i love the colors.
    Hugs
    Maria

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  16. Ooh lot's of work but they look very good to me,great job.

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