Angel or Devil

Over the Rhine is one of my favorite bands. The lyrics to their song "What I'll Remember Most" are "The biggest lies are the little ones. When the look in your eyes is the distant one. Angel or Demon You know that they can share the same bed I've laid awake so long I've got them both inside my head. You were 80% angel 10% demon. The rest was hard to explain. This is the inspiration for this current project.

1.  Take apart Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Wings Assortment and two Heart Frames from Family Tree Kit.

2.   Choose one "good" dragon eye-I used a blue human eye- and one "bad" dragon eye-I used a red cat eye.

3.  Paint one heart with Lumiere Hi-Lite Blue and Pearl White, the other with Lumiere Crimson and DecoArt Festive Red.

 4.  Glue Hearts together and clamp into place, allowing to dry fully.

5.  Roll out your polymer clay into a thin sheet.

6.  Cut into two pieces.

7.  Use clear roller and gently roll over two stamps of your choosing.

8.   Use heart cutter to cut out two hearts.

9.  Place eyes in center of each clay heart gluing into place with Sculpey Liquid Clay.

10.                Add details to eyes using circle cutters, small nails securing with Sculpey Liquid Clay.

11.                Use Mica Powders to "paint" the eyes, I used Finnabair White and Silver for "good eye" and Red and Gold for "bad eye". Add small nails for added details.

12.                Bake as per manufactures recommendations.

13.                Paint one side of wings with a paint made of mixing Finnabair white mica powders and white glitter added to DecoArt Dura Clear Matte Varnish.

14.                Paint the side of wings with a paint made of mixing Finnabair black and bronze mica powders and black glitter added to DecoArt Dura Clear Matte Varnish.

15.                Add dimension to wings by variegating lines of embossing powders and ice resin-I used a versa mark marker I added Ice Resin- German Silver, Judi Kins-Opaque White Embossing Powder and Ultimate Peacock to the "good wings" and Ice Resin- Tarnished Bronze, Rangers Embossing Powder of Black and Black Sparkle to the "bad wings"

16.                Be sure to cure with heating gun after each new color added and be extra careful not to contaminate your supplies as you add each additional layer.

17.                Use an Exacto Blade to reopen some of the laser cuts that are now covered with cured embossing powders and ice resins.

18.                Glue cooled clay eyes into Heart Frame using Weldbond.

19.                Distress and add depth to heart eye frames using Rub'n Buff.

20.                Fill in any gaps using Glossy Accents and Microbeads.

 

21.                Glue wings together using a small strip of Tyvek and Weldbond.

22.                 Allow to dry completely and flat weighted down with BBs or kitty litter.

23.                Trim Tyvek from wings so it does not show through heart eye frames.

24.                Glue each heart eye from on its respective side allowing to dry completely and flat weighted down with BBs or kitty litter.

25.                I wanted to add more stability to the wings and coated them with a clear gesso thinking it would dry clear and transparent. BUT IT DRIED WHITE!! So I had to save my cool project.

26.                I went through my supplies and found another set of Gypsy Souls Laser Cuts-Wings Assortment and Gypsy Souls Laser Cuts-Feathers Shape Set to add more depth to my wings.

27.                I painted wings with white gesso then I used a versa mark marker I added Ice Resin- German Silver, Judi Kins-Opaque White Embossing Powder and Ultimate Peacock to the "good wings"

28.                I painted feathers with black gesso then I used Ice Resin- Tarnished Bronze, Rangers Embossing Powder of Black and Black Sparkle to the "bad feathers"

29.                Glue to respective side using Weldbond.

30.                Allow to dry completely and flat weighted down with BBs or kitty litter.

31.                String together an assortment of beads using SoftFlex and crimping the ends leaving a loop to put a jump ring through.

32.                Attach beads to top of heart using a jump ring.

33.                Attach 3 small wind chimes to pewter chandelier earring finding using thin wire.

34.                Attach to the bottom of heart using a micro screw and a screwdriver.  

35.                Mobile is now ready to hang and enjoy for whatever mood you find yourself in.

Some more lyrics from Over the Rhine

I'm a Failed Christian
I don't go to church
I smoke and I drink
And I lie and I curse

(Failed Christian)

All my favorite people are broken
Believe me
My heart should know

Some prayers are better left unspoken
I just wanna hold you
And let the rest go

All my friends are part saint and part sinner
We lean on each other
Try to rise above

We’re not afraid to admit we’re all still beginners
We’re all late bloomers
When it comes to love

All my favorite people are broken
Believe me
My heart should know

Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers
Step forward
You can stay right here
You don’t have to go

(All My Favorite People)

Supplies: (2) Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts-Wings Assortment, Gypsy Souls Laser Cuts-Feathers Shape Set , Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts-Family Tree, (I used the hearts only), 2 small dragon eyes, Lumiere Pain Hi-Lite Blue, Pearl White, Crimson, Deco Art-Festive Red, Paintbrush, Clamps, Weldbond, Polymer Clay, Heart Shape and Circle Cutters, Stamps, Clear Roller, Ribbon Blade, Sculpey Liquid Clay, Tiny Nails, Mica Powders- I used Finnabair White and Brass, Rangers Grey, White and Black Glitter, Deco Art Dura Clear Matte Varnish, paintbrush, Versa Mark Marker, Embossing Powders-I used Judi Kins Extreme Peacock, Opaque White ,Rangers Black Sparkle, Black, Ice Resin-Tarnished Bronze and German Silver, Heating Tool, Exacto Blade, Weldbond, Rub'n Buff-Silver, Antique Gold, Gold Leaf, and Spanish Copper, Glossy Accents, Finnabair Microbeads, Tyvek, Scissors, Bag of BBs or Kitty Litter, Clear(White) and Black Gesso, Assorted Beads, Soft Flex Beading Wire, 2mm Barrel Crimp Bead, Crimping Tool, Miniature Wind Chime Kit, pewter chandelier earring finding, wire, microscrew, screwdriver
I cannot wait to see your interpretation of this project. Share it on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Craft Group Page on Facebook. I would love to see what new creations you are working on!

Dream catcher

Hi everyone, Heather with you today to show you how to make a dream catcher with various items from GSLcuts.com, other than the actual dreamcatcher, which is in the store. I thought that it would be fun to invent my own, so here it is.

First  of all I decided which items to use and I chose the ones above to begin with, and as usual I forgot to take a photo of them all before I put Gesso on them hence the mixed photo. However I did remember to take a photo of the feathers, (below) then I covered these with Gesso.

I found some blue paper with clouds on it and decided that it would be nice as a background on the air balloons that I used in the middle. I used a small flower shaped die to go in the middle of the balloons and decided that two would look better than one so I stuck these together then glued them onto the balloons and added a deep red ready made rose in the middle of the flowers. I used my hot 

glue gun to stick these together because I thought it would 

give it strength and stick together better

I wanted the flowers in the centre of the balloons to stand out a bit so I used the large and small scalloped punch elements stuck together with 2mm. thick foam tape, then glued the flowers into the centre of these.

The baskets of the air balloon were stuck on top of each other to form the centre then I stuck the dream word element  that I had coloured blue with distress ink onto a spare flower and glued this in the centre. This formed the basic shape that I wanted for my dreamcatcher. 

I needed some flimsy feathers to go onto my gsl feathers, and I hadn't got any, so my daughter kindly posted some to me and as you can see I edged the GSL feathers with blue distress ink then stuck the flimsy feathers onto the back. I had some white wire with white pearls on the end of them that made a spray of three so I stuck these to the front of my feathers and tied them to the bottom of the dream word element, so that they just hung loose, then I glued the remaining two GSL feathers into the side of the balloons just to give a bit of a feature. A piece of satin ribbon with a bow in the middle to hang it with was glued onto the back of the balloons and I have my (make it myself) dreamcatcher. Hope  you might be inspired to make one as well. It is a little bit "fiddly" in places but really good fun to make.

GSL Items used:

Hot air balloons net style

Feathers shape set

scallop punch element

dream word element

She Flies-mixed media canvas by Lynne

Hello crafters!  I wanted to play around with some girly colours and decided to make a canvas with an empowering sentiment and some gorgeous pieces from the Gypsy Soul Lasercuts store:

I really love the different birds in the set, so I used several of them on my 8" round canvas; I ran them through a peacock feather embossing folder, trying to avoid the eyes and just add lines to the pieces to create some texture.

After choosing my chipboard and other elements I played around with them until I had a basic design-that way I knew where there was white space to add texture paste stenciling and a couple pieces of drywall tape. It wasn't until after I had moved on to the next step that I noticed one of the birds was upside down here! That's one reason why I never glue things down right away....although that's not always a good thing when I finally have everything placed exactly the way I want it, and one of my cats decides it's time to turn my work space into the Indy 500...or into a bed....sigh! Oh well, other than having to turn the bird over, this project went pretty smoothly-no kitty assistance!

After the stenciling was added I glued my arrangement down (and added a few more goodies to the bare spots) then primed the entire surface with white gesso.

I sponge-painted the canvas with pale pink and lavender acrylic paint before misting it with a bit of white all over. 

I then added mist in pink, purple and a smidge of turquoise, then rubbed on some Art Alchemy wax in "Royal Robes".

I was happy with the colours after that, and all I did was rub a little purple ink over the letters and a few raised surfaces with my finger for added definition-hope you like the finished product! I just happened to have a piece of ribbon in my stash that matched the colours exactly, so I added a bow at the bottom, which I thought added a bit of extra texture and interest to the round canvas-thanks so much for stopping by, and may you and your brave wings fly this week and always!!

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED

Birds Shape Set
Feathers Shape Set

OTHER ITEMS USED

DecoArt acrylic paint
Bad Girls Couture gesso
Cuttlebug machine and embossing folder
Tattered angels and Mister Huey mists
Prima stencils, homemade texture paste
drywall tape
various flowers and diecuts