World's Most Photogenic

Happy Saturday, everyone! Were you aware Australia's quokka is considered both the happiest and most photogenic animal on the planet? They always seem to have a smile on their face. This little project started with one of my favorite pieces to play with - a GSL ATC Shrine with Feet. 

The shrine is easily assembled using a bit of tacky glue. I used two different papers for the little room's wallpaper (from Lost & Found Blush and Kaiser Gypsy Sisters collections), a coffee stir stick for the chair railing and a small mirror for the little guy to check his award winning smile.

I started by painting the front edges of the shrine with off white acrylic paint. I also painted the corners of the room where the lighter paper was going just to make sure the seams didn't show. 

The wallpaper was glued in place and the chair railing stir stick was painted in the same off white.

For the tiny picture frames, I selected some of the GSL Whimsy Doors & Windows available over at RubberMoon.  They were painted in a dark brown.

They were used to frame adorable quokka pictures. Since I wanted the mirror placed on an angle in the shrine I needed a triangular support. This was accomplished using black polymer clay. If you don't have something you need for a project, improvise!

Of course this little quokka will need to have a few 'most photogenic' trophies. I searched through my stash and assembled a few from beads, pins, small wooden blocks and stars. The tiny Time Person of the Year magazine cracks me up! 

 

The quokka was a surprise from my husband. He went to Tractor Supply to get chicken feed and came home with this little Schleich figure. He really knows me!

 Thanks for stopping by!

GSL Products Used

ATC Shrine with Feet

Whimsy Doors & Windows

Other Supplies Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Schleich quokka figure

Lost & Found Blush paper

Kaiser Gypsy Sisters paper

Coffee stir stick

Small mirror

Polymer clay

Printed images

Beads

Pins

Small wooden blocks

Stars

Zombie House

Happy Saturday everyone! When tasked recently with making something smallish and zombie related for someone I was like … can you give me something a little more difficult? Seriously, I've got this covered.

I had a set of plastic zombies in my stash that I found at the dollar store. They are like army men except they're all zombies. A whole bag full for a dollar! I chose a fun one and washed it with soap and water. I then gave it a coat of tacky glue diluted in water and, once dry, started painting it with acrylic paint and a tiny paintbrush.

Here's the first layer. It was easier than I expected.

Once finished, he seemed too shiny and clean so I grunged him up with a bit of black pastel chalk.

All of the black and white papers used in this project came from My Mind's Eye Meadow Lark and Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor. The red strip used in the interior of the tin is from a Tim Holtz Idea-Ology paper pack. The house itself is made from an altoid tin and a GSL Altoids Tin Facade available over at Alpha Stamps.

Before starting work on decorating the tin, I roughed up the surface with a sanding block. This helps with adhesion of the paper.

Using the tin itself as a template for the front and back, I traced it and cut the papers to size.

Once the interior papers were glued in place, I added a printed image left over from a prior zombie project. Have I mentioned I love zombie projects?

To add a bit of interest to the front of the house, I cut the center 'T' from an arched dresden window.

The roof line also got some dresden trim and one of the GSL Whimsy Doors & Windows available over at Rubbermoon which was painted red framed a printed zombie biohazard warning sign. I raised the little guy up a bit by gluing him onto a scrabble tile.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Items Used

Altoids Tin Facades Set of 4

Whimsy Doors & Windows Chipboard Parts

Other Items Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Pastel chalk

Plastic zombie

My Mind's Eye Meadow Lark

Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology paper

Printed images

Dresden window and trim