A crafting start; All that glitters

Milk 11 06 11

This weeks challenge at A Crafting Start is all about glitter.

The name of the challenge is ‘Stickles’. Stickles is a popular glitter glue that many paper crafters use. I’ve used it in the past but these days I make my own glitter glue. My homemade glitter glue does just as good of a job as Stickles, and the bonus is I can make tons of the glitter glue for a fraction of the cost.

The coloring page was found at the Deviant Art website. This lineart drawing is titled, Milk. It was drawn by the lovely and talented JadeDragonne. Jade also has art tutorials which are located on You Tube.

This sweet little girl reminds me a lot of my daughter. My daughter loves pink, so I chose that color for her outfit and hat. I used my Bic Mark it pens and colored pencils for this card. I edged the picture with silver glitter, I used white glitter for the spilt milk. I used the same glitter for the dots and starbursts on this page.

I’m new to shading, so there’s room for improvement, but I know I’ll get better as I color more. However, I was happy with how this turned out, and more importantly, my daughter liked it. She’s displaying this card in a prominent position within her room.

If you’re new to paper crafts, or would like to participate in some of the crafting challenges, stop on by A Crafting Starts virtual home.

 

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Karen

that turned out really well! You are very creative.
Karen
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suituapui

Another nice piece of work there… Actually, you can make your own Christmas cards – maybe not for everybody – just for those special people in your life. We always got those from our daughter when she was small…and my missus has saved some of them. Treasures to keep and cherish.
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philip

I’m not too much into crafts but that’s a nice piece of work. Your daughter is very blessed to have such a caring mom.
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Dyane

Hi Opal! Thank you for stopping by in my blog!^_^

Your card is so pretty! Great work!Tfs!

Jennifer

Totally LOVE everything about this! So exciting you are making your own stickles, too, that’s awesome! I am working on coming up with my own spritz and/or tattered angels type glitter mist…fingers crossed!
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Beth Parker

Nice job on the card. How do you make your glitter glue? Just craft glue and glitter?
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Sire

Hey Opal, what a lovely card and the glitter for the spilt milk was a nice touch.

That’s really smart of you learning how to make your own glitter glue too. Are you going to market that? 😉
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Lesly

Hi Opal!

It’s nice to come across a blog with an interest in creative projects. I do all my own artwork and recently have gotten involved in paper collage which I like. I can sit for hours fooling around with paper. Shading is something you can learn by looking at nature and noticing what direction the sun is coming from. Then you can see the shading on objects. You get better with each project. Thank you for visiting me and I’ll be back to visit you again! 🙂
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Teeni

Oh, I love the card! I think your shading is nice. It looks like watercolor which is perfect for the little girl’s sweet face!

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