This was fun to do. I took a molded rubber rat, purchased anywhere, painted it gold and metallic blue. Then I had a problem with the rhinestone eyes. I discovered I had to take my exacto blade to the rubber eyes and carve them back so that the rhinestone ones would rest against the surface flat. After I got that taken care of, I went to town with the Stickle Glitter glues, I actually do not strictly use Stickles. I drew lines for fur, pink inside the ears, and blue on the feet. I also ran black around the eyes.

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Sparkling Goddess started as a way for me to experiment with various techniques that I have been learning about. Across the top is a piece of paper bag that has been crunched up and painted with Pearl-Ex powders and Gloss Acrylic Varnish, a technique from Technique Junkies. I also played around with Angelina Fibers, Sheet Protectors and wrapping a Chenille Pipe Cleaner with a fancy yarn.
The idea of the Goddess came from a stamp I have from ERA that I have not used in some time and wanted to accent the paper bag area with it. I also needed to bring the idea to the center so I painted two 4 x 4 coasters then stamped one of them with the Goddess stamp and colored it with metalic pencils. Then I added some fancy corners to one and plain corners to the other. Lastly, I glued two rows of one inch square plastic tiles to one side of the canvas next to a piece of black lace. Suprisingly enough, my husband likes it.

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I have always wanted to work on a styrofoam head. I found a place in town where they sell them inexpensively. Although painting it was not the easiest thing to do, I had to cover it with copy paper first, I finally got the hang of it. I went for a semi antique look. Before I could do any of that, however, I had dropped the head on it’s nose and smooshed it. In order to deal with that, I did have to sand the nose down some. After painting it with very diluted burnt umber and yellow oxide, I sealed it with Diamond Glaze that had Pearl-Ex Gold in it. Then I went to town stamping with Staz-On. Once all was dry, I glued layers of silk and paper flowers on it some ended with rhinestones while others used metal brads. I painted the stand in black sparkle paint glued the head to it and then added the metalic word Inspired.

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I spent time getting caught up on small crafts, taking pictures and updating my website and blog. This piece came from a class I took a couple years ago. I did change a couple of things though. I decided to use two corks for the inside, instead of a bunch of batting, and I wanted to experiment with using doll pieces rather than Polymer Clay faces. Not that I do not like Polymer Clay, but I would rather not mess with it at the moment.

I took a dolls head and painted it with shimmery acrylic paints, then glued rhinestone eyes on. For her hair I used paint mixed with gel medium, in order for it to stick out the way it does. The body is made from gluing two corks together and wrapping them with one layer of batting then fabric then ribbon with beads attached (which can be purchased). I finally added flowers to cover the bald spot on her head and the rough spot on the open area of the cork at the top.

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