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An Angel's Touch Touch the heart of your family and friends with angels painted in shades of Heavenly Hues transparent washes.
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DecoArt Products Required
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Instructions
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Flower Press: 1. Use ruler to measure a 1" border around the top piece of flower press, and lightly mark with pencil. 2. Use #12 flat to paint the border Beautiful Burgundy; area inside border and the back section Shadow Tan. 3. Transfer pattern, and use #12 flat to paint the face Angel Flesh and the heart Beautiful Burgundy. 4. Use #3 round to paint the Hunter Green stripes, and the #1 liner to paint the Beautiful Burgundy stripes. 5. Use Deerfoot to randomly stipple Black and White on Spanish Moss hair . 6. Use #1 liner to paint eyes Soft Black with a White Cloud highlight. Also use #1 liner to paint mouth, nose, and cheeks with Beautiful Burgundy. 7. For "halo" wreath, use #12 flat to stipple Golden Halo, and then Hunter Green. Use the brush handle to "dot on" Beautiful Burgundy berries and Earth Brown nuts. 8. Use Deerfoot to stipple White flowers on halo. 9. Use #3 round to paint apple Beautiful Burgundy. Also use #3 round to paint a Hunter Green border around center section of top lid. 10. To paint the outline of the border in step 9, use the #1 liner and Soft Black. 11. Paint lettering with #1 liner and Soft Black. 12. Use #12 flat to float Earth Brown around the green border. Allow to dry. 13. Protect the work with 2 coats of Matte spray. Allow to dry between coats. Harvest Angel: 1. Using #12 flat, basecoat as follows: wings, Shadow Tan; face, Angel Flesh; and heart, Beautiful Burgundy. Allow to dry. 2. Paint horizontal and vertical stripes with #6 flat and Hunter Green. 3. Use #1 liner to paint the narrow stripes Beautiful Burgundy. 4.Use #12 flat to float Beautiful Burgundy on cheeks, nose and mouth. 5. Wipe some of the color off the heart's center with a dampened paper towel or soft cloth. 6. Use the #1 liner to paint eyes Soft Black with a highlight of White Cloud. Use #1 liner and Soft Black to paint "HEAVENLY HARVEST" on the heart. Allow to dry. 7. Lightly spray 2 coats of Matte spray. Allow to dry between coats. 8. Hot glue Spanish moss on angel's head. Hot glue Sweet Annie sprigs, yarrow, pine cones, and other dried flowers to create angel's halo. 9. Thread dried apples on wire and curl the wire with a pencil between each apple. Thread wire ends into holes on angel's wings. Tie fabric strips randomly on wire. Tie a few pieces of fabric around cinnamon sticks. 10. Use craft wood glue (on wings) to affix heart under angel's chin. Harvest Candle Ring: 1. Break dried stems into sprigs of approximately 3" lengths. 2. Hot glue Sweet Annie around inside and outside of wreath. Ensure stems are going in the same direction. 3. In a random fashion, hot glue Eucalyptus sprigs onto wreath. 4. Form 5 separate clusters comprised of nuts, Yarrow, Feverfew, Pepperberries, Hemlock cones, apples and Nigella pods. Affix to wreath with hot glue. 5. Hot glue nuts and cones in any bare spots on the wreath. |
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