Thursday 28 July 2016

Easy Rust is a must...

Hi Everyone

It's been a hectic few weeks so sorry for not getting a chance to blog and it's going to have to be a short one this week too as I'm jetting off to Belfast tomorrow to see my niece perform in her first Youth Musical Theatre summer production. I do hope everyone is enjoying the sunny weather but still finding time for a little therapeutic creativity on the side. ;)

If you haven't discovered Efco's Easy Rust yet then check this out...


It's a paste that can be used on wood, plastic, metal, ceramic and even Efco's Papp Art shapes such as this gecko. When dry it is both weather resistant and lightfast!

The paste comes in two colours... the terracotta (as seen above) and a darker brown. It's also available as a lighter coloured liquid in a bottle.


You can mix the pastes on the same piece to give greater texture and depth to the colour...


Using Easy Rust paste is a great way to make cheap papier maché pieces look like expensive terracotta. Provided you give your Papp Art two good coats of the paste making sure that no papier maché is exposed you can even put your finished pieces in the garden during spring and summer as they should be weather resistant.

Happy Crafting everyone... :)

Thursday 7 July 2016

Efcolor Ebook

Hi Everyone

I've got a new ebook available to view on issuu.

You will find a total of 12 Efcolor cool enamelling projects (many of which have appeared on Hochanda tv) within this ebook. I hope you like it!

One of the projects you'll find in it is the Garden Plaque...


For this one you need to first enamel it with white Efcolor...


Then add another layer of white Efcolor with a very light dusting of light turquoise. Add some light green along the bottom edge with touches of dark green, mallow, mauve and light blue before reheating it...


Then you can stamp your flowers and grasses with assorted StazOn ink pads and the bird with black StazOn ink. Add a little cognac Efcolor for the body of the bird and once reheated and cooled add a touch of blue acrylic for the rest of the bird's body. To finish add a thin layer of transparent Efcolor to seal everything in...


Happy enamelling everyone! :)