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Post by blue on Dec 20, 2010 11:56:10 GMT 12
Do have a wonderful week ahead ladies I hope your christmas season brings you more joys than you expect WINK !!!
lunar eclipse about half 8pm tomorrow night if visible threw clouds. less visible down the island tho best viewed northern. will be a blood red moon in the Americas
take good care
xR
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Post by Donna on Dec 20, 2010 14:14:55 GMT 12
 Hi everyone.. Hi Blue, thanks for the info, hopefully the clouds will clear so we can see the eclipse. Okay enough rain for now!!! I'm still hoping to see photos of the dragon baby.. Haha I can legitimately play with clay now..  just found out my nephews girl collects elephants and I was stuck for a gift for her. So I'm going to make her a Christi Freisen style steampunk elephant for Xmas. I don't have any crystals for the tusks so I'm going to try making them from translucent clay, hope they work out... I'll show you the one I made for my friend who also collects elephants... Christi freisen makes up the coolest ideas... ;D  
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Post by fantail on Dec 20, 2010 14:36:37 GMT 12
WOW that's fantastic Donna  it is perfectly steam punk What colour clay did you make him out of and what paint did you use, its very cool If you have clear gloss or mat varnish or sealer it will make the translucent clay look a little bit clearer Busy weekend helped making curried green beans and then pastries for moms work still very cloudy though the rain has let up Made a ginger bread house gift box but I'm trying to glue the sides together -I got the idea off the internet |
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Post by Donna on Dec 20, 2010 15:18:14 GMT 12
;D thanks fantail, it was so much fun to make. He was made using the scrap clay from my tragic attempt at the eye-cane, which went grey when squished and I added silver clay. I brushed on silver, gold & copper powder ( like pearlex )
Would it help to put TLS on the raw translucent then gloss varnish after baking?
Your gingerbread house sounds fantastic.. and all your other goodies... hmm I haven't eaten today, better go find food...
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Post by fantail on Dec 20, 2010 16:14:46 GMT 12
I don't know the TLS is normally cloudy the gloss will just give it a slightly more translucent look
but you can try it
I used the above mentioned technique to replace a missing (cloudy) tusk on a little glass elephant
It is just a box made from cardboard made to look like a gingerbread house
in the end the double sided sticky tape worked. I could have save myself some time struggling with the wood glue
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Post by BLL on Dec 20, 2010 19:21:46 GMT 12
steampunk elephant - VERY cool.
I've thought about trying a gingerbread house (the edible ones!) for the last few years but still too daunted. Gonna try a yule log cake.
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Post by fantail on Dec 20, 2010 20:25:02 GMT 12
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Post by fantail on Dec 21, 2010 10:22:56 GMT 12
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Post by BLL on Dec 21, 2010 16:22:22 GMT 12
Aw fantail, he's adorable! Your box is neat too. Ninjabread men LOL! The little houses look do-able.
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Post by fantail on Dec 21, 2010 17:26:23 GMT 12
Thank you Bll The little houses look do-able. That's what I was thinking though now that its hot I'm too lazy to bake |
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Post by Donna on Dec 21, 2010 18:48:47 GMT 12
;D Yay photos.
The biscuit cutters are cool, my boys would like those - Damien does ninjitsu and Jesse does tae-kwon-do, they'd be perfect...
Thanks for all the great links too, little gingerbread houses are neat.
I really like your gingerbread gift box, well done.. very effective ;D
But most of all I absolutely LOVE your baby dragon... that is perfect!
Excellent colour, beautiful work, I really do love him.
What I DONT love is the faux crystals using the translucent. They look quite opaque, like plastic really...I wish I had put pink into it to make rose quartz. Oh well I'm going to have to use them anyway, but not too impressed with them.
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Post by fantail on Dec 21, 2010 18:55:30 GMT 12
Thank you Donna
the box's paint work is a little crude but I told myself it is suppose to look that way
The translucent clays do end up with a milky appearance
have you tried adding a little bit of pink paint to the clear gloss to make it look like rose quarts
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Post by Donna on Dec 21, 2010 19:58:44 GMT 12
;D Ha ha... yep thats exactly what I did do.. after I had posted I went and painted them with a thin wash of pink. I glossed them once, but I'll use the resin afterwards... It'll work... you just have to change tack sometimes huh, I don't have time to run out and get crystals, sooo, fake rose quartz it is, hehe. On with the next part.. too cloudy to see the eclipse....  |
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Post by Donna on Dec 21, 2010 20:30:56 GMT 12
....adding that I washed over that again with a blue/grey and wiped most off and it looks just like rose quartz, will be spot-on with gloss. Cool.. I'm going to use the same technique to make some more later. (not to say I wanted rose quartz on the elephant tho' ) haha |
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Post by fantail on Dec 21, 2010 21:08:23 GMT 12
Glad it worked aaah no you didn't want rose quartz - probably why it worked  what about amethyst or turquoise or something |
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Post by Donna on Dec 21, 2010 22:59:03 GMT 12
..might just end up doing a quick dash to Crystal Mountain in the morning ... to buy CLEAR quartz crystals ..
;D
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Post by blue on Dec 22, 2010 5:53:59 GMT 12
WOW would ya lookie at all these fabulous thingies.
what a lot of hard and very cool work.
no shots of the L.E to many clouds....i sulked till 11 till it poked threw a few cracks for semi seconds but alas..... blood moon fail !!! oh well will wait till next year then ; )
have a wonderful day lufflies x
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Post by fantail on Dec 22, 2010 7:25:14 GMT 12
I missed the lunar eclipse
Have a great day Blue
Hehe crystal mountain
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Post by Donna on Dec 22, 2010 8:53:07 GMT 12
;D Morning... late start for me, I stayed up 'til 3.30. Got most of the elephant done (less crystals) while it was quiet. Haha Crystal mountain IS real haha.. it's a place just down from Blue's.. a big place with heaps of crystal everythings.. pretty cool too. Still not sure if I'm going yet... I liked seeing baby dragon again this morning.. Brilliant work on the eyes btw.. Have a wonderful day everyone.. |
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Post by fantail on Dec 22, 2010 9:19:36 GMT 12
Thank you it was just chain stitched and he is a little bug eyed from the front
Great name for a place that sells crystals
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Post by Donna on Dec 22, 2010 17:11:53 GMT 12
Went to Crystal Mountain with Jesse, had a wonderful time, nice lunch. Bought the crystals.. 6 for $10 so I got the 2 quartz crystals (slightly too big, but okay) aaand.. 4 Opalite stones for me, I LOVE opalite very much...magic stones, also a gorgeous natural crystal vase/candle holder for 1/2 price, only $10 for Sil. So it was well worth the visit. ;D I can finish the elephant tonight now.
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Post by fantail on Dec 22, 2010 21:08:05 GMT 12
Good thing you went so you could find some more prezzies
Have fun finishing the steam punk elephant
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Post by fantail on Dec 23, 2010 13:22:37 GMT 12
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Post by Donna on Dec 23, 2010 14:17:52 GMT 12
Hows everyone..... ;D
Hi Fantail, thanks very much for those fabulous links.. I have bookmarked both sites for lengthy scrutiny - when time allows..
I have bought a few second hand doll books along the way, and I have one that has Jan's lolly-pop dolls in it ;D absolutely gorgeous girls, I particularly LUV the bo-ho style clothing. Those mini doc martens, WOW, so cute.
Until you lot entered my life I didnt give dolls a second look... haha
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Post by fantail on Dec 23, 2010 14:25:59 GMT 12
;D
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Hi everyone..
just found out my nephews girl collects elephants and I was stuck for a gift for her. So I'm going to make her a Christi Freisen style steampunk elephant for Xmas. I don't have any crystals for the tusks so I'm going to try making them from translucent clay, hope they work out...
it is perfectly steam punk
the box
