Listen, smile, agree...

I was sorting through some stuff on my desk and found a background I made last summer. It was kind of nice so I didn’t want to throw it out but not good enough for me to really feel inspired to use it. Yes, I’m kind of a squirrel. Don’t want to throw away anything that could come in handy. Anyways I started to put some more ink on it to make it better and it turned out really loud and very colorful and busy. so then I added a layer of gesso on top getting a dreamy kind of whitewash. By then I didnät think I actually would use it so I grabbed some gold paint and played around. Then I also added some glitter paint on top and even though it was far from my comfort zone I decided to use it.

I found this quote, I think by Robert Downey Jr., and just went with it. I will need some new alphas soon since they are running out of letters. I actually found a printed picture of me smiling (miracles can happen) and used that.

In the end the LO turned out kind of cool. And when I looked at the time on my phone it was almost 2 in the morning. On a school night. The time moves fast when you are having fun, right?

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I found a really cute pumpkin when I went to the store and bought it without really knowing what to do with it. I was thinking about carving a face but then came to think about my Martha Stewart Craft Paints. I decided to make a decoration for the table instead. I painted the pumpkin white with gesso, then covered the top part with black paint. Then I applied a layer of Crackle Accent and then some more gesso. I also painted the bottom part messy with glue and covered with glitter. To decorate I used some ribbon, lace and cut out some hearts from cardstock covered with bookpages to put on a string. I think the pumpkin turned out really cute! This is my project for Hobbyworld this week :)

Material/Supplies:

• Martha Stewart Craft Paint


• Martha Stewart Craft Paint Gesso Primer White


• Martha Stewart Craft Paint Weather Effect


• Martha Stewart Craft Glue


• Silhouette Glitter Pulver

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I had an old iPhone cover that started to look a bit shabby. I was going to get a new one but instead I got the idea to paint it with Martha Stewart Craft Paints to make it like new. These paints are great, I got a LOT of different shades and textures from Hobbyworld and I want to paint everything.

I picked one of the turqoise pearl paints and painted the whole cover a couple of times. After that I masked some areas off with washi tape to create a sunburst. I ended up covering everything with some glue and seal just in case. I would reccomend not using the matte finnish since it took some of the bling away. Also, the paint strokes are quite visible, it doesn’t bother me, I guess you could use some kind of roller or foam brush to make them less visible.  Just experiment, I used what I had at hand as I always do :)

Material/Supplies:

• Martha Stewart Craft Paint - Pearl Jet Stream, Metallic Gold, Satin Sea Lavender, Glitter Turquoise, Glitter Sugar Cube, Glitter Florentine Gold


• Martha Stewart Craft Paint Basic Brush Set 5pc

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I  got lots of great Martha Stewart Craft Paints in my latest kit from Hobbyworld. I got some Magnet Effect and Crackle Effect too and wanted to try them out. I asked the other girls in the team for some ideas and got the suggestion to make a magnet board. I liked the idea and got me a frame and got started.

It ended up really colorful and cool, it looks perfect in my scraproom. On the Magnetic effect it tells you to use the effect on top of your surface and then put the paint on top of it but I wanted to be ale to write on my board with a whiteboard pen so I started with a couple of layers of Sea Lavender Satin Paint. Then I put the Magnetic effect on top of it. I used a couple of extra layers since the glass was between the magnet and the effect. I used a set of brushes that I also got in the kit, great brushes from Martha Stewart! 

 I painted the frame in the Metallic color Gold, then I added the Crackle Effect and on top I used the color Raspberry Ice. I loved the kitchy result! 

I also got some silkscreen stencils from Martha Stewart in my kit. I never tried silkscreen before so I added a golden flower in the corner of my board. I love the detailed result and it was really fun! I was really impressed with the versatile paint, I like that you don’t have to wonder what type of paint to use on a certain surface. Just paint on! 

Material/Supplies:

• Martha Stewart Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Craft Paint – Sea Lavender, Raspberry Ice


• Martha Stewart Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylic Craft Paint – Gold


• Martha Stewart Magnetic Paint Effect


• Martha Stewart Weather Crackle Effect


• Martha Stewart Adhesive Silkscreens – Botanical


• Martha Stewart Paint Basic Brush Set 5pc

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