Saturday, 1 May 2021

Moving Home into a posh box ...

 Good morning, Debbie here it's my turn to share what I've been playing with. 

The Design Team Girls have been sharing many fabulous projects and it's lovely to see all of the posts,makes and swaps on Friends of Tracy Easson Illustrations on Facebook and Instagram. There's so much inspiration and many talented people their.

I love storage and have plenty of it all around the house. My collection of Tracy's stamps had out grown the box they were in, not to say of all the antics going on in it. So I decided they deserved a new home.


I started by painting the wooden box with my favourite green and used a stencil for the white dots.
When the paints were completely dry I stamped 'Flooooobert' with grey ink.


I didn't want the dark lines as I wanted to add darker lines when the painting was finished.


I used Decoart paints Titan Buff and Burnt Sienna - fur, Cadmium Red - jacket, Cobalt Teal - Trousers, Green Gold - patches and Primary Yellow - stars.


A tip that I've picked up for adding the details is to use the stamp carrier and lay it over to show where the lines are drawn. For Flooooobert's stars and buttons I used yellow and white Posca pen.


I drew the lines with a fine liner pen.


For the finishing touches I drew around Flooooobert and the dots with a Inktense Derwent Pencil and blended with a water colour brush.


I'm sure it will be a little quieter on my desk from now on as the mice and girls have more space to live.
The Chieftain will be taking command, you can see him peeping over the top.

Many thanks for stopping by
Debbie
xxx

12 comments:

Caz Craven said...

Aw he looks grand Debbie! Great idea to keep the ‘shenanigans’ all in one place too. Love this project ❤️❤️❤️ Xx

Tracy said...

πŸ’•❤🏑 Loving the wee 🐭 ones and the Angeks πŸ˜‡ new Forever Home Debbie ⭐ I can see Flooooobert 🐭 puffing out his wee chest with pride at being on the front ⭐ stars in his πŸ‘πŸ‘ πŸ’• Thank you so much Debbie πŸ₯°πŸ˜ although I may have a mutiny on my hands here ... I'm getting the look from them all at how grand your box is πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ­πŸ˜‡πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ˜˜πŸ˜xxxx

Tracey T said...

Thats totally gorgeous Debbie,love to see how you've painted our handsome Floobert. I have mine tucked away in their own folder, which is always out as they're all I want to play with, wonder if I can find a nice box πŸ€”

Judith said...

Oooo, WONDERFUL! They'll all be demanding a housewarming party soon

Ali Craft said...

Love this idea Debbie xx

Andy Turner said...

Wow. Beautiful project with some amazing tips. Xxxx

Sharon said...

What a great project love how you painted it all xx

Sharon said...

Love this ! Beautiful and useful 🀣🀣🀣

Anne said...

I love this Debbie what a fab idea - trouble is we'll all have to make one now!!
Anne x

Mouszka said...

What a super idea Debbie! Thanks for sharing. I hope those little mice are behaving better now and not giving the angels a hard time with their mischief making! Love it....xxx❤️πŸ­πŸ”†πŸ­xxx

fame01 said...

hi Debbie
loving this so handy to have and it is so beautifully done,
thanks for sharing a great post
sarah xxxx

Rosanna said...

Splendido e utile progetto !!! Lo adoro Debbie !