Tea Light Candle Holder with Frost

A tall tea light candle holder with a metal hanger is dabbed with glass frosted paint, text added with a marker pen and decorated with a piece of raffia tied around adding the finishing touch.

1. Measure 3cm from the top and 3.5cm from the base of the candle holder and draw a line with a white gel pen.

2. Cover the top 3cm and bottom 3.5cm of the candle holder with masking tap. Press creases firmly flat.

3. Dab glass frosted paint onto the candle holder with a sponge. Remove the masking tape immediately thereafter. Fix the frosted paint when dry in an oven at 160 degrees for 30 minutes. Write a text with a permanent marker pen.

4. Attach a piece of thin special double-sided adhesive tape along the top edge.

5. Tie the raffia around the candle holder on top of the special double-sided adhesive tape.

Ghastly Lanterns

       

The glass lanterns are covered with pieces of torn straw silk paper using vtr adhesive. The lines are made with either window color outliner or 3D liner. Decorated with paper yarn and plastic beetles.

1. Tear straw silk paper into pieces and glue them onto the lantern using vtr adhesive.

2. Draw with a black window color outliner or a 3D liner.

3. If the lanterns are intended to stand outside, we recommend they are varnished with decoupage lacquer for glass or with paverpol sculpting medium.

Painted Pumpkins

       

The pumpkins are painted and patinated using craft paint.

1. Paint one half of the pumpkin either with green or orange craft paint (enabling you to hold on to a non-painted area). Here we have started with eucalyptus green.

2. Paint orange craft paint on top of the first layer of green paint on one side of the pumpkin (wet on wet) using an almost dry brush. You may smooth the paint with a little water on the brush. Then paint the other side of the pumpkin using the same procedure.

3. You may apply another coat of paint on top (a thin green coat of paint). The orange colour should still be visible.

4. Using a pointed brush, paint the grooves of the pumpkin with a mixture of the following paint colours; chocolate, pumpkin and/or army green.

5. Now work with almost no paint on the brush and the colour army green. The colour underneath must shine through. Play with the colours on the pumpkin to make it look like the real thing!