Dream MDF Sign for Topflight Stamps

Hello Topflight Fans!! Karen Bearse here with a fabulous altered piece called Dream. For a full tutorial including links to all the products, head over to my blog here.

I had so much fun designing this project. It really gives the opportunity to make some great home decor. The sky is the limit.
 

 
This is what my sign looked like to start. It is made with MDF or medium-density fiber board, & made by Debbi Moore. You can find all kinds of signs & quotes to play with. I went with a beachy theme cause I frikkin love the beach!!! 

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints & Crackle Glaze was used for this project. The base coat is South Pacific, followed by the Crackle, then Aqua Duck Egg, (love the names) '& finally Blueberry. 

For the embossing Eileen Hull has these nummy chunky powders in Golden Rod, Aqua Splash & Seth Apter's in Dirty Sand were the perfect beachy additions all made by Emerald Creek. 

While adding the details some Diamond Sparkle was definitely called for!  A few Beautiful Blues & Vintage Browns were placed among sequins, glass bead gel along with some charms.

This was a very fun project to do & I love my new sign!! Thanks for joining me today, I hope I could inspire. & that you get the chance to play with the quotes by Debbi Moore.

Craftiness is Happiness

Happy Friday Topflight Fans! Ericka here and today I have something a little different. I've been playing with this MDF Life Quote from Debbie Moore.

I must admit that when I first got this I wasn't sure what to do with it. As a card maker, it was a little intimidating to figure out where to start and how to make these beautiful words unique. In the end I decided to add paint and embossing powder for color.

I love how this came out and it was so easy to use the PaperArtsy paint. I used Summer Sky and Twilight for an ombre look to my MDF.

Once my paint was dry, I added some fun embossing powders to give the piece some sparkle and shine. After all, glitter and shine is important to happiness!

Thanks for stopping by and if you want more details on how I created this piece, feel free to stop by Strangely Creative.

P.S. Come back on Sunday, September 29th for a special post and Celebrate National Coffee Day with us. 

Messy Me

Hello, Topflight fans! Toni here with you today sharing a fall-themed craft room decoration.  Have you seen the various Debbi Moore Designs MDF Plaques in the shop?

Here I'm using the Debbi Moore Designs MDF Life Quotes Plaque. You can use the plaque as is or you can fancy it up every which way!

I applied a random coating of Modge Podge onto the MDF and then covered that with gold leafing. I knew I hadn't wasted my $1 at that crafty garage sale 5 years ago!  LOL.

Oh, wait, before that, I applied a coat of white acrylic paint--you can see it along the edges.

Once all that was dry and I had gotten as much of the leafing off literally everything, including the cats (they were so glamorous!), I applied more Modge Podge to the flowers and used Studio Light Art by Marlene Collage Paper #3 over it. You can especially see the paper on the larger flowers.

I sponged some Prism Ink (Orange Zest, Red Chili and Blackcurrant Jam) next.  That worked really well as some of the paper was present so it had something to stick to.  I coated the lot with a final bit of Modge Podge and then randomly sprinkled Copper Pearl Ex. Really hard to capture the shimmer of that but it looks fab with the grungy gold and paint.

If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

Have a crafty rest of your week!

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