Opal Magic Paints from Prima

Hi Antony here!

Here's another video from my lockdown One Day Special for Prima on Hochanda.

This one is all about Opal Magic Paints. These paints are very clever, as depending

what colour surface you paint them on, they come out differently. In a later video

I show you them in action within a project, but this video just shows you the basics.

Until next time, Happy Crafting and please stay safe!

Antony

Prima Clay and Moulds

  Hi Antony here!

I'm sure you can remember last year when we had the first nation lockdown.

At the time Hochanda asked all demonstrators to video the demo from home

and send them in to then be broadcast.

At the time I had a Prima One Day Special set of shows. I made quite a few

videos, so I thought I'd upload them all onto the blog. They might come in

handy for someone, one day.

My first video is an introduction into using Prima Modelling clay with their

moulds. However the same method applies if you're using other types of clay too.

I'll be uploading more of the video over the next few days.

Until next time, Happy Crafting and please stay safe!

 Antony

Sun & Moon Canvas "Celestial Love"

 Hi Antony here!

I thought I'd share another lockdown project with you, this one has a sort of

story behind it, which evolved whilst I was making it. In my previous post

I mentioned that I didn't normally name my canvases... but whilst putting all the

elements of this one together it came to clear to me that the canvas was a

love story, between the Sun and the Moon. And so I named the canvas

"Celestial Love"

The Sun felt alone in the Sky, but every night the Crescent Moon would

show his love for the Sun by laying down a carpet of stars that shone

brighter than the rest of the night sky.

However the Sun was always too late to see this act of love that played

out in the night sky. So the Crescent Moon left a key to his heart, in hope that

the Sun would find it and make his life whole. Months past until the equinox

came and finally the Sun saw what she had missed for months.

The Moon was finally whole and the Sun knew that she was no longer

alone in the sky. She now knew that although she couldn't see the love of the

Moon during the day, it was always there for her.

©2021 Antony James Minnis

As well at the short story, I also created a video too.

Ok... story over, here's how I put canvas together!

Step 1 Using Prima Marketing moulds, I made what seems to be a ton of

embellishments. For these I used FMM Claycraft air drying polymer clay called

"Soft then Strong"

I also cut out a circle using 2mm card, and added texture to it using quick drying

Polyfilla. I sank the Sun and Moon into the Polyfilla whilst it was still wet.

When dry I painted everything using various colours of Prima metallic paints.

Step 2 For all of the polymer casts, I painted them with black acrylic paint and

then used 3 colours of gilding paint from Cadence, to give them their metallic finish.

First I dry brushed on Antique Gold, then Antique Silver and finally a copper colour.

Step 3 I cut some strips of 2mm card to create some interest for the background.

With these I used Polyfilla and various size art balls to create texture on them.

Step 4 For the canvas I cut myself some 6mm MDF and painted it with white gesso.

I also used some structure paste along with some stencils to add interest to the background.

For the colouring of the background I used Liquid Acrylic paints from Prima.

I applied a small drop of the paint directly onto the canvas then water it down and

tilted the MDF canvas so that the colour run. I repeated this process with a second colour

of the Liquid Acrylic paints.

Step 5 Where I had used stencils on the background, I placed these back over

the now raised areas and used a gold gilding paint to lightly brush over. This

helped just show the stencil work a little more.

Step 6 With all the elements painted, it was time to start laying them all out. I never

use glue for this next bit, I just place things until it all balances nicely. When I was

happy I took a photo then removed all the elements. Then it was time to glue everything

into it's final position, using the photo i'd just taken as reference. I used the 3D Gloss

Gel Medium from Prima. It gives plenty of wiggle time and it's a fab strong glue for

holding all of the embellishments.

|Step 7 With all the elements in place, I then painted the stars with a metallic paint

from Imagination Crafts and added a little magenta gilding wax to a few of the

embellishments too.

Step 8 Using some Stampendous Chunky embossing enamel along with a glue, I

created a sort of border round all the 3D embellishments. This was to help soften the

colour change from the polymer clay elements metallic look and the pastel colours

of the background. It also gives the look that the metallic elements have been dropped

into a liquid metal and it's splashed out onto the background.

Hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed creating this piece.

Until next time, Happy Crafting and please stay safe!

Samantha and Antony 

FMM Funcraft project

Hi Antony here!

I hope you're all keeping well in these uncertain times.

It's been a long time since I posted anything... lots has happened since then.

For one i'm now a freelance demonstrator.

But then the other week I had a call from FMM Funcraft who asked if i'd do a video

tutorial for them. With the experience I gained from filming at home during lockdown

for Hochanda, I jumped at it and below is the result. Grab yourself a cuppa!

I've been told that all of the products that I've used in my tutorial have a 20% discount

if you want to buy them from the FMM website.

Click HERE to go to the offer page on FMM's website!

(Please note that the offer is for about one week only from 14-5-2020)

I hope you can join me on Hochanda really soon with some more amazing

products from FMM Funcraft.

Also you can join Sam on Hochanda too demoing... normally messy paints!

But she loves it and inspires people and that's what it's all about.

Until next time, Happy Crafting and stay safe!

Antony

Decorating a Journal or Notebook cover

Hi Antony here!
Another video post using a beautiful set of moulds from Katy Sue Designs.
This collection has taken a while to develop, but as you can see the results
you get from the moulds are amazing.
In this video project I show you how to decorate a journal cover using
the moulds, some Hearty Air Dry clay and Starlight paints
from Crafters Companion to add some extra magic!

I have a show on Hochanda on the 29th of January showcasing these and
many other moulds. The Katy Sue Design Team have had plenty of fun
creating some magic pieces of art. I hope you manage to see some of
the shows and get some inspiration from the teams work.

All the moulds and Hearty air drying clay used in my wall plaque are
available from
Katy Sue Designs website.

I hope you've enjoyed watching the making of my Journal Cover.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Antony

Autumn Leaf Owl wall plaque

Hi Antony here!

Well it seems an age since I last did a post. A lot has changed since then.
I'm now in a new job at Katy Sue Designs, where I now have a Design Team
of very talented ladies who produce the most amazing samples... and one
of those ladies is the other half of 2 Crafting Minds, my very good friend
and partner in craft Sammy Thompson!

I'm so lucky to have the honour in sharing all their samples live on HOCHANDA,
a shopping TV channel here in the UK and demoing what you can make with
all the beautiful moulds and Hearty air drying clay.

Anyway for this post it's all done in a video, so sit back and enjoy and
if you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment.

All the moulds and Hearty air drying clay used in my wall plaque are
available from
Katy Sue Designs website.

I hope you've enjoyed watching the making of my wall plaque.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Antony

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