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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Eggcelent Eggs

Easter is around the corner and I needed some eggcelent decorations in my home.  These eggs were easy and fun to make.  Let me show you!

I started with paper mache eggs from the local craft shore, and covered them with a quick coat of white craft paint.  Any color craft paint will do, but keep in mind that this will be showing through your layer of tissue paper.  Endless possibilities!  I knew I wanted the colors on my stamped images to pop, so I chose white.



I took one sheet of white tissue paper, several floral stamps and lots of spring time colors.  Laying a sheet of grid paper down first,  I stamped a small section of the tissue paper in a pattern.  You don't need much tissue to cover the egg, so I could fit 8 different patterns onto one sheet.  Just make sure you leave a little white space in between each pattern.


A note on tissue paper- be sure to press down with your inked image and lift straight back up.  Wetting the tissue with this image will make it easy to tear, so just make sure not to twist.  When dry, I tore out each patterned section of the tissue paper, and then proceeded to rip this into small bits for adhering.



Next, I broke out the handy dandy modge podge and used a thin coat on a section of egg.  Add the tissue paper to that section, and then dab down with your modge podge sponge applicator (craft sponge brush).  Work out any creases and make sure you have a thin layer on the top of the tissue, but be gentle- the tissue can tear if you get a little overzealous in your application.


When about half of the egg was tissued, I used baby food jar lids to prop up the egg as it dried.  Then, I coated the other side.  Finally once all sides were covered in tissue and dried, I added an extra layer of modge podge on top to seal it all.





Ink colors used: So Saffron, Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, and Pink Pirouette
Stamp Sets Used: Happy Watercolor, Papillon Potpourri, Morning Meadow






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