Red Lead Crackle Finish

Crackled . Distressed . Well Worn . Red Lead style             Lightly sand Artisan Wood Frames       Use plenty of Uhu glue.      Create!     - work in progress - Sharon stenciled the Ornamentation stencil with Bird Egg blue artisan ink.  The Bee and Butterflies are stamped with blue archival ink. Love the look of vintage ledger paper overstamped with Have Faith.         a closer look     embellish an embellishment.      Stamp spring beauty on patined copper with stazon ink. Let dry, cut label and glue to Filigree butterfly or these wood butterflies. Crackled & Distressed Paint - Red Lead Style   Click on the Arrow above to view our new Video!   Brand New and special price too! (scroll to see all all 23 Sale sheets)                        A Free Spring Time Beauty Collage Sheet for You  with ANY product purchase!     in product - sale or not - right here or at the Red Lead store in St. Louis.   Your free collage sheet will be automatically sent to you with your purchase.      12 New Dreaming  of Spring Rubber  Stamps

Metalology While Walking in the Woods Nature Book  Sat. Mar. 23 - 10a.m.-3p.m. Imagine a mixed media metal book with patina brass covers, and pages filled to the brim with transfers, vintage images, and mica butterflies. Create a beautiful handmade nature book, and learn the ins and outs of metal stamping, explore the beauty of transferring images, creating lucious hand dyed ribbons, working with metal mesh, and the very fun technique of stenciling with spackle paste. You'll make mica charms, and words hammered into brass to your hearts content. You will use so many of these art techniques that you will learn in this class again and agian in all of your mixed media art. This fabulous metal book is for everyone that loves nature and walking in the woods.  Sign up Here!           Metalology Workshop Faux Tin Type Charms Sat. Feb 23 - 10a.m.- 2p.m.-FULL!  Sat. April 20 - 10a.m.- 2p.m. Learn the fabulous art of creating Faux Tin Types with amazing art techniques. You will learn how to transfer images on metal, create wire wrapped crystals, and artful stamping on patina metals. Chris Schwartz will teach you how to create a handful of transferred and altered charms that are adorned with tiny keys, sweet birds, and lovely embossed hearts. You will also fashion a mixed metal necklace with a large clasp that makes adding your charms so wonderfully easy.  Sign up Here!             a last peek at last week Butterfly Wishes  We started with these slider boxes - the perfect size to alter.    Begin by cutting handmade paper and collage sheets  to cover the interior and the outside of the box.  To make the window you carefully pull the box apart and lay it flat. Cut paper the size of the entire box and cover it using uhu glue. Use a 1" square or circle punch, center it, and punch a hole. Works great.   Love the small window to get aninside glimpse.               another last peek at last week! Believe in the Beauty of your Dreams    For this beauty we used   vintage ledger paper      pretty pink floral collage sheets     word banner ATC stamp    a Joyous Moment ATC Stamp     pink buttons    a vintage rhinestone button Love the dimension when you stamp this stamp after you crackle.  There's nothing better than crackled, distressed and well worn.  Lots and lots of new goodies just came in...take a peek at these round wood plates, they're calling my name, just waiting to be papered and collaged.  A big box of dresden just flew in this week too...full of pink, gold, yellow bunnies and chicks.  The Easter bunny's early this year. Have a beautiful artful week and thanks for shopping with us, we couldn't do it without you! xo Chris and Sharon  Website is always Open! 24/7!!! Hours: Saturday 10a.m.-5p.m. 27 N. Gore Ave. Historic Webster Groves 63119