Hey friends......
I am taking a short break from my blog for some studies.....
Will see you again with more arts and crafts in July......
Till then create something new and have fun........
Cya soon.....

DIY T- Shirt Painting- Ben 10

T-Shirt Painting

Hi and welcome to my post on T-Shirt Painting.......

My son is a Ben 10 fan, and he was looking for a T-shirt with Ben10 and his friends together.....

And even after scouring all the kids garment shops, we couldn't find what he wanted..... :(

He was disappointed and so, to cheer him up I decided to make him a t-shirt with Ben 10 and friends....

We bought a plain green t-shirt.....

We finalised a design of his choice from one of his coloring books.....

After tracing it on the t-shirt, I painted it with acrylic colors (Fabric colors)......

You can see it in the picture below.....

T-Shirt painting

I finally outlined the whole picture with fabric color- black.....

After letting it dry for 24 hours, I ironed on the reverse to fix the colors......

Ben 10

I also added a little spunk to the tee by painting on the back.....

This is the design on the back......

T-Shirt Painting

Ben 10

My son fell in love with his new T- Shirt.......
And I was glad to see him so.....
Hope you liked it too :)

DIY Faux Metal Wall Art- Recycle Craft

Faux Metal Wall Art

Hi and welcome to my post on Faux Metal Wall Art......

This Wall art has a complete metallic look but is actually made from recycled cardboard, foil 

and paper grocery bag !!!!

I had saved a nice stiff cardboard used for a curtain packaging......

Using the cardboard as a base, I started this piece......

I stuck two pieces of corrugated cardboard ( again, recycled) on the base....

To add some more texture I used some leftover knick-knacks from an old project on the sides......

Then I stuck crumpled foil all over the piece using PVA glue......

After smoothing with a Q-tip I got my finished base.......

Then came the butterfly project :)

I made three butterflies of varying size out of a grocery bag , using PVA glue and burning technique.....

The butterfly is shown below......

Metallic Butterfly

After brushing the butterfly with golden powder, it looked like this.....

 Metallic Gold Butterfly

Then I painted the edges of the butterfly with metallic blue to give it some contrast.....

Lastly, I attached floral wire antennae to it.....

I repeated the same procedure for other two butterflies as well... 

After all the butterflies were done, I glued them to the base in descending order of their size.....

Faux Metal Butterfly

Finally I added a braided golden string to it for hanging.....

Thus, my recycled "Faux Metal" Wall Art was ready.......

This is how it looks on the wall......

I sold this artwork at a craft show recently :)

Faux Metal Wall Art

You can leave a comment below to let me know if you liked it  :)