Shopping List for Falliday Fest 2019 - Check Back Often! :)

[UnderstandBlue]

• acetate
• alcohol markers
• aluminum foil
• Thanksgiving/Fall images
• ball ornament (matte glass)
• vellum
• gel medium or white glue
• black gesso
• plain paper napkin

[muscrat]

Ball ornament as in one of those plastic clear balls?

Paper napkin....as in something pretty or just plain?

Can't wait!

[MiamiKel4]

Looking like a fun list so far! Lots of crafty goodness!

[RJP111]

Ohhhh. ..... all I need is a ball ornament!

[c-mouse]

do we know plastic or glass yet? That is the only thing I lack.

[muscrat]

Im still wondering about the napkin? Plain white or pretty Christmas?

[FayeMakesCards]

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Originally Posted by muscrat

Im still wondering about the napkin? Plain white or pretty Christmas?

From the tutorials that I know about I would guess pretty...I'm just wondering which tutorial it is going to be that is used!!!!

[muscrat]

There was a recent Mix challenge that. Used White napkins. But I'm guessing you are right.

[snietje]

napkin must be white and ball ornament a mat glass one, hope this is helpful for your shopping

[muscrat]

Thank you Anita!

[taclary]

Sounds fun so far

[annsforte3]

Black gesso too or I believe you could substitute black acrylic paint

[muscrat]

I just looked online and you can add black acrylic paint to white gesso to make it black! Yay!

[dini]

I think that would make grey gesso... but you can use white gesso first and let it dry, then paint over it with black.

[muscrat]

ehow.com says "Typically, gesso is white, but some artists prefer to begin their work on a black or tinted background. ... Black gesso can easily be made at home from white gesso and acrylic paints. ... Pour some black acrylic paint into the container with the white gesso." They say to be sure to add black paint to gesso and not gesso to black paint? I think the reasoning was because it only takes a little color to make the light color darker??

[dini]

[muscrat]

That picture is me, most of the time! LOL.

[papercrafter40]

What is meant by a matte glass ornament? Is that like frosted, or just clear with no shine? I just don't know that I've ever seen a non-shiny glass ornament. :confused: Also, is there an alternative to alcohol markers, for those of us who don't have/can't afford them? Or, instead of "real" markers (e.g. Copic, Spectrum Noir, $$$), would Sharpie markers work?

[gregzgurl]

Sharpies are alcohol markers - so are Bic MarkIts. I used both for a long time before I bought anything else and was perfectly happy...