Because I was making a Middle Eastern town, I was looking for more earth tones as opposed to greens and reds. In the end though, I decided the earth tones needed a lot of work. It ended up looking far too bland. So, I blinged it up.
Here it is without any decorations. I like the colors but they need a little something.
And now a picture with the domes decorated. I used stickles on the first one. That worked all right. I liked the gold stickles at the very top of the dome. On the second and third domes I used gold Perfect Pearls. This is the first time I've used Perfect Pearls, I'm in love. I rubbed versamark all over the dome and then I "painted" the gold perfect pearls onto the dome.
Look at how wonderful that dome looks. It covers beautifully. A little really does go a long way. I'll definitely be using them again.
For variety, I used the copper Perfect Pearls on the last dome. I loved the way that one looks also. In order to get a nice line, I used blue painters tape and very carefully pulled it back off the paper after I was done with the domes.
I tried doodling and once again I'm reminded that I'm not a doodler. This ended up looking like something a middle schooler might do. If I was a middle schooler that would be fine, but I'm not. So, I had to figure out whether I cut this piece again or try to cover up my doodling. I decided to cover it up.
In order to give it a little more depth, I covered most of the doors and windows with a pattern paper. It all came out of my scrap piles. I used Effects Papercraft from Canson (I have no idea where I bought this and I tend to ration it because I love the iridescent and translucent papers). Then I used Deja Views' global Treks. I love this paper. It has a very Middle Eastern feel. Finally, I used DCWV's At Home stack. I think I have three or four stacks of this one. I inked all of the doors and windows, some of them got an extra shot of ink across the front.
If you have made it through this entire post, I should give you the one bit of information I think would be helpful when making this advent calendar. All of the boxes for the calendar are in the top row on Christmas Village. They are keys 7 - 10. But there is no information on the packaging to tell you how many of each you need. Here is what I learned:
1 of the large box (Key 7)
8 of the tall skinny box (Key 8)
6 of the medium box (Key 9)
10 of the small box (Key 10)
I don't know why this insists on going sideways but you can still see the boxes. |
If you want to see my other advent calendar you can see it here. Later in the week I hope to have a couple more advent calendars to show you. This one is going to Moma's church for the kids to use this year.
1 comment:
I think this is beautiful - what a lot of work to get it all together, you did a great job! I had managed to convince myself I didn't need this cartridge...maybe I do! Thanks!
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