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February 14, 2007
valentine
by sven at 11:59 pm
For Valentine's Day, for Gretchin, I made this "card"...
The two sides sides of the card are 1/4" thick hardboard which I cut out with a small hobby saw, then filed and sanded. Gesso, midnight blue acrylic paint, then a transparent bright blue -- sponged on with an old kitchen sponge. The heart form is about 4" across.
The nails for the little brass hinge were too long, so I used the grinder to shorten and re-sharpen them. The pieces of red felt are glued down with matt gel medium. The dots around the red hearts are acrylic. The red paint is transparent -- so I made dots of white first, then painted over them.
The letters are plastic beads. They were too thick, so I used the grinder again to thin them down.
Yay! A fun little holiday project... Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
posted by sven | February 14, 2007 11:59 PM | comments (2) | categories: other art
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ok, that was adorable!! I love that you made a special valentine for Gretchin!! Awwwwww! I didn't even make any for Paulsies this year, boo.
But what really made me laugh was how you boy-a-fied it with all the powertool mods! HAhahahaa. So cute.
Posted by: shelley Noble at February 15, 2007 10:05 AM
Well, there are two ways to look at it, right?
Me, I think I would have been happier with the notion that I'd girl-i-fied the powertools, rather than boy-a-fied the valentine.
See, I take a bunch of "manly" (wtf?!?) tools and all I do is make dolls and valentines with them. Personally, I think there's something rather charming about that. ;-)
Posted by: sven at February 15, 2007 11:06 AM