4 x 6"x 6" UTEE

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Products/Items Used:

- 4 x 6"x 6" canvasses

- Stamps - Dream Words 3501H, Art Life 3587F, Paris 3496G, Art Elements 3474E, Christmas Filigree 3641G

- Papers - Stamp-it Flourish Distressed Daisy Gothic Alphabet sifs392mm, Daisy D's Fortune Teller Stripe #14214, Daisy D's Flea Market Floral - sage #14204, Daisy D's Flea Market Floral - hazelnut #14211

- Ranger Melting Pot suz20073

- Ranger Melt Art Project Pan suz16397

- Ranger Melt Art Non Stick Craft Sheet

- Ranger Adirondack Dabber Paints -snow cap, lemonade

- Ranger Distress Inks - old paper, vintage photo, black soot

- Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks - Lettuce, Butterscotch

- Inks - Ranger Perfect Medium, Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Graphite Black

- Marvy Metallics - Gold

- UTEE - Clear, Black

- UTEE Flex

- Heat gun

- Embossing powder - clear

- Cardstock - matt white, matt black

- Bazzill Basics - Yam, Cantaloupe

- Coverboard

- Embossing powder - clear

- Prima Flowers - Naturally Collection Daisy 507336

- Ribbons

- Inkssentials Glossy Accents

- Mini eyelet - gold 5mm, copper 3mm, ivory 3mm, black capped 3m

- Fab Foils - Gold

- Sailor Rolling Ball 2-in 1 Glue

- Foil Board - Gold

- Metallic Rub-ons Kit 1 Ruby

- Perfect Pearls - Heirloom Gold, Copper, Kiwi

- Supertape 6mm

- Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue

- Supertape - 9mm

- Sandpaper

- Tinsel Cord - Gold rib11g

- Skewer

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Instructions:

1. Cover canvasses lightly with lemonade dabber and blend with snow cap dabber to lighten shade. Set aside and allow to dry.

2. Prepare base mats by cutting background paper squares 5.5"x5.5". Mat with gold foil board and matt black, as per examples.

3. Trace around puzzle pieces onto background paper, cut out and adhere with glue. Sandpaper edges to give smooth finish.

4. Edge with metallic gold pen.

5. Paint thin layer of Helmar glue over all puzzle pieces to give semi matt finish.

6. Tear 2 x 2cm triangles from remnant of Distressed Daisy Gothic Alphabet, cover with glue and wrap around skewer to create a bead. Repeat process to make second bead.

7. Stamp Dream Words, Art Life, Paris, Art Elements and Christmas Filigree with Brilliance ink onto matt white cardstock. Emboss Art Elements and Christmas Filigree

8. Crop, tear and age as per examples. Cut out brushes from Art Life and brush over with thin layer of glue. Cut out words.

9. Mat Paris onto black matt card and coverboard, then matt white. Mat Art Elements onto coverboard, matt black, Bazzill Yam and Cantaloupe. Mat Filigree onto gold foil board, matt black and matt white.

10. Cut out words from Dream Words and mat on foil board, matt black, matt white and bazzill as per example.

11. Melt 50gms of clear UTEE at 150 degrees C and add half cup of Flex. Stir carefully to avoid bubbles.

12. Ink Paris and Art Life stamps with Brilliance black ink.

13. Pour UTEE onto Non Stick Craft Sheet and stamp inked Paris into UTEE. Allow to cool and lift out.

14. Repeat and stamp Art Life into UTEE, allow to cool and remove stamp.

15. Place one bead on skewer, dip into molten UTEE, twirl to cover and make a bale. When cool, remove and cut off ends with scissors to make beads. Thread onto Gold Tinsel Cord and knot at the ends.

16. Melt black UTEE in separate Project Pan, adding Flex when molten.

17. Ink Art Elements with Brilliance Galaxy Gold and Christmas Filigree with Brilliance Black ink.

18. Pour UTEE onto Craft Sheet and stamp with Art Elements. Leave stamp in place until cooled. Repeat process with Christmas Filigree.

19. Apply Sailor Rolling Ball Glue to part of Paris, Art Elements and Christmas Filigree stamped images, allow to dry and apply gold Fab Foils.

20. Apply Lettuce and Butterscotch Alcohol inks to the back of Art Life UTEE and then stick trimmed stamped words to the back. Adhere brushes to the front. Adhere to puzzle piece with glue.

21. Apply Ruby Metallic Rub-ons to Paris UTEE and adhere with Helmar glue to stamped, aged image. Adhere to puzzle piece.

22. Ink Filigree UTEE with Perfect Medium and apply Perfect Pearls. Adhere to stamped image and then puzzle piece.

23. Adhere Art Elements UTEE to puzzle piece.

24. Set eyelets as per examples.

25. Adhere matted words, as per examples.

26. Adhere ribbons to the edges of the canvasses with Supertape, and cut smaller pieces and adhere to canvasses.

27. Adhere matted puzzle pieces to canvasses and thread gold tinsel cord through eyelet in 'Discover' piece.

28. Apply Glossy Accents as required and allow to dry.