~ Creating Lovely Primitive Background Art~ Proxxon Design team Project by Sherri Welser

~ Creating Lovely  Primitive Background Art~

Being an artist I enjoy creating from the simplest of things! This week's project is created from a simple block of wood and Proxxon Power Carver tool! The tool was easy to use and had a variety of cutting gouges. I wanted to create wood blocks with texture such as a  rubber stamp would offer, to then add some background interest for my artwork. Here is where using the Power Carver tool came in handy!

Check out the Proxxon Blog for more details on this fun project! 

Happy Creating!

Sherri

~REVAMPING~ "Whats Old Becomes New Again" Proxxon DT Project by Sherri Welser

~REVAMPING~

"Whats Old Becomes New Again"

As many of you know who follow my projects, I LOVE to find old objects and make them "new" again. I was at my local ReStore and found this old Bakers Rack and thought it would make a great potting bench outside my new art studio! Before I started "ReVamping" it it was white, rusty and the wood block on top was stained and gross!  Come and see how I ReVamped this once ugly Bakers rack with a couple of supplies and a little TLC!

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Enjoy!

~Vintage Embellishing Part 2~ Proxxon Tools Design Team Project by Sherri Welser

~Vintage Embellishing Part 2~

Welcome back to the second part of my vintage embellishment table project!! The reason why it is called "vintage" is because I wanted a project where I incorporated small old jewelry trinkets and charms and then that grew into adding inspirational messages and basically anything that held meaning to me I included. The other piece I made before this was actually an old church window and it did have a very Vintage feeling to it!

For More details on creating this fun and inspirational project visit the Proxxon "Tiny Tool Time Blog 

I also will be offering a full on line workshop in June on creatin gthese lovely repurposed peices!~ visit my website for more details coming soon at www.indigoearth.artfire.com

~"Vintage Days" Dragonfly Earrings~ NEW Proxxon DT Project!!

~Vintage  Days Dragonfly Earrings~

Creating vintage style jewelry is another love of mine and so when I received my Proxxon Drill Press I was ready to get all my supplies and get going!

for full details visit Proxxon's Blog Page 

~ Hello Valentine~New Proxxon DT Project by Sherri Welser

~Hello Valentine~

Looking for something unique for your next Valentine Project? This wonderful Vintage style Valentine is created on wood and  is the perfect project for ease and creativity! For details on how to create your own Hello Valentine visit Proxxon Tools DT Blog where you will find this and other wonderful projects to create!

Have a beautiful Day and Enjoy!

In Love & Light

Sherri

~Family Treasures~ Proxxon DT Project by WildHeart Art

~Family Treasures~

I am always looking for unique ways to do "the ordinary" so when I came across this wonderful family photo I wanted to find a fun  and unique way to display it. This is actually a picture of my Grandpa and Grandma with their children, my aunt and mom are on the end. I love the way I was able to capture the vintage feel of this project.

Visit Proxxon's Blog  for all the creative details!!

"Find Your Happy Place" Vintage Wooden Houses~ Proxxon Design Team Project

"Find Your Happy Place"

Creating with PROXXON Tools

I Love to work with wood and making little Vintage houses is so much fun! For this project I used the PROXXON Scroll saw and Delta Sander to create these lovely little houses. The supplies I used are listed below

Supplies

 5 Random sizes of 2 x4 

(the sizes I used were from 6" to 12" tall- 4 houses and the base)

Crackle Paint ( I used Tim Holtz Distressed Crackle Paint)

Antique Glaze

Glue Gun

Glossy Accents

Assorted pieces of metal and paper ephemera,trinkets, charms and small doorknobs, anything that you feel would be a fun addition to your houses!

Acrylic paint

Gold Gel Pen

4 large Screws

Cooper wire for beading on the roof

1) I began with finding some random sizes of lumber.. 2x4s and some small scraps of thinner wood for the roofs. I cut the 2x4s

 ( with the scroll saw) into misc heights and sanded ( using the Delta sander)  the rough edges.. but still left some rough patches  to to give the appearance of weathered wood. I then cut the smaller pieces of wood into several triangular pieces for the roofs.

2)I wanted the look of old worn wood so I then painted the 2 x 4s that would be the houses with the crackle paint.

3)Here you can see the pieces all painted with an antiquing medium finish.

4)I set all the pieces in front of me with all the fun items to get an idea of how I wanted to design the houses.I used the glue gun to adhere most of the items to the houses.

5)I used the glossy accents to fill in some of the metal trinkets after adding vintage papers. I also used the gold gel pen to add doodles.

6)The final step is to screw the 4 houses to the bottom base piece.

 I had so much fun decorating these sweet little houses with all sorts of metal trinkets,paper ephemera and inspirational words!

 Here you can see why it is called "Find Your Happy Place"

 Here I thought it would be fun to use a funky wine cork for the chimney!

 I love this little bird in flight and adding that fun whimsy!

 Here I added some copper wire and beads on top to add an interesting element and bring your eye                                                                               upwards.

PROXXON makes creating these interesting and fun creations so much easier with their wonderful tools! 

Happy Creating!

Sherri