nostalgiecat: Monster high ...DIY artwork for Little miss moo's new big girls room.

So we've finally finished re-decorating Little miss Moo's room: Six months later than we planned, she has finally got her "big girls room"! But before I share the full transformation, I wanted to show you all the new artwork I made for her....

Gone are the teddy's and cute kitty pictures..(See my post about her toddler room)....in with her latest fad: Monster high!!

So I made her two pieces of monster high art for her new Pink walls, much in the same way as I did my Ampersand gold leaf art last week...

But I will show you a quick step by step guide to how I made these using gold leaf and glitter:

Step 1: Make a textured background

I placed some A3 paper on my work surface, and secured it using masking tape...Then I used the same paint as we've painted LMM's walls with, to tie the art in with her new room décor...

I then used some of LMM's play-dough rollers to add a textured pattern to the paper...

Step 2: The image

Like I said above, LMM is really into Monster high at the moment, so I printed out a monster high image (I added the crossbones for more interest)

Step 3: make some stickers for the gilding

I covered the entire image with double-sided tape, then added another layer of double-sided over the bits I wanted to gild with gold-leaf and glitter....

I then drew out my sticker shape with a pen on top of the tape...

...I then put another layer of double-sided on top of this again, crossing the direction of the tape layers. (Because I wanted to make 2 stickers, but also because this meant it would be easier to transfer the sticker in the next step:

I transferred the double sided tape (stickers) onto a sheet of baking paper, and put it to the side...

Step 4: Make a stencil

Going back to the image covered in one layer of double sided tape, I then cut out the image to make a stencil...I basically wanted to make a stencil so that I could easily paint out the shape of the monsters high image in black...

I then placed my stencil on the paper I textured earlier, and dabbed on black paint using a sponge...

Whilst this was drying, I went back to finish my stickers

Step 5: Cut out your stickers

Using a sharp scalpel, I Cut out the shapes of my stickers (Slightly smaller than the stencil, so that there would be a black outline around my gilding...

I then placed the stickers on top of my black painted stencil on the paper...

The stickers will come away from the backing in parts, so I puzzled them carefully together before sticking down...

Step 3: Add some gold leaf

Peeling away one section of the backing of the sticker at the time, I used a soft brush to gently smooth down a sheet of gold leaf onto the image...

When I had covered the area I wanted (The "skull") with the gold-leaf, I carefully buffed away any excess by using my soft brush in circular motions...