faux graniteware eggs...

here's a fun, quick & inexpensive 

little Easter home decor project...

grab some paper mache eggs...

and insert a memo pin into one end...

***think about how you'll use these before deciding which end for the pin...

will the small or large end sit in something or are they going in a little basket?***

to start...

I inked the blending tool with sky blue archival ink, tapped over the egg,  sprinkled with the sky blue embossing powder & heated to melt the powder...

this is where the memo pin worked great as a handle & protects your fingers from both the heat & the embossing powder...

while the egg was warm, 

I sprinkled on another layer of embossing powder...

the warm powder will hold the second layer of powder on...

you'll see that the second layer of embossing powder melts very quickly...

***hold the egg for a minute, to allow it to cool, before setting it on your craft sheet to prevent any marks in the powder***

here's my first egg...

that was fun...

so I decided to repeat the same steps, with different colors on more eggs...

I chose my new suck it up buttercup 

and tea rose...

inks and powders...

and now I have these 3 cuties...

I used 2 layers of embossing powder on the sky blue & tea rose eggs...

but I used 3 on the buttercup for better coverage...

if you like these enameled eggs, 

you could quit there...

but I kept going...

next, I grabbed potting soil archival ink...

and tapped it over the eggs to age them...

I don't dry the ink...

then I used the unmounted spatter stamp with Glacier White to add dots to the eggs & gave them a quick dry with the heat-it tool...

it takes very little to dry the Glacier white...

the small spatter stamp is perfect for small curved surfaces...

if you already have the 

large spatter background, use that...

next, I stamped the hosta 2 times onto clearly for art (CFA), that was covered with newsprint, using Glue N Seal...

I used jet black archival to stamp the images, and leaf green archival to ink the leaves and 

buttercup archival on the flower...

I heated them enough to soften the CFA & then shaped the leaves to create a little dimension...

I added a piece of black foam adhesive to the back of the leaves & added them over the full hosta...

I like to offset the layers & 

not line them up perfectly...

next I added this new remnant rub to the egg...

you'll LOVE the remnant rub tool...

I DO!

I placed the egg in the foam adhesive roll to make it more stable & easier to work on...

you'll see on the hosta, what the offset layers look like...

I added the remnant rub...

in the next photo,

 you'll see that I added the flower, the

"this side up " rub & a mini butterfly rub...

my original plan was to make several eggs...

I thought I'd put them in a 

real vintage graniteware pot...

but then I spied this adorable trophy... 

and discovered that it holds the eggs very well...

on to plan B...

I grabbed the gold metallic embossing paste...

I put a little on the craft sheet, then spread the paste onto the trophy with my finger...

it takes very little paste...

just add a super thin layer...

I used a Q-tip to get in the area under the handles...

I know...

it's not too cute yet,

 but trust me...

keep going...

the thin layer of gold metallic embossing paste was dry in 2 minutes or less...

when it was dry, I added some potting soil archival ink over the paste, with a blending tool...

then used the spatter stamp with 

watering can archival ink,

to add faux "pits" to the trophy for a more authentic effect...

I used the foam adhesive roll again to hold the trophy...

 and added a remnant rub...

I'm seriously addicted to the foil sheets, 

so I used a tiny bit to accent the trophy...

the remnant rub tool makes it simple & the foil sticks very well to the dry embossing paste...

I like the little bits of orange-ish metallic foil...

it looks sort of rusty...

and here's the egg sitting in the trophy...

I thought about adding that brown fake grass stuff in the trophy...

hmmm...

not sure...

how cute would these be at each placesetting for Easter?

remember I told you to think about how you were going to use them?

you could leave the memo pin in place & add the guest's name or type out HAPPY EASTER and add that to the memo pin...

lots of possibilities...

you could also cause a family feud...
WHAT???

who do you give #1 to?

lol...oh...that could be lots of laughs!

I think I won't add the grass...

when Easter is over, I'll pack the eggs away & reuse the trophies with some little flowers...

so I went from these generic 
paper mache eggs...

to faux graniteware eggs...

with 9 embossing powder choices there are lots of fun color combos...

I hope you'll grab some eggs,

your archival inks & 

embossing powders...

 and...

make (EASTER) art!

wendy