Dream Catcher

Today I have a dreamcatcher to share that I made as a birthday gift for a friend to accompany the card that I had made. This follows on from my last post Friendship & Flowers.

Using one of the mdf dreamcatchers from my A4 carrier sheet and mdf words from the "Inspiring words" embellishment sheet by The Dreamees, I gave them both a coat of matt medium before painting them with my dinky inkie reinker in lemon drizzle by The Dreamees. 

It gave the mdf a golden shimmer.  I did give them a few coats, letting them dry between each coat to make the most of that shimmer.

I repeated this process for the mdf feathers using my dinky inkie sparkle reinkers and actually managed to get a picture with the shimmer which isn't always easy to capture. It's one of the reasons that I love these inks, especially in reinker form, they give just enough shimmer to a project without overdoing the sparkle.

As my dreamcatcher is about 95cm in diameter and 2cm thick I needed to be mindful about what I was going to hang on it. So I thought the organza ribbon would be perfect as I had lots of charms, beads, and gems that would catch the sunlight, adding a little twinkle.

To balance the dreamcatcher out and so that the ribbons would hang better, I added an embellishment to each side of the ribbons. This also covered up any glue from attaching the ribbon.

I die cut some tiny flowers from pearlescent card to sit on the base of the dreamcatcher and stuck a ring of gems in the centre of the dreamcatcher.

I also made sure that the back of the dreamcatcher was finished off neatly and added the same row of die-cut flowers. I then thread some metallic silver yarn through the holes in the dreamcatcher, making a hanging loop at the top and adding a few seed beads to the ends for decoration and to stop them from fraying.

I wanted the dreamcatcher to be light enough for the gentle breeze the catch the ribbons and the light reflect of the shimmer in the paint, along with the embellishments.

I made a box to match the card that I had made earlier, saving a few of the pink peony flowers that I had stamped and embossed with white embossing powder for the top of the box.

I didn't actually get around to making my own dreamcatcher, which was intended for my garden this summer, but there's no hurry for that one, as there's always next year now and it will be one thing less in my garden at the moment to keep that squirrel out of mischief.

Have a great day whatever you have planned

Happy Crafting