Sunday, 15 February 2009

Eggshells

Supplies Needed: Paintbrush, Eggshells, Mod Podge or PVA glue, card stock or piece to decorate, paint or colouring materials

Wash the eggshells in bleach

Leave to dry out

Crush the shells into desired sized pieces

Use your mod podge or pva glue to stick the shell to your desired piece

Once covered and you are happy with the coverage, leave to dry

When all the white has disappeared and the shells are clear, cover with another coat of mod podge or pva glue

Give it a good coverage and leave to dry

You will know when it's dry as the shells will be clear and no white will be visable compared to above

Start to paint in your chosen colour and medium

Continue covering until you are happy with what you have

You can obviously mix colours etc but I decided just to leave mine silver

When dry add an image to finish

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14 comments:

  1. crafty creations15 February 2009 at 18:51

    brilliant Sam

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  2. Anonymous15 February 2009 at 21:41

    Just fabulous, TFS Sam! xx

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  3. Sarah15 February 2009 at 22:06

    When I was around 7 or 8 (a long, long time ago), I decorated an oval frame with broken egg shells to frame my favorite picture of Sleeping Beauty. I thought it was so pretty. Thanks for the memory, Sam!

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  4. Ann16 February 2009 at 00:45

    Brilliant Sam - I love it!! xx

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  5. kathleen16 February 2009 at 13:09

    I have tried this before and it's great fun.
    Another beautiful piece of work!

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  6. Anonymous16 February 2009 at 17:17

    Sam this is simply superb - such a lovely result from the humble eggshell. Patty

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  7. Shairon16 February 2009 at 19:35

    Gorgeous, Sam, but isn't it very fragile?

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  8. Hazel16 February 2009 at 20:15

    Brilliant idea- very effective.

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  9. Anonymous16 February 2009 at 22:36

    I have seen them used on lots of sites - but I think that the 'simple' silver looks superb - really classy

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  10. Anonymous17 February 2009 at 09:11

    Another excellent and inspiring demo. You do great 'step by step. directions - makes it easy to follow.

    xxxxxxxxx

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  11. Anonymous17 February 2009 at 10:56

    wow, thanks for this, it looks fabby

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  12. Melanie18 February 2009 at 20:12

    Looks great,its a fab technique for texture,i can recommend filling any gaps (should you want to) by glueing flowersoft into any gap,wait for it to dry then paint over it along with the eggshells,it adds more texture and gives another dimension to the work,and its very touchy feely!

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  13. Susan Says (Stupid Stuff)25 August 2009 at 19:10

    Oh! We have chickens, I'm going to save the shells and do this :D

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  14. Anonymous17 November 2009 at 18:42

    Great effect! Thanks for this.
    I've just made a frame from eggshells which is on my blog. :)

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