LK Design Team Project by Marfi Bradford: Peter Pan Book/Puppet theatre

Do you believe in fairies?

I think you all know that I do!

Here's a Lisa Kettell Designs Team project

that has everything you need to help you believe! 

-Marfi Bradford

Supplies

• Cigar box or book shaped box (available at craft and hobby stores)
• 2 Baby Bailey unpainted dolls
• Fairy silhouette
• wooden scrolls/trim
• alphabet stickers
• England stickers*
• gold glitter washi tape
• purple ribbon
• treasure map
• hot glue gun, glue sticks
• white glue
• glitter in gold & pink
• craft wire
• green scrapbook paper
• acrylic pant: white, peach, orange, gold, pink, red, light green, dark green, dark blue, brown, black

Directions

1. Paint baby bailey dolls to look like Wendy and Peter. Then hot glue purple ribbon to top           of her head, add pink glitter to top of her ankles.
2. Next fold a small amount of green paper to resemble a hat for peter, hot glue to his head       poke craft wire into back of dolls, set aside.
3. Paint the wooden trim gold and add glitter. Paint inside of box dark blue and add white to create clouds.
4. Position Big Ben sticker in front of the clouds, or, paint him on. Then glue green paper to       lid of box, paint outside of box gold. 
5. Open box add washi tape across the top and hot glue wooden trim to frame inside of box.     add stickers and silhouette to box lid to create the cover.
6. Put a small amount of hot glue on tips of the wire attached to the dolls and position them         to look like they're flying. 
7. Add treasure map to inside lid and dry brush gold paint on corners of cover and the map.

Hope this was fun...I've been outside most of this week adding arches and making a bed out of

bent wood and an iron cot! When it's ready it'll be covered in vines and flowers. -Marfi Bradford

I hope you enjoyed Marfi's project for the Lisa Kettell Design Team.  Her work is filled with so much magic, enchantment and joy.  I just love this project. To create your own using some of Lisa Kettell Designs products visit the artfire shop at: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/MoonfairesWorld


Stay tuned for more Design Team projects this week!
xoxo
Lisa

 

Spring Birds Canvas Project

Spring Birds Canvas Project by LK Designs DT Member Marfi Bradford

In Marfi's Words:

 

Yesterday I sat out in the tiny "backyard"of my gypsy wagon and

created a little project using some of

my awesome Lisa Kettell products.

It's simple and it's a little tribute

 to this beautiful season.

Supplies

unfinished china doll head  

6x6 canvas

paper mache bird box

hot glue gun/glue sticks

acrylic paints: black, navy blue, medium blue, dark pink, light pink, orange, peach

oil pastels:dark brown, green, light pink, fuchsia, peach

red lace trim

Directions

1. Paint canvas dark blue

add a bit of light blue for interest.

using the oil pastels, draw branches and flowers

2. Paint china doll head peach, add facial details and hair color

cut the top part of the bird off

paint dark pink, orange and light pink.

3. Hot glue china doll head to bird body

add lace trim

hot glue to the canvas

paint feet on with light pink paint.

4. There's a lot of different things that can be done

with this one...

she could be a raven for Halloween, or a dove for Easter

her body can be covered over in sheet music

or she can placed in a little cage...

there's endless possibilities1

I hope you try this out & have loads of fun.

Visit Lisa's blog and artfire shop 

for a happy inspired day:) 

 

For more fun projects, DT projects and creative magic, visit the amazing Marfi on her blog at:

 http://marfibradford.blogspot.com

Stay tuned for more Lisa Kettell DT Member Projects this week. Be on the look out first thing in the morning for the Secret Blog Post Event too.

xoxo

Lisa

DT Project: Baby Bailey/Pan ornament, Marfi Bradford

Here's an amazing enchanted project created by DT Member Marfi Bradford using the Baby Bailey Unfinished Doll embellishment from Lisa Kettell Designs and other magical supplies.

Materials:

• Baby Bailey unfinished doll, Lisa Kettell Designs
• moss
• mushrooms
• toothpicks
• artificial flowers
• dark brown acrylic paint
• light brown acrylic paint
• peach acrylic paint
• acorn tops
• glitter
• Clear plastic ornament
• hot glue gun and glue sticks
  

Directions:

1. Paint baby Bailey peach and brown, let dry.
2. Cut toothpicks into fourths and glue on top of head for horns.
3. Glue moss, mushrooms, acorn and artificial flowers to the inside of ornament half.
4. Make a pan pipe out of toothpicks by gluing five toothpicks together then cutting them at an angle.
5. Attach them to baby bailey.
6. Glue baby bailey inside ornament.

How amazing is this project from Marfi? Love it. I could see a whole series of enchanted storybook ornaments, couldn't you?

More projects on their way including the launch of the new website.
xoxo
Lisa

Angel Lulu and The Gingerbread by DT Member Marfi Bradford

Today I'd like to showcase returning DT Member Marfi Bradford’s two Design Team projects using Lisa Kettell Designs (LKD) products. I can't pick a fave, love them both.

 The Gingerbread House Project:

Materials:

• Paper mache house shaped box (found at a craft store).
• 2 Tristan style doll heads, Lisa  Kettell Designs.
• Glittered candies embellishments.
• Faux cupcake, gingerbread cookie.
• Stickers.
• Lace Trim. 
• Various craft paints. 
• Glitter.
• Glue.

Directions:

1. Paint a paper mache house shaped box with gingerbread and ivory paints. 
2. Then attach glittered candies, stickers, lace trim and a cupcake to the painted house with glue.
3. Next paint the Tristan style doll heads brown and glittery.
4. Finally add them to the gingerbread 'cookies'.

 Angel Lulu Project:

The next project is an ornament

created using Marfi's favorite embellishment, carnival Lulu.

Materials:

• 5 inch wooden circle.
• Unfinished Carnival Lulu doll embellishment, Lisa Kettell Designs.
• Styrofoam snowflake.
• Pipe cleaner, glitter tinsel.
• Craft angel wings.
• Ribbon (for skirt).
• Tiny bottle brush Christmas tree. 
• Craft paints
• Glitter.
• Hot glue, glue gun.

Directions:

 

1. Hot glue  glitter tinsel around the 5 inch wooden circle.
2. Next hot glue a Styrofoam snowflake to the front of the circle.
3. Paint Carnival Lulu embellishment, add wings, skirt and tiny Christmas tree.
4. Hot glue her to the snowflake.
5. Finally, add a pipe cleaner to the back of the circle to make a hanger.

"I hope you get a chance to try out these projects..they're super fun to make."-Marfi

For more products visit:
Moonfaires World/Lisa Kettell Designs

Design Team Spotlight, Meet Marfi Bradford

Meet our new design team aka creative team for the 2013-2014 roster. Today I'd like to introduce you to Marfi Bradford.

Marfi has been a big supporter of Lisa Kettell Designs brand of products for years. Her enchanted imagination comes to life in the projects she created which is a perfect fit for the Lisa Kettell Designs brand.

Stars and moons, fairies, wizards, kewpies and Wonderland, are just some of the topics she creates around in her work. Mix in a positive spirit and whimsy, Marfi's works will take you to new limits.

 

A little bit about Marfi:

Marfi Bradford is a mixed media artist from Arizona. She loves to create artwork that is silly and just a little bit creepy. You can find her sewing, glittering and gluing in her gingerbread gypsy wagon.

 Visit her at:

www.marfibradford.blogspot.com

www.incipientwings.etsy.com

You can also see Marfi's projects in several editions of Piddlestixs Magazine, the lastest is on sale now at www.lulu.com. Its available in print and download. Just click the link below to see it and purchase: Lulu.com

Stay tuned for our next design team member spotlight.

xoxo

Lisa