Here's the BEFORE pic. I rescued it from a local antique shop, for just a few dollars. Looking past the horribly neglected finish, I fell in love with the character of its fun lines and really sturdy build.
Poor old thing! First I sanded it, then painted it. I always start painting upside down to make sure that I don't miss anything...
Next, I scraped on a second color of paint, just on the very top of the table. Scraping gave it a texture that I wouldn't have gotten with a brush or roller, and it allows a little bit of the first color to show through...
While I let that dry (which goes REALLY fast when I do this outside & let the sunshine & wind take care of it!), I lightly sanded the corner edges, down to the original wood...
When my green was dry, it was time to stamp. I used timber brown StazOn ink, and stamps from Lost Coast Designs (bought at Blockheads), the Queen's Dresser Drawers (bought at Hannah Grey), and Club Scrap...
Next, using a makeup sponge and a very little bit of the green paint, I stamped around the table's edge with a stamp from Club Scrap...
Then it was time to add a little sparkle. Using a stipple brush, I applied some VersaMark right over the stamped images. Immediately following, I used my fingertips to sprinkle a little bit of gold embossing powder (from Ranger) over the VersaMark'ed area, and heat set to melt the powder. The heat will create some bubbling in the paint ~ you can leave the bubbles if you like the texture that it adds, or you can simply push them in with your fingertip while the paint is still warm, and they will go away...
I looove ink, so I just had to rub a bunch more on...
And finally, for a little dimension, I popped on some glass pebbles, using Ranger's glossy accents...
And here's the AFTER picture. It's not a bad way to spend a sunny summer afternoon!...
