Good morning all, hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and are looking forward to everything the new year will bring !!
Step 1
I used two canvas boards for by substrate, 10x8 and 6x8
inches in diameter and covered the boards in the following media line colours
using my fingers to mix the colours together….
Phthalo Turquoise
Cerulean Blue
Dioxazine Purple
Translucent White
Antiquing Cream – Patina Green
Step 2
Using the Media Line Modelling Paste and the following
DecoArt Stencils, I added detail to each of the canvas boards with a palette
knife…..
Large Stencil – French Living
Small Stencil – Doily
Step 3
Next I used the Media Line Crackle Paste and randomly
spread this on to my smaller canvas board using my palette knife, putting it on
in different thicknesses to allow for different degrees of crackle. This needs
to be allowed to dry naturally and not with a heat gun.
Step 4
Using a brown distress pad and blending tool (vintage
photo) I then went around the edge of both of my canvas boards and also rubbed
a small amount over the raised stencil designs in places.
Step 5
Moving on and using the following Metallic Lustre Paste
colours I went around both canvas boards and randomly added the luscious
colours with my fingers to the edges and also onto the raised stencil designs……
Metallic Lustre – Majestic Purple
Metallic Lustre- Brilliant Turquoise
Metallic Lustre- Silver Spark
Step 6
I found this set of 6 plastic heart Christmas tree
ornaments at a local supermarket for just a couple of pounds and thought they
would be perfect for altering and knew one of them would be great for this
project.
Step 7
I had some vintage tissue sewing patterns that I decided
to use for collaging onto my heart, as I really liked the colour of the heart
in the first place I did allow some of that colour to show through, however I could
have just added more layers or used book paper if I wanted to completely cover it
up.
Step 8
Next I took some more of the Media Line colours as listed
below and added random colours to my heart in this layers still allowing the
pattern of the tissue paper to shine through. I did this step using my fingers
(I do love to get painty fingers, weird I know!!)…….
Metallic Silver
Quinacradone Magenta
Interference – Violet
Step 9
For the next step I have gone back in with my fabulous
Metallic Lustres again, adding more colour to my heart randomly rubbing the
colours over the heart with my fingers.
Step 10
I had some thin 22 gauge silver wire lying around on my
table so decided to wrap some of this around my heart to give some additional
interest, securing at the back with a dab of hot glue
Step 11
I have a huge collection costume jewellery, brooches,
earrings, rings etc that I buy specifically for braking up and using for
projects. This piece was a cheap brooch but has a nice vintage feel to it with
a bit of sparkle so I removed the pin on the back and then attached to the
heart with a large dollop of matte medium. Put to one side and allow to dry.
Step 12
Next I took one of the Tim Holtz Christmas Flash Cards,
distressed all the edges, screwed it up, opened it out again and then inked the
edges and across the card with the brown distress pad (vintage photo)
Step 13
Next I took my collaged heart and added some brown
distress inking to that to make it look more aged.
Step 14
Using my hot glue gun I decided I wanted to create some
icicles along the top of my small canvas board and also along the top of the
flash card, this was so easy to do (I found it easiest to start at the bottom
of the icicle and move the glue gun up towards the top of the board/card)
Step 15
Now it was time to start putting all the pieces together,
I glued my small canvas board to the larger one making it central and then
using matte medium glued my heart to the centre of my small canvas adding some
fibres I found in my stash, allowing to
dry thoroughly.
Step 16
I attached my flash card to the bottom of the small
canvas board as well as some jewels and a metal piece I found in my stash using
the matte medium and again let dry into place
Step 17
For the finishing touches I used some glitter glue and added
it between the icicles and randomly on the rest of the small canvas board to
give it some sparkle and glued on some small pearls.
I used a lot of techniques on this project that were
completely new to me but I am absolutely thrilled with the result and will definitely
be using them again.
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Thanks for stopping by
Bright and painty hugs
Tracy
xxx
