Hello!
Today I am back with something a bit more mixed media and to add in the fun this time I have used my melt pot to make some embellishments.
I will be entering this project into the following challenges...
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Country View Challenges - Make your own Background
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The Artistic Stamper Challenge Blog - HeART Art
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Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Hearts and Flowers
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That's Crafty Challenges - First Love
I knew that the basis of this project was to be a wooden heart that I would alter with my usual products, but I wanted to create my own embellishments to go on it using something from my craft cupboard that I don't get out everyday...the melt pot!!
Here is what I got out to play with...
I wasn't sure what exactly I wanted to make so got out a selection of texture mats, cutters and moulds as well as different colours and additions for the UTEE. I made four different colour combinations but the first was clear UTEE with red melt art ink and red glass glitter...
I made some embellishments by pouring directly into the moulds and some by pouring onto a texture sheet and placing a cutter firmly into the liquid until it solidified...
Unfortunately the glitter sank to the bottom of the melt pot and didn't really transfer to most of the pieces, something I shall have to investigate in the future. Here are the pieces that I made...
From here I chose some pieces to add gold gilding wax to, and put some together with glue gel, leaving aside to dry ready for the final piece.
Next I prepped my plain wooden heart with a few coats of white gesso as I knew I wanted to add a few wet mediums on top. I covered the heart with tattered rose distress paint, then added splodges of worn lipstick paint and spritzed on tattered rose distress stain and gold spray ink. I used a lovely rose background stamp that I have with shabby pink embossing powder. I only inked up the middle part of the stamp as I wanted a distressed type of look and brushed some of the powder away before heating too...
Of course it would not be mixed media for me without some stencils and texture paste! I thought about using hearts or flowers but decided that script would be more subtle and also tie in with the beautifully scripted sentiment that I was going to use. I used the TCW art words stencil with gold shine sparkle texture paste, adding sections around the edges...
The sentiment was from a valentines set by Quietfire Designs, which I stamped and heat embossed in gold then cut out with a circle die. Pretty in Pink colour cloud was added over the top with some worn lipstick distress ink around the edges, then finished with a fine spritz of gold ink.
After playing around with the layout I stuck all the pieces together with glue gel for a firm hold...
It was good fun getting the melt pot out today so I think over the weekend I will see what else I can use for a mixed media piece on Monday!
Happy crafting,
Jane x
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