Hi everyone and welcome back to the Your Creative Wings
blog for some mixed media inspiration today!
This gorgeous, doodley, almost gothic styled patterned
paper from Prima provided me with the inspiration this month to create a gothic
yet feminine layout. I've also featured
three of the frames from Your Creative Wings {Frames Collection} (link 1) in
this one layout.
This layout has lots of layers and different mediums to
it, and even some textural elements like micro and glass beads.
Moments
To create the base layers I adhered strips of patterned paper in a random pattern and added some torn up pieces of old sewing pattern tissue paper. After dry brushing with gesso I added texture paste tinted with shavings from a pale pink Gelato through a stencil.
After working out the position of the outer frame I
adhered some micro beads and then applied mists around the frame.
To treat the gorgeous Wreath - Leafy Set, I first
spritzed the entire frame with water and let it sit for a couple of minutes to
loosen the layers of chippy. Then I took
my scalpel (carefully so there are no scrapping injuries lol!), and scuffed up
the top layer. This doesn't have to be
perfect, after all it's a random effect we're looking for. Then apply a coat of gesso over the frame, so
that you can still see some raw areas of chippy. Give a quick dry with a heat tool and then
add mists to sections of the frame. Dry
with a heat tool as you go, and add more colour as you like.
The Wreath - Willow frame has simply been given a coat of
Distress Paint in Black Soot.
My title, Moments, has again been coated in Black Soot
Distress Paint and then a coat of Glossy Accents. Remember that these titles are quite
flexible, so you can bend them out of their usual shape to suit your project.
I've tucked one of the little dress forms from the
Mannequin Set into my flower cluster, with patterned paper adhered and some
liquid pearls for added details, and of course some satin seam binding to
accentuate the feminine side to a gothic layout!
I love digging into my stash of little bits and bobs that
add detail to a project. The
Mini Butterflies Set is perfect to have on hand to add details in
and around a flower cluster. I've used
some Tinby Metallic Melts here for their lovely metallic sheen.
Your Creative Wings product used: Ornate Frame 16 Tiny YCW6017, Words -
Captured Moments Script YCW1057, Wreath - Leafy Set YCW2021, Wreath - Willow
11cm YCW2022, Mannequin Set YCW16017,
Butterflies - Mini YCW3042
Other product used:
Prima Marketing Inc patterned paper, Bazzill cardstock, Martha Stewart
edge punch, gesso, clear gesso, texture paste, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Black
Soot and Antique Linen, Faber Castell Gelato in Guava, Tim Holtz Stampers
Anonymous stencil, fabric pattern paper, Micro Beads in Florentine Gold, Prima
Marketing Inc mist in Peony, Distress Paint in Black Soot, Liquid Pearls in
Platinum Pearl, Stazon Ink, Kaisercraft stamp, glass beads, Prima Marketing Inc
flowers, Petaloo flowers, satin seam binding, Tinby Metallic Melts, doily.
I visited the Brisbane Scrapbook and Papercraft Expo a
couple of weekends ago and had the opportunity to take a class by the lovely
and very talented Sue Smythe. This canvas
gives a nod to the techniques and artistic style that she taught in the class,
but with my theming and design.
Its Always Ourselves We Find in the Sea
How amazing is the
Dreamcatcher chippy piece!? I love the hearts and feathers and intricate
criss-cross of threads in the main piece.
The Dreamcatcher and mesh panel pieces have been given a coat of Gesso
and sprayed with Dylusions mists, and then finally dry brushed with gold
acrylic paint.
The quote comes from one of my all-time favourite poems,
Maggie and Milly and Molly and May by E.E. Cummings.
I've painted the heart in the dreamcatcher with gold
paint and given a generous coat of Distress Crackle Paint in Rock Candy. When that dried I spritzed with a black mist
to accent the crackle. I've also
collected a few shells from our beach here and treated them with gesso, mists
and gold paint as well.
The frame has been heat embossed with a mixed embossing
enamel by Stampendous, and the alphas treated the same as the heart in the
centre of the Dreamcatcher.
And as always, a bit of bling to finish this little
canvas off!
Other product used:
Canvas, white & black gesso, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Tim Holtz
Distress Crackle Paint in Rock Candy, Dylusions ink in Fresh Lime, Cut Grass,
London Blue & Calypso Teal. Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Black Magic,
gel medium, Stampendous Embossing Enamel in Aged Marine, acrylic paint, gauze,
Wendy Vecchi Crackled Texture Paste, The Crafters Workshop stencil, metal
ephemera, shells, hemp twine, typewriter, Stazon ink, diamontes, paper towel
Thanks so much for dropping by today. Have you visited the shop lately? I spy some special new goodies
here and
here that are hot off the YCW press!!
From Jodie and all at YCW xx
Happy Creating
