Autumn theme decorated plaque
I have made this plaque for the Autumn Calling Challenge for September 2020 on the Gecko Galz Blog. I am also entering the Celebrate Autumn/Fall Challenge 2020 and the Colour Shades of Autumn Challenge 2020 on the Gecko Galz Papercrafting Challenge Group on Facebook
To start I used a 6 x 6 inch square MDF plaque. The digital image is from the Gecko Galz on Etsy. I sized the image to fit in the centre of the plaque on my computer and then printed the image out onto photo paper.
Then I painted the plaque with white gesso to give a good base to work with. I used a scroll stencil and laid it onto the plaque that I had to do in stages as the stencil was smaller than the plaque and then I added texture paste over the stencil, then gently lifting off the stencil that left a raised design on the plaque. I made sure that I had left enough space in the middle of the plaque for the image and the wooden frame, then I put the plaque on one side to dry.
When the plaque was dry I painted over the raised embossed background with light brown and green acrylic paint in different areas of the plaque, when dry I went over the whole of the background with gold gilding paste and then I buffed with a paper towel to bring the shine out. For the image, I gave it a coat of Distress Glaze and when dry I adhered the image down to the centre of the plaque.
I made a frame out of bamboo skewers using three sticks for each of the four sections, then I painted them with brown acrylic paint leaving some of the natural wood showing. When dry I glued light brown twine in two places on each section and I tied a knot to make a rustic look. I then adhered each of the bamboo skewer sections down around the image to make a frame.
For the white fabric leaves, I coloured them with orange and light green acrylic paint and then I used the Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink pad and a sponge to add colour. I used a punch and cut the flower shapes out of white card stock. To get the colours that I wanted for the flowers I used two colours of Distress Oxide dabbed onto a glass mat and lightly sprayed with water, then I dabbed the card stock into that mixture and dried that with a craft heat gun.
For the base of the image I added sisal to decorate. I then adhered the leaves around the frame and arranged the flowers using the two different sizes to add more decoration. I then adhered orange gems to the centre of each flower. To finish I coloured around all four edges of the plaque with gold gilding paste and then I adhered a brown piece of card to the back of the plaque so that it would look nice from the front and the back
The image is from the Gecko Galz us from
Spring into Nature Collage Sheet
I want to enter the Autumn Calling Challenge 2020 on the Gecko Galz Blog
http://geckogalzscrapbooking.blogspot.com/2020/09/autumn-calling-september-challenge.html
