Spring theme Plaque and stand

I had a lot of fun creating this little garden scene. I started with a plain arch shape MDF frame and backing. First I painted the front of the frame with blue acrylic paint, when dry I gave the frame a coat of crackle medium, dried it off with a heat gun and then coated the frame with white acrylic paint that cracked while drying. I used a baseboard frame from Tim Holtz and I used the back of it. Using a stencil and the same blue acrylic paint that I used for the frame I gave that a light coat of paint. The beautiful image of the birds is from the Gecko Galz

When everything was dry I glued the frame over the photo of the bird image and glued it onto the back of the main arch shape. The fence is made out of wooden plant sticks that I cut to size. I painted these with white acrylic paint. I wanted the frame to stand on a table so I used an oblong shape of MDF and glued the whole frame on top of that then I adhered the fence to the frame at the bottom The white shelf at the base of the fence I layered wooden plant sticks to look like a shelf and painted those white. 

To make the frame look neat around the edges I adhered flat back pearl trim. Around the base, I added more plant sticks painted white then adhered pearl trim The watering can, plant pots and the little spade and trowel I made out of paper clay, then I painted them blue to match the rest of the project. When dry I adhered them onto the white shelf. To make the garden scene look more realistic I used moss and adhered that down around the base. To finish I used a metal embellishment that I also painted blue and added a flat back pearl to the centre of the plaque at the top

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 Oriental canvas

To start I cut red cardstock to 8 inches in size to fit a square board back canvas. I wanted a layered look to the canvas by varying different sizes of coloured cardstock. 

On the first red layer of cardstock, I hand-stamped a floral design onto the card using a Versafine Clair ink pad in black. Then for the second layer using a white piece of square cardstock I stamped the same design using the same black ink pad and coloured the flowers with an Inktense pencil in red and the stems and leaves with an Inktense pencil in brown. I then painted over each colour using a water brush to set the colours. I stamped on the black cardstock using the same floral design and used a clear Versamark clear ink pad and clear embossing powder so that they would show up on a dark background

For the last layer of red cardstock I again hand stamped the floral design using a black ink pad. I then added a layer of gold-coloured card around the image matted onto black card to make the image stand out and be the main focal point of the canvas.

Then I arranged each layer of card stock and adhered them on top of each other and then I adhered them onto the canvas board and then went around all four sides of the canvas with gold gilding wax.

I always like to start decorating a project using embellishments to match the main focal image so that they add decoration and interest.

As I did not have the colours to match I made my own coloured embellishments. The flowers and scrolls are made from an MDF a board like material. I coloured those with gold gilding wax and I did the same for the metal corners that I arranged on the canvas. The red imitation gems were coloured using a red alcohol pen

Image from Asian Dreams Digital Collage Set Gecko Galz on Etsy

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Decorated small matchbox ornament in red and gold

I decorated a small cardboard matchbox the size is 11/2 inches by 21/4 inches.

To start I painted the outside of the matchbox and both sides of the drawer with white gesso, then I used a red ink pad and coloured the matchbox and both of the front sides of the drawer.

The red patterned paper and the image was printed onto white photo paper. As I did not have a bottle cap in the colour I wanted I used alcohol ink to colour it so it would look like brass. Using a one-inch round punch to cut the image out I adhered it to the inside middle of the bottle cap and then used a clear sticky backed plastic disc on top to protect the image.

I papered the outside of the matchbox and the two ends of the drawer. The bottle cap with the image inside was adhered to the matchbox.

The beaded trim that I used was white so I coloured some strips in gold and in red. For the gold, I used gold gilding paste and when dry I then used gold acrylic paint and buffed it up with a paper towel. For the other beaded trim, I used red acrylic paint. Then I adhered the trims around the top and bottom edges front and back.

I punched a hole through one end of the drawer and used a pretty gold coloured elastic so I can hang it either onto an ornament hanger or a Christmas tree, I then glued the elastic inside the drawer and secured it. For the bottom of the matchbox, I used a crystal effect clear bead dangle that I had coloured with red alcohol ink to match the whole project. Finally, I added glitter glue over the red beaded trim on the front of the matchbox and when dry it really sparkles

The digital images are from the Gecko Galz they are from

Peppermint Lane ATC Collection 

St Nicholas

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Decorated small matchbox ornament in blue and white

I decorated a small cardboard matchbox the size is 11/2 inches by 21/4 inches.

To start I painted the outside of the matchbox and both sides of the drawer with white gesso. When dry I coloured over the white gesso with a blue ink pad and again when dry I papered the outside of the matchbox and both sides of the drawer.

The image was printed onto photo paper and then given a light coat of multi-medium to protect it.  I punched a hole through one end of the drawer and used a pretty silver coloured ribbon so I can hang it either onto an ornament hanger or a Christmas tree, I then glued the ribbon inside the drawer and secured it.

The image was adhered to the matchbox using multi-medium. t. Then I adhered pearl trim and rhinestone trim around the image and pearl trim down both sides of the matchbox and on the back. Finally, I adhered crystal effect bead dangle to the underside of the matchbox

The digital images to print out are from the Gecko Galz

Winter Wonderland

St Nicholas

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Christmas theme large decorated matchbox

To start I assembled the matchbox that was part of a kit using glue and waited for it to dry. I then gave the outside of the matchbox a coat of white Gesso and also the front two sides of the drawer, then I used blue acrylic paint. When dry I papered the outside of the matchbox and the inside of the drawer with pretty blue and white snowflake paper

The image has been printed on photo paper and I brushed a light coat of multimedia matt over the image to protect it. For the frame, I coloured it in silver paint and then gave it a coat of silver glitter paste.

The paper poinsettias are hand made and painted white and the paper leaves were painted silver. To finish off the look of the top of the matchbox I dry brushed around the edges with white gesso and added little rhinestone flowers to the centre of the poinsettias and then I added small rhinestones onto the frame around the image.

To finish the whole look of the matchbox on both sides of the I used white pearl trim to give it a finished look.

The snowflake paper and the image are from the Gecko Galz that have been printed out onto white photo paper. They are from the

Winter Wonderland

Cuties At Christmas

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White Christmas Challenge 

November 2020

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Mixed Media Canvas

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

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