3UP @ Paper Artsy

Hi everyone I have been UBER excited about taking part in the 3UP@ Paper Artsy.  

Our colour theme was A:-  stone, concrete, slate & green lichen (hey pesto with

touch of limelight) My Theme is:-Shiny Things

The colours were what dictated my project as they conjured up stone walls, crypts &

old iconic things, moss, old buildings etc. "Weird! I know, what can I say" personally I 

blame my parents.

So I used a Tim die to cut the top and bottom pieces, I used Grunge paste through a stencil to

the main body of the piece, once it had been painted using a brayer & the paint

from my colour pallet omitting the green.

 I cut out an arch and painted it with both stone and concrete.

I then used Lynne Perrella LPC028 main image and stamped in watering can

archival ink. Next I sanded the image back so it looked faint and weathered.

I applied Vaseline to the parts of the image that I wanted to show through &

then painted over it in a mix of Hey pesto & limelight. 

I knocked back the paint once it was dry and reapplied Vaseline where I wanted the 

Lichen to show through. I then painted it all with slate and allowed to dry 

before knocking back. I applied crackle paste around the entire arch

& allowed to dry before painting with slate.

The top and bottom plinths were painted with slate then dry brushed slightly

with green. I rubbed slate over the stencilled areas with my finger and then used

hey pesto over the whole piece. This was then highlighted with treasure gold 

to turn - shiny.

A few crystals were attached and golden rain done with a glue gun - see

  here to take you to the link for how to make it. I hope you have all

 enjoyed reading about it as much as I have taking part.

Let me know what you think!

Cheers Dee x