Follow My Heart ....

I have a lot of materials but have not really made many multimedia pieces in the past. This multimedia piece is on a piece of compressed wood measuring 6 x 6 inches.

I started by spreading a fairly thick coat of Viva Decor Croco Crackling Colour (try saying that fast !!).  I used Bronze, Platinum, Gold & Turquoise.  I applied it in blocks which blended a little where they touched.  I must say they really did 'crackle' when they had dried (around 12 hours drying time). I quite like the way the raw wood shows through the cracks in places and I did originally think about gessoing the wood base first but decided against it.

I then took an old Tim Holtz design die from Sizzix called 'Heart Wings' and diecut the design out of kraft card.  I embossed the wings through an embossing folder and then painted them in gold acrylic paint.  Once dry I highlighted the embossing with some pink pearlescent acrylic paint.  The solid back of the heart I covered in Tim Holtz Tissue Tape whilst the swirly front of the heart I gave a couple of coats of the same pink pearlescent acrylic paint and when dry edging with a black Posca pen.  The crown was painted in silver acrylic paint and 5 self adhesive crystals were added after edging with dots in black Posca pen.

Before I attached the wings and heart I inked a rubber alphabet stamp in black Stazon and stamped randomly on the crackle finish.  I didn't use a block but applied directly with my fingers as the surface was so uneven.

The wings were applied with hot glue and I raised them on foam pads, followed by the heart back then the heart front again raised on foam pads.  The crown was also applied on foam pads.

I then stamped the sentiment on white card in black Versafine and applied as shown with more hot glue.  I edged the whole thing with Washi Tape.  I also added a hanger made from florists wire stuck in place at the back with hot glue to finish the piece. I have also entered my creation into The Artistic Stamper February Challenge whose theme is 'Hearts'.

I really enjoyed making it and it has got me thinking about more multimedia in future.  Hope you like it.

Sid xx

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Timmy's Tag Day 2

Here is my belated Tim Holtz Tag No.2 of the series of 12 'Tags of Christmas'.  Not quite on track but it's good to be different !!

I cut the base tag from white card and once again I have improvised.  Firstly I didn't have the fir & cone stamps so I used a fir stamp (PaperArtsy) and selectively coloured the end of the fir twig in brown ink.  I did heat emboss with detail clear embossing powder before colouring the background of the tag with weathered wood & stormy sky Distress inks and cut'n'dry foam.

I used a cherry pie old music stamp inked in vintage photo and a swirls stamp inked in pumice stone to stamp the other elements of the background.(none of the stamps were TH actually).  I then applied a distress dots stamp inked with galaxy gold Brilliance ink around the edges.

The 'Merry' polymer stamp was inked with barn door.  Again I didn't have a metal bird so I used a grungeboard swirl treated with Viva gold croco crackle paste and applied in two places trimming edges closely.  The whole tag was edged with dark brown chalk ink.

Final touches were adding a gold eyelet with the crop-a-dile and threading through and tying with red and green silk and grosgrain ribbons embellished with an oval gold cabochon.

Sid xx

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Simple Beauty Tiled Plaque

Here is a tiled plaque I have called 'Simple Beauty'. It is 8 ins x 9 ins in size. I have made the tiles mainly from Fimo Classic polymer clay. The base is made from mountboard which has had a piece of old book paper applied after tearing the edges. Pale blue acrylic paint was added and wiped off in places to let the text show through. The whole board was then given a very watered down coat of translucent gold glaze and allowed to dry.

All the other tiles are made from black classic Fimo apart from six small glass mirrored beads made by Guttermann. The clay has been rolled out through a pasta machine to condition before adding mica powders with my finger to leave the black deboss of the stamped design. I have used various stamps in text & swirls, cutting the shapes out with a thin clay blade. The tiles were then baked at 130C for 40 minutes and allowed to cool. The design was layed out on the base board until happy with the overall effect.

All the square tiles are made from black opaque glass, some have been painted gold with Viva metallic paint and some left unpainted. Some of the others have been embellished with faux pearl cabochons.

The main central picture was stamped (Cherry Pie Stamps) on plain copier paper, coloured with watercolour and a coat of transluscent gold glaze. Once dry cut out to size and stuck on the base board.

All other tiles were then stuck in place with clear glue gel as shown.

The two swirls were made from grungeboard and were treated with Viva gold crackle paint applied thickly and unevenly with a palette knife. Once this had dried dark blue chalk ink was applied direct from the pad to obtain a roughly coated finish. That crackle paint just looks like gold leaf once dry and adds a different texture to the swirls.

These were then stuck in place with Glossy Accents and the whole piece edged in the same dark blue chalk ink.

Sid:-)

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