Monday 17 August 2015

Shabby clematis

It was such an enlightenment, watching the videos by Leandra from Paperartsy, demonstrating Gels, Pastes and Mediums last night on the PA blog.
I am relatively new to crafting but still felt like I had had my head buried in the sand for some time.

So, part way through one of the videos, I paused it and prepared a journal page by spreading Crackle Paste with a palette knife.
This morning I mixed French roast with Matte Glaze and painted over crackly surface.
Next I mixed Sand Texture paste with Fresco green olives and pushed it through a leafy stencil!
I added a bit of dimension to it after it had dried by adding Distress inks, intense and water.
I mixed bead gel with fresco Rose and applied through a stencil too. This was also aged with distress inks.
To make my flowers glisten, I mixed mica flakes with Gloss glaze and added it to the petals.
I mounted my photo, which I took in my garden last week, added scruffy calico and some corrugated card.
I used my PA Words 2 stamps to stamp the word Shabby and also randomly in the background.
For an experimental play, I am quite pleased and want to thank Leandra for taking off my blinkers!


I am entering this into the PA challenge.

6 comments:

  1. Wow, haven't you been having fun playing?! I was inspired by the glazes on the video especially and prepped some tags and book pages, but then haven't had a chance to play with them yet. I love your shabby clematis, and all the beautiful effects around it.
    Alison xx

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  2. Wow love all the different things you have going on here and they all come together perfectly xx

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  3. This is lovely Hazel! Love all the different textures you created from the gels, etc. It all compliments your photo beautifully too.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  4. Oh! This is fabulous page Hazel! You tried a lot of textures and got a lovely results, it's wonderful. I love the sparkling petals. My clematis is double-petaled and pale lavender color.xxx

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  5. Nice to push yourself once in a while... that is rather a lot of different mediums on a single project! Lots of interest on this page.

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