Beauty is everywhere - Mixed media panel for Dusty attic

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm on Dusty Attic blog with a new mixed media panel, inspired by the February color combo. I must confess that I stick to the purple and the light blue. 

Here is the colorful February color combo. 

I glued some collage sheets on the canvas board. Next, I added a design with paper paste and a stencil.  Finally, I added white crackle paste. When everything was dry, I painted the background with different acrylic paints to match the colors of the photo I have chose. 

I primed all the chipboard with white gesso. I covered the ATC Frame #5 with the Sterling Foundry wax. Then I added Denim Blue wax to give it a blue tone, then Soot Antiquing wax to aged it.

I sprayed the Floral Corner with Open Arms Amethyst, then covered it with UTEE. The ink make like bead of color under neath. I sprayed again the ink, then heat the UTEE one more time. The result is a marble effect. 

I painted the branch with a mix of Aubergine Impasto and Burnt Sienna liquid acrylic paint. For the Tea Leaves, I used Aubergine and Titanium White, then Old Silver wax. 

I select a few Nature's Bounty flowers that I colored with the Open Arms Amethyst. I want them to be darker as they were in the shadow side of the photo. I used the White Pearl wax to add some light and dark brown liquid acrylic to add shadow.

To finish, I added glitter.

Dusty Attic products:

Floral Corners DA0848

ATC Frame #5 DA1523

Small Tea Leaves DA2599

Branch #4 Small DA1184

Other products:

• Spray inks - Lindy's Gang (Open Arms Amethyst);
• Embossing Powders - Ranger (UTEE);
• Foundry Wax - Ranger (Sterling);
• Stencil - Stencil Girls;
• Floser - 49 and Market (Salt Nature's Bounty);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Winter Glitter Set);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair (Prussian Blue, Ultramarine, Violet, Ink Black, Burnt Sienna, Titanium White);
• Art Alchemy Impasto - Finnabair (Linen, Aubergine);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair (Denim Blue, Soot, Old Silver, Withe Pearl);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Paper Paste, White Crackle);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (White Heavy Gesso, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Get lost in the moment - Mixed media panel for 49 and Market

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on 49 and Market blog with a new mixed media panel. I chose a photo from Outlander, I've been a fan of the series long before this story was adapted for television.

I selected some papers from the Eucalyptus Collage Sheets. I tore the papers then I glued them on a canvas board. I added some Lagoon and Mariner Essential Textblends Rub-On Transfers around the collage. I covered everything with clear gesso.
I added a design with a stencil and clear crackle paste. I want the design to be light.

I selected some Ephemera Bits from the Vintage Artistry Tranquility collection to add under the photo. To add more interest to the biggest element, the envelope, I added a few Washi Stickers. 

I added a lace From the Laser Cut Elements under the envelope as well as the frame. In between the Ephemera, I added some stamps from the Color Swatch Eucalyptus Tickets.

I colored the Ivory Royal Spray in teal to match the colors of the papers and Ephemera I have selected.

I colored the design with the same teal color and a little bit of sepia antiquing wax to blend the background.

To finish I added some glitter. 

49 and Market products:

Color Swatch Eucalyptus Collage Sheets	Vintage Artistry Tranquility Ephemera Bits	Vintage Artistry Tranquility Laser Cut Elements	Vintage Artistry Tranquility Washi Sticker Roll
Color Swatch Eucalyptus Ticket Essentials	Essential Textblends Rub-Ons Mariner	Essential Textblends Rub-Ons Lagoon	Royal Spray Ivory

Other products:

• Magical - Lindy's Gang (Galactic teal);
• Stencil - A.B. Studio (Stencil ID-64);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Luminous Glitter Set);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Clear Crackle Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Clear Gesso, Soft Gloss Gel).

Marine Mechanicals - Diorama for Dusty Attic DT

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Dusty Attic blog with a new marine diorama. 

I primed the Porthole with black gesso. I primed the two parts of the porthole with black gesso. I added a piece of acrylic between the two pieces of the porthole. Next, I painted it with Silver Spoon acrylic paint. Next, I used the Rust Effect pastes set to alter the porthole.

I built a box that I covered with white crackle paste. When dry, I colored it with Prussian Blue liquid acrylic paints.

I added a piece of polystyrene at the bottom covered with 3D Gloss gel. While the gel was still wet, I added some sand to mimic the sea bed.

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso and the resin elements with clear gesso. I used liquid acrylic paints to color them and waxes to highlight the details. I covered The Cogs and the Pipe with Rust Effect paste. Next, I added some Brushed Iron wax. I cut the Pipes into pieces which I glued on the side of the box. 

I used a wooden skewer to create an axis between the biggest gear which was glued on the bottom and different sizes of gears. I added the other gears at the front bottom. 

I painted the sea elements with different colors of liquid acrylic paints. I painted the Angler fish with ochre paint, then with diluted silver paint. I glued a piece of toothpick behind all the chipboards to 

I added a few LEDs around the box and I made sure some of the LEDs reach the Industrial Globes I have glued to the ceiling.

Dusty Attic products:

Angler Fish Small DA3357	Jumbo Cogs#2 DA2501	Mini Cogs #2 DA1932	Industrial Globes #3 DA2184
Pipe Small DA0985	Ocean Elements #5 DA2771	Ocean Elements #7 DA2773	Coral Mixed DA1919
Ocean elements #1 DA2767	Seaweed #4 DA1916	Seaweed #3 DA1912	Seaweed #1 DA1910
Porthole 11" DA2578

Other products:

• Moulds - Prima (Large Gears, Mecha Moth);
• Art Alchemy Metallic Paint - Finnabair Prima (Silver Spoon);
• Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic - Finnabair Prima (Burnt Sienna, Umber, Ochre, Tiger Orange, Carmin);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Brushed Iron);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (White Crackle Paste, Rust Effect Paste);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Heavy gesso: Black, White, 3D Matte gel, Soft Gloss Gel).

Old Town - Finnabair Brand Ambassodor

Hello Sweeties,

What I like about all towns was the fact that all the professions were clearly identified. They have all these beautiful signs in wrought iron above the door. Even if the houses of my little town are not usual it’s what I’ve in mind when I created it. For each house, I chose to represent a profession: the hunter, the witch doctor, the plumber, and the miller.

I primed all the wood houses with black gesso, then I added a design on the back with the Documented stencil and modeling paste.

To do that, I selected different moulds to decorate the houses as well as small roses. When everything was in place and to my liking, I primed everything with black gesso.

I covered the resin elements with Green and Blue Patina waxes, then I highlighted the details with Aged Brass wax. I added blue and turquoise Mica to the background and to make them permanent I sprayed with a mix of water and Liquid Fluid Medium. I mixed a gold mica with the Liquid Fluid Medium to add a gold accent to the roses.

I die cut some leaves in kraft paper and colored them with Aged Brass wax. I mixed the blue Mica with Clear wax to make my own wax to add a blue accent to the leaves.

Finnabair Products:

• Moulds - Finnabair Prima (Rusty Pipeline, Mechanica, Stars and Moons, Wings and Bones, Love Machine, Nocturnal Insects, Piece of Underwood);
• Stencil - Finnabair Prima (Documented);
• Art Ingredients Micas - Finnabair Prima (Gloden Hour Set, Winter Tales Set);
• Art Ingredients - Finnabair Prima (Glass Glitter: Gold Rush, Glitter Set: Summer, Art Pebbles);
• Art Alchemy Waxes - Finnabair Prima (Patina Green, Patina Blue, Aged Brass, Clear);
• Art Alchemy - Finnabair Prima (Liquid Acrylic Fluid);
• Art Extravagance - Finnabair Prima (Gilding Glue);
• Art Basics - Finnabair Prima (Black Heavy Gesso, Modeling Paste, 3D Matte Gel, Soft Gloss Gel).