Acrylic Surfaces with Attitude by Nikki Acton
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Hi everyone. Well today I got brave! As you all know That’s
Crafty! have recently launched these fabulous Acrylic Surfaces Stacks. I wasn’t
brave enough to go with one of the larger ones but have started with the Panel
1 stack which is 11.5 x 8cm – perfect for the Crazy Cats! There are 4 layers to work on, 3 of them being acrylic. By
working on each layer the 3D finished result has wonderful depth which is
difficult to display with my photography skills!
What I did
Firstly I planned what I wanted to – so that I could stamp
each cat in the correct location on each layer. I stamped and die cut the cats
on card and positioned them under the see through acrylic so I knew where to
stamp. Stamping on the acrylic needs to be done with Stazon.
I painted, primarily, on the reverse side to where I had
stamped – so for each cat I added some random colour first – you can see this
most on the front – orange cat. So the blue was painted first and once dry I
added the orange.
You can of course paint on both sides of the acrylic if you
chose to – which is what I did with cat 2 – as I got carried away and wanted
additional colour once the body was painted, so I just added it on the side
that had been stamped. (Just had to be careful not to paint over the stamped outline.)
For the mdf piece at the back I painted in PaperArtsy Hint
of Mint and then used the Dinky Paw Print stencil. Once dry I added the phrase
from some Remnant Rubs.
I threw different paints onto the acrylic to see how they
all worked, and although drying times varied they all worked just fine!
I hope you like my cats with attitude! I will be back next
week for the last week of my That’s Crafty! adventure.
Nikki
Supplies
PaperArtsy Fresco Paints – Hint of Mint and Bora Bora
Tim Holtz Distress Paints – Festive Berries, Twisted Citron, Rusty Hinge
Dylusions Paints – Post Box Red, Lemon Zest, Cut Grass
6 comments
Love this Nikki and having seen it in real life I can say it's purr-fect ;)
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Donna xx
Definitely going to have a go at this -thanks for the inspiration! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to get the cats in dimension Nikki, fab stuff
ReplyDeleteThe acrylic stacks are such fun to work with aren't they? I love how you used them with the Crazy Cats Nikki, they look wonderfully dimensional - the colours look amazing too! xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful layering Nikki and great colour on those crazy cats too.
ReplyDeleteFliss x
Love those crazy cats!
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