Framing Heather by Nikki Acton
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I was very excited to have a play with the new That’s
Crafty! Stamps designed by Donna Gray. I chose to use ‘Heather’ from the Quirky
Girls collection. For those that know me, I am as shocked as you are that I
didn’t use Donna’s lovely cat stamp on this project!
What I did
My base panel is 6x6 inches which fitted perfectly in a
shadow box I had lying around. The Distress Collage Medium was the crazing
variety – so the surface has tiny aged crackles. It made the painting slightly
more difficult but I love the effect!
I used the same three Distress paint colours over the whole
project – Mustard Seed, Gathered Twigs and Fired brick – with the exception of
blue for her eyes and earrings. I added lots of white dots to add to the quirky
spirit of ‘Heather’.
Finally I took the leaf from the stamp set and used it over
the shadow box frame. I stamped in Sepia Archival.
Nikki
Supplies
Tim Holtz Distress Paint – Mustard Seed, Fired Brick, Gathered Twigs, Mermaid
Lagoon
PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylics – Sage and Chalk
7 comments
Awesome! I particularly love how you did the frame. It looks so good. Lx
ReplyDeleteFabulous Nikki, triple lovelyness!
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Amanda x
Absolutely love this one Nikki, Heather looks amazing and that frame is a genius idea :)
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Donna xx
What a great make and the white dots really kick
ReplyDeleteThe frame is beautiful Nikki and love how you coloured Heather, she looks like a girl with a bit of attitude - love the eyes! xx
ReplyDeleteVery clever frame Nikki and love the Autumn colour theme.
ReplyDeleteFliss x
What great stamps. Your picture works so well with them.
ReplyDeleteLynne
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