Rusty Heart Shrine by Nikki Acton

 

Today’s creation features one of That’s Crafty! MDF Shrines (this one is ATC size with the arch top) and the forever useful MDF hearts (size #3). I began by coating all the pieces in grey chalk paint (I used PaperArtsy Little Black Dress and Chalk combined). I then took some Vaseline and lightly added to the edges of the shrine panels with my finger. (This will later be removed producing the chipped edge effect – an Andy Skinner technique). I then added DecoArt white crackle paint to the surface – quite thinly – it is not important to get a consistent coverage – it is an aged, worn effect I was after!

I left this to dry and worked on my heart. This one had been painted already in brown but I gave it a coat of Red Iron Oxide and added some black to the edges. Once dry I stamped with the cracks stamp from the That’s Crafty! Textures stamp set in black Archival. I then took transparent texture paste and added randomly to the surface with my finger and set aside to dry. Once dry I added a little gilding wax to highlight the texture.

Back to the shrine – once the crackle paint had dried I removed all the Vaseline with a babywipe. I added a wash of Cobalt Teal Hue, then Yellow Iron Oxide and finally Quinacridone Gold around the edges. I stamped with my current ‘go to’ script stamp (Lin Brown/PaperArtsy). Before putting the shrine together I made sure all the edges were black adding a little paint with my finger where required.

To finish I took one of the chipboard quote chips and added some Quinacridone Gold and Paynes Grey to colour it. I took some rusty wire and a previously rusted nut and bolt from my stash and secured them to the heart. 

See you next week

Nikki

Addicted to Art

Supplies

That’s Crafty! Surfaces MDF ATC Shrine – Arch Top

That’s Crafty! Surfaces MDF Heart – Size #3

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chipboard Quote Chips

PaperArtsy Stamps Set Eclectica – Lin Brown – ELB 30

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Textures Collection - Set 2

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics – Quinacridone Gold, Yellow Iron Oxide, Paynes Grey, Cobalt Teal Hue, Red Iron Oxide

PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylics – Little Black Dress and Chalk

DecoArt Crackle Paint

Ranger Texture Paste – Transparent Matte

DecoArt White Gesso

Archival Ink – Sepia, Black

Gilding Wax

(From my stash – Vaseline, grey board nut/bolt and rusty wire)