GiganTAG and More by Nikki Acton

Oh wow - have you seen all the new That’s Crafty! goodies that were launched on Hochanda last week! Today I am sharing one of my designs for the show and it is one of the very large MDF tags – GiganTags. These fabulous surfaces are 15 x 7.5 inches. I decided to add lots of embellishments and layers so there are quite a few steps involved. I have primarily used three of the new Shimmer Paints – Aquamarine, Copper and Orange.

Background Tag (Top left)

·         Cover the surface in PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk paint

·         Once dry add texture paste through the 8inch square clock stencil and also the Dinky grid stencil

·         Add some watery washes in places of black and ultramarine paint - separately, drying in between to provide a little contrast to the Shimmer Paints

·         Sponge Shimmer Paints - Turquoise and Copper (That’s Crafty!)

·         Sponge a little white for contrast

Clocks

·         Stipple black gesso to create some texture - dry

·         Sponge Copper and Turquoise (That’s Crafty!)

4x4 inch panels, small butterflies and corner pieces

·         Stipple black gesso to create some texture - dry

·         Sponge Copper, Orange Shimmer Paints (That’s Crafty!) and I also added a little Rusty Red (Art Alchemy)

·         Butterflies were embossed first

 Large Butterflies

·         Emboss butterflies with embossing folder (I used a Big Shot and ONE plate – as the greyboard is thick)

·         Painted with PaperArtsy Chalk paint

·         Sponged with Turquoise and then Copper to highlight the texture

Once everything was dry I adhered it all together and added some words from Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers.

See you next week!

Nikki

Addicted to Art.

Supplies

That’s Crafty! Surfaces MDF GiganTAG

That’s Crafty! Surfaces - White/Greyboard - 4x4 inch Panels

That’s Crafty! Greyboard Embellishments - Butterflies, Clocks and Cogs

That’s Crafty! Shimmer & Metallic Paints - Orange, Turquoise, Copper

That’s Crafty! Stencils – Clock (8x8 inch), Grid (Dinky stencil)

Ranger Texture Paste

DecoArt Sand Paste

DecoArt Black Gesso

DecoArt White Gesso

PaperArtsy Fresco Acrylic – Chalk

DecoArt Fluid Acrylic – Ultramarine Blue

Art Alchemy – Finnabair – Rusty Red

Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Ideology Metallic Stickers