Autumnal Wreath by Melina Dahl

Hello!

It´s Melina here today sharing an autumnal wreath I made using the gorgeous new greyboard embellishments.

Here´s what i did:

I started with the medium size MDF wreath and glued down my greyboard leaves and mushrooms.

I used modeling paste through the new leaf stencil on some of the leaves. On the mushrooms I used a Dinky stencil and used my heat gun to cook the modeling paste so I could get more texture on the white dots.

I covered everything with white gesso. I used lots of thread behind the bits and pieces at the bottom of my wreath, to make it softer and more organic, like moss. I also used mini art stones in some places.

I went over with a second coat of gesso to cover everything. While the gesso was still wet, and made the greyboard a little soft, I made marks on some of the leaves using the tip of my spatula. I also continued to build texture with modeling paste, on the empty spaces of the wreath and on some leaves.

Once dry I started to colour my wreath. I wanted to try how the Distress Oxides would work on a piece like this. I smudged the ink pads to my craft sheet, sprayed with water and painted everything with a brush. I hade to build up the colours with many layers of the Oxides.

I wasn´t really happy with the chalky look once everything was dry, so I used a fixative and sprayed to the whole surface. It worked as I had hoped for and the colours got a little bit more vibrant.

I used:

That’s Crafty! Surfaces MDF Wreath

That’s Crafty! Surfaces Bits & Pieces Greyboard Sheets - Toadstools and leaves

That’s Crafty! Multi Purpose Adhesive

That’s Crafty! Stencil – Skeleton Leaves - TC7002

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencil – TC005

That’s Crafty! Gesso

Modeling  Paste

Mini Art Stones

Thread

Distress Oxides

Fixative

Hemp Twine

Thank you for stopping by today!

Melina xx