Framed floral border Mirror by Tracey

Hello creative friends. 

Today I am sharing a project I made way back in November.

As this project flew off to That's Crafty! HQ for the December shows on Hochanda last year 

I thought the photographs taken would not be enough to share this with you all but last week I found some snap shots which I think will give you the idea of how it came to be.

Using three 8x8 grey board surfaces in the first I cut an aperture around the mirror 

with a craft knife. The second board the aperture was cut slightly larger than the last.

Layering up the frames and gluing onto the third board which acts as the back panel the mirror sits protected in the centre. The whole frame was painted in Ocean Multi-Surface Paint before the Flower Border stencil was laid on top and texture paste pushed through it.

When dry the stencil is laid back over the pattern and gold paint sponged over the top.

Blending over with Black Soot Distress ink helps to hide all those white exposed areas.

Splashing with water lifts off areas of the ink giving an aged appearance.

You can see just how it knocks back the colour here.

The mirror is glued in place using silicone glue and the last touch ups 

using gold paint are added. This included edging around the mirror 

both inside and outside the frame bringing it all neatly together.

A wire hanger holds it securely.

My stencil framed mirror is complete..

This is as much of a selfie as you get from me!!!

Apologies again for the photography

but I hope you can get the gist of it all.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead

Take care and I look forward to sharing more

That's Crafty! Creations with you again next Thursday.

Crafty Hugs

Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard: 8x8 Rounded Corners

That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Paint: Ocean - Metallic Gold

That's Crafty! Texture Paste

That's Crafty! Stencil: Flower Border TC8020

Distress Ink: Black Soot

Mirror to measure/Wire to hang