Through the Keyhole - Who Lives in a House Like This? by Helen Pigott
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Today I've gone spooky!
I have decorated an acrylic album using some super products.
Below I have added lots of photographs to show the steps
I have taken to get my finished result.
What I did:
On the last page (or first page depending on how you are working) I stamped a cheeky little spider from PaperArtsy and painted him using Fresco paints, this is also a good page to add any other images/rub-ons to fill any little gaps that have appeared.
This now completes the inside of the album.
I started decorating the album cover by painting it with the Dina Wakley paint, 'Blackberry'
To keep the calico in shape I used the Prima Finnabar Art Extravagance Sculpture Medium. I highly recommend using gloves at this stage as the medium is very messy.
Once the cover was dry I attacked it with heat embossing powders. I used a complete variety of makes and colours (it is very easy at this stage to get carried away!) I was after a good coverage in all the nooks and crannies around the calico.
When I had finished with the heat embossing I gave the cover a really good brush, the powders can easily get caught up in all the tiny spaces and I find it really annoying when bits fall off.
What I used:
That's Crafty! Surfaces Acrylic/MDF Book - Keyhole Cover
That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paint - Black
That's Crafty! Surfaces Mixed Media Paper/Card Kit
Dylusions Stamp and Stencil Set - Cobweb - Small
StazOn Solvent Ink Pad - Jet Black
PaperArtsy Cling Mounted Stamp Set - ElenaZinski Art - ZA16
Seth Apter Baked Texture
STAMPENDOUS! Frantage Embossing Enamel
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs - Gothic
Artistcellar Stencil - Danse Macarbe Series - Online
Artistcellar Stencil - Danse Macarbe Series - Housework
13 Arts Craft Adornments - Insects
13 Arts Shiny Powder - Red Blue
Prima Art Ingredients Micro Beads
Prima Finnabair Art Extravagance Sculpture Medium - Neutral Beige
Rangers Stickles Glitter Glue - Cranberry
Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paint - Blackberry - 1oz
Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paint - Ruby - 1oz
Dina Wakley Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paint - Lemon - 1oz
I hope you have as much fun making your album as I had making mine, these would make fabulous albums for Christmas too.
3 comments
Amazing texture on your cover Helen and such creative use of the calico too which gives a really fabulous effect. The inside layers also look really amazing and give a very sppoky home for your skeletons.
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
Amazing level of details Helen, I could look at this fab creation all day....brilliant
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Donna xx
Clever creativity, Helen . Loved seeing how it all came together to make a fabulous layered spooky album. TFS x
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