Mechanical Sea by Rachel Harries

This is one of the samples I made for the recent release of Melinas beautiful new designs. I started by guessing around the edge of the Upright back plate and base board.

I then took some of the lovely papers and drew roughly around both pieces which I then cut and stuck down.

Once the adhesive is dry I sand the edges to give a nice finish.

I then take a tint blob of White paint and Pale Blue paint and use a brayer on the pieces.

I take both layers for each fish making sure I've matched them up for the direction I want them to go in, I spray the bases with some Ayeeda Mist Sprays in Pastel Turquoise and Bronze. With the little fish I add some bolts and I add the odd extra bit to the other top layers as well as some Sand Texture Paste in places.

With the top layer I paint with acrylic paints drying between layers to create a rusty effect. I use a similar process with the seaweed going for more of a patina effect. I then use some wax on the internal cog elements.

I take the bubbly piece of greyboard and gently rip it in half, I use a brayer to colour this with blue white and a little mauve as I have picked colours from the background paper.

I pop the upright together and stick the bubble layer to the background, I make myself a little support for the elements I want in the foreground. I do whatever width I want and then 4.5 inches in length, I then score at every inch and use the final .5inch to overlap and adhere everything together. I pop the support on the Upright and I add my elements.

The fish above has a piece of cocktail stick stuck to its back to add the extra element.

I hope you enjoyed this project and have as much fun with these fabulous new products as I did, stay safe.

That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Uprights
Melina Dahl Paper pack
That's Crafty! Surfaces Craftyboard Bubbles
That's Crafty! Craftyboard Fish
That's Crafty! Surfaces Greyboard Cogs
That's Crafty! Sand Texture Paste
That's Crafty! Adhesive
That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints
Metallic Waxes