We are
absolutely thrilled to announce that Nikki is now a
permanent member of our
design team!
Hi
everyone! I joined the That’s Crafty! design team late in 2016 but today see’s
my first post on this blog. I thought I would share one of the designs I made
for the Hochanda shows – using the MDF Cogs Upright and featuring my cat –
Frankie. Here is how I altered the surface.
MDF Base
I added some DecoArt Sand Paste to the
edges before painting it all in black gesso. When nearly dry I used the edge of
my paint brush to make scratch marks in the gesso, adding a little more gesso
to ensure I built some subtle texture.
Once dry I dry brushed the surface with
white gesso and when dry added watery washes of PaperArtsy Claret and DecoArt
– Prussian Blue paints. I added gilding wax to edges.
Photos
I printed some of my favourite photos on
an ink jet printer on copier paper in black and white and sprayed with a matte spray to seal.
I die cut some circles from water colour
paper and glued them together to create firm base (3 per photo) and adhered the
images.
I added a little black gesso with my
finger around the edges to create a border and once dry added Distress Collage
Medium – Vintage to the image to age it and seal it further. Again I added
gilding wax around the edges.
See you next
week!
Nikki
