Hello friends,
I hope you all had a wonderful
weekend and are ready to start a new week.
My post today is showing one of
Laura’s wreath’s, the middle size, where I tried to capture the last subdued
summer feelings in the garden.
First I put gesso onto the wreath
and also the embellishments - I chose to use: bird, flowers, and a leaf.
When dry I used the big Maple leaf
to create texture onto the wreath and the bird, and the Poinsettia Tree. For
the roses, added with texture paste.
All was left to dry completely and
then the painting job started. I chose the Pink Shimmer and the Green and White
Multi Surface paint. First I mixed pink and white to get a more soft tone of
pink on it all. The wreath was then painted with mix of Green and White on the
places with no patterns from the stencil and also the roses and the berry bough
had the same treatment.
The bird was handpainted with Walnut
Ink many times too and the eye drawn with black Sharpie and white Posca pen.
I had some flower petals laying
around from diecuts and adhered them together, using the Multi Purpose Craft
Adhesive and adding one of the stars on top. It all was painted with the Pink
Shimmer paint. Here of course, you could also use paper flowers or an
artificial flower you buy.
I wanted to add a little more
texture, so rolled up two swatches of old book page, to form two rolls, bound
them together with a cotton yarn thread and on top I adhered the leaf.
All the other components were also adhered to
the wreath, the berries and rose bud were painted with Diamond Glaze to create
interest and shine
and then I found a long old piece of fabric, dyed it with
Walnut Ink, wrinkled it to fit the perimeter of the wreath and adhered it to
the backside with a hot glue gun. Am I missing something ….yes my beloved Sari silks
to hang it from! J
You could also use a long piece of
paper, wrinkle it up and adhere this if you don`t like the fabric idea!
Thank you for watching, and as
always I wish you a lovely new week !!
Materials used:
That’s Crafty! Surfaces MDF Wreath (middle
size)
That’s Crafty! Stencils: Maple Leaf
and Poinsettia Tree
That’s Crafty! Surfaces Bits & Pieces Greyboard: Autumn/Winter, Funky Flowers, Christmas Birds
That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paints:
Green and White
Walnut Ink
From my stash:
Fabric flower made from found flower
petals
A long piece of fabric
Sari Silk
