Today we are releasing our first Mixed Media project by Carol Becker. These projects along with the other designs are hanging up on the wall on the left behind the register at Scrapper's Playground. Please feel free to ask any of our Staff for information on the products that were used in these designs.
1776/Liberty Tim Holtz Covered Canvas Mixed Media Project by Carol Becker
(All products used on these layouts where bought/provided from Scrapper's Playground)Supplies:
3 bottles of sparkly paint - Gold, Yellow,
1 jar of crackle paste
Set of stamps
Bag of green precut numbers
Tim Holtz 12x12 burlap covered canvas
Dyan Reaveley Star Stencil
Plastic Craft Knife
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut
Tim Holtz Star Stamp
Uncle Sam Stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Pin Dot Stamp
I love
puzzles and challenges but hmm, never used crackle paste before. I used a
star stencil (TCW, sold at SP) and after mixing the paste with some of
the gold paint, I slathered it right on the canvas using the stencil.
After playing with a paper flag, I ended up making the flag with the
crackle paste applied with a plastic craft knife. I allowed the paste to dry overnight, given 24 hours, it crackled nicely. I then painted the flag with Tim's Distress Paints. I used the pin dot stamp in the background
on the labels. For "1776", I painted the green numbers with the yellow
paint and distressed with walnut distress ink, applied with glossy
accents. "LIBERTY" letters are Tim's letters. I cut a 3-d star in half
(Debbie gave me that idea!) and painted with Distress Paint and the
yellow sparkly paint. Ribbon idea from Tim's blog for the July 4th
holiday, and I used Tim's star stamp for the center. Uncle Sam stamped
and painted with Distress Markers, the sentiment was from the stamp set provided by Scrapper's Playground.
This project
certainly was challenging. I used a new medium that I probably never
would have tried on my own. I was pleased with the outcome and will use
the technique again. Something new for your bag of tricks!
Awesome job Carol! So creative!!
