Friday, 9 December 2016

She Lived Forever

Hi Everone!
Time for brand new Friday inspiration from my Creative Team!
Athanasia's presenting her new art journal page doing wonders with my Art Alchemy paints on a black backround. But... hold on to your seats...! ;) She's also decided to use one quite unexpected 'art supply' - you will love this woman's endless creativity! Keep on reading. :)
Hello dear friends!
I hadn't made any page in my black journal for a while and I really missed working on black background!
Of course I went for something colorful as usual, with a vintage touch and a photo from the Ephemera Vintage Collectibles helped me a lot to create this special 'olden days' atmosphere.


As I wanted to mix modern and vintage styles, I decided to create a peeled paint effect background.
First thing to do was to seal my page with the Clear Gesso.
In order to create the background I used my favorite shades of Art Alchemy paints and...Vaseline! That's right! Vaseline is oil based, so it resists the water based paints and creates the peeled effect. It is a very pleasant technique, you will see the whole fun process in my video below.


When my acrylic paints were dry, I used the Clear Crackle Paste (which is lately turning out to be my fave product) right onto the paints and let it dry naturally to get perfect results. I absolutely love the final look!
To embellish my page I used 7 Dots Studio stickers and some handmade butterflies I created with the 'Don't forget to fly' cling stamps set and black embossing powder.
I also used a couple of chipboard pieces which I painted white with Heavy White Gesso.

Last thing to do was to doodle on the photo with a black pen and make some splashes with the Art Alchemy paints and White Gesso.

Here is my video with the whole process. I hope you will enjoy it and get inspired. :)



Thank you for visiting
have a lovely crafty day!
xxx


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2 comments:

Wilma said...

Amazing project and what a great effect with the vaseline! Thanks for the video.

SuziR said...

I love the peeled paint background and the crackle paste. Beautiful.

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