Art Bottle

Hello, Lovely Readers!
Today's post may surprise you a little... :)
I know that we are right in the middle of Christmas preparations - December Daily projects, X-mas cards, reindeers and tree decorations but...
well, we do have readers in some parts of the wold where it's summer now and some of us simply miss hot lazy days... :)
We hope you'll feel inspired by Elena's summery altered piece today!

Hello friends!

Everyone is preparing for Christmas and the New Year, but I miss the summer and the heat... :)

That's why I had an idea to decorate a bottle of lemonade that would serve as a vase for my favorite small roses.

It was such a pleasant process and I'm incredibly pleased with the result. Maybe you will feel inspired to create a similar bottle?

My first step was to cover my bottle with Black and White Gesso to prime it properly and prepare for all the media and decorations that I wanted to use.

Everything dried really quickly, so I could move on and apply Light Paste. Applying it with my fingers was so cool! :)   

I also used my fingers to apply White Crackle Paste in some places. When it comes to Art Extravagance Pastes, you can of course dry them with a heat tool, but for best results - allow the crackle paste to dry naturally to achieve better results.

I have to tell you that I've tested a lot of different pastes but these ones gives the most beautiful cracks.

The next step was gluing the elements. I used Soft Gel - it's quick, it's easy and you can be certain all the embellishments will stay in place! Just make sure you wait until it's properly dried.

When the gel dries, you can start the painting.

For the colors I chose Primary Elements. I wanted to add vibrating, fresh colors to my work. I applied them with a wet brush. The paint hit the cracks just perfectly and they have become more visible. I'm sure you will totally enjoy this part!

Primary Elements shine somehow needed an extra touch so I added Art Ingredients Glitter, Beads and Art Sugar.

Frankly, I hadn't used them too often before, but now I'm in love! They help to add the final accents to the project and add an extra texture to all the elements. My favorite way of gluing the Ingredients is with the help of Soft Gel and a brush. Now I use them in almost every work.

Here's my video tutorial so you can see how I created my altered art bottle:



I hope you like this little taste of summer in the middle of December. ;)

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Steampunk Warrior

Hello, Friends!
It's Friday so it means it's time for another reveal of my wonderful Team's creativity.

Have you noticed today's title? These two little words put together made my heart flutter but wait until you see Linda's awesome project!

Hi everyone, Linda Cain here again today with a tutorial that I hope will inspire you to get out your pieces of lace and trims, paints and sprays, and just have fun.

1. This starts with a plain papier-mâché dress form that I painted with Heavy Black Gesso.

2. Next I added several colors of Silks acrylic paints.

3. The large Steampunk Wings were covered with Platinum Crackle TexturePaste using a sponge square.

 

4. I glued strips of trim in a criss-cross design onto the mannequin, and then sprayed with different colors of ArtDeco Acrylic Shimmers.

5. I added large black Ric-Rac and other trims and lace to the bodice. Then, more paint and Treasure Gold pastes were layered on.

6. This is a close-up shot of the lace that's been painted with WhiteGesso as the last layer, and dazzled with Glass Beads and GlassGlitter using Matte Gel.

 

7. Now I start to lay out the pieces of metal for the next layer. I painted the Leaves with Silver Mixative Alcohol Ink to brighten it up.

8. This Large Flower Mechanical has the center removed so I could use it as the collar.

9. The Label Plate is sanded and polished with a light sanding block to make the high points shine. Then I painted the accents in with VintajPatina Paints. The Prima Paper Flowers have a dusting of AntiqueSilver Art Sugar, and the Medium Flowers are glazed with Copper Inka Gold.

I added the Glass Beads with Gloss Gel to the openings in the Leaves and the trim. Copper Inka Gold is rubbed over these as well.

10. TheVintage Center is glued over two brass arrows with more Copper Inka Gold.

11. I used a Tassel on the collar and added some large turquoise pearls. The various gears and Mechanicals are glued to the wings with 3DMatte Gel. Each wingtip has a black rhinestone.

The wings are colored with Distress Inks and a final topcoat of Copper Inka Gold Paste.

I love how the Purples, Turquoises, Copper and Golds all make this Steampunk Warrior come to life.

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