That Craft Place Challenge.

Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

And here is my second design for :
That Craft Place Challenge Blog.
Hope you will pop over and join in the challenge and have a look at what my team members have made to inspire you.

For this project we have been asked to use the Theme of Mixed Media Anything Goes!
So can't go wrong there!
And here is my project for this month.

I started with A Prima stencil by Finnabair and a 19 cm x 24 cm Art Canvas  Board.

 

I then applied the Mineral Texture Gel through the stencil and allowed it to dry.

 

 

This gives a gorgeous texture as seen below.

 

 

I also added some Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Crackle Glaze through a Tim Holtz stencil and Crafters Workshop stencils.

While this was still wet I added some watch parts and then allowed everything to dry.

 

 

 Next I played around with other embellishments in order to decide which would look most affective.

I particularly like the MDF cogs and the dragonfly.

That Craft Place can cut almost anything you want in MDF so well worth a visit and also stock MDF pieces from other companies too.

The Compass parts are by Tando Creative which Lisa also stocks at

That Craft Place.

 

I decided to use a Tim Holtz metal Word Band, also stocked by That Craft Place. They really stock so much so it's well worth a look.

 

At this stage it is time to decide on the Gesso, will it be Black or White?

 

Black...or.....

 

....White?

This is so hard Lol!

 

Yes it's white!!!

 

Quite like it as it is actually!

In the end I decided not to use the dragonfly. I think sometimes we are frightened by blank spaces and over-fill our designs.

Space is good, it helps to balance the design and lead the eye to different parts of the design.

Sorry this is not really the place for design theory Lol!

Move on girl!!!

Close-up showing some of the detail.

 

 

And now for the colour. Used Crafty Notions sprays for this.

 

 I sprayed the inks on and allowed some of it to run down the canvas.

 

When complete and dry, I rubbed over with some Treasure Silver which really makes the detail pop!.

 

 And here is the finished project and hope you like it.

 

That Craft Place shop can supply many of these lovely items just pop over.
If you have chance to go and have a look, click on the Facebook button to see even more lovely things.

 

Hope you enjoyed looking at my canvas, it would be great if you could leave me a little comment.

 

I will always visit you back if I know where you are.

I look forward to seeing your entries for the challenge.

Click here to enter.

 Back soon and happy crafting,

 Angela x

 

 

I have entered this in:

 The Country View Challenge for June Shabby Chic

Eclectic Ellapu challenge for June Steampunk

The Altered Eclectics challenge for June - Mixed Media Anything Goes