Vintage Mirror

Mandy-Jane is back on your screens in under an hour with more of the Imagination Crafts goodies. I spotted my mirror on display in the earlier show, so thought I should share it.

Back in the days of Sheena's Paint Fusion, I bought enough of those black Ikea mirrors to last me a lifetime! I still have a good half dozen in my box. So, I thought I would use one for another of my samples.

I didn't take many photos of this one - so no real step by step to show, but I can explain what I did.

I painted the whole mirror first with White Gesso, then again with Mediterranean Sky Starlight mixed with the gesso.

I then dry brushed some Silver Gold and Dark Orchid Starlights over the top to add a distressed, aged look. The little girl is from one of the A3 Rice Papers on the show, with Champagne Sparkle Medium stenciled over and some Versafine Vintage Sepia stamped around. I also added Magi-Cutz Flourishes and Artsy Stones.

Make sure you tune in at 4pm to see the show.

Cxxx

A little announcement!

Well, the time has come to announce that I have been chosen to join the new Imagination Crafts Design Team.

Am super excited to join the team, and can't wait to get playing! In the meantime, this is one of the pieces that I made for my application to the team.

It's an altered vase and will eventually be for a friend, but she's not on social media, so I should get away with sharing it now.

I used:

Starlight Paints - Fuchsia, Mint, Clotted Cream

Rice Paper 339

15cm x 15cm Stencil - Honeysuckle

Structure Paste

Starlight Wax - White Gold

Fabric Decoupage Glue

Mixed Media Spray - Light Blue, Sunshine, Dark Brown

White Gesso

Embellishments and flowers from my stash

I dabbing Fuchsia paint on the vase - two coats, baked in the oven in between. 

 I then added a layer which was a combination of Fuchsia, Mint and Clotted Cream.

On the front of the vase, I glued the teacup rice paper image which had been stuck onto white card first. Other parts of the paper were added to the other sides, but not with white card as I wanted them to be more in the background.

I then used structure paste through the stencil, on all four sides of the vase.   

A mixture of the three media sprays with white Gesso was applied over the stencilled parts.

I then rubbed a little White Gold Starlight wax over the top. 

After a last bake, I added the large embellishments, then gessoed over them, before adding more colour. Heart embellishments were added to the sides in the same way.

I finally added the flowers to the front with a edging of wax. 

I decided on more flowers at the end, to cover a little more of the large embellishment at the top.

Am really looking forward to sharing more Imagination Crafts makes in the future.

Take care,

Cxxx