What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

Hi all :) it's that time of the week for desk sharing, if you're not familiar with this inspiring activity, take a look at Julia Dunnit's blog for enlightenment at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/

I've been making progress with my collage picture and today I'm going to explain how I achieved the effects:

Background:

Using a white canvas measuring 30.5cm by 22.8cm, I began by inking up some Cut-and-Dry foam using a palette knife to spread on a thin layer of Inka-Gold, a fast drying metal gloss paint.  I gently rubbed the ink over the canvas and applied a thicker layer around the border.  I dabbed some pale turquoise ink here and there.



Corners:

Next, I experimented with applying a mix of white and blue acrylic paint on the two corners, using a palette knife and an old toothbrush.  I then lightly sprinkled some gold and silver glitter on the paint. I painted a rose using the toothbrush to create swirls.  I soon decided that this wasn't quite the colour I wanted for my vintage theme but I was pleased with the dimension achieved from layering the acrylic paints.  Once the acrylic paint had dried I sculpted over the paint using the Inka-Gold, leaving some traces of the blue and built up some great textures.

Having gathered up my collage elements I decided that the rose wasn't going to blend in with the vintage style..

Embellishments:
From the picture above you can see an assortment of pictures and embellishments that I wanted to include. I kept discovering bits and pieces such as the shells, lace, twine and buttons...I'm planning on leaving some gaps to add extra bits as and when I find them!

Lace:
I lightly sponged over the lace, shells and twine using the versatile Inka-Gold paint.  To create the lace 'wave', I stuck a length of double-sided tape across the top and pinched the lace whilst firmly sticking an inch of the lace between the loops.

Rose:
For the rose I inked over the picture using tiny pieces of foam.  To get the gloss effect, I stamped embossing ink over the rose and then scattered embossing powder (Cosmic Shimmer, Lapis Pearl Lustre) and used my heating tool to melt the powder creating the sheen.  I inked round the edges with Distress Ink-Aged Mohogany.  I curled the leaf and petal edges in different directions for more dimension.

Pink heart and words:
The large pink heart is from an old birthday card I had kept.  I distressed the picture using the Inka-Gold and heat-embossed the edge with Lapis Pearl Lustre.  I applied the same technique to the word pictures except the DREAM shape; for this I inked a very light layer of  Distress Ink-Aged Mohogany around the letters.  I added a couple of glittery brads to the sides.

Photos:

I printed out the photos on white paper having played with the sepia and warmify effects.  I made the photo frames by nestling together (with a little space in between) two dies from Spellbinders Nestabilities, Labels Eighteen.  I used papers from the docrafts Vintage Notes pad.

Tag:
For the wooden tag I experimented with the Dylusion ink sprays-black marble and vibrant turquiose.  I then heat-embossed the surface by crumbling a combination of embossing powders including: black glitter, Cosmic Shimmer ancient copper metallic and topped with a sprinkling of Stampendous mica fragments in blue.  I used the gold Inka paint round the edges of the tag.  The heart key is from the Papermania Chronology range.
For the American seam binding ribbon I played with the same ink sprays and used my heating tool together with some black glitter embossing powder.  I finished with a layer of the Lapis Pearl Lustre.

My next plan is to make some felt and fabric flowers to add to the collage.

I've really enjoyed making a meaningful picture for myself that I can keep adding to.  Now I just need to decide where to hang it!

I think that's it!  Phew! Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.  Next time I'll show you how I got on with making the flowers.

Happy WOYWW crafters!  Wishing everyone a good week with sunshine-please!

Angela xx
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