My Rusty Crown: Altered Hand Trowel

Altered Hand Trowel

Happy Friday!! I was sent o glorious box of happy mail the other day (Thank you Lexington) and inside that box was a hand trowel, I know most people would be confused and have no clue what its for! ART its for ART. Okay most people might use it for gardening. I kinda did too!

I just love this! I'll hang it in my sun room!

This is what it started off as! I added a coat of clear gesso to it!

I took my flowers and started winding them around the handle.

I took moss and attached it with gel medium

Now I added my embellishments i used some finnabair mechanicals (vintage trinkets)

I also started ripping up and adding Tim Holtz collage paper to the handle and the back. and coated the whole thing in white gesso.

Now for some color! I just love using the nuance pigment powders! You can sprinkle them on and spritz with water, you can sprinkle sum in a paint palette spritz with water and use as a water color. You can even put them in a water bottle and use as sprays! love these powders!!

Colors I used are (Raspberry) (Bright green) (Purple) and (Aqua Marine)

After super dry, I dry brushed this with more white gesso.

While that was drying I used a visible Image stamp ( Glimmer of Light) and used the same nuance powders, Stamped and colored it in. Lastly I added all my finishing touches (the best part). I added prills in (spruce willis) Finnabair glass Glitter (pitch black) Nuvo Crystal drops and Jewel drops in (ebony black) (pale periwinkle) a Tim Holtz quote and BAM done!

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