Rusted Arrow

Happy Friday MRC

Today I have a cardboard Arrow I altered up!

I started off gluing down with gel medium, paper from the newly released Tim Holts paper pad "Abandoned"

I grabbed some of my resin moulds from stamperia and started adding them down as my first layer. I then covered the whole thing in clear gesso.

Now for some elements! I used mit_form casting, finnabair knobs and stars! they also got a layer of gesso!

For coloring I grabbed the Tim Holtz Oxide spray in Cracked pistachio

I added bits of color in orange and yellow, I then added glitter and prills for some extra texure. and finnabair wax in firebird.

Thats it super easy and fast! xoxo link below of products used!

Oxide sprays

Stamperia mould lozenges

Stamperia Cosmos deer

Mit_form Castings

Finnabair mini stars

Finnabair wax Fire bird

TH paper pad

Cosmo Dreams

 Happy Friday MRC fam! Today i'm showing you this triangle canvas using some new amazzzzing papers some mit_form and stencils! hope you like it!

I started with gluing down the Stamperia (Cosmos Bark) single paper.

I then used plaster paste through the new media stencil (Cosmos Astronomy) and added some random stamping!

I grabbed a navy blue and black water reactive spray and added it to the edges then spray with water so it would run through the stenciling! helps POP out that stencil.

now i'm adding mit form castings with gel medium. I grabbed some finnabair stars and resins and started putting them down too!

I used the

ABstudio - elements ABStudio&TandiArt - Just the way you are- 12'x12' i cut out the girl on the moon as my main element. 

everything got a clear coat of gesso, then I added blue spray to the elements. then dry brushed it all in white gesso. I sprinkled blue prills throughout for some texture and some feather light brushes of gold wax.

all items linked below as always! XOXO Nicole

ABstudio paper

Stamperia Cosmo bark paper

Stamperia stencil

stars and moons mould

mechanica mould

Plaster paste

Finnabair stars

Blue prills

Altered Serving Spoon

I found this Spoon at a flea market some time ago, I have been saving it for a while just waiting for the right project!

I started off with a clear coat of gesso, (I did this because at this point I wasnt sure what I actually wanted to do color wise)

I used thin cardboard and a Studio Light (Industrial 3.0) cutting die. I covered it in black gesso.

Here I have attached it using gel medium

Using the new Prima moulds I poured the 10 min resin.

I have attached those also with gel medium

I have mixed art pebbles with gel and globbed those on there too!

when everything is dry, It all gets black gesso.

now to add color, I used peacock wax from finnabair to cover the whole thing.

then I added firebird wax on just the tops for good dimension.

I then glued on a couple Mit Form Castings and called her done!

Studio Light die

Mit Form Casting

Prima Mould

Finnabair wax ( Peacock )

Finnabair wax ( firebird )

Art C Art Pebbles

Black gesso

Mixed media Owl

Happy Saturday everyone! Today I have a 5in x 12in Burlap canvas I created doing some step outs to show you !

First I started off using texture paste through a stencil to add foliage. 

Next I glued down resin wood slices from a Stamperia mould using Heavy gel

I grabbed Burnt Sienna Liquid Acrylic and Liquid Color fluid medium to lighten the color a bit. when using these paints on something with texture the darkness of the paint sits in those little crevices. Just perfect for a wood effect! One coat of paint was all it took.

I gathered some fallen sticks off my apple tree and glued those down as well.

I started adding paper leaves all through out the sticks and wood. The owl is from my stash and some mit form casting here and there. Now after the majority of things was all glued down and dry, I gave the whole thing a coat of clear gesso. I went with clear because I wanted to keep the natural colors seeping through.

Next I painted my owl, I gave him a coat of the burnt sienna with the fluid medium (fluid medium helps lighten your paint colors) just a few drops. I then went in with the same color without the fluid medium. I went around all his little feathers. I used the same colors on his eyes with thin soft stokes. then added some white detail.

Here I started on the sky I used my infusions powder pigments. Just a tiny sprinkle then spritz with water. I used a couple shades of green and blue.

 I took shades of yellow infusions and sprinkled the leaves. ( infusions has walnut crystals inside them, which gives you that brown color effect.) they really made the leaves look real.

Now I needed to use something that would sit nicely on top of the infusions. I grabbed my Liquid acrylics again. I wanted strong colors to make a nights sky I added little dabs with a paint brush the immediately sprayed them with water to get rid of the hard lines.I used blue pink and yellow.

I then took white acrylic paint, watered it down and splattered it on the sky.

 I also dry brushed everything to bring out all the little details. 

I added a resin bee from a prima mould some art stones, vintage art pebbles, glitter and nuvo crystal drops. adding all these little things in the branches and leaves. little details makes your projects look full and give a great finishing touch

I will have all the products listed below.

Infusions Slime

Infusions Golden Sands

Infusions Olive Tree 

Infusions Royal Blood

Infusions Green Man

Finnabair  Magenta 

Finnabair True Yellow

Finnabair Burnt Sienna 

Finnabair Deep Turquoise

Prima Mould Bumble bee

TH Glitter

Nuvo drops black

Nuvo drops Copper penny

Texture Pebbles

Clear Gesso

XOXO Nicole

Creative Thinking

Hello MRC! Hope your Saterday is gonna be fabulous! Today I want to show you how I created this hexagon shaped wall hanging.

I used all kinds of great goodies from My Rusty Crown, I'll have them linked down below as always.

the are for clock making but as we all do, altering to my liking is whats happening here!

I started off painting the whole thing purple, I used Finnabair liquid acrylics mixed with a couple drops of fluid medium to lighten the color.

Next I added Crackle paste. I let that dry a couple hours,then added modeling paste through a stencil (Stamperia Stencil)

I dried that with my heat tool and sprinkled on some infusions powder pigments and spritzed with water!

Now I'm starting my focal point. I used resin I made with Stamperia moulds. I have some metal from Mitform Castings as well ( MRC will have these soon, so look out for them!) the resin I gave a thin coat of gesso so the infusions will stick.

I sprinkled the infusions to my resin and heat set!

This is my focal point! the Filament Bigz die from Tim Holtz.

I used thin Chipboard i tried out different methods of coloring the bulb in, I went with the one on the end, I  covered it in with gesso, took Tim Holtz Oxide inks (Fossilized Amber) and went around the edges to get that glow effect. Next I went in with (Vintage Photo) then (Walnut Stain). After I assembled the bulb I added 3D Crystal Lacquer to give a glass effect. 

got my bulb on there surrounded by flowers, added white gesso to flowers and metal to make the whole thing flow together and thats all!

Light Bulb die

Infusions Color Pigments

Stamperia Stencil 

Crackle paste

Liquid Acrylic paint

Fluid medium

Stamperia moulds

art stones

XOXO Nicole