BEAUTIFUL ALTERED FRAME: a step-by-step tutorial-By DT:ARPITA TORNAL

Hello My Crafty Friends…

Its me Arpita, Creative Designer @craftyscrappers and i am on the blog today to share with you all a project which i made using a technique that is new to me,tried this stamping technique for the very first time.

Hope you enjoy the project and be inspired to try it too.I have an Altered frame to share with you ,its always fun to give a new life to an old product.

For this tutorial i have used, Craftyscrappers Chalkpaints

and the fabulous SHIMMER SPRAY-lushy orchid

But before I start, let me tell you our challenge for the month of JULY is ongoing,
if you have missed the previous post check it out here:

CHALLENGE#23:”MIRROR IMAGE STAMPING!”

challenge23mirror image stamping

You can create Cards, layouts, a journal page, Canvases, interactive/3D cards,
mixed media, altered art…anything crafty,
With the MIRROR IMAGE STAMPING technique in it!
But keep in mind, Craftyscrappers products as focus.

Last date of submission is 31ST JULY,2018

To win the amazing goodie bags !

So here’s my Finished project

I have primed the surface with 2 coats of white gesso and have covered the inside with a masking tape so i need not be worried about getting the paint on the photo area.

Have spread white crackle paint randomly using the pallete knife.

This is the fun part,i prepared some stamped images to make some elements for my frame.choose this flowery stamp have used a black dye ink to stamp my images.To make the mirror image of this flower I stamped the image on to the mirror stamp set from craftyscrappers and then placed a card stock over the mirror stamp and slowly pressed down and the image was transferred and i had a mirror image,this was a super fun technique.

U see the mirror image is light,i am no expert in stamping..so please excuse me and i wasnt too worried i just used a black marker pen to darken the lines.Then colored these images using some color pencils and fussy cut them.

Now it is time to color my frame,i have used Craftyscrappers Chalk paints-Dreamy orangepeel, Sweet-tea rose, creamy banana
and Lushy orchid shimmer spray to color.

I have diluted these chalk paints with little water and kept adding layers of thiese colors,drying them inbetween each layer of paint. till i was happy with the shades.

And finally added a flower , fussy cut elements ,thread.to add some interest have used some pollens and Briadal dress shaker elements from craftyscrappers and I was done with my frame.

Some close-ups:

So That’s all from my end today.I hope you like this easy to make mixed media CARD.
Do leave some love and feedback below and I will be back soon for more inspirations!

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