DecoArt DT project

Hi I am over on the DecoArt Mixed Media blog today with my latest project which is one of the etcetera tags sent me by my lovely friend Anne to play with. I would love it if you could pop over and see the tag in all it's glory and as you can see it's shabby vintage in style with a rusty collage.

Thanks for looking.

hugs Brenda xxx


Updated from DecoArt blog

Instructions :

Start with some DecoArt chalky finish paints and a brayer. Four layers drying between each one I began with Relic.

Repeat with Primitive...

then Restore...

and finally with Lace.

I wanted to keep some of the peeled paint look but also wanted it to be brighter and shabbier so I grabbed a 12 x 12 stencil, painted it with white tinting base...

and laid it over the tag rubbing it down with some kitchen towel...

so that when I pulled it away it revealed random mottled dots with a white fill in.

Look at the texture the white tinting base has to it just because it was sandwiched between the tag and the stencil.

Stamp into the spots using a text stamp, mine was an old one with French script on it. The two photos below show the technique and how it looked when I took the stencil away.

Start collecting together the ephemera and embellishments for this large tag. What I begin with isn’t always what I finish with...

Ink and alter them ready to use and layer up. I started with the metal pieces to make the attachment for the word band and these pieces were altered with Iced Espresso Metallic Lustre.

I put together the collage layer by layer...

layer two...

layer three with a grounding strip (where the feet will go) and brush the surface of all the papers with matte Decou-Page.

Give all these pieces a wash of tinting base to bring about overall cohesion.

Then add some Burnt Umber, Raw Umber and Quinacridone Gold around the edges to give a slight rust effect to it. Use the water spritzer and watery colours with a small brush adding and drying until you are happy with it.

To finish I added the film strip, metal number, focal photo and butterfly. Then add a button with some rusty wire in the hole at the top.