Alter / Upcycle Wooden Frame : Inspire

A wooden picture frame had been lying around, all lonely and sad for the past few years. I finally decided to give it a new life, by applying some mixed media techniques to alter / upcycle it.

I used gesso, texture paste, some charms, chipboard diecuts, and lots of ink. Yup, I did capture the process on camera. Embedding the youtube video below:



 And here a close up of the quilled "Inspire".

 Happy Crafting!

Precious Moments

With the last year of school coming to an end, it is time for this lovely group of friends to take on bigger challenges in life. Though they might not be in the same class room, or institute, or get to meet each other everyday, the Precious Moments spent together will always be cherished.

That was basically the idea behind this diary, which was meant to hold lots of love shared amongst these parting friends.

For this project, I mainly worked with the Tales of You and Me collection by Prima. Added texture using stencils and stamps, and shimmer with Twinkling H2Os.



Entering this into:
My Time to Craft, Challenge 318: Girlie
Through the Purple Haze, Challenge #98: Flowers

Mixed Media Coasters

I made a couple of mixed media coasters, for Challenge #3: No Flowers. The challenge requirements, this month, are pretty simple; anything goes as long as there are no flowers on it.

I've been wanting to make some coasters since a very long time, and so I seized this opportunity to create these colorful and artsy pieces, which would also make perfect gifts for Ramadan.

For the above, I started with a clean piece of MDF, applied the "Bokeh" technique, using acrylic paints to create the background, stamped the mosque / masjid on top (I designed this stamp myself ), and finished it off with a silver braid.

I worked with multiple layers on this one, to create a textured and aged look. After the final inked layer, I lightly stamped a doily using paint. Once dried I stamped the image using archival ink. Then, with a very light hand, I smeared crackle paint all over the artwork. Once dry, I colored in the image using Ice Stickles, and painted over them with white paint. Finally, the sides were sanded and finished off with a silver braid.

 Tried to capture the glitter and texture in this image.

Products used:
Mosque / Masjid Stamp
MDF blanks
Acrylic Paint
Distress Crackle Paint
Distress Ink
Ice Stickles
Bloom Color Spray