Hello Friends
This month at A Vintage Journey the fabulous Alison is our host and Alison's challenge is 'Cracking Up'. Here is what Alison had to say:
'Share your crackled projects - whether your crackle is stamped, painted, texture paste or any other kind of crackle. To be a winner or Pinworthy mention, your project must be in a vintage, shabby, mixed-media, art journalling, industrial or steampunk style.'
I was so totally inspired by my talented friend and team-mate Jenny Marples' September project, using Seth Apter's dies, that I bought one of the sets to make my 'Cracking Up' project for Alison's wonderful challenge. Here is my project...
To create the crackle background I used DecoArt Media Crackle Paint and when it was dry
I made a very light wash using Cobalt Teal Hue Media Fluid Acrylic mixed with water.
To create the 'wrapped' piece I followed a tutorial by Seth Apter and Julie Fei Fan Balzar HERE. It is such fun using bits of wood, wire and scraps of wool, thread and charms.
Here's another look at the final project, I added a Tim Holtz die cut dragonfly. The wings were cut twice, one in card and once in acetate. The acetate was coloured with alcohol inks. The body and lower wings were coloured with Distress Inks and then the body was coated with Ranger Crackle Accents. The words are Tim Holtz Idea-ology chit chat.
This month at A Vintage Journey we are sponsored by Tando Creative who have a prize for a randomly drawn winner. We will also choose three Pinworthies who will be offered a Guest appearance for a later challenge - so we hope you will join in!
Take care, hope to see you again soon!
Hugs, Anne xx
'Share your crackled projects - whether your crackle is stamped, painted, texture paste or any other kind of crackle. To be a winner or Pinworthy mention, your project must be in a vintage, shabby, mixed-media, art journalling, industrial or steampunk style.'
I was so totally inspired by my talented friend and team-mate Jenny Marples' September project, using Seth Apter's dies, that I bought one of the sets to make my 'Cracking Up' project for Alison's wonderful challenge. Here is my project...
I made a very light wash using Cobalt Teal Hue Media Fluid Acrylic mixed with water.
I cut the square using Seth Apter's Robo Square die by Spellbinders. I painted the squares with Viva Decor Rusty Paper.
Once dry I gave them a coat of Quinacridone Gold Media Fluid Acrylic and touched up here and there with Cobalt Teal Hue.
To create the backing for the piece, I did this in the same way as the squares. I also went around the edges of the piece with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to give a more 'aged' appearance.
This month at A Vintage Journey we are sponsored by Tando Creative who have a prize for a randomly drawn winner. We will also choose three Pinworthies who will be offered a Guest appearance for a later challenge - so we hope you will join in!
Take care, hope to see you again soon!
Hugs, Anne xx
WOW!! Fabulous crackle and design, Anne - also love those dies! xxx Lynn
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Anne, this is absolutely stunning!! Wow!! The cracked background looks amazing!! I love the squares and the wrapped piece!! The dragonfly is such a gorgeous focal point!! I love, love this my friend!! It's spectacular!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)
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Anne what a lovely make. Love Seth's dies!
ReplyDeleteAnne, this is truly stunning, when I saw it I was awestruck! Love, love, love. Hugs, S@ndy
ReplyDeleteIt looks fabulous Anne. I love the colours and all the texture looks wonderful.
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Anne, I love how you've combined the natural elements with the metal/industrial look! That dragonfly looks amazing as does your crackle background. You've done a great job with those "rusty pipes" and the wrapped embellishment is the icing on the cake! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteAlways love a bit of crackle Anne! This is a great project, love it. Happy crafty weekend, Angela x
ReplyDeleteJust AMAzING Anne. Since I have "harvest" on the mind lately... this reminds me of how your FABULOUS dragonfly sees the landscape below him in the late fall and winter months. Your BEAUTIFULLY CRACKLED squares are all fields - plowed in different stages of planting/harvesting. And your wrapped piece reminds me of a long roll of round baled hay wrapped in colored netting... stored and ready for winter use. And the charms are just the things that fall on top of hay as it sets - leaves, limbs, even flying debree! Love your dragonfly being able to fly free and enjoy the sights!!! Xj.
ReplyDeleteWow Anne - I will go back again and again to study your make - so much texture and so many great ideas!!!!
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Gorgeous Anne, love the touches of turquoise set against the brown/rust, works so well. The squares add wonderful detail to the backdrop. Love it. Have a lovely weekend. Tracy x
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful, happy piece of art. I love the contrast of the shiny pearl crackle against the rusty squares, and the wrapped piece "fishing line" is clever with the words and the pretty dragonfly. It made me smile. Alexandra xx
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful, happy piece of art. I love the contrast of the shiny pearl crackle against the rusty squares, and the wrapped piece "fishing line" is clever with the words and the pretty dragonfly. It made me smile. Alexandra xx
ReplyDeleteLove the mixture of the rust and crackle effects on your beautiful piece of art Anne!Your Dragonfly looks awesome hovering over his rusty grid work world too. Love it!!
ReplyDeleteSilly me, I forgot to send you some Hugs ((( ))) xx
ReplyDeleteHow very very cool Anne! This is such a great design with such an amazing background. Those dies are super! Thanks for the inspiration. Hugs, Autumn
ReplyDeleteOh Anne I adore this!!! You have absolutely nailed the whole composition and with those rusty squares, fabulous prayer stick and amazing dragonfly this is definitely a canvas to be supremely proud of. I'm blown away that in some small way I've inspired you but have to say this is all you - and you deserve all the credit for creating such crackled magic here xx
ReplyDeleteOoooh just fabulous Anne! Such a great design and your crackle background is just stunning against those wonderfully rusty squares. And then the dragonfly ....... just a gorgeous composition. Jennie x
ReplyDeleteOoh I am absolutely loving this! The crackle background is gorgeous and I love the colour. Cool squares and a supremely beautiful dragonfly! The wrapped wood with the charms is a wonderful embellishment too! xxx
ReplyDeleteAnother beauty - love the colour scheme and the alcohol inked dragonfly. Haven't seen those frame dies before butI love what you've done with them! Elaine xx
ReplyDeleteFantastic project Anne and what fantastic use of those Seth Apter dies!! The crackle backhround looks amazig and that dragonfly is just the perfect finishing touch!!
ReplyDeleteA lovely piece Anne, the background is amazing as is the dragonfly and I was so taken with the wrapped piece. Thanks for sharing the link, I found it fascinating, so simple yet effective. x
ReplyDeletewow anne - this is stunning - I love your design with the squares and the crackles are awesome - brilliant. I love the colours and the dragonfly is brilliant!!! Hugs rachel x
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Anne. Love the crackle , the gorgeous hues and your use of Seth dies and your Seth inspired wrapped piece . Your beautiful dragonfly finishes your project off perfectly !
ReplyDeletehave a lovely weekend
hugs x
That is stunning Anne, gorgeous crackle texture everywhere and I love the colour palette, beautiful! The wrapped piece is fabulous, have to check out that link! Thanks so much for sharing it, Deb xo
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing piece of Art you have created Anne. Love the crackle and the stick. Need to give this a try. Hugs Rita xxx
ReplyDeleteThose dies are great and look wonderful on your crackled background...great tones too. I LOVE your wrapped wooden piece...so different and so cool...love that you try new things. Wonderful piece Anne!
ReplyDeleteAnother stunning creation, Annie! If I didn't know better, I'd say this was an ancient tribal work of art honoring the dragon fly with poetry about it wrapped up symbolically! You take my breath away the way your creations tell a story every time!! Love and hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteFabulous cracked piece Anne! I love the colours you used. The combination of the soft aquas with the deep rusted pieces creates a wonderful contrast! The new die set is super fun, I can see you getting a lot of use out of that one! Love your wrapped piece with the little charms you added, and your dragonfly focal piece just gleams and glows! Gorgeous mixed media piece! sending hugs :)
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ReplyDeletethis is just Fabulous!! I so love the tied twig to compliment the whole piece! Bravo! hugs,Jackie xx
ps...I bought myself the same dies!
What a brilliant piece of artwork, Anne. I just adore those rusty frames, and the delicate tinting on the crackle in the background. Fabulous wire-wrapped embellishment too. Amazing!
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Such a wonderful work Anne. That crackle is amazing and I love the composition and choice of colors too.
ReplyDeleteThis is astoundingly gorgeous and those rusty bits are stealing my heart. I totally adore how you made the background, the foreground, the layers, the found objects and everything! If this design needs a home you have my address dearie. Loves it! Hugz to you muffin!~Niki
ReplyDeleteWooooow, Anne, this piece is out of this world stunning! You used all of my favourite products here, from that Viva decor Rusty paper to those fantastic Seth Apter's dies! Your faux rust effect turned out brilliantly and I adore your cracked background! So super creative! That wire wrapped embellishment is simply fabulous and your dragonfly is awesome! What a super cool piece of art this is, my friend! I love it to bits! Bravo! Sending all my hugs! Branka xx
ReplyDeleteA very cool design and cleverly thought out. Your crackle background sits beautifully within the design on Seths dies.
ReplyDeleteJulie x
What great way to "crack up" I love this Anne! Hugs,Chrisx
ReplyDeleteThose die cut faux rust frames look wonderful over your beautiful light blue crackle - love the look of that wrapped wire and your sweet dragonfly! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteSorry to be so behind Anne. This is absolutely beautiful! Love the gentle blues in the background and all the fantastic crackle. Stunning piece. I hope all is well with you. Have a good week. Nicola x
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous canvas with superb crackle and added elements. I love how you used Seth's dies to create the boxy background and the rust effects you achieved. Have a great week xxx
ReplyDeleteTotally fabulous project for Alison's challenge Anne xx love the background and layers here but the dragonfly and embellishment are stunning
ReplyDeleteSending you and David my best wishes
Annie xx