kerrie gurney : sculpture paste

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Celebrate Life Mini Pocket Album | Little Birdie Crafts

Hi Everyone Kerrie back with another project for Little Birdie Crafts

this time I have created a little mini album using their Celebrate Life 6x6 pad

This mini is so quick to create and you can use it to send gift cards or add some favourite photos from a special event or use it as a little brag book

to create the base you just need 3 and a half sheets of 6x6 patterned cardstock single sided or 3 sheets if you have double sided paper.

Step 1 | score the first one at 3" and fold in half, cut another sheet in half and adhere to the top outer

Step 2 | Cut a strip from the 6x6 patterned cardstock and adhere to inside right side and slot the first page insert to see where you need to score to create a wrap around

Step 3 | repeat as per 2nd insert to create your third and outer page

I have created mine to match up with the amount of pattern I want showing out the side to create the pocket layers

Step 4 adhere the pages together making sure to only add adhesive to the top and bottom edges as you want to create pockets

Using Sculpture Paste and a silicone mold I created some leaves, just leave in the mold to dry and then paint using White Gesso

using French Rose Chalk Pain I painted my Primed Chipboard Round Flourish

While the chipboard is still wet sprinkle on some Strawberry Lips Shimmer Hodge Podge and set aside to dry

next I fussy cut some pieces from the fussy cut sheets in the pad and then layered all my pieces on the front adding some handmade flowers as one can never create without some gorgeous LBC flowers

I then added some more Strawberry Lips Shimmer Hodge Podge this time using Gel Medium to adhere the bling where I wanted

finish off with punched out pieces and some journal cards tucked into the pockets (you can add photos or gift cards or a combination of all into the pockets if you prefer

Add some string wrapped around to hold the album closed

a look inside

a closer look at all the layers and details

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Mixed Media Upcycled Violin | Little Birdie Crafts

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Hi Everyone Kerrie back with another mixed media project for Little Birdie Crafts Blog

This project is an upcycle of my daughters violin which she hasn't used for many years. I had upcycled as a decor piece to have on display in her bedroom as a reminder of her playing days but as she is now all grown up and has updated her room, it no longer had a place in there and as I am a bit of a hoarder I have had it stashed away to revamp one day and that day has come.

See below for my tutorial

First up after removing all the old embellishments I painted the whole Violin with White Gesso

Next i created some flourish embellishments using Sculpture Paste in a Silicone Mold, I leave these over night to dry.
TIP; create them ahead of time so that you have some on hand for when needed.

I then added some texture using Stencil and Mixed Media Paste

when everything was dry I used Gel Medium to adhere all my handmade burlap and paper flowers, sisal fibre and flourish embellishments to the Violin
I love the texture that the Burlap flowers and Sisal Fibre bring to a project.

I then painted over everything with White Gesso and then added some more texture by adding Glass Bead Gel Medium randomly around my flowers

Then it was time to add some colour, I used Color Splash Sprays to colour. Starting with Paprika

I then added a splash of Gold Rush Color Splash Spray

Next Ocean Mist Color Splash Spray

I then added some Lemon Zing Color Splash Spray

and lastly a spritz of my own mix, Ocean Mist with Lemon Zing and Mica Powder for a little shine
TIP; Dry the colours off before adding the next colour using a heat tool this helps the colours from getting muddy.

It is so much fun to create your own Color Spray colours, you never know exactly what you are going to get but it is fun seeing what colours you can create and also helps when you don't have the colour you need for your project.

I added a swipe of Sailing Sky Chalk Paint to add some highlights to my flowers and the edge of the Violin
Don't you just love how rich this is looking

I added more layers of all the Color Splash Spray colours until I reached the depth of colour I wanted continuing to dry off between layers of colour.

I swiped on some Gel Medium randomly and added a sprinkling of Gold Micro Beads to add more texture to my piece.

To finish off I used my finger to rub on Rich Gold Metallic Wax onto the texture paste to enhance to pattern and to the Flourishes and also to the edges of the Violin

When I applied the Gesso I did it quite messily and you can now see how that also adds texture to the base of the Violin.

I left the embossed strips of cardstock I had on the Violin when I upcycled it last time as I knew they would add fabulous texture to my finished piece.