All that Glitters

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Today is a new challenge over at That's Crafty Challenge Blog and the Theme is,  All That Glitters. So come on get those sparkles and glitters out and have a play. The winner receives

                                    

Here is my inspiration for today's challenge, please go check out all the other Design Team's 

projects for more fabulous inspiration. 

                   

                                                  

                           

I started  by sealing a 6"x6" board and once dry, painted on a liberal coat of crackle paint. I left this to dry and carried on with my feature. 

I added  Texture Sand in random places onto an MDF butterfly. I covered the sand with Media Fluid in Black, and once dry Quinacridone Violet.

         

Once  the crackle paint was dry I used a  stencil and crackle paste to add flowers to my board. I added to the ageing look with Antiquing Cream rubbed over the background in Patina and Burnt Umber. 

 

Here you can see a close up of the crackle. I picked some bits of crackle off the flowers as I wanted to add something different to them later.

 

I thought the background looked bare, so I used a background stamp to add some more texture. 

For edges I used aged Ochre embossing powder. This formed a frame around the board and served to contain the butterfly

I added some rusty wire to the butterfly and stuck her to the board, then finished off with my sentiment, which was stamped onto smooth white card and ink distressed around the edges. 

What I used

From DecoArt  

All purpose Sealer

Crackle paint

Crackle Paste

Texture Sand

Media Fluids - Black, Quinacridone Violet

Glamour Dust

Andy Skinner stamps- industrial 

Archival Ink - Black

Stampendous Frantage - Aged Ochre

From my stash - rusty wire, sentiment stamp, MDF butterfly.

Well that's it for now. Try and pop back later as I have another post going live about 5pm. Take care and I'll see you soon. Debs xx