Home made Saturday Home decor item

Barbara here with a mixed media project for you on this Homemade Saturday post.
Welcome to all my scrappy and crafty friends. Hope you find some inspiration here to try a mixed media piece for your own home.
My Tip - Read about different mediums and learn about their properties in response to water especially.  Read about gel medium, mod podge and whipped spackle, different kinds of paints such as distress paints and acrylic paints, and different kinds of ink such as distress inks and pigment inks.

Here is a photo of my completed project :

Recipe

You can use so many different things to make texture on your background.

These are some of the ones I used on this item.

colored tissue paper

burlap

old book pages

masking tape

drywall tape

canvas

cheesecloth

stencils and whipped spackle or gel medium

Before adding texture paint one or two layers of gesso on your chipboard piece or canvas which allows your textured items to stick better.

Next, after the gesso is completely dry begin adding items for texture and/or color.

I used blue tissue paper, some old book paper, on the first layer.

Adhere this with mod podge.

And for the next layer use your more cloth like items such as I used burlap, canvas, cheese cloth and drywall tape(which has texture).

Use a layer of mod podge on top of each layer and be sure your edges are mostly stuck down. It is ok if some are not to give you more texture.

Next I added acrylic paint by stamping with bubble wrap which I painted randomly with blue, green and beige paint. Before the paint dries use a spray bottle and spray with water and use a sponge or your fingers to spread the paint around. ( unless you want to keep the polka dot look you get from the bubble wrap stamping.

Next I used whipped spackle and stencils to add more texture.

Then after giving the spackle some time to partially dry, I used some perfect pearls powder to the circle stencils. I used gold mist and a paint brush to color the stars.

I used glitter paint  to add some sparkle to the bottom part of the piece.l

I edged some of the piece with purple distress paint. I then sprayed some water on the purple ink and spread it some around the edges.

Then you begin to add your foreground items. I used a set of stickers that was butterflies and gears that I found at my local hobby store. I attached these items with a strong solvent glue such as Helmar 450 or Beacon 3 in 1.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and you will get out your "messy stuff" and make something beautiful for your own home or for a gift.

My daughter snatched this one right up as soon as she saw it and plans to put it in her office.

Thanks for joining me today. As always comments and questions are welcome.

BARBARA

 Hope you have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by,