Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Have a Heart


I wanted to play with my new colours of chalky finish DecoArt paint. After a coat of gesso I painted the mdf wooden heart shape with a couple of layers of lace. Then patiently waited whilst a coat of weathered wood dried and applied a coat of romance on the top to create this fantastic crackle.


Once dried I used my finger to edge with carbon black chalky paint.


Close up of the fab crackle.



I also got some new to me stencils. I didn't realise how huge they were!!


I used black media DecoArt modelling paste through the French Script one. (Love this stuff, but you probably already know that!!)


I went back in with black to define the edges more and then when dry added a couple of coats of DecoArt media satin varnish.


And finally I added some hemp and some beads.


And the sun came out.

All products are from DecoArt.

PanPastel Uk have a theme of love is in the air.
Stampotique have a theme of it's all love and hearts.


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14 comments:

  1. massofhair11 February 2015 at 15:30

    Fantastic heart Sam, the crackle as always is fantastic. The stencils from that range are all 12x12 but they do have smaller in different ranges, hope you get some of those to play with too.

    Great to see you enjoying DecoArt and playing with their products a lot:-) xxx

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  2. chrissie11 February 2015 at 17:08

    Wonderful effects Sam and so good that the sun shone on your heart to make it look perfect.

    Love Chrissie x

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  3. Helen11 February 2015 at 19:21

    wonderful crackle, love the colours!! really nice to see the sun out too.

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  4. Claire11 February 2015 at 19:39

    Lovely crackle Sam! The black and red colour combo is beautiful :-)

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  5. Julie Lee11 February 2015 at 19:49

    Wow! What a difference the sun made! I love how you used the red and what amazing crackle! I like the beads too. xx

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  6. Kirsten11 February 2015 at 22:03

    Wow! That is so gorgeous.

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  7. Deborah Wainwright12 February 2015 at 07:56

    Love your heart Sam it came came out fantastic. Xxx

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  8. craftytrog12 February 2015 at 10:06

    Love it!!! xxx

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  9. Sue13 February 2015 at 11:04

    This is really good Sam, love the crackle xx

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  10. Ruth13 February 2015 at 21:24

    How beautiful, love your black edged heart! Ruth x

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  11. Unknown14 February 2015 at 20:12

    Fantastic crackle Sam and love the colour(s)

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  12. Anjie16 February 2015 at 10:16

    Great project. Thanks for joining us in our Love is in the Air challenge at Premium Crafts Brands Challenge blog
    Anjie (DT)

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  13. Gez Butterworth19 February 2015 at 09:05

    Totally GORGEOUS!
    Thank you for joining the Stampotique Designers Challenge. Gez

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  14. *Arwen*4 March 2015 at 11:30

    Fantastic heart!
    Thanks for joining us at the Stampotique Designers Challenge :)

    xx Arwen

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