Altered Vodka Bottle

Took the labels off and painted in black powertex, then added easy structure through a stencil and painted again with black powertex.

Then I pulled some resin mould shapes out and played around until I was happy with the design.

I painted all the pieces in black powertex, let them dry and then I used my new paints on them.

Now I know why they are called 'sparks', not too sure about the pink one though - lol

I used the purple metallic one on the bottle.

These are all the colours used in the other three pots of paint called 'sparks'.

In the sun it really is very pinky - lol

And I highlighted the stencilling on the back in silver.

Two Forks Plaque

 

Two ordinary kitchen forks, put on the gas to heat and then bent with pliers.

This is a third of an A3 clipboard with the metal clip removed.

I stencilled over with easy structure and then gave everything a coat of black powertex.

Then I took some bits and bobs out from the resin, wood and metals containers and arranged them to how I like them.

Once I'd sorted out the layout I used black powertex to glue them down.

Then I coloured it using treasure gold, alchemy waxes and pigments and varnish.

#powertex #rusteffects #upcyclingchallenge

Clipboard Plaque

 

I removed the metal clip and then cut the A3 clipboard into quarters.

I used some easy structure through a stencil and once dry gave it all a coat of black powertex.

Used fast cast resin in some new to me stencils.

Next, I built up a composition using resin and wooden embellishments, stuck them down and painted them with black powertex.

Just to give some idea of the depth.

And this morning I added some colour.

Love all that detail in the dragonfly.

#rusteffects #powertex #upcyclingchallenge

Up-cycled Gin Bottle

 

I'm taking part in an up-cycle challenge over on the Australia Powertex FB group. So what better to up-cycle than empty alcohol bottles.  Laid out the design and used black powertex to stick them down and gave everything a coat.

This is the other side and I've used pigments and waxes to colour it up.

On the sides I added easy structure texture paste and added a very large skull bone. I did the same on both sides.

And again, the front (or back) has been again coloured with pigments and waxes.

#rusteffects #powertexchallenge

Spooky House inspired by Finnibair

I came across a youtube video by Finnibair which I really liked, so I thought I'd give it a go with my own variations of course!

I used a Finnibair stencil with texture paste and sand and also some crackle paste in areas.

Once dry, I painted it with black powertex.

Next I pulled out some die cuts, metal pieces and some clay pieces to decorate with.

Next I laid out a bit of a plan.

This is a T!m die of the spooky house which I added crackle paste to.

Painted the spooky house in black powertex and re-arranged the elements.

I used the powertex to 'glue' down the pieces and then covered everything again.

Then I used metallic paints, pigments and interference paints / pigments to colour everything.

And here it is in the sun.

Triptych Powertex Workshop

The table ready and set up for us to go. As you can see there are three pieces of lovely ragged raw wood for each of us.

Alli giving us a run down on what we were doing and dishing out 'pink' gloves!!! Yikes!!!

First step, paint the panels with gesso and dry with a heat tool.

Lesley gessoing her panels, don't forget the edges!

Next we added some stenciling using the Powertex Easy Structure product, which is basically like a texture paste, modeling paste or grunge paste.

The girls adding their stenciling to the panels whilst wearing their pink gloves!!

We dried the Easy Structure with a heat tool.

This is about 3 steps later. Next we mixed a 50 / 50 of 3d flex and ivory powertex to make an icing like consistency to literally drop and slop across our three panels. We used a pallet knife to create texture and stringy bits, some of us added the sand balls in. Next we sprayed the powertex and 3d flex mix with bister and left it to dry on it's own for now!

Next we decided what embellishments we wanted to use and roughly placed them where we wanted them to be.

Using powertex we stuck them down on the panels, dried them with a heat tool and gave them a coat of gesso and then dried that with a heat tool too.

This one is Lesley's, she is just deciding where to place her embellishments.

And then all the additions got a final coat of ivory powertex, this is to ensure that everything dries hard, ie the corrugated cardboard. Everything on all three panels was then zapped with a heat tool and I'm not sure if you can see or not, but the bister over the powertex and 3d flex mix has started to crack.

Then the fun started. You would not believe how many layers of different colours of bistre and spray paint this has had on it, but basically I just kept going until I was happy with what I had. And if any of you eagle eyed people out there can spot some pink, well you'd be right, I used a bright pink with a mica in it!!

I left mine there for the day as I wanted to go back to it to do some dry brushing when I got home after it had 100% totally dried.

Chris admiring what she'd done and the rest of the girls in the background drying their panels.

This is Chris's once she'd dried it.

Helen is still drying hers as her 3d flex / Powertex mix was quite thick so took a while to dry.

Lin's, again she also had a thick layer of the mix, sorry the photo is a bit blurred but I was taking it over her shoulder whilst she was still drying it.

We finished up at the workshop and all decided to do the dry brushing when we got home after the panels had had time to properly dry.

So this morning, I added violet shimmer and yellow shimmer Decoart media sparys, dazzling metallics in berry and teal, metallic lustres in black shimmer, majestic purple, elegant emerald, brilliant turquoise and champagne ice until I was happy with what I had.

As the sun was out, I took them outside in the garden and took some photos.

Close up of the stenciled skull hi-lighted in black shimmer and the mix of powertex, 3d flex and sand balls.

Close up of the grungeboard numbers and wooden cogs.

Another close up of the stenciling and paste mix.

Close up of the stringiness we managed to achieve with paste mix and power cotton.

Love how the mix on this one crackled once heated.

Close up of the burlap and metal embellishments.

And one more close up, stenciling, wooden cog and paste mix in bottom corner.

Then I came back inside and took another photo. Obviously they look duller and you can't see the metallic as well.

Another close up of the middle of the middle panel.

Another close up of the key and cog sat on the burlap.

And finally a close up of the bottom of the right panel. Right in the bottom corner you can see the corrugated cardboard and sand balls.

I love how they've finished up really grungy even though I've used a lot of metallics to hi-light the textures.

We took this workshop with Alli Turner of Allison Turner Designs, please contact her through her website to arrange classes.