I love the painting by Vermeer.
I started by colouring the wooden box with distress stain in broken china, when dry I painted on Picket fence crackle paint.
I stamped my image on to tissue paper with coffee archival ink and adhered it to the box with a glue stick
I tinted the image with distress markers scribbled on to my craft mat, spritzed, then painted on with a brush to give a nice soft colour.
I glued on some scraps of lace with glossy accents. then inked the bottom right corner with versamark ink to create a sticky surface for my frantage embossing powders.
They are designed to be heated from below so you need to start with a thin layer and add more while its still hot to build up the layers on a 3d item like this.
If you aren't happy with the areas covered with the embossing powder, brush off before heating.
Because I used a small inkpad I found I had a lot of harsh lines, so softened them this way.
I worked my way around the sides of the box and highlighted areas on the top of the box with the gold powder - I love the way it beads when you heat it slightly or on areas like the lace - you could brush away the extra powder to have a more beaded effect.
To finish off I added distress stickles and added a philosophy tag embellished with seam binding coloured with the left over distress marker spritzed stain from earlier.
Here's a few more pics for you....
Julie xx
gorgeous Julie. I love that painting too. have you read the book?-superb.
ReplyDeleteVery cool piece! I love all of the texture you've achieved on this really cool box. Your stamped image that you first stamped on tissue paper and then added to the box lid is a really cool technique! I love your soft colors you've added to her using the Distress Markers and a brush. Very very cool! <3 Candy
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