I felt in the mood to do something quite painty and textural, and I got some more of these lovely wood frames from Happy Daze which are great for slapping on lots of layers. To the texture paste and paint I added some puddles of little seed beads set in Glossy Accents. I went with a Great Britain theme as I wanted to use a combination of the Crafty Individuals' British stamps, and the Papermania Portobello Road papers and matching stamps, using the stamps to make the shrink plastic embellishments.
The flowers are dipped in UTEE in the meltpot. My favourite bit is the big ben which you can see peeking out behind the flowers.
I also used a teapot charm, with a circle of the Portobello crown paper.
I used the Crafty Individuals' coin stamp on shrink plastic and added it to a bottle cap and finished it off with a crown. I cut bunting from the Portobello papers and added it to a piece of red ribbon stretched across the roof 'ceremonial sash' style.
Awesome, love all the little elements ... and whatever you say, it looks very patriotic to me (lol)
ReplyDeleteAn amazing mix of textures and embellishments to make this one Lucy. The colours are perfect for a patriotic theme and the little shrinkie elements are fabulous. I just love the crown on the top.
ReplyDeletehugs {brenda} xox
this is great and lovely and textured - lots of things going on to look at.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, you are the source behind my using shrink plastic and adding bits of beads/glitter! I may just have to ask Brenda to pay you a visit and accidently grab something to bring to me when she visits! Ha!Ha! I can only imagine how divine this creation is in real life! Love it, my friend! Glad you came out to play!
ReplyDeleteOh wow how fantastic Lucy!!! Love all the texture.
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy, a real wowser, I love it, especially your little red bus and beautiful shrink plastic minis. love all the textures makes me want to run my fingers over it, fantastic project. XX
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful projEct- the colors are ust wonderful! I love all of the fun elements you added.
ReplyDeleteWow Lucy, loving all the details, marvellous!
ReplyDeleteSam x
What a fantastic frame! So much to look at, and a wonderful souvenir of this special year.
ReplyDeleteOoh! Gorgeous!!! You're so good at these mixed media pieces Lucy! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous Lucy, loving all the details. x
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy. Fabulous project. So much to look at. Love all of the embellishments especially the seed beads.
ReplyDeleteRegards Florence xx
what a handsome frame! xo
ReplyDeleteA fabulous frame Lucy, I love all the diferent textures.
ReplyDeletexxx Hazel.
Love this, especially all the extra textures/shrinkies... very fun!
ReplyDeletethis is so lovely, love all the texture and the mini elements that you have used
ReplyDeletehugs
Wow! What a stunning frame!!
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