Saturday, July 30, 2011

Doing a spot of Weekending...

Good Morning,
I have yet to go to bed as it is now the wee hours of Saturday...life as normal in Blogdom. I am about to start a marathon all weekend crafting session so as to be a reasonably sane woman before my hols next week. DT work and project commitments tug at my sleeve... Absolutely adore designing for Simon Says but I really wanted to create something "off duty" and not miss Grungy Monday. Indulge in the pleasures of Rock Candy tricks here!
I painted a tag with Paper Artsy Snowflake paint, roughly blending Pumice Stone ink over the top when dry. Then I painted the whole tag with Rock Candy Distress paint swooshing the ink as I went. I was apparently a bit of a stingy spreader and had to do a second coat to get a decent crackle. You need to gloop... Now I see why there's a big pot on the market.
I then used a mix of Brushed Corduroy, Black Soot and more Pumice Stone inks to bring out the texture and tones. I wanted the look of old painted wood. I dived into my Wendy Art Parts and inked up the leafy flourish and layered it with the heart which has been inked up with Fired brick and Black Soot. I gave it a rough crackle effect with Paper Artsy crackle followed by Claudine Hellmuth Tan paint. Just playing with the monotone shades...
It needed a bit of contrast and more interest so I choose a touch of white with some gessoed chicken wire and a fabric scrap. The tag edges have been well distressed and inked and the Idea-ology helped balance things out. Always liking a touch of metal...

 You can see the Rock Candy effect better on these pics and also the twine which I bound around the heart. It just needed a hefty dose of Glossy Accents and half an hour lying under my Crop-a-Dile to get it all stuck down.  There's a lot of dimension going on so it is pretty hard to photograph, especially at midnight when it's just too dark.

After all that I am still very happy I made some time to play and now I feel ready for the big stuff...
I hope you like the monochrome tones. Thanks for being here, do drop me a line and let me know what you think. See you soon,

Sarah

22 comments:

  1. Love all of the monochrome tones, they look like vintage wood, so pretty.

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  2. Just gorgeous! Really lovely idea and beautifully done. Like the chicken wire - wondering why I don't have any?!!!

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  3. Love the rustic look of your tag Sarah! Beautiful tones & textures! Just returned from my hols, hope you enjoy yours! xx

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  4. This is fantastic! I love monochromatic and brown is a perfect choice here! Very well done!

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  5. Excellent tag, it really looks like painted wood, at first I thought you cut a tag from balsa wood. The warm colors and texture bring great depth to your piece.

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  6. Using chicken wire is just genious! Wonderful tag!

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  7. I love the monochrome tones and the heart is gorgeous and like Brian says just like wood. Great texture too. Enjoy your weekend. Tracy x

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  8. Fabulous! Not anonymous but Blogger won't let me comment as opossumqueen1955@yahoo. Grrr.

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  9. Well, what do you know...it DID let me comment. Go figure.

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  10. This really does look like weathered wood and I love the chicken wire. Fabulous. xx

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  11. You sure did achieve the old wood look - fab tag and I love the chicken wire!

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  12. You have done a fab job on this and I love it!! Got the chicken wire!! LOL!!

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  13. Ohhhh I love that vintage old wood worn look. AWESOME.

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  14. Looks awesome thanks for sharing.It has that wonderful nature feeling to it, love it!
    Andrea.

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  15. this is one marvelous piece!!!

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  16. This is gorgeous Sarah, I love all the texture and natural tones....and chicken wire too, love it :)
    Jenny x

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  17. I'm so glad you too a moment and left me such a lovely comment on my blog. Thank you! I'm really loving your artwork, it's fabulous!
    Kindest regards,
    Jennifer Ferrell

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  18. Gorgeous tag! I love the rustic style and the cracked heart is really beautiful. xx

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  19. This is gorgeous! Thanks for linking into artsee bloggers!

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