MessyCreations by Hina: May Inspiration "ART" for 2Crafty Chipboard

Mixed Media Frame

"ART"

Hi friends..

Back on 2Crafty Chipboard to share my inspiration for this month. I altered a wooden circular Frame in Mixed Media as a beautiful home decor piece, using some of the gorgeous chipboard pieces from 2Crafty.

Creating textures is one of my favourites in mixed media.

Here on this frame, I did a lot of crackle effect.

The frame is from Woodouts, it was in two parts - a ring and a circular panel that I glued together to use it as a frame.

I started off with Finnabair's heavy white gesso all over the base, followed by a generous amount of crackle effect paste. I left it to dry on its own for a few hours. Drying crackle paste in the air gives better results than using heat tool.

I have used three different designs of chippies here, colouring them using Finnabair's acrylic paints.

For the Berry Wines chippies, I have applied the colour "Golden Moss". I love this colour and you will find it in most of my projects.

I applied Finnabair's acrylic sparks in "unicorn's hair" to the corner flourishes and the vintage frame that I've cut in half and used on the picture. This colour gave a lovely shine to the chippies.

Tip: Use a small piece of sponge to apply colour to the chippies for a textured finish.

Next, I arranged the elements, focusing on designing mainly on one side and minimally on the other. I created layers with chippies, some leftover pieces of clay embellishments, metal pieces, old brushes, paper blooms and a sticker photo from Finnabair's words you need - Art Daily Sticker Pad.

To add some colour, I used Finnabair's Acrylic paint in "Romance Pink". I was inspired by the moodboard of Mixed Media place current challenge to use this particular colour in my project.

I loved the outcome with this colour.

I then added some finishing touches all over with Finnabair's waxes in "vintage gold" and "mystic turquoise".

And finally, some Finnabair's vintage Art pebbles and art stones and some pink micro beads.