Saturday, June 13, 2015

Flaming Heart Ex Votos I from the Relics and Artifacts Collection









Hi, I've been working on this project for about 4 days.  It probably doesn't look like it took 4 days to complete, however, I would put one layer of texture paste on and let it dry for 24 hours before applying the next layer.  There are 3 layers of built-up texture paste on the wooden tag.  (I also added two more tag layers behind the first tag to hold the weight of the texture paste).

I learned this technique from a tutorial by Barbara at Joggles.com (along with so many other techniques - just haven't had time to try them all out). She used one of Tim Holtz's books to create a gorgeous look - as if the heart and wings (Relics & Artifacts pieces) are emerging from within the plaster/texture paste and are a part thereof.  This is a link to that tutorial and a picture of her most gorgeous completed book on Joggles.com:

  Worn Cover Transformed with Ex Votos

Be sure and check out Barbara's tutorials - she does an awesome job.  And, her shop, Joggles.com - is really awesome as well. 

Anyway, I decided to try out a large tag before going onto another larger project - to make sure I enjoyed the end result - which I did. I will use this technique on another project and probably use one of the Relics & Artifacts sets with wings as well.  The Relics & Artifacts line is by Sandra Everston for Prima - very cool pieces.

Thanks for taking a peek!

8 comments:

  1. Looks incredible! Thanks for the link to the tutorial!

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  2. bravo ! love it , Thanks for the link to the tutorial
    corinne de france ;-)

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  3. Wow Kathy! What a gorgeous project! So elegant and stunning! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. Looks like a cool technique! Such pretty textures! Looking forward to seeing it finished with colour.

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  5. Looks like a cool technique! Such pretty textures! Looking forward to seeing it finished with colour.

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  6. Absolutely adorable tag, it exudes such elegance, love the white on white and all that texture!

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  7. This is AMAZING!!!!! Soooo clever!!!!

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