Monday 15 April 2013

Finnabair inspiration

Ooh twice in a day, get me!!

I have been watching a lot of Ustream and youtube videos lately to try to broaden my crafting horizons. I have fallen in love with the work of Anna Dabrowska and wanted to have a go to see if i could make anything remotely like it.

I took a series of photos to remember the process really and thought i would share with you.

firstly i covered this mdf blank in the sunrise/sunset papers by Anna from Prima, i then used some modelling paste through a stencil to give some texture, after drying this i added random bits of lace, ribbon and string onto the piece.

After this had all dried i applied a thin coat of gesso over the top of everything i had stuck down, it feels pretty scary at this point!


When the gesso had dried i then used dylusion spray inks in complimentary colours to spray over the gessoed pieces


I then. looked through my stash to find bits and pieces to add to the project, this is a great way to use up flowers that maybe dont match anything or broken bits and pieces, i stuck all these down with hot glue to ensure they would stay put!

I then lightly gessoed over the newly added embellishments, let this dry and sprayed again using more of the dylusions inks.
And here is the final product. I have to say i was quite pleased with the way this turned out, it is in fact a lot stronger in colour in real life, i have a large bay window in my craft room so its made the colour look a lot paler than it really is.
 

Thanks for looking.

7 comments:

  1. WOW that looks absolutely fantastic, love how you've just randomly stuck different things on and it's all just come together.

    Great colour choices too.

    Sam xxx

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  2. Wow indeed!! this is gorgeous Emma..I love the colours you've used, when you see the process it's a bit scary but Sam is right it has all come together beautifully!!

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  3. Wowzers it's fab! I'd never think to cover embellishments with gesso then use dylusions. Hmm you got me thinking now!! Take care Zo xx

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  4. That is so gorgeous - I know you tweeted the finished thing, but it's great to see the step by step photos. Go Emma!!! The colours are fabulous.

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  5. this is good:)

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  6. I'm so glad I kept going back through posts I've missed Emma because this is one fantastic project! It's absolutely gorgeous and thanks for showing the step by step pics.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  7. Stunning piece, each layer built up perfectly xo

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