Showing posts with label Louise Withers.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louise Withers.. Show all posts

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Industrial Valentine

 
Today we have Brand Ambassador Louise Withers sharing a valentine project with us. 
 
1, Emboss card using industrial folders, I used 4 different ones. Cut them into shapes 
and arrange on a large tag, in a mosaic pattern. Do the same with a half heart shape.
 
2. Paint everything with white gesso, when dry spray or dry brush with black gesso, but 
don't totally cover the tag. 
 
3. Then dry brush with bonfire, then coco, then black, then teal. Keep building up the 
layers. 
 
4. When happy rub over with a graphite stick or pencil to bring out all the textures. 
 
5. For the heart use postbox, teal, choc  and black and repeat with graphite. 
 
 

6. Stamp splat then emboss. 
 
7. Place heart where you want it and draw round it. Use this to help you cut the mesh. 
 
8. Paint mesh with coco and bonfire, cut out heart shape but leave attached at one point 
and fold it out. I also added puff paint too. 
 

9. Stick down the heart, place the mesh over the whole tag and I've folded over the top 
and bottom to attach it. 
 
 

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Through The Craft Room Door Blog Hop


Hello and welcome to everyone that has joined us from the TTCRD blog hop. Today we have a treat for you, we are so lucky to have a fabulous Guest Designer - Louise Withers.

 

My inspiration for this project was this image of a Chinese Empress' Headdress. I decided to collage a children's hardboard book. Having painted it with gesso I stamped the Jane image into the centre, then added texture paste through the Damaged Damask stencil around it. I began to build up odd embellishments to form a headdress then stamped the same Jane image onto card and layered it over the first. I continued to add more embellishments to the headdress until I was happy with it.

Next I added white gesso over the whole thing before applying Pink Iced Gem, Burning Bonfire and Mulberry Bush paints. By spraying them with water they blended beautifully. Adding various Luscious pigment powders and some dry brushing with Raven Black Metallic Paint the whole headdress began to glow. I redrew some of the detail back in to the face and used more Luscious powders to give her some 'makeup'. To finish I added some highlights with Stickles.




You should have come to visit us from Ema's Blog and after you have left our Guest Designer Louise some love you need to be checking out Jan's Blog.

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