Wall Hangings at The Mirror Crack'd

Hi everyone, It's time for the October Challenge over at The Mirror Crack'd where we have a Tic Tac Toe board (see below) to inspire you along with the main theme of Wall Hangings. I love that being on this design team is challenging me to try new things and this is my first attempt at a Wall Hanging. 

If you want to do a wall hanging then you do NOT need to do any of the other squares but you can choose a line that runs through the centre for additional inspiration if you want to. Or you could pick any of the lines around the outside of the square and miss out the wall hanging altogether. If you do use the Tic, Tac, Toe, please tell us in your post which line you have used.

We are thrilled to be sponsored by 

www.woodware.co.uk.

With a prize of £12.00 to spend at your favourite Woodware Stockist, either in store or on line.

For my wall hanging I started with an oval wooden blank which I painted with acrylic paint. Once that was dry I built layers of printed tissue paper, stamping, and texture paste mixed with perfect pearls applied through a stencil.  

The flowers are Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die cuts, painted with acrylic paint over which I applied Distress Crackle paint in rock candy for texture and Stickles glitter glue. 

The quotation is stamped onto sticky back canvas and edged with Gellato which I've gone over with my water brush.  Don't forget to pop over and see the beautiful samples from my team mates and I hope you feel inspired to join our challenge.

Happy Crafting - Esther xx 

The Mirror Crack'd...Canvas challenge

I'm very excited to announce I have been lucky enough to join the design team for the fabulous Mixed Media challenge site The Mirror Crack’d.  Thank you to the girls for making me so welcome, it's going to be so much fun.  I have jumped in with both feet and am hosting this months challenge and the theme is ‘canvas’.  I used a sticky back canvas sheet as the base for a journal page.

I started by applying cracked texture paste through a sequin waste stencil and also some plaster fabric (modroc). Once this was dry I coloured with Gellatos, blending with a damp baby wipe.  The final background layer was some stamping - dots and crackles.

The cute owl is stamped on patterned paper and paper pieced, I coloured a few details with inktense pencils and added some glossy accents. A little banner across the corner and the stamped quote finished off the page.

The winner of this months challenge will be invited to join the team for a guest design slot - I really hope you share your canvas creations with us...Happy Crafting...Esther xx