Around the House

Hello everyone!
If anyone needs a final bit of inspiration 

we have another project on the Around the House theme today.  

It really is a beauty and is by 

Dawn Heald:

I'm here to share an art journal page in my MDF book, 

using a few things from around the house

 to apply colour and stamp with.

I do hope you like it.

How I created this.

First off I covered the board with very thick layer of 

white gesso applied with pallet knife and left it to dry naturally.

Then with Fresco Finish Paints I used the palette knife 

to spread on thick uneven layers to make my sea and

again left it to dry naturally.

Next I took some small plastic nappy sacks

 (any plastic bag would work, thicker plastic bags will give chunkier 

more open look) and dabbed them in

the Alchemy Wax and proceeded to 

gently dab all over the board, alternating colour as I went.

Then I used the Bay Leaf stencil and stippled through 

Peridot Alchemy Wax to create a backdrop of sea plants.

Now some mixing:

Scoop out three small amounts of 

Media Texture Sand Paste and add

a different colour of Alchemy Wax to each one. 

Mixing the the pink and blue wax to get purple. 

The Alchemy Wax mixes really easily 

to create new colours and also into texture pastes. 

Apply the coloured Media Texture Sand Paste through 

TCW mini Octopus Stencil, omitting the octopus!

I really pushed the paste through the stencil 

to get a different look not as sharp. 

I let this dry for a bit then finished off drying with heat tool. 

Then put the stencil back on and drew through with a white gel pen.

To add detail to the background I found different sized lids from

 "around the house" and stamped with them using 

Starlight paints, Alchemy Wax and Stazon Midnight Blue midi ink pad.

Now I needed some sea life. 

I stamped, coloured and die cut my fish.

I used Distress Markers to colour and

I glued them to the background with hot glue.

 The stamps and matching dies are Heartfelt Creations. 

(My first products from them and I'm mega impressed 

at the designs and quality and storage packaging). 

I finished off with a stencilled word "Imagine" from DecoArt stencil,

 using the same Midnight Stazon ink in top right corner. 

Then added some Sequins and dots of 

White Opal Liquid Pearls coming from the fishes mouths.

I like the way the page shows the different textures 

and also the matt and pearly finishes. 

It's one of those you can't help but touch.

Many thanks Dawn for your lovely project

Here's what Dawn used:

Heartfelt Creations Stamps

Heartfelt Creations Dies

Stencils

Alchemy Wax

Starlight Paints

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint

Sand Texture Paste

Distress Markers

Liquid Pearls

Stazon Inkpad Midnight Blue

Memento Inkpad Black

Glue Gun