Free your heart

Morning lovelies........hope you're all well, sending hugs to those that want them!

Well, Saturday's shopping trip was a success, you wouldn't believe how hard it

is to find jeans for my 6 foot 3 17 year old son, we got there in the end....

......cost a small fortune though.....and then of course, I had to have a little trip

to our 2 craft shops lol!

As you might know, I've recently been having a play at mixed media....

.....and I'm loving it! Not been brave enough to show all my makes yet but this

one I'm quite pleased with. I started with a blank 5x7 canvas, gave it 2 coats of

 gesso then a coat of mica pearls....while that was still wet I dabbed it all

over with some scrunched up kitchen roll. Next I added some torn pieces of

paper & then to get the circles I used a bottle lid dipped in paint & dabbed all

over in random patterns. I made the heart with some air dry clay then when

 dry coloured with a Copic, added a thick layer of clear crackle paint. Once that

 was dry I dabbed a dark brown ink pad over the surface then wrapped the

 heart in some wire I pinched from my jewellery making supplies! Wings, key

 & cogs are all die cuts, I painted the wings & the key with mica paints, curled

 the wings slightly to give some  movement & then hung the key to the heart

 with another piece of jewellery wire. Lastly, I added the cogs, some gems,

 some clear dew drops & the words that I cut with my Silhouette! 

Phew, long post there..........thanks for sticking with me lol!

Gonna go tackle some housework now........wish me luck!

Don't forget, I have candy here........would love you to enter!

xx

challenges I'd like to enter
anything goes at Crafty Girls
something with circles at Craft for the Craic
anything goes at 613 Avenue Create
steampunktember at Anything but a Card