Creativity Takes Courage xx

Hello there - another blog post from me.  I have been really motivated to grow in my creativity lately due to a wonderful friend supporting me and giving me lots of encouraging words of wisdom.

Here is a project I've just finished today and it took me over a number of days due to waiting for the crackle medium and glue to dry (very annoying).  Here is the finished article.....or box i should say !!

I purchased the box from That Craft Place and i had lots of fun assembling it....if you call getting wood glue in your hair and on your glasses fun !!

I then painted it with a couple of coats of white gesso from Decocart. I couldn't wait for it to dry so i used my heat gun to speed the process up.

Once dry i used crackle paste from Decoart to give it a bit of texture that i was looking for.

I really wanted to paint it as soon as but crackle medium does not like heat guns so i had to wait until the next morning for it to have worked properly.

I chose my favourite blue colour from Decoart and again waited for what seemed like ages for it to dry.  It was looking a bit flat and i really wanted the crackle to stand out so i started to rub it lightly with archival ink.  Still it wasn't 'dirty' enough so i jumped at the chance to use my new distress crayon in black and it achieved the effect i was looking for.  The distress crayon was so creamy and jucy......wonderful!!

I used my heat gun to set the distress crayon and i then chose my bits and bobs to go on the box.  I chose a heart from Prima from their Artifacts range and a light bulb for the lid.  Inside the light bulb i put a selection of small keys to remind me to 'unlock my potential' 

I also think the sentiment i chose from the Tim Holtz word stickers is quite apt don't you? 

A close up of the Prima Artifact heart i covered in crackle paste and painted it again in Decoart paint.

I went over some of the crackle with metallic decoart paint in gold and lightly brushing it over the raised areas using my finger, 

Here are all the products i used making this project

Thank you for visiting and i hope you like the project

Take care

Jo

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I am entering the Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge - anything goes