June 9th 2018
Something fishy going on here.........
Nearly time for the new challenge theme at the
Blank Page Muse Blog and this time our theme is the "Let's Go To The Beach" - fab theme for those where it's Summer but also great for me here in Oz - makes me feel a bit warmer as it's Winter here LOL!
I've made some Artist Trading coins which are all the rage at the moment and below is a quick step by step pictorial for you on how I made them:
Firstly I cut out my 2.5 inch circles - I had a ribbon role with a cardboard top and bottom which were 2.5 inches round so I used one as a template. And I used some recycled cardboard on hand from a carton of beer of all things LOL which I used to cut my circles from.
I added a layer of Gesso with a spatula to have a base for colouring them.
Next I used Gelatos in various colours to colour over the Gesso backgrounds - I coloured them, spritzed with water and used my finger to blend the colour.
Once dry I stamped with
Blank Page Muse Stamps and black Archival ink. I used various "sea" themed stamps including an anchor and 2 sea shells - all available at the store either individually or as part of the nautical themed sets.
I printed some collage images - couldn't resist using these quirky fishy themed kids from
Lisa's Altered Art - they are perfect!!!!
I fussy cut the collage images and adhered to the coin bases with a piece of muslin cloth.
Next I added embossing fluid to the edges of all the coins and "rolled" in Black enamel embossing powder and heated - love the effect and the black is so glossy!
And all done - love how they turned out!
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I'm also linking these creations up at the following challenges:
Also at the
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - where you have to add a critter to your creation which does include critters with fins!!!
