Little Birdie Tinted metallics..Altered Kettle and Wall decor piece

Hi friends,

I am Ruchi here, with two very exciting projects to share with you today.Recently I was sent some

 Tinted Metallics by Little Birdie (ITSYBITSY).Thanks a bunch dear Rashmi Harish and Anitha for 

sending them over.Hence I am guest designing a post for ITSYBITSY using these tinted metallics. In 

order to show case the colors and the metallic sheen of these colors I have chosen two very different 

projects.Both the projects have multiple materials like clay,mdf,metal fabric,paper embellishments 

which will give you an idea as to how these colors look on them.

Tinted metallics are made to give a rich shine to your project and go on almost all surfaces.If you 

attempt some dry brushing,you can achieve great results in all your mix media projects.My first

 project is a mix media altered Kettle ,where in I have colored it with metallics. Second project is a 

decoupage project on fabric with metallic colors used with stencil.

ALTERED MIX MEDIA KETTLE

WALL  DECOR PIECE

The first thing that I did was to create a shade card for myself,of all the metallics I had in my 

stash(which are quite a few ,as i am very fond of using them in my regular projects).I have used black

 ,kraft and white cardstock to give you an idea .

Also I have chosen two contrasting background colors of my projects to make the comparison more 

clear.Kettle has black background and the Fabric piece is light colored.

Project :Kettle.

I am using a regular metal kettle to alter.The textures are created by corrugated sheet(paper) and 

cotton twine.The composition contains,left over chipboard pieces,clay embellishments,mdf clock dial

 and I have used the embossing paste  of Little birdie to give even more texture.The pics are self 

explanatory.

I have pasted all the embellishments with silicone glue and than painted the whole kettle with black 

gesso. For the coloring I have chosen Blue Waltz,Caribbean teal and Silver oak.

After coloring I decided to add some flowers!!!.Little Birdie makes the most awesome flowers and I 

stocked up quite a bit when i was in Bangalore for the Creativity carnival in December 2018.

The finished project looks like this.The metallics shine and give a very rich look to the whole 

composition.

I am extremely happy with the outcome and hope I have inspired you to give it a try.

Project:Wall decor Piece.

As I had explored most of the materials in my above project ,so I thought to use fabric also and see 

the effects of the metallics on it.For the same I had an old placemat which I decided to convert into a 

wall piece.On this I have done decoupage of tissue/napkin on the placemat. For sealing the tissue ,so 

that it does not get damaged by subsequent use of paints,I used Gloss Varnish.

Stencils used are also from ITSYBITSY.

Colors used in this project are Blue waltz,Caribbean teal,Silver oak and Golden Glaze.Also I have

used flowers,embellishments,burlap all from the store.Hope you like the project.The product is

excellent and I recommend to all to give it a try.

List of Products used:

1.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/art-supplies-craft-paint-metallic-paints/little-birdie/tinted-metallic-paint-silver-oak/pid-12929462.aspx

2.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/art-supplies-craft-paint-metallic-paints/little-birdie/tinted-metallic-paint-golden-glaze/pid-12929460.aspx

3.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/art-supplies-craft-paint-metallic-paints/little-birdie/tinted-metallic-paint-caribbean-teal/pid-12929468.aspx

4.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/art-supplies-craft-paint-metallic-paints/little-birdie/tinted-metallic-paint-blue-waltz/pid-12929486.aspx

5.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/papercraft-heat-embossing-embossing-paste/itsy-bitsy/embossing-texture-paste-50gm---aquatini/pid-12974496.aspx

6.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/art-supplies-mediums--textures-varnish/itsy-bitsy/decor-varnish-gloss--100-ml/pid-12954834.aspx

7.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/papercraft-stencils-decor-stencils/itsy-bitsy/stencil-irregular-dots/pid-12929964.aspx

8.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/papercraft-stencils-decor-stencils/itsy-bitsy/stencil-lattice/pid-12929966.aspx

9.https://www.itsybitsy.in/products/papercraft-stencils-decor-stencils/itsy-bitsy/stencil-baroque-design/pid-12930042.aspx

10.https://www.itsybitsy.in/SearchResults.aspx?search=clock%20sticker%20embellishments

Thanks my friends for being here.Loads of love and if you found the tutorial useful do leave a comment.

Ruchi

The Positive Vibes Hop-Flight of Faith-Ruchi Gupta

Hi dear friends,

I am Ruchi Gupta from Delhi.A big welcome to The Positive Vibes Hop.The purpose of our blog hop
is to start the new year on a colourful and creative note,spread positivity and good vibes.We hope
you will enjoy the mix media projects and pictorials we have prepared.

My project for this blog hop is FLIGHT OF FAITH - a mix media altered glass plate.My inspiration of creating this piece was to depict my flight of faith with two birds(which gives a illusion of movement).Faith is what I am hoping  for the year 2019.Faith in my abilities,being positive in any given circumstances and through this achieving goodvibes for self and within crafting community.

For the substrate I have used a glass plate as GLASS symbolises fragility and hence wanted to convey that however fragile you maybe(emotionally,physically ,socially or otherwise),Faith in your own abilities will keep you motivated and induce positivity.Once I am comfortable ,I get good vibes ,in any situation.

My project :

I am including some in process pictures for you to browse.I gathered all my supplies for the project first.A big size glass plate,one round mirror which was lying as scrap as the coating had worn off and a big clock dial.Apart from this I have hand cut the birds from sunboard /softboard using a template from the internet.

I have pasted some gears on to the bird to give an illusion of mind/heart in thinking mode.Next i added several elements like cloth,paper cylinders,flowers,clay frame and angel etc to give meaning and life to my composition.

I have painted most of the elements black as I wanted to use metallics to color the project.

Now the coloring process.

Materials used in this project: Glass plate,circular mirror,big clock dial of mdf,soft board,foam flowers,mdf embellishments,paper cylinders,cloth,resin embellishments.

Hope you enjoyed a peek into my thought process and liked the project.I am happy that you are here.Big thank you.

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Here's the Hop List

1. Riddhi Jani - https://riscreation.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-follow-your-path.html

2. Apexa Nagar - https://artismyheartbyapexa.blogspot.com/2019/01/positive-vibes-hop-secret-book-box.html

3. DuttPreety - https://chatterwithpreeti.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-vintage-art.html

4. Pooja Sharma - https://poojacraft.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-mixed-media.html

5. Aditi Mahajan/ Sunila Mahajan- https://dotstolinesblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-beautiful-moments-dots-to-lines/

6.Kavitha - https://kalalayaa-artclub.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-mixed-media_1.html

7. Uma Didwania- https://craftinlife.blogspot.com/2019/01/positive-vibes-blog-hop-bloom-fully.html

8. Aditya Khaitan- https://rangatstudio.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-wanderlust-to-valley-of-flowers

9.Bela Shah-  https://colorsncreationsbybella.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-blessed-altered.html

10.Priya Gajjar- https://priyasstudio.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-new-beginning.html

11. Ruchi Gupta- https://ruchicraftstudio.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-flight-of-faith.html

12. Aangee Shah- https://aangeeshahcreations007.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-immortal-beauty.html

13. Priya Mishra- https://quillingbypriya.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positive-vibes-hop-radiate.html

14. Hema Velcraft- https://velcraft.blogspot.com/2019/01/positive-blog-hop-spotlight-jan-2019.html

15. VidhiJadeja- https://arterycrate.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-positives-vibes-hop-altered-art.html

16. Kriti Mishra- https://handcrafted-expressionsbykriti.blogspot.com/2019/01/positive-vibes-blog-hop-mixed-media.html

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