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