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Found this egg crate in the trash and decided it needed to have new life.
Give a coat of gesso to prime the surface for mediums.
Mixed the two colors and painted the entire crate.
Let's prepare the surface with some yummy texture. Using Matt Gel Medium I adhered mini and regular art stone here and there. Dry completely.
Watered down Mint Julep was splashed here and there on the crate.
Let's make some letter blocks. I purchased these wooden blocks at my local craft store and had some grungeboard letters that fit perfectly.
Let's prepare the surface of the blocks, I wanted a dark brown so I mixed these two colors together and added texture powder. It provides a nice grit to the paint.
Make a similar paste with Terracotta, I did add more texture paste to this as I wanted it to be nice and chunky. Spray with water to cause medium to run and blend. Dry with heat gun.
It's starting to appear like rust.
I wanted some metal highlight here and there so using my finger I applied some Metal Effects - Gold to the surface.
Behind the blocks I wanted to fill in the negative space so I glued down some plant filler.
I made a cross from Air Dry Cay and once dried I gave it a good coat of crackle paste. Let this dry over night.
Once your cross is nice and cracked paint the two following colors randomly on the cross allow to dry a bit and then wipe off. The paint gets in the recess portion of the cracks for a nice effect.
I had this plastic key I purchased from Michaels for $1.50 and gave it a nice coat of the dark brown textured medium. Dry completely. Then add your terracotta mixture over the top and dry.
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The eggs were altered using watered down Cayman and then splattered with Black Leather Jacket paint for speckles.
And there you have a nice rusty piece. Hope this was inspiring to you.
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Have a blessed Easter and always enjoy the journey your on creating !
- Recycled egg carton
- Gesso
- Assorted Flowers
- Key to Alter
- Birds Nest
- Floral Filler
- *Velvet- Portabello, Terracotta, Kona
- *Stone Effect-Sandstone
- *Metal Effect-Gold
- *Sorbet-Chocolate, Mint Julep
- *Sorbet-Cayman, Black Leather Jacket
- Art Ingredients Texture Powder
- Art Ingredient-Art Stones, Regular and Mini
- Matt Medium for Adhesive
- Wooden Blocks
- Chipboard Letters
Toni Burks-Grijalva
♥ getting messy with my inks & paints. I hope I can provide some fun tutorials for your creative journey. Visit my blog @http://www.toni-burks.blogspot.com/
Rancho Cucamonga, California
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