How to create a mermaid altered bottle by monica downing

This is the bottle I used. I also used a cork since this is a twist top bottle. Gesso and a brush.

Using Art Anthology Gesso cover the entire bottle. While still wet, separate the layers of your gauze and apply it around the bottle using the gesso as your glue. Lay if on there for added texture

Here you can see the gauze and gesso. I have left a window area where I will be applying my image a little later on. Now grab your crochet doily. I cut mine up. I wanted it to look like netting.

I used the doily to frame the opposite tops and bottom of the open area because I knew I would be applying my embellishments to these areas as well. Let this dry thoroughly overnight.

Now...let's add some gorgeous Art Anthology Color to this... I started with the greens. Misting Guacamole, Grass, and Fern Leaf around the bottle, but really concentrating around the opening area

The sand color you see is Cinnamon Toast. With the Gesso down it went on pretty light. After that dried, I grabbed my Chocolate and painted the netting. This took roughly 3 coats.

Once you are happy with the color on your bottle, grab the image you have chosen. I rolled the gauze and doily back a bit and cut my image to fit, then used 3 in 1 glue to glue it down.

These are the embellishments I chose. I painted the moss Tango and the seashells gesso. I painted the starfish buttons with the tango as well

Using my hot glue gun, I started gluing on the embellishments. I just kept layering them on until I was happy with the placement.

Some more pictures of how I placed my embellishments and you can really see the coral that I made from the moss...cool right?

For the back of the bottle I found this cool Mermaid Water Spell and printed it out and glued it to the back. I inked it up a bit to make it look worn

These leaf beads are super cool and they came in the large package of beads I picked up at Walmart. They really worked nicely as a frame around the image.

For the topper I got the blue open thread material on clearance at Walmart and also wrapped it with the green hemp cord. I sprayed that with some cinnamon toast tone down the brightness of the green.

The round beads around the rim are also from that package of beads and I brushed them with Chocolate after glueing them on to dull down the shine. I picked up the amber knob for the top at Hobby Lobby

And there you have it...a beautiful altered bottle for you to display or give someone as a one of a kind gift. Thanks so much for your time today. Have a beautiful everything.