Create with Prima!
Hi readers! Happy Tuesday to you! I’m so pleased to welcome back Finn to Simon as a guest on our blog! What some of you may not know is that she was on our (now Wednesday challenge blog, at that time our only challenge blog) long ago! It’s fun to see how she has continued to inspire, create, & grow! She has created a really cool mixed media project for us today!
Enjoy!
I just love collecting vintage objects – and old photos and cabinet cards have a special place in my heart. Looking at them I’m always wondering what is the story of people captured on them, who were they and why their photos were left behind. To create this project I picked one of the cabinet cards I had in my collection and combined it with an old photo plate I found on the flea market.
Because the surface of the cabinet card was glossy I covered it with a coat of Art Basics Clear Gesso – and when it was dry it turned into beautifully matte, easy to work on surface. I added a bit of color to it using watercolor pencils blended with waterbrush and I stamped it a bit with Archival Ink (Jet Black) and Vintage Vanity Stamps to create more artistic vintage look.
My next step was applying Art Basics 3D Gloss Gel – medium which is not only great to create texture but also great dimensional glue – on the vintage metal plate to create interesting texture. Damask stencil was a great choice and the effect was just beautiful! I dried it with heating tool until it started to turn clear and I was ready to continue: building multi-layered composition. I used a selection of my Mechanicals and Ingvild’s Junkyard Findings which I glued down to the plate and photo with Art Basics 3D Gloss Gel. To add more dimension t the project I used 3D Foam Squares too – my favorite are from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. The combination of Prima embellishments and a bit of found objects added a nice, “grungy” touch to my little collage – and strong vintage feeling of course!
When the composition was finished I dried it for a moment with heating tool to make sure they will stay in place and I covered all my slippery embellishments such as metals or plastics with a coat of Clear Gesso to help my paints to stay on them. When the Clear Gesso was dry I sprayed them a bit with Color Bloom Sprays (Gold Foil, Iris, and Pressed Petal) and dried them again.
Finishing touches were made with a selection of 3 colors of Silks Acrylic Glazes: Ginger Peach, Boysenberry and Honey Amber. I took just a bit of this acrylic paint on my brush and dry brushed it in the selected places to balance the color and add some extra shine.
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Absolutely stunning. Every element is sheer perfection on this amazing work of art.
Gorgeous vintage project. Love the colours and embellies. Merry merry everyone. Hugz
Fabulous project! Love all the details!
Gorgeous textures and colours! Love the new Finn products.
Beautiful creation, love the gaed metal!
wow that looks great!
I love working with vintage pieces and this project is just gorgeous.
Gorgeous vintage creation! x
Great project! ;-)
What a fabulous piece! Love vintage.
This turned out really good. I love all the buttons. Good job. Thanks for sharing.
This is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE what you have done!!! I’ve ALWAYS LOVED VINTAGE things myself! JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!:D
Quite impressive! Great job on this beautiful vintage piece.
rugged and beautiful.
Fabulous project. I love her products.
Stunning project! Thanks for the inspiration!
What a great piece! Love this vintage look!
This is fabulous, love it.
Fantastic vintage project, so cool!!!
Love the vintage feeling of the project. TFS
Wow that is stunning!
Love the vintage look.
Stunning vintage project!
WOW!!! Amazing project….. sigh……. some day……. :)
Finn, you do amazing work! This is absolutely gorgeous!!! Love all the elements but especially all the different added paints, and finishes! You rock!
That looks amazing! I love vintage style, even though i tend towards CAS myself, but seeing those yummy creations makes me wistful…
Such a creative piece of art! I love how you added the stamping on the photograph!
This vintage art is gorgeous–thanks so much for sharing it with us!
Stunning creation!
Vintage has always been my favorite and this is a true work of art. What an amazing job! Merry Christmas to everyone!
Just getting into mixed media, but loving the Prima products! This piece is awesome.
that’s amazing. that someone could turn all those bits and pieces into something.
Great vintage project.
It’s an awesome piece. Love the vintage old photo and all the metal and texture with the embellishments. And I enjoyed seeing how Finn used the Clear Gesso with the Color Bloom Sprays. Those colors are so beautiful.
Very pretty! I don’t do a lot of vintage style, but I like looking at it :)
Stunning piece! Have always loved the Vintage look!
Fabulous!!! Amazing Mix Media creation!! I love it!!!! Thanks for sharing !!!
Such a clever girl! Beautiful vintage project and even your staging is beautifully vintage! WTG!
This is an amazing project – thanks for explaining all your special touches! Merry Christmas!!
Just BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the VINTAGE feel and all of the Details and Layers!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS CHRISTMAS WEEK and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!! =)
I love anything mixed media and this project today fab fabulous.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m happy you enjoy the idea!
This is so beautifully
made! Loving all the
elements on it.
Carla from Utah
Wow! I love how vintage-y it looks! So reminiscent of days-gone-by….
great mixed media project – Prima has some wonderful products to use for these creations. Love the composition of this, Finn!
Finn never disappoints! The project is beautiful, thanks for the step-by-step process.
This is really fancy! Look at all those embellies! Wow!
Welcome back! Such a gorgeous vintage project. I follow the blog by email.
What an awesome vintage project!
this is absolutely gorgeous! the attention to detail is just amazing!