Nautical Shrine by Katie Lamb

Hello Crafter's 

One more day to go to the weekend, woohoo! I am halfway through a project which I am looking forward to finishing. 

Tonight we have the wonderful Katie on the blog, fresh back from holiday she has a fabulous shrine to share, with a nautical theme and lots of rust - we love our rust here at AD :)I really like the contrasting blue here, and the embellishments at the top of each arch, balance the piece perfectly.

All the products used on this project are linked at the end of the blog.  

Over to Katie to share how its been created

Hello, I started off by assembling the MDF pieces, its best to do it at this stage because once you add paint the parts don't  always fit together. 

Once assembled paint with white gesso and use crackle paste over the large areas. 

Next add paint to the project and then apply a little rust paste.

Glue on some green net and fake moss. I recycled the net from some fruit packaging. (Great Tip Katie) and then glue down the embellishments. 

Paint the Scrapiniec pieces and then add a layer of crackle glaze. Once set dry brush with dark brown paint to bring out the cracks.

I painted the resin octopus with acrylic paint and then used the Prima Rust Pastes over the top. I repeated this on the shells too.

I decorated the shrine with mini shells, flatback gems and art balls.

Thanks Katie :)

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Thanks 

Jules xx

Products used from Artful Days Website

Scrapiniec Mermaid Mermaid-2505

Prima Rust Pastes Prima-Art-Extravagance-Rust-Paste

Resin Octopus White-Resin-Octopus-R7033

Acrylic Shell Iridescent Cabochons  Acrylic-Shell-Iridescent-Cabochons-CA3024.

Faux Green Woodland Moss Faux-Green-Woodland-Moss

Mini Shells Mini-Seashells-Capsules

Resin Starfish Starfish-Resin-Embellishments-E5003

From Katie's Stash

Acrylic paints

Boat

Large shell 

Sam K MDF Fishnet

Mixed Media Watch Box by Priya Mishra

Evening Crafter's 

So tonight it's Priya's first ever blog with us and its a fabulous project. I can just imagine the changing colours in the light as you turn it back and forth, and if you are giving a gift to someone, get rid of the box and make something like this to make it extra special. 

All the products used on this project are linked at the end of the blog.  

Over to Priya to share how its been created. 

Hello Crafty Friends,

Priya here with you today with my first project for Artful Days. I'm so excited to be a part of this wonderfully talented team and I simply adore the products from the store.

Jules is such a wonderful artist and I was so surprised to know that she hand cast all the resin embellishments in the store. They are so unique and lovable.

I also especially loved the MDF elements and they add so much depth to your projects. And the cute stencils too…

For my very first project as a Design Team Member, I decided to make a Mixed media Watch box. 

I started by coating the box, all MDF embellishments and metal elements with a coat of black gesso.

Once they are all dried, I dry brushed with Finnabair metallic paints Midnight Sky and  Dark Velvet alternatively. 

When the color dried completely. I applied Old Silver wax with my fingers where I wanted to highlight.

Then I created some texture all over the box using Artful Days Stencil. Once dried, I gave a coat of black gesso on the box again. 

It was a bit tricky to capture this piece in my camera as the colors are changing with the mood of light. But I loved this chiaroscuro effect here...

Thanks for looking. Hope you like my project

Hugs

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