Create inside a Frame - A Vintage Journey- September 2016

HI Everyone and Welcome

How you all doing? Hope you've all had a great week and are all set to hear about our September Challenge over at A Vintage Journey. 

This month, our lovely Julia is the host and her chosen challenge theme is:

'Create Inside a Frame.'

'For this months challenge we would like you to create something inside a frame. Whatever you use show us how you have incorporated a frame in your vintage , shabby, mixed media, art journalling, industrial or steampunk project. We can't wait to see all of your creative frame ideas'

I'm sure you'll agree its a fabulous challenge Julia has chosen and as always there will be a random winner who will receive our Deco Art sponsor prize and 3 pinworthy winners who will be chosen by our Creative guides.

I think I must have had the last three AVJ Challenges in mind when I created my project for Julia's challenge.  I have been creative inside the framed area of a mirror using texture paste and a selection of Tim Holtz layering stencils keeping it all very monochrome! 

The frame was measured and divided into 9 sections.  The sections were cut from mount board , primed with gesso and painted using Black Soot distress paint .

Each panel was then assigned a Tim Holtz layering stencil and worked on individually applying  Ranger Transparent gloss texture paste through the chosen stencil. A lengthy process but then if  a jobs worth doing ..... 

Heres a few of the panels in their glossy state .

Silver gilding wax enhanced the stencilling and gave it a more distressed metallic appearance , whilst still retaining a slight sheen, light dependant. 

After priming and painting the mirror frame with Black Soot Distress paint the panels were positioned and adhered in place.

 The corner trims and horizontal panel dividers are Tim Holtz industrial stickers (Frames and Trims) and the vertical dividers are lengths of the outer frame of Tim Holtz Alpha Parts with  eyelets and ideology fasteners used at the points of intersection. 

Now for some close ups of the Tim Holtz layering stencilled panels beginning with

the Gothic and Lattice layering stencil

the Numeric and Harlequin layering stencil 

 

the Flourish Layering stencil  

the Mesh layering stencil 

and finally the Cargo and Tracks Layering stencil and as a finishing touch -a simple small talk sticker

'Be your Beautiful Self'.

   I hope  I have offered some inspiration with my 'Create in a frame' project . If you haven't already be sure to pop by A Vintage Journey to view some of my fellow Creative Guides  projects - there are some fabulous creations to be seen.

We hope you will be able to join in with the challenge and as Julia says ' We can't wait  to see all your creative frame ideas! '

I would like to enter this into the following challenge: 
That Crafty's- All Square Challenge . 
(The mirror is square and each of the 4 corner panel's are square)  

 Thank you all for stopping by today.
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Hope you all have a lovely weekend
Take care

and 
keep on the happy side 

Amanda 

xxx