Showing posts with label mirror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mirror. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Don't Worry, Be Happy


A simple mirror frame but with such a lovely positive sentiment which you see everytime you check your reflection! The bare frame was painted with a very thin layer of white gesso, after the wood had been lightly sanded, to even it up a bit. Once dry, the surface was covered with various autumnal colours of Distress ink (another wonderful product that I could not do without). The flourishes are stamped, in Acrylic paint (Ranger Paint Daubers) using a stylised bird stamp from Elusive Images..... these are the tail feathers! Added the sentiment and once it was all dry, a coat of matte gel was applied for protection.

Saturday, 7 August 2010

Bird Mirror - Sing That Song!


Something a bit different today - a decorated mirror frame. The wooden mirror frame was sanded down with some fine grade sandpaper just to even the surface a bit. The whole thing was then painted with white gesso and allowed to dry before adding various colours of acrylic paint for the background. The stamps used were all by Elusive Images and finally a coat of matte gell was applied to seal it. I am sorry if the mirror frame looks slightly un-square! Taking the photograph from directly above would have meant that you would have seen a reflection of my ugly mug with a camera in front of it!!