Spooky Altered Mask - Mixed media - Video tutorial

Hello All,
This is Bela and today on itsybitsy blog I have  an altered mask for you... Yes its spooky !!! totally out of my comfort zone as I am a person who never watches horror  movies... let alone movies I cant even watch a trailer...

I had bought this mask from a fair long time ago and it was lying somewhere in my stash and i took it out few days ago so that i can work on it... and one day when I got up in middle of the night for a drink of water i saw it and for a moment I got scared... ha ha ha... then I told myself... come on Bela its just a mask which you bought ... That's when the thought came that i can make it more spooky than it already is n here I go... I have also made a video tutorial for the same. Hope you enjoy the process.

Here's the step by step Instructions...

I gave the texture to the whole mask with tissue paper. I used deco magic glue to adhere the tissue in such a way that it had wrinkles so give the added texture to my mask.
Primed the whole thing with black Gesso and dried completely. Embellished the sides of the mask with some steampunk, wooden and metal embellishments..... left side i kept it more heavy then the right.....

Also added die cuts on forehead and left side of face near eyes n right side of face near the chin . Once was happy with the compilation i covered everything in black gesso again.
Now it was time for the coloring part... I chose metallic . I started dry brushing in various tones of green, blue and purple n pink also added touch of gold and bronze to it.....

There my mask was ready..... I was somehow wanting to convert it into a decorative wall piece for home decor... only mask would do that work but that to add a panel behind it and also a beautiful fan for the added decorative value.... for that i took 3 layers of 8 mm mdf ring with width of 1.5 inch... stuck it on a 2 mm mdf 12 inch board. i needed the depth where my mask will fit. I primed the rings base n masks with Gesso .

Kept the ring plain black so my mask n fan become focal point... After priming the fan with black gesso i just colored the folding strips with all the colors I have used for this project. I have also added a bulb by making a small hole in the back of the panel base... so at night can serve as night lamp which is gonna scare the hell out of you.  wink wink.... not you all but i m sure me...
I hope you like the project which is very different than my normal style....

Few Pictures:-

With Light Inside it

Video Tutorial Link :- 

Thank You  for stopping by 

Love & Hugs Bela

ART - CEMENT CANVAS - Step by Step pictorial

Hello All,
Bela Shah here!  Hope you all are doing good.

Today I am going to share two projects which I created using Itsy Bitsy’s home brand Little Birdie’s Craft Cement

Home Decor Cement Canvas

With so many things possible with cement I thought why not create something which can revamp my tiny little side table with something classy n chic .... just like we make decorative canvases I thought why not make a cement canvas which can look amazingly cool with  some different style.  Side tables can be trickiest furniture to decorate as the size may limit what you can do with them which is why some people set it down with a lamp or a plant and call it a day... but we crafters have loads of different ideas which we can use to give a different decor depending on the occasion or the mood.
So Lets get into this projects step by step tutorial.
First I mixed a good quantity of cement adding water little by little as i wanted my cement mix to be thick . Once I was happy with the consistency i poured the whole mix into a cookie container.... u can use soap moulds, any container, any lid of any shape or size to get this done.....

 

As soon as the mix was set properly I started adding some dry fillers to it . I just pushed the ends into the cement so that it gets stuck in it when it dries. after that I added few Roses to it. to give it a more natural look I added some white stones n some art stones to the bottom of my composition. I left it to dry spraying water to the top layer time n again to stop cement from cracking. I let it be in the container for 3 to 4 days just spraying water whenever i thought the top layer is dry.

Now time to unmould the artwork. I simply pulled the container outwards from all the sides so that it separates from the edges. I placed the container upside down on a thick napkin so that I don't ruin the delicate fillers and pushed the slab downwards . It came out perfectly . My cement canvas with dry fillers, flowers and stones was absolutely ready n looked gorgeous to adorn my side table.  I have used dry fillers and solawood roses. You can use any paper flowers , twigs, shells, stones, pebbles, bottle caps, metal flowers etc to make your own decorative piece. The list is endless n the look will be totally different keeping the base constant.

I loved the piece but felt something missing so I just added a  title ART just to give that personal touch . With couple of potted indoor succulents and my cement canvas on easel my side table got a super new gorgeous look. I hope you all love this as much as do.

Now time for second project.

Home Decor Pinewood Panels

A super simple  decorative panel which found a beautiful place in my Bedroom. When I made this I never thought that it would fit so beautifully on my bedroom accent wall which was empty .

I mixed cement with water keeping the consistency little watery. Reason being I wanted to use this craft cement as paint. Yes you heard it right.. I wanted to just give a coat of cement to my waste paper flowers, leaves  and few twigs.

I gave a coat of this cement mix to the twigs , flowers n couple of leaves and let it dry completely... i didn't have to spray these with water coz already the cement had enough water and a thin coat on twig wont crack. after all the flowers were dry I added little gold metallic paint to few petals n edges of the flower so that they look gorgeous. I also left couple of flowers as it is as i didn't want the importance of cement diminish. after all they are painted with cement for a reason right?

 

I had plain some pinewood panels. So one one panel I added just the cement coated twigs, one gold painted flower and one plain cement coated flower and bingo one panel was done. One second panel I added on plain twig and one cement coated twig just give a bit of variation added just one big gold painted flower, couple of leaves and one plain filler flower. My second panel was ready. you can also make one big panel instead of small ones or make 4 or 5 small panels instead of just 2... I mean anything is possible.....

some more pictures of the look they gave my bedroom !!!

 

My both projects are super simple and doable. I hope with some artistic touch and a bit of creativity I was able to do some beautiful and gorgeous projects which will inspire you to create something for your home too.

Thank you for stopping by !!!

Love & Hugs
Bela 

BEAUTIFUL - Mixed Media Art Journal Page Process

Hello ,

I hope you all are doing good !!!

This is Bela and today I am here to share a beautiful and vibrant art journal page with you all.... 

Thank you all for liking my previous art journal pages and all the lovely comments. This surely motivates me to do more... Also let me know in the comments section if you would like me to make a video tutorial.

As of now I am using a archival journal with 400 gsm cold pressed paper. This page is very thick and I don't have to worry about the paint or my colors bleeding onto the next page.

For this Page first I added a vibrant fushia pink and orange with a sponge roller onto my page. the page was totally covered with the paint without leaving any white. I took white gesso on the sponge and dabbed onto the stencil . once white gesso was dry then I dabbed golden paint onto the stencil . basically white gesso was used to bring out the gold. the stenciling can be seen clearly in the picture below.

After I was happy with the way my page looked I took a beautiful vibrant tissue from my stash which had these huge orange flowers. I adhered the tissue using decoupage glue. I purposely adhered the tissue in such a way that there would be wrinkles. I love the texture they give and it adds little more interest to my page.once it was dry I stamped the script stamp with black archival ink to left and right edge of the paper.  Also I used texture paste to add some script to the center of the page and some here and there. Also after this white texture paste was dry. I dry brushed gold acrylic paint onto the script texture.

I stamped the sentiment beautiful at couple of places on the page and also filled up the negative space to give the bold font. 

last but not the least I distressed the edges of my page with black archival to give it more depth and definition.

 I absolutely loved the way this page turned out . Vibrant background with almost same colored flowers... stenciling, flowers, stamping everything complimenting each other and making the art journal page so BEAUTIFUL

some more close ups....

I hope you all love this page as much as I do.... Thank you for stopping by.

Love & hugs
Bela
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