You Know You Are Loved

Hi it's Lisa S  and I'm back for my second week as eP's guest designer. I started my home decor project by altering six playing cards with a light coat of Liquitex Acrylic Gesso and I set three aside for future use. The remaining three cards received various mixed media treatments using fab products you can find in eP's online store. I love to play with stencils so I grabbed Wendy Vecchi's Checkmake stencil, Tim's layering stencils-Hearts, Clockworks and Latticework, and The Crafter's Workshop 6x6 stencils-Mini Art Is,  Mini Time Travel , Mini Love Post to help build my backgrounds. 

Before

After

I spread a coat of Wendy Vecchi's white embossing paste 

over a Tim Holtz Heart layering stencil, dried it and spritzed 

with a coat of Dylusions Postbox Red ink spray.

On my second card I used TCW-Love Post stencil

and spread Wendy's white embossing paste over it,

let it dry and spritzed with Dylusions Postbox Red ink spray.

On my third card I used Wendy's Checkmake stencil

and white embossing paste, then I sprayed it randomly

with Dylusions Postbox Red and Marbled Black ink sprays.

I added more color and texture with Faber-Castell red 

and black Gelatos and silver and snow cap Adirondack paint

dabbers as well. To apply my red gelato I rubbed some on 

my non-stick craft mat, spritz some water, mixed it together and 

used a paint brush to apply. I wanted a pop of blue so

I dabbed Ranger's Perfect Medium in random places 

and brushed on Forever Blue Perfect Pearls. 

On this card Wendy's Checkmake stencil

was laid on top and Dylusion ink sprays-

Postbox Red and Black Marble was

spritzed over. Another layer was added with the 

TCW- Mini Clock stencil and embossing paste.

Adirondack paint dabbers {silver and snow cap}

highlight the raised stencil areas. There's a wonderful

text stamp in Tim's new Nature Walk set and I 

used it on all three altered cards. 

One more layer was added with a stamped heart 

from Dina Wakely's Collaged Hearts stamp set.

{love this set}

Again, I used Dylusions Postbox Red and outlined it

Black Soot Distress Ink.

Tim's Hearts layering stencils create fab

backgrounds for your mixed media projects.

I used one of his Word Bands to express

the sentiment of this art piece. 

Next I started work on altering the photo frame...

I stamped Dyan Reavely's Further Around the Edge border stamp

in Staz On Jet Black on white cardstock and blended 

Festive Berries Distress Ink over to create a border 

for each opening.

and here's my completed project again.

Key Supplies Used:

Tim Holtz Layering Stencils

Wendy Vecchi's Checkmake stencil and white embossing paste

The Crafter's Workshop stencils

Faber-Castell Gelatos

Dina Wakely-Collaged Hearts 

Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz-Nature Walk

Dylusions-Further Around the Edge

Thanks for looking at my project today! Don't forget to play along with April's eP challenge-Wood for your chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to eclectic Paperie. I'll be back next  Wednesday to share my third project. 

Have a fantastic day!

Lisa