This is a very exciting week for the Stampendous team! We are hanging out with the ultra cool Deco Art Mixed Media team, each using each other’s products to share some incredible creations with you. These companies go hand in hand, so using each other’s products is easy. And the results are amazing. We are of course featuring Andy Skinner’s stamps, who is the DecoArt International Education Coordinator. And yup, there are prizes! But I want you to go to the Stampendous Blog for all of that info. The link is at the bottom of the post. Now, on to my project.
I made a cool wall hanging today. I started off with a piece of MDF and I drilled 2 holes, and covered it with DecoArt’s white Gesso. After it dried, I used Andy’s Alcohol and Media fluid Acrylics Layering Technique. You can check out his how-to video HERE. Needless to say, it’s a great technique, and I loved doing it.
Once I finished with the aforementioned technique, I sealed the piece with Matte Varnish. Next, I stamped the Seeing Eye image from the Curiosity set with Black StazOn. I then stamped the MDF with the scratchy stamp from Andy’s Toxic set. I used it with 2 Imagine Crafts Encore Metallic Inks (Blue and Copper)
I used the Cathedral Windows stencil and Matte Black Embossing Paste with a palette knife and applied the image here and there on the piece. Once it dried, I used DecoArt’s Gold Interference paint and dry brushed it sporadically on the stenciled areas. Lastly, I braided 3 cords from May Arts together and tied them to the piece.
I had so much fun making this. It has certainly rekindled my desire to create mixed media pieces and paint. Please be sure to visit all of the fantastic blogs below. Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!
Alison Heikkila (that’s me!)
Such a fun project! Great work!
Nice wall hanging. The colors in this blend so well.
Fabulous decor! All these elements are just amazing! Hugs, Robin
nice composition
Fab background color and stenciling!!
I love the background!
Wonderful color and texture on this hanging, Alison!
SUPER FINE wall hanging Alison. Your background turned out just lovely and you did these great stamp sets up proud. Wonderful inspiration – for sure!! j.
Fabulous, I love it!!! ♥♥♥
Love how your wall plaque turned out!! Very cool!
Love the colours – makes a nice change from rust!
LOVE the softness of the background colors with the bold black images!!! Very eye catching! TFS!
Lovely colors and wonderful project!!!
When I first saw the photo, I thought I was looking at a purse. That said, great job on the wall hanging. Thanks for sharing with us.
This is SO colorful with that Andy Skinner technique and the beautiful contrast with the stenciling. It really looks lovely, great job and thanks for sharing your creativity with us!
I like the wall hanging & the mix of colors used.
that eye stamp is awesome
This looks so very cool!
/Tina M.
Love the background, lovely project
Great combination of colours, materials, stamps, … ! Thanks for sharing your creativity !
That IS a cool wall hanging – love it!
Love these colors
Love this, so cool! x
It's gorgeous. I love the rainbow effect you got using Andy's alcohol/acrylic technique. Makes me want to give it another go.
Of course, I love Andy's Stampendous stamps. Thankfully, they're in my stash. *big grin*
So many other great details too. Thanks for sharing your creative process!
Terrific wall
hanging. Love
the colors.
Carla from Utah
That's so pretty! I love all the colors in the background. They look awesome with the black.
Great colors and designs. TFS
Love your amazing art.
Awesome wallhanger! Like the colours and pattern a lot!
A rainbow of colours, lovely work
Your piece encourages me to get out the canvas bags
that I bought several months ago and start doing
some of these techniques on them.
Great project.
Love the all-seeing eye.
thanks for sharing
Great color and movement here!
Great color and movement here!
Fabulous! really love the stained glass look you created. Such awesome color!~kim
Alison, such a cool hanger! Love the colors and textures you have used!
Jackie ")
I love the colors!!!
Wickedly cool, my Twisted Sistah! Your wall hanging makes me want to play with this stamp set so badly!
Angela aka Lady B
Thanks for sharing!
The black really makes the colours pop! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Fabulous wall hanging . Love the blend of the delicate colour tones that allow the wonderful black stencilling and focal image to really pop x
Hello Louise, I want to tell you that I LOVE your project… Thank you for the clear instructions and great step-by-step too, fabulous little wall hanging and techniques here. I never tried yet this fun technique with the great video made by Andy (thanks for the link!:), I must have a go! But the extra layers here and wonderful stamps and stamping with the metallic inks really make the difference. Thanks! 🙂 Coco x
Wow! Stunning project!!!!
Very cool. ???
Techniques that you can do is great!!!
I like the colorful background (looks like TH paper to me, but am not sure). The stencils placed around the seeing eye really draws focus to the eye. I love the scratching texture as well.
Wow, wonderful piece. Thanks for the link to Andys video. Very helpful.
What a fantastic project…. Love the catherdral stencil, But the gorgeous blending of colours underneath is beautiful… Thankyou for sharing this project !!!!!
Beautiful background! Love that metallic ink!
Love this, would be perfect for a friend of mine, yep, on my to do list!!!
That looks so cool! I can see a lot of things I can use this technique on.
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful art and the link to the technique too. I know exactly what I will be experimenting with the next week or so! Love your hanging, the rich yet bright colours and the superb stamping. Thank you for the top notch inspiration, for sharing your gorgeous art with us and the fabulous blog hop Karen x
This is a great bloghop and nice work done here.
(✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)
http://majaapia.blogspot.no/
beautiful wall hanging, your background is fantastic !!
Such a great art piece! I love all the textures!
I love your wall hanging and how you used those stamps and stencils. Just amazing!
Very cool wall hanging. I love the background treatment.
Lovely and thanks for a great tutorial.
Love your wall hanging! The techniques, products and colors you used all came together perfectly! I have wall space for this! lol