Rustic Easter picture
By Jayne Daimo.
An Easter decoration doesn't just have to stand, it can also decorate the wall. Whether it's Christmas, Halloween or Easter, I've always made something that goes on the wall. Find a plate, old picture, or here where I keep wood scraps from our construction. I basically want it to look like a worn wooden fence, but how much Easter is there over a worn wooden fence? It needs to have a picture that has to do with Easter, and then some text, and maybe an egg.
I don't expect you to have the same materials as me, but I'm sure you'll have something you can use. You might find a picture from an advertising magazine, but I was lucky enough to have a stamp for the picture and some dies for the frame. You can make the frame from corrugated cardboard, with the waves facing up, because that's also nice.
This is what I have used:
A piece of wood
Pencil
Linear
Cardboard
Stamp & ink
Frame die from Roxstamps
Embossing from Tim Holtz
Masking tape
Knife to cut around picture
Knife or scraper to scrape off paint
Paint and effects from Cadence:
Magic Fix glue
Very Chalky Glass decor in the color mink
Very Chalky Glass decor in the color yellow
Liquid wax in Clear
Vintage Legend in white
Antique Powder in white
Rusty Patina in brown
Rusty Patina in orange
How to do it:
Cut strips of cardboard the length of your background and the width of your background, leaving 1/2 cm between them.
Tape it with masking tape at the ends so you can take it off again.
Place your image on the top part (as in the picture) and draw around the image
Move the picture and draw 1/2 cm inside. Make arrows pointing upwards, numbers on the strips, spaces between the inner strips (see picture), so you know where the strips should sit when you remove them.
Cut out the inner frame and then you can remove the strips.
Place the picture on the picture frame and put the strips back in the order they were in before.
Now you're going to paint, so cover your picture. Just a little bit so you can cover it with a frame afterwards.
Then the Vintage painting process begins, which is intended to make the picture antique and rustic to look at.
It will be layer upon layer, and be patient with the drying process. Shake the bottles well before use,
Vintage Legend is the one that creates the main rustic look, and since it is a mushy paint, it must be stirred well before use.
chalk paint in mink color, let dry
liquid wax clear, let dry
Vintage legend, let dry
liquid wax again, let dry
yellow chalk paint
Let it all dry until the next day, as Vintage Legend takes a long time to dry inside all those layers.
Scrape with your knife or spatula until you get the colors you want.
Add some distress paste to the edges and corners as it gives a little extra patina.
You can tone down the color with a dry brushing of white Antiqui Powder.
Now you can make a frame around the picture. You can further decorate with eggs and texts.
I went a little further when I used a little Rusty Patina in brown and orange, because as the very last thing on the job I could add a little rust effect with these two products. Here in the corners, the edges, and small spots here and there, which are now rusting.
The materials are sponsored by The Creative Universe. Dk
