Kaleidascope Heart

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  I am sharing a golden oldie with you today, one of my Chocolate Baroque samples from last year.  I have used stamps from the Patchwork Butterfly, Just Butterflies, Large Crackle and Words of Inspiration sets; white gesso, cream emulsion paint, Pebeo Mixtion Paste, gold leaf, Distress Inks, clear Sparkle pen, gold embossing powder, gold gilding wax, sepia and grey Versafine ink, and a large wooden heart from my stash.

I began this project by giving the wooden heart a coat of white gesso and letting it dry.  I then painted it with a coat of cream emulsion left over from decorating the house.  When all the paint was dry I stamped around the edges of the heart with the large Crackle stamp, using first and second generation ink, to age the artwork.  I then stamped some swirl images randomly over the heart, and when the ink was dry I traced over the images with the mixtion paste and left it to go 'tacky'.  

I used gold leaf sheets on the paste to add a bit of sparkle.

The next step was to stamp some butterflies of various sizes on white card and emboss them in gold.  I also stamped and embossed a sentiment in gold onto another piece of white card, painted a wash of DI over it and tore the edges of the card.  I then blended the DI around the torn edges and stamped the crackle image.  
  

I used DIs to paint the butterflies and added some Sparkle pen before cutting them out and using a spray varnish to seal them.  I attached the sentiment panel to the heart then sprayed the whole thing with the varnish.   When everything was dry I attached the butterflies to the heart.  I then added gold gilding wax around the edges.

This project was so delightful to create, I really enjoyed it.  I love creating home decor, and I enjoy creating artwork that I would have in my own home.  I think this project would make a great 'New Home' present, or a present for any occasion.
Thank you very much for visiting my blog today, I hope you've enjoyed this post and will pop in again soon  :)