2018 #11 Enshrined: Expert Advice with HP {by Miriam Grazier}

2018 Topic 11: Enshrined

There's something that is super magical about creating 3D projects! Miriam has pulled out a popular Hot Pick to create this shrine! and of course, she's used her favourite teal paints too! ~ Leandra

Hi everyone, it's Miriam with you today, and I'd like to share with you a small MDF shrine that I have altered from That Craft Place.

I planned to use three different sets of Hot Picks stamps for this project but found that Hot Pick 1604 had all of the stamps that I needed.  I just love this set.  The main image made the shrine look like a mini stage and a great setting for the art doll.

Hot Pick Set 1604EZ (HP1604EZ)

I found that using only a few colours made the stamped images stand out more.  I was also able to use my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform to re-stamp the image once i had painted it.

I really enjoyed creating this project, the colours were 'light' and reminded me of light summer evenings.

What was really great was that the front of the shrine was over-painted 4 times because I was not entirely happy with the finish.  This shows just how well the Fresco paints cover and they worked with the MDF shrine beautifully.

I chose the wonderful number background from Hot Picks 1604 to stamp the back of the shrine using Captain Peacock Fresco Finish Chalk Paint.  I loved how distressed and imperfect this looked.  

The bingo pieces were painted with Granny Smith and then rubbed with Treasure Silver.

I really love how I can use the Stamping Platform to stamp over a painted image - this still amazes me. Stamp, paint, re-stamp and everything looks perfect!

I really loved how this project came together using a handful of paints and only one stamp set.  I really hope that I have inspired you to have a go at creating an enshrined project yourself.  There are so many possibilities and as I was creating this I thought of so many additions that I could make - such as using crackle on the outside of the shrine and using coloured Grunge Paste on parts to give more texture.

Thank you for joining me this evening.  I hope you enjoy the inspiration from the PaperArtsy team this fortnight  and I really hope that you join in and share your projects with us.

Blog: Miriam's Creative Dreams 


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