Hello crafty peeps
Priya Satish this side to inspire you for the ongoing Itsy Bitsy Mixed Media Challenge. I have altered a mundane looking ketchup bottle to a beautiful mixed media bottle. Hope it inspires you to upcycle something today!
Here’s the synopsis of the step by step tutorial using the awesome products from Itsy Bitsy.
Step 1:
Clean the bottle with spirit and apply a coat of white Gesso. Allow it to dry.
Step 2:
Sponge dab the Little Birdie Home Decor Collection Chalk Paints – Snow, Sailing Sky and Muted Teal. As it dries you can see tiny cracks coming up. This adds great texture to the background.
Step 3:
Apply Little Birdie Stone Texture Paste – Chocolate Fudge through Little Birdie – Bricks Stencil with a palette knife. This creates an amazing background for the mixed media work.
Step 4:
As the bottle is drying, the next step is to prepare the embellishments for layering. Dab Little Birdie Chipboards – Cog Planter, Ornate wings and Retro Cogs with Little Birdie Home Decor Collection Chalk Paints – Blue Spa and Muted Teal.
Step 5:
Sprinkle Little Birdie Color Splash – Paprika on the chipboards.
Step 6:
Spray color the bricks on the bottle and add splashes with Paprika.
Step 7:
Stain a small piece of cheesecloth with Paprika. This cheese cloth creates more interest when the chipboards are layered.
Step 8:
Layer the cheese cloth and chipboard embellishments aesthetically and adhere them with Little Birdie Heavy Gel Medium.
Step 9:
Add a layer of Little Birdie Embossing Paste – Avocado Smoothie here and there. The paste is smooth as the name suggests. But when exposed to heat with a gun, the texture is just unbelievably amazing. It gives a very grungy look which adds great value to the layers.
Step 10:
Add Little Birdie Metal Beads – Black with heavy gel medium. Then highlight the textures with Little Birdie Metallic Wax – Patina Glaze. This glaze transforms the textures to the next level.
Step 11:
Dry brush with white Gesso to add more highlight on the textures so as to bring all the elements together.
Step 12:
Finally add the sentiments and the bottle is ready.
Woww it’s amazing ❤️ well explained