Shabby Chic

Hi all, just popping on to show you what I have done for my DT piece for the That Craft Place Challenge Blog which is Things with Wings. I went with Shabby Chic for the challenge over at Indigo Blu (link below), never done it before lol, I enjoyed it in the end but it took awhile to do as it was something new for me :-).
As always I have included some step by steps as well which are below the main and close up pictures.
I would like to enter the following challenges -
Indigo Blu Challenge - Shabby Chic
Simon Monday Challenge Blog - Embossing (flowers embossed)
Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Papercrafting Journey Challenge Blog - Flowers

First time with distress markers, took some

getting used to trying to blend.  I have included

the ones I used below in the recipe section :-)

I covered the canvas in tissue paper that had a music

design all over it.

While the canvas dried I painted the frame (which is from France

if anyone wants to know the details just comment and I shall find the link. They 

do beautiful frames and the postage over here is really cheap.

I painted it with Fresco paint then used a crackle medium.

After it dried I painted it over with snowflake then

when that dried I lightly sanded.

 Close up of now sanded frame

Next I added a watered down coating of snowflake

Then I added some colour with Derwent inktense blocks.

I used these so when I went over it again, because they are water colours

they will blend with the snowflake in areas.

Before adding snowflake I stamped some script

When I stamp with script on backgrounds I never use a stamping block

instead I curve it in my hands.

I did drip it at one stage which you can see, so I will just cover that up

later.

Now for some snowflake.

To protect everything so far I added a matt medium

Next some Kroma Crackle in areas

After that dries some grunge paste through masks for some more texture

While that is drying I stamped on water colour card with my image Elizabeth and

painted used my distress markers.

Close up.  I only coloured where I would be using.

Next stamped and embossed with white the flowers.

Here you can see a bird but I didn't use it.  I have wanted to try this 

technique for awhile and after I used the distress markers I was well impressed.

Close up of all the wonderful texture.

I wanted a bit more colour so decided to use some sprays

(I ended up with cosmic shimmer and perfect pearl mists shown in recipe below)

Close up before all the bits were added :-)

I hope you enjoyed the step by step, any questions please don't hesitate in emailing or commenting.  Thank you so much for joining me today.
Happy Crafting :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx

Recipe
Canvas
Pebeo studio acrylics gel matt
Music tissue
Paperartsy fresco paint - snowflake and very berry
Kroma Crackle
WOW fine white embossing powder
Inkpads - Brilliance moonlight white, Archival jet black
Americana weatherwood crackle medium
Derwent Inktense blocks
Paperartsy grunge paste
Modpodge heat sticks white and mold
Treasure gold rose quartz
Sprays - Cosmic Shimmer (candy pink), Perfect Pearls (pearl)
Crafters Workshop Masks - mini art is and mini damask
Distress Markers - Flowers (milled lavender, aged mahogany, victorian velvet), Face (tattered rose, spun sugar), background (stormy sky), Hair (black soot), Top (worn lipstick, fired brick, spun sugar), Bird (antique linen, tea dye, gathered twigs)
Stamps - Indigo Blu (Elizabeth Bennet, Scrip Background, Live Laugh Love)
Embellishments