I have wanted to do a mixed media piece for a long time and when I saw a very plain pine mirror at the carboot - for 50p I just had to have it! I knew it had to have a crackle effect base, so that's where I started! Painted the base coat a lovely dark pink, acrylic paint, then applied a coat of crackle medium specially designed for use with acrylic paint. Waiting for this to dry sufficiently is always a problem as I am so impatient! Once dry (about 30 mins) I then applied another coat of acrylic paint, this time in cream. This part is always great as you can see the paint crackle before your very eyes!! I then gave the whole thing a couple of days to settle down and harden before I did a little light sanding all over just to roughen the finish a bit. In retrospect I think I prefer the finish you get just using ordinary household emulsion paint and pva glue for the crackle as you get a smoother matt finish. Then it was on to the exciting stuff - I used Sheena Douglass ivy stamp for the leaves, then hand painted them with Pebeo Acrylic paints. After that it was simply a matter of applying a little extra decoration here and there, so I tore strips of some papers I already had, inked the edges with Tim Holtz Spun Sugar and the middles with Antique Linen as they were just too white! Applied with a little watered down pva glue for a good smooth finish. After that it was just a large flower to be added and a few butterflies and there you have it - finished!
I hope you enjoy looking at this as much as I enjoyed decorating it!
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