Fragile Heart reverse canvas using Decoart products

Hi, crafty friends!
I hope you are all safe and well and have a wonderful crafty time!
I am here today to share with you my very first project for the Decoart Blogger Outreach Program.

First, I would like to thank the Decoart for accepting me and for sending me their amazing products for me to play with! A dream come true!

Here is what I came up with.

These are supplies Decoart sent me but I haven't used them all in creating this project since I have changed my initial plan. I am going to use them for sure in my next projects because they are fantastic!

I started with my reverse canvas and my Decoart Media Black Gesso. I applied one coat of gesso on my edges.

I used a piece of gauze and glued it down onto the canvas edges. Then I made a hole in the middle using my scissors. 

I used my Decoart Americana Fabric Stiffener with the piece of gauze to create some random shapes. I love how this turned out. It was very easy to work with the Stiffener.

When it dried, I used some of my Decoart Media misters (Carbon black, Shimmer Turquoise, Yellow green) to color the gauze.

This is the result of applying the first layer of spraying. The colors were very intensive which I liked.

The final result of spraying looked like this.

I used a piece of chipboard with my Spellbinders embossing folder to create some industrial texture. I wanted to create a patina effect on there so I used my  Carbon Black Decoart Media mister to apply on the chipboard as a base.

I mixed my Decoart Media Payne's Gray and Decoart Media Titan Buff fluid acrylics to achieve some medium gray color.

This is the result of applying the mixture of those two paints.

I used my Quinacridone Gold Decoart Media Fluid Acrylic paint on top. Then I applied a coat of the Decoart Ultra Matte Varnish to achieve a matte look.

I used my Patina Antiquing Cream on top. When it was dry, I wiped off some of the cream using my cloth.

This is the result of using the Antiquing cream. I put that chipboard piece inside of my reverse canvas.

I decided to create some stempunk rusted/patina heart so I used a styrofoam heart I had in my stash. I cut out a piece of the heart using my craft knife and attached some brads on the borders.

I used the Decoart Media Texture Sand paste randomly on my wooden cogs and gears to create some texture imitating the rusted surface. It's an Andy Skinner's technique that I used.

Then I applied a coat of the mixture of Decoart Media Payne's Grey and Titan Buff fluid acrylic pants on top.

To achieve the rust/patina effect I used my Decoart Media Quinacridone Gold and my Decoart Media Patina and Burnt Umber Antiquing Creams but I didn't wipe them off this time. I just applied those Antiquing creams randomly on my cogs and gears. Then I applied my Decoart Media Ultra Matte Varnish on top.

I put a coat of Decoart Media Black Gesso on my styrofoam heart. 

To create some texture, I used my Decoart Media Texture Sand Paste randomly on top of the raised part of the heart.

I decided to use my Decoart Metallic Lustre in Silver Spark on top of the gessoed heart using my finger.

This is the result after applying a wash of Decoart Media Quinacridone Gold fluid acrylic on top. I wanted to achieve a kind of a rusted effect and I like how it turned out.

To finish the heart I used my Decoart Media White Antiquing cream on top of the raised part of the heart and slightly wiped off the cream randomly using my damp cloth.

I had some metal corners that I got from a hardware store some time ago and I decided to used them on my piece. So I started to achieve a rust metal effect on there. I attached my brads and used my Decoart Media Texture Sand Paste, my Decoart Media Black Gesso and my Decoart Media Quinacridone Gold Fluid acrylic paint randomly.

Next are some more photos and close ups.

I glued down my previously treated cogs and gears, added some of my metal gears (treated in the same way as my wooden ones) and I added a small light bulb I had in my stash. I used a pice of my leftovers from the piece of cardboard and I wrote down the word Fragile using my fine tip applicator and my Brass acrylic paint. 

I decided to achieve a more darker look of my the inside part of my canvas so I used my Media Mister in Carbon black and sprayed the whole thing.

This is a close up photo of the border.

I was very pleased with the result of my rusted corners.

You can see here how the rust/patina effect turned out on my cogs and gears.

I love to use some rust/patina effects in my projects and it was so easy to achieve it using these fabulous Decoart products.

I hope you like my Fragile Heart project and I hope I have inspired you to use those amazing and easy to use products from the amazing Decoart!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving lovely comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them!

Hugs! Branka xx

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