A little rust is a must ... but heaps is a whole lot better!!!!!

Finally had time to just play ... to sit and create something just for me!

Well, of course, all my crafting is just for me because 'tis what I love to do but this time this was not a project needed for a specific purpose ... and, oh did I enjoy doing this one.

And ... you'd better sit down for this

and get yourself a stiff drink

because

for once

I am actually quite pleased with how this turned out

in fact

it is not even destined to the Box of Failures

but it is going to be

HUNG ON THE WALL!!!

Whilst at a family BBQ at Alfie's I came across a pair of rusty old scissors that he had just dug out of his veggie patch ... 

Set his old aunt's creative juices flowing I can tell you

Kinda, sorta had a vision in my head straight away of what I wanted to do with them

After a false start where it was not coming together quite as hoped 

but I Carried on Regardless

but knew I was not happy with it

I had all the bits stuck in place and was leaving overnight to dry completely and was merrily bobbling away during the evening when I suddenly announced

"It's no good"!

And dashed off to rip off as many of the pieces as I could

Tore the canvas in a few places but nothing that could not be disguised

and I left it all in a heap ready to tackle afresh the next day

Tackle afresh I did

and was back to more of what I envisioned

Thought I had it finished last night

but was not happy with it this morning

so tweaked

and now it IS finished

I think ...

Linen stretched canvas 

Randomly torn corrugated cardboard

Modelling paste mixed with the smallest art stones and spread through one of my barbed wire stencils

Black heavy gesso

Everything stuck in place with 3D Gloss Gel and the heavier pieces with Heavy Body Gel

Layers and layers and layers of mica sprays :

Teal * Bottle Green * Rust * Copper

Then layers and layers and layers of Rust Paste

Rust mica powder mixed with Soft Gloss Gel and dry-brushed over the barbed wire to bring out the detail

Photo's are rubbish - not bringing out the true colours or mica-shimmer

but I promise they are there.