Guest Designer - Cathy Frailey

Hello Crafty Souls,

Today we present to you a beautiful project made by our April Challenge winner who is also our Guest Designer for the month - Cathy Frailey

Hey everyone! I'm Cathy from West Virginia in the eastern part of the US! I'm so thrilled to be a guest designer for this month's challenge! Since my kids are out of the house, I've got time to play in my art room and create a lot of interesting pieces of art! My main style is steampunk, grungy, and vintage but I can incorporate any style. I'm totally self-taught and enjoy trying different things and being unique!

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About the project

I had a DIY Mini Album from Kaisercraft and decided to turn it into a visual Wanderlust diary. What does wanderlust invoke in me? It's not only traveling and freedom. It's creativity - letting your mind wander and exploring different art mediums. I hope I've captured that in this mixed media piece!

Instructions:

Since this has multiple pages, I'll show what I did to the first page, front and back. You'll get the idea for the rest of the album!

1. I first cut pieces to size from a piece of 7Dots paper - Oil Spil - and adhered with gesso.

2. I next used plaster paste with my chosen stencil and dried with a heat gun. Then I added some color with Liquitex Acrylic Inks.

3. Lastly, I did some outlining with a black paint pen and added my sentiment. I cut this one from leftover packaging from 7Gypies!

4. For the other side, I chose a part of a building stencil to go over the paper.

5. Next, I started coloring with the inks and added a couple of 7Gypsies Architexture coins. Then I adhered my sentiment.

This kind of project lets you use up your scraps and stash! Stencils, embellishments, textiles, paper - it's fun to let your creativity wander! I hope you'll stop by to visit me and to see more pics!

                                         

Thank you Cathy for the wonderful project...
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