Georgia Blues Mixed Media Altered Heart

Hello and Happy New Year (a bit late)!!! I hope everyone had a happy holiday season. It's always such a busy time of year and I slacked on my blog posts. I promise to do better moving forward. Did you make any resolutions for the new year? I made just one and it's to live in the moment. You hear that phrase a lot, but do you ever stop and think what it means? I've spent most of my life either living in the past or waiting for something in the future. I want to just enjoy today. I'm the happiest I've been in over 20 years, and I want to enjoy every second of my life. Fall in love with life again! I did and it's amazing!

Okay, enough about that. Let's take a look at my latest project. I altered an MDF heart that I got from Hobby Lobby.

For the background I applied some modeling paste through 2 different stencils. Then I painted the heart with black gesso. Next I used one of my favorite Mixed Media products, Finnabair's Rust Effect Paste Texture Fantasy in Junkyard Treasures. It has such great texture and brilliant color!

Then to hi light all of that yummy texture, I used some Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique Wax in Vintage Gold. I just rubbed some on my finger and gently applied it to the raised areas of the background.

I used the stunning Georgia Blues collection from Prima for my composition. This is one of the prettiest collections I have ever seen. The flowers are exquisite and the papers are so beautiful. If you don't have this collection, it's definitely a must have!

I used a few dies with the paper and some other elements to complete my project. All supplies used are listed below.

I made a step by step video tutorial that is up on my YouTube channel! You can check it out HERE!

I hope you enjoyed my project! I have a ton of great ideas for this year so make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and my blog. See you soon!

xoxo,
Shannon

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