Monday, June 4, 2012

Heart Journal - June

The background for this month's heart journal is made with gesso and fine pieces of fibre, ribbon and paper lace.  After sticking the items to the cardstock heart and giving the whole thing a coat of gesso I left it to dry completely overnight.  


When dry I gave it a coat of lilac acrylic paint and then when that was dry a very thin coat of purple.  I lightly sanded the surface with fine sandpaper to remove the purple where the texture items were placed.
   

I made a small lightweight clay impression in a jelly mould and covered it with gold leaf.

I stuck this onto the heart with hot glue and arranged contrasting paper silhouette vine leaves around the edge of the heart and paper letters that spell Vineyard.










16 comments:

momobert said...

Well done. Your background is really well textured. This is a beautiful heart.

corinne de france MARCH said...

moi j'aime beaucoup le papier collé autour du cœur, mais aussi tout l'ensemble

Kalona said...

This worked well for you! love the clay/foil idea too, clever!

lafée said...

un trés beau fond j'aime beaucoup!!! bravo

jacquelinem01 said...

wow ! it's just gorgeous !

heartjournal2012 said...

What a beautiful Work!! Love this great piece with gold leaf!!
lilibulle

Titbelsoeur, mixed-media addict said...

thanks for showing ! the result is great !!

CAROL said...

Hi Paula, I love this project, the heart is just fabulous. Thankyou for your lovely comment on my blog x

Mirevan said...

Wonderfull work !
Mirevan from Chambéry

caroscrap42 said...

So beautiful!

Chtikat said...

What a beautiful background !
Catherine from France

miclep said...

This is a beautiful heart !!

Filetta said...

de très beaux reliefs et une couleur bleue splendide !!

OPALE said...

Beau coeur, empreintes magnifiques............. BRAVO

Unknown said...

gorgeous heart, with beautiful textured background !!! congrats

Unknown said...

You have really done well this technique and tone gold molding all is well, congratulations.