Shine Brightly

Hi Gypsy Soul Fans,
Jess here today with an old world inspired ATC Shrine.

Paint the Reliquary Tower Top using Dina Wakley Paint in Gilt.  

While the paint is drying assemble your ATC Shrine Box.  I like to adhere my paper before I glue the box together.  Since the top of the box is visible under the arch I dabbed a little paint on there too.  The outside edges of the shrine  are covered in washi tape with butterflies.   

The outside edges of the shrine  are covered in washi tape with butterflies.   

 Cover you arch with a crackle medium and when it's mostly dry blast it with the heat gun to make it bubble and peel.  Use a black acrylic paint wash over the arch and then rub off quickly so it seeps into the cracks.   To make areas a bit darker use a Distress Crayon in Black Soot.  Attach the arch to the shrine.

Cover a butterfly from Relics and Artifacts with Vintage Distress Collage Medium.  Use the black acrylic wash on the entire butterfly and wipe away so it just highlights the details.  Add color to the butterfly using DIstress Markers.  Emboss the base of a tiny lightbulb using Charred Gold powder.  Glue the bulb to the butterfly and then add the butterfly to the shrine. 

Use the Sizzix Butterfly Frenzy die to cut out a ton of butterflies.  Glue the butterflies all over the shrine.

 Add a base to the shrine and Tim Holtz chipboard sentiment.  

Your shrine is complete!

Happy Crafting,

Jess

Tell Tale Heart

Hi Everyone,
It's Jess back with some more Halloween fun for you.  Today I bring you a little bit of Poe.

 Here's how you can make your own.

Take a brown paper sack and crumple it up.  I crumpled and uncrumpled mine several times to get the wrinkles the way I liked them.  I glued the bag to the Faux Book Box using Distress Collage Medium.  Once the collage medium was dry I used Distress Stains to color the paper. I kept adding and wiping away the stain until I was happy with the color.

I added Distress Crayon in Ground Espresso to the book to highlight the wrinkles.

Next I embossed a couple Stackable Labels and glued them to the cover of the book. 

Printers Ornament Corners were added to the spine. 

I added a little sticker to the side. 

The inside of the box is covered with a paper that looks like weathered wood and the edges are embossed.  

A faux pocket watch has a picture of Poe inside.  I colored the edge with alcohol inks.  Silk sari ribbon was dyed using Distress Stains and Alcohol Inks.  

The heart was painted a bright red mixed with some umber.  Once the paint was dry I added a layer of crackle medium.  When the medium started to dry I heated  it up.  This caused lots of bubbling.  I added another layer of paint and the dripped alcohol ink on it too. 

I added the heart to the box using a bit of wire.  The heart hangs in there freely so it bumps against the box.  Very appropriate for the Tell Tale Heart.  

Happy Halloween!

Jess

Gypsy Soul Laser items used:

Faux book box

Printers ornament corners

Stackable labels

Frida Shrine

Hi Everyone,
Jess here today with a little tribute to Frida Kahlo.

I worked on this piece while attending my very first crop.  I had a lot of fun, but man I did not get much done! I was there for a full day and just managed to squeeze this out under the wire.
started with the back piece of the Reliquary- Tower Top.  I used a very thin layer of gesso and then painted it with Abandoned Coral Distress Paint.  Once my paint was dry I used a Ripe Persimmon Distress Crayon through a stencil.  The edges got a rough coat of Emerald Creek's Salted Wine Embossing Powder.  

I used one piece of the Folding House Shrine for the next layer.  I gessoed and then used Mermaid Lagoon Distress Paint.  The stenciled flowers were made using various Distress Inks.  Why am I not listing them? Well...

I decided this wasn't enough. It looks cool, but it wasn't popping enough for me.  

I went back to the Reliquary- Tower Top and added some more layers

Distress Oxides in Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, and Vintage Photo made it perfectly grungy.  

The House Shrine got a layer of Fractured Ice Embossing Powder and some Charred Gold on the edge.  Distress Oxide inks Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Vintage Photo make this layer just right.  

I colored the skull and added handmade flowers.  The Wings were stamped and then edged with Charred Gold Embossing powder.  I added scribbles using gel pens.  

I thought the quote was appropriate since I didn't have my craft room at my fingertips and I had to work with what I brought.  I also like that it is a nod to Frida since she was limited in her mobility, yet the need to create was always there.  

Jess

Gypsy soul laser cuts supplies:

 Reliquary- Tower Top.

 Folding House Shrine

Salvaged Heart Reliquary

Hi Everyone,
Jess here with a little shrine for you.  I have to tell you that I am REALLY bad at taking photos when I am creating.  I sit down with good intentions every time and then about 3/4 of the way through I say many swear words for forgetting to take photos, yet again.  

Here are a couple shots of the completed project.  I just love how the chipboard can take layers and layers of paints and inks.  

I painted the back panel using Ten Second Studios Patina Paints.  I stippled some Dina Wakley Umber around the area where the heart sits.  The top of the piece is painted with cheap craft store paint in a pale turquoise.  I added Perfect Pearls to make it darker in areas.  I topped the whole thing with Stained Glass paint in Aqua from Tattered Angels.  The back piece is very flat.  It looks like aged metal.  The top has a very fine gloss to it.    

The heart and flame are from Relics and Artifacts.  I covered the heart with tissue wrap and used a gel medium to adhere it to the heart.  I painted the flames with various metallic colors and used the Umber paint to dull it a bit.  The heart has various distress colors on the side and then a coat of the Stained Glass Paint.  The front of the heart has gold Perfect Pearls on it.  

I promise to take more pictures for my next project!

Jess

Reliquary- Arch top