Good morning! I hope y’all have had a good week so far and have stayed out of trouble. I also hope that you’re ready for another Rubbernecker WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge. This week Shelly is the hostess and has challenged the Red-Hot Mommas and you to make a project using your favorite technique. Check it out on the Rubbernecker Blog and come play along with us!
Now I have to admit that I didn’t do my favorite technique! I have so many (stitching, water coloring, distressing, blah, blah, blah) and I use them all frequently. What I’ve done is try a new technique for me – Melt Art! I LOVE this technique and totally got lost last night in my project. I got so lost, I missed the first 30 minutes of American Idol.
I’m a huge fan of Suze Weinberg and never miss one of her blog posts. I’ve been wanting to try the beeswax for so long and a few weeks ago I finally ordered her Hot Wax Stylus Tool. Hopefully I’ll be able to get into her class at CHA! I requested it when we registered . . . .
Please keep in mind, that this is my first attempt at Melt Art . . . AND . . . this is my Mother’s Day present for my mom. I made it to match the colors of her home: gold, tans and black. I posted some pictures way back when I first started blogging which you can find here.
I started this project with an unfinished frame from the Dollar Spot at Target and a 4”x4” piece of illustration board. I started dropping various colors of alcohol ink on the illustration board and then gave it a blast of canned air. Once the illustration board was dry, I started layering melted beeswax. I truly can’t remember how many layers because I kept messing up and adding more. I do know that I fused each layer with my heat gun. When I finally had the beeswax to a workable form and not gaps is when I went to work with the texture. I dusted the Rubbernecker Flourish Background with Bronze Perfect Pears and then stamped into the warm wax. I LOVE how the image pushed the wax up and around and the image left the perfect pearls outline! The center medallion is part of an old necklace that my mother used to wear. Oh yeah . . . I used one of the very same earrings on another piece not long ago. The hanger for the frame is actually some of the beads from the necklace. The butterfly and flowers were die cut from Grunge Paper and then painted with Ranger Black and Gold Acrylic Paint Dabbers. The leaves were stamped on Grunge Board, inked and then cut out. To hold the flower together, I used some copper wire, wrapping it through a “truly” vintage button and then wiring each layer of the flower together. I left the ends long so that I could add some curls here and there. The beads on the butterfly are beads from the necklace.
- Stamps: Flourish Background from Rubbernecker Stamps; Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Ticket to Art from Stampers Anonymous
- Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Old Paper Distress, and Latte, Rust, Ginger, Gold, Black, Caramel and Hazelnut Alcohol Inks
- Paper: Illustration Board
- Accessories: Spellbinders Butterflies 2 and Daisy Heads Shapeabilities; Ranger Melting Pot, Glossy Accents; Bronze Perfect Pearls, Acrylic Paint Dabbers; idea-ology Grunge Paper and Grunge Board; Wire; Vintage Button; Old Necklace; Venture Foam Tape; Canned Air; Heat Gun; Brush
Thanks for stopping by and here’s hoping y’all have a great day! Don’t forget to check out the Wacky Wednesday challenge and play along with us.
Wow! This is gorgeous, Sherry! Your mom is going to love it. I love all the popped up florals and the background behind your melt art is fantastic.
WOW! – oh Kittie before me said the same thing … must be true then, WOW!
love it – it is beautiful!
Thanks for sharing!
Sandra
Melt art, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I gotta try this out, your Mom is going to treasure this piece of art!
Oh, Sherry, you make the most beautiful pieces of altered art; this is stunning! Your mom is going to love this one!!!! The texture of the wax and floral background really catches the eye; thanks so much for sharing all the details.
All I can say is WOW!
Wow Sherry this is gorgeous, love every detail!!
Hmmmmmm I think you’re going to have to bring this to TX so I can see it in person. I think I need to FEEL the melt art to see how truly gorgeous this is! 😉
Wow that is an incredible piece of art. Your Mom is going to freak! Awesome technique.
Oh wow, Sherry! I’ve been watching Suze doing the beeswax thing too! Your framed art is just gorgeous!!
*thud* (and speechless)
Sherry, mom is going to love this. Glad you were able to find a use for some of my old jewelry. Do I get part credit on this for mom(lmao). don’t know how to make smiley faces.
Oh Wow! Now I have to go learn how to do this technique too! I love how you were able to re-use the jewelry pieces too!
My, oh, my….I am in total Awe!!!!! This is DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!!!!!! Ok, sooo when are you coming to Texas again???? Bring the wax, girl!!!!
WOWZA! she is gonna love it! you will win the ‘best daughter ever’ award hands down! 😉
Quite beautiful………
This is REALLY REALLY COOL!! I can so see how you’d get lost in it!! I bet it is even cooler IRL (shiny and 3D things usually are)
I love how that BG stamp works into this, too!!
This is SO cool Sherry! It’s great.
Sherry, wow, this is beautiful! I am so INSPIRED to use some of my Mom’s costume jewelry in projects now… how special and meaningful that would be for me!
Hey, Target had no clue what they were sellin’ in that Dollar Spot, hee hee! :o) You rock!!
PS…the Newsweek is in the mail tomorrow AM (technically this AM!) ;o)
Hugs, Ree
Oh my word! If your Mamma doesn’t LOVE this …. send it to ME!! Send it to ME!~!~~
What am I saying … she has no choice but to LOVE this!
Get out, Sherry! This is awesome! I remember those photos of your Mom’s home (but I looked again, anyway), and this is perfect for her decor. I just love that melt art background! Wow!
Amazing work of art!! CHA Orlando? That would be so awesome to see you in person!
This is absolutely beautiful,, You’re mother is going to love this.
OMG Sherry !!!! this is absoultely beatuiful girl…. But, you know I love everything you make. Your mom is going to love this for sure.
something new to learn but worth it in the end with a beautiful frame.
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