Just add shine!

Today I am back on the Country View Challenges blog for a second Stencil inspiration piece .
Look at the shine on this... lots of mica involved!

My previous creation was made with lots of DIY stencils but for this one I have only used bought ones.

As a test, I made a rubbing with an orange wax crayon to create a resist for the later stages. Orange I hear you say...in my defence this is all that is left after being kid-handled...	Then I used the stencils with sprays	I am mixing brands and the design you see here is technically a mask, not a stencil!

After drying the sprays I moved on to inks, Distress for darks and white pigment for lights.	Lastly, I used a stencil with coloured texture paste. It looks grey when wet but it dries dark grey, very close to black.	For the finishing touch I used Treasure Gold in White Fire, Amethyst and Onyxite on the raised texture.

I added the Finnabair figure (Prima) as a focal image, stamped on mulberry paper, I darkened the borders with a black pencil, added butterflies (Calico Crafts), a piece of muslin and mounted the whole thing on a sturdy piece of cardboard to flatten it.

I do hope I inspired you to dust off these stencils and maybe try a new technique/media with them! Come and show us at Country View Challenges for a chance to win a £ 20 voucher.

Thanks for coming by,
Also entering That's Crafty, Stamplorations and We Love To Create challenge